breaking overnight kelly preston, wife of john travolta, has died after a two-year battle with breast cancer details just ahead the sunshine state overtakes new york by the thousands as florida records the largest new cases for a single day, topping 15,000 and with thoserise an explosion and massive fire on board a navy ship in california sailors injured. smoke visible for miles. new details on dangers at one of our most important bases and the end of an era as

washington's nfl franchise will announce the end of the team's historic name and logo later today. a busy monday ahead. "early today" starts right now glad you're starting your week off with us >> we begin with heartbreaking news out of hollywood where actress kelly preston, wife of john travolta, has died of breast cancer. her husband delivered the devastating news with a single photo writing in part, it is with a very heavy heart i inform you my beautiful wife has lost her battle with breast cancer, she fought a crourageous fight. travolta said he'll take time off to be with their children. daughter alea, who is 20, and

9-year-old benjamin. they celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. according to a family representative, kelly chose to keep her fight private and had been undergoing medical treatment for some time, supported by her friends and families dead at the age of 57. at least 21 people are waking up in a california hospital this morning after they were injured in a fire aboard a military ship in san diego officials say fire crews were called to the scene early sunday morning after an apparent can explosion and a fire broke out on the "uss bonhamme richard." here's the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: it was before 9:00 a.m. when firefighters received the first of three alarms at naval base san diego >> there's a large amount of smoke. >> reporter: an explosion and fire on board the ship sent clouds of smoke into the sky >> the fire was engaged by the

ship's company and set to alert level three. >> reporter: 17 sailors and three civilians were sent to the hospital >> hope they're okay >> reporter: 160 sailors were on board. the navy says all are safe and accounted for. >> an 1800 foot perimeter has been established around the ship and the surrounding buildings on the base >> reporter: the vessel is based in san diego and undergoing routine maintenance. the cause of the fire is not known. as the coronavirus continues spreading around much of the country, the u.s. has recorded more than 3 million confirmed cases. florida reported 15,000 cases in just one day it is the largest daily increase both for that state and for any state throughout this outbreak

the former epicenter of the virus, new york city reportedly zero deaths yesterday. a first in four months but as infections rise in the south and west, we take a look at what officials fear could be a rising death toll. >> reporter: across the country, we're seeing surging cases and a climbing death toll. experts are worried this situation could get out of control. more than a thousand american lives reported lost this weekend. and a grim warning from the white house task force >> we do expect deaths to go up. if you have more cases, more hospitalizations, we expect to see that over the next two or three weeks before this turns out. >> reporter: with at least 3.2 million cases and 135,000 death, the testing czar insists america does not need to shut down again. if 90% of people in hot spots wear masks >> if we don't have that, we won't get control of the virus

>> reporter: in some places, wearing one is still left up to individuals. >> people aren't taking it serious. i see at least ten people going in without a mask. >> reporter: in texas, confirmed cases continue to climb. nearly 6,000 reported. >> it is serious it's not a hoax. it can drop on anyone at any time >> reporter: and in arizona, an alarming positivity rate more than 120,000 confirmed cases. >> we are setting records of the type you don't want to set for the use of ventilators by covid patients, acute care beds. >> reporter: in april, there is hope of a summer break from the virus. >> it dies very quickly with the sun. >> reporter: now a distant memory, as the heat wave hits some of the country's hot spots with temperatures to be forecasted as high as 115 degrees. >> i think the summer temperatures have made it worse in a lot of places because people are spending time indoors. >> reporter: hard-hit michigan now seeing an uptick in cases

after hundreds attended july fourth parties health officials say the parties were so packed, contact tracing is impossible. at a nursing home in san diego, an infectious disease control strike team tries to contain a massive outbreak 11 residents have died as the virus spreads, so too does concern things will get worse. >> we're heading to large shutdowns. about half the downry is in deep trouble or will be there soon unless they ratchet things back. >> reporter: experts say some states opened too soon and too aggressively, despite evidence that it wasn't safe. >> okay, erin, thank you six months into the pandemic and president trump finally wore a mask for the first time in public he did so while visiting walter reed medical center this

weekend. the trump administration is actively trying to discredit dr. anthony fauci. we go now to tracy pottses good morning >> reporter: good morning. good morning, everyone what we are seeing is a disconnect between what president trump has been saying and what dr. fauci is saying about the spread of this virus it's been happening for a while, and now members of the trump team are trying to discredit dr. fauci. the nation's top infectious disease expert as a result of this disconnect. they're saying he's been wrong on some things and using some of his own words against him early on in the pandemic in fact, even before the pandemic hit the united states, when fauci said that coronavirus was not a major threat to the united states and people didn't need to be walking around wearing masks. that was before the first case was reported in the united states when the president was actually saying some similar things but now because of this

disconnect that's going on, they're highlighting and down playing dr. fauci. as far as we know, he is still part of the coronavirus task force, but fauci said he saw the president a few weeks ago but has no >> tracy, thank you. police in allentown, pennsylvania are speaking out after a video has surfaced of an officer kneeling on a man as they were trying to arrest him we want to warn you, this video may be disturbing. it shows three police officers holding down a man outside of a hospital one officer uses his elbow on the man's neck, he then uses his knee the police chief says during the incident that the individual began to yell, scream, and spit at the officers. as police attempted to restrain the individual, all parties fell to the ground. where he continued to be noncompliant this video has sparked an

investigation from the district attorney and the allentown police department. >> let's get a check now of our weather and how we're starting off the workweek here's michelle grossman great to see you, michelle >> so good to see you. and we are talking about heat all week long. we're seeing extreme temperatures in the south once again. a huge area of high pressure, sort of like a heat pump pumping in that heat from the south and the moisture from the ocean. it's going to feel worse than what it is warm this morning, and as we go throughout the day, we'll see temperatures right around 100 degrees in houston going to feel like 109, 102 in charleston and in orlando, 94. now with that heat, also the trigger of a cold front. we're looking at the potential for severe, even strong storms in the central and northern plains and into the upper midwest. damaging winds, could see winds over 60 miles per hour hail up to an inch, and the risk for a few tornadoes. looking good in the northeast.a.

the story in new england will be showers and thunderstorms. that wasn't too bad in the mid-atlantic all right. that july heat is in full force. we'll talk about that expanding to the east later on >> we'll check in with you later. time for today's quick hits. lj lebron james decided to forego the option of wearing a social justice logo on his jersey he said it didn't resonate with my goals after 110 years of aviation, the u.s. navy has their first african-american pilot brooklyn announced his

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>> no, we're winning the war we had areas that flamed up and they're going to be type over a period of time but we had this plague sent in from china, and it's a disgrace they isn't stop it in china. i put the ban up if i didn't put the ban up, we would have had more cases. one death is far too many, but our testing is far superior to anybody's. we've tested almost 45 million people but it flared up in areas where they thought it was ending, and that would be florida, texas, a couple of other places and they're going to have it under control quickly. >> mr. president, vanessa guillen, army soldier, immigrant, have you heard of her? >> yes, i have >> she was killed. >> that's right. >> on an army base in texas. is there something that you could do to have more transparency in the way the armed forces investigates sexual harassment and sexual abuse?

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actress jada pinkett smith confirmed that she dated a singer during a temporary split from her husband, will smith she used her facebook plat tomorrow to explain that a romance happened during a difficult time in her marriage and she and smith were separated at the time. smith also spoke up saying, to make mistakes oue fear of losing your family is kritle. will and jada pinkett smith were married in 1996 and have two children people all over the world have found way to spread joys to others the man in nr of laughter by posting dad jokes outside of his

home max paddock from our affiliate has more >> reporter: the sound of scissors gliding through paper a stroke of the pen. these are the sounds woody hears every morning. >> it's a fun thing. we've had so many responses. >> reporter: for the past 100 days, woody's been lifting spirits on this cntry through e power of laughter. >> she drove by this house in south carolina that had a joke of the day >> reporter: woody's bad dad jokes reaching as far as arizona. >> we need a positive, uplifting theme or something like that >> reporter: i wanted to put woody's dad joke skills to the test >> how did the hamburger introduce his girlfriend

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it's the time of year when families normally hit the road for vacation, but now many americans are staying put, which has been devastating to resort communities. here's kevin tibbles >> reporter: in a typical summer, this show draws several hundred thousand tourists to its wisconsin dells arena. to bear witness to the water skiing feats that was last season this is now. facing social distancing restrictions, the owner made the

difficult decision to close this summer for the first time in the show's nearly 70-year history could you possibly open safety, given the fact that our business model is based upon having 2500 people in this amphitheater every single day for 110 straight days? the answer was no, there was no way we could do it >> reporter: he's one of several business owners here feeling pandemic pain this summer. the dells is officially wisconsin's top tourist destination. and unofficially, the nation's water park capital attracting 4 million tourists last year, who brought in nearly $2 billion this year, the pandemic forced attractions to close for two months and tourists have been slow to return at the original duck boat tour, ticket sales are down 40%. noah's ark, the nation's largest water park, reporting the same for generations, tourism has been the city of dells

lifeblood. >> either you work in a resort or own a resort. everything we do here is tourism related. >> reporter: the city's put on hold plans to purchase two new police cars, a generator for the storm shelter, even new windows for the police station >> to have a business and to watch that erode with something like covid-19, those are just tough things to swallow. >> when the pandemic hit, mike kaminsky was forced to furlough more than 400 employees. since reopening, business is down more than 60% and wedding bookings have plummeted. >> we're north of $15 million worth of lost revenue. >> reporter: they are worried it could force more closures and put this water park capital under water. >> we're going to give it everything that we have to open next year. >> reporter: for now, high hopes

for smoother sailing in the months to come kevin tibbles, nbc news, wisconsin dells, wisconsin >> and we thank you so much for waking up with us on this monday >> today is a very special day it i

breaking news overnight, john travolta's wife has died of breast cancer. we have the latest details including a statement. >> an explosion an massive fire on board a navy ship in lifornia sailors injured. smoke visible for miles. few details this morning on the dangers. sunshine state overtakes new york by the thousands as florida records the largest number of cases for its single day topping 15,000 with those staggering

numbers the death toll i