The battle to reopen. Schools struggling to meet guidelines. The vast differences in plans across the country. Im pretty sure im not going to make it. Some teachers fear their lives are at stake here and theyre now taking drastic measures. Charges filed. Two men facing multiple counts in a fourth of july weekend confrontation caught on camera. What the alleged victim is saying and how the suspects are defending themselves. And summer scorcher. Dangerous hot weather hitting the midwest to the northeast. Heat alerts in place for some of the hottest temperatures this year. Hey, good morning, everybody. Great as always to be here in studio with eva. Whit, as you may be able to see, is working remotely, joining us from home. Whit, good morning. Thats right, dan and eva, good morning to you both. Its been a while since we fired up studio wj. Were back at it again working from home. Hope to join you both in times square very soon. In the meantime, two big stories that were following this morn
Confederate flags. The response from wallace and criticism from one of the president s closest allies. Sidelined. Well take you inside the new cases and testing problems that threaten to delal plans to bring back sports. Say it aint so david jol from 5 in midmay to 20 . Hospitalizations are rising. And the outlook in many areas is woerns i worsening. We have recordbreaking cases. We are knee deep in the first wave of this. Hes facilitating the virus. Hes enabling the virus. How did this become a political statement . President donald trump is calling out nascar driver Bubba Wallace and questioned nascars call to ban the confessderate flag. A white woman who called the police during a videotaped dispute with a black man in central park was charged with filing a false report. A black man says he was attacked and threatened with lynching saturday night in bloomington, indiana. Please let him go. Were going to as soon as you let him go. In the history of sports, pat mahomes gets a tenYear
The video sparking outrage and now questions about why no arrests were made. Caught on camera, a former Football Player makes the catch of a lifetime after a child is dropped from a burning building. And a woman finds a very special way to visit her mother in a nursing home, all thanks to a fire truck. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Great to have our friend Shirleen Allicot from wabc filling in. Its been fun so far. We begin with the coronavirus running rampant on track to hit 3 million cases. 350,000 americans tested positive for it in the last six days alone. Icu beds are in short supply. Still, this was the scene yesterday at a courthouse in oklahoma city. Dozens of people packed in a hallway. Lots of face masks but no social distancing after the state saw its biggest spike of infections in a single day. But in philadelphia, a reason to celebrate. A homecoming for 67yearold coronavirus survivor Vanessa Cassidy after 102 days in the hospital. Abcs Megan Tevrizian h
Coronavirus could kill 200,000 americans by november 1st. That new prediction from one of the leading models used by the white house, comes as new infections of covid19 are odploding nationwide. In what feels like a flashback to the early days of the pandemic, intensive care units in more than 50 florida hospitals are now full. In texas, new cases and hospitalizations are hitting record highs, with 10,000 new infections reported there today alone. Tonight the military is sending medical personnel to san antonio to support overworked doctors rt overworked doctors and nurses. And with tho and with those long lines for testing growing even longer, the Trump Administration now says it is opening shortterm test sites in three hard hit southern cities, hoping to screen 15,000 people a day. In the meantime, a new study out tonight says half of Coronavirus Infections are due to silent spreading from people who are sick and dont know it. The countrys leading Infectious Disease doctor, Anthony F
Incredible video shows a former College Football wide receiver making an incredible catch in phoenix. Wow. Thats philip blank snatching a 3yearold out of midair after the boys mom dropped him out of the top floor of a burning threestory building. The boy is in critical condition. His mom, unfortunately, did not survive this. Another child was saved in a nearby building when neighbors caught him in a blanket after his mom dropped him to safety. Incredible. Wow, to see those videos. Turning now to the grim reality check from hundreds of scientists that the coronavirus can linger in the air for much longer than wed initially thought. It now has a growing number of us taking a second look at air purifiers and filtration systems. Heres abcs bec w reporter its in the air. Thats what a group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries reported to the World Health Organization, asking for a revision to the w. H. O. s recommendations for covid19 due to evidence showing the disease is airborne.