trying to get through summer. >> i'd rather not. >> sorry to take you down that road. my goodness. let me pile on by telling you that it is a spare the air day too. we'll continue that spare the air for tuesday. and wednesday and thursday, promising right now to be a little bit cleaner. here is a look at what is going on in the north bay. you see napa and vacaville, pretty unhealthy air there. but in the south bay, we'reg go. have you have some out door activities, now is the cleanest that the air will be all day as it will get unhealthy again. you can see that it will be warmer with 60 at the coast and near 90 inland. california just reached a troubling milestone, we have now hit 700,000 covid-19 cases. california has 706,000 cases and there are more than 84,000 right here in the bay area. the u.s. has the most confirmed infections of any nation in the world. we are approaching 6 million cases according to johns hopkins. as these numbers come in, many bay area businesses are getting ready to reopen because of the governor's new tiered systems. you can see the key on the left. yellow is as good as you will get. orange is moderate. and red is substantial. purple is widespread. and nearly every bay area county is purple except napa and san francisco. the new system means that hair salons and malls can do with some restrictions. and now students schools are applying for waivers to do in-person learning. >> reporter: and it feels like the schools are asking the principal for permission to reopen. in this case we know of 21 elementary schools here in contra costa county that have applied for waivers. they are all private schools. one rirpts that is tough for public schools to meet is the ability to test for virus abtsd ha and have the results in 72 hours. and waivers to reopen in-person classes have been glanglantglan not many in the bay area. only two so far. most in southern california. this private school, san ramon christian academy, this school has applied for a waiver and should find out 24 week if it will be allowed to reopen. because this county has said that it will aim to get those approved within three days. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and dr. deborah birx is urging the public to, quote, do the right thing to stop the spread of covid-19. jobina fortson has what that means. >> yes, for dr. birx, doing the right thing means wearing a mask in public. she says wearing a mask can help keep our freedom by keeping the economy and schools open. >> don't wait for the vaccine to do the right thing. did the right thing today because if we do the right thing today, we go into the fall with much fewer cases. yes, i'm hopeful for a vaccine, but i'm also very convinced right now a that we can stop community spread by wearing masks, social distancing and avoiding crowds. >> close to 6 million people in the u.s. have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. and happening today, state lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill thatimpacts representsers. it protects tenants falling behind on rent because of the covid-19 pandemic. if passed, renters would not be evicted if they pay at least 25% of rent every month for the next five dav david chiu said time is of the essences and is the and you had authorize of the bill. >> any renter who has not paid some portion of rents in recent monthsyou had authorize of the bill. >> any renter who has not paid some portion of rents in recent months could be evict bed and th that would be cat trosastrophic. new at 6:00, millennials are helping the housing market recover. they accounted for almost half of all home loans last year. and they could be responsible for at least 15 million home sales in the next ten years. they say millennials, demand is getting higher because they are starting to look at buying homes. doesn't that just make sense? >> uh-huh. new developments in the deadly police shooting of breonna taylor, why kentucky's attorney general says that he has not filed charges against the officers yet and the new critical piece of information that could change all of that. plus celebrating the legacy of a man who was a super hero in so many ways. more than just what he did on screen. a look at how others are describing what chadwick boseman meant to them. such a sudden blow, wasn't it? let's take a look as far as the temperatures outside. we have mid-50s to low 60s. and we'll se so you're a small bor a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. powered by the largest gig speed network in america. but is it secure? sure it's secure. and even if the power goes down, yourmcast business. valspar signature holds up to common stains ♪ and cleans up easy. discover what's possible at lowe's. we'll start off with nasa images from space that are giving us a new look at the marks being left behind by the three lightning complex wildfires. combined, they have burned more than 800,000 acres. nasa's satellite captured these pictures of the burn scars. that is the red area that you see. the satellite detected these from charcoal and ash and the loss of trees. and spare the air is in effect at least through tomorrow. so you shouldn't burn wood and add to that particulate matter in the air. all of this is having do with the smoky air quality over the past couple of weeks. let's hope it doesn't go on much longer. let me show you what is going on. we have a bit of a change in the wind and all the fires to the east of us are now pushing their smoke back towards us. we gave them all of our smoke last week, now they are burning the favor thanks to the high pressure from our knot anorth a to the south. and so that is why we have the wide spread smoke this morning. and look what happens as we head into the afternoon, sure it bends a bit, but still going to be tough to breathe in many neighborhoods. tomorrow morning, it will be more in the north bay and we'll have hot spots instead of widespread poor air quality. and wednesday looking like the spots will be even smaller. we'll keep our fingers crossed. good morning, everyone. i'm looking at two pretty big backups right now. we'll start with the maps and a crash i'm following in sunol that is blocking at least one lane. and it will be a sluggish ride. we're looking at 19 and 29 miles per hour, this is southbound 680 passing the andrade road off-ra. and in oakland, it is slow on 880 due to the road construction. you can certainly see all of those brake lights and the backup there. it is due to road construction that actually picked up at 6:00 and that was between 23rd and 29th avenues. but then there was also a hit and run around high street. so it has continued to backup. new at 6:00, an israeli plane has made an historic landing in abu dhabi. this was the first direct commercial flight that touched down earlier this morning. and it is a key step in what is expected to be normalized relations between the two nations. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner was on the flight and he says the stage is now set for other arab countries to follow the uae. and just ahead, many people still mourning over the loss of chadwick boseman. but people are sharing how much of a mark he has left on them. plus what skills have you picked up during quarantine? more of this front we saw the earthquake grace in bold was offering a grant program. i signed up and i was actually selected it leaves the house in tack. you now know that in the next earthquake your house will be standing and we also got a discount on our earthquake insurance. if there is an earthquake. our house has a better chance of surviving in. and in wisconsin, about 100 marchers took to the streets saturday night. some pelted officers with rocks and bottle as and pointed laze ersz ers at them and one officer was hurt. and a group walked tou golden gate park yesterday morning, many carrying supportive signs for the police and saying that they are against proposition e that would limit police staffing. participants included current and retired officers, community members and family and friends. organizers say that they want to support hard working officers who are risking their lives to protect the city despite the new risks and challenges they face. there could be a new, quote, critical piece in the probe of the police shooting death of breonna taylor. the kentucky attorney general says that his officer has received a ballistics report from the fbi. daniel cameron explained why charges have not been filed yet. >> we are looking under every stone, leaving no stone unturned as it relates to this investigation. again, a thorough and fair investigation is what is deserved by all those involved. >> for months, he has faced pressure from activists to file charges in taylor's death. taylor died when officers served a no-knock search warrant at her home. and tributes continue to come in for chadwick boseman. >> we truly lost a super hero. a role like that is fate, but he really left his legacy, he left his legacy for us to see and learn from and that touches me the most. >> boseman died last week after a private four year battle with cancer. he spoke at the university's graduation in 2018 and howard's president says that the school was planning a project with boseman that would have brought him back to campus soon. and the message posted announcing his death friday is now the most liked tweet of all-time. this is according to twitter. and the post has well over 7 mill i don't thiion likes. i can't really even talk about it because i get really sad. and i know it is weird because you don't know him at all, but it is so sad. you feel like it is such a loss and so unexpected. >> but we admire him so much for what he did, whether he was playing jackie robinson or the king in "black panther" -- i can't think of the name, i apologize. but it is just the way that he lived his life. and the hate he had to take on because of the chemotherapy and the fact that he just stood there and took it and didn't lash out and didn't say anything and lived his life. i mean, those are the people that he should look up to. >> i agree. >> i think that it remis of how yoev know how much time you have or how much time those you love have. so seize the day. >> he made the most of all his time and that was so remarkable to me. he did so much and we had no idea what he was going through. and i think that he did that on purpose in a way to say like nothing can stop you from achieving your purpose. and so that is what i really took away from it. >> yeah. >> just sad. but grateful. >> live your best life no matter what is going on. yeah. it really hit me hard too. let's try to go on to something a little lighter and talk about the weather and we'll open the weather window down on the south bay. in san jose, it is mostly cloudy and 61. it will be warmer across the board with unhealthy air. we have warm to hot weather this weekend, warm at the coast to hot inland where there will be a moderate risk of heat illness. so we need to be careful. and a look at the cloud cover, with a light offshore breeze, you can see some blue developing along the coast today, that will help push you into the mid to upper 60s. and in the south bay, we start 79, 83 at san jose to 89 at gilr gilroy. you were the peninsula, 77 to 80, the spread there. 64 to 67 on the oceanside of the peninsula. downtown san francisco, about 68. we have mid to upper 60s along the north bay coast to sausalito. and low to mid 80s through most of the north bay valleys. east bay shore, 80 in union city and fremont. low to upper 70s elsewhere. and as you med you head into th bay valley, 88 to 92. and so you will want the air conditioner to filter out some of the smoke in the air. tonight mid-50s to low 60s. tomorrow will be a lot like today. we'll try to bring in cooler and cleaner air for wednesday and thursday, but look at those temperatures take off friday, saturday and sunday, already nearing 100s inland, mid-80s around the bay and some 70s at the coast. and i'll take a greater look at that holiday weekend forecast coming up next. back to you. and let's bring in ginger shoo seay with zee with a look at what is ahead on gma. >> good morning. tensions have been escalating following a weekend of violence clashes between police and protestors and counterprotests in portland, oregon. we'll have new details on the man shot dead in the street and the latest of course on the aftermath of the shooting of jacob blake. the governor of wisconsin is asking the president to stay away. also an exclusive interview with melania trump's former friend and adviser. lindssey davis will discuss the infamous hollywood tape. and we are also celebrating a hero, tributes of course pouring in and i heard your for chadwick boseman. the 43-year-old as understand lost his very private battle with colon cancer. so we'll have much more on that. and we'll hear from some of his co-stars after that special last night. that is all coming up right here on a monday he had decision edi. >> thank you, ginger. an 8-year-old isn't ready for college just yet, but that is not stopping him b mo if one day becoming a drum major. >> yes, sir, train 'em up while they are young. yes, sir. >> he has the moves already. so anthony kenny share this had video on instagram saying this child made his whole day and it shows the boy marching up and down the side walk dill gentsdly practicing all his swirling and skills this baton rouge. he says he wants to be a drum major at southern university one day. >> he is well on his way. >> he is well on his way. >> train 'em my gosh. >> that is so cute. all right. the oakland as may have been the team to beat in baseball, but now look what happened. a positive test for covid-19. what the team says it is now doing to beat it. and plus not just baseball, covid-19 is affecting football this weekend, taking a look at some numbers. 70s and 80s around the bay, and 90s and even some 100s starting to show up in the east bay and they spread. sunday will be our hotte estest a widespread of amount of 80s tlou t throughout the bay. the oakland as scheduled game tomorrow against thener ma air as a member of the traveling party tested positive for covid-19. yesterday's game against the astros was postponed.tested pos. yesterday's game against the astros was postponed. s team has conducted more testing and contact tracing and they are self isolating in houston. >> ultimately we need to see if this is anis lalts isolated infr larger issue and so we have to be patient, make sure everybody isolates at the hotel and we'll wait until tomorrow to figure out tomorrow. >> covid-19 has already led to game postponementscho kickoft a they will be until the weekend. the league says that they will be able to getting a really and efficient contact tracing if anyone tests positive. the 49ers open the season next sunday at levi stadium but no fans will be there. it is possible though that the team will let fans return as early as week four on october 4. i know a lot of people would be happy about that. coming up next -- >> exciting day for many business owners across the bay area. hair salons, barber shops being able to take the business from outdoors to indoors. i'll have what will be opening in your county. plus firefighters gaining ground on the historic lightning complex fires in the bay area. one group says the damage may affect life far into the future. and a toddler tangled up in a kite. how this little ♪ if i could, baby i'd ♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me ♪ ♪ you can go your own way ♪ ♪ go your own way your wireless. your rules. only with xfinity mobile. i think that there is a lot of excitement for us to feel a little normal again. >> and a new roadmap reopening. but two counties are saying not so fast. and i'd appreciate that either the president support us or he stay the hell out of the way. >> a weekend of protests from portla.c.o oakla jacob blake as president trump is set to touchdown in kenosha tomorrow. and celebrate being ting th known as the "black panther." see how the bay area is remembering the legacy of chadwick boseman. ♪ lady gaga going viral for his vma performance, also what she was wearing that has taken over the internet this morning. and there is a tie to what she was wearing back here to the bay area. we'll tell you about it. good morning, everybody. it is monday, august 31. friend, were you up late watching this performance in. >> i did watch it. i was very excited. and it did not disappoint. it is not very often we get if see live performances right now. so the fact that we actually got to see her with ariana performing and it all worked, it looked really cool. i was here for it. jobina, did you see it? >> you know i would have loved to, but i was watching "black panther." >> that makes sense. have no fear, i expect all of you to go to my twitter because i tweeted out the performance. so you can watch it there. >> i got you. >> always giving. we appreciate that, reggie. i saw that tweet and i'm like he is already on top of it first thing in the morning. let's talk about what is going on weather-wise. we're on top of this also. we have spare the air. and you know that the air quality management district put out this forecast last night for today and tomorrow. unhealthy air once again. wednesday and thursday, maybe not as the winds will shift just a little bit. let's take a look at our neighborhoods right now. pap that and vacaville, sensitive to unhealthy for all of us. we have moderate around the bay to east bay and even some clean air into the south bay and just some moderate air quality in the santa cruz mountains right now. we do have a warmer afternoon on the way with mid to upper 60s coast and into san francisco. 70s to 80s around the bay. and you can see mid-80s in the south bay and north bay and the return of 90s for the east bay. but we won't stop there. got some 100s in the forecast this weekend, i'll have that coming up in the seven day forecast. the struggle of small businesses to survive amid this pandemic affects all of us this one way or another. so helping them meet the challenge is a major part of building a better bay area. a new color coding system will go into effect today giving some businesses the go-ahead to reopen. and the counties you see in yellow, they mean coronavirus spread is minimal. orange is moderate. and red is substantial. and purple is widespread. now, every county in the bay area is purple except for napa and san francisco. julian glover is live with what all of this means. good morning, julian. >> reporter: good morning. we all know how much a good haircut can make us feel good, look good and we know people are expected to get that done today. many businesses will be scrambling to try to get their r business today as they can thousand do so inside across much of the bay area. under the new guidelines, businesses like hair salons, barber shop, retail store, even shopping malls can brats operat 25% capacity. but the counties could be more restrictive than the state. and they are excited to move from outside back inside. and customers and stylists though, they must keep with social distancing guidelines and also keep those face masks on. >> clients called me and i googled it and that is how i found out. partially indoor, but i still get confusing. they say 25% of what, i don't know. >> reporter: and you can see that that stylist is just happy to reopens. and we're hearing that they will also be doing so with 25 brand new stores and restaurants. and we do want to stress that this differs county to county. for example, pretty much everybody in the bay area will be allowing the salons a barber shops to reopen. but san francisco and alameda counties are on hold for now and they will roll out the further reopening plans. so again excitement finally for business owners who hopefully will be seeing a lot more business. julian glover, abc 7 news. as julian mentioned, starting tomorrow san francisco will allow some businesses like hair and nail salons to start operating outdoors. gyms can also reopen outdoor, but they will have to wait until september 9. the city will require all employees and patrons to wear masks. state guidelines do allow more businesses to open indoors in places like san francisco, but local officials have the final say. and we know a lot of you are looking for information about where these reopenings are especially where you live and that is why we've updated our website so you can see which tier your county is in and the businesses allowed to open. you can find the new guidelines on our website abc7news.com. and firefighters are about it get more help from washington state. 200 troops are heading for the mendocino national forest to assist in the firefight. and favorable weather is helping the firefighters expand containment of the czu fire. they were able to do water drops over the weekend. the fires have burned more than 84,000 acres since breaking out two weeks ago. and they are now 37% contained. and crews are also expanding containment of the scu lightning fire to 55%. and crews expect that it will take a few weeks to bring those fires under control. officials say a lot of the smoke you've seen and smelled should begin clearing up. new at 6:00, the woodward fire in point reyes has dramatically changed the coastal landscape. the fire may have destroyed a key habitat for the mountain beaver as well as the northern spot the spotted owl. and the fire has also cleared away dense vegetation making way for other plant species crowded out for decades. and you can follow the fires with our exclusive wildfire tracker. it has the latest containment information and you can also find air quality data for where you live. the fire tracker is available at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. she is known as the super nanny and she is sharing tips for the challenges of parenting at home. hear her best ways for handling homeschooling, sleep schedules and everything else. and we're taking a live look at the big bboard at the new yo stock exchange. we're down 110 points. another update on the markets next. and david blaine is back, attempting to do something straight out of a popular disney movie. we'll tell you how you can watch him live. >> do you know what he's trying to do? >> i do. and it is actually kind of similar to the kite story that we had earlier. so we'll get into it. >> okay. >> first a check in with jobina fortson. not the kite. not more of the kite. >> the kite was scary. i'm so glad that little girl is safe. good morning, everyone. so i am following a crash right now in richmond that i c out the camera here. so it is looking like we have three cars involved here, injuries have been reported at least two lanes are blocked on westbound 80 before the san pablo avenue off-ramp. so you can expect delays in the area. speeds down to around 25 miles per hour. and in the north bay, you can accept s see the fog still in the area. the chp has not canceled the fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. and there is also heavy fog in the robin williams tunnel this morning. so be aware of all that. you can certainly see it. and i know mike has been following the smog and everything else going on. >> yeah, let's talk more about that smog that is out there. i'll show you just how much it has reduced the visibility, a mile around is an msan martin. and so you can see that it is thick. and a lot of this is due to the winds just off the surface that are blowing from east to west bringing smoke from the fires to the east hour way. we were sending all our smoke their wake last week and they a they are returning the fire. and so here is a look at the smoke forecast and you can see it is pretty widespread this morning through the afternoon hours. and as the high pressure starts to take over and low weakens, you can see more of the smoke sticks in the north bay and even less of the smoke will stick around for tuesday afternoon and into wednesday as those winds become a little bit lighter and just our smold esmolder smolder fires near us bring the smoke. and so we'll take a look at the hot forecast coming up, but first let's take a look at some of the high temperatures where you live. brought to you by the live action remake of mulan streaming this friday only on disney plus. a daughter. a warrior. >> sold engineeier. >> sister, warrior. i know my place. >> there have been many tales of the great mulan. loyal. brave. true. >> i will bring honor to us all. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're 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than it was over the weekend. hot temperatures, some 100s, coming this weekend. i'll have that coming up. every week we see more schools now going to in-person learning. these evolvele ling changes aree of our building a better bay area. and under the newer tier system, any county listed as purple which means widespread transmission has to keep schools online until t oy r reduced transmission tier. but elementary schools can still apply for a waiver to start in-person classroom teaching. so we're seeing that start to happen in places like contra costa county. and amy hollyfield is live for us in san ramon this morning. >> reporter: all of the schools that have applied here are private. like this one, is an are san ra christian academy. this is just one of 21 that have applied. there are a couple requirements tough for the public cools publ meet. one is that they have to be able to test and have results available in 72 hours. and it is also required to have union support. and only two approvals have been granted in the bay area so far, both in santa clara county. sunnyvale christian academy and the moreland school district. about 100 schools and districts across california have been approved, but most are in southern california. governor newsom says that elementary schools can apply for waivers because younger students are less likely to get the virus and have the most difficulty dealing with the distance learning. and san mateo county estimates that it will take them two weeks to decide on approval. here in contra costa county, they are hoping to let schools know within three days. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. president is planning to visit kenosha, wisconsin tomorrow. it is unclear if the president is going to meet with blake or his family. but the governor of wisconsin is asking the president to reconsider his visit saying that he is concerned that his presence could do more harm tha every night since last sunday's shooting. right now blake is paralyzed from the waist down. police did make a few arrests but a rally on the golden gate bridge by supporters of president trump was mostly peaceful. the conservative activist group, walk away, organized that event yesterday. counterprotestors showed up but the chp and bridge patrol kept both sides apart. >> we have sat back and watched an unprecedented summer of violence as we have seen neighborhoods burn, stores being looted, people being beaten, people being killed. >> trump and his supporters are responsible for the covid deaths. he is doing nothing about thata. >> there were a few heated encounters between both sides, but police intervened. now to your morning money report. if you've ever flown united, you no longer have to pay up if you want to change your flight. the airline says starting right now, it is dropping the flight change fees for any u.s. flight. the ticket does have to be for rd eno or fi class, it kntsd be tcan't be the wake . experts say that cropping th dr fee may be a chance to woo back customers. right now taking a live look at the new york stock exchange, it is still hovering about 115 points down. and i was telling mike earlier, if you want to change your flight on the same day, that is free now too. used to be like $75. >> yeah, you can fly standby. well, they are desperate, let's be honest. the airlines are desperate for our business. and so they are doing what they can do attract back. >> at least some of them are. i had an experience that wasn't quite that positive, but thank you nighted for united for doin. let's look north at the shark tank. the marine layer has brought some clean air undercutting the smoke. but spare the air will continue through tuesday as we'll mix some of that smoke down to the ground the next couple of afternoons. it will be warmer today and tomorrow, wednesday will pull back, but then whens this weeket moderate risk of heat levels. and the clouds should open up a little faster and a little more long the coast especially as we head into the afternoon hours before it starts to cloud over again during the evening. 79 in milpitas, 83 at san jose, 89 in gilroy. 77 to 80 on the peninsula. 64 to 67 along the coast. upper 60s in downtown and south san francisco about 75, sausalito 69. north bay your coast will be in the mid-60s. low to mid-80s through most of the north bay valleys. east bay shore, we have 80 around union city and fremont, 70s for everyone else. and air conditioning weather possible 88 to 92 into the east bay. we'll fall back into the mid-50s to low 60s a lot like this morning. here is a look at saturday, notice the 100s inland. 70 around san francisco is not too bad. it will be a little warmer 70s and 80s around the and hosh mo. and we'll stay well above average. so the most comfortable days this week and the best air quality are wednesday and thursday. have a good one. okay. so we want to take you to some breaking news. a fire is burning in downtown hayward. and it is along foothill boulevard on a street that is right in the downtown business district. and we can see firefighters there, it looks like several fire trucks there trying to get this for fire out. we know that firefighters from alameda county are out there right now trying to get this under control. we'll keep trackinging this and let you know as soon as we get more information. but wanted to share that this fire right now is burning in downtown heyward. . new at 6:00, the super nanny has tips for parents when it comes to juggling your own work and also looking over the shoulder of your kids who are doing their distance learning right now. sdwroe b jobina fortson is at the live desk with that. >> some of you may know jo frosts as the super nanny on her hit tv show and this morning they is answering questions on "good morning america." one woman says that she will have to start working from home very soon, she asked super nanny how to balance her roles as employee and child caretaker. >> she shouldn't be looking after themselves, so you need to prioritize the routine, make sure that you can work when the baby is sleeping which at a young age will bt least you hav conversati those conversations with you boston, you have to talk about the limitations and what you can bring and hoping that your employer is understanding that you have to start bending a bit and recognizing how can we get the job done but also at the same time be empa 24thetic that are at home managing and raising children as well. >> you can watch the super nanny answer more questions coming up on gma starting at 7:00. a girl in taiwan survived a terrifying accident involving a kite. i have to let you know, this will look very scary and it is, but the 3-year-old is actually fine. when i see this video, i cannot believe this happened. you saw how high in the air she went, right? but she somehow got tangled up in this. the crowd ran over and then helped her when she came back to the ground. the girl's parents say that they are shocked but they are so thankful that she wasn't hurt. okay. so we'll go from that, which is obviously very much unintentional and an accident, to someone who is intentionally trying to do something like this. in less than 12 hours, david blaine will be taking to the skies for what he says is his most ambitious stunt yet. youtube released this trailer for the student which he is calling ascension. and yes, it looks 100% like the pixar movie "up." blaine will float about 18,000 feet into the sky over arizona. 52 helium filled weather balloons will carry him and he will return to land by releasing the balloons and taking a parachute down. he completed 500 airplane jumps, got licensed for hot air balloon piloting and learned to read the air patterns. it was supposed to happen in new york, but he said weather patterns meant that he had to change to arizona tomorrow. so we'll be watching. good luck. "black lives matter" were at the forefront of people's minds at the vmas. >> we need to take the time to talk about the devastating loss of chadwick boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched. >> again hard to celebrate, so i'll just say justice for jacob blake and for breonna taylor. thank you. >> keke palmer opened the show in new york city with a tribute to chadwick boseman, he died following a four year battle with cancer. and she reminded people about victims of recent police shootings. and the other big moment trending on social media, lady gaga's fashion forward masks. ♪ yes! the pop star wore a variety of masks on stage last night including two from san francisco bay designer lance victor moore. the stein designer poeted that he designed the horn mask and the silver crown mask. so that looks really awesome. and also lady gaga won best song of the year, deserved. >> this was her whole night. and that was cool. >> look at this. this was a performance, kumasi. >> i can tell. look at it. i'm hear for those masks. can we find us some masks? they are probably millions. >> i'll look into it while you read this. so one of the most touching remembrances that we saw for chadwick boseman came from "black panther" director and co-writer who says that he wasn't privy to the details of boseman's illness because he valued his privacy. and this is part of the statement. he said that he lived a beautiful life and he made great art. day after day, year after year. that was who he was. he was an epic firework display. i will tell stories about being there for some of the brilliant sparks until the end of my days. what an in-credcredible mark he left for us. and that is so very true. i'm just happy that people are really honoring him. and i'm also happy that he knew moisture he mea how much he meant to people before he passed away. >> and i hope his family was honored by the fact that all of the nation wable to watch the work he was famous for and that the whole country could come together and really pay tribute to him. i thought that was a nice omen. i am sure they appreciated you can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides...eep your sleep number setting.. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on th f 6nt oart ds ends monday. want restand schools?pen? want the economy to get back on track? you're not alone. and you can help make it happen. stay 6 feet apart. wash your hands. wear a mask every time you leave your home. choose to join the fight against covid-19. do your part. slow the spread. valspar signature holds up to common stains ♪ and cleans up easy. discover what's possible at lowe's. here are the 7 things to know. fire crews are at the scene of hayward, this is a live look at what is happening. you see alameda county firemen out there. this is on foothill boulevard. we don't know what started the fire but you should avoid the area. and number two,ndr a hair salons and shopping malls getting to reopen at 25% capacity as part of a new you tiered system. and the bay area schools are applying to resume in-person learning. 21 private schools in contra costa county have applied so far and this week san francisco officials will distribute waivers. and people returning home in the north bay, two fire assistance centers are opening, one at healdsburg high and the other at a bank of america branch. and unhealthy air again today and tomorrow. >> and number six, a pretty clear ride this morning, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights came on at good morning, america. nation on edge. new violence overnight in portland, oregon after a weekend of escalating clashes between police, protesters and counter-protesters. new details this morning on that man shot dead in the street after hundreds of president the portland mayor blasting the president and the president firing back and in the aftermath of the shooting of jacob blake the governor of wisconsin asking the president to stay away. destruction and devastation. thoule helesafr sands expected ng h le to be in the dark for weeks. the