22 states reporting alarming new increases in covid cases. Florida with the highest daily totals over the weekend. Arizona and texas set a Record Number of hospitalizations, and scenes like this in new york city raising a red flag. You stop doing what youre doing, youll see those numbers turn. Plus, the warning about masks with exhale valves. Do they help stop the spread . Overnight a new report claiming that President Trumps niece was the primary source for the New York Times investigation into the president s alleged fraudulent tax schemes. Mary trump reportedly set to publish a tellall book this summer detailing harrowing and salacious stories about the president , and that bombshell new biography about First Lady Melania Trump revealing intimate details about her relationship with the president , her influence around the white house and the real reason the author says she didnt move to washington until months after the inauguration. Basketball battle. What a pretty play from kyrie irving. Nba superstars kyrie irving and lebron james clashing over when to return to the court amid the fight for change across the country. Why the Brooklyn Nets player says now is not the time to play and the other players standing by his side. Good morning, america. We hope everyone had a safe weekend. With amy and myself, were happy to start our monday morning off with you. Michael, were happy to have you back. Good to be back. Nice, familiar smiling face for us this morning. The protests were mostly peaceful over the weekend. In front of the white house, thousands gathering, praying and dancing after marching from the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture. We want to get to the latest of the Police Killing of a black man in atlanta. Rayshard brooks shot in the back as he fled the scene after officers tried to arrest him for drunk driving. The Atlanta Police chief has resigned, and the District Attorney says they are working this investigation around the clock and will decide whether to bring charges within days. Steve osunsami has the latest from atlanta. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, michael. What happened in this parking lot directly behind me is breaking the heart of this city. A man is dead who many authorities agree shouldnt be. His family is devastated, and police in this city are feeling this morning that their city leaders arent standing behind them. Flash point, atlanta, protesters with the death of george floyd in minnesota still fresh on their minds are now shouting for justice for the family of Rayshard Brooks who was also killed by a white police officer. A medical examiner confirms to abc news that the 27yearold died from two gunshot wounds to the back in the parking lot of this wendys restaurant. Someone burned the restaurant to the ground the next night and authorities have put out a 10,000 reward to find them. The entire Police Shooting was caught on tape. Just after 10 30 p. M. , officer Devin Brosnan is seen responding to a call about a man allegedly asleep at the wheel in a drivethrough. Hey, youre parked in the drivethrough right now. Hey, sir. All right. You good . Yeah. Reporter brooks wakes up, pulls over into a parking spot and appears confused as he looks for his license. He says hes only had one drink that day. You say one drink. What kind of drink was it . Just a little margarita. Reporter officer Garrett Rolfe arrives and puts the man through a field sobriety test. Everyone is still calm. I think you have had too much to drink to be driving. Reporter when the officer tries to put him in handcuffs, brooks refuses. Stop fighting. Stop fighting. Youre going to get tased. Reporter it gets intensely physical, and brooks grabs the stun gun of one of the officers. Heres the subject of a lot of debate. As brooks is running away, you see him reach back and point the gun at officer rolfe. Thats when investigators say rolfe fires three shots. Brooks died at the hospital. He leaves behind four children. His wife says she feels it was a crime to shoot him in the back. My little children can feel that their father is not answering to daddy, daddy, wheres daddy, daddy. I feel like im a statistic. Like im stuck being a single black parent. They took something from me. Reporter the city moved quickly and fired officer rolfe saturday, and officer brosnan is on administrative duty. The Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney tells abc news his office has launched its own independent investigation and will reach a conclusion on possible charges later this week. Mr. Brooks was very cordial. I mean, he didnt display any ill temper until at the very end when he tried to run away. Reporter atlantas police chief has stepped down because of this. The mayor has accepted her resignation saying that the use of force was not justified in this instance. The family wants both officers arrested, and again, this is a tough time for local police here who serve and protect. The union says that the officer who was fired was not shown due process, and already a number of other Police Officers have been charged in another incident that happened at the protest two weeks ago when a protester two protesters were violently pulled from their car. Whit . All right, steve, our thanks to you this morning. Its been three weeks since the death of george floyd. Parts of the country clamoring for change. Protests sweeping the nation and largely peaceful but overnight some police clashing with demonstrators and using tear gas to disperse a crowd. Stephanie ramos joins us with the very latest. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning. For the past few weeks we have seen antiracism demonstrations but this past weekend other groups gathered to show solidarity with police but also to stop confederate statues from being torn down. Overnight in richmond, virginia, police clashing with protesters using tear gas to break up demonstrations. Over the weekend, tensions boiling over in philadelphia after a crowd gathered to protect this statue of Christopher Columbus saying it represents an important part of their italianamerican heritage. Some armed with weapons. This here represents something, my italian history. Reporter and overnight in portland, a statue of Thomas Jefferson toppled outside a high school. In seattle, an ongoing battle between the police chief and the mayor over protestors occupying capitol hill, an area that includes the departments east precinct. The police chief making it clear she wants her officers to return soon. The mayor implying it could last for some time, but across the country largely peaceful protests from brooklyn to San Francisco. In our Nations Capital thousands gathering for one of the largest faithbased protests near the white house, praying and dancing after marching from the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture. Here in new york, the governor says protesters can end their demonstrations after he signed a Police Reform package, adding that protesters have the attention of lawmakers. Amy . All right, stephanie, thank you so much. Thank you, amy. Now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. Arizona and texas setting new records while over the weekend florida reported its biggest oneday increase in cases since the pandemic started. Victor oquendo joins us now from miami, florida with more. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning. You can add South Carolina to the list of states setting records over the weekend. Here in florida, cases have been climbing for about two weeks and officials are watching closely and the mayor of the city of miami telling gma over the weekend, he would not rule out issuing another stayathome order if cases continue to rise. This morning the spread of covid19 show nothing signs of slowing across nearly half the country. Over the weekend 22 states reporting alarming increases in their daily number of new cases. Florida experiencing a steady climb for nearly two weeks with the last two days topping 2,000 new cases each, seeing as high as a 35 rise between friday and saturday. Floridas governor explaining the rise is due to increased testing in nursing homes, agricultural communities and prisons. We cant just ascribe this to increase testing. This is a real increase in case numbers. Reporter university of south florida professor dr. Thomas unash says in reality as much as 60 of the new cases can be attributed to asymptomatic spreaders, and if things dont turn around, the state could see 10,000 new cases every day. If we continue at the rate that were moving right now and dont really do much else, well probably see around 12,000 to 13,000 cases in the first week in july. Reporter nearly every beach in the Sunshine State has officially reopened. Some experts hoped the virus would struggle in the summer heat, but as the temperature has risen in some areas, so have the numbers. And in South Carolina where tourism is on the rise, Hotel Occupancy rates are reportedly rebounding back to prepandemic levels but the state setting backtoback days of record cases friday and saturday. I am more concerned about covid19 in South Carolina than i have ever been before. Reporter houston, the nations fourth largest city where restaurants opened to 75 capacity last week, reported more than 300 new cases of covid19 every day since prompting officials to consider issuing another stayinplace order. In dallas, more cause for concern. Despite wearing masks, gloves and eye protection while protesting, both Katherine Boswell and Samantha Garcia tested positive. You could just think you have allergies because youre going outside, but you could be spreading a virus, and thats my biggest thing is its like we have to still take care of each other. Reporter the average age of patients is dropping but new york, once considered the epicenter of the virus, recorded its lowest number of deaths and hospitalizations since the beginning of the outbreak. But scenes like these from over the weekend of crowded bars and restaurants waving a red flag for the governor. Dont think, well, now were reopening, everything is fine. You stop doing what youre doing, youll see those numbers turn. Reporter and in an interview over the weekend dr. Anthony fauci said a full return to normal could still be about a year away with the virus returning in cycles. Whit. Important to keep that in mind, Victor Oquendo, thank you so much. Turning now to washington and that stunning report that President Trumps niece is coming out with a tellall book about her family and revealing she has been a key anonymous source for reporters looking into the president s finances. Senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has more on this story. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, amy, good morning. This was one of the biggest mysteries involving the trump administration. Who leaked this trove of documents to the New York Times in 2018 that raised such serious questions about the president s finances. Well, the daily beast is claiming that source, as you said, was the president s own niece, mary trump. This is the daughter of his deceased brother fred jr. And she is now planning to publish a tellall book this summer. Mary trump, she is largely kept out of the public eye but she has been involved in a bitter family court battle over her grandfathers will. And as you said she was reportedly behind that trove of documents in the times that alleged fraud and the Family Finances and contradicted the president s claim that his father had only lent him a small loan to jump start his company, when it was actually the equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars, but amy, this book is set to come out in august. That will be just weeks before the republican convention. All right, and, cecilia, President Trump announcing he is pushing back that Campaign Rally originally scheduled for juneteenth, this friday. Whats behind the turnaround here . Reporter well, this was the president s first rally it will be the president s first rally since the pandemic set to take place in tulsa. Initially planned for juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery. After much backlash, the campaign rescheduled for saturday, but now tulsas Health Director says he wishes the president would postpone altogether. Covid infections are on the rise in tulsa. While the Campaign Says there will be safety precautions in place, they havent said what those are and, amy, now attendees are being asked to not hold the campaign responsible if they contract covid at this rally. All right, cecilia vega, we appreciate it. Thank you. Of course states reopening could lead to a surge in cars on the road. One expert predicting a traffic nightmare as returning workers avoid mass transit over coronavirus fears. Gio benitez joins us now with more on that. Good morning. Reporter hey, whit, good morning to you. Yeah, while traffic is light. Data shows its picking up and when people finally go back to work, one expert predicts a carmageddon. This morning, as more cities reopen, one major traffic expert predicts unprecedented road congestion is ahead. Youre really predicting what you call a carmageddon. So it could be 10 , 20 , 30 higher than what weve seen and traffic could come to a standstill. Reporter sam schwartz, the man who coined the term gridlock, says by labor day, expect those fearful of taking Public Transit to hit the roads in their own cars. He said the rush hour commute could triple in length. If your period is usually two hours long it may become a four to sixhour window. Ill tell you its from 8 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. And may now be from 6 00 to 11 00 a. M. Reporter take for example the long island expressway in new york. Right now traffic data shows cars are going faster than 50 Miles Per Hour, but after labor day, this is what schwartz thinks it might look like. Every inch packed with slowmoving traffic. In chicago, the kennedy expressway where before the pandemic, cars traveled at an average speed of 5 Miles Per Hour during rush hour may move even slower this fall, and its not just those commuting to work. A new survey shows dramatically more vacationers are planning road trips, 62 planning to travel by car. Thats up 72 from last summer. And we should tell you even though some people think Public Transit helps spread the virus, research has not shown that. Those studies continue. But no matter what, the most important prevention tool, a mask. Amy. Gio, thank you. Now to that breaking news this morning. The former United States marine sentenced by a Russian Court to 16 years in prison. Paul whelan convicted on charges of espionage. Ian pannell joins us with the latest. Good morning, ian. Reporter yeah, good morning, amy. Thats right. A Russian Court just sentenced the american to 16 years in prison on those spying charges. Whelans repeatedly insisted hes innocent and was framed by russian intelligence by being passed a memory card by a friend in moscow who told him it contained photos but instead had classified material on it and he was arrested almost immediately afterwards. The u. S. Embassy in moscow has denounced his trial which has been rushed through in a few weeks behind closed doors as unfair and saying no evidence was provided. The u. S. Ambassador there reacting to the verdict this morning saying hes, quote, disappointed, crestfallen, outraged. Whelans lawyer saying his client had been told he would be part of a prisoner swap with russians held in the u. S. And, of course, theyre planning to appeal the verdict. Michael. A lot of people disappointed in that. All right, ian, thank you so much. Now to nascar fans who are back in the stands. 1,000 First Responders and military families were on hand at Homesteadmiami Speedway sunday. The first fans to attend a race since march. Its a different nascar experience this time around with Health Screenings before entering, face masks and social distancing at all times. Next sunday up to 5,000 fans will be admitted at Talladega Superspeedway in alabama. And after banning confederate flags from the races, nascar also gained a new superstar fan. New Orleans Saints running back alvin kamara attended a race after tweeting his support for nascars only black driver, bubba wallace. Kamara had fun, tweeting, first race but definitely not my last. A lot of nascar fans are happy to have racing back. No question about that. No doubt. Were following a lot of other headlines this morning including the battle over bringing back another sport, basketball, and why nba superstar kyrie irving says now may not be the time to return to the court. And then masks with exhale valves, why some experts warn they may not be effective in stopping the spread of coronavirus. First, lets head over to ginger. Wildfire conditions not looking great today, amy. I wanted to bring you images from the drum fire in Santa Barbara county. Evacuations over the weekend have