Early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. The number of Coronavirus Infections continues to grow as this pandemic rages on there are now over 6 million infections in the u. S. And more than 186,000 covid related deaths the series of International Trials found that treating critically ill covid19 patients with corticosteroids reduces the risk by 20 . Actor and former wrestler the rock johnson is the latest celebrity to be infected by the coronavirus. He announced his wife, two young daughters along with himself all tested positive about three weeks ago. This as a man in his 60s has become the first covid19 death erelated to sturgis in south dakota reporter its the scene they fear will unfold in the days to come from pool side parties to bars and beaches these are the holiday hot spots often behind a spike in coronavirus cases. After memorial day, 4th of july and a motorcycle rally drawing hundreds of thousands, u. S. Health officials sounding th in. Please wear your masks top doctors warning americans need to take personal responsibility before making plans for labor day. Masks, distance, avoid crowds, out side better than inside if we do that i think we can get through this weekend without seeing a surge. Reporter with the nation making progress in the fight against covid cases and hospitalizations are both down nearly 40 since they peaked in july, there are also warning signs. At least 7 states have positivity rates above 10 iowa an emerging hot spot. Growth of new cases has accelerated especially as social activity among young adults and on college campuses. Reporter as students at notre dame return to school after a suspension of inperson classes, universities nationwide are struggling to contain covid. And just as officials fear, a dangerous wave of new infections this fall, setbacks in ohio already arrive amid this clear warning. As we gather with families and friends we must remember that whenever theres more activity were going to see more cases. Reporter the threat comes as the cdc asked states like california to identify possible Vaccine Distribution sites, trying to get ahead of red tape like permits in case a vaccine is developed this year and while there are more stories of survival, like Cynthia Martin who is going home after four months in the hospital. Thank god thank god. Reporter a reminder of whats at stake and what we all face this holiday weekend. Turning now to the race for the white house. Joe biden is traveling to kenosha, wisconsin today where he is expected to meet with the family of jacob blake. With just over two months until election day were seeing both campaigns ramp up attacks on one another. Reporter with several new polls showing the president ial race tightening, President Trump and joe biden both out campaigning, biden trying to refocus attention on the pandemic accusing the president of failing to lead mr. President , where are you . Get off twitter and Start Talking to the congressional leaders in both parties. Invite them to the oval office. Reporter also laying out his own ideas for safely returning kids to school we need Emergency Support funding for our schools and we need it now. Reporter the former Vice President announcing hell visit kenosha, wisconsin, promising racial unity and healing after protests set off by the Police Shooting of jacob blake. President trump visiting another battleground state, north carolina, for a world war ii ceremony while doubling down on his law order message. They did not defeat oppression overseas only to be seeing our freedom trampled by mobs these people only know one thing and thats strength. Thats all they know strength. Reporter the two campaigns fighting a messaging war in the final weeks before the election. In washington, alice barr, nbc news the race for the white house is getting tighter this morning. Joe biden is still leading the latest wave of polls but a new one shows biden with a 10point lead over President Trump. Thats down from 15 points in early july and the margin has narrowed in several others too the new data comes as the president doubles down on his message of law order tracie potts joining us now. Good morning the president is making his biggest threat yet phillip, the president is threaterning to with hold billions of dollars in federal funds from what he calls anarchist cities, cities dealing with racial violence and unrest. Portland, seattle, washington, d. C. , and new york, the president in a memo outlining those cities and own following up with a tweet saying his administration will do everything in its power to prevent what he calls weak mayors and lawless cities from taking these federal dollars claiming he is putting them on notice today new yorks governor responding on twitter saying he, President Trump is not a king, he cannot defund new york city calling this an illegal stunt. The president also stirring up controversy, suggesting his supporters should vote twice in the election once by mail, again in person, to test the system that he has claimed the filled with fraud. 600,000 people could vote by absentee in this state are you confident in that system well, theyll go out and theyll vote and theyll have to check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way, because if it tabulates then they wont be able to do that. So let them send it in and let them go vote and if their system is as good as they say it is, then obviously they wont be able to vote so two important things to know about that. Casting two votes is a federal crime, also there is no evidence of mailin voting being fraudulent as the president has claimed. The president still pushing both of those things right now thank you. A hairy situation for nancy pelosi she is now playing defense after she was caught on camera at a salon mask free even though its not legally allowed where she lives. Pelosi says she was set up if we wear masks reporter House Speaker under fire after video showed her at a salon without a mask on. The owner telling fox quote its like a slap in the face. She insisted she was told it was allowed. I take responsibility only for a setup by a neighborhood salon that ive gone to for years. Well, i dont. I think that theyll that this salon owes me an apology for setting up. Reporter the salon wasnt following the rules even though Indoor Services are allowed by the state of california, the city of San Francisco only started allowing any hair appointments on tuesday and they must be outdoors shampooing isnt allowed and masks are required pelosi was pictured without one. I just had my hair washed i dont wear a mask when im washing my hair. I always have a mask reporter republicans accusing pelosi of hypocrisy they preach to the American People that it should be one way and yet in private when the cameras are not rolling and in this case i guess the cameras were rolling it shows a very different story. Reporter and President Trump saying quote, pelosi is being decimated. Coronavirus relief negotiations still stalled here on capitol hill and thats left millions still waiting after Unemployment Benefits expired at the end of july you probably remember the world wide phenomenon that raised hundreds of millions of dollars to beat the disease als. All that cold cash is paying off. We have the big new development. Reporter it was the frigid phenomenon in the summer of 2014, the ice bucket challenge meant to raise awareness and funds for als, a debilitating disease with no cure christina was diagnosed at just 31, given just two years to live then she was given a new drug called amx 35 in a trial funded by the more than 200 million raised by ice bucket donors. There was a very brief period where she was we really saw a dramatic progression of her als and that period compared to when she was on the drug. Reporter patients who got the drug retained physical functions longer like speaking, walking, swallowing. Did you think you would seize this in your lifetime . No, this is amazing come true for me. Reporter results so good the Als Association is petitioning the fda to bypass phase 3 trials and get the drug to patients now. Any treatment we can give through medication is going to be substantial. Reporter he died of als. When pete was diagnosed we didnt see the light at the end of the tunnel. Not only do we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but now we can feel it raise and its going to happen. Reporter the money raised from the ice bucket challenge has funded more than 100 potential therapies. Christina wants to see her kids graduate obviously we want a cure, but if we just freeze it and just stopped the degradation, whatever it is, were both very happy. A family full of hope thanks to one mans dream and the donations of many. Six years but worth the wait for all that progress. Thats amazing. So many of us participated in that wow. A tornado threat in the Nations Capital bill karins brings it all to us. Bill, good morning good morning. Yeah, Severe Weather threat in the midatlantic region and conditions are favorable for a couple tornados. Right now everything is pretty calm just a little bit of rain. As far as this afternoon goes thats the airafter concern right in the midatlantic. 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The duke and dutchess of sussex turn to streaming making a major multiyear deal with netflix joining us from beijing, tell us more about this new hollywood gig for them reporter this is a block buster deal for harry and meghan to produce tv series, films and childrens programming for netflix after Holding Meetings with several Hollywood Studios and streaming rivals netflix isnt attaching a dollar value so the deal, but if based on past megawatt deals that theyve signed and combined with some of the rumors that have been circulating about what the couple was looking for, this could be worth upwards of 100 million the couple doesnt have a lot of experience in producing content but this is sheer star power that they are bringing to netflix, joining high profile figures like barack and Michelle Obama in signing these big production deals as we know, the couple stepped away from being senior members of the royal family back in january. They moved to los angeles, they bought a house in santa barbara, they said they wanted to be financially independent but in doing so they agreed to give up their royal sussex brand as for what we can expect to watch from their yet to be named production house in a statement, harry and meghan said they want to focus on projects that create impact, that inspire, that inform, but also give hope they say the focus is going to be on quote, inspirational family programming, but that they like this partnership with netflix because of the global reach of the platform in saying that they can be impactful and perhaps unlock action in their words. So were just going to have to stay tuned to see whats next. Yeah. Im sure italy just the start of many other deals thank you. I know were running out of stuff in our queue to watch these days this will add right to it. I find it funny that its about family programming but it cannot involve their family. 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