>> breaking overnight on world news now. battling multiple fires in the west. they are forcing evacuations and also closures on major roadways. >> why? experts warn this could be an especially harsh fire season. plus the dangerous heat building across the east. accuweather has the latest forecast for the week ahead. also, this morning, the developments after a weekend of

searching for two american in greece. >> we'll tell you what authorities have just revealed. >> plus caught on camera, the small plane coming down on a busy interstate. see what happened next. >> and the beach towns set to punish parents because of their unruly kids. it's monday, june 7th. been >> from abc news. this is world news now. >> good morning everyone. thank you so much for starting your week with us. i'm rhiannon ally alongside my friend andrew dymburt here and there's been so much talk about, you know, how much parents should be held liable for their kids behavior. >> restaurants. now to beaches. >> right. i know, and this story might surprise you because it's not about toddlers. it's not about little kids. it's about older kids. so we'll have to see what you think about this. it's an interesting concept as long as it works. >> clean up their trash on the beach. >> that's what bothers you. >> big issue. >> yeah, i know, yeah. we went to the beach yesterday for

father's day. happy belated father's day to all of you who celebrated yesterday. did you call your dad, i did, yes. there you go. >> you got a phone call? good job. we'll have much more on what that town is doing coming up a little bit later. but we want to begin with those raging wildfires, the largest of them in southern california. >> that's where winds were expected to hit 70mph overnight. that is a nightmare for fire crews on the front lines. >> meanwhile, taking a live look at kansas city. good morning to all of you. the temperatures there are still around 84 degrees that type of heat will affect hundreds of millions of americans this week. abc's alison kosik has more on the post fire north of los angeles, which began saturday afternoon, has already burned more than 12,000 acres. >> oh, wow. look at it. the mcdonald's and is about 2% contained. >> and the winds are probably going to be the biggest factor in battling this blaze. >> about 400 firefighters, including air tanker crews, are battling the blaze from the ground and from above.

>> show you how quick this fire came through. workers at the shop said. this fire came through and burned down these cars in just mere minutes. >> about 1200 campers were evacuated from hungry valley state park. fire officials say three hikers needed to be rescued from the fire zone. meanwhile, north of san bernardino, the hesperia fire has already burned more than a thousand acres. hot, dry and windy conditions are helping to fuel the flames. the national weather service issuing red flag warnings in several states, including california, arizona, utah and colorado. >> we're still seeing that heat impact much of the southwest. temperatures in the triple digits there. but notice how the heat continues its expand into the central part of the country by monday afternoon, and even into the southeast, at nearly 270 million people may see temperatures over 90 degrees at some point this week in cities like chicago, detroit, pittsburgh and hartford, temperatures are forecast to be in the mid to upper 90s.

>> amid the high temperatures, people and pets are doing their best to stay cool. >> i like the heat. i love it out on the lake. it don't bother me at all. >> the heat being the number one cause of weather related deaths in the us. experts are advising everyone to seek cooling shelters and stay hydrated on excessive heat days and seek medical attention for anyone showing symptoms of heat related illness. >> it's usually one of those things we think we're tougher then, right? i don't need so much water and then it hits you when you least expect it. >> listen to that inner voice. that's right. >> exhaustion. very dangerous for your mom. >> yes. that's you. allison. >> thank you so much. all right. time now for some forecast details from accuweather's. justin popovic. justin. good morning. >> rhiannon. andrew. good morning. we're following intense heat all throughout the northeast as we go throughout the next several days, widespread high temperatures into the 90s. daily record high temperatures will be challenged with poor air quality and an increased cooling demand.

meanwhile, we're following the tropics for development here over the bay of campeche, with heavy tropical downpours and flooding slated for texas. rhiannon andrew, back over to you, justin. >> thank you for that. now to the detroit suburbs where police have yet to disclose a motive for a weekend shooting attack at a splashpad park, which left nine people injured. one of those, an eight year old boy who was shot in the head. the gunman fled the scene and later died by suicide. also, two people were killed and 14 others wounded in round rock, texas, when a fight at a juneteenth celebration led to gunfire. police are still searching for those responsible. >> the israeli military announced it will pause daytime fighting along a key route in the rafah area to boost the flow of humanitarian aid to starving palestinians. the so-called tactical pause is limited to a ten mile stretch of road from sunup to some sundown, an israeli officials said. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the plan unacceptable, but he was assured it would only

affect a single route. >> in greece, an american tourist has been found dead on a remote beach, and another american is still missing. the latest in a string of foreign visitors to vanish amid soaring temperatures there. abc's lama hasan has more on the search intensifying for an american tourist in greece. >> retired l.a. county sheriff's deputy albert calbert, who went missing earlier this week after setting off on a hike on the island of amorgos. colbert's girlfriend debbie and brother oliver, desperate to find him traveling to greece to help with the search. it's a very harsh terrain, you know, they're exhausted, we're all exhausted, and i mean, there's not enough of us. >> there's not enough boots on the ground. >> five foreign visitors to the greek isles have died or gone missing in recent weeks amid a heat wave in the region, authorities say. another american tourists who vanished last tuesday was found dead on this beach on the island of mathraki, near corfu. an autopsy is underway to determine the cause of death, but calbert was a frequent visitor to the island and an experienced hiker. greek

police are studying the surveillance video obtained by mega live news that appears to show calbert before his hike. he was supposed to meet a friend for lunch afterwards, but he never arrived. that friend, alerting greek authorities who launched the search, would just ended its fifth day and still no sign of calbert there still hope. >> i mean, that's that's all i got. there's still hope, right now. >> you know, authorities on the island are saying that chalybeous disappearance could be related to the heat, and they're issuing urgent warnings to visitors as extreme temperatures sweep across greece. lama hassan, abc news, london on mama. >> thank you. sean diddy combs no longer has an honorary key to his hometown. he returned it saturday at the request of new york city mayor eric adams. adams asked for its return following last month's release of a video allegedly showing combs beating singer and former girlfriend cassie ventura in a los angeles hotel in 2016. the mayor said he strongly condemned combs actions. >> let's talk about the nba's

newest and arguably biggest rivalry right now involves two people that are the highest profile rookies. >> sunday saw round two between caitlin clark and her indiana fever and angel reese's chicago sky. reese delivering a hard blow to clark's head as clark drove to the hoop. >> yeah, reese was assessed with a flagrant foul, saying she was just going for the ball. clark also downplayed the incident, said it's just part of basketball. clark and reese have gained a lot of attention. they gained it in court back in college when their iowa and lsu teams met in the finals, and round three is next sunday, they'll play again when the fever and sky come together. >> yeah, it's fun to watch. that was a tough, tough foul. you generally speaking, you know it is. don't go for the player's head even by accident. but you know you try to shoulders and above is kind of off limits. yeah. try to eliminate that. >> yeah. >> well well three should be interesting. yeah. >> that sounds about to say we'll see. the first two rounds

have been very, very aggressive. so we'll see what happens in round three. coming up why some states are looking to eliminate property taxes as new york won i don't think so. >> we'll see though. plus the terrifying scene at an amusement park. more than two dozen riders stranded upside down. five stories up. >> yeah. that's terrifying. and later, the wild ride for celebrity chef gordon ramsay that landed him in the hospital. we'll tell you, you're cma

girls. cma fest tuesday, june 25th on abc. >> welcome back. an incredible scene here. caught on camera in colorado. you see there on the left side of your screen, that's a small plane buzzing right above interstate 25 in denver just before it crashed sunday morning. police say the aircraft hit a road sign on the way down. two people were rescued from

waist deep water at the side of the highway. both suffered serious injuries. meanwhile, the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> several states are looking to eliminate property taxes to try and ease the burden on homeowners, but some warn that this plan could just lead to a tax spike in other areas, like income and sales taxes. here's abc's alexis christoforous. >> some states are looking to lend a helping hand to homeowners feeling the pinch from rising prices. elevated mortgage rates, and now soaring property taxes. this week, lawmakers in kansas will hold a special session to consider. an annual cap on property taxes would be helpful because right now it just feels like runaway property taxes. >> you don't know what's coming at you. >> it'll be their fourth attempt at passing the measure, but proposals to curb property taxes, which pay for things like local schools, roads and fire departments, have frustrated homeowners across the country and will appear on many ballots this year. voters in colorado and georgia will decide to cap

all property tax revenue. nebraska may take up a similar measure. idaho and michigan are considering getting rid of property taxes altogether, something experts warn could lead to a spike in income tax and sales tax. >> if you set that number too low, you are tying the hands of your local government and you're eroding their tax base. >> years of high interest rates and low inventory sending single family home values up more than 50% nationwide since 2019. at the same time, the median property tax bill has jumped more than 26% to nearly $3,000 a year, putting the squeeze on household budgets. lynell griffith, a mother of two, has lived in kansas nearly her whole life. she says her family had sticker shock when the tax bill on their home went up nearly 40% in five years, which has meant less money for other things. >> it means not as many, gifts at christmas time. it means not a family vacation, it means it affects our ability to pay, for

a college education. >> some experts say wyoming is a good example of a state striking the right balance when it comes to property taxes, instead of across the board cuts. lawmakers there recently capped annual increases and targeted additional relief to some seniors and veterans, ensuring that homeowners who need the help most are getting it back to you, alexis. >> thank you. all right. an amusement park ride with the word fear in its name will remain closed after it became scarier than expected. 28 people were stranded upside down on the atmosphere in portland. that's in portland, oregon. for about 25 minutes. they were trapped that way. oaks amusement park officials are still trying to figure out why the ride stopped. one guest was taken to the hospital, and i'm very familiar with this park. i used to live right down the street from it. that's terrifying. have you everybody's okay? ride? i have not, and i haven't been to the amusement park. just. i walk by, you know, kept going. >> that's it. comes up. why? celebrity chef gordon ramsay

says he's lucky to be alive today and later, why there are about to be some very unhappy parents in one popular beach town. >> you're watching world news now

to be a millionaire? july 10th on abc. with a little luck. >> with a little luck with a little luck, a little luck, a little luck with a little a little luck with a little luck and a lot of recovery. >> danish soccer star christian eriksen made a triumphant return to the pitch on sunday. >> yeah, and eriksen even scored

the opening goal for denmark in its european championship match against slovenia. get this exactly 1100 days after collapse during a game with a cardiac arrest back in 2021, he received a life saving heart massage right on the field before being rushed to the hospital back then. >> eriksen's goal yesterday ended up helping denmark draw with slovenia one one. >> wow, we love a story like this with a happy ending. >> yes, and it could very well that that draw could very well see them move on to the knockout stage. >> you know, i don't really understand how the that league works. >> yeah, well it's a tournament. it's basically like the second most popular soccer tournament outside of the world cup, okay. >> so it's right under the world cup. >> yeah. it's like right in between the euros. world cup euros. >> so we'll cheer him on throughout the tournament. well it was a little more than just a little luck. this saved the life of gordon ramsay last week. >> yeah. the celebrity chef was involved in a bad accident with his bicycle. and now in his own

words, he says he is lucky to be here. >> hi, guys. it's gordon. >> gordon ramsay says he's lucky to be alive after a bike accident in connecticut last week. the hell's kitchen star revealing this enormous bruise under his chef's coat. do you know how much i love cycling and triathlons and ironman, etc. and this week, unfortunately, i had a really bad accident, and it really shook me. and honestly, i'm lucky to be here. >> ramsay, visibly shaken at times, thanked the doctors and nurses who cared for him. he posted a picture suited up before the crash and a photo showing his mangled helmet after, alongside a stern warning to his fans. >> honestly, you've got to wear a helmet, i don't care how short the journey is, i don't care. you know, the fact that these helmets cost money, but they're crucial. more than 1000 bicyclists died in crashes with motor vehicles in the u.s. in 2022, a record high in cities like new york, bike ridership is reaching historic levels. >> some riders are opting for speedier e-bikes, which now make up 75% of all deadly bike crashes in the city. even

overseas cyclists are getting serious about safety in the traditionally helmet free netherlands, the government is now urging citizens to protect their heads because of an increase in serious injuries. i know, yeah. as for gordon ramsay , he did not elaborate on what led up to that crash, but he said he did not break any bones or suffer any major injuries. but wow, that looked bad. >> he made a very important point about wearing a helmet and he said, you know, i know they're expensive. check with your like local organizations. a lot of them offer free helmets for people. >> and another good point he made is it doesn't matter how short the journey is morgan and

morgan. >> call one 800 602 3400. >> we are back now with the mix that we are starting with a warning for parents of teens who are headed to the jersey shore this summer. >> the town of margate has had it with unruly teens, causing chaos. and now police will begin enforcing a law that's already been on the books that prohibits

children under the age of 17 from being in public places between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m, unless accompanied by an adult. >> yeah, parents who knowingly leave their kids unsupervised can face a fine of up to $1,000. but how do they prove that? >> yeah, there's that tricky legal word. knowingly, hopefully it's a scare tactic, if you will , just to clean up the beach or just stop causing chaos. you know, just have fun. >> next. >> good happens after ten. that's true. next to a new discovery that may have millennials breaking out their old tamagotchi friends. >> that's right, an enthusiast of the virtual pet has reportedly figured out how to unlock two characters that for decades now have been thought to be unplayable. >> that enthusiast writes on discord that he managed to gain control of mole and laura, twin nurses whose roles were to help revive sick tamagotchi. he says the trick is to keep his pet mothra leo, at a weight between 70 and 79, making no care

mistakes for 80 waking hours. i had to remind myself, i mean, i could. where was this in 1997? >> that's where my daughter has a tamagotchi, and i've never noticed the weight. yeah. me either. on it. i take care of it for her sometimes because it beeps and it won't stop beeping until you do something. and if she's not home, i'll just do it for her. i don't know, i'm by no means an expert though. next to another number that might scramble your brain. we're talking about the world's tallest dog, guinness world records says in iowa's iowa family's great dane named kevin has taken the honor. >> officially measuring in at three feet, two inches from his feet to the base of his neck, his owner, tracy wolf, calls kevin the epitome of a gentle giant. >> i love when dogs have human names. look at kevin. he's so cute. he's the first holder of the title since the previous record holder. do you remember? it was another great day named zeu's, but he passed away last year. zeus was even taller than kevin at over three feet five

inches. but congrats to kevin. >> human size human name. it all makes sense. and finally to a mischievous golden retriever. >> oh they're so cute! but wow, this is stan lee caught on camera. look what he's doing! he's tearing apart the trampoline in his human's backyard. he uses his claws and his teeth and oh, the rest is history. >> yep. so is that paw trampoline. golden retrievers love to tear up trampolines instead of jumping on

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