Saying, go back to your bunker. The police chief and officers g the first time in days. Ahead, seattles police chief joining us live. Canceled. Two Popular Police reality shows pulled from the air in the wake of the protests over Police Brutality. The longrunning series cops with drug busts, alleged drunk drivers and foot chases all caught on camera and one of the highest rated shows on cable, live pd pulled after the revelation that cameras were present during a deadly arrest in texas. Host and producer of live pd dan abrams joins us live. Gma exclusive. Could this germzapping robot be the key to killing the covid virus in your hotel room, your anw th morni, th revealed. Right in the wake of vocal criticism from both fans and former stars over the shows lack of diversity. I was hoping when i came on to be a trail blazer for that, but in the last three years there really havent been changes made. Only one black lead in 40 seasons and 18 years of the frche. How the show is addressing all the criticism headon this morning. Good morning, america. Im here with t. J. And whit on this friday morning. Yes, and we have a lot to get to starting with alarming headlines about the coronavirus. Those worries sending the stock market plunging on thursday. Tas many cities and counties around the country worried about a surge in cases ment this latest map from fema showing the latest hot spots. Some hospitals seeing a jump in patients, one of those states seeing a spike is florida and Victor Oquendo joins us from miami beach with more on that. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, amy. This will be the first weekend that miamis beaches have been open in months and casinos set to open today as florida sees its biggest jump in cases since the pandemic began. One expert calling the numbers devastating. This morning, states across the country are pushing ahead with reopening plans even as experts warn a new wave in the pandemic is coming. One harvard doctor says the death toll in the u. S. Could surpass the 200,000 mark by september. If we dont act, the future is very grim. There will be a lot of people who will get very, very sick. Many people will die. Reporter florida is among the 20 states seeing an increase in cases. County Health Officials citing lack of face coverings and social distancing behind the spike and despite seeing the states highest increase in cases so far, Florida Governor ron desantis says schools will be open this fall. Having a teacher there, theres not going to be a substitute for that inperson instruction. Reporter Infectious Disease expert dr. Eileen marty telling us reopening schools is possible, but may face challenges when it comes to preventive measures. If done very properly and if we all, including the children, take personal responsibility, then we can come up with solutions as long as we bear in mind where the risks are and how to keep those risks to a minimum. Reporter since memorial day texas has seen a 36 increase in covidrelated hospitalizations. Im growing increasingly concerned that we may be approaching the precipice of a disaster. Reporter the state marked its highest daily tally of new cases this week. Whenever this first started happening and things started opening back up, we wore a mask everywhere. But i think as the weeks went on, we just kind of laid off of it, just washed our hands and didnt think anything of it, and then boom. Reporter in kansas officials now reporting that a second person has tested positive for covid19 after this large Memorial Day Pool Party at the lake of the ozarks. And oregon now delaying their reopening for at least a week citing the rising number of cases there. Bottom line, the doctor we spoke with from fiu says 90 to 95 of us are still susceptible to the virus and when we let our guard down, we see uptake in cases. T. J. . Victor, thank you for that. We turn to the stock market plunged on thursday having its worst day since march connected to the alarming predictions about a next wave of coronavirus. Our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis joins us now with the latest. Rebecca, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, t. J. The dow did open more than 600 points higher this morning. Still three critical questions on wall street. First the spike in coronavirus cases in states that have reopened. Those reopenings need to run smoothly. We need to see rehiring there to get the economy back on track. That brings us to the second issue jobs. Still 21 million americans are out of work. While some jobs are coming back its still a problem that the country needs to work through and the time table on that with this spike in coronavirus cases could actually take longer. Finally, there is this big question on wall street about whether weve come too far too fast. If you look back at february and march, the market tanked. Now its virtually back where it started. We talk about the reality for most of america. Always this idea of wall street versus main street. Wall street also made a full recovery, if you will. A lot of people in the country not feeling that. How is that even possible . Reporter well, and a lot of people scratch their heads when they look at this question because, again, the way that wall street has performed versus the way that the underlying economy appears to be performing is a big question mark. Now, wall street is always trying to forecast the future but there is another thing at play here. Five major tech companies, apple, amazon, alphabet, the Parent Company of google, microsoft and facebook have had a huge amount to do with the gains that weve seen over these last handful of months. They are about 5 trillion worth of the overall stock market. T. J. . Rebecca, always breaking it down for us. Thank you so much. Whit . All right, t. J. To seattle now where police have abandoned one of its precincts allowing protesters free rein to set up what they call an autonomous zone free of law enforcement. President trump blasting seattles mayor and washingtons governor. Well talk to the police chief in just a moment. First, matt gutman in seattle with the latest. Matt, good morning. Reporter hey, whit. Good morning from the heart of this policefree zone. You can see where everybody is lining up. That was the 6th precinct. Theyre here trying to protect this precinct, trying to prevent police from coming back. You can see the chain link fence and barrier. They have cordoned off a sixblock area here and what protesters are telling us theyre not going anywhere. What do we want . [ crowd chanting ] reporter for the fourth day protesters surrounding the sixth precinct which police abandoned monday and boarded up after days of clashes with protesters. Have you ever heard of police abandoning a Police Precinct . No, not on purpose. Reporter now graffiti and signs with slogans like seattle people department, and property of the people, its become known as the c. H. A. Z. , capitol hill autonomous zone. This building is the peoples. We pay for it with our taxes. We want to make sure its being used for the right things. Reporter demonstrators setting up their own barricades, and theres a clinic, coop and free food. Well continue to peacefully demonstrate and protest the excessive use of Police Violence to defund the police and release the protesters that have been arrested. Reporter how long does it last for, until you get your demands . Well see. Reporter President Trump blasting governor jay inslee and seattle mayor jenny durkan for their response saying, take back your city. If you dont, i will. But on thursday, the mayor firing back. One of the things this president will never understand is that listening to the community is not a weakness. It is a strength. Reporter the governor tweeting he will not allow threats of military violence from the white house but this morning there are cracks in the guard around the precinct. I feel like its been hijacked. The message is totally gone on why we were protesting in the first place. I want our movement back. Reporter the police chief accompanied by several officers walking into the precinct for the first time in days. The command for us to leave was so quick we werent able to even get our equipment out. Reporter now we have seen here for a couple hours. We asked people how long they plan to be here. They said it could be days. We asked what do they want . They want everyone arrested in the protest released and they want the Police Precinct turned into a community center. Amy . All right, matt. Thank you. Joining us now for an exclusive interview is seattles police chief, carmen best. Chief best, thanks for being here. This was not your decision to abandon an entire precinct and youre angry about how this happened. How did this happen . Good morning, amy. And thank you for having me. I am very angry about the situation that we have and at this point we just want to make sure it gets resolved. We did not for clarification abandon the precinct. But we did have to remove some personnel for a short period of time, and then it became unsafe, and youve seen the pictures and the photos of whats going on for us to safely put our officers back in there. Were currently working to get our officers back into the facility. We think its really important that we have Police Presence there, and that were able to continue to do our work. So again, we did not abandon the precinct. President trump is blasting your mayor and your governor. He is tweeting that domestic terrorists have taken over seattle. Is that an accurate depiction of whats happening in your city . Well, we definitely have some folks who have posted themselves outside the precinct in about a fourblock radius around it. But, you know, i dont get involved in the politics. I let the politicians do all that. Im just concerned about making sure that im able to get my officers back into the precinct so that they can respond to calls for service. We need to have officers responding to calls in a timely fashion and with the occupation, that is taking place, were not able to do so in a timely way. Its taking us three times the amount of time for priority one calls in the area and almost an hour for priority two calls. That leads me to my next question. Protesters are declaring this an autonomous zone free of police. Do you consider it to be a dangerous situation and, if so, how . Well, of course, i think that officers need to be able to function and perform from the precinct. It makes only good sense that were able to do our job effectively, and this while i really support First Amendment free speech, this is not that. And we need to make sure that we are working to get officers back in, and to peacefully resolve any of the issues that are outstanding at this time. Your department has come under fire, as have so many departments around this country, for using Excessive Force. You and the mayor have apologized for using tear gas against protesters peacefully protesting. Do you understand the anger these protesters have against police right now, and how do you resolve that . Yeah, well, we know people they made it clear they are concerned about the use of tear gas or cs. And so we are really limiting its use, and we had suspended the use of it for 30 days while we evaluate where we are, what makes sense. And the only way that it will be used the only exemption, that is, if its a life safety situation and then the determination can be made only with my approval. So we want to make sure that we are responsive to the Community Concerns and Community Needs and so its really important that were listening and that were having a dialogue and figuring out what we can do to both keep people safe but make sure we incorporate the Community Expectations and modulate our response and make sure its reasonable and necessary and proportionate to what were addressing. Chief carmen best, we appreciate your time this morning. Thank you for being with us. Great. Thank you for having me. T. J. . Lets turn to new developments in the Breonna Taylor killing. The 26yearold Health Care Worker shot to death during a police raid of her home in march. The mayor of louisville saying he will now sign a lawyer that bears her name, quote, as soon as it hits my desk. A large of crowd of protesters outside city hall celebrating the news of that. This law would ban the noknock warrants. This is the type that led to taylors death. The law also requires officers to turn on their body cameras at least five minutes before executing any type of warrant. Want to turn now to other video sparking outrage this morning. Chicago Police Officers and supervisors, youre seeing them here, lounging, lounging around a congressmans office. Theyre doing this as looting is happening just yards away from them. An internal investigation is under way this morning. Our Stephanie Ramos joins us now with the latest. Good morning to you, stephanie. This does not look good. Reporter not at all, t. J. This new Surveillance Video shows more than a dozen chicago Police Officers resting inside that Campaign Office for congressman bobby rush earlier this month during the height of violent clashes. In the video you see officers and supervisors relaxing, even lying down while a nearby Shopping Plaza was reportedly being looted. Now, according to officials, the officers initially responded to a Burglar Alarm at the office and then remained on site for up to five hours. Police Union Leaders telling our chicago station wls that the officers were asked to protect r and that the officers were told to make themselves at home. But rushs office says that is not true. Rush taking the video straight to the mayor. Shes calling the officers actions an embarrassment. Chicago police have now opened an internal investigation into that incident. Whit . All right, stephanie, thanks so much. We turn to washington and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the nations top military official, general mark milley, publicly apologizing for appearing with President Trump at that the photoop near the white house after Peaceful Protesters were forcibly cleared from the area. Heres what he had to say. Listen. I should not have been there. My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that i have learned from, and i sincerely hope we all can learn from it. You heard milley calling it a mistake. Lets bring in senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce with more on the reaction to the generals apology. Mary, good morning. Reporter good morning, whit. Well, we have learned that the chairman of the joint chiefs was so upset by what happened right here last week that he considered resigning, but opted instead to deliver this really remarkable apology. Now, youll recall that milley was right here in Lafayette Park walking with the president and his advisers to that photoop in his full battle uniform minutes after those Peaceful Protesters had been forcibly cleared from the area, and now milley flatly admits he should not have been there. It comes as we have seen this growing chorus of some of the nations most respected military officers condemning those actions against protesters and it is only likely to add to tension between the white house and the pentagon. And, mary, we know that the president is eager to get back on the campaign trail planning to hold a rally next week in tulsa, but were also learning that people who attend must first sign off on a liability waiver acknowledging the inherent risk of exposure to covid19. Whats this about . Reporter yeah, whit. This is the first time ive ever seen a Campaign Rally that requires a medical legal waiver. If you look at the fine print when attendees sign up they have to acknowledge there is an inherent risk to exposure to covid19 and agree not to hold the campaign liable. They have to agree essentially not to sue. The Campaign Says there will be safety precautions in place, but they have yet to outline any specifics or put forth any social guidance guidelines for what could be a massive Campaign Rally, whit. Theyre saying you can attend but you cant sue. Mary bruce for us, thank you so much. We appreciate it. We are following a lot of other headlines this morning. Top cable tv show, live pd canceled because critics say it glorified Police Violence. Dan abrams host of the toprated live pd joins us live. A gma exclusive. Could this germzapping robot be the key to killing the coronavirus in your hotel rooms, subways and buses. First to ginger with flash flooding on the way. Reporter yes, 4. 6 inches of rain in just one hour. Thats what they had in durham, north carolina. Parts of the triangle had close to a half foot, and this front will sag to the south so coastal south carolina, down through parts of georgia under some sort of flood watch right now this. Is going to go through early weekend. 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