and we have to yellowstone this summer. we had been back to glacier and back to yellowstone and probably not yosemite because it's just too hard for us now at our age. >> do people, have been stopped and recognized? >> yes, we always do. we have one party is a fund-raiser, a lot of the big western parks have friends groups and so this summer we have a big park in the superintendents house for all the supporters of yellowstone national park to come. that was fun. >> and what did you enjoy most of it being texas first lady? >> i love being texas first lady because i love my state, and i know my state so well, having always lived here. the times that i visited when george was governor, and have traveled all over our state. i don't think i made it every single county. i think there are 253 of them but i did make it almost everyone, and in many cases it was nostalgic, being a part of the state that i visited with my parents, and we would go on summer vacations, and we would be in a part of the state where my grandmother lived, i

just last month, a 72-year-old woman was gored by a bison at yellowstone. avoid situations like this should you encounter a bison is first not to provoke it by getting too close and then move away if it approaches and if it charges like in that video, run or find cover, guys. >> i like how you have to tell people don't approach the bison. don't provoke it. >> somebody wasn't listening and 25 yards is not far enough, i'm sorry. >> that distance. >> if we've told you once we told you twice, stay away from the bison. >>> coming up, "play of the day." ♪ ooking up a storm. sharing your most irresistible recipes with the ones you love. so at king's hawaiian, we wanted to share some of your irresistibly delicious ideas with the world. like kristi's greek almighty burger. or lucy's chili dog days of summer. and of course, trudy's sweet island chicken sliders. and if you want to share even more this summer, join us and no kid hungry in our fight against childhood hunger. learn more at kingshawaiian.com king's hawaiian. what an irresistibly delicious idea. red, blue,

she wa injure more people than any other animal at yellowstone. a bison after a family got too close miraculously, she was okay and last fall, kaylee davis broke her ankle after being charged in utah. >> i started running away from him. he flipped me in the air >> reporter: rangers say the lure of getting up close to wild animals is the most common reason why people get attacked with more than 300 million visitors to national parks every year, incidents are rare, but close encounters can happen when you least expect it. this tv news reporter saw that first hand he was doing a story in yellowstone when a bison charged. >> i ain't messing with you. >> they are unpredictable. stay far away from wild animals and give them their space. >> reporter: now, social distance and the distance you should give wild animals is very different. rangers say you should give bisons about 25 feet and bears and wolves should get about 100 yards or just stay in the car. guys, back to you. >> or just watch discovery you know >> reporter: exactly >> thank you >> so this l

. >>> one terrifying moment to another, this one involving a visitor at yellowstone national park. this was caught on camera. >> the woman being charged by a bison ended up playing dead to save her own life. here's abc's will reeve. >> reporter: what starts as a peaceful moment in the great outdoors turns to terror as this bison suddenly charges these two people who had gotten too close in yellowstone national park friday. as the man and woman desperately try to flee, the woman trips and falls, while the bison approaches. >> when they ran, the bison ran after them. and the girl tripped. >> reporter: 20 painstaking seconds later, the bison retreats while the woman is helped to safety. 17-year-old chloe, after capturing the chilling video, spoke to the woman after the ordeal and those calls to play dead -- >> play dead, play dead! >> reporter: may have saved her life. >> she's like, "wow, that was crazy." she's actually from new york but lives in montana, so she knew that, i need to play dead, then i need to keep up and run. since he's already close to me, it would have been worse if

we hiked in yellowstone this summer. we're repeating now a lot of the big parks. we've been back to glacier and back to yellowstone, and probably not to yosemite because it's just too hard for us at our age. >> have you been stop asked recognized? >> yes, we always do. we have one party as a fund-raiser. especially the big western parks have friends groups. and so we -- this summer we had a big party at the superintendent's house for all the supporters of yellowstone national park to come, and that was fun. >> what did you enjoy most about being texas first lady? >> well, i loved being texas first lady because i loved my state. and i know my state so well having always lived here. the towns i visited when george was governor and i don't think i made it to every single county. i think there are 253 of them, but i did make it to almost every one, and in many cases it was nostalgic, be in a part of the state i would visit with my parents when we would go on summer vacations or it would be in a part of the state where my grandmother lived in el paso, for instance, or

and yellowstone park from new jersey. and they don't take family car trips. they don't even fly economy class. and the wrong person to ask i finally got my space figure only to discover the only person there is me. so to make sure every idiot in the world is in communication with every other idiot. so the digital revolution would change everything and has done so already. where did sears go? i'm glad i can comparison shop for refrigerator online and by any brand that exist and deliver the next day with free shipping that they can more repair man at sears is not the soldier how do i get my refrigerator into the ups dropbox all change is disruptive and scary. and contemporary social and economic change and with those political elites distrusted in some cases has been earned and it can be disturbing. the ugly new nationalism comes from vladimir putin at the incontinent - - incompetent for those that took possession after perestroika. all the tea in china scale among the chinese elites. and those anti- elite aspects of the financial interpretation of g heidi they

he's currently on horseback in a dumb hat like an extra on that show "yellowstone." jimmy, stop trying to impress kevin costner. it's embarrassing. but fear not, jimmy will be back in a couple of months, probably sporting his look from the early 2000s. oh, my lord. did you have an apartment above a hometown buffet? this whole situation is very weird but i'm not the only person in l.a. performing for absolutely no one. last night the dodgers played the diamondbacks in a completely empty stadium. but for some reason they still had creepy, disembodied cheering. >> 2-2. bellinger turns on it. down the line to right. back towards the pole. calhoun to the wall, a grand slam! the lights turn on, another team comes in, and the mvp launches a grand slam. >> terrifying. those are the ghosts from way back in 1962. they all died from eating tainted dodger dogs. i'd like to now go live to my court-ordered sidekick, live from his pool in chatsworth, where they used to shoot a bunch of porn, it's guillermo. >> hey, everybody! >> hey, bud, how's it going. i haven't seen your nipples

. >> you take your classes from yellowstone or something. out-of-the-box, how can we make lemonade out of this bowl of lemons? >> we need to bend the curve again. we need to get the metrics rooming in the right direction. >> reporter: they say that's what it will take for the majority of its 1500 members to return to the classroom, not willing to risk their help. >> you will be hearing a lot more in the next few days. >> reporter: on monday, governor nixon was asked repeatedly about state guidance for reopening schools now that many indoor activities have been deemed unsafe. he provided no clear answer her, alluding to more details on friday. as for parent mike flynn, he is hoping the concept is temporary , hoping to start when school does at the end of the month. >> we had to be flexible and adapt. >>> as a parent, that is the number one conversation. what kind of education, what is best versus safety, and i love that idea though of having groups of students being able to gather in a separate location besides their home. personally i think

smacked you take your glasses from yellowstone, or something like that? something out-of-the-box. how can we make lemonade out of this bowl of lemons? >>> the teachers association says the number of cases in the district would need to drop dramatically for the majority of its members to be willing to return to the classroom. >>> it is 7:08 and attend san quentin prisoner has died after a massive outbreak. it happened sunday at a hospital outside of the prison. we have no details right now. right now there are more than 1400 coronavirus cases involving inmates at san quentin. that makes about half of the population. >>> 7:09 and the police chief will give the results of the police department research to the city council. this as they trace some of the problems to staffing shortages after vallejo declared shortages in 2008 as well as a siege mentality towards critics . the meeting tonight starts at 7:00 and it will be conducted by way of zoom. >>> the time now is 7:09 and it is time to talk about the weather which is great for the first night that i didn't have to have the air condi

we have to relocate to yellowstone to a urban center? may be.plained. >> the american wilderness, a playground for old and young and overwhelmingly white. >> you look around and don't see people you identify with. you don't feel welcomed, you feel out of place. you feel, literally come out like are an outsider. >> tucker: really? abc we learned doesn't like the color of the people who live near national park service who visit them. so, wait, who's the racist here? this is sick. it keep in mind, the first clip you saw was the guy who called david villa and somehow he's in charge of the park service and his job to keep the parks open and clean and beautiful. god made them beautiful so just don't screw it up, david. but he's not doing that. instead, he's turning nature into another front for racialized politics. nothing to do with politics and nothing to do with the h race. david is a and he should resign or be fired. don't defile nature, how is th that? activists of the california diversity of fresno for the removal of the statue. they say that he

do we have to relocate yellowstone to an urban center? may be.ch abc explain. >> the american wilderness, playground for old and for young and overwhelmingly white. >> you look around and you don't see people you identify with. you don't feel welcome. you see out -- you feel out of place, you feel literally like n outsider. >> tucker: really? abc, we learn, doesn't like the color of the people who live near national parks or who visit them. so wait, who is the racist here? this is sick. keep in mind, the first clip you saw is the guy called david bella. somehow he's in charge of the park service. his job is to keep the parks open and clean and beautiful. god made them beautiful. don't screw it up, david. he's turning nature into yet another front for racialized politics. nature has nothing to do with politics and nothing to do with race. david is a and he should resign. activists in california are demanding the removal of a statue of a very, very controversial statue of a man called mahatma gandhi. they say that gandhi was a racist. right now the

over four million visitors to yellowstone last year.don't get close in the first place. >> yes. yeah. note to self. she is very, very lucky. they say that she's a local and that she just sort of played dead because that did not look like it was going to have a happy ending. note to self, if this happens to you, vlad, what you're supposed to do -- do not chase or try to scare the bison. just retreat and move as quickly as you can away. try that next time you have a close encounter. that girl's very lucky. >> you won't find me encroaching on their territory, gayle. i'm happy in my apartment. >> yeah. i'm with you. >> the bison are all gone up there. >>> all right. let me move to this -- country music superstar tim mcgraw has hearts singing after he surprised nurses in new jersey who work in a covid-19 unit. the singer hopped on their video call to thank the medical staff for their courage and even sang his hit called "i called mama." >> i just wanted to thank you guys for all the work you're doing on behalf of my family. ♪ a call from a f

a woman was visiting yellowstone national park. watch this.rities say that the -- she approached the animal. it charged and injured her. she was airlifted to a hospital. >>> and this morning, we are celebrating the life of one of the most beloved anchors, broadcast legend hugh downs who was a staple at abc's "20/20" desk for more than two decades, famously partnering with barbara walters on some of the biggest stories of our time. we'll have much more on his life and legacy still ahead. >>> but we begin with the fbi's arrest of jeffrey epstein's longtime associate, ghislaine maxwell. the british socialite has been charged with helping recruit underage girls for the convicted sex offender. in just a moment, we'll speak with brad edwards, an attorney representing more than 50 women who say they were victims of epstein. but first adrienne bankert has the latest on the case. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you too, eva. we are out in front of epstein's mansion on the upper east side of manhattan. now, according to investigator

her version of patriotic tunes and she performed several different songs against the backdrop of yellowstoneelebration. nice job. if violinist polly was visiting family north of the fourth of july weekend when she decided to record a patriotic tribute and she teamed up with their families a boston terrier as he can to perform a rendition of "the star-spangled banner." ♪ while max, that strong. thanks for inviting us into your home. if that's it for "special report." still unafraid. "the story" gets posted by trace gallagher starts right now. hey, teresa. >> trace: thank you, i appreciate it. good evening, everyone, i'm trace gallagher and for martha maccallum and this is "the story." >> like 37 years old. you got the keep killing these children. >> they shot my baby. he got shot in his head. it hurt so bad. >> trace: the devastated family of this little boy, 11 year old senselessly done down this july 4th weekend in washington, d.c. the sixth-grader had dreams of playing in the nfl and his assistant principal saids

. >> we will go to yellowstone, mount rushmore, the badlands, and then into chicago. >> their first road trip will not be there last. >> we have a goal of seeing all the national parks in north america in the next 10 years. >> a new way to make memories during the pandemic. they are sold on it. in vacaville, kpix 5 >> associates say some rv units on that order because of manufacturing companies were closed for time during the shelter in place. >>> with the lifeguards back on the stand and some pas crha and ou the water and means they will have to use disposable face shields for cpr training. >> just because they are disposable, and it shows how everything is sanitized and nobody is spreading everything. >> we will use regular facemask but for training purposes, we are going to use these shields. >> the red cross also says lifeguards can continue normal water rescues in the pool because chlorine helps to fight the spread of covid-19. >>> it is 5:17. let's check arose with gianna. >> good morning, it is a little windy. we have some hotspots around 580 and 880. a wind advisories are in effe

. >> do you take your classes from yellowstone or something like that?ut-of-the-box, how can we make lemonade out of this bowl of lemons? >> we need to bend the curve again, to get the metrics moving in the right direction. >> reporter: the san jose teachers association says that's what it will take for the majority of its 1500 members to return to the classroom, not willing to risk their health. >> the dynamic nature of the spread of this virus means you will be hearing a lot more in the next few days. >> reporter: on monday, governor newsom was asked repeatedly about state guidance for reopening schools. now that many interactivity have been deemed unsafe. he provided no clear answer, alluding to more details on friday. as for parents mike flynn, he's hoping his concept is temporary, slated to start when school does in less than a month. >> the virus doesn't seem to play by the rules, so we have to be likable and adapt. >> reporter: azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> california attorney general xavier becerra is urging congress to address the needs of

environmentalists, a federal appeals court has upheld endangered species act protections for grizzly bears in yellowstone national park. the ruling comes three years after the trump administration rolled back protections which would have allowed trophy hunters to resume killing the bears. and d those are some of the headlines. this is demomocracy now!, dedemocracynowow.org, the quarae report. i am amy goodman in york with my cohost nermeen shaikikh joinings from her home also here in the cityty. nermeen: good morning. welcome to allll of our ststener and viewers from around ththe country and around the world. amy: we are beginning today with the supreme court, which deaeala blow to reproductive rights wednesesday whenen it upheld trp administration rules that let employers deny people access to free birth control based on their religious or moral beliefs. the employer's religious or moral beliefs. in a 7-2 ruling written by justice clarence thomas, the court hollowed out a birth control mandate under the affordable care act that requires most private health insurance plans to cover birth control without

. >> you can take your classes from yellowstone or something like that. you know, out of the box. how can we make lemonade out of this bowl of lemons. >> we need to bend the curve again. we need to get the met tricks moving in the right direction. >> reporter: the san jose teachers association said that's what it will take for the majority of its 1500 members to return to the classroom, not willing to risk their health. >> the dynamic nature of the spread of this virus means you'll be hearing a lot more in the next few days. >> reporter: on monday, governor newsom was asked repeatedly about state guidance for reopening schools, now that many indoor activities have been deemed unsafe. he provide nod clear answer, alluding to more details on friday. as for parent mike flynn, he is hoping his concept is temporary, slated to start when school does in less then a month. >> the virus doesn't seem to play by the rules, and so we have to be flexible and adapt. >> the orange county board of education has voted to allow students to come back for in person classroom instruction next month, a

.>> you take your classes from yellowstone or something like that, out of the box, how can we make lemonade out of this bowl of lemons?>> the san jose teachers association says the number of coronavirus cases in the district would need to drop dramatically for majority of its 1500 members to be willing to return to the classroom this year. governor newsom is ordered all california counties to rollback reopening's because of a surge covid 19 cases and sara zendehnam is back live with us to tell us about the businesses forced to shut down once again, good morning.>>reporter: good morning mike. it has been very tough with businesses for all the back and forth but governor newsom said scaling back three openings is necessary but california continues to see coronavirus related death and an increase in hospitalizations. that along with positivity rate trending north of 7% as more counties reporting limited icu beds all made governor newsom moved to control the surge. as of monday every county in the state has to shutdown indoor operations at restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movie theaters

last week in yellowstone park. people camping nearby say she kept approaching the bison, trying to pet it. they say that clearly irritated the bison, which finally attacked. the woman was thrown 10 to 15 feet in the air, then they say she got up and it hit her again. she has since been released from the hospital. >>> authorities are ramping up warnings about fireworks safety this holiday weekend. new york's fire department released this video of a brooklyn man unknowingly sending a firework into his own home, destroying the house. meanwhile, across the country, officials are cracking down on the use and sales of illegal fireworks. this as complaints about illegal fireworks are soaring. >>> returning now to a frightening armed confrontation in the parking lot of a chipotle near detroit. >> it allegedly started with a physical bump at the entrance to the restaurant, then quickly escalated amid accusations of racism. here's abc's alex perez. >> she got the gun on me! >> reporter: after this disturbing video showing a

a terrifying moment when bison charged at these people in yellowstone, national park.thankfully, this quick thinking woman played dead and the bison lost interest. she was able to get away unscathed. >>> and a heart-stopping scene when two boys were dropped out of a burning building from a third-story window. onlookering caugm safely. amazingly, they were not hurt in the fall. >>> and these reunions never get old. a 7-year-old who had moved across the country last year was just reunited with his best friend. his mom surprised her son during a trip back to his former hometown in south carolina. >> hey, cade! how you?! >> i never thought i would see you up here. >> carson and cade have been best friends since they were 2 years old. >> you're never too young for a best friend. >> that's what we call happy tears in our house. >>> still to come, the companies encouraging employees to take time off, even if. >>> it is saturday, july 25th. here is a live look outside. a little hazy as we look over walnut creek. thank you so much for starting this cool saturday morning with us

created and safe places like oak and full o'keefe gnocchi, the everglades, you know he would tore out yellowstonehe olympic national park is one of -- his joshua tree, the channel islands, on and on. but more significantly, his love of brooding. he created these bird fly ways and created our migratory water fowl and they founded u.s. fish and wildlife and was the -- spearheaded the animal protection wildlife protection movement. where rachel carson worked even in was an fdr idea. he was intensely involved and soil conservation and the land and how to rehabilitate land, not just to save wilderness. but how you take all burned out properties and use modern agronomist journals and almond acts and make america. better >> allida black, did eleanor roosevelt ever function as what we would consider to be a traditional first lady? >> sure. i mean she entertain in the white house. she stood in the receiving lines. she had the white house easter egg. you had parties. you had all kinds of private dinner parties where eleanor would bring people in that she thought the president should meet or -- you know, sh

he could go to yellowstone. one of the joshua tree -- more significantly his love of birding.e created fly ways and credited our migratory waterwaterfowl, a spearheaded the protection unit. it was intensely involved in soil conservation and the land and how to rehabilitate hand. and how to make america better. >> did eleanor roosevelt ever function as a traditional first lady? >> yeah, she bentertained. you had the easter eggs, the parties, private dinner parties where she would bring people in that she thought the president should meet or, you know, she served those functions quite well. >> well we have a final tweet, and this is called influence and image. what would eleanor describe as her most important contribution to contribution to universal health care. i would say something else. she has seen everything that is horrible to see about democracy, slaughter, violence, poverty, discrimination. she never gave up. she kept going when people tried to kill her, disparaged her husband, mocked her children. she believed in democracy, the promise of america, the promise of human

by the way we are getting into yellowstone which is great.ion -- dagen: that's the best, maria. maria: you love it? dagen: yes. maria: me too. it's really good. vacationing in outer space, virgin galactic revealing and travelers can look at themselves in micro gravity. scott, are you ready to head to the stars? scott: maria, have you seen this thing? it's like a flying dentist office. if i need a root canal, yes, i will take it. weird stuff going on in the skies in the u.s. lately. it's almost like the aliens are coming from us and they will take us anyway i think i will pass on the virgin spacecraft. maria: all right, finally the best of friends, the 90's sitcom rankerring number 1, cast reunion schedule, philip, are you surprised that friends still rule? >> not surprised at all. the old special is bringing up to a new frontier where the only thing that gauges from is subscribers not viewers during the moment. maria: yeah, all right, we will take a break, we have market this morning fractionally higher, a lot going on in washington, all afte

the same thing is happening to yellowstone and mammoth cave in kentucky.f they are not fixed, that presents a public health concern. so,cially in mammoth cave that is another reason we need to move forward on this legislation and get some funds in hand to the parks so they can start repairs. host: with the great american outdoors act, does all the money go to state and national parks? we have several media followers who are asking about state parks. i went to the state park yesterday. the park was open, but the buildings were not, and they were not giving tours. the restrooms were open though. is there any money for state parks or is it all going to national parks? guest: there are two important components. one is funding for repairs in our national parks and other agencies with the forest service and refuge system. the other component is full funding of the land and water conservation fund and that fundingcertainly has that can help state parks. it provides communities resources for playgrounds, trails, bike trails, so that component could certainly be us

the next minute you're working from yellowstone or you're working from the great smokey mountains.where you want in the country. that is a tremendous option. stuart: what is the most popular price range here? i know that some much your rvs go to 100,000 bucks or more. what is the popular range people buying it? >> the biggest demand in entry level travel trailers, and they are in the 20 to 30,000-dollar range. we're seeing camper vans are popular. they're up 40% for the year. they're probably in the 60 to 130,000-dollar range. stuart: what was the word you used trailer, the first part? >> there is a camper van. so that is a motor home on a van chassis. then there is the travel trailer. the travel trailer is the toable product. stuart: okay. that is what i think might be used as a home office. craig, congratulations. you have of the per speck situation here. lockdown, cheap gas, work from home. can't beats it. rv association -- >> things are going well. we have an rv at every price point for every consumer. you can get into an rv as low as $6,000. motorized is starting at 50,000. st

national parks, the 419 different places we have from the great smokies to the rocky mountains to the yellowstone to pearl harbor, to the national mall, see them protected as well as our national forests, our national wildlife refuges as well as the funding for the land and water conservation fund. so i wanted to have an opportunity to say that before he left the floor. and i see my friend, the senator from ohio, here, senator port man, who really along with senator warner of virginia began the work on the other part of the bill, the bill that would take half of the funds -- that would take money from energy exploration and reduce the national park backlog by half over five years. that had the support of -- combined with the land and water conservation fund of more than 800 different outdoor recreation conservation and environmental groups as well as the president. people will say, well, that was easy to do with all the support. it wasn't easy to do. if it had been easy to do, it would have happened 20 or 30 years ago. so it took support from the senator from north dakota, leadership from the sen

yellowstone is welcoming thousands of visitors and people are heading to all of the activities in thermopolis. the rodeos have been a huge success. wyoming is literally back in the saddle again. businesses all over the country are bouncing back and bringing back workers. in june the economy added nearly five million jobs. this shattered all forecasts. this was by far the largest monthly job gain in u.s. history. more than seven million people have been hired back in the last two months. may and june job creation set records. the recent rise in the new covid-19 cases, to me as a doctor, is troubling. still, it is no reason to stop reopening as long as we open in a responsible way. now, people have made great sacrifices. we all did what the experts said we needed to do. now americans are ready to get back to business and get back to work. people don't want another shutdown, and you know that, madam president, you've seen that in your own home state. and they most assuredly don't want laws coming out of congress to make it easier to stay closed and heard to -- harder to reopen. as a doctor i kno

. >> it has been amazing we've been to yellowstone, colorado, we're here right on flathead lake you can-have updates that every family should consider if they are taking a road trip. i've actually put some of this stuff to great use so far. everybody should have some torches on board, this is called the ts-4,000 it's a nice screw- on lid that goes on to the camping fuel, really easy use it to light charcoal in seconds which is really handy. you could also loosen up anything you got an old camper or anything old these things are amazing and also the micro torch which is the ts-2,200 and fire bands in a lot of places so you can make smores for the kids , and also water filtration is a big deal whether you're a home or away. i've installed an ao smith main faucet filter and this is going to clean about 99% of contaminates like chlorine that makes the water taste not so perfect but you do not need a plumber. now other thing i thought is super cool this is called the quick lid. look at this thing it clips on to a 5-gallon bucket and now you have a dust pan and a mobile place to just quickly

no where else on earth is like he grand canyon or yosemite or yellowstone national park. they are gems of our national park system and they show who we are as a people. we are judged on what we choose to pass on and today we have the ability to reaffirm our commitment to preserve these lands for future generations. in a few short minutes, we will vote on a bill that will significantly increase conservation spending. for too long we have allowed our fall parks to fall in disrepair and you underfunded maintain appears and failed to meet the full promise of the land and water conservation fund. we have been diverting half of this funding stream to other uses for which this money was never intended. today we take the opportunity to remedy both those failures. the great american outdoors act s $9.8 billion per year to ensure that special places like the grand canyon are accessible to all america caps as they were to me on that february morning. it will protect green and flowering urishing and $900 million to the land and water conservation fund. it will mean more funding for l