between 400 and 850ft across, so you would have needed binoculars or a telescope to see a small beacon of light. the question to you two did anybody see it? >> i have no, i didn't see it. >> did you know i was i was sleeping sound. i'm glad i don't know about all this because maybe i wouldn't be able to sleep at night. the rocks are so close to the exactly. >> if i knew about it, i would have the binoculars out there. i would have gotten no sleep, and i probably wouldn't have seen it in san francisco, but caught those fireworks. >> though if you're paying attention. >> oh, definitely heard those fireworks, chris. yeah. >> thank y tonight, several developing stores. stories as we come on the air. the fourth of july travel rush. how severe weather could disrupt plans. president biden vows to stay in the race despite growing concern. this among democrats. and community outrage after the police shoot and kill a 13-year-old. but they allege had a replica

gun. first, the record number of americans expected to fly this week. the tsa anticipated 7.5 million people will travel through the airports, many more hitting roads. highways jammed, but more than 80 million americans are in the path of severe storms including possible tornados. the south facing excessive heat advisories and beryl now a hurricane taking aimality the caribbean our weather team is tracking it all. also tonight, president biden remains defiant. ignoring calls to drop his bid after his faltering debate performance. what his campaign is telling democratic party leaders as donations continue to pour in, and what a new poll reveals about what americans thought of donald trump's performance. maryalice park is standing by. a community in anguish after police shoot and kill a 13-year-old boy during a chase. officers say he was carrying what appeared to be a handgun but now say it was a replica. his family demanding answers. breaking her silence. an israeli woman kidnapped by

hamas and held for months now speaking out for the first time since being rescued. her message to the world. the alleged driver of a car that tore through a long island nail salon killing four is now charged with dwi. we've now learned an off-duty police pofr was among the victims. a mother arrested accused of leaving her daughter in a hot car. her daughter died. we remember martin mull. in tv and film in a career that spanned 50 years. and the coach who's overcome so much, inspiring a new generation of athletes. >> announcer: from abc news world headquters in new york, this is weekend weekend. >> whit: good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm whit johnson. we begin with the severe weather threat and holiday travel rush. millions on the move in the leadup to the fourth of july. travelers packing the nation's

airports. friday was the fourth busiest day in the tsa's history and officials are expecting a record in the coming days. aaa estimates around 6 million people will be traveling by car with gas prices a little lower this year, and all eyes are on the severe weather that could impact 80 million americans. moving in tonight and into tomorrow for the midwest and northeast. damaging wind, heavy rain, and tornados all possible. we're tracking the first hurricane of the year taking aim at the caribbean. somara theodore standing by with the forecast. first phil lipof with a report from newark airport. >> reporter: tonight, a record number of air travelers. expected this fourth of july holiday weekend. >> it seems busy already coming in. >> reporter: the tsa anticipating 5.7 million people will fly to their holiday destinations. a 7% increase from last year. and up 12% from 2019. at newark liberty in new jersey, an early morning for talia and her daughter, 7-year-old peyton.

desperately looking forward to spending time with her grandmother in florida, but the airport -- do you like crowds? >> i don't really like crowds. they talk loud. >> reporter: no? >> i don't really like talking loud. >> reporter: for many, the train a better choice. >> sure beats hassle getting to an airport and having to get there early. >> reporter: on the roads, 60 million drivers expected. the worst time to travel between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. best time, before 10:00 a.m. a gallon of gas is about $3.50. and the weather will expect travel this weekend. more than 80 million people in the path of the storm that will bring potential for damaging winds, heavy rain, even tornados. the line of storms will stretch from ohio to new york. the tsa says it screened just under 3 million people yesterday alone making it the fourth busiest travel day ever at airports. and they do expect, as you said, whit, to top that.

perhaps the busiest travel day ever coming up on july 7th. whit? >> whit: phil, we will brace for that. somara time this out as this moves in. >> somara: this line of storms rolling through overnight and another line making its way to the east coast. i-95 corridor particularly tomorrow evening bringing damaging winds along with a few tornadoes. the heat persists for the central and southern portion of the country with excessive heat warnings from new orleans to oklahoma city. we're keeping a close eye on the atlantic where we have hurricane beryl. headed for barbados, and potentially jamaica as a category 2 hurricane end of the week. >> whit: we know you'll be tracking it tomorrow on "gma."

next, calls for justice in upstate new york after the deadly police shooting of a 13-year-old boy. authorities say the boy pointed a replica handgun at officers during a chase before they opened fire. the utica police department now investigating. abc's morgan norwood has details, and a warning. this video is disturbing. [ gun fire ] >> oh, my god! joe, he just shot him! >> reporter: new video tonight, a video showing the moment an officer in upstate new york shot and killed a 13-year-old identified by his family as nia mway who police say pointed a replica gun at him. police in utica say they stopped two juveniles as part of an ongoing investigation around 10:30 friday night. >> we got shots fired. >> while fleeing, the youth displayed what appeared to be a handgun. can you please allow me to finish, please?

okay? >> reporter: in anguish from the crowd as police attempted to explain. >> the police officer -- once, striking the male during a ground struggle. on the scene, officers did recover a replica glock 17 handgun with a detachable magazine. this replica handgun was ultimately found to be a pellet gun. >> reporter: the teenager shot once. officers seen here administering cpr. >> to the chest. >> they're currently doing cpr. >> reporter: the boy's uncle mourning his loss and pledging to fight for him. >> so this is the most, very heartbreaking for the family, because they lost a child. you know? they lost a child. what the police do to them. you know? murder them. >> reporter: and whit, the new york attorney general is investigating along with the utica police department. they're looking into whether the officers involved followed policy, procedure and protocol

along with training they've been placed on administrative leave with pay. whit? >> whit: morningen norwood, thank you. now to the race for the white house. president biden is back on the campaign trail tonight with stops in new york and new jersey. as he tries to battle back from thursday's debate performance, but the calls for the 81-year-old to step aside ahead of the party convention in august are not going away. here's abc without correspondent maryalice parks. >> reporter: tonight, several top democratic party organizers dismayed and worried, but abc news they continue to back president joe biden's re-election bid. even as some whether he's up for the task. seasoned staffers acknowledging the challenges before them now after millions of americans say it was a shaky performance at the president's debate. but reality is sinking in tonight that there's no way to swap out their party's nominee at this stage in the race unless biden himself steps aside. that's exactly what "the new york times" editorial board called on him to do friday.

calling a continued campaign a quote, reckless gamble. amid a quote, significant threat to democracy posed by a second trump presidency. mr. biden has been an admirable president. under his leadership, the nation prospered, but the greatest public service he can now perform is to announce he will not continue to run for re-election. so far, however, biden and his allies remaining defiant. first lady jill biden addressing donors behind choiced doors last night reportedly saying she told the president, look, joe, we're not going to let 90 minutes define the four years you've been president. biden returning to the campaign trail. >> he's the best! >> battling for the soul of america. >> reporter: and traveled to new york and new jersey today for events with major donors. the biden campaign touting $27 million raised since thursday. earning some public expressions of support from some major power brokers including barack obama, bill and hillary clin and chuck schumer.

>> we had a bad debate. the president is focused on what do we do next. >> reporter: a new poll released this morning by ipsos confirmed what many expected. 60% of voters believe trump likely won the debate, but also the number offering the biden campaign a glimmer of hope. the debate hasn't prompted people to change their vote with biden losing just 1.6 points in the fallout. >> whit: maryalice back with us. i know you've been talking to your sources. even if some democrats wanted to swap out biden as their nominee, is there even a mechanism to do that this late in the race? >> reporter: there's not, whit. some democrats have been looking closely at those convention rules but the reality is the delegates are pledged. it would require the president himself to step aside. >> whit: maryalice parks. thank you. and tune in to this week. tomorrow morning, john carl will interview senator coons and john's exclusive interview with long-time strategist steve

bannon as he prepared to head to prison next week. tonight, new details in the horrific crash that claimed four lives in a long island nail salon. nine others were injured. an suv plowing into the building. the alleged driver charged with dwi. authorities now saying one of the dead was an off-duty police officer. janice yu from our wabc news station is on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, new details in a deadly car crash into a nail salon just outside new york city that took the lives of at least four people and left nine injured. >> upon arrival, we immediately identified that this was a mass casualty incident. >> reporter: the 64-year-old suspected in the crash, stephen schwally, now charged with driving while intoxicated. police in suffolk county say he was traveling at a high rate of speed through a parking lot in deer park around 4:30 p.m. friday when he allegedly plowed into hawaii nail and spa. >> the man was driving and came from this parking lot from

kohl's and he was trying to pass somebody and pretty much ran into a nail salon. >> reporter: that salon filled with workers and customers at the time. >> multiple people -- >> reporter: the deadly crash leaving this massive crater as first responders searched for survivors. the suv's red lights still flashing from deep inside the building. and tonight, we're learning that an off-duty nypd officer was among the four dead. 30-year-old emilio was assigned to the precinct in queens where her husband is a detective. >> my heart dropped, because life is so fragile. life is so fragile. >> reporter: that driver is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. he's expected to be arraigned at a later date. >> whit: thank you. overseas now in the war between israel and hamas, tonight, a hostage breaking her silence after she was freed. and three other hostages. let's bring in matt from tel

aviv. matt, what more can you tell us about this video released and her message tonight? >> reporter: it was the same message as we heard tens of thousand people chant tonight in tel aviv. they want and immediate deal to bring back 120 hostages still in captivity in gaza. she noted her boyfriend is among them. most of us saw the harrowing video of them being taken away on motorcycles on october 7th. speaking almost in a whisper looking directly into the camera saying during her captivity her biggest concern was for her parents. her mother has terminal brain cancer. nearly 300 palestinians were killed during that raid and this comes as word has arrived that the u.s. is trying offer hamas a chance to amend the current deal. hamas saying that this is nothing new. they are saying they will only agree to a guaranteed cease-fire

and full withdrawal from the gaza strip. something israel has been reluctant to do. whitt? >> whit: thank you. now to a north carolina mother in custody charge nd the death of her 8-year-old daughter who was allegedly left in a hot car. authorities say ashlee stallings left her daughter in the car while she went to work, but when she returned to check on her, the girl was barely breathing. here's our report. >> reporter: tonight, a north carolina mother charged with involuntary manslaughter after police say her daughter died after being left in a hot car for three and a half hours on the hottest day of the year so far. >> 8-year-old female having difficulty with breathing. also unconscious. >> reporter: according to the police affidavit, 36-year-old ashlee stallings said she left the air-conditioning on while she worked in a charlotte amazon facility, but says she found her daughter unresponsive after she stopped answering texts. according to the affidavit, she used a hammer to bust open the back window, and found the victim taking shallow breaths.

she said she new it was 94 degrees and shouldn't have left the victim alone inside the car, and believeds the victim turned 9 car off because she was cold. amazon is calling the incident incredibly tragic and offering counseling resources to employees. she's being held on a $250,000 bond. now, her daughter is now the fifth child killed in an alleged hot car incident so far this year, and experts say within an hour, internal car temperatures can soar by 40 degrees. >> whit: an important reminder. just an upsetting story. thank you. tonight, there is more everyday that the milk supply is safe amid the bird flu outbreak. officials say results from a new study further confirm pasturization is effective in inactivating the virus. the fda and usda have been keeping close tabs on the milk

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and left him paralyzed from the chest down. thanks to support from family and friends, he's now back out on the track. >> the track actually saved my life. >> this time, as coach shake, helping young runners with the chester cheetahs track club outside philadelphia. >> i felt being upset that i was in a wheelchair would have been selfish, because there was no longer here, but i still had a chance to do something. >> reporter: coach shake creating a special connection with these 5 to 18-year-olds. >> i'm in a wheelchair and i can't physically show the kids, but i have a bond with them. >> reporter: grateful he still has use of his arms and hands. enabling him to help runners with proper positioning. by example, he's teaching them important lessons about life. >> always tell them there's a negative and a positive way you can take things. like me, i told them i could have been negative about my accident, but i wasn't.

>> reporter: coach shake is now on a mission. inspiring these young runners to reach their full potential. no matter the challenge. >> you have to be comfortable being uncomfortable. joy wouldn't feel so good if it wasn't for pain so you've just got to keep on going. just be thankful for what's there in front of you and make it work. do not give up. wh whrt. >> whit: do not give up. clearly making a difference. thank you so much for watching tonight. i'm whit johnson in new york. have a great night. kick off to the weekend, counting down to the big parade. tonight, police in oakland are boosting the number of officers on the streets to prevent violence as the city considers major changes to police staffing. plus, the best time to hit the road on this busy holiday weekend. as the bay area

revives a 4th of july tradition tonight on abc seven news, always live abc seven news starts right now. san francisco is rolling out the rainbow carpet for what organizers say is one of the biggest. the world's biggest lgbtq plus celebrations. pride weekend is kicking off in a big way today, culminating in tomorrow's pride parade down market street. you can see our countdown to the parade at the bottom of your screen. thank you for joining us i'm j.r. stone. thousands. hundreds of thousands of people are expected in san francisco this weekend for pride celebrations. the party is packed at civic center plaza for the kickoff to the pride festival, running today and tomorrow. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to people celebrating and got tips from organizers about how to have a safe time to >> performers are keeping it real