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KGO Good Morning America July 12, 2024

Saying the president was shaped by a father who was a, quote, high functioning sociopath claiming trumps own sister called him a clown after he announced his run for president. The white house fires back this morning. Supreme court scare. The court revealing chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized last month after falling and injuring his head. What were learning about his condition. Breaking overnight, Mary Kay Letourneau passes away, the teacher who made National Headlines convicted for sleeping with her sixth Grade Student. Then she married and had two children with him. Her story this morning. Protests erupting over this disturbing case in indiana. Viral videos appearing to show a pair of white men attacking a black man. Let him go, dude. Crime investigation. Also, the new developments t the amy crefusi to cooperate. And an abc news exclusive. As the nba arrives in orlando to enter the basketball bubble, were taking you inside the magic kingdom. Your first look at disney world as it prepares to reopen this weekend even with a surge of cases in florida. The changes theyre making for the safety of guests and workers, from the rides to the food and your hotel stay. And we do say good morning, america. We appreciate you joining us on this wednesday morning and a very busy one. How about down in florida where we see nba teams starting to arrive at disney, the Orlando Magic pulling into espns wide world of sports to enter that nba bubble, t. J. Yeah, robin. A lot going on in florida right now including Walt Disney World itself getting ready to reopen its doors to visitors on satuhead we have an exclusive o lofe it sure will. This is all happening as concerns grow about the coronavirus outbreak. The u. S. Set a new record, more than 60,000 cases in a day. 37 states are seeing an increase in new infections as the situation grows worse in the south and the west. Matt gutman starts us off in the coronavirus hot spot, arizona. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, george. We are seeing how the covid can impact every aspect of the Public Health system. There are over 120 members of the Phoenix Fire Department out because of covid or being quarantined. Thats nearly 10 of its entire work force, and that as icus here are filling up, and perhaps whats most disturbing is that its impossible to assess how much covid there is in the community because if people even can get tested, many are waiting for ten days or more for results. This morning, the National Surge in cases is triggering a testins nearing a shocking 30 , the mayor saying the lines for testing look like those in a developing country. We had 13hour waits in phoenix. It was heartbreaking for me to watch residents who were aching, sick and sweating, coughing, trying to refill their gas tanks on the street because they had run out while waiting for a test. Reporter labs are backlogged and some testing sites are short on supplies. New hot spots in louisiana, texas and florida but the mayor telling us so far no federal help including one of the cotr oetation handles maryvalley. Everybodys got n95s on. About 50 of all the calls this station does are covid calls. This man telling paramedics he has splitting headaches and a fever. Like so many in this community, hes an essential worker. Hes in construction. Hes now headed to the hospital. This woman has just given birth to their infant son. What am i going to do . I dont know. Reporter as she speaks, she reaches for her pendant of st. Jude which couldnt stop those tears. Whos going to take care of you . My mom can help me out. Its hard but well go through this. Reporter cdc data shows latinos and africanamericans are three times more likely to contract the virus than their white neighbors and twice as likely to die from it. This man says his grandmother was diagnosed and released from the hospital within hours. Four days later, the 70yearold matriarch succumbed to the virus. He worries that others in the community may face similar struggles. A lot of folks who are hispanic or dont speak the language or cant defend themselves such as my grandmother are scared and they dont know. Reporter this morning the daily death rate from covid19 now increasing in a dozen states. 21 states now have reversed, paused or delayed reopening measures. We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it. The dads want it. The kids want it. Reporter still President Trump saying tuesday that schools across the country need to reopen in the fall despite the surge in cases. Were very much going to put pressure on governors and p. Reporter and in florida where 56 icus are at capacity, the state is sending 100 nurses to miami. In san antonio, the military sending respiratory therapists there, and here in phoenix, the mayor telling us she has been speaking with fema. She says they need help here. Cities like phoenix cannot handle covid just on their own, george. Matt gutman, thanks very much. Lets welcome back dr. Ashish jha. Hes director of the Harvard Global health institute. Thanks for joining us. Lets start with this debate about opening schools again. It seems to be heading in the same direction as the mass debate, more about politics than science and facts. How should we think about reopening schools right now . Yes, so good morning. Absolutely the president is right. Everybody, every mom, dad, wants the schools open. I have three kids. I desperately want schools open. The question isnt do we want schools open, the question is what do we need to do to keep schools open. And the single biggest thing we need do is keep the level of virus low in the community. If you try to open up schools in arizona or florida or texas you couldnt keep them open because there would be too many who get sick and teachers would get sick and staff would get sick and youd have to shut down so i want to have a reason to debate driven by science that says lets do the things we need to do. We need to close bars. We need to close indoor large gatherings and have everybody wearing masks. If we start all that now i think there is a pretty good shot we can open schools and keep them open all fall. Lets break down this debate over the death rate which is front and center right now as well. How is the u. S. Doing overall . Whats the good news . What should we be worried about . Yeah, so the good news is overall as a nation our death rates have continued to fall and now theyve stabilized but what were missing in all of this, george, is we have a tale of two countries. We have places like new york where death rates continue to plummet because they were so high and now theyre coming down but in all the hot spot states, whether its texas or florida or arizona, death rates are starting to climb exactly as we worried about because first people got sick, then hospitals started getting full. Now were seeing death rates start to climb pretty substantially, and so over time, the National Death rates will climb, but really what we need to do is look at each state and what theyre doing and im really worried about whats happening in the hot spots. Were following them right now and one thing were seeing is more Community Spread among younger people. What does that mean for the fall and the prospects for a second wave that could be even more dangerous . Yeah, so the more spread there is and young people spreading the disease keeps the disease active and alive in the communities, and as we head into the fall and people start spending more time indoors just because the weather changes, we are going to see larger and larger outbreaks happening, and this is why its really important to get on top of this during the summer before the fall arrives because the fall will be pretty tough and, remember, we will have the flu season to contend with on top of covid so im worried where the fall is heading. Weve seen the president begin the formal process of leaving the world health organization. What are the consequences . Yeah, this is very worrisome. You know, i testified last week in front of the senate and i acknowledge i believe w. H. O. Has not done a perfect job in the outbreak, but when we leave the w. H. O. And withdraw funding, what happens is that other countries that rely on w. H. O. Will have a harder time dealing with the virus. W. H. O. Is running some of the biggest Clinical Trials in the world. We wont have a seat at the table. Its really harmful to americans as well as to global Public Health. I wish we werent doing it. Dr. Jha, you always explain things so clearly, thank you. T. J. . We turn now to new details from that explosive new book by President Trumps niece that his family fought to block. Mary trump writing about a father who she claims shaped his son, the president , into a liar and cheater. Cecilia vega joins us from washington with more. Cecilia, good morning to you. Reporter hey, t. J. Good morning to you. The trump family sued and tried to block this book from publication but were unsuccessful. It comes out next week and abc has an early copy. In it the president s own niece breaks ranks, becoming the first member of his family to publicly turn against him. As mary trump tells it, her uncle, the the president of the united states, is a cruel, lying, cheat shaped by a father who was a, quote, highfunctioning sociopath. The allegations laid out in too much and never enough how my family created the worlds most dangerous man, a trained psychologist, mary trump, the daughter of the president s oldest brother says her grandfather, fred sr. , destroyed donald trump teaching him to be tough at all costs, that lying is okay, and admitting youre wrong or apologizing is weakness and she says he shortcircuited donalds ability to develop and experience the entire spectrum of Human Emotion and she adds, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down that he is nothing of what he claims to be. She also alleges that donald trump paid a friend to take the s. A. T. S for him so he could transfer to the Wharton School after two years at fordham. Mary trump who would have been 1 at the time, offers no proof or attribution for the claim a white house spokeswoman dismissed it as completely false. At the white house President Trump ignoring questions. Mr. President , any reaction to your nieces book . Any reaction to mary trumps book, sir . Reporter instead his aides fighting back. Its ridiculous, absurd allegations that have no bearing in truth. I have yet to see the book but it is a book of falsehoods. Reporter mary trump and her brother sued donald trump and his siblings over their grandfathers will and admits giving financial records to reporters. In recent decades mary trump hasnt seen much of her uncle but she did attend a white house dinner after he was elected. An election, mary trump says, the president s own sister, retired judge maryanne trump barry, thought was impossible. He is a clown. This will never happen she quotes the president s sister as saying. She calls these the cruel policies her uncle has carried out since taking the office and the white house says mary trump is doing this for the money and the president describes his relationship with his from as warm. T. J. , he says his father was loving and not at all hard on him when he was a child. Wow, all right, cecilia vega for us this morning. Thank you so much. Robin. Okay, t. J. , thank you. Now were going to the return of the nba. Players began arriving at the Walt Disney World resort in orlando on wednesday but with the coronavirus spiking in florida, nba commissioner adam silver is expressing new concerns about potential health risks. Janai norman has the latest for us and joins us this morning. Good morning, janai. Reporter robin, good morning. It is happening. After a months long timeout for so many sports basketball is almost back. Fans are ready. Players are ready, but as they head to the bubble in orlando the leagues commissioner is concerned there will be more players testing positive for covid. A big step towards tipoff. Nba players arriving at disney s desports entering the bubble and giving glimpses of whats inside. Heres my room. Reporter Orlando Magic player Evan Fournier posting this behind the scenes tour of his room. The Washington Wizards posting images and giving details on the meals provided to their team and say the Team Nutritionist has worked with disney chefs to come up with the menu. Their first nights dinner including shrimp cocktail, seafood linguine and pineapple upside down cake. But as players for teams arrived on site tuesday, some setbacks. An unnamed Orlando Magic player testing positive for coronavirus and Team Officials say hell have to join the team at a later date. Nba commissioner adam silver spoke tuesday about the potential leaks in the bubble. What would be most concerning is once players enter this campus and then go through our quarantine period, then if they were to test positive or we would have any positive tests we know we would have an issue. Reporter a few miles away, there is an issue brewing at the wnbas bubble at img academy in bradenton, florida, reports that the hotel has bedbugs and rodentti pictures of their disappointing bubble meals. They are addressing players concerns and img is accommodating all player requests regarding these issues including moving players to other accommodations. Robin. Hopefully that will take place. Quite a contract to what were seeing with the nba. Thank you, janai. Espn reporter Malika Andrews joins us now from the nba bubble. Malika, appreciate this. We heard what the commissioner said, the concern about a potential hole in the bubble so what is the situation like there, malika . Yeah, robin, i mean, those concerns are very real because this is a monumental undertaking that has never been done before. But the way that this bubble is supposed to be built is that its supposed to be able to withstand a handful of positive tests and adam silver has always said that if there were to be a large grp ye t to test positive, that might cause them to have to shut down. But thats what theyre trying to avoid and what he is saying hes concerned about is if everybody coming into the bubble has had to test negative, where, if positive tests pop up, where would that contagion be coming there . Can you give us a sense what have life will be like once everyone is inside that bubble . Yeah, so players started arriving yesterday and will continue to trickle in today and tomorrow and i have been here for about a week now and for the first 24 hours, excuse me, 48 hours that players are actually in this bubble theyre going to be subject to quarantine with food being brought to their door but once that 48 hours is up and theyve registered two negative tests, theyre going to be able to roam around campus and of course, play basketball, but theyre also going to be able to golf. Theyre going to be able to swim. There are player lounges set up for them to have Recreational Activities and all of course keeping social distance. But then you have players like Damian Lillard who is saying, you know what, for me i feel more comfortable staying in my room with my playstation because that feels like it will be the safest option. Weve seen about the health and safety protocol, like 113 pages, and even the nba is providing you, the media, with some health tech items . Yes, yeah, i mean, in addition to all of the safety protocols, tech is front and center here in order to attempt to keep us safe. So every morning, were supposed to take a reading of, one, a thermometer, and second this pulse ox and were scanning these magic bands, and if these magic bands light up green, that means we are able the go into the arena, and there is no concern with the data we entered. If it lights up blue, that means that potentially theres something they need to take another look at because the data may not indicate that were healthy. We want everybody to stay safe down there. Malika, thank you very much for joining us. You take care. George . Okay, robin. Thanks. Were going to have more from inside disney world when we come back. An exclusive look as it prepares to open up on saturday. First lets go to rob. Hey, george, the humidity is building here so time for your heat index forecast sponsored by dell. As we said, disney world is reopening saturday. 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