america this morning, protests vote the big challenge for president biden as voters head to the polls. how michigan's large arab-american community is voicing its anger over biden's support for israel in its war against hamas and breaking overnight with biden, is now saying about a potential cease fire deal in gaza, farmers cyber attack how cyber criminals are targeting a major health insurance company are wreaking havoc. >> the delays and frustrations at thousands of pharmacies.

>> new fallout from the surging cost of food from grocery stores to the fast food drive through wendy's announces a plan to fluctuate menu prices based on the time of day. how it could work and in the supermarket industry, the government intervenes, hoping to stop a mega merger. >> emotional testimony at the rust movie set shooting trial a witness describes the moment a crew member on the alec baldwin movie was shot, and whom he suggests is to blame. solar eclipse tourism how cities big and small are hoping to cash in on this spring's celestial event across 13 states, plus, why taylor swift's father is accused of assault. >> but first weather whiplash the historic february heat about to give way to a reality check. from abc news in new york. >> this is america this morning. good tuesday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. >> we begin with the weather and something we hardly ever see in

february summer like heat extending from the south into the midwest. >> and now a brewing storm is set to deliver millions of people a reality check. we're barely past valentine's day, and in parts of the country, it feels like the 4th of july. temperatures in the 80s and 90s in texas and oklahoma, and 70 degrees in minnesota. yesterday people arriving at the minneapolis airport stunned. >> i never thought i'd leave jersey to go to minnesota to warm up. >> 240 million americans could see unusually high temperatures today, with records shattering the downside. some ski resorts are closing early and were already seeing wildfires as grass fire spreading in the texas panhandle. another burning near the air force academy in colorado springs. alerts have been issued in 11 states because of windy, dry conditions. >> i came by yesterday and i actually didn't come up this far and i saw like smoke from two exits away. >> allergy sufferers are also being warned about an earlier than usual pollen season. trees and shrubs are being tricked into thinking spring has sprung

the ends of the tips. >> the buds start to swell and then as they mature, they'll start to leaf out. but get ready for weather whiplash. >> a powerful storm will bring millions back to winter reality. >> we time it right into new york city. by wednesday evening, it's going to be thunderstorms. it will really change things and drop temperatures. look at some of those numbers drop like chicago from the 70s into the 30s. experts say the unusual weather is thanks in part to a shift in the jet stream. >> el nino and climate change president biden could face a major challenge today as voters head to the polls in the michigan primary. >> the state is home to a large arab american population, voicing opposition to biden's support for israel in its war against hamas. in a statement overnight, president biden raised new hopes for a ceasefire , saying israel is ready to halt the fighting in gaza during the upcoming holy month of ramadan. if hamas releases dozens of hostages. abc's perry russom is here with more on the politics of this war. perry. good morning. >> andrea. good morning to you. we've heard of undecided when it

comes to voting, but in today's primary, michigan, thousands of voters are expected to vote uncommitted this morning, president biden faces a major test in michigan's democratic primary not from another candidate, but from a protest vote organized by a key subset of voters angry over his support of israel in its war against hamas. >> i'm very concerned about the direction this country is taking as far as gaza. i can't throw my full support behind president biden as the civilian death toll mounts in gaza, biden has seen support plunge among arab americans, especially in michigan, home to the largest arab american community in the u.s. >> i want to hear a firm commitment one to, uh, push for a cease fire. >> i'm voting uncommitted. michigan's democratic governor predicts today's protest vote will be sizable. >> they want to get at least 10,000 votes. do you think they'll reach that? >> i think that that's possible. yeah. >> the implications could be

huge in a biden-trump rematch this fall, biden beat trump in michigan by 154,000 votes in 2020, and now an estimated 206,000 registered voters in the state are muslim. today's primary comes after a horrifying act of protest in washington, d.c, an active duty u.s. airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the israeli embassy. in a video, 25 year old aaron bushnell asserts, saying, quote, i will no longer be complicit in genocide. i'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest. he was then heard screaming free palestine! president biden says he hopes a new cease fire agreement between israel and hamas can take effect by next monday. >> ramadan is coming up and there's been an agreement by the israelis that they would not engage in activities during ramadan as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out for the republican candidates in michigan today, polls show nikki haley trailing former president trump by more than 50 points. >> haley claims despite trump's early primary wins, he's not

gaining enough support to beat biden in november. >> you look at all the early states and donald trump as technically the republican incumbent, did not win 40% of the vote. >> but after his landslide win in south carolina, trump says he's never seen the republican party so unified. meanwhile a new development for trump and the stormy daniels hush money case in new york. the da is asking a judge to impose a gag order against trump when the trial begins next month, citing security concerns. andrea perry, thank you, president biden and former president trump are both heading to the southern border thursday. >> biden plans to meet with border agents and local leaders in brownsville, texas. he's considering executive action to curb the migrant crisis after house republicans opposed a bipartisan border security bill. at trump's urging, the immigration status of the man charged with murdering a nursing student in georgia has that state's governor criticizing president biden. >> jose antonio ibarra is an undocumented immigrant from venezuela. police say he killed

lincoln riley last week while she was jogging on the university of georgia campus. ibarra was arrested back in 2022 after illegally entering the u.s. but was released and was also released after an arrest in new york, governor georgia's governor blames the president's border policies. >> she deserves justice. her family deserves justice, and we need justice on a national level to prevent this type of thing from happening again. the suspects older brother has also been arrested for a fake green card. >> we're learning more about a cyber attack on a major health insurance company. it's causing big delays and frustration for many americans trying to get their prescription drugs. here's abc's lana moise. this morning, nearly one week after a cyberattack hit the nation's largest health insurer. >> thousands of pharmacies are still facing disruptions, fulfilling prescription drug orders. you could potentially get into life and death scenarios where patients can't gain health care. >> or in this case, patients

can't gain access to prescription medication. >> the attack crippled change healthcare's digital network, which is a part of united health care. the company says it took immediate action to prevent further impact. pharmacies use changes network to verify insurance coverage. >> and if you have a very expensive medication, then you might be stuck in a position where you have to pay cash in order to get it, at least temporarily. >> times are hard these days, and something like that. i mean, i'm sure that would impact a family. >> initial reports said a foreign actor could be to blame for the cyber attack, but reuters now reports the infamous ransomware gang black cat may be responsible. why are they so concerning? >> so black cat is the same organization that took down mgm and caesars entertainment that was very, very damaging to those organizations. >> cyber criminals are increasingly targeting health care systems. earlier this month , a cyberattack on a chicago hospital shut down phones and computers. with this latest

attack, a pharmacy near pittsburgh is using the honor system, giving patients their meds now and billing insurance later. >> it's also risky is you're going to process a claim and are you? whenever the insurance is back up and running, are we actually going to get paid what we should get paid for that prescription? >> one large pharmacy chains like walgreens and cvs are reporting only a limited impact from this attack, but it's the smaller pharmacies that have been most affected. many have switched to paper processing, which is causing delays and backlogs. andrew, andrea, lionel . >> thank you. boeing says it's working to improve its safety culture after being harshly criticized in a new report from an faa panel. the panel of experts found boeing's safety culture to be inadequate and confused, leading to communication breakdowns between engineers and managers. the panel's report did not address last month's mid-air door blow out on an alaskan airlines flight, but did make 50 safety recommended missions.

>> time now for your tuesday weather forecast first. morning. >> we're looking at the threat for severe weather as we head throughout the day in places like chicago, saint louis, indianapolis, places that aren't used to it for february. and we'll have the risk for hail damaging winds, and potentially isolated tornadoes. the storms get going late in the afternoon. they fire up here across the midwest and produce a thunderstorm line that moves right to the east coast. as we go through wednesday afternoon. but behind it, much colder air moving into places like saint louis. for accuweather, i'm melissa constanza major roadblock for a supermarket mega merger. >> the concern about even higher food prices also ahead, fast food price fluctuations. >> wendy's looks to change how it sets menu prices, testing an uber like surge pricing system, and how long can you hold your

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similar to the surge pricing used by ridesharing companies like uber, raising fares during bad weather or rush hour. >> wendy's baconator in this case that baconator sandwich could cost a dollar more during your lunch hour dynamic pricing or pricing algorithms allow companies to change prices throughout the day, or perhaps even throughout an hour. >> wendy's ceo says. digital menu boards could use artificial intelligence to raise and lower prices in real time, allowing the company to be competitive and flexible with pricing. customers are already voicing concerns, one claiming surge pricing is just price gouging by any other name. meanwhile, in the grocery store, where prices are up more than 25% since the pandemic, a merger between two of the largest supermarket chains has hit a roadblock. the federal trade commission is suing to block the merger between kroger and albertsons. the companies say joining forces will help them better compete with walmart, amazon, costco and other big rivals. but the ftc

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member is describing that tragic day. >> i think the first person i made eye contact with was. porcelain who was clearly injured, ross diego was a crew member on the rust movie set on the stand yesterday. >> he described the moment cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot by a bullet mistakenly placed in a gun held by alec baldwin. >> she was starting to go flush and i think holding her her right side. so they were trying stable. stabilize her in a helicopter and get her to whatever e.r. they felt was appropriate. >> the jury yesterday also watched a video of baldwin handling that gun. not long before the fatal shot was fired. >> so whip it out, diego testified that safety standards on set were not up to par, and singled out gutierrez-reed for a lack of professionalism. >> she wasn't necessarily as,

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