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Doctors say he had no Underlying Health conditions. Though new covid19 cases decreased 10 this week, dr. Birx says shes concerned about an increase in nine cities and californias central valley. The rio grand valley in texas, dealing with a surge of hospitalizations and deaths. 24 hours you can go from Walking Around to be intubated and another 24 hours later be dead. Reporter a pastor says they have up to four funerals a dead. You cant bring them into the church, we cant have a big mass. We can just come out and ring the funeral bell. Reporter this morning, new questions about testing. Ohio Governor Mike Dewine first tested positive thursday. But overnight, results from a second test showing hes negative. Actress Alyssa Milano slamming the flawed testing system, saying she tested positive for antibodies, even though she tested negative for the virus in april. To me this is such an incredible, incredible failure. Reporter the president says hes hopeful a vaccine will be ready by november 3, election day. Im optimistic that it will be around that date. I believe well have the vaccine before the end of the year. Reporter but dr. Anthony fauci expects that date to be later. Were trying very hard to ultimately get a vaccine that might be available by the end of the year or the beginning of 2021. Reporter until then, fauci insists that social distancing and masks are the best defense against the virus. But in south dakota, masks will not be mandatory, as hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to attend the sturgis motorcycle rally this weekend. We want to stress personal responsibility to ours are visitors and our discussed the best way to move forward on reopening schools. Congressman mark green of tennessee arguing theres no reason to keep schools closed. Last year, 4,074 children died in automobile accidents and if my math skills serve me well, thats ten times more than died with the covid. Should we stop all children riding in cars . No. Reporter but many teachers across the country say theyre scared. One of the teens who posted images of this crowded Georgia School told buzzfeed she received a fiveday suspension. Reopening schools in new york city, still hanging in the balance. Parents must decide today if they plan to keep their children home. School sports also in question. Pennsylvanias governor now recommending youth sports not return until january. And professional sports, 66 nfl players have opted out of the Upcoming Season because of coronavirus concerns. Kenneth, mona . Andrea, thank you. And talks on a Coronavirus Relief package appear to be on the brink of collapse. President trump is threatening to intervene with executive orders as early as today if theres no deal. Both sides say they have major differences to resolve, as millions of americans go without that extra 600 in weekly unemployment benefits. What they were offering us was sophies choice. Not enough money for food, not enough nothing for housing in terms of rentals. A moratorium thats nice, but its not money for rent. Were not just going to keep on coming back every day if we cant get to a deal. We have said by the end of the week, we wanted to reach an agreement on the major issues. Some lawmakers are questioning whether the president can legally issue executive orders that would reallocate unspent money. Now to the race for the white house. Former Vice President joe biden is facing backlash for his comments about the black community. And President Trumps new attack on biden is being called deeply personal. This morning, the topics of faith and race dominate in the campaign trail with less than three months until the election. Presumptive democratic nominee joe biden is clarifying his thursday comments when he seemed to suggest the black community lacks diversity of thought. What you all know but most people dont know, unlike the Africanamerican Community, with notable exceptions, the Latino Community is an incredibly diverse community. With incredibly different attitudes about different things. Reporter overnight, biden said he didnt mean to suggest that the Africanamerican Community is a monolith. Not by identity, not on issues, not at all, adding he was referring to diversity of attitudes with latinos. When it comes to immigration. President trump calling the remark insulting. What he said is incredible, and i dont know whats going on with him. Reporter this is the second time since may that biden is apologizing for a comment about race. The way he talks about the race in the very least is problematic, and theres a lot of folks of color who listen to him and say this isnt someone whos really evolved with the time. Reporter President Trump has a long history of racially history remarks, recently labeling black lives matter a hate group. And now trump is attacking bidens faith, claiming the former Vice President is against god. Hes following the radical left agenda. No religion, no anything. Hurt the bible, hurt god. Hes against god, hes against guns. Reporter bidens campaign responding, saying joe bidens faith is at the core of who he is. A man that has lost very close relatives, two children and his wife. Hes talked often about how his catholic faith has helped him. I think thats an example for President Trump of pushing the envelope and going beyond it, and going to a level of politics that we have really never seen at the president ial level before he came on to the seen. Reporter adding to the drama on the trail, kanye west. Reporter the rapper once voiced his support for the president , but now claims he wants to run against him. Abc news learned that republican operatives are involved with the rappers attempt to get on the ballot. Possibly in an attempt to siphon votes away from biden. Biden is expected to announce his running mate next week. Senator kamala harris, former National Security adviser susan rice, and congresswoman karen bass are seen as top contenders. And Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reportedly remains on the list. And we turn now to that massive explosion in beirut. The official death toll is 135. Anger is growing with people demanding to know how this could have happened. Abcs reena roy has more. Reporter overnight, growing anger on the streets of beirut. Antigovernment protestors clashing with law enforcement. The army blocking the road to parliament after an angry crowd tried to gain access, demanding answers into the massive explosion that leveled part of the city. New documents show warning letters sent to multiple Government Agencies about the floating bomb being stored at the port were ignored after the Ammonium Nitrate was confiscated from a russian cargo ship in 2016. 16 port workers are now under arrest, as we hear more stories of survival. One woman was in labor when the explosion tore through the walls of this hospital just blocks from the blast site. A nurse using her phone as a light, helped deliver a healthy baby boy amid the broken glass and debris. But not far away, a port worker has been found alive, floating, 30 hours after he was blown into the sea by the explosion. His body, too bloody to show on tv. One of thousands of victims in a city that will never be the same. Reena roy, abc news. Incredible, thank you. Back in this country, a new warning about the atlantic hurricane season. Researchers are now predicting 24 named storms this season, including five major hurricanes. That would be the second most active season behind only 2005, the year of katrina. Time now for a look at your friday morning weather. New video overnight of flash flooding near washington, d. C. Crews had to make several high water rescues in leesburg, virginia. One river rose eight feet. More than a million Power Outages are still reported along the east coast, as we enter the third say since Tropical Storm isaias. It could be tuesday before power is fully restored. Todays forecast, more thunderstorms in parts of the northeast. Sun and clouds from illinois to ohio. 84 in chicago. Sunny from mississippi to texas. And 76 in los angeles. Coming up, a waterspout jumps on land and sends beachgoers running for cover. Also ahead, federal officers being sent to more cities to fight crime. The new details overnight. 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New yorks attorney general is suing the nra claiming Ceo Wayne Lapierre has been using the organization as his personal piggy bank. The nra dismissed the lawsuit as political. Now to that story from texas. A father coming to the rescue saving his 4yearold daughter from an alligator. Hes definitely the biggest one we have seen before. You knew he was big but not how big. Reporter 117, 500 pounds and hungry. It was a typical morning here in lee city, texas. Dad andrew checking on his kids and babysitter fishing in the lake behind the house. Andrew started by something in the water near his 4yearold. An Alligator Head coming right toward where is she is. I just ran out the gate and i picked my daughter up and put her over the fence and took a couple of steps back, and he was just right there. He was just hey, buddy, what are you doing, taking my snack . Reporter andrew calling in the professionals to help. Im probably being an overprotective dad here. I felt like he was coming to eat my daughter. I said shes only about 32 pounds maybe. And she was like nope, thats the perfect size for that size alligator. Reporter it took five hours and two alligator wranglers, two game wardens, two construction workers, andrew and his dad to get the alligator onto land and into a truck. As for andrews 4yearold, you would think she would want nothing to do with marine life. What is your favorite animal . Fishies. Reporter the gator was transported to a rescue service and sanctuary about an hour away, and the keepers say hes happy and healthy, and very well fed. Good to hear. Thank you, will. Coming up, the breaking news overnight concerning the social media app tiktok. Also ahead, the new warning about mary wan ya and how it can affect your heart. First chewable a trio is the that delivers all this protection. And simparica trio is demonstrated safe for puppies. Its simple go with simparica trio. 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Theyre keeping the same colors and using only numbers on their helmets. Breaking overnight. President trump is cracking down on the social media app tiktok. He issued an executive order that would ban tiktok and wechat from operating in the u. S. In 45 days if theyre not sold by their chinese parent companies. U. S. Officials say chinese ownership poses a National Security risk. Microsoft is currently in talks to buy tiktok. In medical news, a new warning about marijuanas effect on the heart. In a new report, the American Heart Association warns that smoking or vaping marijuana is linked to a higher risk for heart attacks. Heart failure and irregular heart beats. The research was not clear about the effect of edibles. And turning back to the coronavirus and the debate over reopening schools amid testing troubles. Teachers in new york are demanding that schools close for 14 days even if only one student is infected. Earlier, i spoke with a doctor about schools, but we started with discussing the news about the governor of ohio. In a second test administered in columbus, the governor of ohio tested negative for covid19. Earlier in the day before he had a scheduled meeting with President Trump, he had taken a rapid test and he tested positive. Well, we know trapid the g . Tests are very good for scg large numbers of people. Buth t pcr test, which he took later, are much more sensitive and specific. So less likely to have false positives. And the president now says hes hoping to have a vaccine by november 3rd, election day. Democrats wan an independent panel to review the vaccine before being released. Are you concerned about the Public Perception that the vaccine is being rushed . I think current methods to test vaccines and get them through the regulatory process are absolutely perfect the way they are, and those processes should be followed. Whether they take a long time or not. 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No, really, i just spilled coffee everywhere, but it is my mess to clean up. So ill take care of it. Lets talk about the weather and you can see the temperatures today still climbing from 64 at half moon bay, low to upper 70s San Francisco and around the bay. 80s inland, even a 90 possible in places like antioch. Let me show you the difference. The breezes arent quite as stout. You still have a few around oakland, 22 at fa fairfield. But the cloud cover is almost nonexistent. A much warmer weekend is on the way. Well talk about it coming up. And at the live desk, police have investigating after four people were shot in east nit. Rounced dead at the scene. It happened on fairfax avenue. Three ambulances were called to the scene. One of the victims suffered lifethreatening wounds, two others had minor injuries. No word on any suspects or motives. Earlier this week homicides were up last month. We know education is just one of the key areas were focusing on here at abc 7 as we work to build a better bay area especially with back to school right around the corner. In San Francisco, teachers and school drikts officials have reached a tentative deal for what Distance Learning will look like in the fall. Amy hollyfield is live with the details. Reporter good morning. Union members are expectd to vote on this agreement today. Union leaders say that there are a lot of wins in this agreement for teachers, including flex d ability for educators and lgals parents, a stipend for the cost of working from home. Chbd and additional training time. This is set to be in place until june 30 or until students return to inperson learning. Once this is agreed on, the next focus will be reaching an agreement on terms of returning to inper srtit distance learni in a little more than a week on august 17th. In San Francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. 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