cody rigsby and cheryl burke ready to return to the dance floor after their breakthrough covid infectionsrom to a song from a goofy movie. and finally performing eye to eye. it's the magical return "dancing with the stars" fans have been waiting for. peloton instructor cody rigsby and cheryl burke back together in the ballroom for disney week. ♪ ♪ >> it almost feels like the first time again, those jitters and those nerves i had the first time in the ballroom. >> double the tears. >> reporter: the pair sidelined after testing positive for covid despite being vaccinated. >> i am positive. which means i have covid. >> i have tested positive for covid. again. the second time this year. feels like this, this is what it feels like when doing it online. it's all these different obstacles. ♪ >> it was such a huge, i guess, emotional roller coaster, you know, of just having covid in general, right, and then, on top of it, just seeing your life you have in front of you thinking it was going to end up differently falling to pieces. >> reporter: following cdc guidelines the pair forced to quarantine

peloton star cody rigsby tested positive for covid-19 days after his partner cheryl burke was forced to do a couples dance but in totally different rooms? this is something that's never happened in a "dancing with the stars" 30-season history but it's happening after two of its favorite stars tested positive for covid. overnight, game-changing news from "dancing with the stars" peloton instructor cody rigsby and pro partner cheryl burke. >> this is going to go down in history. >> reporter: the pair telling abc news exclusively they will dancing in completely separate rooms after they both tested positive for covid. >> i'm feeling okay, but i'm so excited to dance on "dancing with the stars." one way or the other. >> reporter: they will each be alone in separate homes regularly monitored to ensure they can dance safely. >> we will do it from the comfort of our own home. look at that. i've turned our living room into a ballroom. >> reporter: the bombshell announcement just hours after the fitness guru breaking on instagram thursday that he had tested positive. >> hi, friends, it's me a

. >> pelaton instructor instructoo rigsby and cheryl burke reunited following their quarantine.last night they completed the first ever fully remote performance. >> tonight is heroes night. tomorrow is villains night. you can watch dancinyou can wa stars tonight and tomorrow night at 8:00 here on abc 7. disney is the parent company of abc 7. world news tonight with david muir's next. >> thank you for joining us tonight. see you at 6:00. like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took for granted got tougher to do. thought surgery was my only option. turns out i was wrong. so when a hand specialist told me about nonsurgical treatments, it was a total game changer. like you, my hands have a lot more to do. learn more at factsonhand.com today. your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on inside. it's true, with diabetic retinopathy, excess sugar can damage blood vessels, causing vision loss or even blindness. so remember this: now i

cheryl burke and her partner cody bigsby will dance virtually and separately.ust a few days after burke tested positive. both are fully vaccinated. the judges evaluated the rehearsals which were recorded for burke tested positive. to find out which britney spears song all of the couples will dance to, dancing with the stars airs tonight on abc 7. given we are offering a sneak peek at a new abc 7 original streaming series called the lost season. the pandemic at the dreams of thousands of student athletes on hold and jeopardize their ticket to a college education. abc followed three student-athletes for a year to see how they navigated the crisis. >> it's up to the lancer defense to show what they can do. they have to hang onto this lead. >> i have been working my whole life just to get to this point. >> stay on the quarterback. stay on the quarterback. >> if i didn't have a scholarship, it would be hard because my family would have to pay for me to college. that was my only way. >> throwing right and -- >> it is all about the fans. you can be the biggest, fastes

that is cheryl burke on the right.ia zoom after both of them tested positive for covid last week. >> when it came to performance time, we gave it our best. a double dose of disney is next week. disney heroes is the first night, tuesday night is disney villains. i'm trying to figure out which one i would want to do. what song it would be. poor unfortunate souls? too slow? drew: you need something faster. kumasi: you need the villain song. reggie: the one from hunchback. drew: i don't know that one. i grew up in the renaissance of disney movies. do you know i'm talking about? reggie: aladdin? drew: let's talk about what's happening in the weather department. we had some active weather. lightning across southern california. more than 1000 lightning strike. this is going to swing through here. it's going to bring cooler weather. already brought back the fog. that cooler air begins to arrive. 77 in san jose, 75 in sunnydale. 70 for palo alto. low 60's along the coastline. downtown, it feels like october. it will be 60 in da

he was paired up with cheryl burke who tested possible -- positive on monday. at 8:00 p.m. on abc 7. kumasi: super bowl 56 will have not one but five halftime performers -- the super bowl sunday, september 13 at sophia stadium where the rams and chargers play -- so five stadium -- the well-being of becomes a viral moment one senator would probably like to forget. reggie: hacked, a data breach this morning. kumasi: we will get you back out live to our breaking news, streets underwater in the east bay which is expected to cause traffic trouble. reggie: a live look working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what recology is all about. as an employee-owned company, recology provides good-paying local jobs for san franciscans. we're proud to have built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. let's keep making a differene together. who doesn't like more? and i mean, like

cody rigsby and cheryl burke returned to the ballroom after testing positive for covid.t, but tonight, that will change. watch dancing with the stars tonight at 8:00 on abc 7. what song would you pick? kumasi: i don't know. all i know is i keep trying to vote and i keep missing. when does it need to happen, when the show is actually on? jobina: i am just cool to catch the reruns. i try to stay on morning news schedule. kumasi: i want to vote for iman. jobina: i have only seen him once, but it is just the idea. kumasi: i will try today. up next, the seven things you need to know today. jobina: you can watch all of our newscasts on demand through the bay area connected tv app. download and start streaming. kumasi: as we go to break, live look outside at our beautiful kumasi: if you are just joining us, here are the seven things you need to know this morning. lisa: still under a red flag warning in the east bay. the wind has been gusting to near 40 mile per hour. we will continue to see the breezy wind, low relative humidity, and the risk of wildfires. kumasi: the alice all

the stars and we are going to see something we have never seen before on the show: pro dancer cheryl burke and her partner are going to be dancing virtually and separately. last week, rigsby announced he tested positive for covid just a few days after burke. both are fully vaccinated. last week, the judges evaluated the rehearsal which was recorded before burke tested positive. so this is going to be bizarre. find out which britney spears song all the couples are going to dance to on dancing with the stars at 8:00 tonight right here on abc news seven. >> they said we are going to make this work. >> they really did. >> peloton says no, stay there. your song is circus, and you a in two different rings. that is what i would do. >> back at work. reggie: the third ring is us. streak continue? jeopardy's current champion talking about his strategy. >>, the new recommendations for safely gathering for the holidays. >> a car crash and a half marathon course. who doesn't like more? and i mean, like, a lot more. well, with xfinity you get more for your money. because with xfinity internet you get a

week on dancing with the stars, both suffering from breakthrough covid-19 cases, tony rigby and cheryl burkehe weekend following warranty last week and they completed the shows first ever fully remote performance. gma has a preview of tonight's show coming up after abc 7 mornings and as far as the disney themes, it's heroes night. tomorrow is villains night. you can watch tonight and tomorrow at 8:00 right here on abc 7. reggie: i'm telling you, ginger had the full set. jobina: i was looking it up. she is belle. reggie: they had the town, all the people walking by. jobina: i had in my head the yellow best -- yellow dress, but it's not, it's the one from the beginning of the part of the movie. reggie: it's country bell, provincial bell. next at 6:30, dr. fauci giving his best guidance on celebrating halloween. jobina: and a nuclear engineer charged with passing military secrets and aping a butsand the bizarre story unfolding and how his wife is involved. reggie: we have for the first time since the pandemic started, a cruiseship about the dock here in san francisco. a part of our economic rec

cheryl burke and her, cody rigsby, will dance virtually and separately after both were diagnosed with as george put nokia found out, the stars are excited. >> i love britney spears. huge fan. >> i guarantee you will know every single song that's playing. >> hopefully she is watching and we can make her proud. >> it will be a night filled with the music of nice peers and the couples could not be more excited. >> i'm a huge fan. >> she's an icon, hence having brittany week. >> britney can do no w britney o she's so fun to dance to and to have her own night after everything she has been going through it just feels right. >> it's nice to have an evening where we celebrate her artistry and where she's at. everyone is excited. >> all through high school, i felt like britney was my bff in high school. amazing. >> i'm a huge britney spears fan. growing up in cleveland ohio, we had the senior lounge and anytime her video came on, the entire lunchroom stopped and everyone watch the video. >> i'm going to channel britney spears in everything i do but i do that on a daily basis. >> we are going t

he was partnered with cheryl burke, announced she has covid. , who tested positive over the weekend.be paired up with another pro from monday, but it is not clear now what will happen. we will see what ends up happening on "dancing with the stars" every monday on abc7. kumasi: ok, let's talk about this. super bowl 56 it will not have one, but five halftime performers. we are talk about dr. dre, snoop dogg, eminem, mary j blythe and kendrick lamar. it is set for sunday, february 13 at sophia stadium in inglewood, where the los angeles rams and chargers play. ok, take a look at this -- mom's spaghetti, the name of eminem's new restaurant in detroit. this is what the line looks like on opening day. and this is the cool part, the rapper surprised to customers by serving up the pasta himself. of course, the name comes from the iconic lyrics in his 2000 and three song, "lose yourself." detroit is eminem's hometown. did we show the picture of him in the window? ok, you have to find it. it's so -- he's really in the window. did you see it? reggie: no. kumasi: every picture i saw, it is that

cheryl burke and cody rigsby, well, they were both quarantining with covid and performed their danceoutrageous night on the dance floor. there was no denying it was all about britney. the moves were sexy but covid caught even the judges off guard. >> although he's fully vaccinated and tested negative derek will sit out tonight's show. >> reporter: the judges' table one down after derek hough missed the night after being exposed to the virus. this after covid dropped a double bombshell in week two with partner cheryl and cody both testing positive. ♪ >> reporter: we're seeing a first, a couple dancing completely on remote. >> thankfully like cheryl is a genius and found out all these ways to choreograph things to make it look like we're in the same space that we're connected. once we started to stand on this stage i was like, no, you love britney spears.led it. rorr: the judges were not impressed. >> look, we have to judge it according to what we have in this ballroom. did that compare? not quite. >> reporter: olivia jade and val coming up with a top spot in a three-way tie for first

in dancing with the stars content student cheryl burke and cody are off the dance floor they will competer have turned each one of their living rooms into dancing areas and will compete separately and virtually. cody i have to say am a big fan of his i love his backstreet boys peloton right, it is amazing, i'm glad his symptoms are small. will: at the beginning of the segment i came running in because i was on breakfast duty. here you go, madame, here is your sausage egg and cheese. rachel: that is amazing, i am actually going to forgive you for not calling me while i was sick this week or not texting me. pete: we got sausage egg and cheese with jalapenos. they're all the same. are we becoming the same person. rachel: we are. before we get out of the segment i want to talk about one thing really quick at weird transition but lieutenant colonel scheller on the segment that we just did with him in the interview with louie gohmert is so important one of the things that i noted listening to his father was when the lieutenant colonel made that statement he made that statement according to his