it's the cdc versus the president over guidelines for schools to reopen and the white house threatening to cut off funding for schools that don't reopen hospitals surging in texas and florida and new problems with testing massive lines and wait times for results that take days, even weeks. one of the stars of "glee" is missing as police suspend the surge in california until first light. and live to lon dn for the

latest salacious details on the case against britain's "sun" newspaper. "early today" starts right now >> glad you're with us this morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. a lot of questions about safely moving forward as the coronavirus spreads rapidly across the country at least five states have reached single day records of new cases. >> the top health official in tulsa say president trump's rally likely contributed to a spike in cases in oklahoma a few days before the event. the city recorded 89 cases in one day. between monday and tuesday, tulsa reported nearly 500 cases. the ivy league canceled all sports for the fall semester due to coronavirus concerns. a decision whether fall sports could be played in the spring will be made at another date

stanford university is cutting a third of their varsity sports and ohio state suspended teamworkouts after their last round of covid testing renewed concern about dire shortages of protective gear doctors in houston are already reusing n-95 masks for up to 15 days the trump administration is pushing to get students back in school >> reporter: president trump is escalating his push for schools to reopen. >> learning by computer is not as good as learning in the classroom. we want our schools open in the fall >> reporter: earlier complaining about the cdc's voluntary guidelines for reopening schools blasting them as very tough and expensive. they're asking schools to do impractical things hours later the white house announced the cdc will issue new recommendations next week. >> we don't want the guidance from cdc to be the reason why

schools don't reopen >> reporter: among the recommended policies, keep desks six feet apart, closed cafeterias and playgrounds and reinforce use of cloth face coverings. the director tried to provide clarity for schools. >> i want to make it very clear it was not the intent of cdc's guidelines to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed >> reporter: the president is also threatening to cut off federal funding for those that don't open their doors, although most school budgets are largely funded by state and local dollars. pointing to students back in classrooms in europe, the president insists any opposition is politically motivated the dems think it would be bad if u.s. schools open before the november election. the cdc director says the chances of students getting sick or spreading the virus is remote >> we really don't have evidence that children are driving the

transmission cycle of this >> reporter: teachers warn among their members the fears are real >> nobody will go back full time in a situation where you can't protect their health >> reporter: the education secretary betsy davos says it's not a question of if schools open but how arguing the risk of keeping students isolated at home is greater than sending them back to school. the u.s. has soared well past 3 million cases it is pushing hospitals to the brink and now a massive demand for testing, some are waiting weeks for the results. here's nbc's joe fryer >> reporter: in less than a month the u.s. has seen more than 1 million cases of covid-19, putting a strain on hospitals. >> we're full. if you come through the er it's not like you get whisked up to one of several beds. >> reporter: steve skin are, a 5-year-old with no preexisting conditions nearly died in a texas hospital

>> at one point they asked me, used the paddles to get my heart started again. >> i got told i'd get my results back in seven to 14 days >> reporter: lines are long, patience is short, new orleans ran out of test kits in minutes. >> i understand tests run, but >> reporter: the u.s. is averaging up to 700,000 tests a day. >> the states crushed their goal in june. >> we should be doing millions of tests a day, 3 million to 4 until tests a day if we're going to get our hands around this disease. >> reporter: the challenge is not just getting a test but getting results. some saying it's taking a week or longer. quest diagnose stxs says the average turnaround time for results is four to six days, double last month. labs across the country are

experiencing backlogs, something robert learned firsthand >> where i slept for two weeks >> reporter: he isolated from his family after falling ill last month but his test result which was ultimately negative took 27 days >> i was angry at the system that it didn't work. i waited 27 days >> asking people to wait for days or weeks is unconscionable and harmful in taking care of people and controlling the outbreak >> reporter: experts say for those who get tested quick results are critical for contact tracing. >> you might as well not do contact tracing because it's already too la that's hard with quick results in new york city last month there were about 12,000 passive cases. contact tracers got in touch with 10,000 of them but only 6,700 completed an interview and

fewer than half provided information they could have infected growing obstacles in a race to slow the spread. breaking news overnight, authorities are looking for actress nighia rivera in lake payrub police temporarily temporarily suspended the resume for the search authorities are investigating this as a possible drowning. the 33-year-old star rented the boat around 1:00 p.m. and her son was found alone three hours later. they believe she went swimming and never came back. her acting began at 4 on "the royal family" along jside redd fox. newly released transcripts from minneapolis police body cam

reveal floyd told the officers he couldn't breathe more than 20 times and derek chauvin dismissed his pleas saying "it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk. the transcripts were made public by attorneys for thomas lane, one of the four former officers involved as part of a request to have the case against him dismissed. a black civil rights activist in indiana says he was assaulted by a group of white men who allegedly tried to lynch him in the park. video was surfaced and the fbi has launched an investigation. the man's account shocked the community and sparked protests here's steve patterson with the story. >> reporter: growing outrage in indiana after an alleged attack caught on camera >> let him go, dude. let him go >> reporter: video captured by a bystander posted by fox booker appears to show him pinned to a tree by white men in what he describes as an attempted

lynching >> it was the most disturbing situation. >> reporter: the have you had yo does not capture what led up to the incident and nbc news hat has not identified others in the interview. the men confronted them saying he was trespassing >> there's a moment where a woman yells for him not to kill me and i realized that she's talking about killing me >> reporter: booker says he was beaten and verbally assaulted with racist speech >> you nappy headed [ bleep ]. >> reporter: one of the men yelled "get a noose. the alleged comment wasn't caught on video. his account shocked the community. >> i've known mr. booker for several years. to see what could be seen on that video was nauseating and aggravating and heartwrenching >> we gather to demand the prosecution of his attackers >> reporter: the governor weighing in. >> the brief video clip that i

viewed with my own two ties was beyond disturbing. >> reporter: authorities say they responded to the for the report of a battery. no arrests were made but an investigation is ongoing the monroe county prosecutor's office tells nbc news once the investigation is complete, it will review the case and determine what charges are appropriate. >> if i'm going to be in this moment, i'm going to make sure we bring about change and that no one else has to go through this >> reporter: a call for justice as investigators work to shed light on a troubling scene steve patterson, nbc news. the supreme court is expected to rule today on the bitter battle over president trump's tax returns. justices will decide whether congress and the manhattan district attorney can see the records. and a blow to obamacare. the court upheld new rules that allow employers to opt out of insurance coverage for

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crest. zendaya showed us "malcolm and marie" stars along john david washington the movie will tackle some social themes relevant to what's happening in the world right now. after production was put on hold in march she reached out to the creator sam leavittson to pitch the idea of filming a movie in quarantine he had a draft written six days later. johnny depp recounting in court what he calls his childish

sense of humor he's suing "the sun" for defamation after they called him a wife beater. depp alleges it was herd abusing him. the british tabloids rounding up another day of jaw-dropping headlines. joining us is chapman bell i'm sure there's fiery testimony over there >> that's right, phillip another day in court and more headlines. "the sun" he's suing for calling him a wife beater "mark of depp" alleging he did this to her. other headlines "i'll put amber's dog in a microwave." more details in court today about their volatile relationship, but they were looking more into his drug use and some jokes he had allegedly made the court focusing on depp's drug and alcohol use, seeing an image of him allegedly passed out on the floor

he says he was just sleeping the court was also shown images of a table allegedly from inside his house showing lines of cocaine on the table, them trying to say that he has two sides of him, one who is an abuser of alcohol and drugs, thus turning into what they call a monster and abusing her. of course, he denies any time striking her one time there was allegedly he struck her on an airplane when he accused her of having an affair with james franco he said he did not do this he also said they also showed text messages between him and paul bettany, he made sick jokes but none of it was anything involving hitting her. so we'll be hearing lots more over the next few weeks. >> wow like three seasons of the most dramatic show you heard packed into two days. >> this is just like 40 seconds. there's so much more >> chapman, thank you. now to a kansas man who got

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right now at 4:30, breaking news. naya rivera goes missing during a boating trip with her son. san francisco's mayor in disbelief and shock after she was they were sick at one of her events. the precautions the mayor is now taking. "today in the bay" starts right now. good thursday morning to you and thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez. >> marcus and lau