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Sharing videos of Rayshard Brooks final moments after that Deadly Police shooting in the wendys parking lot. What one of the officers is saying about that fatal encounter as the 27yearold is laid to rest and hundreds of mourners pay their respects. Tensions high in the sky. A passenger kicked off a flight for refusing to wear a mask. This as we take you inside the new Pilot Program at Los Angeles International airport. Nio passengers temperatures. The new technology that could help keep travelers safe. Taking a stand. All in all we won the day. The emotional moment on the track. Nascar drivers coming together to support Bubba Wallace and pushing his car down the track before the big race. Alr is saying her son endured as the fbi joins the investigation into the noose found in his garage. This morning the first black woman to join the nascar pit crew joins us live. I can see a new horizon and celebrating the life of a hollywood legend. The director behind dozens of iconic films like st. Elmos fire. This morning starstudded tributes pouring in for Joel Schumacher. St. Elmos fire good morning, america. You may not have known Joel Schumacher but we all knew his movies. Were going to celebrate him and celebrate welcoming cecilia vega back to times square. Thank you. I have not worn real shoes or gotten dressed for real from this tv shot down in 102 days. I am so glad to be back with you guys. Great to be back with you. Its a busy morning. Lets get right to the very latest on the coronavirus emergency. Anthuci, theead of t the cdc, dr. Robert redfield and the head of the fda, dr. Stephen hahn, will testify about the countrys response to the coronavirus outbreak. This as cases climb in at least 23 states including arizona. The state emerging as a hot spot. Cases spiking as President Trump prepares for his rally there today and matt gutman has more in yuma, arizona. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, michael. Yuma has one of the Fastest Growing outbreaks. In fact, the hospital behind me has run out of nurses. Theyve actually begun to call for volunteers from out of state just like new york did a few months ago. While t uled to visit, he is not scheduled to visit hospitals like this one. This morning as President Trump prepares to hit the campaign trail in arizona, the number of cases and hospitalizations there hitting a record high. If you think about any single patient situation longer than five seconds, youre going to have like a mini meltdown internally. Reporter from tucson to yuma, the countys only hospital is now calling on every available nurse in the region and for volunteers from out of state. We are having a situation where we dont have enough nursing staff. Reporter in utah a state Public Health official warning that this surge in new cases is quickly getting to a point where the only viable option to manage spread and deaths will be a complete shutdown. The governor there saying he will work to stem the tide but has no plans to shut down utahs economy. As the death toll across the u. S. Climbs past 120,000, 23 states including arizona, florida, texas and california seeing a rise in new cases. Riinsantanespiratofornia, therapist, desperate to keep her patients alive. Every day its hard, you know. Eing people die, seeing pee suffer, seeing people, you know, just having a hard time breathing. Reporter dr. Andrew lafree and his team are preparing to put a chest tube into one of their covid patients. Basically this patient developed some air around their lung and were going to put in a needle and decompress that. Reporter hospitalizations in texas have doubled since may. Governor greg abbott there calling the rate of covid19 cases unacceptable, finally asking people to wear masks. I know that some people feel that wearing a mask is inconvenient or that it is like an infringement of freedom, but i also know that wearing a mask will help us to keep texas open. Reporter this after scenes like this over the weekend, prompting the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to suspend g shutdown notices on twitter. Across the south as more young people test positive concerns growing about other family members also becoming infected. All six members of the cordova family from texas have come down with the virus. I didnt think it was going to happen that quickly because i mean once it started it was like every day until we got to the sixth one and then everybody had it. Reporter now, states like texas, arizona and florida have instituted new maskwearing rules but doctors tell us it could be a couple of weeks before the impact of that is actually felt in hospitals and they see a reduced number of patients. Now, there is rising concern about the president s rally in phoenix today partly because the mayor said she will not enforce maskwearing rules there. George. Thank you, matt. Were joined now by dr. Ashish jha. Hes the director of the Harvard Global health institute. Thank you for joining us this morning. We heard matt report cases rising now in 23 states, steep spikes in several of those states. What does this tell you right now about where the pandemic is heading . Yeah, good morning. So thanks for having me on. Its very concerning, though not completely surprising. We know that a lot of states opened up before the number of cases had really declined and opened up too quickly without good safeguards in and so we are seeing the spike in cases and its worth remembering that were still quite early in the pandemic. We have a long way to go and we really have to put in the kind of measures that will keep us safe over the next 12 or 18 months before the pandemic is over. So to put a point on this, this is still the first wave . It is very much still the first wave. And, you know, for some states like new york and new jersey that were hit hard, theyre over that first wave. But for a large chunk of the country theyre really going through the first wave now. President trump is saying were seeing more cases because were doing more testing. Is that the explanation . That is absolutely not the explanation. We are doing more testing and thats part of the reason, but much of it is because we just have more infections. Theres lots of other data were looking at including the fact that hospitalization rates are going up. Moreospitazaons. We know there are many more cases happening because infection rates are rising. Across several states you have Public Health officials are warning lockdowns may be necessary. Governors seem to be resisting that in several states. Are more lockdowns needed right now . You know, it all depends on how quickly we act. Lockdowns are the measures of last resort. Thats basically if you wait too long and once your hospitals start getting full, then you dont really have very many choices. Many of us have been calling for weeks to slow things down, to get rid of things like nightclubs and large indoor gatherings, to ask people to wear masks. All of that prevents lockdowns, but if we dont do those things, yeah, at some point we will find ourselves with no other choice but a lockdown. None of us want that. What about sports . Dr. Fauci warned last week that its hard for him to see the nfl returning in the fall. We see baseball trying to come back, the nba trying to come back in florida where the cases are spiking. Is it advisable to have professional sports coming back right now . I dont see any chance we can have professional sports where we have fans in the stadium. Like that to me just seems completely implausible. But the question is can you create a bubble where some sports cou p maybe. It would definitely be tricky to do, but sports as weve always known it, george, that, i think, is not in the cards for the next year. Finally, we are seeing President Trump hold a pretty big event in arizona today where the cases have been spiking. There seems to be conflicts among local officials about whether or not people should attend these events. Whats your advice . So what we know is large gatherings that are indoors where people dont wear masks and theyre stationary for long periods of time, those are really, really risky. So my advice is right in the middle of a pandemic where youre seeing a large outbreak in the middle of a community, not the time to put together a really high risk event. I would advise against it. Dr. Jha, thanks for your time. Nd, hank you. Still in the mide the f wave. Hich is whthis n c in arizona are on the rise and that is where President Trump heads today for another rally but he says hes not worried about putting his supporters at risk. Senior National Correspondent terry moran has more from the white house. And, terry, this comes as two staffers who were at that weekend rally in tulsa have tested positive. Reporter thats right. Good morning, cecilia and that was in tulsa where cases arent rising anywhere near as fast as they are in arizona. No Second Thought from the president. Thats in part because one of his main arguments for reelection is under his leadership the virus is under control. As arizona battles that spike in covid19 cases, President Trump is forging ahead to the grand canyon state to make a campaignstyle address in a 3,000seat megachurch. Are you potentially putting the lives of americans at risk by continuing to hold these indoor events . Cases in arizona are spiking, sir. Yeah, no, i dont think so. I dont know how they have it set up, but im going to arizona. Its a great place, great state. Not worried at all then . Im not worried at all. We watch it. Were careful. Reporter in a video posted to facebook and later deleted by the church, officials claim to have installed an air purifying system aimed at killing the virus. Weve installed these units and it kills 99. 9 of covid within ten minutes. Thats with independent testing. Yeah. Reporter but doctors say that filtration system has not been proven effective against covid and that people still need to take precautions like Wearing Masks and keeping their distance. The president is still facing fallout from his saturday rally in tulsa. [ crowd chanting ] reporter the Trump Campaign handed out sanitizer and masks and conducted Temperature Checks there. But six members of the campaign advance team tested positive for coronavirus before the rally and now weve learned two more staffers who attended the rally have tested positive. We have a massive advance team and theyre all over the country and come from all over, all different parts of the country and some were temporary and et cetera, et cetera, but, fine, we reported that very early on and they were quarantined immediately. Reporter these big rallies are central to the trump brand. They are part of his political identity. Theyre essential to his ego and to the trump community. If he cant do big rallies he and his Campaign Staff are going to have to reinvent trumpism. Michael . All right, terry. Thank you so much for that. Now we turn to the funeral of Rayshard Brooks in atlanta. Many people are expected to pay their last respects after mondays emotional public viewing as another video of that deadly confrontation surfaced. Steve osunsami is in atlanta with more. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, michael. These have been difficult days for the family of Rayshard Brooks. They are burying their son today in a ceremony here closed to the public. They say they are pleased with the arrest of these two officers involved in his killing but say thats just the beginning of justice. This is a day of mourning and painful grief for the family of 27yearold Rayshard Brooks, as hes laid to rest. People who witnessed his death are sharing videos that havent been widely seen showing the fatal shooting. Joel mack was sitting in his car at the wendys drivethrough where brooks was asleep at the wheel where what started off as a dui ended up in a Police Shooting when brooks refused arrest. You hear the three shots ring out. First thing that goes through your head is, is this really happening . Reporter he says afterwards he saw former officer Garrett Rolfe trying to help brooks. Whats different about these cell phone recordings are the voices of people who took sides. Some with the young man who was killed thats totally unnecessary reporter and some with the police officers. He had a right to shoot him. He took that mans taser. He was fighting the police. I seen the whole thing. The police didnt do nothing wrong. Reporter police are demoralized and calling in sick. Officers are working 12 1 2hour shifts and sometimes even more. Being out on the front line, being yelled at, spit upon, items thrown at them so at some point people get tired and physically exhausted. Reporter in a new interview with the Atlanta Journal constitution former officer Devin Brosnan admits that he did put his foot on Rayshard Brooks after he was shot but said once he realized brooks could not again get a hold of his taser he stopped stepping on the man. When i realized i was safe thats when i take it off. In no way, shape or form was i trying to hurt this man. The District Attorney who filed charges in this case says video that he saw of those officers stepping on and kicking this man while he was down steered his decision. A bond hearing for one of the officers scheduled today has been moved because of the funeral. Back to you. Steve osunsami, thank you. We move to politics now and several States Holding primary elections today in the wake of the black lives matter protests across the country. One high stakes contest is in kentucky and its become a Major Political test for the protest movement. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is tracking the race. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Well, across the country the pandemic and the push for racial equality are upending congressional races. Today we will see the first real test of that in these primaries in new york and kentucky where the race to take on the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, appeared to be settled. Now its anything but. [ crowd chanting ] reporter in kentucky the movement for Racial Justice is shaking up the race to take on the most powerful republican on capitol hill, giving a boost of momentum to the underdog, Democratic State representative charles booker, a fixture at the protests. I stand before you as your brhe reporr before it seemed the Democratic Party had all but decided on former marine Fighter Pilot amy mcgrath. Shes kentuckys best chance to move on from mitch mcconnell. Reporter but aboard bookers campaign bus, the 35yearold progressive tells us hes poised to shock the political world. This moment is helping to show that investing in people, standing up for regular folks is not radical. Its good public policy. Reporter the National Reckoning on racism has roared through this state sparked by the fatal Police Shooting of breonna taylor. For booker, this fight is deeply personal. My cousin t. J. Was murdered on Easter Sunday 2016, was really good friends with breonna taylor, and it hurts. Reporter now hes surging. Gaining endorsements from progressive powerhouses. Mcgrath still has the support of Top Party Leaders in washington and has raised a massive amount of cash, but shes struggled to respond to this moment. Have you been on the ground in louisville with the protesters the last three days or in lexington or elsewhere . Ms. Mcgrath . I have not. And why . Well, ive been with my family and ive had some family things going on this past weekend. Reporter she tells abc shes not worried about losing progressive support. Well, you know, im not part of the political establishment. Ive been an outsider my whole life. Reporter now because of covid19 in kentucky today there will be just one polling site per county regardless of size. That is a 95 reduction, and this morning it is already sparking concerns of possible voter suppression. George . Yeah, well have to look at that come november. Mary, thanks very much. We move on because this morning we are celebrating the life of a hollywood legend. Joel schumacher directed dozens of films that made a mark, st. Elmos fire, lost boys, Box Office Hits like batman forever. Tributes are pouring in from stars like Kiefer Sutherland of flatliners. He said this, ms. Mark on modern culture and film will live on forever. Matthew mcconaughey from a time to kill said, he fought for me. I dont know how my career could have gone to the wonderful places if it wasnt for Joel Schumacher believing in me back then. He passed away from a battle of cancer at the age of 80. Ali and i were lucky enough to be friends with joel. He was not only a great director, but a funny man, warm man and about the without a doubt. We have much more on the directors life and legacy coming up in our next tour and have a lot of other headlines including a powerful moment on the racetrack. Nascar drivers banding together to support Bubba Wallace. Driver Brad Keselowski and the first black woman on a nascar pit crew will both join us live. First, to ginger at home. Good morning, ginger. Reporter good morning, michael. Nebraska to maryland 60 plusmileperhour wind, the trees into homes in richmond, virginia, along the front. Youll have that air you can wear. That summer air that will make more thunderstorms from the midatlantic back through texas. The tuesday trivia sponsored by chase. Good morning. Welcome to tuesday. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Hope you liked yesterday. About the same today. We do have a heightened fire an this week, but so far the only advisory continues for Solano County and lake and mendicino county. 90s in the east bay valleys and the rest of us in the 70s and 80s until you get near the coast. Tonight fall back in the 50s. My were just Getting Started this tuesday. Stay with us. Just Getting Started this tuesday. Stay with us. 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Got some headlines were following right now. Covid cases climbing in at least 23 states across the country. Down t sead. In utah warning oue President Trump heads to arizona later today where hospitalizations are hitting a record high. A tense scene in the nations capitol overnight. Look at this. Police facing off against protesters trying to bring down a statue of president Andrew Jackson whose ruthless treatment of native americans made that statue a target. Officers reportedly using pepper spray to disperse thcrowfr lae squa outde t esenumcallin ene diraisof take a look at this, a concert hall in barcelona. The first show since the pandemic but still no audience allowed, so they went for the next best thing, 3,000 plants, yes, the plants will be donated to a nearby hospital. But, guys, those musicians branching out. Badumdum. You are back now, cecilia. I brought it. Music is supposed to help the plants grow. Theyll grow better. Branching out. Yeah. Very well done. Okay. Were going to begin, everybody, with new developments after that noose was found in nascar driver bubba wall. The nascars only fulltime black driver with an incredible act of solidarity and t. J. Holmes is here with the story. Good morning, t. J. Reporter good morning. Remember, the headlines the past two weeks out of nascar have been about the Confederate Flag and a noose. Yesterday at a race in alabama, different images emerge of the only black driver in his car at times in tears, at times in the lead, and at the beginning all of his fellow drivers in support of him. All in all we won today. Reporter an emotional day and one extraordinary moment at talladega motor speedway. The prerace deal was probably one of the hardest ing in my life. Reporter nascar drivers joined by all their pit crews pushing Bubba Wallaces number 43 car to the front of the field in a show of support and solidarity before mondays geico 500 race. Wallace, the only black driver in nascars top division, overcome with emotion as he was greeted by team owner, 82yearold racing legend, richard petty, making a rare special appearance to support his driver. Wallace capturing the moment and tweeting, together. And this rallying cry from his crew. We love you, man. We all do. Take care of yourself. Put us in a good spot. Get yourself a deep breath, get your mind right. Lets go shut these haters up. Reporter these scenes of unity coming just 24 hours after a noose was found in wallaces team garage stall, an area restricted to only essential personnel. Nascar and the fbi are now investigating. Unequivocally they will be banned from this sport for life. There is no room for this at all eporr was stwo weeks ago nascart thneag cldtill seen flown on cas driving by the talladega track over the weekend. This sunday, this plane flew overhead. Wallace led the fight to get that ban, something brad doherty, one of the sports few black team owners says it a sign of a new age for nascar. If youre not part of this movement youll be left in the wake, and nascar is taking a huge stance on changing a lot of things, the perception of nascar over the last, you know, five decades and how people view the sport, what they think of the sport. This is unprecedented and this is huge. Conversallow driver ty dillon, wallace said he did not really speak up about racism until he saw the video of Ahmaud Arbery being gunned down by two white men in february. It was so sad to see. That changed me on how vocal i need to be about things. Reporter wallace, born in alabama to a black mother and white father, also opened up about his own experiences with racism from being called the n word at races when he was younger, to a more recent incident of being pulled over by cops while driving a lexus. Hes like, is this your car . And i said yes, and he said, can you afford this car . And i said, yes, sir, i can, with an attitude. I think about that moment every time. Reporter wallace now leading the charge taking a stand against racism in a sport that has long looked the other way. As far as the race goes, walla 14th. But after the race wallace walking up to new fans wearing black lives matter tshirts. First timers right here from atlanta. That is so cool. The sport is changing. Reporter again, a noose represents an era of terror really against blacks in this country. So this was taken as a threat and, in fact, stra, yes, they increased security around Bubba Wallace over the time in alabama. Definitely can understand why, t. J. Thank you so much. Joining us now is brehanna daniels, the first black woman to work on a nascar pit crew, and nascar driver Brad Keselowski. Brad, i want to start with you. Yesterday on the track, that was a very powerful moment for all of us who have watched it. What inspired it and how did it of all. Ink at the core group of people that really make up the sport, the drivers, the team members, the officials, the team owners, theres this belief that the 40 best race car drivers on the planet should be there regardless of their race, nationality, gender, religion, you name it. And in our hearts thats what we want to believe because you know, michael, as a professional athlete we got pretty big egos and we want to believe were competing against the best. So there is no room for this kind of behavior or for anything that makes our sport not to be the most inclusive as it can be and so we stand up for a guy like Bubba Wallace or anyone else in our sport who might be fighting issues of this type because there is no room for that. Blee anna, what did you feel when you heard there was a noose in his stall . We have been making Great Strides and its really, really sad and i hope nascar fines whoever was behind that because theres no room for that at all. This started because bubba was behind banning the Confederate Flag. How big of a step forward for nascar is that for you . I was so excited to see the news about them banning the Confederate Flag because the Confederate Flag has been around for many, many years in nascar but thats not what we represent as nascar. Like i said, were all about togetherness and we dont need anything that seems to be dividing us, you know. Brad, what was your reaction when you heard the news . It was a shock to me. We were just waking up with my little daughter and it brings up the conversation especially really hits home when you have kids. How do you explain this to someone . How do you explain that type of hatred . When you have kids these are things that really go through your mind. And we couldnt. We couldnt explain that to her. I cant explain it to myself. How anyone could have that level of hatred based on someones race to threaten someone in a manner like that, its just inexcusable and unacceptable. Bubbas mother said other drivers have used racial slurs against her son. Have you ever experienced anything like that . To be honest, no. If anybody is talking or saying those bad things about me, it would be behind closed doors, but never in my face. No one knows who put the noose there. The fbi has joined the investigation into that, but we know that there is limited access to that area. So what is it like to know that it could be someone within the nascar family who did that . I want to believe its not. I want to believe that someone rogue was able to sneak in and get past security. But the reality is that would be pretty tough if im being honest with you. I dont want to speculate on who did it but whoever it is needs to be caught and taken care of. Brad, we really appreciate your time this morning. 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Yeah, that passenger was taken off the plane right here at l. A. X. This as were getting a firsthand look at new technology meant to keep people safe. This morning, tensions running high on a plane as a passenger refuses to wear a mask. The incident happening aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from l. A. To denver. The Airline Staff had no other option it seemed like and they ended up calling on lapd to come on to the plane. Reporter those officers boarding the plane and removing the passenger. Not Everyone Wants to wear masks. Im one of those people, but we do have to comply if you want to fly. We have to do what we have to do right now. This is insane. Absolutely insane. We dont even have a choice anymore. Reporter this after American Airlines banned a passenger for the duration of the Coronavirus Crisis for violating its mandatory mask policy last week. Major u. S. Airlines say face coverings are mandatory. With passengers now facing the new realities of traveling in the age of covid19, airports are looking at new ways to keep customers safe. Now starting today another change at Los Angeles International airport. A first in the nation Pilot Program to check passenger temperatures. So lets show you how it works. If youre a passenger at l. A. X. , youll walk right through here under the watchful eye of a thermal camera. If the system flags you, youll be brought over for a secondary screening to make sure you dont have an elevated temperature. One another rotating 360 degrees, scanning the terminal, zeroing in on any passenger with a temperature of 100. 4 or higher. Will you prevent anyone from flying . No, we will not prevent anyone from flying. But it should be noted that some of the International Airlines operating out of this terminal are also conducting their own Temperature Check and they would be able to prevent people from flying. Reporter for now the screening is optional, but within two months it could be mandatory. We want to develop this pilot. We want to get the learning from this pilot. We want to develop the framework of how it could work not only at l. A. X. But at any other airport in the country and we certainly hope that it will drive that standardization. Reporter so, again, this Program Starts today here at l. A. X. Other airports around the world have been using Similar Technology but this is the first time we would see it here at a major u. S. Airport. George . Okay, gio benitez, thanks very much. Coming up, guys, our play of the day. Hair raising is the hint. Long, beautiful hair hey you, yeah you. I opened a sofi money account and it was the first time that i realized i could be earning interest back on my money. I just discovered sofi, and im an investor with a diversified portfolio. Who am i . i refinanced my Student Loans with sofi because of their low interest rates. 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The fda issuing a warning about nine Hand Sanitizers that could contain toxic chemicals from one company. What to know this morning. Also this morning, theyre called the long haulers and they cant seem to get better from coronavirus. Sick for months, doctors puzzled. The mysterious symptoms. Dr. Ashton here with what you need to know. Its raining ben the morning after the bachelor superseason rewind. Hard watching it back. Our interview with former bachelor ben. His new leading lady and his advice for new bachelor matt james. That time is now celebrating a hollywood legend. Its out of hand. Reporter the director behind st. Elmos fire, lost boys, a time to kill and two batman movies celebrating Joel Schumacher in some of your favorite films as we say good morning, america. All i need is a pair of wheels take me where my future lies, st. Elmos fire good morning, america. Hope youre well this tuesday morning. Well have a look back at some of those movies in a bit. Really looking forward to that. We also have something fun coming up. It is the book that reached the top of the bestseller list in its first week, sold out on amazon, brit bennetts the vanishing half. It really struck a chord with readers because of her story about race and identity. The author of our june book club answering questions right from our Gma Book Club. She was working on it for more than four years saying that its been so exciting to see people reading the book with the same excitement that she had writing it. To hearing from here. Were going to start with the latest on the coronavirus emergency. Cases climbing in at least 23 states including arizona. That state is emerging as a hot spot as President Trump prepares for his rally there today and back to matt gutman in yuma, arizona. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, george. The president is scheduled to visit the border wall just a few miles from here. Hes not scheduled to visit this hospital, which has run out of nurses. Theyre actually looking for nurses from out of state. Here in yuma, it has the fourth Fastest Growing outbreak in the country. This morning, as President Trump prepares to hit the campaign trail in arizona, the number of cases and hospitalizations there hitting a record high. If you think about any single patient situation longer than five seconds, youre going to have like a mini meltdown internally. Reporter from tucson to yuma, the countys only hospital is now calling on every a sittie ourse in the region reporter in utah a state Public Health official warning that the surge in new cases is quickly getting to a point where the only viable option to manage spread and deaths will be a complete shutdown. The governor there saying he will work to stem the tide but has no plans to shut down utahs economy. As the death toll across the u. S. Climbs past 120,000, 23 states including arizona, florida, texas and california seeing a rise in new cases. Hospitalizations in texas have doubled since may. Governor greg abbott there calling the rate of covid19 cases unacceptable. Finally asking people to wear masks. Experts say we are still in the first wave of the virus. Cases rising now in 23 states, steep spikes in several of those states. What does this tell you right now about where the pandemic is heading . Its very concerning, though not completely surprising. We know that a lot of states opened up before the number of cases had really declined and opened up too quickly. Its worth remembering that were still quite early in the pandemic. We have a long way to go and we really have to put in the kind of measures that will keep us safe over the next 12 or 18 months. Reporter now many states have instituted mask wearing policies, including arizona. Now, the mayor of phoenix has asked the president during his rally to wear a mask. They also recommend to the public at the rally to wear masks, but said they wont enforce mask wearing. Michael . All right. Thank you so much. Now to that urgent warning from the fda about potentially dangerous Hand Sanitizers from one company. Diane macedo joins us with more. Good morning, diane. Reporter michael, good morning. So this new warning comes after the fda tested some sanitizers and found a chemical that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested. The agency says methanol is on the Ingredient List for nine sanitizers made by the Mexican Company esk biochem. The products are sold under the names esk bioclem, all clean, clean care, lavar 70, the good gel and sanderm. They were ordered to be pulled but they still appear to be on shelves and the fda says its not aware of any adverse events linked with using them but doctors say exposure to methanol can come with dangerous consequences ranging from nausea, vomiting, headaches to blindness, coma, damage to your nervous system, even death. We have reached out to the company. They have not responded to our request for comment but consumers who have been exposed to Hand Sanitizer containing methanol are advised to seek medical treatment. Cecelia . Very important advice there. Thank you, diane. Coming up, covid long haulers. The patients who cant kick the virus, sick for weeks, even months. Dr. Ashton is here with more on that. Our exclusive interview with ben higgins, what he thought about the rewind of his bachelor season and what he wishes he had done differently. Hamilton star leslie odom jr. Tells us about watching the broadway hit at home. Hes going to join us live. 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As we all know, she likes to maybe chew on it a little bit in the mornings and true to form here we go, live version. So i begin pop news now with this. Some good news for music lovers. Live music is coming your way, everybody. Live nation announcing it will hold nine live shows can i say live enough this summer headlined by brad paisley. These are not virtual. These are real concerts held at real amphitheaters in st. Louis, nashville and indianapolis, drivein style. Tickets for cars are as low as 125 for four people per car. Every car will have their own designated parking area where fans can throw their own Tailgate Party and watch the concert at the same time. The shows will also feature Darius Rucker in nashville, nelly in st. Louis. Paisley, explaining on instagram, you know how you guys tailgate before a show, lets just make that the show. See you soon, st. Louis, nashville and indy. So tickets, guys, go on sale to the general public this friday, june 26th, 10 00 a. M. For the first live from the drivein concert. That kicks off in nashville july 10th. I am so tempted to go. It sounds very exciting right about now. Also another shakeup in the 2021 award season for you. First the oscars as you know were moved. They were moved later to april. Now the Golden Globes have followed suit moving the date that show to february 28th. Now, if that date sounds familiar, thats because thats when the Academy Awards was originally supposed to happen. The globes usually take place on the first sunday of the new year and that kicks off award season. [ dog barking ] riva is not happy about this decision. So the globes moving to late february still means that the show airs eight weeks ahead of the Academy Awards. Hopefully s. A. G. Awards will happen somewhere in there. That is still up in the air. One thing is certain, tina fey, amy poehler are on board to host the Golden Globes for the fourth fourth time when it airs on february 28th. [ dog barking ] sorry about that, guys. Le tvnd were aho and va iited finally i want to tell you about a reallife superhero spotted in san jose, california. The 19yearold who goes by batman has been spotted for the last year. Look at him. Taking to the streets to help the homeless bringing them water, food and clothing to keep them warm. Witnesses say that the young man also carries a first aid kit and brings duct tape to help fix makeshift shelters while wearing a costume to conceal his identity. The 19yearold says he wants to show that anybody can help fight homelessness even if theyre not a superhero. [ dog barking ] oh, my goodness, riva. Guys, if you want to follow batman or help his cause, go to his instagram at batman of san jose. Get up here, you rascal. Perfect timing for the end of pop news. Riva now getting her act together. Im going to spare you and throw you back to the studio. Lara, i feel your pain. When i was home, when i was broadcasting from home, it seemed like the trash pickup would be right around 7 38 and both dogs would go insane. I l ranged Everybody Knows but i guess something slipped through the cracks. So i apologize, america. Riva apologizes. Somebody missed the memo. Thank you so much for pop news. We turn to our gma cover story and one group of covid19 patients leaving doctors puzzled. They call themselves the long haulers. People exhibiting symptoms for weeks or even months after contracting the virus. Eva pilgrim has more and good morning to you. Reporter good morning, michael. Most of these long haulers arent sick enough to be hospitalized but arent well enough to return to normal life. They arent elderly or otherwise high risk and they asking the same question why wont this virus go away . Michele hart is a 41yearold mom from boulder, colorado, and like so many millions she was stricken with coronavirus. The first couple symptoms are pretty mild, sore throat, a little bit of a cough. About two weeks ago, started having a lot of g. I. Symptom, a lot of things i hadnt experienced up to that point. Reporter but unlike most patients including her partner ian who typically have mild symptoms and recover within two weeks, hart has been sick for two months. I would have days where i would feel better. Then like the very next day it would just be back down to just not feeling good and not having a lot of energy. Reporter she turned to facebook to connect with others who like her just cant seem to shake their covid19 symptoms. There she found a community of patients who refer to themselves as long haulers. Ive been sick for about 45 days, so since about may 8th. Ive been sick for 15 weeks. I started on march 17th and today makes day 97. Reporter many long haulers say they were healthy before em why they arent rthey ugroup arly 60,000 members to share information and advice about their ongoing symptoms and treatments. When i go on these groups, i feel comfortable asking questions and i know that i can get a good answer and people say, yeah, you know, i am experiencing that too. Im going through the same journey you are. Reporter for many long haulers, the groups allow them to know theyre not alone. Theres so many people going through the same thing. They understand what im feeling and what im going through. And theyre there to offer support. We pray together. We encourage each other. We motivate each other. Reporter and the long haulers tell us most of them have been told by their doctors some form of i dont know as to why the virus hasnt gone away. Michael . Thank you so much, eva. Go tor. Enshton who is joining us this morning. Good morning to you, doc. It sounds awful to have this go on for so long. But what are the theories of why it may take so long for some people to recover . Will, michael, i know people dont like to hear i dont know but that is the honest medical answer right now. This virus is just too new. And to be clear, this is about the distinction between being acutely ill and recovered from those acute symptoms but still not up to your baseline that you were before you got sick. And the theory really has something to do with the fact that we think covid19 causes this picture that were calling an infectious vasculitis. So theres an acute infection and then theres an inflammation stage that occurs in the blood vessels. Depending on which blood vessels are affected can then determine what types of residual and longlasting symptoms people have. But for perspective, michael, sometimes it takes people a month to recover from influenza. People may not want to hear i dont know, but they appreciate the honesty im sure. Other than fatigue, what are some of the other prolonged symptoms reported . Well, two areas were focusing on are the psychological effects, anywhere from anxiety to depression to the cognitive effects particularly seen in this picture that we call a posticu syndrome in those patients who have have been severely ill and in an intensive care unit but for those who have had more mild illness, cognitive effects, seeing neurologic sequela and dont understand whats contributing to it. Doc, you are a practicing physician. So what is your advice to people who are going through this . Well, first if you have a health care provider, check in for followup. Do not assume that because youre recovered, youre good to go. The other thing is you have to be patient. This is an illness that may take month to recover from. We dont know. I think you should think of a physical therapy approach which is every day baby steps. Then lastly if you are Getting Better and then take a step backwards and start to get worse, you definitely want to seek medical attention. Jen, thank you for the great advice as always. Cecel cecelia . Okay, michael, we want to turn to our gma exclusive with one of the most beloved bachelors of all time, ben higgins opening up about hitting rewind on his love life last night on the bachelor the greatest seasons ever. And whether or not his new fiancee got to watch. Will reeve has all the answers. Good morning, will. Reporter i dont know if i have all the answers. Anyway, trying to find love is hard enough in circumstances. So what is it like doing it in front of millions and creating public drama then having to relive it all over again years later . Ben higgins has unique insight there. First one was pulling up the driveway. Ben, good luck. Appreciate it. Rr its ben higgins time to relive his journey to find love in the bachelor the greatest seasons ever. Whoa. I had my hand on my forehead like peeking through my fingers the whole time. Like ive gotten messages on people fired up about the final choice i made. Were four years out. Reporter his final choice one of the most dramatic endings ever after ben confessed his love for two women jojo fletcher jojo, i love you too. Reporter and lauren bushnell. Ive known ive loved you as well. Its hard to relive it because i me and how much i felt the world was falling in on me and how much i felt like these women were going to be hurt. Reporter ben ultimately proposed to lauren. Lauren, will you marry me . Yes. Reporter but the couple split in 2017. I really do think we both wanted to make it work, but sometimes relationships end not because of any massive problem or issue but just because two people have grown apart. Reporter now ben has a new leading lady. His fiancee Jessica Clark who likely wont be watching his season. I just think its a big risk to have somebody youre so in love with and watch them, you know, kiss other people on national television. I dont think thats a great scenario. Reporter but millions of americans did tune in. When im with him, bam, shabam. Reporter and season villain olivia revealing the emotional toll she endured after filming. I was ashamed of myself and embarrassed and i didnt want to be out in public. I think we should be apologizing to olivia, the woman on my season, myself and the fans and say, hey, like we were quick to push you aside and i want to be quick to bring you back into my life and say, im sorry. Reporter ben also weighing in on the latest announcement of matt james as the next bachelor, the first black male lead in the franchises history. Im just glad that the bachelor is attempting and trying to bring diversity to the show. I do think there was some massive issues with it that weve gone this long and i think theres some questions that need to be answered on why. Reporter now, ben had some advice for any future bachelors or bachelorettes including matt james. And, two, dont tell two people you love them. Cecelia . Taking notes, okay, thanks, will. Catch more of the bachelor the greatest seasons ever next monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, 7 00 central right here on abc. Now over to you, hey, ginger. Reporter hey, cecelia. Nice to see you. Now a gma moment for everybody sponsored by verizon. How about we go to goshen. They havent had a whole lot of rain and harper who is 3 decided to dance when she got some drizzle. Thats pure weather joy is what that is. Thats what youre seeing right there. Please take a moment and go to my Facebook Page or to my instagram and drop your little dance or whatever it is that makes you smile. Make sure it is a video and it would be great if it was horizontal. 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Reporter intense in flatliners and navigating love and loss in dying young, Joel Schumacher delighted audiences with visually sumptuous movies that showcased young actors all in their feelings. A high point for schumacher, 1985s st. Elmos fire. He guided the brat pack through story lines of youthful yearning that this teeth could sink their perfect teeth into. The joke was on them. There was no fire. There wasnt even a st. Elmo. They made it up. Reporter from rob lowe and demi moore, ally sheedy and Andrew Mccarthy to Andie Macdowell and Emilio Estevez at peak luminosity. One of two adaptations of author john grisham in 1995s a time to kill would witness schumacher mining cinematic gold with Sandra Bullock and in his first leading role, matthew mcconaughey. I set out to prove a black man could receive a fair trial in the south, that we are all equal in the eyes of the law. Reporter he also would take over the batman franchise from director tim burton. I have a riddle for you. For me . Really . Reporter steering val kilmer rougbatman forever and George Clooney and chris odonne odonnell, all with mixed results. I can make it. Reporter yet with credit stretching back to his early 1970s days as a Costume Designer on the last of sheila, schumacher would be fondly remembered for his many decades of filmmaking after the announcement monday of his death at age 80. For good morning america, chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. Boy, he worked with everybody. Everybody. Great first job though he designed windows right here in new york at bon wit teller. Wow. What a rise from that. Great movies. Brit bennett, the author of the vanishing half. Announcer gma tomorrow the black eyed peas performing live. Mamacita, mamacita announcer the black eyed peas tomorrow on good morning americas summer Concert Series sponsored by caesars rewards. Concert series sponsored by asymptomatic asymptomatic. Caesars rewards. Hey ya welcome back to gma. Its great to have you with us on this tuesday morning. And right now our gma june book club, the vanishing half, the book of the moment debuting at the top of the bestsellers list selling out on amazon and deb roberts sat down with its author, brit bennett. Good morning, deb. Reporter good morning, george. I got to tell you, brit bennett is no stranger to nrunaway f te she has written a novel that has shot through the stratosphere. Her newest is a timely look at race and family secrets that seems to touch a cultural nerve. Shes the young writer with a golden touch. Brit bennett captivating critics and book lovers across the globe with her new novel, the vanishing half. What do you think when you hear somebody describing a cant miss event, your book is something people need to read. Its again, i keep saying surreal, the best way i can describe it. Ive been really fortunate to have such a warm response to the book from critics, also from readers and its just been exciting to see people reading the book in the same way i was writing it. Reporter our june Book Club Pick telling the complex family story of twins, stella and desiree incomparable as children until one of them decides to pass as white. Its all about race, identity, so many things, it almost seems like you came up with this in the last few weeks. Would you have had any idea you would be touching a nerve in the country at this moment . Ive been working on this book for four or five years and i did not imagine that when the book came out it would be framed as being timely or being framed as like speaking to some type of a current conversation. But i also think theres some escapism in the book people seem to be responding to. A book about a lot of different journeys, its a book about people going to a lot of different places and also about characters trying to form these relationships and trying to love each other across distance and time. Its a very cool book and the cover of the vanishing half, when i first heard you describe it you said twin sisters, one is plaque, one is white. How is that possible . Its all about choices people are making. Is that something that is close to you, choices. Im interested in how one character can make a choice thats small and has large consequences so the one who decides to pass, a Job Interview and makes it in the moment and ends up having huge implications in her life. Its set in this Thriving Black Community but based on peoples skin color. How light skinned they are. Where did this concept come from. From a conversation i had with my mom where she was telling me about a town that she remembered hearing about when she was a child growing up in rural louisiana. So i was always really interested in the idea of this place feeling kind of mythological to me. Reporter with social distancing, brit isnt greeting readers in person just yet. So we decided to create a surprise for two of her super fans virtually. Jamie in paris thought they were joining us for an interview about the author. What is it that speaks to you . I love the way she writes. I love the way she incorporates a lot of different characters and she does it really seamlessly. Based on the synopsis itself i was invested in stella and desirees story but when we got jude and reese, i was really just taken aback. I was like, wow, this is incredible how shes weaving in everyones stories. Jamie, if you could talk to her, what would you want to ask her . I know she covered a lot of things about race and colorism in the book. Hold on one second. Im sorry. It would be so cool if you could talk to her. Wouldnt that be kind of cool . Absolutely. That would be great. But guess what, here she is, guys. Hey. Hey, brit. Hi, guys. Oh, my god. It actually worked. Shes here. Oh, my god. Hi. So awesome. Why was it important to incorporate colorism particularly in this book. The first thing that drew me to this book was the idea of this town of black people that were organizing themselves only around light skin and sort of positioned between white people and also between other darker skinned black people. What does it mean to exist outside of that so what does it mean to be a dark skinned person within this community . What does that feel like and when youve kind of grown up listening to this toxic ideology about light skin being better how do you shake that as you get older . This has been such a fascinating discussion and maybe one of these days well see brit in person in a book store. I hope so. In the meantime, its brits 30th birthday so cannot leave without toasting her. What a way to ring in your 30th. Choirs. Cheers. Barely 30 years old and already being compared to Toni Morrison and James Baldwin and other literary stars. Brit bennett, brit bennett, remember that name. Youll hear it a lot in the future. You can hear more of my conversation with brit on our Gma Book Club on instagram. What a treat. Guys. That was awesome. Happy birthday, brit. Happy 30th. Can you read an excerpt ofshhan goodmorningamerica. Com and coming up, leslie odom jr. , the star of hamilton will join us live without a father got a lot what will be the first thing you do as soon as youre able . At ikea, we wondered that too. We found that people didnt say catching a new movie, or going on a trip. It was to simply be with loved ones. Lets get ready for whats next. Ikea. We are back now and weve got a great guest joining us. He is a Tony Award Winning actor who starred as i tend onlycal screaming very soon on disney plus. Please welcome leslie odom jr. It is so great to have you here with us this morning. Thank you. I got to say before we talk about hamilton though i really have to ask you about this video that your wife posted on instagram because it is hilarious and every parent of a toddler can relate. You say a bad word and your daughter hears you and lets just show everybody what happens. I saw that little donkey [ bleep ]. Oh, my god. Did you say [ bleep ] . You have to stop doing that. Whoops. You had to have a little talk after . We had to have a long talk. Were still having that talk. Yes. Been there, dont worry about it. All parents go through it. But shes singing any hamilton songs yet . We dont we dont play the album a whole lot around the house but she saw the movie last week. Shes only 3 so she made it to just past intermission, you know, hamilton is a hefty show and intermission she was Walking Around after the first listen singing hamilton. Youve seen the movie. Its not a film adaptation but a broadway show. What was it like for you to relive that . It was really special. Id heard a lot about the original broadway cast of the show but i had never seen, you know, i had never experienced the show with that company of artists. I heard they were great so i was its a really rare gift, you know, this second bite of the apple because theater by nature is an ephemeral thing but its slipping away. From the moment i step on the stage it is sliping away from me the whole time. Four years later, we are nour years later an get to revisit it and touch that thing that we made, so much work that went into it, it is a really rare gift, im very grateful. Lucky for us we all get to experience it again and give everybody at home a little bit of a sneak peek. Emerge with the nation and heres the piece de resistance no one else was in the room where it happened the room where it happened the room where it happened know one else was in the room where it happened the room where it happened no one really knows how the game is played the art of the trade how the sausage gets made we just assume that it happens but no one else is in the room where it happens oh, youve got us all dancing in here already. We are so excited. You mentioned, leslie, that hamilton became this thing, this life of its own outside of the theater. What do you think people will get by watching this at home . Well, its just the access to it is a big change. When i was in the show, the only place you could see the show was in new york city so we could only dole the thing out 1300 people at a time. So when i think point fact that broadway is dark right now, the fact that we get to bring broadway into peoples living rooms, you know, when i grew up, the highest price for a broadway ticket when i was coming up was like 7 abucks which was too much money for my can you imagine if you found a hamilton ticket for 75 now but when i was a kid it was a lot of money and the fact that you can just for the low, low price of a disney plus, you know, membership subscription, you can gather the whole family in the living room and watch this thing, thats its beautiful. Its a beautiful thing. And you know what else is beautiful before we let you go, you have another movie coming out soon, one night in miami. You play the legendary sam co e cooke. Were you a big sam cooke fan before you took the role. Are you kidding me. Sam cooke, we are all living in the dream that some cook was courageous enough to dream up for himself. And even the singers that i love just as much as sam were all influenced by sam so regina king has turned kept powers amazing script into a film adaptation and we had a ball. It was not unlike hamilton. Really had a lifechanging experience in making this movie. I cant wait for people to see it. Scant wait to see it. We cant wait and, cannot wait to see hamilton. Leslie odom jr. , good luck on the talk with your daughter. We appreciate you, my friend. All right, have a good one. Hamilton will be available to stream exclusively on disney plus starting on july 3rd. Now we go back to ginger. Hey, ginger. Hey there, michael. And ive got a little programming note that involves you. Michael is leading the upcoming front row series. Summer fun and games host panel is all about futuring starstudded lineup of hosts like michael strahan, alec baldwin, anthony anderson, steve harvey and many more. Tune in today good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. 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