. >>> breaking overnight, a fire tearing through rachael ray's home where she's been hosting her talk show during the pandemic. firefighters battling the flames into the night. >>> plus, simon cowell speaks out after an accident that requires five hours of surgery. what it means now for "america's got talent." >>> the future of the shopping mall.plans lace sears and jcpenney's. >>> a new digital dress code. schools try to change the rules for student, enduriven during oe classes. what won't be allowed anymore. >>> good monday morning, everyone. the u.s. now has more than 5 million cases of coronavirus. far out pacing all other countries. >>> as college students prepare for the fall semester, notre dame kicked off the academic year last night with an outdoor mass wherever could keep their social distance. indiana and other parts of the u.s. are top concern for the spread of the virus. >>> nursing home deaths are rising again causing concern about the lack of supplies and testing. t umed questiouhis ecu orders extending une but even membehis own party are questioning whether he has the

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family's search for answers this morning >>> breaking overnight, a fire ripped through the home of rachael ray. the investigation into what sparked the inferno is just getting under way. >>> the new concerns for college football season as head winds hit major league baseball. "early today" starts right now >>> good monday morning. i'm fiphilip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the decision to send students back to school is getting more difficult. five states make up 40% of the infections, including california, where the death toll has topped 10,000. >> in new york, the positivity rate dropped to 0.78, the lowest it's been since the pandemic began. progress like that has led the governor the okay to resume in-person classes in the fall. >> this school in dallas, georgia is switching to virtual classes after reporting nine cases of covid the school came under fire after this photo went viral. >>> disney plans to shorten hours at its florida theme park after earnings dropped 85% starting september 8, magic kingdom and hollywood studios will close an hour early >>> new zealand celebrates a major miles

. >>> and tv host rachael ray's upstate new york home was damaged by a huge fire overnight. ray, her husband, and dog are all safe. those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 10th. >>> thank you for starting your week with us. and we do begin with schools ng a as coravirus cas millionaon be holding classes online today and tomorrow, while the building is disinfected following an outbreak among students and staff. >> in big-time college football, the power five conferences may be considering moving their season to the spring. meantime, the pandemic has prompted some top ncaa players to call for the creation of a union. abc's andrew dymburt has more. >> reporter: the u.s. now surpassing 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. kansas city among nine cities warned by the white house task force they are in danger of becoming new hot spots. >> we're seeing a lot of activity that has been against public health advice. house parties of up to hundreds of people, a lot of backyard parties. >> reporter: chicago's mayor threatening to shut down the lakefront, posting the

this is the home of celebrity chef rachael ray. it was severely damaged by fire. it was the fire that started last night at her house in upstate new york. not clear at this point whether ray was at home but the representative for her said that talk show host and her husband and their dog are safe. the extent of the damage is unknown yet. the cause of the fire is also unknown. but since the start of the pandemic rachael ray has been filming her show from her house and her show airs right here on nbc bay area. very big flames there. >> i'm glad they're okay. >>> as students go back to school here in the bay area, there are concerns in georgia following a photo i want to show you. this photo going viral last week. you likely saw it. this is where students were in a crowded hallway in a high school. this is just outside of atlanta. the school suspended that student who took the photo because they said using the phone without permission on school grounds, well it followed that suspension but the punishment has since been lifting this week. students won't be returning to

. >>> we move on to what we're learning more about that fire at rachael ray's upstate new york home. >> the tv cooking show host was at home with her husband when the blaze broke out. the home was heavily damaged. officials do not think the fire was suspicious. ray tweeted, grateful that my mom, my husband, my dog were all okay. these are the days we all have to be grateful for. what we have, not what we've lost. >> we also saw that fire, officials say apparently it started in the second level, not in the kitchen as people would probably think. obviously the fire there and the cause still under investigation. >>> a ft. worth, texas, park is being taken over by squatters. >> they're called nutrias or swamp rats, eww, and the population is -- >> oh my god. >> oh no. >> yeah. >> humans may be to blame. the rodents prefer plants but this group seems to have developed a taste for cat food. >> no, not cats, cat food. >> i don't know what i said. >> you were thinking. i know what you were thinking. >> i blacked out the minute we showed that thing. >> wildlife officials want people to stop f

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todd: take a look at this, a fox news alert now, fire ripping through rachael ray's home in upstate nework overnight. firefighters say the celebrity chef was inside when it started. ray, her husband and dog are all safe. she's been filming episodes of her talk show in the kitchen during the pandemic. no word on what started the fire or how bad the damage is. jillian: senator lindsey graham claiming the fbi deceived the senate intelligence committee on their knowledge of the steele dossier. >> the fbi did what they did to the fisa court. they misled the hell out of them. they said that there's no evidence from the subsource to suggest that steele fabricated anything in the dossier. actually, the subsource said it was all bar talk, hearsay, speculation, and conjecture. they completely misrepresented to the senate intel committee in 2018 what the subsource had told the fbi in 2017. that is a new crime, a different crime. jillian: graham said he's going to write a thrower the fbi director and ask him who gave the briefing in 2018. coming up later this hour, former florida attorney general,

jillian: to another fox news alert, a fire ripping through rachael ray's home in upstate new york overnightlook at this. firefighters say the celebrity chef was inside when it started, rang her husband and dog bella are safe. she was filming episodes of her talk show from her home during the pandemic. todd: senator lind lindsey gram said the senate deceived the committee. >> they misled the hell out of the fisa court. they said there's no evidence from the subsource to suggest that steele fabricated anything in the dossier. actually, the subsource said it was all bar talk, hearsay, speculation and conjecture. they completely misrepresented to the senate intel committee in 2018 what the subsource had told the fbi in 2017. that is a new crime, a different crime. todd: graham says he's going to write a letter to the fbi director, christopher wray and ask him who gave the briefing in 2018. jillian: democrat backlash growing after president trump takes executive action on covid-19 relief. todd: it is following weeks of failed negotiations on capitol hill. caroline shibley joins us live in washin

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rachael ray and her husband managed to get out safely. huge flames caused major damage to the roof and the upper floors, in particular. recent episodes of her home have been shot in the kitchen during the pandemic >>> also happening today, serena williams is back in action for the inaugural top seed open. today's matchups will be in spectator free arenas in lexington, kentucky. serena is joined by venus, and rising star, coco goff. >>> american idol returns to abc. tonight's auditions will look different. instead of the usual bus tour across america, additions will be done virtually, thanks to videoconferencing, the first states at art delaware, florida and ohio. >>> simon cowell is recovering from surgery after breaking his back over the weekend. he broke his back in several places when he fell off his new electric bike near his home in he tweeted out this appreciation for doctors and nurses who were treating him. he also has advice saying, quote, if you buy a bike, read the manual for you write it for the first time. >>> the pga champio

officials are trying to determine what caused this fire to cause major damage to celebrity chef, rachael ray. they did get out of the burning home safely. the flames caused major damage to the roof and upper floors. >>> simon cowell is returned, recovering from surgery. he broke his back over the weekend. he fell off of his new electric bicycle near his home in malibu. he tweeted out appreciations for the doctors and nurses who performed the surgery. he also said, if you purchase an electric trail bike, read the manual before you write it for the first time. >>> a team of officers is now in her most beat in southern california handing out tickets to anyone not wearing a face mask. for officers started handing out fines over the weekend to help enforce the face mask mandate. violators are fined $100 for the first offense. $200 for the second offense, and $500 for each offense after that. >> i think a t to follow it or not. >> contract employees are not sworn members of the police department, they only have the power to enforce certain rules and it illustrative regulations. it's an effort to f

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. >>> breaking overnight -- celebrity cook rachael ray's house up in flames. her home destroyed. her dog and her husband making it out. the latest at this hour. >>> simon cowell's crash. the "america's got talent" judge breaking his back, falling off an e-bike right in his own driveway, rushed into five hours of surgery. new questions now about the safety of e-bipopularity and sa. ♪ i'm on the edge of glory >>> and stunning victory. the 23-year-old pga champ making history, and with only one whiff but that was after he won it all. >>> plus, does he make the catch, or does this proposal take a plunge? wait until you see what happens next and what the happy couple is saying about it this morning. ♪ i'm on the edge >>> i'm not sure about that tosn thutg, america. it is good to have power back and good to be back with you on this very busy monday morning, and, t.j. and amy, we have a lot of headlines. >> we certainly do, and it is so nice to see you, robin. we start with breaking news from early this morning. a mass looting in chicago, hundreds of people on michigan avenue clashing w

to remove misinformation and races content from its platform celebrity chef and talk show host rachael rayamily are safe as after they escaped a fire in her upstate new york home re her husband and dog are home in lake missouri last night when the fire broke out a representative for her said the fire mostly damaged. the main house on their property. >>hours prior to the fire a share photographs of the meal she and friends were having during a golf outing ray has been making meals at her home since the pandemic broke out no injuries were reported and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at 9 stay with us pam and i'll be back at the top of the hour with more coming up san mateo police releasing more information. >>welcome and they say beat and sexually assaulted a woman in her 60's. the clues, they say could help track that person down that story more coming up on kron 4 news at 10. news stations. >>you're watching kron 4 news at 10 20,000 over the next few weeks and may actually be more than 2 weeks in order to get them to all of our students. the back to school rush is on the san francisco un

and just in this morning, the home of tv celebrity chef rachael ray severely damaged by fire. this all happened last night at her home in upstate new york. not clear if anyone was home at time but a representative does say that the talk show host and her husband and dog are safe. since the start of the pandemic, ray has been filming her show from her house. the exact extend of the damage is unknown and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> as student goes back to school here in the bay area, there are now concerns in georgia following this photo i want to show you. this photo going viral last week. when students are seen in the crowded hallway. this is a high school just outside of atlanta. the school suspended that student who took the photo because they were using phone without permission on school grounds. her punishment was lifted later. the school this week saying that the students won't return after a letter was sent out saying that nine people tested positive for covid-19 at that school. >>> 5:27 this morning. coming up next, top stories we're following incl

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