Glad youre with us on this monday im Frances Rivera and im philip mena that breaking news overnight, nascar has opened an investigation after a noose was found in the garage of nascar driver Bubba Wallace it happened yesterday in alabama. Wallace is nascars only fulltime africanamerican driver for the latest on this, we turn to dara brown in our newsroom. What can you tell us about this . Reporter good morning. Details are breaking overnight it was discovered sunday afternoon before the geico 500 was postponed due to bad weather. According to espn, wallacer in saw the noose. It was seen by a member of his team and responded to nascar, which responded saying, we are angry and outraged and cannot state seriously enough how seriously we take this heinous act. As we stated, there is no place for racism in nascar, and this act only strengthens our resolve to make the sport open and welcoming to all late last night, Bubba Wallace tweeted a statement saying reporter he goes on to say reporter this comes just after days after nascar banned Confederate Flags at the races last week, wallace spoke about it with msnbcs kasie hunt im proud of nascar for stepping up and being a part of change that needed to happen for a really long time now the reason it sparked my interest so much is because you see these stories of people going to races for the first time, whatever descent they are from, and they talk about the Confederate Flag being flown and how it makes them feel uncomfortable. Reporter a Confederate Flag wan seen above the track with the words defund nascar. The race at talladega is scheduled later today at 3 00 p. M. Eastern hope theres some Surveillance Video from that garage President Trumps much touted return to the campaign trail didnt draw the crowd he expected saturdays rally reportedly left the president fuming more than half the seats stood empty amid coronavirus fears according to sources, President Trump is furious over the crowd, which the campaign blamed on protesters. Meanwhile, the white house is bracing for a bombshell from john bolton. The former National Security advisers new book hits shelves tomorrow our correspondent tracy potts joins with us the latest reporter in a new abc interview, he is reiterating some of the claims made in this book, namely that President Trump was putting his reelection over what was best for the country, that obstruction was a way of life in the white house, and that he was doing personal favors for dictators. He also claims the president didnt read a lot of his Intelligence Briefings and was uninformed he very rarely read much. The Intelligence Briefings took place perhaps once or twice a week i dont think hes fit for office i dont think he has the competence to carry out the job. There really isnt any guiding principle that i was able to discern, other than whats good for Donald Trumps reelection reporter the white house pushing back already, saying that bolton has zero credibility and that his motivation here is that he wa that he didnt want to go. Also, on capitol hill, were hearing from democrats and republicans who are questioning why bolton is coming out with his story now, selling his story instead of bringing it to those impeachment hearings the white house went to court trying to stop this book from being distributed, but they lost, as you said, that book hits shelves tomorrow. Thank you, tracy. In atlanta, police are searching for a woman suspected of setting fire to a wendys following the willing of Rayshard Brooks. Heres the latest. Reporter new details following the death of Rayshard Brooks this photo released by atlanta fire investigators identifying a woman they say is connected to the fire that gutted the wendys where the fatal encounter took place. The arrest warrant calling it arson in the first degree for 29yearold natalie white. Adding white is suspected of setting fire to the wendys restaurant on saturday, june 13th Police Body Cam video from 24 hours earlier offers a clue into who white may be Rayshard Brooks mentioning the name to police jusy girlfriend he left off. I said babe, im going to get wendys and go back. Reporter whites whereabouts are unknown. Investigators respect confirming its the same person brooks mentioned. As atlanta prepares to lay Rayshard Brooks to rest. Services are planned for saturday as the historic Ebenezer Baptist church. The world knows george floyd. Reporter brooks funeral just three weeks after services for george floyd the houston memorial coming after worldwide protests against Police Brutality many states now banning the use of chokeholds. But in new york, this video just released it appears to show an nypd officer using a chokehold on a black man. Hes out, hes out. Reporter until he appears to pass out the nypd says theyre aware of the video and are taking it extremely seriously. A use of force investigation now under way. The nypd officer in the apparent chokehold video has been suspended without pay pending investigation. Coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket in the United States the World Health Organization has reported the largest single day increase in covid cases by its count at more than 183,000 cases. Brazil led the way with 54,000 new cases. The u. S. Came in second with over 36,000 cases. The latest data comes as several northeast cities resume opening. In new york city, phase two begins, making way for restaurants to allow outdoor seating with social distancing measures nail salons and barbershop also also reopen. New concern about whether pro and College Sports seasons could be played, as more athletes are testing positive for the virus. Reporter with rising cases across the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is taking its toll on the sports world the coronavirus slamming the sports world at stadiums, arenas, and on the putting green. Its starting to feel like the middle of march all over again. Reporter the nbas plans to finish the season in orlando, florida, could be sidelined by rising cases the number of daily confirmed covid cases for the area has skyrocketed. The plans to create a bubble at Walt Disney World to house 22 teams. I think this virus picks up a hammer and takes it to bubbles and says really, you can stop us with your bubbles . To me, this whole thing is up in the air again. Reporter in tampa, where cases are increasing and at least 100 dead, the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey Team Announced three players and additional staff tested positive for the virus. The citys football team, the buccaneers, also reported positive tests the head coach warning you could spread covid19 without knowing it reporter both teams Training Facilities shut down. Major League Baseball also closing Training Camps in florida and arizona, after multiple teams reported positive cases. And at the pga tour in south carolina, golfer nick wattny became the first player at the tournament to test positive. I was a little shocked. Heart started racing reporter the pga providing comments made by another player justin thomas, playing hilton head, pointing to packed restaurants saying theyre seeming not to take it very seriously. Its an absolute zoo College Sports also in question, as student athletes return to campuses across the country. Louisiana state university, 30 Football Players tested positive to kansas state, where more than 10 of those tested in the Athletic Department were found to have the coronavirus. Questions also hanging over the major League Baseball season, with negotiations ongoing between players and onliers. Some wondering even the sides reach a deal given the rising cases in florida and arizona, if theyll have to delay things further. Erin, thank you across asia, people had a great view of a rare event in space. Its known as the ring of fire eclipse. Look at that. Passing in front oe sun. You can see what looks like a burning ring around the edge this is what it looked like from space. Nasa restaurants taking these photos as the space station flew over china he said it was a neat way to wake up on fathers day. Lets see how we are looking with our weather janessa webb has a look at the week ahead good morning, everyone. We are talking about hot and steamy weather and thats going to lead to Severe Weather conditions across the central u. S. Also florida, as well. 2 3 of the country under that marginal risk. But today, the heightened awareness will be for western texas to southern oklahoma where we have 12 million under that Severe Weather risk throughout your afternoon into evening. Damaging wind gusts an phoenix , cleveland, watching the cloud coverage as a storm makes its way through the ohio valley. So the heat is a good theme. Well talk about the westcoast coming up. For fathers day, philadelphia fires mascot posted this video. Dad wanted to introduce his son to the mascot. At first you can see the smile growing bigger as they get closer then gritty goes in for a hug later, and that joy we saw turned to terror he captioned the moment, the mascot did, im going to make a great dad. Hes over gritty. Still to come, a whistleblower is raising the alarm about the airport safety of coronavirus, as well. 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A whole new version of tan lines. Thanks for waking up with early today. Im Frances Rivera and im philip mena as new york city enters phase two, stay safe out there even the breaking overnight a shocking discovery a noose is found in a Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace. An investigation is under way and this morning wallace is speaking out new corirus cases in the u. S. E highest numbers since may 1st. Well tell you who is getting hit the hardest. This morning well hear from the former National Security security adviser behiernd the book that the white house tried hard to stop its