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House and the swift backlash from democrats. Fays fury. The Tropical Storm makes landfall near new jerseys Atlantic City with some shore towns underwater. Drivers rescued. Strong winds toppling trees. New york city drenched and the new Severe Weather threat moving in. And disney worlds big day. The phased reopening. Magic kingdom and Animal Kingdom ready for rope drop this morning. Should Walt Disney World be opening right now . Absolutely. Your exclusive look at the Safety Measures. Hey, good morning, everybody. Happy saturday. President trump commuting the sentence of his longtime adviser roger stone, leading to backlash from democrats. Well have much more in a moment. First here, the latest on the pandemic as the number of new daily cases climbs to a record of nearly 67,000. With florida now reporting its numbers, hospitalizations have topped 51,000 nationwide showing the strain this latest increase is having on the hospitals across the country. With cases surging in many states, white house coordinator dr. Deborah birx says the rise will covid cases will lead to a rise in deaths. Some states and cities are now rethinking and pausing their reopenings. Bars in las vegas have been forced to close as seven counties in nevada roll back to phase 1 because of a rise in infections. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announcing overnight the u. S. Army is sending a medical task force to houston to help with the citys covid19 battle. We have Team Coverage beginning with abcs trevor ault right here in new york. Trevor, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning. We are in the midst of a frightening upswing right now. Out of 50 states and puerto rico 40 are reporting elevated positivity rates with fema saying new locations like oklahoma, iowa and arkansas are places to watch, while in major states that have been getting crushed, florida, texas, arizona, Officials Say it is going from bad to worse. This morning, alarming new numbers as covid19 rages across much of the united states. An internal fema memo obtained by abc news says 26 arizona icus are at capacity and 13 hospitals have staffing shortages as the state now battles the highest number of new cases in the entire world. These patients are sicker than patients weve seen, sicker in a different way. Reporter with residents waiting hours for tests in 100degree heat, a new appointmentonly testing site in tucson says it booked its first week of tests in ten minutes, i these surge tents constr of patients were having a war here on covid. Reporter and with morgues full, refrigerated trucks have been brought in to store the bodies. In florida, the 11,400 new cases friday just shy of a record high. New york now sending the state a days supply of the drug remdesivir to help care for patients. Among those hit hardest, a south florida family losing a brother and sister, both in their early 20s. Their deaths just 11 days apart. Its not a game. Please wear your mask. We dont want them to just be another statistic. And for younger people of color new data from the cdc paints a grim picture. The death toll for hispanics and nonwhites under 65 is more than twice as high as it is for whites of the same age group. In texas, the states logged three Straight Days near 100 deaths. The worst is yet to come as we work our way through that massive increase in people testing positive. Reporter a san antonio doctor says one of her patients, a 30yearold man, died after attending a socalled covid19 party, a bizarre trend where young people intentionally get together with someone whos infected. He didnt really believe. He thought the disease was a hoax. He thought he was young and invincible and wouldnt get infected. One thing that was heart wrenching that he said to his nurse was, you know, i think i made a mistake. Reporter across the country this morning, 17 states are seeing increasing covid19 deaths with 30 reporting rising hospitalizations. In mississippi this week, five of the states biggest hospitals reporting they had zero icu beds available. Many days in the last few weeks we have had more patients than we have had rooms. Reporter georgia setting a single day record for new cases friday. The Georgia World Congress center now being reactivated as a backup hospital in atlanta and kansas marking nearly a thousand new cases friday. Even rural doctors saying the virus is ravaging their communities. We didnt think that it would get to us. When it finally did get to us it hit us like a freight train. Reporter and as professional sports consider when and how to return, the nfls Jacksonville Jaguars say theyll limit their Stadium Capacity to 25 and making face coverings mandatory. The nfl is planning on having preseason games begin to be played in late august, but the Players Union has been pushing back against those plans. Whit. All right, trevor, thank you. Joining us from the hard hit state of mississippi is jackson mayor chokewe antra lumumba. Mayor, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. As you know, mississippi hospitals are seeing a record surge of covid19 patients right now. Five of the biggest hospitals in the state have zero icu beds available, forcing some patients to actually go out of state for treatment. Would you characterize this as a failure of the state to properly respond to the pandemic . I dont think there is any other way to characterize it. Weve been begging for a uniform response from the state. Its of great concern to us here in jackson, not only because we are the most populous city by a factor of three but because were the capital city but the capital of health care. Other cities, as their numbers increase, it is likely our hospitals that will receive the increased burden. As youre running out of hospital space what is the plan to expand capacity in your city . Well, largely the plan depends on resources that the state needs to impose. Were trying to do all that we can to try to flatten the curve, trying to impose measures, mandatory face mask requirements. We were the first to do that in the state. Now the state has officially followed suit. But i think that we saw this state open far too quickly and at the time that that took place, i warned of the consequences. Mayor lumumba, forgive me, were four months into this and talking about hospitals running out of beds. Is there not actually a plan right now to expand that, to have field hospitals, other facilities open up . If so, that has not been clearly articulated to me and i believe that other cities have not received that plan from the state. I wanted to mention this because this is right in your backyard. The statehouse there in jackson was shut down after dozens of lawmakers were tested positive for coronavirus. Governor tate reeves issued a mask mandate for 13 counties this week only. Is that enough . Do you think that mandate should expand statewide . I think it should be statewide. The communities here in mississippi are far too interconnected. As we have tried to impose measures here in the city of jackson, weve had a want for the state to follow suit because you can literally go across the street in some areas of our city and find another city adjacent to us and so it becomes more of a notion than a reality if you have restrictions imposed in your city. People can go across the street and congregate. They can go across the street and find communities where people are not wearing masks. And so i think that it is necessary that this be a statewide regulation and on that note, i think that the nation in many regards should impose the same. Mayor lumumba, thank you for your time this morning. We do appreciate it. Eva, over to you. Dozens of states are seeing a rise in cases. The debate is raging about if its safe to open schools and child care centers. Zohreen shah is in los angeles where teachers are trying to make their voices heard. Good morning to you, zohreen. Reporter good morning, eva. Lusd has the Second Largest School District in the country, well over half a million kids. Their education, the economy, possibly on the line. The big question, is it worth the risk. Its the debate raging through School Districts across the country. Should schools open this fall . This is a time of great uncertainty and anxiety among parents, teachers and students with respect to safely reopening schools. Reporter in arizona, currently the global epicenter for the coronavirus, one teacher says, not now, not here. Jenna martinez taught side by side with two teachers this summer. All three got sick, but one teacher, Kimberly Chavez lopez bird, lost her life. She was 100 on board with whatever needed to be done. She had ordered face shields, masks. Reporter in neighboring california the Teachers Union in los angeles is demanding all schools stay closed. There is not enough time for the district to put together the detailed, rigorous plans that must be in place to physically reopen our site. The fuzzy part is going to go on your nose, okay . Reporter meanwhile in the northern part reachers at ucsf teaching kids how to do their own covid19 tests at this summer camp in hopes schools could useimilar i the future. But the fear isnt just about schools. Nearly 1800 covid cases breaking out in child care operations over a 75 increase in less than a month despite health risks, President Trump is pushing hard on opening schools. This is one of the reasons that were working to safely and responsibly reopen our country, reopen our schools, get our country going again 100 . Reporter you heard the president talk about the economy. There are some parents who cannot afford a babysitter. That means they cant make an income. But at the same time they dont want their kids coming to school and getting sick but right now it doesnt appear there is a good solution for that. Dan. Massively consequential for the economy, the health and the Mental Health of families across the country. Zohreen, thank you very much. Lets talk about the politics of all this now. This morning the democrats are denouncing President Trumps overnight move to commute the sentence of his longtime friend and associate roger stone just days before stone was set to report to prison. Abcs rachel scott is in washington with more on that and other angles this morning. Rachel, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning. Roger stone said the decision came in the nick of time right before he was set to start that 40month prison sentence. Earlier this week attorney general william barr called that sentence fair but the white house says stone was treated unfairly and he will spend no time behind bars. Overnight President Trump declaring his longtime friend roger stone a free man. Just a few minutes ago i had a very gracious call from the president of the united states. He told me that he had decided to use his extraordinary powers of clemency to commute my sentence. Reporter stone, a longtime adviser and ally to the president , was found guilty of lying to congress, witness tampering and obstructing the house investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. In a statement, the White House Press secretary calling stone a victim of the russia hoax, saying he has already suffered greatly and echoing the president s repeated claims that he was treated very unfairly. This has not been a fair process. I think roger stone was very unfairly treated as were many people. Reporter stone, a selfdescribed dirty trickster, will not serve a day of his more than threeyear prison sentence. While republicans praise the move, democrats quickly condemn it. What were seeing today is an appalling overture to people essentially from the president saying if you lie for me, you cover up for me, i will reward you. On the other hand, if you are a rat and you cooperate, then like a mafia boss, i will come after you. Reporter the decision coming late friday night as the president wrapped up a trip to florida. The state now fighting a rise in coronavirus cases but the president did not hold a single event on the pandemic. Rather, focusing in on drug trafficking, sanctions against venezuela and campaign fundraising, bouncing from event to event without wearing a mask. In an interview with telemundo he suggested the virus is under control. Were winning the war. Some areas have flamed up but theyre going to be very good in a period of time. Reporter but this weekend, President Trumps campaign plans brought to a halts. His outdoor rally in New Hampshire postponed. His campaign blaming bad weather. And President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center today. He said in an interview he will likely wear a mask as he visits veterans and Health Care Workers on the front lines. Eva. Rachel scott for us. Jeffrey epsteins alleged coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is asking to be released on bond. Her attorneys arguing she be released on 5 million bond with gps monitoring saying, due to covid, if she stays behind bars, her health would be at risk and it would keep her from participating in her defense. While in jail she is under constant monitoring wearing only paper clothes and no sheets on her bed. The hearing for her bond is scheduled for tuesday. Turning to Tropical Storm fay making landfall in the northeast. It is now weakened but it brought strong winds and heavy rain that flooded neighborhoods. Rob is in bridgeport, connecticut, with a look at the damage and what we can expect in the coming hours. Rob, good morning. Hey, good morning, whit. Hard to believe were onto the sixth storm already and this is only the second week of july. Incredibly busy hurricane season. This one took a few days to develop and got itself off the carolina coast and did a number in the midatlantic and northeast. Overnight, Tropical Storm faye slamming the oeast coast bringig powerful winds and flooding. The storm making landfall in new jersey, some shore towns were left under water. South of Atlantic City, fire and Police Responding to numerous calls. Further north, the storm toppling trees. Watch as this one falls right onto a home outside of newark. In hackensack, a high water truck arriving on the scene rescued two passengers stranded in the floodwaters. The storm tearing down power lines, leaving thousands of new jersey and new york residents in the dark. The torrential rains causing water to cascade into subway stations in new york city. Always surreal to see the rain coming down the steps of the subway. This storm making a direct run at new york city and this is not the first time this has happened, albeit rare. Heres a look at where it made landfall yesterday, just north of Atlantic City. A lot of heavy rain across delaware and maryland, over half a foot in some spots. It made landfall just north of Atlantic City. Irene in 2011 made landfall north of Atlantic City before making a run in new york. And super storm sandy making landfall just north of Atlantic City. Kind of an unlucky swath in a place where you would like to get lucky, Atlantic City. Some leftover moisture and the front approaching from the west and the front thats approaching from the west created thunderstorms yesterday in the great lakes and midwest will squeeze that moisture and well see strong thunderstorms in the area that got hit by faye yesterday. Large hail, flash flooding and cant rule out a possible tornado there or in the midwest where another disturbance will create Severe Weather, a pretty big swath this afternoon w good saturday morning. Im lisa argen. The view from mount tam nice and sunny out there. Well look for that inland heat to continue over the weekend. Hotter tomorrow with an increased risk of fire danger in the upper elevations where it is very warm. And the relative humidity drops below 20 . Cooling begins early next week. Highs today anywhere from the low 60s maf moon bay to the next storm up after fay is the g storm, gonzalo. Hopefully it wont do much but well be tracking it. Back over to you guys. Thank you, robert. Well see you much more throughout the morning. Appreciate your reporting. And lets brighten the mood with a story of intelligence and perseverance that involves a College Student who went from being rejected by every school he applied for to being sipped into an obscure law school known as harvard law school. Janai has much more from her home in new jersey. Janai, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, harvard law school, maybe youve heard of it. This is such an inspiring story, sure to put a smile on your face. Its about a student who refused to give up no matter what challenge life threw his way, eventually going from a sanitation worker to, as you said, dan, harvard law school. Rehan staton knows about overcoming obstacles. Food insecurities, housing insecurities. I remember our hvac system broke so during the winters it was super cold. It was like super cold and i would have to wear a jacket to go to sleep. Reporter as a kid he was raised by a single father who struggled to provide for rehan and his brother. He struggled in school where his grades suffered. Pretty much every school i applied to rejected. Reporter he gave up on school, taking a job as a sanitation worker. The experience changing his life. It was the first time in my life where people just came around me, they saw a young guy who they considered to be smart and said, look, come back one day but you dont need to be here right now. Go to school. Reporter thats what he did. Getting his grades up to a 4. 0 and accepted into the university of maryland, working double shifts at the Sanitation Company to pay for school and aiming to pay back his brother and father who sacrificed so he could succeed, and rehan reached higher, applying to one of the most prestigious law schools in the country, harvard. All right. Im clicking it. Congratulations reporter his message, no matter what comes your way, keep going, keep fighting, keep your eyes on the prize. Sometimes you got to take a knee. Thats okay but you always got to get back up. Reporter an incredible story. He will start classes at harvard this fall and his story so inspiring to others that a gofundme page set up to help pay for his school has now surpassed 100,000. So a lot of people obviously wanting to chip in and help him. Guys. I love that idea that sometimes you have to take a knee but you can always get back up, and he did it repeatedly. Incredible story. I like his reaction too reading the word congratulations. Knowing the letter was good. Sinking in. Ive seen enough. Great story. Thanks, janai. Thanks, janai. Coming up, a white woman charged in a parking lot confrontation caught on camera is speaking out and sharing her side of the story. Why she says she pulled a gun on a black mother and her kids. Plus, theyre the volunteers testing potential coronavirus vaccines to see if theyre safe and effective. What theyre experiencing so far. So interesting. Such an important story. Also, disney world starting to reopen this morning. Weve got an exclusive look at the measures to keep guests safe. Well be right back with more gma. Good morning america sponsored by kings hawaiian. What an irresistibly delicious idea. Gs hawaiian. What an irresistibly delicious idea. Home cooking up a storm. Ipes with the ones you love. So at kings hawaiian, we wanted to share some of your irresistibly delicious ideas with the world. 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Our gma cover story will have all the details on that still ahead. They get very candid about their relationship. Its a really interesting conversation. Some of the other big stories were following, happening right now, hospitals pushed to their limits as coronavirus surges. 36 states seeing a rise in cases as the number of new daily cases climbs to a new record of 67,0 some states and thki aau t reopenings. Bars in las vegas forced to close as seven counties in nevada roll back to phase 1 because of a rise in infections. Also happening right now the u. S. Army announced it is launching a comprehensive review of the command, climate and culture at ft. Hood in texas. This comes after the death of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen who was found dead after claiming she was harassed. Investigators say guillen was harassed but that it was not Sexual Harassment as guillens family has claimed and that it did not involve her alleged killer, specialist aaron robinson. And reduced capacity. The Jacksonville Jaguars telling season Ticket Holders that the team expects about 25 capacity at Tiaa Bank Field in 2020. The jaguars say they are working with ticketmaster to develop a new seating chart that allows for six feet of distance between the fans. And were going to start this halfhour with an exclusive look at the phased reopening of Walt Disney World which comes as florida faces skyrocketing coronavirus cases. Abcs will reeve right there inside the Magic Kingdom. Will, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. I am here. Today is the day, Walt Disney World welcoming guests back for the first time in months. Magic kingdom, Animal Kingdom opening today. The other parks later next week. Amid the pandemic, itll be a new disney experience for everyone, one with new safety protocols throughout. This morning, Walt Disney World is reopening. Hi, guys. Welcome back. Reporter today in a cautious and phased approach, disneys Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom welcoming guests for the first time in four months since its pandemicinduced shutdown, with Hollywood Studios and epcot planning to reopen later next week but as covid19 cases surge here in florida, some are asking if now is the right time. Should Walt Disney World be opening right now . In these unique times i think weve evolved. Weve become more flexible and i think were ready for this new world. Reporter disney had to reimagine the park experience new health and Safety Measures in place at the p gma getting an exclusive look and insight from josh, the chairman of disney parks experiences and products. We have protocols in place from before our guest enters to when theyre inside the park to new cast member training. Reporter disney world will be limiting daily attendance. Guests must make advance reservations for their visit. Upon arrival, a mandatory temperature check. Face coverings required at all times for ages 2 and up except for when dining or swimming. Mobile ordering at restaurants will reduce physical contact, with more hand sanitizing stations placed around the parks. I think when guests come in and walk our parks, theyre going to immediately feel its different. Same magic will be there but it will feel different. Youll look up main street and wont see the same crowds you saw before. Were designing this experience to be more contemporary meaning in this new normal were in. Reporter there are ample reminders to keep your distance throughout the experience. Hey, guys. Good job at physical distancing. Reporter including on disney worlds iconic attractions. At the end of the day, what success is going to look like, even though it might be difficult to see is the smiles on peoples faces, to come back and experience the joy of disney. Reporter disney has emphasized that for this to work cast members and guests must work together. You heard me ask josh should disney world be reopening . He said, absolutely, we believe we have the right plan in place. Whit. Will, ill pick it up from here to say, as we mentioned during the piece in the graphic, disney is the Parent Company of abc news. Will reeve, thank you again for your reporting this morning. Whit, over to you. Now to the vaccine, volunteers literally rolling up their sleeves in the fight against covid19 and describing what theyve been experiencing after receiving an experimental vaccine. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter its been four months since 43yearold Jennifer Heller of ballard, of washington, became the First American to be injected with experimental covid vaccine. Its been 16 weeks since i had the first dose. Reporter shes one of dozens of brave volunteers putting themselves at risk to help find a vaccine that is safe and effective for the rest of us. There are a lot of unknowns. Ian hayden, a 29yearold Science Communications specialist at the university of washington, is participating in the same trial funded by the Pharmaceutical Company moderna and the nih. So i got two injections, one month apart. The actual shots themselves, they didnt feel like anything. Reporter he says the first gave him a sore arm. The second one brought on mild flu symptoms for a day or so. I was concerned a bit going through this. I didnt want it to get any worse. Reporter experts say our hopes for a return to normal life depend very much on the trials success. The first phase 3 trial is set to start this summer. Its the citizenry of our country that have to help us as scientists find out whether the vaccine is going to be good enough for all of us. Im feeling very normal. I am taking the same precautions that everybody else is right now, wearing a mask out in public. Reporter like all of us, theyre hoping for the best. For Good Morning America, david wright, abc news, new york. And i think we are all hoping for a vaccine that works very soon. Yes. Lets switch gears and get a check of our weather and turn to rob marciano with what looks like it is going to be a very warm forecast. Thats right, eva. tis the season, right . You dont get an afternoon cooling thunderstorm. Well, youre going to be smoking hot. Fay now gone, heat and humidity to respond to that and this is not the only spot thats going to be warm. Check it out across the south especially you continue to bake. Heat advisories up for northern florida, across i10 into pretty much entire texas and heat warnings up for much of the southwest where temperatures could very well reach record numbers and those numbers that you saw are with the humidity. These are without the humidity. How about this, 118 in palm springs, 116 in phoenix. Even dallas touching the century mark today and tomorrow likely and this is a persistent pattern that will create heat and likely above average temperatures from denver, dallas, chicago and new york as well into the second and third weeks of july. If you like to schvitz, youll like the weather for the next two weeks. Good saturday morning. Its a quick warmup for you with temperatures climbing through the 80s in our inland valleys by midday, but mid90s for a hot this Weather Report sponsored by old navy. Dan, do we have a yiddish check on that . I was just going to congratulate you, dr. Marciano, on correct use of yiddish in your forecast. Schvitz is yiddish for sweating so you should put a schmear on your bagel. I will do that, and shalom. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Thats actually hebrew, not yiddish. But anyway, coming up on gma, the woman in this viral video breaks her silence about why she pulled out her gun during a confrontation in a chipotle parking lot. And dr. 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So you felt like you had no choice at that point but to pull the gun . Yeah. That was what was in your mind . Yeah, just i need to live. Reporter the incident happened in Orion Township in michigan. Wuestenberg says she was leaving the restaurant with bags of food. On the way out she passed by takelia hill and her 15yearold daughter. Hills daughter says jillian bumped her. She came out and started yelling at me. I held my left hand up and said walk away. Just walk away. It escalated from there. Reporter wuestenberg says the hill family threatened her and her husband, called her a racist and ignorant, but she was able to get in her minivan. She says as they tried to leave, hill hit the back window. The video shows her loading a round into the chamber of her handgun and pointing it at the hill family. Wuestenberg eventually gets back into the minivan and she and her husband drive away. When prosecutors saw this video they charged both jillian and her husband eric with felonious assault. Takelia hills attorney said prosecutors should have done more. Its absolutely disgusting conduct from the defendants in this case. Hills attorneys also believe race played a part in this. They had to have an honest and reasonable belief they would sustain an injury. So where did that come from . The only thing it could have come from was her race. Reporter now, wuestenbergs Attorney Says he believes hill violated michigans ethnic intimidation statute. Wuestenberg insists that shes not a racist. Eva . Thank you for that. Coming up, dr. Jen ashton with how covid19 is affecting pregnant women. Stay with us. Thank you for that. Sglfrj dr. Jen ashton with how covid19 is affecting pregnant women. Stay with us. Oh, thats a good. Wait, whats that . Thats just the lowbattery warning. Oh, alright. Now its all, check out my rv, and, lets go fourwheeling. Maybe theres a little part of me that wanted to be seen. 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We can stay six feet apart and have the best air highfive. Time for the weekend download. Were going to try to keep you up to date on the latest Health Headlines related to the pandemic. Lets bring in abcs chief medical correspondent dr. Jen ashton. Jen, great to see you. So there are new findings on covid19 in pregnant women. What can you tell us about that . Well, dan, the cdc released the latest numbers of this very specific population. We know that pregnancy is a condition where the immune system is suppressed. Its important to remember that every pregnant woman really represents two patients lives that we have to worry about and in general theyre more susceptible to infectious respiratory diseases, so the numbers from the cdc thus far on covid19 and pregnant women, 11,312 cases, more than 3,000 hospitalizations and at this point, 31 pregnant women have lost their lives due to covid19. So recent data from the cdc does suggest that theyre more at risk for hospitalizations, icu admission, not really at increased risk of death but every single death in a pregnant woman has a major Ripple Effect for sure in their family. Absolutely. Another headline this morning, the World Health Organization acknowledging the possibility that covid19 can be transmitted indoors by aerosol particles that linger in the air instead of falling to the ground as we may have thought at the beginning, and dr. Fauci is now saying aerosol transmission is likely to some degree. So what are the implications here . Well, there are implications, dan, but its important to remember that when people hear that headline which can be frightening and scary, according to aerosol scientists and inpe the difference between aerosol and airborne and respiratory droplets is really based on semantics. Its about how large those particles are, how far they can travel from the infectious source and how long they can linger in the air. When you talk about implications, particularly for indoors, it may be how far apart were suggested to be from each other. It may be potentially down the road masks indoors, and there are people looking at possible transport of these particles via airconditioning systems, although that is really not firmly proven at this point. So scientists working at the biology, physics and chemistry of how these viral particles move. Implications for schools, offices, bars, movie theaters, anything happening inside is a huge chunk of our economy. Dr. Jen, great to see you on a saturday morning. Thank you very much for getting up with us. Thanks, dan. Well be right back with our play of the day. Of the day. If your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. 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This is in orlando performing their routines in perfect sync. The lizard is doing pushups . Yes, and so is he. Oing forth. His girlfriend captured the action, shutting off the action before there was a winner. Apparently the lizard just kept on going. I dont know if you heard me counting back there, but i did well over a thousand. Stop. Tuesdays arms and backs. Its boring. Its part of my life. You know we have time to fill when whit lapses into lines from anchorman. They didnt gif give me a wrap. We got the wrap. I heard the wrap. Theyre telling us to wrap. Anyway, Good Morning America is now two hours on saturday. Coming up an increase in coronavirus cases, more than 30 states, can we get this thing under control . And gmas cover story, Jada Pinkett Smith answering allegations of an affair. Ring allegations of an affair. Good morning everyone. Im liz kreutz, and if youre an animal lover listen up. Berkeley humane is seeking your help and its as simple as sharing a story. Hosting their Fourth Annual story telling competition next month called best in show, stories from beyond the shelter. To enter and compete theyre asking you to go to their website and submit a short story about how a rescue animal has impacted yourife. S ly 1th. It doesnt matter if the animal was berkeley humane or another rescue. Youll be competing for cash and other prizes and the three top selected winners will get to share their stories in august featuring the author amy tam. Boy, are those cute little puppies. Lets get a check of the weather now. Its going to get hot out there especially inland but comfortable at the coast, 64 in oakland, 66 in mountain view, san jose already 65, 67 in gilroy, from our east bay hills camera going to be a warm one here. Comdegrees warmer than yesterday. Mid90s likely for the livermore valley. 59 in santa rosa, mid60s in concord, 67 in livermore. A quick warmup today and numbers will climb through the mid and even upper 90s in spots, but heat relief comes from the coast where temperatures will be in the upper 60s. That sea breeze up to about 20 meals an hour today. 77 though in santa cruz. The rest of the bay area enjoying the typical warmth around the bay with midupper 70s for you in oakland, 81 for you in fremont, low 90s morgan hill and santa rosa. The accuweather seven day forecast even hotter tomorrow, near 100 inland and more cooling on monday. Liz . All right, im greg, im 68 years old. I do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its reatrlly, really usly prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Good morning, america. Its our second hour, and happening right now, dire numbers as the pandemic grips this country. Coronavirus cases increasing in three dozen states as some hospitals become overburdened. What were learning right here this morning. President trump commutes roger stones sentence. Meanwhile, trump postponing his New Hampshire rally and visiting florida without a mask despite the States Coronavirus outbreak. What you need to know. Jada Pinkett Smith getting candid, confirming she had a relationship when she and will smith were once separated. So thats what were going to start with. Were going to start with this is a very personal journey. Yeah. That became very public. All the details about jada and wills major revelation in our gma cover story