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You're going to make me cry now. >> reporter: it's okay. no, no, it's okay. >> i have a hard time talking about this. just give me a second. this is the hardest part about the whole thing. i'm sorry. >> reporter: it's okay. the hospital now forced to expand their icu bed capacity. >> all of the icus of mine are stretched out. >> reporter: dr. faisal masud is the head of critical care at this hospital. he says this second surge is different. this time, the patients are much younger and he thinks he knows why. so, you're seeing younger patients and you believe it's because they weren't following...

Icu. and tonight, countries in europe now. the european union discussing a possible ban on american visitors. also tonight, the new report on the horror inside one veterans' senior home. 76 veterans dying of the virus. and the description of what played out inside. in fact, massachusetts' governor tonight calling it gut-wrenching. the other news, an appeals court ordering the judge to dismiss the case against michael flynn, amid the showdown on capitol hill today over whether the justice department is playing politics to help president trump's friends and allies. pierre thomas is standing ...

Just an hour apart. >> my mom said, okay, see you tomorrow. and then she dies. she knows there's no tomorrow. >> reporter: just outside houston, three members of the rodriguez family dying from the coronavirus in just the last two weeks. in harris county, which includes the houston area, nearly 45% of all covid-19 patients are hispanic or black. a stat that mirrors statewide numbers. at houston methodist hospital, doctors taking us inside the icu. health care workers suiting up for battle. they're now seeing entire families testing positive. >> how are you all holding up? >> it's been a little...

Hospitals are now at 97%. the governor now suggesting new restrictions may be needed. arizona's icus are under stress, as well, tonight. and a staggering number of cases in california. more than 7,000 cases in a single day, and what a very frustrated and concerned governor said there today. authorities fear that americans and in many cases young americans are not taking this seriously, not social distancing and tonight, the cdc now predicting we could see 150,000 american lives lost by july 18th. that's three weeks from now. and so we begin tonight with abc's tom llamas from houston. >> report...

>> every one that needs a mask has one? >> absolutely. >> you do hear some people who sound panicked. i'm talking about doctors, seasoned nurses who say that they are just being hit by a tidal wave. that doesn't seem to be the experience that you're relating. >> three weeks ago we were a normal hospital and then the first patient hit the hospital and it feels like every since then, we have been sprint iing stay ahead of the wave. >> reporter: he takes us inside the icu. >> every single cubicle has a covid patient. >> reporter: he's not wearing mask in the hallway because over the last two week...