covid on the rise. as the texas deals with a duel pandemic >> florida overtakes new york with the second most cases of coronavirus in the united states trailing just california as we head into the st week of july. >> the powerful moment when john lewis was carried across the bridge in selma, alabama >> on the heels of the chinese tit-for-tat each nation closes another embassy. gold prices surge to record highs as tensions escalate

>> last icon of hollywood's golden age pass. we remember olivia de havilland and her role in gone with the wind "early today" starts right now good monday morning. i'm phillip mena >> after only taking 16 days for coronavirus cases to jump from 3 million to 4 million, the outbreak reaches a critical stage with more than 4.2 million americans infected cal and florida have surpassed new york meanwhile texas was hit with a one-two punch dealing with covid and hurricane hanna. >> reporter: good morning. the state of florida is in a state of crisis. it just topped new york for the second most number of coronavirus case in the country and that is hurricane season

under way right now something florida is waiting for and texas is experiencing right now, a double whammy. in texas the season's first hurricane, leaving flooding and fear in its wake >> the walkway is gone >> reporter: rescue by night and realization by day first responders getting people to shelters. >> you're whole intake system changes. in the past you could put people in a single line and have they come through and process them. now you have to take medical evaluation, temperature check. >> reporter: across the state cases and death tolls mounting as houston's mayor announced more covid deaths in july in that city than the previous four months combined. the at the same time some lone state star bars open in defiance of the governor's owners

>> we're trying to show we can open up safely and operate >> reporter: another state struggling with widespread transmission, florida. now second in the country in total cases leaping past new york with more than 420,000. covid still spreading rapidly as families uncover brand-new fears. >> as a parents it's your worst nightmare. >> it's devastating. my stomach dropped when i heard the news >> reporter: after contracting covid and the flu in may he was quarantined and recovered until thursday when his mother says. >> he was perfectly fine after dinner he started complaining that he had neck pain once they the got him toing in room, eight minutes later that's when the nightmare began >> reporter: he's now paralyzed

from the neck down but stable due to covid complications in california several straight davis record fatalities and first l.a. firefighter succumbing across the country on the jersey shore more than 20 lifeguards contracted the virus after attending social gatherings. and this dynamic of states having to deal with the coronavirus and hurricanes at the same time. not slowing up any time, hurricane douglas bearing downtown hawaiian islands while off the coast of the atlantic there's a 90% transof a dushs become a tropical depression or greater. back to you. sam, thank you a new poll is diving into how americans view president trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic according to the poll from the associated press, just 32% of

americans support the president's approach and 38% approve of his job performance meanwhile eight in ten americans say the country is heading in the chronicling direction. that's more than at any point since trump took office. the poll find 38% of americans say the nation's economy is good with the clock ticking republicans are finally set to unveil their proposal for the next coronavirus relief bill the administration started rolling out details over the weekend president trump's mind was seemingly elsewhere retweeting 45 posts after 7:00 p.m. easternmostly focused on the protests for more on what we can expect from the gop plan head over to our capitol hill correspondent, tracie potts congress needs to move quickly on this. >> reporter: it's a trillion dollars and that plan ise anoth round ptection for businesses, tax credits and lawsuit protection

the big thing in the air is whether lawmakers will continue the $600 a week unemployment bonus that is expiring republicans talking about what the they plan to put in this bill which is urgent right now because that unemployment expires this week. >> i see us being able to provide unemployment insurance maybe a retention credit to keep people from being displaced or brought back into the workplace. helping with our schools if we can do that along with liability protection perhaps we put that forward, get that passed as we negotiate on the rest of the bill in the weeks to come >> that delay is causing suffering for america's families we have been ready the for two months and ten days. i've been here all weekend hoping they had something to give us. they promised it this week it didn't come now they are saying monday

>> reporter: the other thing that's up in the air is protection from evictions that expired on friday. the white house wants to extend that until the end of the year this is for an estimated 12 million americans who could be kicked out of their homes because they can't afford to pay their rent the rocky relationship between the u.s. and china could be inching towards the point of no return. just a few hours ago the u.s. closed its consulate in chengdu. joining us now from outside the closed u.s. embassy is our reporter >> reporter: good morning. the american flag was lowered here just after dawn, ending decades of diplomatic presence here and giving another sign of how relations between the u.s. and china are getting worse. the question is where do things go from here u.s. diplomats here complied with the toward vacate the

consulate within 72 hours. that was the same deadline that the u.s. had given chinese diplomats in houston, texas. they cleared out of the consulate late last week however chinese officials today wanted to make a point of saying that they handled this the right way. they said they did everything above board. they walked through the front door when they took back this building they complained that when u.s. law enforcement agents showed up at the houston consulate last friday that they forced their way in so there just doesn't seem to be any point of cooperation between the two sides. relations are combative on nearly every front from hong kong to trade and it isn't clear where things go from here. from the chinese perspective they believe this is all part of the trump administration's strategy to get re-elected, but president trump, secretary of state mike pompeo and other senior officials say that they have serious concerns and that

they want to use this opportunity to try to get china to behave differently. so where things go from here is the gold enquestion. >> got to wonder when that feud will stop. thank you. today congress will remember a giants of a civil rights movement and remembering john lewis. the georgia democrat served his district for over 30 years today he'll lie in state at the capitol rotunda after the special ceremony >> comes after a day of portfolio remembrance in sell marks alabama. >> reporter: today congressman lewis will be taken from montgomery, alabama to washington, d.c. where he will lie in state there in the nation's capitol, day three of what will be six days of tributes for congressman lewis one final journey through selma,

alabama. ♪ it's only fitting for congressman john lewis this be part of his home going, selma the city he helped thrust into the national conscience. he an so many others beat into the ground on the edmund pettus bridge over the years he came back repeatedly to mark the anniversary of bloody sunday most recently in march as he battled cancer ♪ >> as i look down i could see hundreds of policemen with tear gas. hundreds of state troopers and dogs >> reporter: for lewis a hero's farewell for the next generation

of leaders >> i strongly believe i wouldn't be elected to office they opened a door that was closed >> reporter: though with all of them watching just as he did 55 years ago carried in a horse drawn casson crossed the edmund pettus bridge one last time. his family walking behind him in the same place where alabama state troopers nearly ended his life >> we're tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again how long can we be patient >> reporter: for many, still echoing today. >> he's left me richer with the importance of having courage, standing up for what's right >> can you hear him? never give up. never give in. keep the faith keep your eyes on the prize.

for john and our nation, let's make him proud >> reporter: in the nation's capitol he'll be honored in two different ways one lying in state and congressman clyburn says that this morning he plans to introduce the john r. lewis voting rights act of 2020 on the house floor. >> coming up at 11:00 a.m. eastern, lester holt will anchor an nbc news special report remembering john lewis wicked weather on multiple front. let's bring in janessa webb. good morning >> good morning, everyone. it has been a tough weekend with our first hurricane hitting south texas. we're watching that system make its way well to the south. also on our radar we have hurricane douglas. doesn't look like it will be a direct hit on honolulu but the outer bands will cause concern we're watching the tropics, 90%

development of our unnamed storm that will make its way to the lesser antilles. poteial path intnt the mid-to-u. humidity is staying in place for the deep south all the way through the southeast. summer heat building we have heat alerts that continue across the northeast. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> hope those acs are working and working well in today's quick hits an elvis presley impersonator set a record for singi nonstop. it spanned 50 hours. the previous record was 43 hours. >> undefeated boxer got a knock

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what people are doing is saying where is my money safe safe in the bond market? yes. safe in the equity market? probably they are buying gold they are taking gold to levels we've never seen pretty much record territory $1943 a troy ounce two years ago it was trading assembly $1,200 now under $2,000 platinum and other precious metals rising as well. southwest airlines, no enforced furloughs taking place no involuntary furloughs bad news is 28% of staff, just under 17,000 have decided they can wet extended unpaid packages a lot going on at southwest airlines let me hand it back to you two >> invest in gold. that's where it's at >>g your

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hollywood we gerlegend olive havilland died at 104. she died in paris from natural causes >> reporter: in hollywood's golden era, olivia de havilland was one of the brightest stars best remembered for her role as melanie wills in "gone with the wind". >> you have too much love. i've always admired so you i wish i could be more like you. >> reporter: she would go on to win two best actress oscars for her performances in "to each his own"

and "the heiress". >> he came back with the same lie. the same silly phrase. >> reporter: she made her mark behind-the-scenes. in a landmark lawsuit she took down the studio system that penalized actors for rejecting roles. it became known as the havilland law. she had a stormy relationship with her sister jane fontane but it's moments like this >> you have too much love. >> reporter: that won fans over. >> it's about survival and those are things familiar to everyone. >> reporter: the veteran actress died peacefully in her sleep she was 104 years old. kathy park, nbc news baseball may be back without fans but mascots are still in

the stands the atlanta braves took on the mets in new york over the weekend. there's mr. and mrs. met cheering on their team while wearing face mavericks in philadelphia cardboard seats in the seats and look -- i'm focused on the philly phanatic. i was happy baseball was back. i watched more baseball than i have so long >> you're watching everything you can get. >> never know when it will go away you don't appreciate it until it's gone. >> i need to see what gritty is doing in the stands. >> a mexico city cafe is encouraging people to keep social distancing. he's using these bears to keep

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right now at 4:30, breaking news overnight. a shooting outside a 7-eleven in east contra costa county leaves one person dead. next, what investigators are telling us about a second victim. plus, a race for a vaccine. the big announcement from one california university. and oaklanders beg for violence and vandalism to stop after a weekend protest. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a good monday morning to you. here we go, getting started with the workweek. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. i hope everyone had a