U. S. Have surpassed 4. 5 million with over 153 Million Deaths as records continue to surge. Cientists hope to answer one of the biggest questions ever, is there other life on the universe and the nba sends a powerful message. s friday, july 31st early today starts right now good morning on this friday im cori coffin. Im frances rivera. After a week of honors and tributes america has sent its final goodbyes to a zil rights giant. The body of john lewis has been laid to rest the funeral that comes nearly two weeks after his death was held in atlanta. The district he represented and the house of representatives for 30 years family, friends and former president s, barack obama and bill clinton delivered speeches about his life and service chris has more on the emotional goodbye the toll of church bells for congressman john lewis, more than a funeral, it was a celebration of life and that impact on the nation there are true American Patriot who risked his life and lived for the hope and promise of democracy three former president s and the house speaker. When he spoke, people listened when he led, people followed him. We loved him very much in his eulogy former president barack obama remembered him as a founding father of america. He always found the best in us and he never gave up and never stopped speaking out because he saw the best in us. Atlanta just the final stop in a tour of significant places in lie in lewiss life. I have done all i can to to demonstrate the pay of waes and love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. It is your turn to let freedom ring he leaves us our marching orders keep moving. Reporter john lewis journey now over but his message lives on lets turn now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The United States has now confirmed 4. 5 million infections and the death toll this morning is over 153,000 with several states reporting record single day numbers and while the nation faces this crisis, tens of millions are out of work heres susan mcginnis. Reporter americans already struggling with the effects of coronavirus. When covid happened i couldnt there was no i had no money. Reporter the worst performance on record. More than 30 million americans now collecting some form of unemployment the pace of the recovery is slowing dramatically and may even be stalling. Reporter the president insisting the economy is rebounding in a v shaped recovery we expect a much stronger second half of the year. Reporter with Unemployment Benefits running out on capitol hill, negotiations of a new relief package remain at a stalemate. We have 30 million americans to see a dramatic cut in their unemployment benefit Social Security unforgivable. Reporter a prominent supporter of President Trump he tweeted a photo of himself without a mask at a Campaign Rally in tulsa, oklahoma, on june 20th. He tested positive just nine days later the white house says theres no way to tell where he may have been infected. President trump looking ahead to november, tweeting with no evidence, mail in balloting is rife with fraud suggesting the election be delayed, something he has no power to do. Now to growing calls from medical professionals to a National Response to the pandemic that is one of the messages fauci is expected to deliver today. Tracie, what can we expect from todays testimony . Reporter well, that panel wants to focus on a National Strategy for what appears to be certainly in some areas of the company a resurgence of this virus. We saw one death a minute on thursday in this country so dr. Fauci, the head of the cdc and the Health Secretary are being brought in to answer questions about that as lawmakers consider where do we go from here theyve signed off on a letter urging the politicians in washington to force another shutdown they think that will be the way to control this virus, to stop it from spreading. Focusing on people Wearing Masks and testing and tracing. As you know, the president has resisted a nationwide shutdown saying that small shut downs may be necessary but the Health Experts have urged washington to go big to try to stop this before we hit flu season in the fall all right thank you. This morning nasa has successfully launched their new mars rover there was one hiccup the rover switched into safe mode nasa says it wont impact the mission. Perseverance is expected to land on mars february 18th. Firefighters in california are battling a brush fire in eastern Los Angeles County its burning uphill at the mountains of the forest fuelled by the dry heat and heavy brush. The blaze is zero percent contained. Mandatory evacuations were ordered but so far no homes are threatened the Opening Night of its restart. Players and coaches kneeled for the anthem with many players wearing black lives matter shirts the jazz and pelicans started things off with the bang down to the wire, the first win in the bubble. And the lakers downed to to clippers six more games on the schedule today. As florida braces for a possible hit from the hurricane. The pandemic is causing a shortage of supplies since then back in early february, the world wide supply chain has been constricted and a lot of products are not as available as they used to be its recommended that people have enough supplies like food, medication and batteries to miss a week this is only the beginning of Hurricane Season folks in puerto rico know that all too well. Janessa webb is tracking the newly formed hurricane this storm system has come together we have hurricane isaias and were seeing susz staintained w to 80 Miles Per Hour it will continue its travels along the bahamas where we are already seeing hurricane warnings that are currently in place. Now, Hurricane Hunters went out last night and saw the intensification of this center and its going to be very close to the coastline of south florida. Miami definitely going to see that flooding starting tomorrow morning and then it continues to travel we still have a little bit of time you can see the cone of uncertainty has gone down but they have isaias going the humidity is still in place but a bigtime difference across the great lakes all the way into the northeast. Temperatures about ten degrees cooler very busy weekend tracking this storm system but also some good news weve lost the humidity across the northeast. We will take n so, so bad thanks the crop circle is drawing visitors the design suddenly appeared in the wheat field. People are allowed to walk inside and take pictures theyve come up with many theories about how the patterns came to be youll find them on the internet right now as a matter of fact. We are celebrating a huge milestone in rock lidge and elton johns life. And a major step to protect black voting rights. Thats right. Unlimited and nationwide 5g for the whole family for just 25 bucks a line. 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Its made by San Francisco based company which gave us swabs to collect samples. Were trying it out for the first time we have exclusive access to show you what the test is and how it works. You take a swab, dip it in the solution and basically swab any surface that you want to test. Were doing this playground Steering Wheel snap the top of the wab off in the sample tube and youre done. I swabbed all over new york city in busy public spaces like the subway, coffee shops and the grocery store. Were going to see whats on this cart handle the seat belts, and door handles in a taxi and inside an uber weve got to Check Another good spot, the elevator. And what about these high touch items at a restaurant . I wasnt alone we listed producers from coast to coast swabbing hot spot we got the results all our swabs from pennsylvania and new jersey came back negative for coronavirus no traces of the virus on the train, at the drugstore or on the mail we swabbed. Not even the chair in the pharmacy waiting area. But in new york, two positive hits, this grocery cart handle came back for covid 2, the virus that causes covid19 and this selfserve bred bin also positive but florida, nearly 20 of our samples from miami, positive overall 6 of the samples we took indoors came back positive. We shared our results with a doctor is it reassuring for the public to know that coronavirus isnt in all the places they thought it might be . Absolutely. Its reassuring to know that some of our prevention measures are working and that were not seeing coronavirus in places like the mail or on certain public rest rooms. While im definitely surprised by that i think thats good news what are the limitations of a positive result . You really dont know how much of the virus is there and you dont know if its dead or alive. So you dont know if it can infect someone or not. Indoor microbiology expert says its useful to monitor undoor exposure to covid19. 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A small number end up in the arms of this woman she began helping animals in 1970s california shes been trying to save cheetahs ever since. Her cheetah sanctuary in Southern Africa works to help the fastest animal in the world outrun its own extinction. Two years ago she met light as a feather, a rescued cub and was inspired to set up another sanctuary here the vet who found vicky says shes only half the size she should be because she was so starved. When yo she was like a cheetah cub sells for around 6,000 online the next goll to suede political leaders to help them build a game park. They came in starved to death. Most of them were dead when they started. These are the survivors but she says the truth is this is all just a band aid. Obviously wed rather have them living in the wild. They help them exercise and build their strength, her aim to save the species so that one day the world no longer needs her sanctuary. We just learned that just this week the government and the Cheetah Conservation fund have rescued another eight cubs the better news would be if they can actually stop on this trade on cheetahs. Beautiful animals. Definitely worth saving and maybe worth a netflix documentary. Cub trisinger musician zach brown turns 52 creator of the Harry Potter Series turns 55 and Wesley Snipes is 58 years old i appreciate that wink. Thanks for watching early today on this friday. Im cori right now at 4 30, breaking news for you. An overnight fire ripping through a threestory residential building in San Francisco. Were just finding out at the scene coming up in a live report. Plus, more than 2 million outofwork californians are still waiting for their Unemployment Benefits this morning. Next, what the person at the top is blaming on those long delays. And weekend worries, another bay area town expands Outdoor Dining as cases of covid19 soar above 50,000 locally. 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