Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. A Good Samaritan who tried helping two stranded swimmers was swept away by a strong current. All three ended up near a sand bar near plum island between new york and massachusetts. Eventually a coast guard crew managed to rescue them. The swimmers swallowed a lot of saltwater but are expected to be okay. Turning now to the growing concern among Health Care Workers about the rising rates of coronavirus infection. Now a new call for nationwide shutdowns. I spoke earlier with dr. Ravi. More than 1,000 Health Professionals have now signed a letter to the government saying its time to reboot our fight against covid19. They argue we should shut down the country again and start over with testing and tracing. Whats your take . Kenneth, i agree with many of the tenets of the letter. I think we do need to improve our testing, i think we need to ramp up our contact tracing. I do think it is going to be difficult to go back to square one across the nation. I think we do need to definitely pause and take a step back across the nation, but really look at where individual regions are and stop playing whacamole in trying to put out fires, but really come up with a National Strategy to move forward. Theres some new concern about the longterm risk from coronavirus. A new study finds threequarters of recovered patients had heart damage months after they were first diagnosed. What do we know about the risk after recovery . I think were still learning the longterm effects. Were about five to six months into the pandemic here in the u. S. Weve moved from looking at the clinical outcomes, knowing that some individuals continue to have heart failure, some individuals continue to have loss of smell and taste many months later. Were learning about the molecular reasons of loss of taste and smell, realizing its coming from olfactory cells and not neurons. We need to learn more about specifics. The german study that you referred to about the heart issues was primarily looking at those that already had Heart Disease and heart failure. And so were continuing to learn about how different populations are impacted by the virus. On schools, dr. Anthony fauci was talking to a teachers union, he recommended teachers not just wear a mask but also goggles to protect their eyes. What are your thoughts . I tend to agree with dr. Fauci on most things, including this. Health care workers, when we enter the hospital, we wear a mask and either goggles or a face shield the second we enter the hospital. I think those basic precautions can and should be applied to nonHealth Care Workers as well. I think especially in situations where individuals are in close proximity to others, whether thats in schools, whether thats riding mass transit, in grocery stores, i think things like wearing a goggle or face shield can have an impact. Our thanks to dr. Ravi. Coming up, using rays of light to kill the coronavirus. The new technology that jet blue is already trying out that can disinfect the entire cabin of a plane in mere minutes. Imagine being able to disinfect an entire plane cabin faster than a ray of light. Jet blue is already trying it in a first of its kind pilot program. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter what youre looking at may be the next tool in fighting the coronavirus on a plane. Honeywells uv cabin system, a sort of hightech snack cart. Instead of peanuts its serving up a powerful dose of uv light aimed at killing germs and viruses like covid19. Coronavirus has changed how we all look at health and safety. Reporter president Joanna Geraghty giving an exclusive look at the airlines latest initiative. The devices wings spread out wide, shining uv light over the seats. Other lights zero in on the overhead compartment. The operator standing behind a uv light shield. The light so powerful, it can be dangerous to others, so the cabin must be empty. I think a lot of people might be watching this and say, how do you know it works . Thats what this test is all about. Weve got a team from honeywell here and weve got a jet blue team, and well be looking at the effectiveness of the application, whether or not in samples, whether or not the coronavirus has been killed. We think Uv Technology has a tremendous application, similar to whats been used in hospitals. Reporter the manufacturer, honeywell, says the device can disinfect a plane in less than disinfect a plane in less than ten minutes. This is technology thats been used in hospitals for many years, demonstrated to be over 90 effective on all kinds of pathogens, not just viruses but bacteria, et cetera. Reporter jet blue says its not just stopping at planes. And the airline has already been testing Uv Light Technology at the checkin kiosk. This device here is called uv clean. Its meant to disinfect the screen before you touch it. Still, the big question, is uv light an effective disinfectant . Uv light is another tool in our toolbox. Its no substitute for proper disinfection and cleaning. I believe in it, i think it can work. I think it just needs to be done in a smart way and in a way to keep people safe. Reporter thats why geraghty says this test is critical. If this is something that is effective, its something we would absolutely consider using longerterm. Reporter geraghty says this is not going to replace the cleaning theyre already doing and electrostatic spraying, thats going to keep happening. Honeywell tells us theyre talking with other airlines about possibly bringing this on board too. Gio benitez, abc news, new york. Thanks, gio. Mona already wants to take her own uv light onto a plane. It also shows you where the exits are. Try new natures bounty stress comfort. Three unique gummies for your unique needs. Find peace. Boost mood. Sleep well. 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This is their home, their natural habitat. Not that natural. We took them out of natural habitat. This is their apartment. They were bred and born in that, but no, leave them alone, just leave them alone. Take a look at this, because this happened in alabama. This woman was driving past decatur and saw a waterspout. And she screams, it just keeps getting bigger. If i saw that id be like, tornado, its a twister im in that movie but yeah, they managed to pretty cool image right there. It is. I like those when the waterspouts you want to keep them right there, not on land. Were good. They turn into volcanos volcanos. Tornados. Call ginger zee and ask her, you know i dont know anything about that meteorology stuff. I took meteorology 101 and i dont remember. Lets take you to the great state of South Carolina and see an alligator, a baby alligator making an unusual stop there at pawleys island. What happened . Yeah. Police in South Carolina say an expert trapper was summoned to the beach there when that baby alligator showed up. They cant pick him up and put him back in the swamp or something . New orleans, theyd just fry him right up. Oh, no, not the baby alligator . The big alligator . Just the big ones. See you later. The florida alligators, they just chill on your front porch. The new orleans ones you eat. The South Carolina ones just tan on the beach. They said this alligator was wrangled by the local gator lady. Okay. Yall got a gator lady. Gator lady, carolina exterminators, shoutout to them in the great state of South Carolina. In the p. D. Region. This also happened. This dog was clearly in his rem sleep. Names junior. Hey, junior. No, junior, junior, oh, no, junior oh, no. Doesnt miss a beat. Apparently he was chasing a squirrel in his dream. Squirrel got away, junior fell off, the owners say this happens quite often. Right now on america this morning. This morning on world news now, the coronavirus emergency, and another grim new milestone. More than 150,000 americans have both florida and texas with their deadliest days so far, and there are 30 states with 98 hot spots. Also this mourfair housing blasting the change to the obamaera rule. The delicate cleanup operation this morning as a bridge near phoenix partially collapses, derailing a Freight Train carrying Hazardous Material and igniting an inferno. The brandnew rubiks cube record, yep, on a pogo stick. You wont believe how fast this kid did it. Thats later this half hour in its thursday, july 30th. Im thinking about how mona tripped coming into the studio, and this kid oh, you just had to put me on blast, right . And this kid is doing all the work right there. Its hard, i was talking, i was walking, had to do both at the same time. Yeah. Oh, man. We showed earlier too the guy, i think a week or two ago, playing the piano with the rubiks cube. Oh, right. Whats next . This kid said, hold my rubiks cube, let me show you what i can do. Well get to him in just a moment. We begin with the latest developments on this pandemic, hitting yet another devastating milestone. Covid19 has claimed the lives of more than 150,000 americans, and there are more than 4. 4 million confirmed cases across the country. On wednesday, florida reported another 217 deaths, shattering the singleday record set a day earlier. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just made it a requirement to wear masks on the house floor after republican congressman Louie Gohmert tested positive for the virus. Gohmert, who often refuses to wear a mask, was diagnosed ahead of a planned trip tmp reporter florida and texas seeing their deadliest days yet. Doctors are pushed to the breaking point. Theyre exhausted. Theyre not a deep bench of physicians. Reporter e. R. Doctor Robert Rodriguez is back in his hometown of brownsville, texas, helping on the front lines. Were trying everything, but these patients are extremely, extremely sick. Reporter behind every patient, a family. In arizona, 20yearold adrian garcia, who had diabetes, lost his battle with the virus. His entire family was infected, but adrian was the only one who didnt recover. He leaves behind a 3monthold daughter. For the average person with no Underlying Health conditions, youll be okay. Were okay. But my son is not. Reporter Homeland Security identifying 98 emerging hot spots across 30 states. A new front in the war on covid. Dr. Anthony fauci telling our dr. Jen ashton hes concerned about cases ticking up in states like ohio, tennessee, kentucky, and indiana. Which is a surefire hint that you may be getting into the same sort of trouble with those states that the Southern States got into trouble. Reporter in jeffersonville, indiana, about 70 of students were back in school with masks and social distancing. Parents can choose virtual or inperson learning. Some parents feel they have little choice. Honestly, the options were limited. My husband and i both work outside of the home. Reporter in florida, la toya floyd is a single mother of two, an essential worker at a grocery store. Shes worried about sending her kids back to the classroom. I absolutely have no choice but to send them to school. Because i work 45 hours a week. Reporter with the debate raging over safely reopening schools, doctors in florida are demanding more robust Safety Measures. Putting hundreds and thousands of young people, teachers, and staff together in enclosed spaces like School Buildings is an invitation for a covid19 super spreader event. Reporter officials taking no chances south of orlando ordering students to selfquarantine after one person who attended an outdoor Graduation Ceremony tested positive. The Vice President , who pushed for reopening of inperson classes, visiting a private Elementary School in North Carolina where teachers and students wore masks, taking off his mask for a time to talk to kids. We really do believe its in the best interests of our children to be back in the classroom. Reporter education secretary betsy devos acknowledging there is no National Plan for schools. Theres not a national superintendent, nor should there be. Therefore, theres not a National Plan for reopening. Reporter here in miamidade county, the nations fourthlargest School District, theyll be starting the year with online learning. Thats the same story in other major cities throughout florida. But some School Districts will start with inperson classes. Thats something the governor has pushed for. He said if his kids were old enough, hed have no problem sendg them back to school. Victor oquendo, abc news, miami. President trump is amping up his push to capture white subburr bab voters, claiming democrats are out to destroy their american dream. The president slammed an obamaera fair housing rule. He assured suburbanites they wont be bothered or financially hurt by lowIncome Housing in their neighborhoods. There will be no more lowIncome Housing forced into the suburbs. I abandoned and took away and just rescinded the rule. Its been going on for years. Ive seen conflict for years. Its been hell for suburbia. We rescinded the rule three days ago, so enjoy your life, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy your life. Housing advocates are blasting the rule change, some calling it an overt attempt to legalize discrimination. Democrats say theres new evidence that President Trump is reluctant to confront russias Vladimir Putin. Trump refused to discuss intelligence of russian bounties paid to the taliban to kill u. S. Troops during a recent conversation with putin. Abcs terry moran reports. Reporter after those reports that russia might have been paying bounties to the taliban to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan, President Trump admitting in an interview with axios that he never even raised the matter in a call with Vladimir Putin last week. We discussed numerous things, we did not discuss that, no. Youve never discussed it . Ive never discussed it with him. Reporter trump denied he never heard anything about the bounties despite reports he was briefed. It never reached my desk, they didnt think it was real, they didnt think it was worthy. Fit reached my desk, i would have done something about it. It never reached my desk. Reporter when asked about russia supplying arms to the taliban, trump said the u. S. Did the same thing in afghanistan, too. Well, we supplied weapons when they were fighting russia. Whs t. T prede awe making a major strategic move in europe, withdrawing onethird of u. S. Troops from germany, citing his longstanding gripe that germany doesnt pay its fair share for defense in europe. We dont want to be the suckers anymore. Reporter there was bipartisan condemnation of the president s move. Those american troops in germany have been the cornerstone of u. S. Security in europe for decades. Senator mitt romney calling the withdrawal a grave error and a slap in the face of a friend and ally. The Biden Campaign blasted trump in a statement saying, the withdrawal does not reflect a thoughtful defense strategy, this is a gift to Vladimir Putin. Half the nearly 12,000 troops being pulled out of germany, theyre going to be rotated to other parts of eastern europe. The pentagon saying theyll continue to help deter russian aggression. But President Trump made clear this move is more about punishing germany than deterring russia. Terry moran, abc news, washington. Terry, thank you. A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is resting comfortably in a new york hospital. She says ginsburg has undergone a procedure meant to minimize the risk of infection. The 87yearold ginsburg is rattling a reoccurrence of liver cancer. Shes expected to be released by the end of the week. When a new york couple realized a big wedding was not in the cards for them, they decided to go bare bones, tying the knot on the Brooklyn Bridge with no guests, not even a photographer. A woman passing by noticed they were alone so used her phone to capture the sunset ceremony, then tweeted the sage if you were getting married on the Brooklyn Bridge this evening, ive got some photos for you. That tweet immediately went viral and quickly connected the couple and the photographer. The bride and groom say they are surprised and thrilled, especially by the outpouring of love and support that filled the online comments there. Isnt that you know what . Sometimes those moments are more precious than a huge wedding. Kenneths like, no. No, no, no. I was like youre like, yeah, no. Im like, no, i need everything. The whole big wedding. Apparently they met in south america. You see those pictures there. They looked for