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The National Guard activated after that eruption of violence in her city. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joins us live only on gma this morning. Severe storm alert. Flash flooding and hail slamming the northeast. Now the new storms moving in. Under pressure. As Jeffrey Epsteins longtime confidante, ghislaine maxwell, wakes up behind bars in new york this morning, her friend, Prince Andrew, faces new fallout as the world waits to see what she may reveal. Tiktok ban. Overnight secretary of state mike pompeo saying the Trump Administration may consider banning the hugely popular app hundreds of millions of teens use over privacy concerns. The nbas top teams and biggest stars now on their way to restart the season at disney world. Lebron james masked and ready to go. Cases explode in florida and concerns with other major sports leagues. This morning an inside look at life in the bubble. And we do say good and we do say good morning, america. And a very, very busy tuesday morning, especially for the nba. Were going to take a live look at espns wide world of sports in orlando. Teams are starting to arrive there today to enter what theyre calling the basketball bubble, george. Thats right, robin. Of course, the Coronavirus Crisis is top of those players minds right now. Florida hard hit, cases have now passed 200,000 and across the country closing in on 3 million cases, more than 130,000 deaths. And the outbreak, of course, far from over. Americas top Infectious Disease expert dr. Anthony fauci warning we are still, in his words, kneedeep, robin, in the first wave of infections. So, t. J. , in a moment well speak live with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who just yesterday announced she tested positive as her city battles a spike in cases and a surge in violence. But first matt gutman starts us off in phoenix where theyre also seeing an increase in cases and testing problems as well. Good morning, matt. Reporter and good morning, robin. That really is creating this vicious circle. There is this surge of cases and a surge in demand for testing. People waiting here for up to eight hours in the searing heat to get tested and then sometimes they have to wait up to ten days to get the results. Now, that lag is furthering the Community Spread here and you really feel it in firehouses like this. Get this, over the past 24 hours, nearly 50 of the calls here have been covid suspected. Those partiers slammed together in lakes and on dance floors over the past week perhaps explaining that disturbing new statistic this morning. A quarter of a million new covid cases in the u. S. In just the first six days of july. [ crowd chanting usa ] reporter some americans openly rebelling against basic covid19 messaging. In jacksonville, florida, which will host the Republican National convention, this rally to support a local lawmaker who filed a lawsuit monday against a recently mandated mask policy. 86yearold chuck grassley, the senates oldest republican, announcing monday he will not attend the convention for the first time in 40 years due to concerns over the virus. Dr. Anthony fauci saying the pandemic is worsening in the u. S. In part because, unlike europe, some states and cities moved to reopen before the country sufficiently lowered the number of cases. We are still kneedeep in the first wave of this. Reporter same wave, different demographics. Fauci says the average age of those testing positive now is 15 years younger than it was just a few months ago. Many in that 20 to 44 age group erroneously considered the virus harmless. Young people do get sick. Weve seen young people sick, get sick, and weve seen young people even die. Reporter as the virus ricochets throughout the country, testing sites packed. Supplies depleted and labs backed up. In arizona, many are frustrated when trying to get test results. It blows my mind. Reporter labs now falling behind, some taking as long as ten days to return results. Quest diagnostics saying it can have results in a day for priority patients but four to six days for all other populations, and the company adding, it is doing everything we can to bring more covid19 testing to patients in the United States at this critical time. But tracing has also become increasingly difficult. We have colleagues who were testing positive and have to be quarantined and so, you know, the rest of us have to pick up the slack. Reporter this morning at least nine states reporting record numbers of infections over the fourth of july weekend. New cases doubling in florida over the past two weeks. The state accounting for 20 of all daily cases in the country. Arizona now the eighth state to surpass 100,000 cases and in california, the states Positivity Rate climbing to nearly 7 . The governor incrementally shutting the state down again, several counties with severe restrictions. L. A. County one of them, it now has more cases than 42 states. Cases are surging. Hospitalizations are increasing, and mostly this is all a reflection of a lot more Community Spread. Reporter and the New York Times obtaining federal data of what weve known anecdotally for months now. Latinos and africanamericans are more than three times more likely to contract the virus than their white neighbors and more than twice as likely to die from the virus and you really get a sense of that at this firehouse. 95 of their covid calls are to multigenerational latino families. T. J. . Matt, thank you so much. We want to focus on georgia, also hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak, also hit by a surge of violence. The governor has now declared a state of emergency there activating up to a thousand National Guard troops. Atlantas mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, will join us live in just a moment. Lets start with Steve Osunsami with the latest. Good morning to you, steve. Reporter good morning to you, t. J. There are many here who feel the governor didnt need to do this, to put troops again on the streets of atlanta, that this was a political move, but the governor is saying that if the city cant control its gun violence, then he will. Military vehicles and as many as a thousand troops from the georgia National Guard are protecting state buildings in atlanta this morning after georgias governor declared a state of emergency. The troops are a response to gun violence that wounded more than 30 people and killed five. 8yearold Secoriea Turner was killed outside this wendys restaurant by men with long guns who set up barricades and had taken over the street after 27yearold Rayshard Brooks was killed here at the hands of a white police officer. The restaurant had become a memorial, but there were still shootings. These arent Police Officers shooting people on the streets of atlanta. These are members of the community shooting each other. Reporter the extraordinary amount of gun violence is hitting cities across the country and hitting black communities the hardest. In chicago this Holiday Weekend 77 people were shot. 14 of them died, including 7yearold natalie wallace. In new york city, gun incidents were up 130 compared to last year, according to the nypd. They say the push for Police Reforms have made it harder for officers to protect residents of any color. They are afraid if they make an arrest that if their knee goes on the back of someone that they are fighting their life for, they could be prosecuted. Reporter investigators here are offering a 10,000 reward for any information that leads them to the two gunmen who they believe killed this little girl. George . Steve osunsami, thanks. Lets bring in the mayor of atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms. So much to discuss with you this morning, madam mayor, beginning with your health. How are you feeling . I feel okay, george. I have a slight headache, but thats not unusual during allergy season for me, and allergy season is just about yearround in georgia now. So just the same headache that i have during stressful times and allergy season. And your family, your husband, one of your children have tested positive. Ones tested positive. Ones tested negative. Im getting the other two tested today. My husband literally slept from thursday until yesterday and thats what gave me some concern. Ive just never seen him sleep that much, but he is feeling better. Thank you. That is good to hear. Are you confident you will handle the city as you deal with corona . I am, and prayerfully, my symptoms wont get any worse. What theyve told me is i have a low positive test. So it either means im on the way up or the way down. They dont know which one but theyve told me to treat it as if im positive, just in terms of quarantining and all of the things that are recommended that people do. It has been such a challenging time for atlanta right now with the surge in violence weve seen in the last several days. In your view why is it happening and how do you stop it . I think its just this perfect storm of distress in america. I think that people are obviously anxious and even angry about covid19. Loved ones are dying, people are losing their jobs. I think theres a lot of frustration, a lot of angst and i think the rhetoric that comes out of the white house doesnt help it at all. It doesnt give people much hope and i think that its all converging together and were seeing it happen and spill out into much of the streets in atlanta and seeing it across the country and then you add on top of that the cases that weve all witnessed of Police Brutality and it has all come together. Its just in a valid way. Do you agree with governor kemps decision to declare a state of emergency and activate the National Guard . No. The irony of that is i asked him to allow us to mandate masks in atlanta and he said no, but he has called in the National Guard without asking if we needed the National Guard. So i understand that he wants to protect state buildings. We have been coordinating with the Georgia State patrol which we do on any number of occasions. Law enforcement agencies coordinate, and we provide assistance to them. They provide assistance to us. But at no time was it mentioned that anyone felt there was a need for the National Guard to come in. Of course, all this is coming, as you mentioned, in the middle of the pandemic. Did the city and the state of georgia just did you open up too soon . I think we were too aggressive in opening up. Now, the city has taken a phased approach in the opening and i think to the extent that our numbers are our numbers are still extremely high, but to the extent they arent any higher is because weve been very thoughtful as a city with buyin from many of our fortune 500 companies which are large job centers in not massively reopening in the way the state has. But our numbers are surging. It was too aggressive. It was too soon and were paying for it not just in georgia but were paying for it across the country and people are paying for it with their lives. Whats the situation with schools in atlanta . Well, the School Systems are independently controlled by independently elected boards. They are making independent decisions. So its a hodgepodge of responses. Some schools are giving people the option of virtually learning or sending their kids back into the classroom. Some have not made a decision at all, and schools open up pretty early in georgia. We open up at the beginning of august. So i expect that well have more announcements soon. But with the way the numbers are up i dont know how it can be possibly be safe to send kids back into the school for the sake of our teachers. The kids may be okay, but our teachers will certainly be at risk. So well see what happens in a few weeks with that. Mayor, thank you for your time this morning. We hope recovery goes well for you and your family. Thank you. Robin . All right, george. Good for her to think of the teachers as well as the students. To washington now where President Trump is choosing to focus on culture wars over the pandemic, tweeting about nascar driver Bubba Wallace and the decision to ban the Confederate Flag. Cecilia vega is in washington with more on all this for us. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hi, robin. Good morning to you. Were 119 days out from the election. This is usually when candidates are trying to broaden support. Instead President Trump is fanning racial tension again. That Bubba Wallace tweet, its just the latest example. President trump says wallace needs to apologize for what the president is calling a hoax. To be clear, this was not a hoax. There was a pull rope, as you know, tied into a noose into his garage but the fbi concluded he was not the victim of a hate crime because the rope had potentially been there as early as last year. Its unclear what wallace would apologize for. In the same tweet President Trump also seemed to take a clear stand on flying the Confederate Flag, saying nascars ratings went down after the ban. That is not true either. Even his staunchest ally, lindsey graham, publicly pushed back on that. As the covid cases are surging President Trump is trying to shift focus. This is part of a clear pattern and, robin, aides have tried to shift the president s attention away from inflammatory issues. So far theyre not having very much success at that. No, they are not. All right. Cecilia, thank you. Lets get now to t. J. T. J. . Robin, we turn now and shift to the nba and the comeback. First round of players are reporting to disney world this morning where they are going to live and play for the next few months. Will reeve is outside espns wide world of sports in orlando with more. Good morning to you, will. Reporter good morning to you, t. J. The first six teams are scheduled to arrive today and if any of them happen to make it to a game seven scheduled for october 12th of the nba finals, they will have been here for 97 days, which is quite a long time to be inside a bubble even with every amenity extended and every protocol taken. This morning the nba taking a major step toward restarting the season as some players and coaches are set to arrive at the espn wide world of sports at Walt Disney World in orlando. Lebron james cant wait for tipoff posting this photo on instagram wearing a mask with the caption, war ready. Overnight his teammate Dwight Howard announcing on cnn that, despite his reservations, he will join the team in orlando. I know theyll be working countless hours to make sure everything is right for everybody thats down there. Reporter but amid all the excitement, a grim reality. Covid cases surging nationwide. So far 25 nba players have tested positive for covid19. Another ominous sign, Major League Soccer is already here at the disney complex. But now one team, f. C. Dallas, forced to withdraw from the upcoming tournament after ten players and a coach tested positive. Despite this development, the nba hoping to move forward and keep their players safe. All 22 participating teams will be sequestered together when they arrive. The teams will be spread among these three hotels. Championship contenders at the new gran destino tower, middle seeds at the grand floridian and on the playoff bubble at the yacht club. The bubble will have 24hour vip concierge and even onsite barbers, manicurists, pedicurists and hair braiders by appointment. Off the court playersonly lounges will be stocked with Entertainment Options like nba2k, tvs and arcade gaming. They can play pingpong or cards, although theyre not allowed to play doubles pingpong. Reporter players will be well fed. Each will have a dedicated Disney Culinary Team to create individualized team menus. Although players will initially be separated and isolated from their loved ones, any teams making it past the first round of the playoffs will have the option to reserve up to two additional guest rooms for guests and members of their family here at Walt Disney World. George . Boy, so much planning has gone into it. Will reeve, thank you very much. We are following a lot of other headlines, pressure growing on Prince Andrew after the arrest of ghislaine maxwell. What will she reveal . Also, will the Trump Administration ban tiktok . What the secretary of state is now saying. First, lets say hello to ginger. T. J. , did you see it, the incessant lightning here in manhattan over this is from brooklyn to manhattan. You can see the Empire State Building getting struck several times in a row. Bradford county, pennsylvania, had two deaths because of lightning. The sever storms blew through with flash flooding, water rescues from around new jersey, down to washington, d. C. , five to seven inches of rain, wind up to 71 Miles Per Hour and today weve got a shot at it again, that will happen in mostly the northern plains. 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He has signed a tenyear contract extension with his kansas city chiefs, super bowl winning chiefs. This thing could be worth up to 503 million. Thats half a billion dollars. Im not even sure great covers it. Were going to get the latest now on ghislaine maxwell, Jeffrey Epsteins longtime confidante, is now being held at the metropolitan Detention Center in brooklyn before her first court appearance. This morning pressure is growing on Prince Andrew to cooperate with prosecutors. James longman is at Buckingham Palace with the story. Good morning, james. Reporter yeah, good morning, george. Prince andrew was forced to quit public life after his disastrous interview with the bbc over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and ghislaine maxwell. Now that she has been arrested, the spotlight is back on the prince. Ghislaine maxwell, the alleged coconspirator and exgirlfriend of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is back in new york this morning. Transferred here to a federal prison in brooklyn, shes set to face a judge in the coming days for her alleged involvement in Jeffrey Epsteins sex crime allegations. The 58yearold british socialite is accused of facilitating epsteins sex crimes by helping him recruit, groom and ultimately abuse three unnamed teenage victims between 1994 and 1997. Now, all eyes are on epstein and maxwells longtime friend and associate Prince Andrew. All of this goes back to your friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. How did you first become friends . How did you meet . Well, i met through his girlfriend back in 1999, who and i had known her since she was at university in the uk. Reporter andrew now reportedly canceling his upcoming annual golf trip to spain following maxwells arrest. Andrew, Queen Elizabeths second eldest son, stepped back from his royal duties in november after questions about his friendship with epstein resurfaced. In a defamation suit against maxwell, Virginia Roberts giuffre said maxwell ordered her to have sex with andrew on three occasions, allegations both maxwell and andrew deny. His girlfriend, ghislaine maxwell, your old friend, was, victims say, complicit in his behavior. Well, that bit i cant help you with because i have no idea. The queen has had to deal with many royal scandals as the tabloids call them, but this actually eclipses all of them. Reporter now this newly surfaced photo from 2002 shows maxwell sitting on the throne at Buckingham Palace with actor kevin spacey. The tour of the palace reportedly set up by Prince Andrew himself. Its deeply disrespectful. The fact is Prince Andrew, even though this may have taken place in a moment of hijinks, has done disrespect to his mother and father. Reporter now, maxwell will appear in court on july 14th for her bail hearing. Shell appear via video link. Investigators say she represents a flight risk because of all the money found in her various Bank Accounts and her three passports. George . Thanks very much. Lets bring in our chief legal analyst, dan abrams, for more on this now. Lets talk about Prince Andrew. He hasnt yet spoken to prosecutors. Can they force him to talk . Look, they can try to force him to testify. They could subpoena him, for example, as a witness but that would only be enforceable in the United States and then lets even assume he travels to the United States. They haul him into a courtroom and then he says, i invoke my right against selfincrimination. So theres really almost no way to force him to cooperate as a witness. How strong is this case for the prosecution against maxwell . Well, look, youve got both factual and legal challenges here. The factual challenges are the fact that its 25 years old. Youre talking about instances in the mid 90s, and so any case thats brought that involves allegations of actions 25 years ago have problems like times and dates can get blurred. Those can be tricky, tricky issues in a case like this. Then you have the legal side which will expect her to make arguments, for example, about statutes of limitation and its very complicated because the law has changed. I think prosecutors are probably on pretty strong ground there. But youll also see an argument made by her which is that Jeffrey Epstein entered into a deal with a different federal Prosecutors Office that she wouldnt be prosecuted. So expect to see first the legal challenges and then if it continues forward, the factual issues as well. Theres also this chatter about what else she knows, who else she could implicate in all this. How much leverage does she have with prosecutors . Well, that is what we dont know. Everyone is sort of saying, look, shell cut a deal. We dont know that shell cut a deal. Both sides have to want to enter into that deal. Prosecutors have to believe shes got information that they really need and they want, and typically that would mean on a more severe or significant crime than the one that shes accused of. And, second, youve got to get her to want to cooperate to feel that it is worthwhile for her. So i think were still a long ways away from being able to say that theres going to be a deal cut in this case. Shes also facing perjury charges. Is that an easier prosecution . It may be. The perjury allegations relate to statements she made in 2016. Now, it does relate to some of the same actions, meaning lying about whether she was involved in certain activities that are consistent with the other allegations in the indictment, but at least there youre talking about words that she uttered in the last few years. The fact that much of this case is going to be based on actions, events, times and dates that happened 25 years ago make the other four charges, six total, four related to the past, two related to perjury, make this far from a slam dunk case. Dan abrams, thanks very much. T. J. . Well, george, we want to turn to that story that has concern for your daughters, right . This possible tiktok ban, you heard that right. Secretary of state mike pompeo saying overnight that the Trump Administration is considering banning the popular social media app amid concerns about chinese influence over the company. Our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the latest here. Pierre, good morning. Reporter t. J. , good morning. The war of words escalating between china and the u. S. Government last night, secretary of state mike pompeo saying that the u. S. May ban the chinesebased social media app tiktok and others from that country out of concerns it could lead to spying on u. S. Citizens. Pompeo is claiming your personal information is at risk because social Media Companies there are required to give their data to the government. Chinese denies giving information to the peoples republic of china. Pompeo did not offer any evidence that actual eavesdrop something happening but pompeo is talking tough. He says he would recommend downloading the popular app, quote, only if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist party. Robin . A lot of people watching this as you know. Okay, pierre, thank you. Coming up, the big change coming to some of the nations top colleges. Harvard announcing they are going remote. Who will be allowed on campus . And coming up next here on gma, amid concerns about how the coronavirus spreads indoors, should you get an air purifier . Well talk to becky worley about it next. Come on back. [camera man] actually anyone 50 or over is at increased risk for shingles. 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There are new questions this morning after the claim by hundreds of scientists that small particles of the virus can linger in the air longer than you may think. Becky worley has some possible solutions for us. Good morning, becky. Reporter good morning, robin. We thought of the coronavirus as mostly spread through large cough or sneeze droplets like this. But this new letter from scientists is raising concerns over the potential risk of infection through the inhalation of smaller particles like this from a sprayer. They can hang in the air and thats what people are worried about, especially indoors. So what can we do to filter them out . Its in the air. Thats what a group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries reported to the world health organization, asking for a revision to the w. H. O. s recommendations for covid19 due to evidence showing the disease is airborne. Early case studies strongly suggest that airborne transmission of this disease is happening. Reporter though social distancing is heavily advised how do you distance from a cloud of undetectable particles in the air . This video shows how far droplets can travel without a mask. A cloud of particles can spread as far as eight feet. And weve seen how, according to a chinese study, that a woman with no symptoms in a windowless indoor restaurant spread the virus to nine people up to 15 feet away. Droplets in her breath possibly carried from the air conditioner. Most airconditioning systems bring in very little outside air, so theres very little dilution of the particles generated that transmit this infection. Reporter so could air purifiers be the key to cleaning the air in our homes, especially if were living with someone who is sick or a Frontline Worker who is selfquarantining . Experts say, yes. While scientists are still learning how many particles you can be exposed to before getting infected, if someone in your household is sick with covid19, Consumer Reports suggests that running an air purifier in their quarantine room may help protect other family members or care givers. The same goes for Health Care Workers who are selfquarantining when they come home. Consumer reports listing their top picks for purifiers that while not tested specifically on covid19 particles Consumer Reports suggest they can filter out other germ and virus particles in similar tiny sizes. I bought the Honeywell Hpa model because it was the highest rated air purifier on Consumer Reports for under 250. These things can be pricey. So even if you dont buy a standalone filtration device experts say one of the best things can you do to improve Indoor Air Quality is open the windows or screened doors to circulate more fresh air. Experts say that in order to control infection in homes ventilation should move the air at least six times per hour. The more airflow the better, especially if its crowded. But theyre still trying to figure out best practices for our ventilation systems, robin. There is no Silver Bullet here. No, there is not but great information as always from you, becky. Thank you. Coming up we have another tool to fight the virus on surfaces. What the epa has now approved. And coming up next, our play of the day. I think youre going to flip over it. Trust me. No calories, no sweeteners, all smiles, bubly sparkling water, crack a smile. Can leave you holding your breath. But Bristol Myers squibb is working to change things. By researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. Including options that are chemofree. Because were committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. These women love the scents in thisit smells amazingart exhibit luxurious but what are the smelling . 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Its 8 00 a. M. Summer surge. The u. S. Closes in on 3 million cases of coronavirus. Dr. Fauci sounds the alarm. We are still kneedeep in the first wave of this. Hospitalizations now rising in 28 states. All this as testing problems soar. The latest this morning. The new tool in the fight against coronavirus. Just approved by the epa, two kind of disinfectant sprays you should know about. Also this morning, new plans for college in the age of covid19. Harvard reveals all students will take classes remotely. Princeton brings only half its understood grads back this fall. Georgia tech professors push for Remote Learning. The sweeping changes ahead to keep campuses safe and try to stop outbreaks. Deals of the day. Two Great American Small Business steals from tory. Watermelon sugar high bachelorette rewind. Trista and ryan. 17 years and two kids later. What they say their secret to success is as they say both good morning, america. We do say good morning, america, once again. I remember watching that season, guys of bachelorette. I thought she would go to charlie. I really thought she was going with charlie. She knew best, ryan, 17 years later and two kids, wow, good for them. Also, we have two great guests ahead. Tennis legend chrissie, chris evert, will join us live. Cant 12y50irks another great guest we have this morning. Jim carrey live only on gma talking about of all things a new novel . You never know whats going to happen when hes here. I got to tell you i read the novel over the weekend. It is funny, fascinating. It is wild. Cant wait to talk to him about that. A lot of news to get to. Well start with the latest on the Coronavirus Crisis. U. S. Now closing in on 3 million cases. Dr. Anthony fauci says were still kneedeep in the first wave and want to go back to matt gutman in phoenix where theyre seeing more than 100,000 cases. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, george. Theres been this explosion of cases and the Public Health system cannot keep up. Theres a crunch in testing. Some people waiting here in phoenix for up to ten days for the results. That lag creating more spread in the community. Get this, just over the past 24 hours, nearly 50 of the calls at this fire station have been covid suspected. Those partiers slammed together in lakes and on dance floors over the past week perhaps explaining that disturbing new statistic this morning. A quarter of a million new covid cases in the u. S. In just the first six days of july. Dr. Anthony fauci saying the pandemic is worsening in the u. S. In part because unlike europe, some states and cities move to reopen before the country sufficiently lowered the number of cases. We are still kneedeep in the first wave of this. Reporter same wave, different demographics. Fauci says the average age of those testing positive now is 15 years younger than it was just a few months ago and as the virus ricochets through the country, testing sites packed. Supplies depleted and labs backed up. In arizona many are frustrated when trying to get test results. And labs now falling behind. Some taking as long as ten days to return results. Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has tested positive for covid19 and spoke with george earlier. Are you confident youll be able to handle the city as you deal with coronavirus . I am and prayerfully my symptoms wont get any worse. What they told me i have a low positive test. So it either means im on the way up or the way down. They dont know which one, but they told me to treat it as if im positive just in terms of quarantining. And all the things that are recommended that people do. Reporter this morning at least nine states reporting record numbers of infections over the fourth of july weekend. New data from the cdc showing what weve known anecdotally for months now. Latinos and africanamericans are three times more likely to contract the virus as their white neighbors and more than twice as likely to die from that and thats evident at this fire station. 95 of the covid calls are to multigenerational latino families. George . Those are troubling numbers. Okay, matt, thanks very much. T. J. . We turn to the latest on ft. Hood soldier vanessa guillen. Calls growing for the military to be held accountable for her disappearance and death as one of the suspects in the case makes her first court appearance. Stephanie ramos has more for us. Good morning to you, stephanie. Reporter t. J. , good morning. This was a young woman who joined the army just about a year ago. Vanessa guillens family says she should have been protected especially while at her post and they want answers as to why this happened to her. This morning, the Army Confirms the remains found last week just outside ft. Hood in texas are, indeed, vanessa guillen. The remains found near the leon river are, in fact, those of vanessa. Reporter this just hours after a suspect, cecily aguilar, appeared in court charged with helping to dispose of vanessas body. An updated complaint says aguilar allegedly told the fbi she and her boyfriend, Army Specialist aaron robinson, went back to where they disposed of vanessas remains days later to break them down more. Aguilar eventually cooperating with investigators calling robinson as they listened in. Robinson telling her, baby, they found pieces. Aguilar then leading investigators to robinson. When they confronted him, robinson killed himself. Guillens family says vanessa told them she was being sexually harassed by a soldier before her disappearance, but didnt report it out of an alleged fear of retribution. Its not clear if robinson is that soldier, but the army says theyre investigating. The guillen family is pushing for legislation that would allow Service Member who are victims of Sexual Harassment or assault to report their incident to an outside agency instead of the way its done now where incidents are supposed to be reported to the designated victims advocate who is usually a colleague in the same military unit. Robin . All so incredibly sad, stephanie, thank you. Also this morning, the epa is approving a new tool in the fight against coronavirus saying lysols disinfectant spray and max cover mist have proven they can kill the virus on surfaces. The products were already recommended because they could kill similar viruses. The agency says to expect more disinfectants to be added to the list, george. Okay, robin, thanks. Coming up what college will look like in the fall. Who will get to be on campus at harvard . The public plea for more than 800 faculty members at another school. 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She is the mother of seven, grandmother of 16, great grandmother of 14. Great great grandmother of eight. Her daughter monica tells us she loves throwing parties. An amazing cook and baker and known for her soup sundays which she cannot wait she is looking forward to when its safe once again. So nice to have her looking over my shoulder. Youre doing whatever shes doing, its working, 89 years young. And lara is back. Sam did a good job for you yesterday but good to have you back, lara, with some pop news. Reporter hi, everybody. Good morning. Well get right to pop news and the mona lisa has something to smile about this morning. The Louvre Museum reopened its doors for the first time in four months. The worlds most famous painting will be on view again but only to much smaller crowds. The museum limiting the number of visitors into the gallery and all visitors to the museum will need to follow a oneway route and other safety rules including everyone must wear a mask. The museum says it will allow between 4,000 and 10,000 visitors a day. Thats down from 60,000 that normally come, especially at this time of year. Many of whom would be visiting from other countries, but its not possible this year. The museum says it is hoping to attract more locals to visit their hometown tourist attractions. That sounds pretty good to me. Also popping this morning, if you want to smell out of this world, there is a new perfume for you. Eau de space, a fragrance created by nasa to help astronauts in training so they will not be surprised when they got up to the final frontier. Astronauts who traveled to space say there is a very distinct spell described as a mix of burnt cookies, gunpowder, seared steak, raspberries and rum. A man named Steven Pearce who worked at nasa and since founded a Fragrance Company has combined his two worlds to bring us the space scent and is now raising money to make it mainstream. His Kick Starter Campaign raised over 300,000 so far with the promise to use the profits from the perfume to increase s. T. E. M. Learning in schools. I love that. The cost of this fragrance, he says it will retail for 29 when it hits the market this fall. Seared steak, raspberry, rum and burnt cookies. All right. Im in. Finally, a beautiful moment thats signed, sealed and delivered by two new friends from across the pond. Take a look at good. Thats 8yearold tallulah. She lives near manchester, england, surprising her local Delivery Driver tim by signing have a good day. Tim is deaf and she wanted to show him her appreciation. So she learned how to communicate with him as a surprise. Tim was so surprised, he signed good morning back and her mom capturing the whole sweet moment sharing it on twitter. Well, 6 million views later they have a regular catchup. When he comes by on his his truck now deck waited with a drawing of a ran bow that tallulah made. Hell never take it down. Back to you, robin roberts. Perfect, lara spencer, beautiful, beautiful. Thank you for sharing that, you and sweet riva. Now we have the gma cover story. A look at the major changes coming to colleges and universities this fall. Harvard now announcing all classes will be remote as other schools reveal their plans. Erielle reshef joins us from Columbia University there in new york with more. Good morning, erielle. Reporter good morning to you, robin. This pandemic is forcing universities like harvard and columbia to completely reimagine their upcoming academic year. Some opting to move their courses completely online. Others for staggered schedules all in an effort to keep the Campus Community safe. This morning, with a new school year around the corner, new plans for college in the age of covid19. Harvard announcing monday just 40 of the student body will live on campus including all freshmen but all students will still take classes remotely. Today was pretty heartbreaking to see that were not going to get that. We wont get the full experience. Reporter the University Also says it will conduct viral testing every three days, set physical distancing requirements and require face coverings in public areas. Major modifications at other prominent schools too. Princeton bringing back only half of its undergraduates this fall and columbia extending classes through the summer to avoid density. Sweeping changes to keep Campus Communities safe and mitigate outbreaks like the recent one at the university of washington where 146 Fraternity Members tested positive. Overall 213 Community Members including students, staff and faculty also contracting the virus. Most asymptomatic, others with mild cases. There was probably quite a bit of asymptomatic transmission of this before we were able to pick up on the fact that there was Community Spread occurring and put steps in place to mitigate that spread. Reporter at georgia tech more than 800 faculty members publishing an open letter online urging the University System to make Remote Learning the default for 2020 to reduce disease transmission risk. This really is a list of concerns we have about the current plan and so what we would hope is that our president at georgia tech can be empowered to be able to act independently to help safeguard the health and safety of our community. Reporter in response to that letter, georgia tech now says it will require all people on campus to wear a face mask and the president says the Main Objective moving forward to is move forward safely. But, lara, this highlights the delicate balance in Higher Education this upcoming year. Lara . Reporter thank you so much. That story is constantly changing as well. Now, though we switch to a trip down memory lane with trista and ryan sutter. Last nights episode of the bachelorette, the very first season of the show, nearly two decades later. This couple, they had not rewatched the episode until last night. This was the breakup heard round the world. I think this is the best for you. Reporter season one bachelor alex michele dumping trista during the final rose ceremony. Im very, very, very grateful that he did not choose me. Reporter the shows runaway success turning trista into americas sweetheart as the first ever bachelorette where she met hi. How are you . Really good. Nice to finally meet you. Reporter and married her husband ryan sutter. 17 years and 2 kids later ryan still cant watch the show. Always been really uncomfortable for me. First of all, i dont like watching myself on television and i also dont like watching my wife kissing other guys on tv. Reporter as household names they say their children blakesly and max are starting to figure out who their parents are. Blakesly was like are we famous and youre trying to explain to her that like people know who you are but were not really famous. Reporter the bachelor, the greatest seasons ever highlighting their love story and fashion choice, the good, the bad and the bucket hat. I still have that hat. That will come back. It always comes back. Reporter trista says he may give it to matt jamie, the first black bachelor in the franchises history. Im really excited. Its about time. I am in full support of more diversity in the bachelor and the bachelorette. Reporter she hopes the new bachelorette Clare Crowley will help change the double stanford for appearing on the show. There are still people out there who want to jump to judgment about why a woman would do this. I think that clare is the perfect lead because she is really strong and intelligent and shes going to fight for what she deserves. Reporter the bachelor the greatest seasons ever returns monday, july 20th at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Right now lets go to ginger. Hey, ginger. Reporter thank you, lara. The gma moment is sponsored by verizon. I know a lot of people at this point in the summer start to go, okay, its a little hot. Well, maybe you want to do like 13monthold theo. Yeah, thats the video from seattle, washington. Mom leah catches him often hanging right at the air conditioner letting it blow through his hair. I know, i feel you. Also thanks to dad of theo because he is a nurse at the v. A. Take a moment and send your gma moment right to my Facebook Page or my instagram to Facebook Page or my instagram to or if you have any serious underlying medical conditions, like heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, or if your immune system is compromised for any reason. If youre at higher risk, wash your hands frequently with soap and water for twenty seconds. Avoid touching your face. Disinfect frequently touched objects. And wash up after being in public spaces. And when it comes to social situations. Less is better. Well, now to our favorite undercover show, what would you do . Hosted by our good friend John Quinones talking taking on challenging situations and bringing people together for 12 years and now its back for a brandnew season. So, john, thank you so much for being with us. I know the show feels more relevant than ever before. You use hidden cameras. You watch people in very difficult situations and some people are saying life right now is kind of like a big episode of what would you do . Thats right, amy. Were living in a what would you do . Universe right now. It is a time of racial reckoning, a time of a pandemic, which is forcing us to rely more and more on one another to get us through some really difficult times. And were all yearning, i think, for the goodness in people to shine through. Thats right. You have someone scenario from the premiere that is particularly timely. You have a white man who is wearing a jacket with a Confederate Flag on it, a black man then asks him to take it off. A few bystanders, as they typically do on your show, chime in with their thoughts. Lets take a look. All of a sudden now everything bothers everybody. Reporter as phil gains some support tell him to take his necklace off. That insults me. Reporter gabriel finds himself on the defensive. Culturally that means something to me. I dont think it means fine, but look the other way. He has his rights too. You understand the history behind that flag. I do. That does not matter right now. People got to learn to just get over it already. John, this is a debate that is happening throughout our nation right now. Whats surprised you most about how people reacted . Well, by the way, i should mention that we filmed all of these before the pandemic. Thats why you wont see anyone Wearing Masks or being very socially distant. But we saw right after that woman said get over it, right next to her was an africanamerican woman said, get over it . When are we going to do this . This has been going long enough. Its been going on for long enough. We did it in two states, in new york, in brooklyn and we did it in mississippi. And even though in mississippi more people supported the man wearing that confederate battle flag on his jacket and in new york more people criticized him for it, in both places, what surprised me most was that folks were so willing to say, you know what, he has every right to express his opinion in the street. I know you have some pretty awesome guests this season which include sutton foster, adam rippon. Who is someone youd love to see on the show as well . Donald trump. I would love for him to come on the show and talk about race, maybe barack obama, Bubba Wallace perhaps and Colin Kaepernick to talk about all these issues and i would love to have them on the show. I would watch all of that, john. Looking forward, what issues do you hope to address in future episodes . Id love to test children. You know, weve been thinking about this for awhile. We cant put hidden cameras on children under the age of 18, of course, without their parents approval. But i would love to, you know, to do scenarios where we see how 5, 6, 7yearold kids react because, you know, there is a great line from that musical South Pacific which says you have to be carefully taught to hate the people your parents hate. You have to be carefully taught. I think from the mouth of babes we could learn a lot. Certainly. What do you think we will learn from the new season . I think you will be inspired because tonight and every tuesday night, we will test people with those hidden cameras and you will see even though there are folks who are you know, say some god awful racist things because today more people are willing to do that than ever before and thats one thing ive noticed over the years. The last couple of years its as if theyve been given a license to resort that their darkest impulses and say the most god awful things. When we test them with hidden camera you will see the better angels in us as lincoln would say and step in and inspire us and, boy, does it feel good. I love that, john. We need that. The new season of what would you do premieres at 10 00, 9 0k central right here on abc. [upb i fell asleep tobut when i woke up. I put everything in perspective. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Good Morning America. We have been waiting, weve been talking about this, george. Lets get right to it. Waiting for this live interview. Its jim carrey, superstar comedian out with a new novel called memoirs and misinformation. I pretty much read straight through it, insightful and funny and beyond surreal. Thank you. With a character named jim carrey. Who is that guy . It is all allegory, you know what i mean . The jim carrey in the book is not only representative of me, it represents the false beliefs people have about fame, it represents the relationship between celebrity and tyranny which is really not that far away from each other. And it also the book really delves into our fear of erasure, our obsession with relevance and the peace that lies beyond personality. Beyond invention, beyond the scaffolding we build around our fears and desires. Along the way you name check just about everybody in modern hollywood from tom hanks, gwyneth paltrow, kelsey grammer, nic nic cage. Do they have any idea whats comeing . Its a comet. Its a comet. Its a sign. You know, ive sent books to everybody. Ive sent letters to pretty much everybody and i hope they take it in the spirit it was written which is really fun and levity and to a higher purpose, so its a book about persona so i had to use some personas not unlike i dont want to compare myself but dantes Divine Comedy had a lot of the celebrities of the day in it in heaven and the inferno and also the Sistine Chapel is populated with his contemporaries, with Michael Angelos contemporaries. Theyve been renting space in my head for the last few decade scompls seems like kanye west is running space in all of our heads. He appears in the novel. Also, i guess, running for president. What do you think . You know, i talk about him in the novel. Hes a superhuman artist and, you know, hes also an alien emissary to the human race, so i think the presidency would be a huge step down for him. I know this has been a passion project of yours for an awful long time and worked with another writer. Tell us how it worked with the two of you . How we worked, well, gosh, we started out as friends. He came to meet me in my art studio in new york when i was kind of going through the truman door as ive done several times in my life to develop another branch of the talent and bring it back to the tree. So he came to meet me there, and we became friends right away. We started this long conversation of really Creative Ideas and we talked about memoirs and we talked about how most of them really arent all that honest. Theyre at least if you read bill clintons autobiography you probably wont know much more about him after you finished than you did when you began unless theres a glossary of creepy stuff he left out. But so the memoir is a little bit flawed anyway, the whole form and both of us are not people that want to sit around wasting our time just cataloging the events of my life, you know. We had to infuse it with invention and something really different and special. So you have a place where none of it is real but all of it is true. Thats right. Yes. Yeah. Apock apo apockrapa. The idea that something there is beyond the invention of ourselves we make and how the whole world is kind of geared now, it seems like anyway since social media begs you to push their subscriber button. Everybody is looking for their special place, their sense of relevance in the world but not just normal relevance. A relevance that lasts beyond the grave, perhaps to the end of the entire program. Well, we have to go but you have a big virtual wednesday coming up thursday. Yes, i do. Judy blume. Were going to hang out with judy blume for awhile and i hope people will log in and have fun and get a book while they do it and shes just a lovely, lovely person and made a tremendous contribution to the world and i cant wait for it. Its really wonderful. I made her one special autograph for her independent book store and thats what were trying to do here. Were supporting independent book stores which are really the pulmonary system of the literary world, you know, and so i am looking forward to that i made her a special one. Its a mango autograph, the only one person that will get it on the planet so its coming from her. Thanks for joining us. I memoirs and misinformation is out now. Weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get zero percent apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. Lately ive been i have been looking forward to this all morning long. We are back now with one of the greatest champions, chris evert won 157 singles titles including 18 major championships. Shes now an espn tennis analyst and theres no one better to talk about sports in the time of this coronavirus and, chrissie, joining us from her home in florida. It is always wonderful to see you, chris. Youre also the chair of the ustas foundations board of directors and there is a program that i know is very dear to your heart for kids. Thats launching again. Can you tell us about it, chris . Well, thank you. Nice to see you, robin. Im chair of the usta foundation which is a charitable part of the usta and we have a Kickoff Campaign which is called rally to rebuild and basically what that means is usta foundation has 250 programs servicing 160,000 underresourced kids throughout the country and providing tennis and education, having that mix. And what happened was with the covid19, a lot of these programs have been shut down. Theyve been hit hard. The families are really relying on these programs for their kids. So we want to get them back on track and authorized to do that, we have a goal of 5 million that were trying to raise and the good news is, weve raised already 3. 5 million in the last two weeks so, robin, people are really stepping up and it just goes along in parallels to the message were giving out in todays age about equal opportunity. And i think its giving these kids equal opportunity to pursue their chromes. And how about keeping the kids safe and everybody thats going to be involved in the camp, keeping them safe during the coronavirus. How are you going to do that. Tennis is probably the safest sport out there. It has that safe distancing. Youre on one side of the net. You have social distancing. When you change sides you can change sides on different sides of the post. Youre really not in close contact with the players at all and the nice thing if youre serving and worrying about, you know, touching other peoples tennis balls if youre serving, you bring your own balls and put your initial on it and use your own. When you think about it, youre not on top of one another. Its an individual sport and it is the safest and great exercise at the same time. Its great exercise. Youre making me think about when i was a juneteenth and we used to mark our own tennis balls back in the day because they were expensive so we wanted to make sure we could keep them. Chrissie, lets talk about the pro game, because we saw the exhibition series where some players tested positive including number one djokovic and they were out partying, there was no social distancing in the stands. We though that the u. S. Open is coming up so how can we make sure that the players do the right thing, chris . Were not 100 sure the players will do the right thing and basically the good news is that the usta is planning on holding this u. S. Open and they want to mitigate every risk possible. I think that theyre working with the best medical advisers. Theyre working with the best Infectious Disease specialists. They have protocols in place. Its going to be social distancing. Its going to be masks unless youre on the court. Its going to be no big teams with the players. You can bring one person on site. Its going to be strict testing. I mean, the players will be living in a bubble. Theyll be staying in one hotel. You know, which is not in manhattan. I tell you one thing the usta is doing everything they can to make sure its a safe environment but the players better be diligent and they better be disciplined and they better be ready to live in a bubble and, again, no fans at the u. S. Open so i think what well do in the next six weeks is observe how the other sports are doing and learn from them when theyre on tv. I think what novak did, you know, was reckless and careless and we all have learned our lesson and but i think at the end of the day, robin, its really up to the individual player to gauge his or her safety precaution and to gauge whether they want to play the u. S. Open and i dont think well hear about commitments until two or three weeks before the open. And you were saying if you were still playing, though you look like you could still get on the court and play that in the current climate right now, maybe not so much but you would wait until closer to . Yeah, in the current climate i would not make a commitment right now. I mean i think you have to wait to see how new york is doing, how the numbers are, where the curve is and what the health and safety i think thats why the u. S. Open is saying really the players are not going to commit until two to three weeks before. I would probably do the same thing, although on the good side Serena Williams and Venus William and coco gauff have committed so you have some players that have committed. Thats right. You certainly have. And as i said, chris, looks like you could step on the court right now. You look just the same and thank you for the work that you and everybody with the usta foundation, what you are doing to make opportunities available for all. Truly appreciate that, chris. Thanks, robin. Great to see you again. Okay. Take care. Lets get thousand to ginger. Ginger. Hey, robin, fitz a tennis match youre planning on from rochester to new york, make it shorter. A lot on a bender of 90 plus degree days and will stay that way because of the jet stream. Detroit staying in the 90s ox okay city climbing now time for deals steals. Saving Small Businesses hit hard by the pandemic while saving you money. 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America, so wonderful to have one of my favorite people Sarah Paulson with us. Sarah, nice to see you. Hi. Hi. You have a new member of your family, winnie, that you got during the quarantine. Tell us all about her. I gave birth to a tiny chihuahua mixed with a wired hair miniature dachshund rat terrier pomeranian. A big mutt but i was proud of it. I wasnt in labor very long. It was great. Shes perfect. Bringing a lot of joy to your house. Lets talk about she is. She is. Yes, lets talk about mrs. America. You play Phyllis Friend alice and phyllis is played by cate blanchett. You have been in three different projects together and i believe you described her as a goony goon. What exactly is a goony goon . Well, goony goon is Catherine Elise blanchett. Shes a very the thing about cate as we know is shes formidable but a class clown on the set in the best sense. She is spontaneous and fun and really, really capable of laughing at herself when you make fun of her a lot which is what i do because ive worked with her three times. Its like, you know, shes like my sister, hey, you look dumb, you know. The chemistry, the chemistry on this set is palpable when you watch this and we have a clip of your character talking about being friends with phyllis. Lets take a look. I think im just smarter by being around her. And no matter how busy she is she always finds time to check all of my correspondence. Is there she checks your correspondence. For mistakes, a lot of political language goes right over my head. You dont seem to have any trouble expressing liquid courage. Oh. Youve told us before that you never watch your own performances but you did watch mrs. America. What were your thoughts . Well, you know, watching one self is really a horrifying experience. Im sure you have maybe youre comfortable with it. I find it nailbiting and awful. Its like listening to the sound of your voice. I cant big old face, big old schnozz. Its not for me. Its a labor of love. Its about an interesting time in our countrys history and its just filled with the most profoundly gifted actresses working today so i thought and a lot are my friends so i felt like it was sort of selfish of me to because i would have to endure watching myself for a second that i wouldnt watch all the extraordinary work by everyone so i sort of watched myself like this. La, la, la. Every time everyone else came on i was rapt as i hospital most are. It was an extraordinary cast and i do the same thing, ah, you dont want to hear or see. Theres knock worse. We love watching you in American Horror story. Youre about to play linda tripp. How did you prepare. We were two weeks shy of watching when the quarantine happened so we did not begin. Im very exceedingly hopeful well start as soon as its safe to do so for everyone. Ive just been, you know, immersing myself as much as possible and now have a significant amount of time to do this. I was prepared already but this has given me a whole other level of opportunity to do nothing but read and watch her so if im terrible in this thing, it will not be because i didnt have time to prepare. You wont be. We cannot wait to watch you in action. Mrs. America, streaming now on fx o have a great day, everyone. Hi. Whats on your mind . In. Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. 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