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Available in cinnamon and oats n honey. Morning. Good goes around and around hoda and craig are off today so willie and i decided to come in and sit six feet apart and do the show this morning. Its great to see you even at at walgreens, we know summer may look different this year. Luckily, we are right around the corner this distance. With safer ways to shop i came in, literally dusted off so you can enjoy the moments you do make. My dress shoes. Like making sure you have pool toys theyve been sitting for three the whole family can try out. Months. Here we are and were happy to be with you this morning. Weve got to start with the and never running out of sunscreen coronavirus pandemic. Before playing in the yard. Staggering new numbers to tell and if you do spend the day indoors, you about. Worldwide cases have now soared always have enough snacks. This summer, walgreens is making shopping safer, past 10 million. The death toll has clipped with touchless pay and drive thru pick up, 500,000. More than a quarter of all so you can keep your summer going. Deaths from the coronavirus are right here in the u. S. Walgreens and in a stark example of how quickly the virus can spread, at were back with a look at last nights poignant b. E. T. Awards least 85 cases now being linked sheinelle joins us with the to a single bar near the campus of Michigan State university. Highlights to deal with the surge in his good morning state, californias governor has good morning to you now ordered bars in los angeles b. E. T. Was founded 40 years ago and six other counties to close to offer programming to the up again. Black community. Texas and florida did the same and last night the b. E. T. Awards thing friday. Marked its 20th anniversary by meantime, the american airing on a Major Network for academy of pediatrics are out with new recommendations for the first time schools this fall urging while the trophies were handed out, most artists used their Administrators Nationwide to appearances to highlight the strive for inperson classes. Lots to cover here and weve black lives matter movement. Got it all covered starting with it was a night packed with nbcs sam brock in miami for us. Hi, sam. Powerful performances during the 20th annual b. E. T. Awards handed out virtually due to the good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Youll recall a couple weeks after the memorial day holiday, coronavirus pandemic there was a spike in covid19 cases. I just want to live theyre trying to avoid that by god protect me closing down the beaches ahead reporter opening the show, of the fourth of july holiday. Thats true here in miami beach 12yearold singing sensation and in the ft. Lauderdale area. Keaton bryant who first captured attention online this morning some are furious in his performance of i just want to live. Florida. Followed by a performance of as a battle over beach closures fight the power adding new heats up. The mayors of three florida cities shouted down by hecklers. Freedom yes, sir reporter while announcing their beaches will close for the lyrics to the song upcoming fourth of july weekend. The year is 2020 this as infections nationwide continue their rapid rise. The u. S. Surpassing 2. 5 million reporter from the sounds of cases with more than 125,000 protest to the spirit to the queen of soul. Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson deaths. Channelling Aretha Franklin the window is closing. Singing a rendition of young we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly. We need to social distance. We need to wear our face gifted and black. Hudson will be starring in the film respect due out later coverings. This year. And Queen Beyonce getting an award from her friend michelle reporter the Health Crisis causing tensions to spill over. A North Hollywood woman shamed obama who praised the superstar for her accomplishments and for not wearing a mask inside a trader joes. That man harassed me for not wearing a mask. I have a breathing problem. Reporter in california, a crush of new cases. Especially in l. A. Forcing the governor to intervene. Issuing a state order sunday activism so to my girl, i just want to say you inspire me you inspire all of us. L. A. County and six others while recommending others take similar reporter the multigrammy action. Award winner using her speech to over the weekend, record numbers encourage viewers to vote. Reported in georgia, south i want to dedicate this award carolina, nevada, and florida to all of my brothers out there, all of my sisters out there inspiring me, marching and which had more than 9,500 new fighting for change. We have to vote like our life depends on it. Cases on saturday. The governor says the biggest because it does. Increase is among young people reporter a tribu aged 25 to 34. This is basically socializing. Basketball legend kobe bryant who died back in january coming from lil wayne performing his youre going out doing different things. Reporter to stop the spike, florida now banning drinking in bars just three weeks after many 2009 track kobe bryant featuring footage of the nba reopened. Were shut down. We dont have a kitchen. We dont serve food. Star heart goes out to vanessa and so we cant operate. Reporter after recording the whole family reporter a performance of the hit rock star on therock nearly 10,000 cases in a single day in florida, we asked miamidades mayor about it. Ground. He finds the percentage of with the knee of a white Police People testing positive officer sitting on his neck ground with the knee of a white Police Officer sitting on his neck striking. Recreating the traumatic video of George Floyds death. And including a verse about his own encounters with police 22 which is an indication of a higher rate of community transmission. Willie, back to you. All right. Brutality and racial profiling sam brock, thank you very much. It was a powerful evening. And savannah and willie, i will tell you, my kids were begging lets head over now to texas to watch it. Where the states governor says the spread of infections has so i let them stay up all night taken a, quote, swift and very and watch it i was amazed because i thought i was the cool mom they know every word to every dangerous turn. Nbcs joe fryer is in houston for us. Joe, good morning. Reporter willie, good song they heard. But i bring this up because it makes you realize that these artists have such a powerful morning. Platform reopening plans in texas are now on pause even taking a step back so when they speak, people as case numbers here rise certainly listen dramatically. The governor now saying texas oh, yeah. Has taken a dangerous turn. Hard to ignore some of the just poignancy of those messages. Thank you. What a collection of talent this morning as cases surge, thanks so much we appreciate it carson is going to be with texas is putting its reopen in us actually right here for pop start. In studio reverse. The state setting a troubling yes, well, six feet apart new record for hospitalizations yes. With about 5,500 patients now in then kate snow is going to explore a new report about hospital beds. Children, remote learning. What schools could look like if you dont need to get out, this fall, what they will look theres no reason to go out. Like this fall were going to get into it reporter testing sites are but first a check of your local now overwhelmed. News and weather the line at this houston drivethrough location stretching for blocks. It is better to know than not to know. Reporter some paramedics are facing hourlong wait times just to transfer a patient from the proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis. Balance into the hospital. With humira. Proof of less joint pain. Bars are now closed down again and restaurant capacities scaled. And clearer skin in psa. Back. We didnt think we were at that point where wed go humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation backwards like that. That contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. Reporter in dallas sunday, Vice President pence donned a humira can lower your ability to fight infections. Serious and sometimes fatal infections, mask at a church where while choir members sang side by side including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, without them. Have happened, as have blood, liver, the Vice President later saying this. And nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, where you cant maintain and new or worsening heart failure. Social distancing, wearing a tell your doctor if youve been to areas mask is just a good idea. Where certain fungal infections are common reporter to the west, and if youve had tb, arizona is also breaking records hepatitis b, are prone to infections, with more than 3,800 new cases reported sunday and hospitals or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Inundated. We dont have space to see our patients who dont have humira is proven to help stop further joint damage. Covid. Want more proof . Ask your rheumatologist about humira citratefree. Reporter unlike other hot spots, arizonas governor has if you cant afford your medicine, abbvie may be able to help. Not reimposed restrictions. They crowded rivers with inner if you cant afford your medicine, i wish i could tell ya how i feel about a mornin like this. Tubes this weekend. And that includes a good hearty breakfast. Now theyre looking ahead to you need somethin to kinda warm the whole body up this holiday weekend. Here in houston, there will be a and gets it going. Its a great way to kick off your day. 15minute fireworks show, but no big festival or gathering. Cmon pizzas here. Whoa theyre encouraging people to watch on tv or from their yards. Is that shaq . All right. This is my new pizza the shaqaroni thank you. That brings us to dr. Ashish because for every shaqaroni sold, jha. 1 is donated to the Papa Johns Foundation doctor, good morning to you. For building community. Im sure you heard the hhs secretary alex azars warning, quote, the window is closing for us to take action and get this under control. Come on in, were open. Do you agree and what needs to be done right now . Good morning. Thank you for having me on. I do agree with secretary azar. The window here is very narrow. This is something weve known all we do is hand you the bag. Simple. Done. We adapt and we change. About the virus. If you fall behind as we have, you know, you just figure it out. Then youve got to act quickly and aggressively. Weve just been finding a way to keep on pushing. I think across all these states, we just cant have bars im not sure we can even run restaurants where people are seated indoors, nightclubs. Really hold up against 60 of the toughest stains . Anything that gathers people indoors i think at this moment is way too risky and has to be dialed back. Absolutely. And what do you attribute seventh generation. This rise to. Some people talk about the memorial day crowds. Clean clothes, powered by plants. Some people wonder if the protests will lead to more virus cases spiking. vo romance, oui french style yogurt is made with elegance, seventh generation. The lack of Wearing Masks delicious fruit, and nongmo whole milk. Uniformly. What do you think is behind it . Its inspired by our authentic french recipe. So i think its a combination of all of the things. Oui french style yogurt. If we think about the things tastes like 5 oz. Of france. That are really risky, most of these states opened when their puts cash back in your wallet. Underlying level of cases was really still high. Earn 5 cash back on everything you buy at walmart. Com. They werent coming down. Mom so i think they didnt meet the white houses own guidelines for paper towels opening up. Including things for the science fair. And then gatherings, especially indoor gatherings, bars, whats in your wallet . Restaurants, those are particularly risky. New colgate optic white renewal and none of these states had removes ten years of yellow stains. Mandatory mask laws. Put that together and i think thats like all the way back to 2010. Do the dougie thats a combination of factors that led us where we are today. Now were closing in on remove ten years of yellow stains another big holiday, fourth of with new colgate optic white renewal. July. What would your message be for those having a gathering outside. And weve upgraded her with a sonic shield or expanding their circles. If youre one of the hot and holographicmapping drones. Zones, rethink any large impressive. Gatherings. Indoor gatherings right now are there is one more thing. Ah. Jake from state farm. Very risky. Heres the deal with the drive safe and save app youll save up to 30 for being a safe driver, outdoor is better. And get a discount just for signing up. If you want a back yard barbecue and can keep socially distanced well played, jake from state farm. From your neighbors, i think thats okay. As usual. But people should be wearing a mask. When you want the real deal like a good neighbor, state farm is there. ® and weve got to really try our best to reduce the level of risk. Because our hospitals are getting pretty stretched across many parts of the country. Long lines, people waiting for testing in some of these hot spot states. And by the way, very close together waiting for testing. What do you make of that . A very good morning to you, well, its so frustrating. You know, many of us have been talking about testing for 7 56. Im laura garcia. Just a short time ago the u. S. Months. Supreme Court Justices struck people have actually gotten bored people are still talking down a louisiana law. About testing. Yet here we are. We still are havent figured out testing. We posted the full story on our home page. People should not have to wait here is more of whats happening hours to get a simple medical test that we as a country know now. Reporter im bob redell in weve needed for many, many months. So when we hear from our leaders walnut creek. Covid19 cases have increased we have too many tests or plenty throughout the state. Of tests, i think all of those the governor ordered bars from lines show us that we dont. Plus, it really did make me nervous to have all those people los angeles to kern county to so close together. It would be better if they could shut down and coco county. Be spaced out. These are urgent days for they will heed that advice. Sure. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for your time. Im scott mcgrew. We appreciate it. This truck is called the badger. Thank you. Also this morning, new it is all electric. Details on disturbing reports here is a closer look at it from that russia offered bounties on a Company Called nikola. The lives of american soldiers it goes on sale sort of today. And other Coalition Forces in afghanistan. You can reserve a future build there are reports President Trump was briefed about this of it for as little as 250. Months ago and he addressed those overnight. That is a returnable fee. Nbcs Kristen Welker joins us from the white house. Good morning. This company has yet to show us reporter hi, willie. An actual prototype. Good morning to you. The president is facing growing questions about what he knew about reports that russia put a all right. Price on the lives of american lets see if youre going to soldiers in afghanistan. Now, the president is down need a convertible out there today. That would be nice. Cooler temperatures, kari . Playing the reports and insists he was never briefed on the matter. Its going to be cooler in parlts of the bay area. But now congress is demanding answers. We will still have that valley heat with upper 80s and low 90s. Overnight the Washington Post reporting that according to u. S. We check out whats happening in intelligence assessments, walnut creek, one of the spots russian bounties on u. S. Troops in afghanistan offered to that are very warm and in the north bay the concern of a high taliban militants may have resulted in the deaths of fire danger as we look at the areas shaded in red and included several u. S. Service members. A spokesman for the national in the red flag warning that Security Council tells nbc news the veracity of the underlying will continue until 8 00 this alle evening. Winds will be gusty and well have some low humidity and well have to be very careful. Looking at all of our micro evaluated. A defense official tells nbc climates and high temperatures for today we have some upper 60s news there was no evidence that along the coastline and for the any bounty was actually paid. The New York Times was first to report the existence o