The new body cam video in the george floyd case. This time showing an officer holding back bystanders as they plead with police to get off floyds neck. One onlooker identifies herself as an offduty firefighter, demanding they take floyds pulse. The wildfires in the west as tripledigit heat fuels the flames. And the Tropical Storm in the atlantic that just formed. The bison road attack. A biker taking a photo when the massive animal charges, lifting her up and throwing her aside. Close encounters. The pentagon setting up a task force to investigate possible ufo sightings. The videos theyre looking at. And in sickness and in health. The wedding postponed by the coronavirus, and the hospital that stepped in to help. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on a very busy friday night. Im tom llamas, in for david. There are several developing stories as we come on. That grim new prediction from the cdc warning that as many as 200,000 people could die from the coronavirus by labor day. The pandemic now part of the president ial race and casting a shadow over the election itself. The u. S. Post office has warned at least 23 states and the district of columbia that it cant guarantee that mailin ballots will be delivered in time for them to be counted. This, after President Trump threatened to withhold post Office Funding that would be used to expand mailin voting during the pandemic. His rival joe biden pointing out the president himself votes by mail. And tonight, new scrutiny about the man the president has installed as the postmaster general. Rachel scott leads us off tonight. Reporter tonight, the u. S. Postal Service Warning at least 23 states that mailin ballots might be not be delivered on time and risk not getting counted, calling deadlines in battleground states like pennsylvania and michigan incongruous and incompatible with their delivery standards. Voters in those swing states can request absentee ballots just a few days out from election day. President trump carried both by less than 1 in 2016. But the turnaround too tight, says the post of bracing for a surge in mailin ballots during the pandemic. Today new jersey announcing theyll send mailin ballots to all of its 6. 2 million residents. Today, we are announcing that the november 3rd general election will be held overwhelmingly through vote by mail. Every vote should be safe, every vote should be secure, and every vote should count. That shouldnt be controversial. Reporter the president launching a campaign against mailin voting, pushing baseless claims about voter fraud. This election will be the most rigged election in history if that happens. Reporter threatening to withhold funding from the post office. Now, if we dont make a deal, that means they dont get the money. That means they cant have universal mailin voting. They just cant have it. Reporter today he doubled down on that threat, tying it to his Coronavirus Relief package. Would you be willing to accept the 25 billion for the Postal Service including the 3. 5 billion sure, if they give us what we want. And its not what i want, its what the American People want. Reporter former president barack obama accusing the Trump Administration of being more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing a virus. What weve never seen before is a president say, im going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to encourage voting. And i will be explicit about the reason im doing it. Reporter today the president s rival joe biden tweeting, voting by mail is safe and secure. Take it from the president , who just requested his mailin ballot for the florida primary on tuesday. All right. Rachel scott is in new jersey, traveling with the president tonight. And rachel, the newly appointed postmaster general, louis dejoy, a top gop donor, has made some changes recently, antoy we learn the post offices Inspector General is looking into those moves . Reporter thats right, tom. He has been under fire for putting in place some costcutting measures that critics say will only delay or slow down mail delivery ahead of what is expected to be a very busy mailin voting season. Tonight, the Inspector General for the u. S. Postal Service Confirms to abc news that they are looking into those policy changes. Tom . Rachel scott leading us off with that new reporting tonight. Rachel, thank you. Now to the staggering new number from the cdc warning that as many as 200,000 lives could be lost by labor day. Tonight, the death toll already more than 168,000. That specter as children are going back to school. Classrooms in arizona ready for them to arrive. You see it here. While some schools that already opened have students and staff in quarantine after some at their schools tested positive. And news about how long survivors of the virus may be protected. Heres abcs matt gutman. Reporter tonight, the cdc with that staggering projection. By labor day, 200,000 americans could be lost to the virus. Were starting to see the inkling of the upticks in the percent of the tests that are positive, which we know now from sad past experience that thats a predictor that youre going to have more surges. Reporter and in many places, testing still facing challenges. Tressie seymour waiting ten hours in rhode island. Now its going on almost seven hours that ive been in my car waiting to get tested for a rapid test. Reporter california now tops 600,000 cases, the most in the nation. And this oppressive heat wave is forcing dozens of Testing Centers across the state to limit their hours or close entirely this weekend. In texas, deaths near 10,000. The bautista family losing both parents and two sisters within weeks of each other. Every morning you wake up thinking youre going to get a phone call. Its not a virus you play with. Reporter the cdc now telling people who have fully recovered from the virus, they dont need to quarantine or get tested for three months as long as they dont have symptoms. In georgia, 1,600 staff and students quarantined after positive tests in schools. Protesters demanding more safeguards after images of crowded hallways surfaced. I know my friends and i will be Wearing Masks but i dont know about umpteen thousand other kids at my school. Reporter the White House Task force urging the state do what the governor resisted doing, issue a mask mandate and shut down nightclubs, bars, and gyms in high risk areas. The governor today pointing to improving numbers in georgia. Last month as hospitalizations and deaths were rising, the president told our affiliate wsb that georgia has done all right. Georgias been great, because you kept it down and reopened. Youre getting close to having 100 open and youve really kept the virus level down, which is an incredible tribute. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci saying just yesterday, americans have a choice to make. You want to open the bars or you want to open the schools . Reporter terra sinclair, a single mother in l. A. , is desperate to get her first grader back into inperson schooling, but not like this. If you had your choice, would you send her to school right now . No. As much as i would love her to be in school, i think just seeing what happened in atlanta once they sent the kids to school, its not worth it. Reporter tonight, this moment of triumph here in l. A. [ cheers and applause ] Beatrice Marquez finally leaving the hospital after battling the virus for months. Blessed. Blessed that im going home after 80 days. Such a fire there, 80 days. Matt joins us now from los angeles. Matt, weve talked so much about vaccines, but tonight theres an update on the timeline for some of those experimental antibody drugs being tested now . Reporter what theyre talking about is labengineered antibodies that would help an immune system fight off the virus. The drugmakers originally hoped they could start production by the end of the summer. That timeline has now shifted towards the end of the year, and they blame that partly on hospitals who are inundated with covid cases, and also because nationwide testing has been so problematic. Matt, thank you. Next, newly released Police Body Cam show showing the last minutes of George Floyds life as seen by former officer tou thao. We have seen the officer in videos shot by witnesses and tonight we see his view of those bystanders, including the growing agitation as floyd called for help and, finally, stopped breathing. Alex perez with this new video, and a warning, its difficult to watch. Reporter tonight, former minneapolis cop tou thaos defense team arguing thaos body cam video proves he shouldnt face charges in the killing of george floyd. Do not touch me again. Reporter weve seen thao in images shot by bystanders, but this new video filed in court shows thaos camera as he tries to corral the growing crowd onto the sidewalk. Hes passed out. Hes not even breathing right now, bro. Do you think thats cool . Thats what happens. You think thats cool and all right . Reporter the gathering public appearing shocked, concerned about the other officers restraining floyd until he lost consciousness and later died. You cant even look at me like a man because you a bum, bro. Hes not even resisting arrest right now, bro. His nose is bleeding. Hes about to pass out. Reporter some nine minutes in back off reporter thao confronting a bystander who identified herself as an offduty firefighter and desperately wanted to help. Hes not responsive right now, bro. Check his pulse right now and tell me what it is. Tell me what his pulse is right now. Check his pulse the fact that you guys arent checking his pulse and doing compressions if he needs them, you guys are on another level. Okay. Reporter thaos attorney also submitted the officers interview with investigators. They were saying get off get off him, get off his neck. You know, look at him. Suggesting what . Check on to you . Check on him . Did you do that . That was not my job. Okay. Tom, a tentative trial date is set for march of next year, but attorneys are due back in Court Next Month to tackle a motion by the prosecutor to try all four former officers at the same time in one trial. Tom . Alex perez for us tonight, thank you. Now to the race for 2020. 81 days until the election, and the president ial race is entering a new phase. Today joe biden and Kamala Harris appearing together in public signing documents to officially appear on ballots. The Democratic Convention starts on monday, but President Trump has already gone on the attack, lasering in on harris. Heres kyra phillips. Reporter tonight, socially distanced and signing the documents, joe biden and Kamala Harris are officially on the ballot as the democratic ticket. Thats it. Reporter since the day she was picked, President Trump has relentlessly hammered harris with personal attacks. She was very, very nasty. She was extraordinarily nasty to kavanaugh. She was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful. Reporter just 24 hours ago, saying this about the first black woman on a major Party President ial ticket. Now you have sort of a madwoman, i call her, because she was so angry and such hatred with justice kavanaugh. Reporter today i asked the president directly do you have an issue with a strong woman of color being in this president ial race . None whatsoever. Reporter you dont see her as a threat . As you know, none whatsoever. Nope. Not at all. Reporter harris saying biden deserves credit for picking a black woman. Joe biden had the audacity to choose a black woman to be his running mate. How incredible is that . Rorter focusing on pulling off an entirely virtual convention. Monday, speeches from Bernie Sanders and michelle obama. Top democrats on display all week, including the clintons and congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, though her speech, only one minute long. Wednesday, harris will address the nation. So will former president barack obama. And thursday, biden makes his case to the American People. Tom, on his way to his new Jersey Golf Club for the weekend, the president did visit his brother at the Cornell Medical Center late this afternoon. The details of robert trumps condition not immediately clear, but sources telling abc he is very ill. When asked about his brother at the briefing today, the president telling us hes having a hard time. Tom . Kyra, thank you. A programming note, abc news will provide gavel to gavel coverage of the Democratic Convention beginning at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on abc news live and at 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here on abc, monday through thursday. We hope youll join us. Also tonight, a former fbi lawyer is expected to plead guilty of making false statements after admitting he altered an email from the cia in an effort to renew a wiretap of former trump adviser carter page. Kevin kleinsmith resigned last year after an internal investigation revealed his action. This is the first criminal charge brought by u. S. Attorney john durham, tapped by the attorney general to probe the origins of the russia investigation. In the west tonight, dozens of wildfires are burning with tripledigit temperatures heading into the weekend. The fire we told you about last night in california burned right up to homes, forcing evacuations. The Evacuation Order lifted tonight. And new video from the lake fire. Firefighters saving an American Flag from a structure that had already burned. Now in the east, a Tropical Storm has just formed off the coast of new england. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano is standing by. Rob, we reported this last night, that heat in the west, its a growing problem mow. Reporter it is, with so many fires in the west, and now that heat is expanding rapidly. Weve got heat watches posted for much othpacific northwest and warnings up from dallas all the way to southern california, including l. A. , where theyre going to cook through at least monday. Near or at 100 degrees saturday and sunday for portland. Thats measured in the shade, so thats dangerous heat. Minneapolis down to the texas panhandle. It wont stop raining in kentucky, ohio, and parts of the midatlantic. And latest Tropical Storm, kyle, that will luckily for now stay out to sea. Tom . Good news. Rob, thank you. Wh cama r yio ge t photo whenhe massive animal charges straight at her ose encounter. Ain thunexplained. Stay with us. Tagon has done tonight to rye to explain the unexplained. Stay with us. Get out of my face hpv can cause certain cancers when your child grows up. Get in its way. Hpv can affect males and females. And theres no way to predict who will or wont clear the virus. But you can help protect your child by taking a first step. The cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12 to help protect against certain cancers. Hey cancer not. My. Child. Dont wait. Talk to your childs doctor about hpv vaccination today. I felt like i was justs little constantly cleaning up his hair. Dont wait. Then, i got my paws on the swiffer sweeper. Its a game changer these heavy duty dry cloths pick up a crazy amount of hair. This is all you. We stopped cleaning and started swiffering. I hamy blood sugar and a1c. Because i can still make my own insulin. And trulicity activates my body to release it like its supposed to. Onceweekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. It starts acting from the first dose. And it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in people with known Heart Disease or multiple risk factors. Trulicity isnt for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Dont take trulicity if youre allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. Stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, changes in vision, or diabetic retinopathy. Serious side effects may include pancreatitis. Taking trulicity with sulfonylurea or insulin raises low blood sugar risk. Side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, belly pain, and decreased appetite, which lead to dehydration and may worsen kidney problems. Were committed to helping ensure trulicity is available and affordable. Learn more at trulicity. Com. Back now with a frightening moment at a south dakota state park when a bison tossed a motorcyclist. The female biker was reportedly taking pictures. Another animal charged her, throwing her into the road. She was airlifted for treatment. Local officials are warning visitors to stay away from bison, adding its breeding season and they can be temperamental. When we come back, lebron james strikes a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The important issue that has brought them together. Stay with us. Los angeles dodgers. The important issue that has brought them together. Stay with us. Thousands of women with metastatic Breast Cancer, which is Breast Cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr her2 metastatic Breast Cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole, and shrank tumors in over half of patients. Patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. Ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs that can lead to death. Tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including trouble breathing, shortness of breath, cough, or chest pain. Before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant. Common side effects include low red blood cell and low platelet counts, infections, tiredness, nausea, sore mouth, abnormalities in liver blood tests, diarrhea, hair thinning or loss, vomiting, rash, and loss of appetite. Be in your moment. For spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Grubhubs gonna reward you for that with a 5 off perk. doorbell rings [crowd] grubhub fireworks exploding sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. Shes confident, protected, her strength respected. Depend. The only thing stronger than us, is you. Shes confident, protected, her strength respected. A lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesnt get everything clean. I tell them, it may be your detergent. Thats why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. With the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. For sparklingclean dishes, the first time. Cascade platinum. Time now for our index. And a candlelight vigil will be held in honor of cannon hinnant. The 5yearold was fatally shot in the head while riding his bike in his North Carolina neighborhood. The next day, Darius Sessoms was arrested after fleeing the scene. He faces a firstdegree murder charge. Police have not discussed a motive but they say the shooting was not random. The child cause set to start kindergarten this week. Lebron james and the Los Angeles Dodgers teaming up to help l. A. County residents make dodgers stadium an election day polling place. The first team in baseball to do so. Any registered l. A. County voter will be able to park for free and vote in the five days running up to the november 3rd election. And a new effort by the pentagon to investigate possible ufos. The Defense Department announcing a task force will review Unexplained Aerial Phenomenon viewed by the military. The navy recently declassified d by unidenfi fing objef the ast of calornia in 2004 and 2015. When we come back, the power of love. A wedding postponed by the s d the hoit that n oy lped sav stay with us. Managing type 2 diabetes . Audreys on it. Eating right. And staying active . On it audrey thinks shes doing all she can to manage her type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease, but is her treatment doing enough to lower her heart risk . Maybe not. Jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known Heart Disease. So it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. And it lowers a1c. Jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. Ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. A rare, but lifethreatening bacterial infection. In the skin of the perineum could occur. Stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this bacterial infection,. Ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction and dont take it if youre on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. Taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Lower a1c and lower risk of a fatal heart attack . On it with jardiance. Ask your doctor about jardiance. The virus spreading out of control. N. The president , once again, failing to act. Joe biden knows we need to listen to medical experts and take action now. That starts by expanding testing, calling for mask mandates nationwide starting immediately, and producing more protective gear here at home. Fighting this virus and rebuilding our economy will take a president whos ready to lead. Im joe biden and i approve this message. Heres to the duers. To all the people who realize they can du more with less asthma thanks to dupixent, the addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. Dupixent isnt for sudden breathing problems. It can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. Its not a steroid but can help reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Dupixent can cause serious allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. Get help right away if you have rash, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection and dont change or stop your asthma treatments, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Are you ready to du more with less asthma . Talk to your asthma specialist about dupixent. If your financial situation has changed, we may be able to help. Finally tonight, america strong. A toast to the newlyweds and the hospital that made it happen. San antonio residents carlos muniz and grace leimann were set to mark the happiest day of their lives last month. Planning to get married on july 13th. But one say after filing for their marriage certificate at the courthouse, carlos developed covid19 symptoms. That was the most difficult part for me was letting him go into the e. R. And not knowing when i would see him again. Reporter days later, he was rushed to the hospital, then the icu, where he was placed on life support. He was very, very close to not making it. Reporter grace would visit carlos daily and got to know his nurse, matt holdridge. She explained to me the story about how they had gone to the courthouse and gotten their marriage certificate and then the next day he became symptomatic with covid19. Reporter matt quickly alerted the medical staff. They had a plan. The wedding would go on. They combed my hair and gave me a shave and everything. I felt so blessed. Reporter doctors and nurses acting as carlos wedding party, carefully wheeling him out. Grace in her wedding dress, walking down the aisle with her daughter, faith. To have and to hold. To have and to hold. From this day forward. From this day forward. Reporter carlos and grace, exchanging vows bedside. I, grace yvette leimann, take you, carlos alejhandro muniz, to be my wedded husband. Reporter love in the age of covid. And then the rings. I pronounce you man and wife. What therefore god has joined let no man put asunder. You may kiss the bride. [ cheers and applause ] reporter tonight, carlos out of the icu, telling us the moment he saw grace walk down the aisle. Perfection. Everything that i always wanted. It was a great moment for me that i will treasure that memory forever. A socially distanced kiss. We thank them for sharing that. Thank you for watching. Im tom llamas. Stay safe. Good night. Taking a live look outside, we have Team Coverage of this weekends big heatwave. Meteorologist sandhya patel is pinpointing which cities could see record temperatures. Im Cornell Bernard in the russian river. How folks in the north bay are dealing with this major heatwave and covid19. And the race for a vaccine. We talk to experts about who could be the first in line to get a covid19 immunization. Now from abc7, live breaking news. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. Breaking news in the south bay where crews are battling a grass fire along highway 17. This is in los gatos. This is sky 7 video from just moments ago. The fire son highway 17 southbound, south of the cats restaurant. The santa clara fire crews say the flames spread to a nearby hillside. So far a quarter acre has been burned, but firefighters just told us they stopped forward progress and no structures are threatened. Traffic is backing up so drivers are urged to avoid the area. We will bring you updates on this story on our abc7 news app on this newscast if anything happen as well. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Lets get right to sandhya patel with more on the heat. Dan and ama, we have a dozen new records to tell you about. San francisco 95 degrees, surpassing its old record of 86 set back in 1995. Oakland 100. 103, san jose. 99 at sfo. Napa 104. Richmond, 96, all new records for the day. Many of those were set back in 2019, just last year. Additional records, santa rosa 106 degrees, surpassing the previous record of 101. Kentfield, 102. Half moon bay 82 degrees. 107 in gilroy. Santa cruz 105 degrees. This is excessive heat. Temperatures right now still in the tripledigits. 110 in fairfield. 105 in livermore. So these interest hot spots. Excessive heat