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deadly. and on the gulf coast, a tropical storm warning. what to expect today. >> the historic drug bust near the southern border. how chinese nationals allegedly helped a powerful mexican cartel supply drugs for the u.s, including fentanyl. >> baseball legend willie mays dies at age 93. how he broke barriers in his own way and how he wanted to be remembered. >> the founder of a texas megachurch now resigning in a sex scandal. we hear from the alleged victim, 12 years old at the time. i told you you were beautiful. >> singer justin timberlake arrested for dwi. the punishment he could face in the hamptons. >> dramatic video. what sparked this massive inferno? the roof of that warehouse collapsing. >> and later, the stunning discovery. wine dating back 2000 years. from abc news. >> this is america this morning. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. on this juneteenth

holiday, i'm rhiannon ally, and i'm andrew dymburt. >> we begin with the extreme weather as far north as the canadian border will feel like 100 degrees today, while in the west, wildfires have turned deadly and in the northern rockies they are digging out from snow. >> the. but the big story is the extreme heat the likes of which we haven't seen. now in decades. they've never seen this before. the national weather service in caribou, maine, near the canadian border, has issued its first ever excessive heat warning. the heat index is expected to hit 105 degrees today. >> notice the coast is not in this, and neither are the mountains. >> states from maine to missouri are bracing for some of the hottest weather in decades. this map shows expected temperatures in multiple cities. the red boxes represent record highs at the white house yesterday. >> hold on to somebody pass out. yes okay. >> can we the press secretary rushing to help a woman who fainted in the heat? >> i think we're okay. i think we're okay to move on. and does anybody need water in

massachusetts? >> extra concern when the state's 911 system went down for more than an hour, the cause is still under investigation. >> we thought it was important, particularly with the heat that we're about to experience, to make sure that we give people the opportunity to know what's going on. >> doctors warn people on certain medications are more susceptible to the heat, some blood pressure pills and antidepressants make patients more prone to dehydration. in phoenix, it's so hot. medics are carrying so-called ice cocoons, body sized bags that immerse heat victims in ice to quickly lower their body temperature. the average american city is now experiencing twice as many heat waves as 40 years ago. last year, we saw the most heat waves since 1936. that's the year 5000 people died nationwide in one heat spell, when temperatures hit 120 as far north as north dakota. meanwhile, today in the west, hot and dry conditions are

fueling at least 19 wildfires. at least one person has been killed in southern new mexico. that's thousands fleeing a fire there. at least 500 buildings damaged villages in immediate danger. >> now, of that fire, we are just hoping and praying that the fire can be contained. >> a different extreme in the northern rockies, where more than a foot of snow has fallen with record low temperatures reported in montana. we are also watching the texas gulf coast, which is now under a tropical storm warning. we will check your full forecast in just a few moments. >> a major drug bust near the southern border for the first time, chinese nationals are being charged with money laundering for a powerful mexican drug cartel. officials say both sides teamed up to flood the u.s. with drugs like fentanyl. abc's em nguyen is here now with the details. and. good morning. >> andrew. good morning. yeah. prosecutors have unveiled what they claim is the first case proving a link between the sinaloa drug cartel and chinese

money laundering. federal prosecutors in southern california have announced a historic bust charging 24 suspects in connection with an alleged money laundering scheme between mexico's sinaloa drug cartel and chinese brokers, while seizing millions of dollars in drugs, including 300 pounds of cocaine. we're here today to announce criminal charges against a partnership, a partnership between a cartel in mexico and a money laundering organization based with chinese nationals. prosecutors claim the cartel has been using chinese money laundering to hide more than $50 million, alleging they converted proceeds from the sale of illegal drugs in the u.s. into chinese currency. the cartel allegedly then used the chinese currency to import goods from china back to mexico. among those goods, precursor chemicals to make more drugs, including fentanyl and meth, millions and

millions of dollars are moved in. >> proceeds from the drug sales in the united states back down to mexico, and wealthy chinese nationals in this country are given access to virtually limitless supplies of cash. >> these charges come as chinese migrants face more scrutiny. ecuador has now suspended visa free travel for chinese citizens, blaming a worrying increase in migratory flows from china. officials say the south american country has become a key transit point for thousands of chinese migrants headed to the u.s. southern border and back to those drug and money laundering arrests. u.s. officials say law enforcement in both mexico and china helped arrest some of the suspects who had fled the u.s. rhiannon. >> all right, edwin, thank you for that. back here in new york, an undocumented migrant from ecuador is due in court today charged with the horrific sexual assault of a 13 year old. neighbors in queens recognize the suspect from a wanted poster

and held him until police arrived. police say the man forced the girl and her male friend into the woods at knifepoint, tied up the boy and then assaulted the girl. they say the suspect entered the u.s. illegally through texas in 2021. >> 11 people have been hospitalized, including children, after a home exploded in syracuse, new york. a car with a child inside was found beneath the rubble. crews spent hours making sure no one else was trapped. no word on what caused the blast, but no gas leaks were reported before the explosion. new tensions between the u.s. and israel. >> the white house has reportedly canceled a meeting with israeli officials in protest of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's latest remarks. netanyahu has claimed the u.s. is withholding weapons from israel, claiming shipments have been delayed, officials tell axios. the biden administration was shocked by netanyahu's ingratitude, and the white house yesterday denied any change in policy. >> the great willie mays has died, he once said. he did

everything in baseball a player can do and did it with love, but he was far more than just a baseball player. willie mays, the say hey kid was one of baseball's greatest, both on the field and off it. born in alabama, he started playing pro ball in the leagues while still in high school. i had to stay in school, so i played saturday and sunday when school was in. >> when school was out, i would go on the road with them at 20, he was playing for the new york giants, where he'd win rookie of the year. >> his first hit, a home run. he would hit 660 of them in his career, ranking sixth on the all time list. in 1952, he was drafted into the korean war, serving two years, and when he returned, he would thrill fans with an mvp season capped with this moment known as the catch. his back to home plate, mays making one of the most memorable plays of all time. the giants would win the world series every time i went on the field, i enjoyed what i was doing. >> i gave everything i had. >> they eventually moved to san francisco, but years later, mays

returned to new york, finishing his career with the mets. he was a 24 time all star. >> it's difficult right now to even, try to explain to you how much i love baseball and how much baseball means to me. i think we had what you call, a love affair. >> inducted into the hall of fame in 1979 and decades later honored by president obama with the presidential medal of freedom, the intensely private mays credited with breaking barriers and his quiet example while excelling on one of america's biggest stages, helped carry forward the banner of civil rights. >> it's because of giants like willie that someone like me could even think about running for president. >> but mays did not live to see another historic tribute as part of juneteenth celebrations. he's set to be honored tomorrow at the stadium where he began his career, rickwood field in birmingham, alabama, where the giants will play the cardinals in the first major league game to be played in that stadium overnight, the giants chairman saying mays had a profound influence not only on the game

of baseball but on the fabric of america. willie mays was 93. he once said he'd like to be remembered as someone who enjoyed people and made a positive influence. >> it is time now for your wednesday weather. >> good morning. it is a really hot one out there again today. we're going to be steamy through the rest of the week. only some near the great lakes will get some strong thunderstorms, offering a little bit of relief from the heat at least. but look at these temperatures 101 this afternoon, breaking the daily record by five degrees in manchester, new hampshire. we should break the record as well. today in albany, new york. really steamy in many, many areas in the deep red accuweather realfeel temperatures will be between 100 and 105 degrees this afternoon for accuweather. i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up, the beloved movie from the 80s getting a sequel. >> but first, the texas mega-church founder now resigning in a sex scandal. we hear from the alleged victim and why dollar tree may be in

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didn't know was theirs. show me the money on gma. >> we are back now with video from chicago. a warehouse roof collapsing during this massive fire at a pallet company. the flames spreading through an area with large amounts of wood there, crews have been working to determine exactly what materials are burning. >> the fda says dollar tree stores did not react quickly enough to pull lead tainted children's food off shelves. juana banana apple cinnamon pouches were recalled last october due to lead and chromium that sickened children in 44 states. the fda says in some cases, the products were still on the shelves two months later. dollar tree says new management is addressing the issue in texas. >> the founder of a megachurch with a massive following has

resigned, facing a sex scandal this morning, the pastor of a texas megachurch has resigned amid allegations he sexually abused a girl for years, beginning when she was 12. >> it's just happens to be god's time. i think for it to come to light. >> cindy clemesha, appearing on cnn, accuses gateway church pastor robert morris of molesting her between 1982 and 1987, when morris was a traveling pastor. after clemesha went public, morris acknowledged he was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady, not referencing the girls age, saying it was kissing and petting, adding it was wrong. morris says he returned to the church in 1989 after two years of counseling, claiming he resumed preaching with the blessing of clemesha family, which she denies. >> he didn't come forward and confess he was turned in, and when someone's turned in, what are they sorry for? are they sorry because they got caught?

or are they truly repentant of what they did? >> morris founded gateway church in southlake, texas, attracting 100,000 congregants across numerous locations. in this 2014 video, he spoke about his past, quote, immorality. >> i looked for girls that did not have a good relationship with their father. i learned to spot that i looked for girls that were insecure. >> at first, the church stood by morris saying he shared publicly from the pulpit the proper biblical steps he took in this lengthy restoration process. but the board has now released a new statement. after accepting his resignation, saying it did not have all the facts of the inappropriate relationship between morris and the victim. no criminal charges have been filed, and experts say the statute of limitations has likely expired. >> coming up, troubling accusations against a company that helps families find care for seniors. >> also ahead, singer justin timberlake arrested for dwi. timberlake arrested for dwi. what we now know about the cas

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