Rates from the spring to one year ago. And it found that when looking at the total number of patients who died, that there was an increase that couldnt totally be explained just by the reported numbers of covid19 deaths. Which leads to the question, at else caused this in and so their conclusions included that there were secondary deaths due to covid19, such as patients not coming in to seek health care in a timely manner. We learned today that labs across the country are currently near or at capacity due to the increasing demand for coronavirus tests in recent days. Your thoughts . I think overall this is a good thing. To my knowledge, the companies arent necessarily running out of the tests themselves, but its more a matter of the capacity that theyre able to process these tests. There are new results out from pfizer regarding promising news on antibodies developed during the vaccine trial. What do you think about this data . Overall, im cautiously optimistic. The data was one of the early phases of the vaccine trial that looked at a small cohort of patients and showed that overall, the vaccine that theyre testing is safe. That allows us to then go on to the next phase of the trial that really looks at a larger group of patients and looks at the actual antibody response and what that antibody response means. The New York Times is reporting researchers are debating whether to infect people with the coronavirus on purpose to test vaccines. What more can you tell us about this . Its an interesting idea that isnt entirely novel, its been used for other vaccine trials in the past. The difference is in the past, it was often used for diseases where there was another type of treatment available. At the end of the day, it comes down to a risk benefit discussion and whether the risk of infecting individuals that we dont entirely know whats going on with the virus outweighs the benefit of getting more results faster. So pretty much there, its not worth it, according to the doctor, when it comes to thinking about intentionally infecting someone with this coronavirus when we know how lethal, how dangerous it could be. But again, that debate continues on. We were seeing that rush to get a vaccine that a lot of people are hoping for. Coming up, one patriotic coming up, one patriotic spread. Noooo. Nooooo. Yeeeesss. Quick, the quicker picker upper bounty picks up messes quicker and each sheet is 2x more absorbent, so you can use less. Hey look, i got it. Bounty, the quicker picker upper. The fourth of july is rapidly approaching, and while social distancing will make things a little different this year, theres no reason you still cant have a blowout celebration. Joining us this morning with some spectacular menu ideas is americas ceo, that is chief entertaining officer, tim laird. Tim, thank you for sending over these cherry sparklers. I have the alcoholfree version, which is reminding me of a shirley temple. Youre telling me you can spike these a little as well . Exactly, mona. We have some fun and festive ideas for a fourth of July Celebration at home. And i love the fact that were starting out for the adults. I have a cherry sparkler. Everybody likes sparklers. When i make cocktails, i usually use this three olives vodka, superpremium vodka thats wheat based. Its well balanced and makes great cocktails. They have different flavors like grapefruit, watermelon. Today im going to use their cherry. And i start out with some festive ice cubes, basically in lemonade ive frozen cocktail cherries. That will be my ice so it doesnt dilute it, but you also get your garnish in there at the same time. That starts out with 1 1 2 ounces of my three olives cherry vodka, and this cherry just smells like real dark cherries. Its so delicious. Just like the fruit. Top that with three ounces of lemonade. For the sparkling part, a little club soda to get it going. Then jus then, mona, yes, on set you have our alcoholfree version which is simply the lemonade with a little bit of cherry juice and some of that club soda on top. Heres to a safe and fun fourth of july, mona. Cheers. Cheers, tim. See how it tastes. Theres a lot of things we want to keep out of our drinks this year. Not just the coronavirus and all the other germs, but also those annoying mosquitos. I heard you have a trick for that as well . I do, mona. Those bugs get into your cocktail when you set it down and grab some food. Heres a great idea. I take an upside down cupcake holder, put that over my cocktail, straw in the center. Then you set your cocktail down, no bugs in your drink. And also have plenty of water to keep all your guests and yourselves hydrated. Heres a fun salad. It is watermelon, tomato, a little bit of cucumber, some redn on, and a vinaigrette dressing with olive oil and lemon juice and a little salt and pepper. I have some basil in there as well, delicious. All served in individual cups. Then for my entree here, Everybody Loves buffalo chicken wings. But we dont like to mess with the bones. Im going to serve my buffalo chicken in a cup. Everything in an individual cup. So i have four cups of shredded chicken here. And to that, half a cup of blue cheese dressing, half a cup of my little hot sauce, mix that all up, and then layer that in the bottom of a cup. Then top with chopped celery and a little bit of blue cheese. Ovth as you can see from my shirt, as a kid i loved bomb pops and i love them as an adult. I have a great presentation but this has to be under adult supervision. In the center, i have a little dry ice. Pour a little water over it. Oh, a little science there. And you get a wonderful presentation. Then again, dont serve this with the dry ice. Have the same adult once that dissipates in two to three mites, remove the bowl, then present your bomb pops to your guests. This will hold down on the dripping with a cupcake holder. I loved those as a kid as well, tim. For these and other Independence Day celebration ideas, check out tims Facebook Page as well as our own page wnnfans. Com. Americas ceo, tim laird, the science experiment was a nice touch. Thank you so much for joining us. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Dusters has three layers that grab, trap and lock away gross dust. Gotcha and, for dust on my floors, i switch to my sweeper. The textured cloths grab, trap and lock dirt and hair. No matter where dust bunnies hide. No more heebie jeebies. Glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. About the Colonial Penn program. Here to tell you if youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . 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A 1947 french film actually had people Walking Around with some type of gadgets in their hands, not paying attention to each other on the train, theyre looking at the screens, theyre bumping into each other. Oh, my gosh. That was in 1947. Obviously way before are you sure . Before the iphone, before the android, before the smartphones. Oh, my god, thats an iphone. Maybe thats where steve jobs got the idea from. Way before he was born, right . There it is. I dont know about that one. But that is wow. Yeah, dont ask me how to pronounce the name of this movie because i dont speak the french, well, not that type of french. He speaks South Carolina french. Uhhuh, yep. So this, speaking of actually, not speaking of. Were just going to tell you about this one. Wait, what . Apparently kellogg decided they were going to let koreans choose what flavor of kelloggs they wanted to have. It could be chocolate cereal or green onion. Wait, what . Both sound appealing. Well, chocolate does. They went with green onion. Wait, what . Yeah. Check it out. Wow. The green onion im sure its tasty. I will say in london they have chips called ways, instead of waves, and they have prawn flavored. Uhuh, no, no. They taste like sweet onion. No, no, no, no, no. Yeah, that happened. How about this. Thousands of starfish washed up on a beach in South Carolina. What . No, its wait, what . Get the branding right, mona. Que . So yes, thousands of starfish. They were spotted along the beach there in myrtle beach, South Carolina. We got this video. You see the kids there like, starfish, starfish. Shes also really grossed out like, okay, touching my feet. Seaweed and starfish are the two things im like, uhuh. And sharks. I hear about jellyfish, even though there are no jellyfish around, but im afraid just a little bit of something on my leg. Gone, yeah. Now its going to be starfish. All right, were going to continue wait, what . It was on tik tok. A wife said shes encouraging her husband to do a front flip on the trampoline. Lets see it. You know you have to get warmed up. Hes like, all right. Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, and whoa, oh wait, what . This morning on world news now, closing parts of the economy again as cases of coronavirus hit a new high. From california to new york, cities and states are reimposing restrictions. The house party now linked to multiple cases, and the College Students who Officials Say are trying to infect one another as part of a contest. As more americans die, President Trump says he thinks the virus is going to sort of just disappear. But he now says he would wear a mask. Breaking overnight, the man freed from prison two decades after his Wrongful Conviction thanks to a wnba star who put her career on hold to help him out. And cosplay isnt just for people. The hamster whos getting his costumes on and quickly becoming a star. Its thursday, july 2nd. You know yesterday when i said its july 1st, then we got six months to go, what will the rest of the year bring . You didnt think cosplay hamsters were a part of it, right . I should have known, though. Hm. I really should have known. The year that keeps on giving. It is so cute, though. We will talk about cosplaying hamsters in just a minute. We begin with the latest developments on the pandemic, now setting a sobering new record. For the first time the u. S. Is reporting more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day. Officials in tuscaloosa, alabama, students have been throwing covid19 parties to intentionally infect one another. They say its part of a contest to see who can get the virus first. More than 40 of the country has halted or reversed reopening plans, including new york city, where a return to Indoor Dining has been delayed. In california, more than 40 Bay Area School principals are in quarantine after an inperson meeting as the state shuts bars, restaurants, and more, a move impacting 70 of the states population. Abcs matt gutman has more. Reporter with cases in california nearing 250,000, the governor closing down parts of the state and enforcing it. We have, i think, a responsibility, at the same time, to go after people that are thumbing their nose. Bottom line is the spread of this virus continues at a rate that is particularly concerning. Reporter bars, Indoor Dining, museums, wineries, movie theaters shut down in 19 counties, including los angeles. A grim new milestone in california. Nearly 10,000 cases in just 24 hours. In riverside county, where icus are at 90 capacity, nurses on a tenday strike demanding more staff and ppe. So many of the nurses here have lost patients to covid. Within a matter of hours, theyre gone. Youve got to act fast. You need to have the proper staff to help out. Reporter the hospital says it follows cdc guidelines, but covid has killed two of its staff, including sally lara, 62yearold grandmother of eight, who came out of retirement to work through the pandemic. We have known these people. Weve spent holidays with them. Weve spent birthdays with them. And its hard. Its hard. We want to do the job that we signed up for. Reporter across 25 states, hospitalizations increasing. In florida, more than half the patients are under 35. This College Student got covid after a night out with friends. We set our table, like just us, like well be fine, well get a drink. To my fellow College Students or anybody around our age, my best way to put it is, its not worth it, stay home. Reporter a record 8,000 cases in texas. The state resisted locking down, then reopened quickly, something dr. Anthony fauci has consistently warned against. But the Lieutenant Governor downplaying the states 2,400 deaths and instead targeting fauci. He has been wrong every time on every issue. I dont need his advice any more. Well listen to a lot of science. Well listen to a lot of doctors. Governor abbot, myself, and other state leaders will make the decision. No, thank you, dr. Fauci. We get our temperatures checked three times a day reporter at Parkland Hospital in dallas where theyve had to open a third covid area, one doctor saying hes facing agonizing decisions. Im having to choose and have conversations about which patients im supposed to take care of, which patients i cant take care of, because ive got to take care of other patients. I cant even believe im having that conversation. Reporter at least 20 states are pausing or rolling back reopening. New york city slamming the brakes on plans for Indoor Dining next week. Even a week ago, honestly, i was hopeful we could. But the news we have gotten from around the country gets worse and worse all the time. Reporter just outside the city, a cluster of at least eight cases linked to a house party. Mainly young adults in their 20s. Some of them facing 2,000 fines after contact tracers got these kinds of responses. I dont have to speak with you. Dont call me again. I will not tell you anything. Reporter the governor of california talking about strike teams, which really means that theres going to be a much more coordinated effort by state agencies to enforce these laws. They will go after noncompliant businesses, they will go after noncompliant counties if they have to, even stripping them of state funding. Matt gutman, abc news, burbank, california. Thank you, matt. Covid19 has killed more than 128,000 americans, but President Trump is still hoping that it will somehow go away. The president told fox business he thinks the virus is going to just sort of disappear. After months of refusing to wear a mask in public and mocking those who do, the president is shifting his stance. He now says he would wear a mask amid growing pressure from republicans. If i were in a tight situation with people, i would absolutely. Do you think the public will see that at some point . I mean, id have no problem. Actually, i had a mask on, i sort of liked the way i looked, okay . I thought it was okay. It was a dark, black mask, and i thought it looked okay. Looked like the lone ranger. He added that people should wear a mask if they feel good about it. Meanwhile, the president ao kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan. He called it a hoax, even though his National Security adviser says they took it seriously enough to prepare retaliatory options. From washington, d. C. To washington state, police in seattle have cleared out the citys protest zone. Officers in riot gear tore down campsites and arrested nearly two dozen protesters more than three weeks after the occupation began. The mayor ordered the Police Action after two teens in the area were recently shot to death. The army is a step closer to solving the disappearance of one of its own in texas. An arrest has been made in the case of private first class Vanessa Guillen. Another suspect, a soldier, is dead. Guillens distraught family is speaking out. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter the heartbroken family of ft. Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen demanding justice for the 20yearold, missing since april. I want justice and i want answers my family doesnt deserve this. Vanessa guillen did not deserve this reporter the army reveals one military suspect in guillens disappearance, a junior soldier, also from ft. Hood, killed himself as authorities were closing in. As officers attempted to make contact with the suspect, he produced a weapon and committed suicide by shooting himself. Reporter the army also arresting a second suspect, a civilian woman and estranged wife of a former soldier. The military is not yet releasing the names of those suspects. Also, identification is pending on the partial Human Remains Found in bell county, texas, on tuesday. At a News Conference in washington, d. C. , guillens distraught family is adamant that the remains belong to guillen, who was last seen in a ft. Hood parking lot on april 22nd. Its not confirmed yet whether its my sister or not. But at this point, everything points to it. Reporter they say before she went missing, guillen told them she had been sexually harassed by a superior but didnt report the incident out of fear of retribution. The army said its investigating those claims. Guillens family criticizing the army for taking too long to act on her disappearance. She signed a contract with the army to protect and serve the country, yet they treat her like she was nothing. Reporter the army is sending an Inspection Team to ft. Hood to examine its Current Program for preventing Sexual Harassment and assault. Adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. Our thanks to adrienne. Three flags with confederate symbols have been lowered for the last time from the Mississippi State capitol. The nowretired official state flags came down wednesday and were taken to a history museum. The state will be without an official flag for a few months untia w one is and a whipping post once used to punish black people in public has been removed from outside a courthouse in corrige town, delaware. The post was used until 1952, but it took another 20 years before delaware became the last state to abolish the use of whipping posts. The pandemic has thrown sports leagues into chaos. Just this week we learned there wont be a Minor League Baseball season. But the National Pastime managed to get things started last night in georgia. The Coastal Plain League opened its schedule with the savannah bananas hosting the macon bacon. The 15team Summer League is made up of college players. Teams play in georgia, the carolinas, and virginia. The savannah bananas and the macon bacons. Shaking bacon. Those are interesting names. Yeah, i like both things, bananas, bacon, put them together. You are so South Carolina. I cant stand you. So southern. Throw it on a biscuit, add some gravy. Were going to talk about biscuits this morning, too. Coming up, why an amazon driver quit his job on the spot and walked away from his van full of packages. Plus the wnba star maya moore benched herself for a higher cause. How she managed to give this man back his name and his freedom. First, the race for a cure for covid19. The latest company to report promising results. First, the race for a cure for covid19. The latest company to report promising results. The three p. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . 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Once approved, doctors will have to convince millions of americans that it is safe. Abcs eva pilgrim has more on that. Reporter new hope in the urgent race for a coronavirus vaccine. Pfizer announcing promising results from early trials. Our first vaccine candidate is eliciting antibody levels to neutralize the virus that is equivalent to or better than what you see in people who have had covid19. Reporter the World Health Organizations latest report shows 17 potential vaccines in human trials, 132 in preclinical phases. The frontrunners according to the w. H. O. . Oxfords astrazeneca in the u. K. , cancino in china, moderna in the u. S. Oxford, the furthest along in phase three, enlisting more than 10,000 volunteers. If found to be safe and effective, emergency doses of oxfords vaccine could be ready by october. In china, cansino given the green light for military use. In the u. S. , moderna is set to begin trials in collaboration with the National Institutes of health. If successful, hoping to have doses ready by early 2021. While the progress so far looks promising, success isnt a guarantee. And experts warn the vaccines themselves arent the only issue. Developing safe and effective vaccines isnt the only challenge. We need to have enough supply and potentially hundreds of millions of americans willing to get vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity. Reporter and doctors say its key for companies to test large numbers of people, both old and young, to prove the vaccine is safe and effective. If we sort of cut corners on those things, i dont think were going to create the confidence people need. So i think we can get there, but were going to have to do it right. Reporter the fda has said if researchers can show that a vaccine is safe and at least 50 effective, they will likely approve the vaccine for use. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Thank you for that information, eva. Comedian d. L. Hughley is calling himself typhoid mary. 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Come on, baby, and rescue me come on, baby, and rescue me cant you see that im lonely one of the greatest basketball players of alltime has come to the rescue of a wrongfully convicted man. She took a timeout in her career to help secure his freedom, and now it has paid off. Will ganss is here now with more on this incredible story. Good morning, will. Good morning, mona, kenneth. Good morning to all of you at home. Wnba star maya moore didnt just take a timeout, she missed a season, because there was another battle she needed to win, one that mattered to her a whole lot more. 23 years after his Wrongful Conviction, jonathan irons is a free man. Praise the lord hallelujah im free reporter wnba star maya moore giving up her 2019 season to help irons overturn his conviction on charges of bulary and assault. Im dedicating my life to freeing jonathan, the same way i dedicated myself to each game in the wnba. Reporter moores family met irons through prison ministry. She and irons introduced in 2007, just before her freshman year at uconn. Irons was 16 years old, tried as an adult, and convicted by an allwhite jury to 50 years for assault and burglary. But maya, working in tandem with his team of lawyers, saw holes in the prosecution. His case was special. There were so many different problems in his case. There was no other forensic evidence that linked jonathan to the crime. Just didnt add up to jonathan had done it. People dont want to watch a fixed game. They want to watch a fair game. Thats all were asking for in our justice system. Lets be fair. Lets make it equal for every person to have the truth be shown and treated with dignity. Reporter maya channeling that drive into winning jonathans freedom. His conviction overturned this march, paving the road for his eventual release after more than two decades of incarceration. This convictions been vacated 23 years 23 years of lies. Im free. Unbelievable. When asked about the man who wrongly identified him, irons said that he was, quote, a victim, once by the person who burglarized his home and assaulted him, and he was a victim of the police, who manipulated him into identifying me. Irons and moore will be on gma later this morning. We cannot wait to see that. Really inspiration when you hear about mr. Moore comes out of jail, how he talks about his ans to do with his life. Weve seen other stories like that when it comes to brian banks, other people who have been wrongfully convicted, then they come out just trying to want to live their life, make this world a better place after being unjustly treated. Will, thank you again, we appreciate it. All right. It is time now for your thursday mix. And you know when you just tired . Yes. You just tired. Uhhuh. Well this amazon driver, he reached that point. Yeah. 22yearold Derek Lancaster posted this video. Hes an amazon driver. He had a truck full of boxes. Then he pulled over at a gas station and was like, you know what . I am done. Im out. Im exhausted, underpaid, overworked, and yeah. So he left the keys in the ignition, hot and fresh out the kitchen, he jumped out and said, im done. He said, im over it. His tweet received 25,000 shares, over 200k likes. He did admit, im not encouraging people to do this, but if youre fed up, youre fed up. He said it was a little immature and irresponsible on his end. For those in the detroit area tracking your package and realize that its been sitting at a gas station for the last two days, now you know why. Just think about this. Weve got a story in the skinny also this morning about jeff bezos, his boss. Oh, call him out. Who just got richer. Jeff bezos net worth has reportedly just blasted way, way, way up pushing bezos fortune to 176 billion. Aint trickling down. Give some of that money to that man, hes like, ill keep the job then. Do what you got to do. Lets talk about a baby that said, i need some calming after all these coronavirus tests. This poor baby in the hospital going through so many covid19 tests after she tested positive. You know what soothed her . What . Ariana and lady gaga. Rain on me . Listen to it, yes. She sees the video, she hears that rain on me. It just soothes baby sierra. Arianas ponytail soothing her right to sleep. Kyra, sorry, kyra is her name. She is so cute. Were wishing her the best. You keep listening to that ariana and lady gaga, baby. You saw they had a lot of costumes on, right . Well, heres another little bitesized creature that has costumes on. Its a hamster that takes part in cosplay. Apparently he was reluctantly. He was a rescue from singapore. His name is little latte. Now hes living the good life, dressing up in different outfits. Hes so cute. Check out his youtube page, yall. This morning on world news now, new restrictions as coronavirus cases soar. Testing sites in california overwhelmed. Apple and mcdonalds rolling back reopening plans. Plus, the illegal wedding. 100 guests end up infected. The seaside scare in california. A bride and groom taking photos before a wave pulls them into the pacific. What happened next . Could this be the most patriotic man ever . Well introduce you to an artist famous for painting the American Flag in all 50 states and in some pretty unusual spots. Why he says old glory inspires him so much. And hit it. Just in time for the fourth of july, 90s superstar vanilla ice set to play to a packed concert venue deep in the heart of texas. Despite the states pandemic shutdowns, how the rapper is getting around the social distancing guidelines later in the skinny. It is thursday, july 2nd. We are back in time. So this has been drawing some interesting reactions. Hello, everyone. Welcome to 2020, actually. A lot of people are saying this is irresponsible. Right. But you know what . What . I want to say this might be the safest place to be, because its about to be you and five other people and how long could you be exposed to covid19 when he plays one song . Oh Robert Matthew van winkle, she came for you. I sure did. She says its going to be easy to social distance when nobodys going to be there. Right now lets get to the latest developments that the hour as the country hits a daily record of more than 50,000 new cases of covid19. Nearly 2. 7 million americans have now been diagnosed with the virus, and more than 128,000 have died. In india, one of the hardesthit countries, a groom with covid19 symptoms died two days after getting married. Now about 100 new cases have reportedly been linked to that wedding. A cluster of coronavirus cases here in the new york city area is believed to be connected to a house party. Some of the people who attended are refusing to cooperate with contact tracers. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has more on the latest surge and shutdowns. Reporter this morning, california rolling back reopenings as new Coronavirus Infections explode. Bottom line is the spread of this virus continues at a rate that is particularly concerning. Reporter 70 of the state now under new restrictions. Restaurants, wineries, and movie theaters barred from indoor business. While every single beach in l. A. Is shut down. I know were exhausted. I know that we let down our guard. I know some of us think that were invincible. But this disease reminds us that were not. Reporter up north, testing sites in the bay area overwhelmed. One location outside oakland says even though they can do 500 tests per day, they had to start turning people away by noon. Doctors in the state say Testing Capacity isnt the only Thing Holding them back. So today we found out we didnt have as many swabs as we needed for the testing that we would need to do in the next two days. Reporter with nearly 250,000 cases, california is among four states in the country seeing record jumps in daily infections. In texas, icus are reaching their limits. Just this week, Parkland Hospital in dallas opened a third icu ward to deal with the crisis. Just worry whats to come two, three weeks from now . Reporter the pentagon now saying the military is struggling to stop the spread within the ranks with the number of sick Service Members more than doubling in less than a month. Nurses in miami say the virus is making people sicker than before. Patients seem to be way more critical than the first wave. Reporter new reports of people trying to catch the virus on purpose. In alabama, Officials Say College Students are throwing covid19 parties to see who can get sick first. To put money in a pot, whoever catch covid first gets the pot. The news we have gotten from around the country gets worse and worse all the time. Reporter new yorks mayor now slamming the brakes on Indoor Dining. The decision comes as major businesses like apple and mcdonalds roll back reopening plans across the country. But major League Baseball back on the diamond for spring training part two. Cubs coach Tommy Hottovy getting emotional talking about the virus and its toll on the family. Its still kind of, you know, raw. In the fact that we we just got through it. Reporter and last night, the first action on the field for fans. A diving catch reporter the collegiate coastal played baseball league, the savannah bananas, taking on macon bacon with fans in the stands. In just the last four months, more americans have died from covid19 than all u. S. Soldiers involved in world war i, plus the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Sobering numbers there, megan. Thank you. The house has easily approved legislation to extend a Coronavirus Relief package. The bill gives Small Businesses until august 8th to apply for the remaining 130 million from the paycheck protection program. Esentrp ected to sign it. Prappears to behiing his ance on face masks, now sayin to wear one, as repu up the pressure. The president is again suggesting the virus will somehow just go away. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter after dr. Anthony fauci warned the u. S. Could soon see 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day, President Trump predicted the virus will soon sort of just disappear. I think were going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so, disappear . Well, i do, i do, yeah, sure, at some point. Reporter Republican Leaders in congress are now joining the chorus of voices urging the president to set an example by wearing a mask. But he has recently suggested wearing a mask is politically incorrect, calling it a doubleedged sword. He was asked about it in an interview with fox business. Im all for masks. If i were in a group of people and i was close you would wear one . I have, people have seen me wearing one. You think the public will see that at some point . I have no problem with that. Reporter as new infections have surged across much of the country, the president has largely stayed silent on the pandemic. Instead using his twitter feed to defend confederate monuments and sending racially divisive messages. He blasted a plan by the mayor of new york to paint the words black lives matter on fifth avenue in front of trump tower. Maybe seeing it outside his doorstep will help him get the point. Reporter the president hit back in a tweet calling black lives matter a symbol of hate. The president also spoke on reports of intelligence indicating the russian government paid bounties for the deaths of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. From what i hear, and i hear it pretty good, the intelligence people didnt even many of them didnt believe it happened at all. I think its a hoax. Reporter but his own National Security team is not calling it a hoax, and neither are republicans in congress. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. Jonathan, thank you. Vladimir putin may indeed be russias president for life. A referendum overwhelmingly passed allowing changes which would keep him in office until 2036. He would turn 83 that year. Before the vote, putins current term would have ended in 2024. Crews are battling a fastmoving smoky brush fire in Los Angeles County about 45 miles north of downtown los angeles. Flames have scorched hundreds of acres of land in the Los Angeles National forest, not far from a residential area. So far no injuries or Property Damage has been reported. So we know live tv interviews continue to be a challenge for parents during this coronavirus era. Thats right. Sky News Reporter Deborah Haines had to do some ad libbing when her son put in an unexpected request. Were talking about im really sorry, thats my son arriving, sorry. Sorry. Mom, can i have two biscuits . Yes. Mommy he wanted a biscuit. Then there was a guest on bbc taking questions from both the news anchor and her daughter, scarlett. In response to the coronavirus outbreak thats all right. Thats all right. We know how it is working at home. One twitter user wrote, how can this ladys daughter climb onto her desk midinterview . I feel her pain. Listen speaking of pain, i feel my mommas pain if it was my momma. Because i would get this look. Oh my god is that what you went to say . There it is, there it is. And i was like, get my biscuit, i got to go forget it, i dont need it thing is, i would never have been in the room, i would never touch the door handle. You touch this door handle i swear i will say, i watched the whole video clip, its so execute. Scarlett is minding her own business, and somebody pointed out on twitter too, they said the interviewee should not be apologizing because the anchor, christian, is the one that opened that can of worms. Hes like, whats scarlett doing over there . And she was like, its a twoperson panel now. Very cute. Very, very cute. The newlyweds who nearly died for their wedding photos. But first, the terrifying collapse of a threestory building. What were learning about the people who were nearby. He was the heartthrob who stole the heart of samantha jones. Wait until you see smith jerrod now. Take a look at this bride and groom about to pose for wedding pictures at a beautiful spot along the Southern California coast when, yeah, they were standing on a rock when a giant wave hit them and swept them into the water. Luckily lifeguards jumped into action and brought them back to shore. Their wedding outfits were pretty much ruined. And the bride and groom, a bit humiliated but otherwise doing okay this morning. The terrifying afternoon in new york city ends in a miracle. A threestory gym collapsed on a crowded street in brooklyn. Amid all the concrete, dust, and rubble investigators say there re no major injues. Reporter the thr wooden floors piled one on top of the other in a heap. Sheared away from neighboring buildings after a thunderous lateafternoon collapse. En dust, and then chaos ensued. I was covered with you know, i couldnt see anything. I couldnt after that it happened in i would say 30 seconds. Reporter it came down in a thunderclap and created a cloud of dust so thick you couldnt see anything. All white smoke. Reporter when you first looked across the street, couldnt even see the building . Couldnt see past this door. Couldnt see anything. Reporter were all the way across the street, you couldnt see outside . Outside, imucky to be alive, man. Def alive. I came out the front door, and then i saw it was just a big cloud of smoke or dust. And i tried to check inside to see if there was calling out, see if anybodys there. Reporter remarkably, someone was inside, on the second floor, when the building collapsed. He got out on his own and walked away with only minor injuries. The building has had issues recently. The d. O. B. Issued a stop work order on construction there because the work wasnt being done properly. We do know there was some issues with the facade. There was a bulge in the exterior wall. And that was one of the things rkse of the way they were performing the work. Reporter just one other building evacuated because it shares a common wall with the building that collapsed. Just that one minor injury, a man who was inside the building. He was treated and released at a local hospital. In Carroll Gardens in new york city, jim dolan for abc news. Wow, just incredible. When we come back, what vanilla ice is planning to do tomorrow night deep in the heart of pandemic texas. Sex and the city fans, remember smith jerrod . Wait till you see him now. D . Wait till you see him now. Cascade Platinum Plus the power of oxi. 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He also painted this massive mural, all 150,000 square feet of it, on a rooftop in houston, texas. June and july 2010. Houston, texas. It was 130 degrees up there. In your now almost three decades of doing this type of work, what are some of the more unusual requests youve gotten . One model said, why dont you paint the flag on me . That would be ideal, that would be great, it would be, you know, kind of sexy but also and i was like, no. As much as i would like to. Reporter what scott really likes, giving back to veterans. Portions of all his proceeds going back into charities that aid those who have served in the armed forces. Scott saying his greatest joys as an artist come from helping disabled veterans, and when his art united folks on both sides of the aisle, which he says isnt always easy. Do you find that your art is more important now than maybe it has been ever before because of where were at as a country in this moment in history . Here is my calling. To use my gift, my artistic gift, to shine a light on whats good about america. You know, the positives. And that flag, that to me is very important. Reporter so important, in fact that hes painted murals of the flag in all 50 states. Charlie gibson naming him person of the week more than a decade ago because of that. These days his commitment to the red, white and blue still shines just as brigs the fourth of july. Ive seen the sistine chapel. Ive flirted with the mona lisa at the louvre facetoface and cried. But the greatest work of art to fourth of july is his favorite day. But somehow he still found the time to open his own rally in his own neighborhood of staten island. Incredible, will, thank you. Were pretty patriotic on facebook at wnnfans. Com. Right now on america this morning, crisis mode. Cities from florida to texas to arizona and california seeing Coronavirus Infections spike. The biggest oneday total ever. Reopening plans put on pause from california to new york. This morning, the shocking claim that young people are throwing covid parties offering money to see who gets infected. Whats being done to crack down. And this morning, the major League Baseball coach back on the field describing his emotional fight agains tough times. The new jobs report out this morning as more americans are laid off for a second time. What congress is saying now about helping Small Businesses. Breaking