Incredible video shows a former College Football wide receiver making an incredible catch in phoenix. Wow. Thats philip blank snatching a 3yearold out of midair after the boys mom dropped him out of the top floor of a burning threestory building. The boy is in critical condition. His mom, unfortunately, did not survive this. Another child was saved in a nearby building when neighbors caught him in a blanket after his mom dropped him to safety. Incredible. Wow, to see those videos. Turning now to the grim reality check from hundreds of scientists that the coronavirus can linger in the air for much longer than wed initially thought. It now has a growing number of us taking a second look at air purifiers and filtration systems. Heres abcs bec w reporter 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 and though social distancing is heavily advised, how did you distance from a cloud of undetectable particles in the air . This video shows how far those 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 potential carried from the air conditioner. Most air Conditioning Systems bring in very little outside air. So theres very little dilution of the particles that are 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 whos sick or a Frontline Worker whos 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 caregivers. The same 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 suggests they can filter out other germ and virus particles in similar tiny sizes. I bought the Honeywell Hpa model because it was the highestrated 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 you can do to improve your Indoor Air Quality is open the windows or screen doors to circulate more fresh air. Our thanks to becky worley. Coming up, preventing another run on toilet paper. Sorry, i was busy ordering my second air purifier. You need another purifier . Need some toilet paper as well . I do. Out nations toilet Paper Companies are working to help us. Keep us covered, kenneth. No t. P. Jokes, stay away from them. Be all your soft surfaces . Odors get trapped in your homes fabrics and resurface over time. Febreze fabric refresher eliminates odors. Its waterbased formula safely penetrates fabrics where odors hide. Spray it on your rugs, your curtains, your furniture, all over your home to make it part of your tidying up routine. Febreze fabric refresher, for an allover freshness youll love. Ill be theres right now. For so many of us, not too long ago, what was not there when we reached it for it was that trusty roll of toilet paper. All i have to say is, bidet. Store shelves were wiped clean. How are companies now making sure were stocked . Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter as cases coinue wegoro t cntry, a pa t kpers oo arhotheyp theres a lot different from what people were seeing at the stores, empty shelves. Its all here. Well, were getting it out as fast as we can. Reporter box elder, utah, a town with just over 55,000 residents, producing toilet paper for millions at this Procter Gamble factory. We hit the factory floor in may, where Frontline Workers are cranking out rolls of toilet paper and paper towels 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Weve got different zones throughout the plant keeping people separated. Reporter here is where it starts. Toilet paper begins as a dry paper pulp. So this is the beginning of the process, really, right . Yes. Think of it as basically a big blender. The job is going to be to turn it into pulp water. Reporter feels like wet toilet paper. Exactly. Reporter the pulp is pressed and dried into supersized rolls that look like giant movie props. Looking at these rolls, a feel like antman. Oh, yeah, theyre huge. Well unroll the big rolls and cut them into bounty or charmin. We convert the big rolls into finished products. Reporter all that paper has gone from giant rolls to finally now being cut into something we recognize. Kay demow is a technician here. Shes made product for p g for 20 years. But the lockdown lifestyle looks and feels completely different. Its a whole different process just for getting in the building. I say that process makes me feel safe at work. You know, it is a process to go through, but i feel we spend the time sanitizing, we spend the time out from each other, were distancing. So that in itself is a good thing. Reporter the pace to produce is nonstop. This machine here is our butler reporter jared kent helps keep everything planning. Twoply product, right . Well take two of those rolls and by them together, mate them together, and that makes it our twoply product. Thats how you make twoply toilet paper . Yes, exactly. I never knew. Reporter competition in the toilet Paper Industry is fierce. Even as companies are racing to roll out more product, Procter Gamble told us they slowed down their machines when our cameras arrived so their competitors wont know just how fast they can produce. Did you ever think in a pandemic like this, toilet paper was going to be the one thing people couldnt get . Never in my wildest dreams. Reporter how does it feel to be replenishing the supply, so to speak . Feels pretty good. Were doing our part, right . Reporter for now supplies have stabilized. But if covid numbers continue to spike and new lockdowns trigger another buying panic, toilet Paper Companies will just have to roll with it. Over time, you go noseblind to the odors in your home. background music but others smell this. upbeat music thats why febreze plug has two alternating scents and eliminate odors for 1200 hours. Breathe happy febreze. La la la la la. About the Colonial Penn program. 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With herbal ashwagandas help turn the stress life into your best life live like a stress baller with stressballs please tell us why please tell us why you had to hide away for so long a woman in maryland got just a little bit closer to mr. Blue sky in her quest to visit her mother locked down inside a nursing home. It was all thanks to a little help from the local fire department. Our will ganss back again with this story. Back and better than ever. Good morning, shirleen, kenneth, and all of you. The carmine family hasnt been able to see grandma shirley for months, and her hearing isnt as good as it used to be so talking on the phone hasnt been easy. Family would visit and wave from the yard, but shes on the second floor, so they havent had a great conversation with grandma for a while now, till now. My mom is my rock. Every week i would go to a nursing home, twice a week, to do her hair. Reporter Shirl Carmine says mom, 83yearold shirley taylor, is her best friend. With shirley in a nursing home, the motherdaughter duo havent seen each other in months. Just so it was depressing. Reporter the two tried keeping in touch electronically, but like anyone whos attempted facetiming a grandparent, it doesnt always go as smoothly as youd like. Shirl was looking for a way, hoping for a sign, until it hit her like a bright red fire truck. Shirl and daughter jess on the way to a store when they passed a gas station and saw a fire truck in the parking lot. Shirl said she knew she had to ask them for a lift, but not the kind you made be thinking. I said, jessica, stop were going to go ask them if theyll take me up there reporter jess thought mom was kidding. She wasnt. Shirl asking the firemen to take her up the trucks ladder to reach her mothers window in the nursing home. And to her surprise, they said yes. He asked me what day do you want to do it . Or we could do it now. I said, do it now i wasnt letting the chance go by. Reporter less than an hour later, the two were reunited facetoface. Shirl finally able to tell her mother what shes been wanting to for the past several weeks. I told her i love her so much and i miss her, and i cant wait to have coffee with her, and i want to see her. Reporter a quick visit, sure, but one that meant so much to a mother and her daughter. Firefighters lifting spirits, literally in this case. I spoke with jess and she says what the firemen did for her grandma is absolutely priceless. She said for that moment in a small town in maryland, all was well in the world, you guys. So emotional about that. I love that moment. Thanks, firefighters, for making that happen. Definitely. Will, thank you, we appreciate it so much. We love to see our family members, especially during this time. Its just been so tough. Yes. Im just so lucky to have shirle this morning on world news now, the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating. Thats according to the head of the World Health Organization, as more u. S. Hospitals are pushed to the brink. Beds filling up, plus the new forecast. How many deaths can be prevented in the coming months if americans wear masks . Breaking overnight, the Supreme Court says chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized after falling and suffering a bloody head injury. The very latest on his condition. Also breaking overnight, a passing to note, mary kay letourneau. She married a former student who she was convicted of raping when he was in sixth grade. How shes being remembered. If youre a big fan of all things 80s, this is the house for you. But this totally rad pad comes with a hefty price tag. Does that rhyme . Details ahead on this wednesday, july 8th. Good morning, everyone. I have been waiting for this exact moment all of my life. In fact, really since 2011 when i met this very, very young woman. So i am so proud, so happy, cue the music, everybody. Shirleen allicot in, wabctv news anchor. The beautiful, the talented, the amazing, the gorgeous. She puts the sweet in the red, delicious big apple. New york citys own Shirleen Allicot, everybody. Welcome to world news now. Slow clap for you. How are you, friend . You gave me some jill scott. Yes, i did. Jilly from philly. That is because Shirleen Allicot and i met in philadelphia. We really are the best of friends. Please tell our insomniacs a little bit about you. Its wild, weve known each other for nine years. Yes, yeah. It doesnt seem like a very long time. But it has felt like an eternity for me. Yes, yes. Because since then theres been husbands, kids. A lot of life has happened. Yes, it has, it has. A lot of life. So again, shirleen is the morning noon anchor for wabctv, our flagship abc station. You just had to walk a few steps on over. A few steps, up a little earlier, a lot earlier, yes. Were going to have a lot of fun this morning but we also have serious news to get to as well. Youre really good at that, getting to the news, right . Thats kind of my thing. So lets do this. Fun is also her thing, so well get to that in just a moment. We have to get to the latest developments on this alarming spread of the coronavirus. Covid19 has now claimed the lives of more than 131,000 americans. And the latest model from the university of washington is projecting the death toll could rise above 200,000 by november, far less than that if everyone, everyone, wears masks. The nationwide death rate has actually been dropping. But dr. Anthony fauci warned it was a false narrative to take comfort in that. He said there are many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus, as fauci and other Health Experts stress the importance of Wearing Masks in public. Some americans are still ignoring their advice, like this customer that flipped out at a costco in ft. Myers, florida. He was reportedly fired from his job after going on a profanitylaced tirade when someone asked him to wear a mask. As cases surge across the country, the texas state fair has been canceled. Organizers are citing concerns about covid19 at the event that attracts more than 2 Million People every year. Abcs matt gutman has more on the growing crisis. Reporter with the country closing in on 3 million covid cases, hospitalizations increasing in 28 states. Some pushed to the very brink. Our hospitals are very full. Every hospital in the county, theres many Covid Patients who are very sick. Reporter at the Ventura CountyMedical Center in california, icu patients spilling into the e. R. Across the country, more than 300,000 new cases in the past 6 days. The virus ripping through entire families, like the sanchezes of california. Five members infected. Daughter brenda didnt think she would survive. My thinking was, if i end up in the hospital, im going to go, too. Im going to die. Reporter the family matriarch died three days after testing positive. We rode along with the Phoenix Fire Department in the zip code with the most covid cases in all of arizona. We just learned this is a possible covid call. Everybodys got n95 masks on. 50 of all the calls this station does are covid calls. Martin molina tells paramedics hes had splitting headaches for two days. His girlfriend comes out. She had just given birth three days ago. Are you scared about whats going on inside your house . To be honest, yes, because were all together, yeah. Plus, my little boy. I just barely had him saturday. Reporter like so many here, three generations of the lopez Family Living under one roof. Ysenia has had symptoms, she says. One of her children has also had a fever. Scared, confused. Reporter i bet youre scared. Its terrifying. What are you going to do . As emotion wells up, she clutches that st. Jude pendant, the wrist bands from the hospital still there. Martin was finally taken to the hospital. Is this a typical call . Yeah, this is what we see. Theres a proud tradition of families living together. Unfortunately, thats the situation for affordability where theyre all under one roof. Reporter reinforcements are on the way. The u. S. Military sending nurses and respiratory specialists to san antonio. We are days away from overrunning our hospitals. Reporter in florida, 100 nurses headed to miami where ventilator use has more than doubled. 50plus hospitals across the state at icu capacity. At the same time, the state ordering schools to open next month for five days a week for all students. The president saying hell also push to reopen schools. Were very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools. Reporter with the virus raging, testing sites packed. Supplies are depleted. The labs are backed up. Robert had symptoms and was tested at an urgent care in tucson, isolating himself from his family, then waiting 27 days to learn he didnt have the virus. That specimen was sitting in a lab in phoenix, apparently, for maybe, what, three weeks . So is the test result even valid . Our thanks to matt gutman. As the number of coronavirus cases rise, the white house has followed through on President Trumps promise to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Congress received official notification yesterday. It would take effect next july. Some republicans backing the move saying the w. H. O. Needs major changes. Democrats, led by Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden, called it irresponsible. He again promised to rejoin the organization if hes elected. The president of brazil has confirmed that he has tested positive for covid19. For months he has dismissed the severity of the virus, and he routinely mingled with crowds without wearing a mask, even as his countrys death toll topped 65,000. Heres abcs james longman. Reporter he played down the dangers of covid, but brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the illness, proclaiming translator we dont need to panic, life goes on. Reporter bolsonaro once called the pandemic a little flu and consistently ignored the advice of his own officials, going out on horseback and hugging children in huge crowds. The president started feeling ill on sunday with a small fever, but he said hes on the rebound, revealing hes taking the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine. He says hes making sure he doesnt infect anyone else, but couldnt resist removing his mask today. Translator who wants to see my face . Im fine, calm. Thank god, he explained. An avid supporter of President Trump, he visited maralago in march. Now these two men lead the countries with the highest death tolls in the world. Brazil, with over 65,000 killed and climbing. Experts say the real numbers are likely to be much higher. We saw for yourselves how brazilians have been forced to defend themselves against infection. Just under 20 cents a mask. This woman sits here for about 12, 13 hours a day making them for the community. President bolsonaro attended july fourth celebrations at the embassy this weekend. He was pictured alongside u. S. Ambassador todd chapman. Neither of them was wearing a mask. The ambassador and his wife have tested negative for coronavirus, but there is no word on other embassy staff. James longman, abc news, in london. James, thank you. Breaking overnight, stunning news as the Supreme Court reveals chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized for head injury two weeks ago. Abc news has confirmed roberts was hurt when he fell while walking near his home on fathers day. The injury required sutures and the chief justice was held overnight for observation. The 65yearold has had seizures in the past, but doctors believe the latest incident was caused by dehydration. An update on that story of kanye 2020. President trump had some positive words for the potential november challenger, kanye west. The president told real clear politics a west campaign would give the rapper a good trial run for 2024. He also reportedly said west is interesting and has a real voice. The two famously shared a moment in the oval office in 2018. West hasnt officially registered as a candidate since his saturday twitter announcement, and until he officially does so, its going to appear to me like kanye being kanye. Are we still entertaining this . We still are . Kanye antics. Until he registers. Well, okay. So Shirleen Allicot from wabc filling in, guest coanchor, great to have you. Were going to try to send you back to wabc with your journalistic integrity intact. But on this show we make fun of a lot of things. All right, give to it me. Even with the politics. Im like, come on, yall. Kanye . Kanye being kanye. You know that song wake up, mr. West, mr. West. What are you doing . Anything for attention, because hes kanye. So there you have it, there you have it. Coming up, how Walt Disney World is getting ready to reopen. But first, the fbi is now looking into this incident, a group of white men attacking a black man. The news about mary kay letourneau. What were learning overnight about her passing. Faced the competition and we broke through. Olays retinol24 complex hydrates better than the 100 retinol cream. Visibly smoother brighter skin in just 24 hours. Olay retinol24. 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 . 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 . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. If youre age 50 to 85, call now about the 1 most popular whole Life Insurance plan, available through the Colonial Penn program. It has an affordable rate starting at 9. 95 a month. No medical exam, no health questions. Your acceptance nt and this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. Two people have been charged with a hate crime after they were seeing painting over a black lives matter mural in martinez, california. Nicole anderson and david nelson were also charged with vandalism and possession of tools to commit vandalism or graffiti. They face up to a year in jail if convicted. The city of martinez issued a permit for the mural, and it was defaced shortly after it was completed on july 4th. Next, the fbi has reportedly opened a hate Crime Investigation after a black man said a group of white men threatened to get a noose during an alleged assault near bloomington, indiana. Viral video showing the men using racist slurs and pinning 36yearold Vauhxx Booker to a tree on the fourth of july. Booker said he and his friends were accused of trespassing on private property on their way to a beach. Bystanders and friends demanding he be released. Local authorities are gathering evidence in this case. Breaking overnight, mary kay letourneau. You remember her, the seattle teacher who was convicted of raping her 12yearold student and later marrying him. Letourneau gave birth to their child before serving a sevenyear sentence for statutory rape. They later had a second child and married in 2005. They divorced last year. Letourneau died of cancer. She was 58 years old. We all remember this story. Happened in the mid90s. I feel what i remember most about this is not only this woman sexually assaulted and raped a 12yearold boy, but this is the moment when people realized the gender reversal here. When you have a woman and it was a young boy, versus the other way around. Because the other way around, it was automatically, its disgusting, its horrible, its everything. Now you had a female teacher who committed this crime involving a boy. You definitely look at it from a different perspective. The people who know and love her say she was real, she was fun, and she was somebody that they are going to dearly miss. Coming up next half hour, how ringo starr just rang in his 80th birthday. But first, the Trump Administrations decision to pull out of the World Health Organization. What would it mean . Our medical expert weighs in next. Do i use a toothpaste that or one thats good for my teeth . Now i dont have to choose. Crest 3d white. It removes up to 95 of surface stains. And strengthens enamel. From the number one toothpaste brand in america. Crest. Walt disney world is on track to reopen saturday, despite a surge of coronavirus cases in florida. Some workers have signed a petition to delay the reopening. The theme park plans to limit the number of guests. Other precautions include temperature checks and face coverings. The park closed in march. Disney is the Parent Company of abc news. One of the biggest questions surrounding reopening is if and when students should return to the classroom. President trump has said hell pressure governors to reopen schools in the fall as his Administration Takes a bold step away from the w. H. O. Doctor, start with the Trump Administrations decision to withdraw the u. S. From the World Health Organization next july. As a medical professional, what do you think the impact of that will be as we fight covid19 . Its an excellent question, and the World Health Organization encompasses over 150 countries. It directs and leads International Health care and system improvement efforts for the united nations. The goal as clearly displayed on their website is to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. It gathers information, it plans and spreads that information to all of the countries. For whatever the reasons that the Trump Administration has, i think its better to have a seat at that table, given that its a very powerful and impactful organization, than to not. President trump says he will pressure all governors to open schools this fall. Your thoughts on schools reopening . I think it depends on this the area. The areas that are hit hard with a high prevalence of covid, who are having increasing cases, and who are not at the phase of opening, then they may have an issue with opening schools come the fall, especially if the schools dont have a plan to decrease the risk of spread. But there may be areas that are at the phase of opening with a low prevalence of covid disease that are able to open and have a plan to then open safely. Doctor, recent studies show blood type could play a role in how sick patients get from this virus. What do we know about that . Its an interesting study out of the new england journal of medicine and from italy and spain. It actually corroborates a study that was previously done in china saying that if you of a o type, you might be less have less severe disease, whereas if you have a type, you might have a little more severe disease. I think at this point there needs much more research. We obviously know that genetics matter in how our bodies get impacted by disease. And this might be a consideration, but there definitely needs to be more study in order to get really definitive conclusions. Our station in los angeles has talked to one of californias first coronavirus patients. He says doctors have told him his antibodies have already begun diminishing. What do we know, and is it possible to eventually lose ones immunity to this virus . The question really is surrounding immunity. Do we have immunity after getting covid . And if we do, then to what degree . For instance, if we have had covid, then if we get it again, are our symptoms far less than we would have if we hadnt had it before . If we do have immunity, then for how long do we have immunity . Im sorry to say those questions still go unanswered. They do. Our thanks to the doctor there. She really said, look, its going to come down to a vaccine, especially when you see what weve seen, the images that weve seen. People are just waiting on that as the fix for this thing, even though wearing a mask, other things that are so important, social distancing. And how do you effectively social distance Young Children . Very, very true. How do you keep the mask on them . Good question. Its the question of all questions. The mix is next. Time for the mix. A first for my friend Shirleen Allicot here. Yes, exciting. Lets mix it up. Its all about us chatting about fun stories here. The hubble telescope. You know that thing up in space is 25 years old . Kind of familiar. It says, im still going to get some good images out there. Take a look at this. This is a new pic from the hubble. This is a galaxy you see here. It is named ngc2775. It looks like the gates of heaven opened. I was going to say, the gates of hell, because space is scary. Oh, okay. Uhhuh. Apparently theres a galaxy there. Its a real looker, they say. A huge, open, central sphere. Thats what you want people to describe you as when they take a picture of you, a huge, open, central sphere. I think its beautiful. Oh shows you what the unknown has in store. A yin yang here. Positivity, optimism coming from her. Lots of optimism over here. Id love to get your take on this next video here. Weve got something right out of the 80s. Im not really sure what the homeowner was thinking. I know its not you because you werent born in the 80s. Oh, youve got to stop. Now check this out. Okay, this is taking retro to a new level. Check out the neon lights, check out the kitchen, the architecture, the furnishings, the bright pinks. This home, a cool 6 million, kenneth. Whoa, whoa. Its over 12,000 square feet, so honestly its a bargain, especially if you compare it to what you could buy in new york city. Thats very true. On the market. It looks like, i dont know, maybe this person was feeling miami vice. The studio 54 heyday. You like california, would you buy that . I would be doing a little bit of a renovation. A little bit a lot. Next, this story about a chicken named reba. Reba said, ive been in this yard here in the texas heat for a long time. There was an instacart delivery, he had the trunk open. The instacart delivery driver, reba jumped in the trunk and escaped. Reba said, uhuh, im out of here. A daring escape. You see the instacart driver walking back, sees the chickens out there in the yard, oh, theres one, two there were three when i first came and delivered these groceries. That is wild. Run, reba, run what about this deer, though . Yes. Have you seen a deer frolicking in the water . This is in dorset, england. It is so cute, just frolic, deer, frolic. This morning on world news now, hospitals reaching their limits. Cases of the coronavirus are soaring in many places, but at least one state reporting no deaths for the first time in months. Nba players begin arriving admits some may st positive e co once they get there. Trump family bombshell. The new allegations by the president s niece ahead of the release of her revealing book. And in our pandemic pause, were all missing going to the movies. But this morning, the classic blockbuster so many of us wish we could have seen on the big screen. And just wait until you hear which movie landed in the top slot. Heres a hint. Youre going to need a bigger boat. Its wednesday, july 8th. For those of you here in new york city, no need to adjust your eyes, insomniacs. This is not an early, early, Early Edition of channel 5 eyewitness news. I have wanted to sit next to you for so long. And im finally getting that opportunity. I almost feel like im in an alternate universe. This is happening. The queen of morning news here in new york city. Thank you, guy, for having me. Thank you, insomniacs. Its great to have you. I call you not only the queen of, but really the coanchor of the number one morning newscast of the number one station and the number one news market. Youre all around number one, shirleen alicott. We had our time in philadelphia. I wish we had some video of our time in philadelphia together. It could have potentially saved his life. Action News ReporterKenneth Moton is live now with the latest from police headquarters, kenneth . This is what i get. I told them to pick any clip they wanted and they pick this one where im wearing this hat. The shoulders. You see the shoulders . It was cold. That southern boy was up in philadelphia. Look, there is your former coanchor, brian taft, who is at wpei. Cue the music, everybody. Channel 6 action news. This is where we met. Yall keep showing the things where im wearing the hat in the live shots. Okay. But we worked together for years. Look at those babies. Those babies, those babies, yes. Wow, a blast from the past. Thanks, guys. So shirleen came here to new york city to wabc a few years ago. And i came to abc news, and we still see each other just as much. Youre always following me. I turn here and there and theres kenneth. I cant get rid of him. Were glad to have you here filling in on world news now, finally. The moment ive been waiting for. And were going to do our best to not get fired from disneyabc this morning. How about that . Lets get into some news. Well get to the latest developments on this pandemic, which is leaving hospitals across the country swamped. So far the coronavirus has killed more than 131,000 americans, and were on track to surpass 3 million confirmed cases sometime today. This was the scene yesterday at a courthouse in oklahoma city. Dozens of people packed in a hallway, lots of face masks but no social distancing. Oklahoma was just added to new yorks travel advisory requiring visitors from that state to quarantine upon arrival. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has the latest. Reporter this morning, hospitals across the country are being pushed to their limits. Our hospitals are very full. We are days away from overrunning our hospitals. Were going to exceed our surge space. Reporter at least 28 states now reporting a jump in admitted coronavirus patients as some icus begin to overflow into emergency rooms. Here in Ventura County, california, theyre running out of beds. At every hospital in the county, theres many Covid Patients who are very sick. Reporter in florida, only 16 of all icu beds in the state are Still Available as tensions over masks reach a boiling point. Back off reporter this man in a ft. Myers, florida, costco exploding after a woman asked him to cover his face. It comes as the World Health Organization acknowledges the virus could be more contagious than they thought, saying its possible the virus is airborne. We acknowledge that there is emerging evidence in this field. Reporter meanwhile, the surge in cases forcing 21 states to slam the brakes on reopening, including california, where the State Capitol was forced to shut down for the next week after the virus sickened at least five lawmakers. They said that i was mask to mask, that i was not six feet, we were not six feet apart, and that is why it qualified as an exposure. Reporter the u. S. Death toll now exceeds 131,000 people. But on tuesday, President Trump making this false claim. Were doing very, very well. Again, mortality rate, the lowest anywhere in the world. Reporter even the nations top coronavirus expert is disputing the claim. Its a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death. Reporter in fact, the u. S. Reported more than 1,000 new deaths on tuesday alone, accounting for onequarter of new deaths worldwide. And the university of washington is now projecting more than 208,000 deaths in the u. S. By november 1st. Theres so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. Dont get yourself into false complacency. Reporter despite the persistent climb in deaths, the white house is upping the pressure for states to reopen schools in the fall. So were very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open. Its very important. Reporter some governors insisting still, theyre not ready to make a decision. Were not going to say children should go back to school until we know its safe. Reporter but amidst the new numbers some encouraging news. For the first time in nearly four months, connecticut reporting no new covid deaths. Long island, once a hotbed for the coronavirus, now cleared to start phase four in the reopening process today. Back to President Trump. This week hes saying the u. S. Will formally withdraw from the World Health Organization next july. In response, joe biden tweeted he will rejoin the w. H. O. If elected on his first day as president. Kenneth, shirleen . President trump is saying he may not hold a big Republican Convention in jacksonville after all. He says hes flexible on the size of the event set for next month. He told Greta Van Sustern florida looked good a few weeks ago but acknowledged theres a spike in coronavirus infections, saying its a matter of timing. Several republican lawmakers already said they will not attend. Now to that explosive new book by the president s niece set to be released next week. In the book she describes the president as a person with multiple psychological disorders, unsuited to be president. Abcs Jonathan Karl has more. Reporter she is the president s niece, the first member of his family to publicly turn against him. Mary trump unloads in a new book the trump family tried to stop. Too much and never enough how my family created the worlds most dangerous man. Mr. President , any reaction to your nieces book . Any reaction to mary trumps book, sir . Reporter mary trump describes the president s father, fred trump, as a highfunctioning sociopath who short circuited donalds ability to develop and experience the entire spectrum of human emotion. Ms. Trump, a trained psychologist, claims the president s father perverted his sons perception of the world and damaged his ability to live in it. Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down that he is nothing of what he claims to be. She adds, his cruelty serves in part as a means to distract both us and himself from the true extent of his failures. Mary trump says the president s sister, retired judge marianne trump barry, told her in 2015 she didnt take her brothers president ial campaign seriously, saying, hes a clown. Lo, sulye house is hitting back. No bearing in truth. Have yet to see the book, but it is a book of falsehoods. Reporter mary trump, who is the daughter of the president s older brother, fred jr. , sued the president and his siblings, claiming she was treated unfairly in her grandfathers will. The case was later settled. She has seen little of her uncle over the past 20 years, although she attended a dinner at the white house in early 2017. She acknowledges that the next year she gave details of trump family finances, including tax records, to the new york times. The white house has issued a statement taking issue with mary trumps description of the president s relationship with his father, fred trump sr. The president describes the relationship he had with his father as warm and said his father was very good to him. The statement goes on. He said his father was loving and not at all hard on him as a child. So that is the statement from the white house issued in response to mary trumps book. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. Our thanks to jonathan there. Another book on the first family is due out in september. First lady melania trumps former adviser, Stephanie Winston wolkoff, has written a tellall titled melania and me. It will cover their 15year friendship and her departure from the white house in 2018. And the longest living president in the nations history tuesday marked jimmy and rosalynn carters 74th wedding anniversary. They tied the knot in 1946 when mr. Carter was 21 and the future first lady was 18. On his 75th birthday the former president was asked about the most important thing hed done with his life. He said, marrying rosalynn. Good answer, sir. Very, very nice. Congratulations to them. Theyre just a little bit away from that big 75th right there. I love that. I love that dynamic right there. Definitely. Coming up, how ringo starrs friends decided to come together for his 80th birthday. First, restarting the nba season. Why the leagues commissioner is raising a red flag over new positive covid19 test results. 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This morning, several nba teams are in florida preparing to restart the season during the coronavirus crisis. Players will live and compete in a socalled bubble campus at espns wide world of Sports Complex in disney world, orlando. But now the nba commissioner is expressing concern after a number of new positive test results in the league. We wont be surprised when they first come down to orlando if we have some additional players to test positive. Reporter commissioner adam silver admits a surge in cases could shut down the season again. Certainly if we had any sort of significant spread at all within our campus, we would be shut down. Reporter inside the bubble at disney, which is abcs Parent Company, players will have 24hour vip concierge and onsite barbers, manicurists, pedicurists, hair braiders, along with playersonly lounges. I truly feel when its done well look back and say, that wasnt too bad. Reporter some players say its a bad idea, including star philadelphia 76er joel embiid. I know im going to do the right things. I know i dont ever do anything, i only play video games, im always home, i dont do anything. But then again, i dont trust those other guys to do the same. Reporter and this morning, a new reality in other sports amid the pandemic. Espn is poyear. In major league baseball, the nationals, astros, and cardinals have canceled Team Workouts because of testing delays. Atlanta braves outfielder Nick Markakis is the latest highprofile player to opt out of the season. Have to go out there and play and in front of an environment with no fans . Its just its not baseball, to me. Reporter the yankees pitcher, zach britton, doing his best to follow distancing protocols during a team scrimmage, kicking a ball away to avoid touching it with his sports. People want sports to get back to business, but theres still a number of concerns there. So well see how this all plays out. When we come back, what classic movie do you wish youd seen on the big screen . Hm, let me think about that one. The woman behind the Patrick Mahomes, the biggest cheerleader. The skinny coming up next. Skinny e droppings . Ewww. Dead skin cells . Gross so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavy duty dusters. 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. Just gimme the skinny time for the skinny, and every guest coanchor, i always ask them, who do you think is singing the skinny song right there . Do i i veea. I ow sid diane macedo . Yes, somebody watches this at wab voice . It is time for the skinny starting with those classic blockbusters we wish we could have seen in the theaters. Young people in britain were asked what movies they would have loved seeing new. Coming in first place, the movie that scared an entire generation away from the beaches, Steven Spielbergs 1975 epic jaws. Whoo, you know what . Thats actually a really good one. Yeah. But coming in second place, this ones not a surprise whatsoever, kenneth. Star wars. Oh, disney is the Parent Company of abc news. Of course. And wabctv. 83 , third place, Stanley Kubricks reimagining of stephen kings the shining. I dont know about that one. That one really, really scared me. Next to bad bunny. I never heard of bad bunny. I feel so uncool. Now having something in common with hugh hefner. Check this out. Yes, the puerto rican rapper is now technically a playboy bunny. The 26yearold has just made history as playboys firstever digital star with two covers, shirleen. Im so concerned that i dont even recognize him. Hes the second man to appear solo on the cover after the magazines founder, the late hugh hefner himself. This larger than life bad bunny is known for his genderfluid performances and fashion ensembles. Today is the day Shirleen Allicot learned who bad bunny is. Wait, im familiar with his music, but ive never seen bad bunny. Nice to meet you. She was chair dancing. That took me back to 2011. We wont talk about that. Next, they say grn is woman. Me. Im kidding. Kansas city chiefs star Patrick Mahomes may have just inked a tenyear contract extension worth 500 million but his real win happened eight years ago. Thats when he and Brittany Matthews first became high school sweethearts. They started dating when they were 16 and the relationship has stood the test of time, including moving away for college, now living together in kansas city with their two dogs steel and silver. I love these organic relationships. 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The legendary beatles drummer presenting ringos big birthday show on youtube, a socially distant alternative to the typical bash he throws each year outside of capitol records. Happy birthday to you reporter ringos famous friends deciding to come together online instead, gifting sir Richard Starky and his fans some neverbeforeseen concert footage and special performances. Sheryl crow tackling one of the beatles biggest hits. All you need is love reporter and sheila e. Epter go lack g at some highlights over his career, spanning more than six decades in music, spilling secrets of his songwriting with george harrison. Talking about the song it dont come easy. I said, george, help me write. Reporter other friends from his historic career popping in to send birthday wishes like the eagles joe walsh, who plays with ringo nowadays. Hi, everybody. I just stopped by to make sure he doesnt get too tired. Plus a lot of moneys been bet whether he can blow out 80 candles. Reporter and, of course, consider it a british invasion. Ringo putting a bow on top of his big birthday show with paul mccartney. Lretty darn good for 80 years old. Throughout the show, ringo asked viewers to donate money, which he plans on donating to black lives matter, the david lynch foundation, music cares, and ringos lotus foundation. That was a pretty fun Birthday Party for an 80yearold. Definitely. Hey, ringo. Good that hes getting some equality among his beatles cohorts, because he has definitely fought for that right now on america this morning, the coronavirus emergency and its seemingly unstoppable surge in some areas. More than 20 states putting a pause on reopening plans as tensions over masks reach a boiling point. This morning, the white house putting pressure on states to open schools next month. Well have the latest. Breaking overnight, chief Justice John Roberts spending the night in the hospital recently. Why was the public never told . Also breaking right now,the former teacher at the center of a scandal in the 1990s. Her recent passing. Plus, under investigation. An alleged racially motivated attack appearing to show a group of white men threatening to lynch a black man