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Boat with 170 people defying social distancing orders. New hot spots emerging across new jersey. Cases soaring after weeks on the decline. A massive outbreak at a summer camp in georgia. Hundreds infected in just one week, now raising concerns as students prepare for the school year. Deadlock. With millions out of work and struggling to make ends meet, negotiations over a new coronavirus Economic Relief package at a stalemate. The latest on the battle over reinstating the 600 checks. Wildfires raging in california. Thousands forced to evacuate. Overnight, massive flames alongside a highway near los angeles, and the apple fire sparked by an arsonist scorching more than 20,000 acres. Tiktok trouble. Users of the social media giant fighting back after President Trump threatens to ban the app over security concerns about the chineseowned company. Race against time. The first murder hornet captured in Washington State. Experts now on the hunt trying to track down its nest before hundreds more hatch. And space dads splash down. Welcome back to planet earth. Thanks for flying spacex. A history making mission for the endeavor, the spacex capsule successfully returning to earth with the first water landing in 45 years. And we do say good morning, america, on this monday morning, a very busy monday morning. Its good to be with you. We want to get right to the latest. The entire east coast bracing for the strengthening Tropical Storm. Take a live look at the radar. The storm taking aim at the carolinas, george. Now you see jacksonville, florida right there. Winds already up to 40 miles an hour. Pretty powerful system set to batter seveeral states dealing with a surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Thats right. South carolina with more than 91,000 cases. North carolina ninth in the nation with 125,000. And then florida which has the second most confirmed cases in the country, more than 480,000. Lets go to jacksonvile. Rob marciano starts us off. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, george. Well, here we go again. Another storm hitting another coronavirus hot spot state. This is the third hurricane in less than two weeks to threaten the u. S. It ripped through the caribbean, puerto rico and the bahamas. Now you see the water being pushed by the storm surge onto the beach of jacksonville. The center of the storm 80 miles to our east. It is spinning in warm water. It is set so strengthen again after already lashing the southern part of this state. This morning, high winds and heavy rain in florida as isaias makes its way up the eastern coast line. The storm already wreaking havoc in the bahamas over the weekend snapping trees and knocking out power before heading to the u. S. Florida locals concerned about potential threat. The last couple years every single storm has been really close. Its been directly over us, and we still had a fair amount of damage. Reporter officials closing off several major areas including beaches, parks and testing sites for covid19. The storm battering the state as florida continues to deal with a surge in coronavirus cases. I can tell you from talking to Emergency Response teams, theyre already exhausted from dealing with the coronavirus. Now dealing with a hurricane. This is a record setting start to the hurricane season. Theyre happy to let this go to the north. Unfortunately theres more people in the way of this thing. Everybody along the east coast will feel the impacts of this. Robin . All right, rob. We want everybody to take care. As you know, the storm is expected to hit the carolinas particularly hard with flash flooding a very real possibility. Eva pilgrim joins from historic charleston, South Carolina, a state that we have seen an increase in coronavirus hospitalization. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, robin. Hospitals here are already dealing with covid, and now theyre preparing for a possible hurricane. This pandemic has in some part changed how they have to plan for these types of storms. Hospitals often evacuate inland during a hurricane. Hurricane matthew in 2016, irma in 2017, both caused major flooding and damage. This year is different. Limited space due to covid19, and the challenge of testing, social distancing and transporting has many hospitals planning to shelter in place if possible. These hospitals still have evacuation plans in place but the bar to move patients will be higher. A lot of Health Officials saying if this storm isnt too bad, its safer to stay put. This is a hospital by hospital decision, but all eyes watching as this storm tracks up the east coast to see where it goes and how it takes land. Amy . All right, eva pilgrim. Thank you so much. Lets turn now to ginger who has been tracking where the threat is heading next. Ginger, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, amy. The center of it will make its way to the South Carolina North Carolina state line. It should become a hurricane later tonight. It should make landfall between myrtle beach and wilmington, North Carolina. The impacts tonight through tomorrow, right, so tuesday it moves through the midatlantic, as far north as philadelphia, baltimore, new york city will feel the impacts tuesday. Coastal flooding and storm surge, one to five feet. If you missed anything i said, this is what you need to know. Tropical rain, flash flooding in the essence of two to six inches. We could see inland flood events be even more impactful than some of the coastal stuff. Were keeping an eye on this and will be tracking it through mid week. Were going to keep everybody updated. Ginger, thank you. Now we have the latest on the coronavirus emergency and that message from dr. Deborah birx that we are in a, quote, new phase with the virus now extraordinarily widespread and urging people to take more precautions as the number of confirmed cases rises. California becoming the first state to surpass 500,000 cases. The u. S. Now reporting more than 4. 6 million cases. Victor oquendo is tracking the situation from miami. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, robin. Florida is right on californias heels, set to top the 500,000 case mark within the coming days. Statewide less than 20 of icu space is available. Here at south miami hospital, the icu is at capacity, but we start with that warning from dr. Birx urging those who live in a home with people who might be more at risk to consider wearing a mask indoors. Urgent words from White House Task force dr. Birx saying the u. S. Has entered a new phase of its battle with the pem. I want to be clear. What were seeing is different from march and april. It is extraordinarily widespread. Its into the rural as equal urban areas, and to everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus, and thats why we keep saying no matter where you live in america, you need to wear a mask and socially distance. Reporter the cdc predicting the number of lives lost to the virus in america could cross 180,000 in less than three weeks. In new jersey where transmission rates are soaring after weeks on the decline and new hot spots are emerging, officials are outraged. Everyone who walks around refusing to wear a mask or who hosts an indoor house party or who overstuffs a boat is directly contributing to these increases. This has to stop. It has to stop now. Reporter this weekend officials in new york arrested the owner and captains of a party boat called the liberty bell claiming they did not practice social distancing. As the battle over schools rages on, louisiana announcing that out of the nearly 3,500 new cases reported since friday 10 are children under the age of 18. 33 are between 18 and 29yearolds. This weekend 27yearold red sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez announced he was sitting out the rest of the baseball season. He was diagnosed with an inflammation of the heart which the team believes is a result of covid. 29yearold joshua elvaz lost his father to the virus last week. Now hes in a hospital bed in georgia trying to fight it off. You dont think its real . Look at me. Im in the hospital right now, you know, hooked on oxygen and my dad just died. Reporter covid19 also claiming the livelihoods of many americans. Lynette ran a daycare in colorado says covid cleared out her business and she can no longer afford her home. Im 47 years old and about to be on the street. What are you going to do . I dont know. Reporter new this morning Pharma Company eli lily announcing its in the final stages of testing antibodies, a drug that offers shortterm immunity to patients that could be used until a vaccine is approved. We know through preClinical Trials that the antibody has the potential to block transmission of the disease. If we give it to an individual were testing to see whether theyre now protected from getting infected with the virus. Reporter that eli lilly trial is unique. Its essentially a mobile Clinical Trial going door to door at nursing homes. Theyve already started administering the antibodies to senior as the one facility in illinois. George . Victor, thanks. As the virus continues to spread negotiations over a new Economic Relief package are at a stalemate. White house officials and the Top Democrats in congress set to meet today, still at odds over extending the 600 weekly Unemployment Benefits that expire at the end of july. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega is tracking it all with the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning, george. There was a meeting this weekend. Both sides said they were making progress. Youre right, theyre at a stalemate this morning over how sweeping the relief package should be. The Sticking Point is the 600 weekly check. Democrats want that extended. Republicans want to see that trimmed down to about 200. They say in some cases this money is acting as a disincentive and people are being paid more to stay home. The white house wants to see the shortterm deal that could extend these benefits for another week. So far though Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting that. Talks expected to resume today. The president s chief of staff said this weekend he is not optimistic about a solution in the near future. George, this clock is ticking. The senate is scheduled to leave for a monthlong recess at the end of the week. Right. Small businesses and state and local governments in trouble as well. Cecilia vega, thanks. Amy . Now to the wildfires raging in california. Firefighters are trying to gain the upper hand on the apple fire which has scorched more than 20,000 acres and forced thousands of people from their homes. Zohreen shah is in cherry valley, california with the latest on that. Good morning, zohreen. Reporter good morning, amy. Were learning overnight this fire is only 5 contained. This home burned to the ground. You can see it smoldering behind me. This fire forcing evacuations, threatening thousands. This morning at least 10 wildfires spreading in california including the apple fire now only 5 contained scorching more than 20,000 acres. More than 8,000 people forced to evacuate with little to no warning. We had a lot of trouble finding a place to stay last night because of so many people being evacuated at the same time. So me and the baby kind of stayed in the car last night. Reporter the fire adding another challenge for families already worried about their health amid the pandemic. I should be at home. I shouldnt have to be running the streets looking for somewhere to sleep. Reporter the apple fire sending a stream of smoke as far as tucson. A trio of fires in the northern part of the state visible from space. Multiple structures destroyed, including one home. 2,500 more now in danger. In the next few days, that will be critical for firefighters. Reporter overnight near los angeles, massive flames from the gorman fire seen along the freeway, causing officials to reroute some northbound vehicles off the highway. Arson investigators are on the scene. Theyre trying to figure out if the fire was intentionally set. Robin . People want to know. Zohreen, thank you so much. So much people are dealing with this monday morning. Were going to turn now to tiktok and tech giant microsoft is still in talks to buy the wildly popular social media app. This after President Trump threatened to ban the app over security concerns about the chineseowned company. Our chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis has more. Rebecca, overnight the president saying giving them 45 days to work out a deal . Reporter thats right, robin. The clock is ticking with the president giving microsoft those 45 days to get the deal done, to take tiktok over from its chinese owner and microsoft says this morning they believe they can get a deal done by september 15th. Its the app young people just cant get enough of. With nearly 100 million american users its known for its viral dances and addictive short videos. But this weekend tic tok is never coming back. Im going to miss it. Reporter tiktok users reacting to the news that it app could be banned. 36 million followers . I have made a lot of money from that. Its going to be way harder for me to support my family. Reporter recently the app has been used by more and more young people using it for political or social justice causes. This morning tech giant microsoft continues its talks to acquire the app, issuing a statement saying the Company Looks forward to continuing dialogue with the United States government, including with the president. President trump agreeing to give tiktok owner bite dance a 45day window to be sold. On friday the president sending shock waves through social media, making this comment. Were looking at tiktok. We may be banning tiktok. Reporter the app is already banned on government phones because of security concerns with the chineseowned company. Tiktok cannot stay in the current format. It risks sending back information on millions of americans. Reporter when asked if he would recommend downloading the app on personal phones secretary of state mike pompeo saying only if you want your information in the hands of the Chinese Communist party. Reporter tiktok writing in a statement, user data is stored in the u. S. With strict controls on employee usage. Were committed to protecting our users privacy and safety as we continue to broiing joy t families. Microsoft says the User Experience for tiktok users wouldnt change under the terms of a new deal. Security would be added and increased. Any user data, any american user data that was stored overseas would be returned here to the United States and stored here. George . A lot of teenagers rooting for the talks. Okay, rebecca. Thanks very much. Now to the successful splashdown for the spacex dragon. Two u. S. Astronauts are safely back on earth after their twomonth mission, the first splashdown for nasa in 40 years. Gio benitez has the story. Reporter that historic reentry. Welcome back to planet earth. Reporter the two socalled space dads, astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley, splashed down in pensacola sunday. As they entered earths atmosphere, extreme heat blocking all communications for four tense minutes. When you get that first acquisition of signal, its a time we can breathe a sigh of relief. Reporter soon the chutes deployed and the dragon splashed down with Tropical Storm isaias far enough away. A recovery boat loading up the dragon, the heat shield underneath it charred by that reentry. Locals defying coast guard restrictions, dangerously racing in their own boats to get a view. Maybe next time we shouldnt announce our landing zone. Reporter overnight bob and doug arriving in houston seeing their families. Its a little overwhelming to see everybody here considering the things that have gone on the last few months since we have been off planet. We came home safely to our families. It took a lot of people a lot of time to make that happen. Reporter so glad theyre back home. Now, remember this was a test mission. Nasa says its so important because it opens up space to private space travel and even more groundbreaking research, the kind of research you can only do in the microgravity of space. Thank you, gio. Were following a lot of other headlines this morning including a massive covid outbreak at a summer camp in georgia. What does it tell us about the Upcoming School year . Also this morning breaking news, the federal judge whose son and husband were shot by a man posing as a Fedex Delivery Driver speaking out now for the first time. First lets go back to ginger. Reporter you know, Tropical Storm warning from jacksonville, florida to the thunderstorm watch as far north as rockland, maine. All the east coast bracing. Really going to be 40 to 60mileperhour winds. Some coastal flooding. Again the flash flood threats from fredericksburg, virginia to baltimore, maryland. 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Good monday morning, lets take a look at our current conditions, they are milder than 24 hours ago, from 52 at halfmoon bay to concord, vallejo and brentwood at about 67. If you are going to be out commuting, its going to start getting breezy and choppy at 9 00 this morning through 9 00 this evening. Quick look at the next 48 hours for isaias and you can see it is going to be tough, especially for the carolinas and virginia with flooding, Power Outages and, you know, devastation along the coast. Were going to be up to 15 degrees cooler with measurable drizzle wednesday morning. Reggie . Mike, thank you. Coming up, that cdc report about a summer camp in georgia where they have a huge spread of coronavirus. The concerns as not letting the pandemic kill your vibe. I wanted to be able to provide a space for people, to spread the love and to support our community. At this point, peoples livelihoods are at risk. What can we do to support each other . Theres no room for competition. 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The cdc predicting 180,000 deaths by the end of august. And there have been more new shark sightings off the waters of new york and massachusetts. That makes 12 new sightings in the past week. There was a great white shark spotted off cape code that forced the beach to close on sunday, robin. All right, george. Now were going to continue with that eyeopening report about kids and covid. As millions of students across the country start heading back to school, an alarming new cdc report about a massive camp outbreak in georgia is raising concerns over what can happen when you gather a large number of Children Together like that in close quarters. Steve osunsami has that story. Steve, the average age of the children at this camp was 12 years old . Reporter thats right, robin. Health officials tell us many of these kids who tested positive were asymptomatic. Health investigators who looked into the case say what happened at this camp is instructive to parents and School Systems who are sending their kids back to classes, some starting today. What we want to do is show you the things were going to do to keep your campers safe. Reporter despite their many efforts to keep their campers healthy and safe, this morning the high harbor camp in georgia run by the ymca, is closed after hundreds of kids got sick with covid19. The number of positive test results so far, according to the cdc, is 260 campers and Staff Members. Here on instagram for example, they were taking extra precautions. Everyone had to have a negative covid test on file before they got to camp. Staff members were required to wear face coverings and campers had to always stay in their designated groups. I was surprised because they had done such a great job with temp checks, with prescreening, the counselors making sure they were tested. Reporter between june 17th and june 21st, 363 campers, 123 Staff Members and 138 trainees arrived at camp. Concerns grew on june 22nd when one teen staffer started feeling sick, testing positive for covid19. On june 24th, the camp started sending campers home before deciding to close for the summer on june 27th. Out of 344 people tested, 260 were positive, about 76 . Karen jassip sent her kids to the camp and says she learned there was an outbreak through a phone call and an email. Because, you know, the camp was mostly outdoors. I didnt understand how it could have happened based on the precautions and the space. Reporter in the cdc report Health Officials pointed to several issues saying staffers wore masks, but campers didnt and that daily vigorous singing and cheering didnt help. Investigators also found that windows and doors werent left open for better ventilation. Places like gyms, bars and now sleepaway camps are the places where this virus is the most efficient at spreading because essentially youre in close proximity. Theres just not a lot of room for this virus to dissipate. Reporter in a statement the ymca who runs the camp said they followed every best practice as outlined by the cdc and the American Camp association. They underline that many parents reached out to them in the spring asking them to open. Amy . Steve osunsami, thank you for that. Lets bring in dr. Ashish jha, director of the Harvard Global health institute. Dr. Jha, what happened to this camp despite all those efforts is definitely alarming. Is this a warning sign about what could happen when schools reopen . Good morning and thank you for having me on. It is a warning sign of what could happen if you dont follow the guidance, and the guidance i dont think georgia, given how bad an outbreak they were experiencing, i dont think it was wise to open that camp, and they didnt do all the stuff around ventilation and getting kids to wear masks. If you dont do those things, absolutely this is not a surprise. Its really unfortunate. Threequarters of the kids, 260, ended up getting infected. If schools are going to open, theyre going to have to be much more careful. Were hearing about rising case numbers in young individuals. Louisiana said 10 of new reported cases are under 18. A new study in jama says younger children may carry the virus in higher amounts that adults do. With all that in mind, how do schools reopen safely . So i think weve been a little cavalier about this and have sort of assumed that kids are fine and they dont spread it at all and they dont get infected very often. I think were seeing data that suggests that may not be true. I think schools can open, but not in communities with large amount of spread and not without really vigorous planning. I feel like too many communities are just not doing that. Theyre just sending kids back to School Without all that extra work. What do you make of the studies out there that suggest that kids are less likely to get this virus or less likely to transmit it . What do you make of those . The data is a little bit all over the place. Some studies show that. Other studies that dont. My best assessment of the evidence is that young kids, 10 and under, probably do transmit less. They still get infected. They thankfully dont get very sick generally. Kids that are 10 and under do seem to transmit less. Therefore, maybe we have a lower threshold for getting them back, but high schoolers, they function like adults. We have to think about them differently than younger kids. So many questions for parents and educators and local leaders. We certainly appreciate your expertise, dr. Jha. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. George . Thanks, amy. Breaking news from the federal judge whose son and huds were shot by a man seeking vengeance before he killed himself. The judge has made an extraordinary public plea released on youtube. Tom llamas has the story. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. This video is raw, powerful and at its core it is about a mother who has just lost her son and how to prevent this from happening to others who serve on the bench. This morning were hearing from u. S. District judge esther salas for the First Time Since a man posing as a Fedex Delivery Driver opened fire at her new jersey home, wounding her husband and killing her son daniel. While my husband is still in the hospital recovering from his multiple surgeries, we are living every parents worst nightmare, making preparations to bury our only child, daniel. Reporter salas describing her last moments with her son who just celebrated his 20th birthday with a small celebration of friends and his parents. Daniel said, mom, lets keep talking. I love talking to you, mom. It was at that exact moment that the doorbell rang and daniel looked at me and said, who is that . Before i could say a word, he sprinted upstairs. Within seconds, i heard the sound of bullets and someone screaming, no reporter Authorities Say roy den hollander a selfdescribed antifeminist attorney, was targeting salas when dhar daniel opened the door that night. Daniel being daniel protected his father and he took the shooters first bullet directly to the chest. The monster then turned his attention to my husband and began to shoot at my husband, one shot after another. Mark was shot three times. One bullet entered his right chest. The other, his left abdomen. The last one in the right forearm. Reporter den hollander was found dead in his car one day later from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Im here asking everyone to help me ensure that no one ever has to experience this kind of pain. We may not be able to stop Something Like this from happening again, but we can make it hard for those who target us to track us down. Reporter judge salas speaking out this morning to honor her son, but also to demand change, saying she wants to make it harder for judges home addresses and personal information to be obtained. My sons death cannot be in vain which is why i am begging those in power to do something to help my brothers and sisters on the bench. Now more than ever we need to identify a solution that keeps the lives of federal judges private. Reporter now though these types of attacks are rare, the number of threats against judges has risen significantly over the years. The name of at least one other judge was found on den hollander when his body was discovered. Robin . That is so heartbreaking. Thank you so much, tom. Coming up later, well talk how some moms say theyre being shamed for their decisionmaking during the pandemic. And coming up next, the race against time to eradicate the murder hornets. The hunt for the deadly insects nest before its too late. Against time to eradicate the murder hornets. The hunt for the deadly nest before its too late. These are real people, not actors, whove got their eczema under control. With less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderatetosevere eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. Dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. Many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. 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We do have a Response Team ready to rope the area off and perform an eradication which will essentially destroy most of the hornets. Reporter researchers finally trapping one. A clue a nest could be nearby. The asian giant hornet can be really problematic in the United States specifically because it is an invasive species. Reporter these hornets native to asia were first spotted in Washington State late last year. They can grow to about two inches long, about five times as big as a honey bee. At least one of them went through to produce breeding and there can be 200 to 300 queens kicked out. Some of those will succeed. Reporter now the clock is ticking to find the nest before midseptember when the new queens and drones will hatch. The hornets are expanding out the size of their colonies for one big push at the end of the year. In the fall, if we can actually catch them now at this early point in their development, we can eradicate these organisms so they dont become established. Reporter experts are on the hunt, even using infrared cameras to find their nests. When they do, theyll move in. Murder hornets live up to their name, killing up to 50 people in japan each year. They pose a much bigger threat to honey bees. Honey bees are incredibly important to our food security. These organisms can decimate honey bee colonies. Because our bees have already dealt with so much, murder hornets can be quite a problem. Reporter Washington State officials are asking residents and beekeepers to keep an eye out for these deadly hornets, report any sightings, and if you do see one, keep a very safe distance, amy. Not what we need right now. Thank you, kaylee. We appreciate it. Coming up next well lighten things up with our play of the day. Coming up next well lighten things up with our play of the day. Things up with our play of the day. When we first met. I thought youd control evntroy part of me. Overelm me. Define me. But i found a way to give myself more space. 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Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. And happy monday morning, im reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. We will take a look at some of the bay area and california covid19 headlines. Today is the second day that many San Mateo County businesses are closed, this follows the county being on the states watch list for an increase in cases for three straight days. Also, haywards covid19 testing site will move to a new location at the sky west golf course, it opens at 9 00 this morning. Governor newsom plans on providing a live briefing on californias response to the pandemic, look for that at moon. Lets look to mike nicco who has our forecast. Thank you. Hi, ever been. Check out this early sunshine from our exploratorium camera at pier 15. Its 58 degrees right now. If you will be out and about starting at 9 00 through 9 00 this evening its going to be gusty and choppy over our waters. 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Dr. Deborah birx says the coronavirus is now extraordinarily widespread. New hot spots emerging across new jersey. Cases there soaring after weeks on the decline. The cdc now projects 180,000 deaths by the end of august. The britney battle. The pop stars father firing back at the free britney fan movement that claims the platinumselling singer is being manipulated by her father and the conservatorship controlling her affairs. Jamie spears calling the fans conspiracy theorists who dont have a clue. What it could mean for britneys life and career. Combatting mom shaming. Why mothers are lashing out at each other about how theyre caring for their kids during covid19. Parents facing a backlash on how theyre keeping their children safe. This morning, how to stop the negativity and get the support that you need. And from batman to iceman. Top gun star val kilmer back on the big screen. Now starring alongside his daughter, mercedes in her movie debut, and what hes saying about returning to his iconic role as we say good morning, america. Good morning, america. We hope your monday is off to a good start. We cannot wait to see more of val kilmer and hear about his new movie, robin. We will do that. As millions of kids get ready for the new school year, yep, our new series gma study guide is going to take a look at the best laptops for Remote Learning. The features and functions you need. Some kids are going to start the school year from home, amy. Thats right, robin. We have a lot of news to get to this morning, starting with the latest on the Tropical Storm isaias. Its taking aim at the carolinas where there was a surge in coronavirus cases. Lets go back to rob marciano in jacksonville, florida. On this powerful storm. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, amy. Not only is the coronavirus surges happening in florida and the carolinas, but we have storm surges as well. This is the third hurricane in two weeks threatening the u. S. Landfall and mainland. Also two states, texas and florida, coronavirus hot spot states. Ive been talking to first responders, the Emergency Team members here, and theyre exhausted from the last three months of dealing with coronavirus let alone plan and prep for a hurricane. It tore through the bahamas. Puerto rico got hit hard. Now its 80 miles to our east. Its just far enough to where jacksonville is not getting hit too bad. A bit of a storm surge, yes, but most of the heavy rain and wind has been south of us. Now its going to be knot north of us. Its spinning in warm waters there. Its been a difficult storm to forecast. Ginger zee, i dont have to tell you that. Tell us where its going next. I know that, rob. From you in jacksonville to us here in new york, it will be 36 hours. This thing is going to scream north. Whats going to happen tonight we see landfall between myrtle beam and wilmington, North Carolina. It will make its way back to Tropical Storm. It will move through the midatlantic, northeast, and were going to be saying goodbye to isaias. Timingwise, here it is. This is later tonight. You see the heavy rain starting to move in. Coastal flooding, storm surge. You could see isolated tornados too that pop on the isthmus. Fredericksburg, virginia, 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Flash flooding, two to six inches of rain. George, by tuesday night, its up there in new england. Well get soaked. Ginger, thank you. We turn to the latest in the coronavirus emergency and the message from dr. Deborah birx that we are in a, quote, new phase with the virus that is now extraordinarily widespread. The United States reporting more hand 4. 6 million cases. California has become the first state to surpass 500,000 cases. Florida not far behind. Back to Victor Oquendo in miami with the latest. Good morning, victor. Reporter florida expected to pass the 500,000 case mark within the coming days. We start with that new warning from dr. Birx. Telling people who live with people more at risk to wear a mask inside their homes. Urgent words from dr. Deborah birx saying the u. S. Has entered a new phase of the battle with the pandemic. I want to be very clear. What were seeing today is different than march and april. Its extraordinarily widespread. Its into the rural as equal urban areas. Reporter the cdc predicting the number of lives lost in america could cross 180,000 in less than three weeks. In new jersey where transmission rates are soaring after weeks on the decline and new hot spots are emerging, officials are outraged. Everyone who walks around refusing to wear a mask or who hosts an indoor house party or who overstuffs a boat is directly contributing to these increases. 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Were going to get to you in just a moment, but first, robin, you have a very special message from two former studio audience members. That is right, amy. I certainly do. This gma picture pop in is from a mother daughter duo. Thank you to my duo. Mother daughter duo took a picture with ginger and took a picture with me in times square. Lets hear how theyre doing now. Shall we . Good morning, america. Im crystal. Im morgan. Were from ft. Lauderdale, florida. Were so excited to be apart of robins popin. We were in new york city visiting gma last october. During the pandemic ive been doing a bunch of baking. Since i want to be a pastry chef, and we have been doing a lot of family activities. Looking forward to our next visit to gma. Both bye. Love those gma cookies. Morgan, looks like youre already a great pastry chef. Hope to see you and your mom again very soon. You know who has a sweet tooth and were sweet on him . Time for pop news and our friend sam champion. What do you have for us, sam . Good morning, robin, george and amy. I want the m cookie. Save it for me. We begin with movie news. Some familiar faces headed back to Jurassic Park. Sam neil and laura dern began filming in london today. The two are set to reprise their roles as dr. Alan grant and dr. Sally sadler in Jurassic World dominion. Sam tweeting, facing off dinosaurs once again. Excited and terrified. These things will kill you. Im obviously a little more gristled now he says. Laura dern posted a lego version of her character on instagram with a caption im in quarantine. Can you believe its been 27 years, guys, since the duo first hit the screens in the original Jurassic Park . I feel like im a dinosaur because i remember it. I know you dont. I know none of you do. Of course, i do. It was amazing. That was back in 1993. Theyll also be joined by their original costar. Get this. Jeff goldblum is back. They join chris pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard who shared this photo of her looking a little bruised from her onset stunts. Jurassic World Dominion set to hit theaters june 2021. Fans can expect a roaring good time. Only i dont think dinosaurs really roar. Its another sound, but i cant make it. Get your cardigans out. Taylor swifts new record breaking records. Robin, you have one on hand. Have you been wearing it . Is it cozy . Its from taylor herself. Im sure yours was lost in the mail. Im sure that you were going to get one. Its very cozy. Well, robin, not only do i have one, i never take it off. I wear it all over time when im jaunting in the park for a quick walk. Its so thin its underneath the blazer now. Its so slim fitting and so cozy. Heres the story. Taylors surprise album folklore has quickly become a hit. It is already the bestselling album of 2020, but now, its taylors officially best selling album. Folklore topping the billboard top 200. Now swift is first act to have seven albums, each sell at least 500,000 copies in one week. Shes the only female artist to have five number one studio albums in this century. Im exhausted just talking about it. Universal music group saying folklore sold over 2 million copies worldwide with half a billion total audio and video streams in just one week. If those numbers arent enough, spotify announcing folklore shattered the global record for first day album streams by a female artist. Taylor swift, sit down. The icing on the cake, the albums first single cardigan is number one on itunes and spotify as well as youtubes top trending video. Its just taylors world. Were just hanging out in it. Finally, catch any breeze you can and let those luscious locks fly, and george, im actually talking to you. Amys got great hair, but just a little toss. Well be talking about beyonce. So here we go. All right. The bee hive has been buzzing about her visual album black is king since it dropped on friday. Disney is our parent company. Fans are showing their love. Adele had a fan girl moment posting this photo on instagram over the weekend wearing a beyonce inspired outfit. Isnt that gorgeous . Fashion designed by zurina. I think thats the one responsible for all this gorgeous stuff. Shes writing, thank you to the queen for making us feel so loved through your art, but we think little gray sky, a name that that makes a weather man in love, might have her beat. Check it out. Its her recreation of beyonces dance moves for the song my power. Unbelievable. Shes just 6 years old. She matches beyonce move for move. She has that sasha fierce expression. Good to go. Shes got it down. That is your monday morning inspiration, everybody. Hope you enjoyed your pop news on monday morning. That was awesome. That was great monday motivation. Sam, how much hair spray are you using . The wind machine didnt even budge your hair one iota. Its a snapon wig, robin. Everybody knows it. Oh, youre back to that. Thank you, sam. We turn to our gma cover story. Pop superstar Britney Spears. The free britney fan movement is getting a lot of attention online. Claims spears is being manipulated by those close to her, and now the singers father is responding to those claims. Erielle reshef with the details. Reporter britneys father jamie is sounding out about freebritney. Telling critics they dont know what theyre talking about. This morning, Britney Spears father jamie speaking out calling this campaign a joke and conspiracy. The pop stars dad telling the New York Post page six in a new interview all these conspiracy theorists dont know anything. Its up to the court of california to decide whats best for my daughter. Its no one elses business. According to reports, the Freebritney Movement started in 2009. It began when a conservatorship was started by her father. The conservatorship issued in 2008 made britneys father responsible for all financial decisions. This petition on change. Org gathering more than 100,000 signatures. Britneys father stepped down as her permanent conservator last september citing Health Concerns. A California Court temporarily namiing Jodi Montgomery the new conservator. Just days ago spears brother brian chiming in. Shes always wanted to get out of it. Its very frustrating to have whether its someones coming in peace to help or coming in with an attitude like having someone constantly tell you to do something has to be frustrating. Shes wanted to get out of it for quite sometime. Reporter brian commending the conservatorship. Its been a great thing for our family to this point. Hoping for the best. Reporter details of the Singers Court hearings continue to be kept behind closed doors. With her reps also declining to comment. The freebritney has been used more than 108,000 times on instagram. Britney herself has not responded to her fathers latest comments, amy. Thank you so much, erielle. Were turning now to battling mom guilt. Many moms say theyre being shamed for how theyre managing the pandemic. We saw the story first in the washington post. Joining us now are Ericka Souter and rachel simmons. Thank you both for being with us, and ericka ill start with you. A lot of moms saying theyre being shamed about their child care choices. We know a lot of moms dont have a choice. They have to physically be at work. They cant work from home. Right. So it sounds like an impossible situation, ericka. It really is. The big issue that is being ignored or glossed over is that most families in america need two incomes to survive. That means if one parent has to stay home and take care of a child, that affects rent, food, clothes on your back. Parents are in this impossible situation, especially mothers who feel a lot of guilt and shame about staying home, about going to work and not being there with their kids, but also what they do on it to stay home. Not everybody has the option to stay home. Rachel, you say the shaming is the tip of the iceberg. It really is. Its so much easier to shame an individual mom than to think about the system thats forcing a mom to have to make such a tough choice. If we were going to bail out Child Care Centers with the same energy were bailing out the airlines, i think we would have a different situation. The bottom line is, look. You are the best parent of your child, no one else. Nobody gets to tell you how to parent. We have to keep our eyes on the kids and ignore the haters. Very important to remember. Its hard to do sometimes. Some communities are obviously more affected than others. The numbers are staggering. Right. The pandemic has really highlighted our societys inequities especially when it comes to parenting. Think about it this way. 63 of all moms are the bread winners of their household. 68 of black mothers and 41 of latina mothers. These women feel abandoned. Theyre stuck between a rock and a hard place. What should they do . How do they care for their families when there didnt daycare or school . Rachel, why is it that us moms seem to bear the burden of this guilting and shaming . Theyre stuck between a rock and a hard place. What should they do . How do they care for their families when there didnt daycare or school . Why do us moms carry the burden of the shaming . Theres often another parent. I havent heard the saying dad shaking. When a dad takes care of their children, theyre like a hero. Its really important to bring in your coparent and check in each day. Collaborate on the decision making. How are you going to divide up the work . Lets try not to finger point. Its hard to have these tough conversations and especially to ask for help, but ask for help when you need it, and also just keep your eyes on your children. Its not good for them to hear you judging other parents either by the way because thats going to teach them to judge their peers. Thats so important. Lets support one another. Thank you for this important conversation. Rachel and erika, thank you so much. Thank you. Lets turn from our other mom who is working from home right now, ginger. Getting as much its time for our new series gma study guide. As millions of students and parents are trying to figure out how to deal with this school year were taking a look at the best laptops for Remote Learning. Rebecca jarvis has the best details on what to look for when choosing a laptop. Reporter when turning to Remote Learning this year, every home should have strong bandwidth, and a mesh router. It strengthens the signal so you get a good connection for all these video chats. Reporter and with laptops acting like desktops, comfort is key. You dont want to be watching videos all day hunched over. Buy a lap desk to work comfortably, no matter where they are in the house. Reporter dont forget picture quality. High resolution is important to have. You are on video all day looking at your teachers and the classroom on video. You want a good processer for students who are doing more heavy work or heavy video work. Reporter for younger students still getting to know their abcs a large print keyboard like this one will make the experience easier. For Good Morning America Rebecca Jarvis abc news new york. Rebecca, thank you for that. Lets get more on that from the chief of technologies at good housekeeping, rachel rothman. We have a low, medium and high price option. Thank you so much for having me. These have the great features we were talking about the two core processors, full hd, impressive battery life. This is a hybrid. Its a tablet and laptop in one. Its got great accessories like this stylus. Two cameras, front and rear facing. You can do video chat and record your own videos. Next up is the Google Pixelbook go. We love this textured bottom. Easy to grab and go. Did awesome in our tests. It has a touch screen and a quiet keyboard. This starts at 649. The top of the line the mac book air 13. This is the most powerful of the three. Great for apps, productivity. With keynote and imovies. With the newest os you can swap into your ipad apps. This one with the Student Discount you can get for 899 otherwise it starts at 999. All great options filled with great features. They were just describing. Rachel, thanks for much. Well be right back. Rachel, thanks for much. Well be right back. [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. 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I dont like you because youre dangerous. Reporter val kilmer, that iconic role as iceman opposite tom cruise in top gun. Now 34 years later, kilmer is still at it in the new actionpacked paydirt. I got you. Reporter working again after his throat cancer diagnosis. How are you doing these days . How is your health . Im feeling great. I feel a lot better than i sound. Reporter a tracheotomy to help him breathe makes conversation difficult at times, b and working challenging, but not impossible. I have to figure out a way to communicate. Reporter in this latest movie he has a very special costar. 28yearold mercedes kilmer, his daughter. Youre my dad. Youll always be my dad. My kid. Reporter mercedes is making her film debut. Acting is in her genes the daughter of actors kilmer and joann whalley. Reporter i want to talk about when the words came up on screen, introducing mercedes kilmer. Describe what that moment is like to see that. I was just proud like her graduation day. Im so proud to have been in this film and to have worked on this film, not just because my dad is my actual dad, but because i know you dont lead with this, but you have now a disability with your voice. It really meant a lot to me to be able to be involved in this film that centers around a disabled actor or an actor with a disability. Thank you for coming today. I know its not your thing. No, i wouldnt miss it. It was a nice ceremony. Well, you proud of your little girl . Mmhmm. Reporter did you feel some kind of way or feel like you needed to live up to something . I havent had any other experience. I dont know how to compare it. Reporter how often does iceman come up . Are there iceman jokes . Other people bring it up at me. I didnt know what that was in reference to for a long time. Reporter val, on that point, we have to ask. I know its been pushed back, the release of the next top gun movie this is your captain speaking. Reporter but i read right you had no shame about begging to be in this movie . Said you wanted to be in this movie. I had to ask them. They didnt know how i sounded, that my voice sounding perfect all the tile. It would be one of the only ways that the character would be portrayed. Reporter you havent been authorized to give us anything about the film plot . Absolutely nothing. Reporter nothing . The only thing i can tell you about the film is that my hair is not this length. Reporter its something. Well take it. He has not become an icemonk. Clearly hes in good spirits. He wants to remind everybody the way he puts it, the cancer healed quickly. Hes doing well. His health is fine. He said i feel better than i sound. Pay dirt will be in theaters, video on demand august 7th. Top gun will be out next summer. Thank you, t. J. As t. J. Just said, pay dirt will be in theaters and on demand august 7th. Well be r visiting households to make sure we are counted. Because an undercounted community could miss out on billions of funding. Too much is at stake. Respond online today. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. Shape your future. We make it a mission to understand how you live. Then, we make choices. Choices to make Beautiful Homes smart, which is beautiful. We also make beautiful things more affordable. We try to make choices to put back what we take out. Oh and we can also make kitchen fronts out of plastic bottles now. So why do we choose to make things the way we do . Because the better the choices we make in here, the better off well all be out there. Ikea. Make the dream yours. We are back now with how to strategically give the most voice to your allimportant vote. Another round of states hold primaries tomorrow. Were just three months from the general election, less than 100 days away. Before you head to the voting booth there are ways you can prepare and have the most impact. Political expert mike mues joins us with more about the boat quadrant. Mike, thank you so much for first of all, happy birthday. Thank you so much, robin. Its important that you share this with us. You know, mike, i dont have to tell you people are familiar with the president ial candidates. You have come up with a system that really helps pinpoint positions that are equally important on the local level. Tell us about that. Yes, robin. This is a Voter Education system. Its so important for us to rethink and understand how these systems work in concert with each other. Were so focussed often on the top of the ticket, the president of the United States and the u. S. Senate, that we also dont recognize that the u. S. Senator cant bring the Police Officer into a grand jury. The u. S. House of representatives cant try the case. The vote quadrant is to get us to rethink issues that we care about. You may care about environmental justice. You may care about education. You can use this model. I created this for Police Accountability and Police Brutality through the four local offices of the mayor, the Police Commissioner which is appointed by the mayor, the d. A. And the judge. So after you look up the candidates, how do you research them and what you alluded to everyone is different, and they have positions or issues that are important to them. How do you identify the candidate that best does that for you . Thats such a great question, robin. Im so glad you asked. Theres a website called ballotready. Org. It allows you to put in your local address or zip code. Once you put that in, what then happens in that moment is you can then select the party of your choice, whatever that party may be. Once you click your political party, then the candidates available and running like on the lefthand side you see the top of the ticket like federal government officials, state officials, local officials, you click on that. Once you click on that, the different types of candidates come up. Lets look at john doe one. Once you look that john doe one, then that candidates positions come up on what they care about, the issues, platform, bio, who is endorsing them, and their website to get more information on them. Youre all about educating the voter, making sure people have the necessary info to make an informed decision. You know that new Voter Registration in a lot of states has declined. How can you make sure, mike, you are registered to vote . Robin, youre on it. Due to covid19 and the social distancing, the way that we have gone about traditionally getting people registered to vote is our local supermarket. Its at a church, maybe at a park. Due to social distancing were no longer able to do that. Its incumbent upon us as citizens to ask our neighbors are you registered to vote . We want to be rest assured to eliminate any surprises to get to the ballot box. Go to vote. Org to make sure youre registered to vote. Ask your friend, brother, relative, neighbor, hey, are you registered . Ask other people. Not just yourself. Mike, we have a question from a viewer in North Carolina. Her name is ali. Shes a firsttime voter who has a question about mailin voting. Here it is. I was wondering how soon i should mail in my ballot if im voting by mail . This is an important part for all of americans to understand. Because during this time period theres been so much distrust sewn in our democratic process a lot of people are questioning mailin ballots. Specifically for you in North Carolina, the deadline is october 27th, but you have to request it by 5 00 p. M. The rest of america, call your local City Clerks Office to get the information on when is the latest you can request a mailin ballot. Please, america, make sure you mail it in immediately. We dont want any delays. Youre not telling people who to vote for. Youre telling them theres information here for them to make informed decisions for themselves. Mike, really do appreciate that. Hope you have a great birthday, my friend. Take care. Thank you so much, robin. Appreciate you. Now for three things to know about voting three months ahead of the 2020 election you can visit our website. You can also download a free guide book for more info on mikes strategic Voting System at votequadrant. Com. Thats votequadrant. Com. Lets go to ginger. Ginger . Reporter good morning, robin. Its time for a gma moment sponsored by verizon. This is 7 month old charlotte not interested in having her spaghetti. Ready . Oh, its yummy. We going to have some more pasta . Reporter thats so me after vacation trying to avoid carbs. Like, yeah i want another bite. Just cant do it. Do me a favor. Send your gma moment to my facebook page. Post it right there or send me a direct message on instagram. Now to meredith vieiras passion project. Since shes been in this pandemic, a new website geared to support women with Metastatic Breast Cancer. This segment sponsored by pfizer. Vieira is sharing her new mission, and the personal inspiration for getting involved. Meredith vieira is a trailblazing tv journalist whose career spans more than 35 years, hosting the daytime talk show, the view. All four of us will make it work. Reporter and from who wants to be a millionaire . Im so excited to be here. Reporter taking over for Regis Philbin who recently passed away. He loved to talk to people. He was one of the best Story Tellers ever. Reporter meredith, usually very busy has been laying low. Its been scary. I wont lie to you. Theres been a powerful quality to it for me. Its almost met tate meditative. Reporter meredith taking on a project inspired by the memory of her grandmother who passed away from Metastatic Breast Cancer in the late 1970s. I saw the fear in her eyes. I remember that distinctly. She was scared. Reporter mbc is Breast Cancer that is spread to other parts of the body. More than 155,000 women in the u. S. Are living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, a disease difficult to treat. Speaking up and advocating for the best care possible is vital. Vieira now hosting a show on wnbc radio. Her grandmother an inspiration. She never asked her doctor any questions. Her doctor would tell her what she had to do and that was it. There was a silence that permeated this illness. Reporter now more than ever patients need to speak up. During the pandemic people are skipping screenings and delaying treatments which is why meredith is teaming up with our sponsor pfizer. To help patients with mbc feel empowered and to have informed conversations with their doctors. Find your mbcvoice. Com. Gives you the tools you need when youre diagnosed. It allows you the chance to really develop a clear voice and take control of your health care moving forward. Its all about empowerment. Its about answering those questions you might not even know you needed to ask. Coming up here on gma, weve got some great ideas for lazy weeknight meals that also make great breakfast the next day. Stay with us. Gmas helping hands is we are back on gma with some lazy weeknight meals. If you dont want to whip up anything too complicated tonight, registered dietitian and nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner has you covered. I love this part. They can become breakfast dishes the next day with a simple twist. Dawn, thank you. Were very excited about this one. You have two dishes for us. The first is kale pizza. This isnt your ordinary pizza. Whats the first ingredient . I love pizza. This is so healthy. Theres four ingredients. The first ingredient you need is a sprouted whole grain tortilla, and why i love those, it adds fiber and its no drama. Pizza dough can be so much drama. When you use a tortilla, its super quick to make a pizza. If you dont have a tortilla, you can use a whole grain english muffin. A lot of us have stocked up on pasta sauce and this is a great way to use it. Yes . Me included. So much pasta sauce in this house. It goes on the tortilla. It has lycopene which is great for our heart. Its great for our skin. Acts like an internal sunscreen. You put that right on the tortilla. Now its like a pizza. Then you add sauted kale which is a super food. Lets give kale a moment. I love kale. It is a super food. I love kale on pizza. Its great for your blood, your bones, antioxidants. I love kale, but if you dont have it, you can use chopped up broccoli or spinach. You cant have pizza without cheese. Some people want to cut down on the calories. What do you suggest . I put it on top, but i dont use that much. Thats the difference between this pizza, and make one that you would get. Its a thin crust, easy on the cheese and this is a beautiful kale pizza that you can then transform into breakfast by literally just popping an egg right on top. Its going to add protein, and now you have a breakfast kale pizza. I love that. Thats amazing. Next you have an egg roll bowl. What should we start with . Love egg rolls. This is a healthy way to do it with four ingredients. Start with a chicken breast. This will give you protein. If youre a vegetarian, you could use edamame. That would be great. Then i love brown rice as our base. Its a whole grain. It gives you some fiber. I buy it frozen so all you have to do is heat and eat it. You cant have a meal in my house without veggies. I love cole slaw mix. This is a fun easy way to get veggies. You have all this cabbage and carrots cut and cleaned. You can cut your own cabbage and carrots or using those frozen veggies. I love all those hacks saving time. How do you bring in the flavor . Flavor is everything. Because an egg roll bowl has an asian flare im using a sesame ginger salad dressing. When i choose salad dressings, i like to have olive oil or avocado oil as the base. You can use any of your favorite stir fry sauces. You put that altogether and you have a beautiful healthy, super fast egg roll bowl. This can also turn into breakfast. All you do is pop an egg on top. Add an egg its breakfast. I love this. These are amazing recipes, dawn. Thank you for being with us. For anyone who is watching, you can get all of these recipes right on our website, and now theres more to loveched with xfinity x1,gs . The ultimate entertainment experience. Like live sports. Theyre back with the best way to watch. And more streaming apps all in one place. More classics. More premiers. Plus, more to easily find using just your voice. Hello, more. Where have you been all my life . Find your favorites and more all in one place with x1. Plus, get speed, coverage and security with the xfi gateway. Xfinity. 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