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somara standing by with your forecast. >> gio: caught on camera, deadly police shooting. the moment a police officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who fled with what police say turned out to be a pellet gun. >> we got shots fired. >> gio: the chaotic scene. >> can you please allow me to finish, please? >> gio: and the angry community. >> will: reassuring voters. president biden telling supporters to move past his shaky debate performance. our reporting from washington with the biden campaign said to be in damage control. >> janai: rip current rescue. an off-duty lifeguard saving seven people from a florida rip current. this morning, those important summer safety reminders as you head to the beach. >> gio: holiday sales. the deals luring you away from the beaches and into the stores. "gma" tracking down the best bargains worth showing up late to the barbecue.

>> will: and summer of sports. all eyes on wimbledon, serving up hard-hitting competition, and from centre court to the basketball court. >> catching fire, jones. >> will: the talent and the rivalries drawing the crowds to the wnba. ♪ >> gio: oh, i love that music on a sunday. good morning, america. so great to have will reeve back with us here on the desk. >> will: glad to be here. >> gio: absolutely, and there's a lot to get to this morning here. we are heading to the new york city pride march, just one of the many pride events around the country this weekend. >> will: plus, that rise in summer covid cases. dr. darien sutton is here to break that all down. >> janai: a lot to get to, but first, we have team coverage as we inch closer to the july 4th holiday. the airports, the roads, and the weather as millions of us get ready to be on the move for the holiday weekend. let's start with somara theodore. good morning to you, somara. you're watching some weather.

>> somara: that i am, janai. storms moved through upstate new york overnight, and more showers will be making their way this morning, but we're really gearing up for this second line. now you guys there's a little uncertainty around this timing. anywhere from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the tristate area, we could see storms bubbling up so if you are headed to the new york pride march, keep that in mind. by about 6:00 p.m., we will see storms firing up farther south in the dmv/philadelphia, bringing heavier rain, and for those traveling along i-95, keep in mind throughout the evening and through the night, you could be running into severe weather. gio? >> gio: somara, thank you so much. now to the crush of travelers for the fourth of july. the tsa is expecting a record-setting holiday, possibly seeing the most people traveling on a single day some time in the next week. let's get to the busiest airport right now. abc's faith abubey is there at hartsfield-jackson airport. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning to you, gio. the world's busiest airport is anticipating even more crowds over the next several days. you can already see the lines building here at this tsa checkpoint.

some of these passengers tell me they're arriving earlier than normal to beat the travel rush, and it's the same story at airports across the country. tsa is experiencing some of its highest passenger counts ever. in fact, this past friday was the fourth busiest day on record for the tsa, nearly 3 million passengers screened at airports nationwide, but it's this coming wednesday, july 3rd, that will likely be the busiest day to head to your destination, this holiday period, and part of this increased volume may be because ticket prices are actually down compared to last year. 18% down compared to last year. if you're flying, you already know the drill. it means arrive earlier than normal. expect longer bag lines, and crowded tsa checkpoints, and another thing to keep in mind this year is that independence day actually falls on thursday which means the usual holiday weekend will actually feel like a holiday week which could potentially translate into more

crowded airports on more days this week than we actually used to. will. >> will: yeah, that long line. due to the extra long weekend. faith, thank you for that. now to the lookout on the roads. traffic, gas prices. abc's jaclyn lee is in los angeles where fuel costs are about as high as anywhere in the country. jaclyn, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, will, good morning to you. yes, that's right. gas is so expensive here in california with average price per gallon going for $4.80. for those hitting the road this july 4th holiday weekend, expect a lot of company. there's more than 60 million drivers on the roads. experts say the best day for traffic is on monday, with the worst day being wednesday, the day before the fourth, that's because everyone's leaving town. traffic will be pretty bad on sunday, july 7th. the worst times to be driving are between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. if you want to get somewhere quickly, experts say you want to leave before 10:00 in the morning. looking at our wallets, drivers

will be paying a bit less. the national average for a gallon of gas is $3.50. the best thing you can do going into the holiday, plan ahead and check those travel apps. janai? >> janai: jaclyn, thank you for that. turning to the hundreds of people overnight who attended a vigil for a 13-year-old boy killed in a police shooting in upstate new york. police say that that boy was pointing a replica handgun at an officer. abc's morgan norwood joins us now with more on the investigation that is really impacting that community. good morning, morgan. >> reporter: good morning to you, janai. the community just devastated. utica police say that they stopped nyah mway and another teen saying they stopped the teen because they matched the description of robbery suspects in that area. at some point in that confrontation, there was a struggle and moments later, gunshots and this morning, we're seeing that body-worn camera footage. we warn you this footage might be a little unsettling to watch. this morning, disturbing new video showing the moment a police officer shot and killed a

13-year-old in upstate new york. body-worn camera footage released overnight by the utica police department painting a picture of friday night's events. officers on patrol stopping 13-year-old nyah mway and another juvenile as part of what they say was an investigation into certain robberies in the area. mway running from the police, appearing to point what looked like a gun at officers during that chase. as seen in this video highlighted by the utica police department. authorities then tackling him to the ground, punching him before one officer fired a single shot, killing mway. >> oh my god. yo, he just shot him. >> reporter: these pictures showing the replica gun that police say mway possessed at the time of the incident. >> start an ambulance. we got shots fired. >> reporter: overnight, loved ones holding a vigil identified by family as nyah mway. he's a member of the community in utica about 90 minutes from albany. >> while fleeing the youth

displayed what appeared to be a handgun. can you please allow me to finish please? >> reporter: a news conference turning chaotic as authorities attempted to explain, later saying the firearm they believed the 13-year-old had was actually a pellet gun. >> and the utica police officer ultimately discharged his firearm 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: and the officer who fired his gun was identified as patrick husnay, a six-year veteran of the agency. husnay along with the other responding officers are on administrative leave with pay. the new york attorney general is investigating, will. >> will: a tense time in that community, morgan, thank you for that. to politics now, and the presidential race and the biden team's effort to get

democrats on the same page after the president's debate performance. abc white house correspondent maryalice parks is at the white house. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, will, good morning. the president's campaign is in full-scale damage control mode trying to stop the bleeding after that debate performance, and insisting so far that they are full steam ahead. at a fund-raiser overnight, president biden acknowledged the debate and said, i understand the concern. i didn't have a great night, but i'm going to be fighting harder. several top priority organizers are deeply worried about whether he's up to the task and if he can win. but the reality is, there is no way to swap out their party's nominee at this stage unless biden himself steps aside. now one longtime dnc leader told me there is still an effort to try to convince some sitting senators have a frank conversations with the president about stepping down, but the campaign directly addressed these calls and said if he were to drop out, it would lead to weeks of chaos on the convention floor and argued that's the best possible way for donald trump to win. instead, surrogates have been told by the campaign to stay focused on the issues, things like abortion, voting, democracy, and taxes.

gio. >> gio: maryalice, thanks so much, and let's bring in jonathan karl who will be hosting abc's "this week" later this morning. good morning to you. >> jonathan: good morning. >> gio: how damaging is this to biden and what's the campaign strategy here? >> jonathan: it's really damaging. you see it from some of the president's closest and most important allies outside of public office. editorial writers saying that this was a disaster of a debate performance, and that if biden continues on like this, it will lead inevitably to a donald trump return to the white house which the democrats say is unthinkable. what are they doing about it? well, the biden campaign knows that they have to recover from this. you saw a little bit of what the plan was immediately after the debate. the next day he was actually out, you know, 14 hours on the road, campaigning in north carolina, looking considerably more vibrant than he did during

that debate, but gio, that debate was the most important moment in this campaign by far so far and there won't be another moment like it until the democratic convention in august. >> gio: and jon, you have been telling us all about the text messages you have been receiving. there are calls for the democratic party to replace biden on that ticket. even "the new york times" though, the editorial board there says that biden should drop out of the race. is that even realistic, and how does that even happen? >> jonathan: those calls are real. i mean, for the most part, they are coming at least publicly from people outside of public office like "the new york times" editorial board. many of the most prominent columnists in "the new york times" as well, people that joe biden respects and has been reading for years, some of his other allies and other news organizations, other opinion leaders, but look. there really is no way, at least that i can find, and i have been talking to a lot of people about this. there's no way to replace joe biden unless joe biden himself

decides it is time to step down. the big question is whether or not that could happen. right now i see absolutely no indication coming from anybody in joe biden's inner circle that that is even under serious consideration. >> gio: jon karl, thank you so much, and we'll have much more from you later on "this week" including an exclusive interview with former president trump's longtime ally steve bannon who is set to report to prison tomorrow morning for defying a january 6th committee subpoena. janai? >> janai: jon sharing pictures of that calling it an intense interview. looking forward to that. meanwhile, the supreme court ruling is due tomorrow on donald trump's immunity from prosecution claims. abc's perry russom joins us from washington, d.c., as all eyes are on the high court. good morning to you, perry. >> reporter: janai, good morning to you. this is one of the biggest rulings that has yet to come down from the high court and we know it is happening tomorrow. at the center of this case, does former president trump have immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office?

this is tied to the january 6th election interference case where trump faces four felony charges including conspiracy to defraud the u.s. for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trump has pleaded not guilty and he denies all wrongdoing. this is a watershed moment. in shaping what a president can and cannot do while they're in office, and what their power truly is. trump has said if a president does not have full immunity, nobody serving in office will have the courage to make what would be the right decision. during arguments in april, the department of justice argued granting absolute immunity would put a president above the law. this does not have to be a yes or no ruling from the high court. there could be some type of a hybrid ruling offering a president some level of protection. the trial for this case was supposed to start back in march. it was then delayed as it went up to the high court. depending on what the ruling is tomorrow, this case could move forward and we could see a trial before november. will? >> will: all right, perry, thank you for that. moving overseas now, to the

war in gaza and a former israeli hostage held captive for over eight months speaking publicly for the first time since her dramatic rescue, and abc's matt gutman is in tel aviv with the latest. matt, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning, will. argamani spoke softly, almost in a whisper looking directly at the camera, and she pointedly noted that her biggest concern during her captivity was for her parents. her mother has terminal brain cancer and that video appeared at a rally in which tens of thousands of people in tel aviv demanded that israel return the 120 hostages that remain in captivity in gaza, and argamani also noted that her boyfriend is among them, and so many of us saw that harrowing video of her being carted away on october 7th. she also took the chance to thank the people who rescued her and three others. a massive raid in gaza that left nearly 300 people dead, and it comes as we receive word that the u.s. is offering hamas another chance to amend the current deal. hamas announcing overnight that there is no merit to this, nothing new in this deal, and they'll only agree to a guaranteed cease-fire, and the full withdrawal of israeli

troops from the gaza strip. that's something israeli officials tell me this morning is not likely to happen. that as israel is on the fourth day of raid in northern gaza that left six months ago, 60,000 people have been evacuated from there, and those same israeli officials telling me they're now increasingly concerned that the gaza strip will turn into a kind of somalia because of the power vacuum there, and that is actually putting more pressure on the netanyahu government to finalize this hostage deal and cease-fire. gio? >> gio: all right, matt, thank you so much for your reporting there from tel aviv. we turn to the rising number of covid cases around the country and just about the whole country seeing this as we prepare to gather for the fourth of july. >> janai: dr. darien sutton joins us. tell us about this new variant that we're now hearing about. >> you might see headlines labeling this new variant the flirt variant. that's where the mutations are. we pay attention to these mutations because it tells us whether or not the virus is better at infecting ourselves and avoiding our antibodies which protect us.

we're seeing it rising in at least 44 states and thankfully we're not seeing an increase of virulence or more infectious thankfully. but we do know the symptoms. very much seems like sore threat, congestion, fatigue, very much what we've seen before. it's an important reminder. number one, as we see these rates slightly increase, making sure you have your mask on you when you're in high-risk situations, especially for those who are high-risk making sure that you're up to date on your vaccines and i prescribe this this to my patients. if you're high risk and you get infected, paxlovid still seems to be available. make sure you get it when you need it early enough. >> will: fourth of july, days away, how about fireworks safety tips? >> i'm excited about the fourth of july, but in the emergency room, we know this holiday to be associated with burn injuries, blast injuries, and eye injuries. with your fireworks, making sure that they're legal in the state you're using them. that's just number one. also making sure you're avoiding using them around children, making sure that you have

available water, submerging them in water and making sure that you have eye protection. these are all really, really important to stay safe. >> will: medical advice and some legal tips there. doctor, thank you so much for that. it's great to see you. have a happy fourth if we don't see you before then. we'll turn to sports now. so prepare your strawberries and cream and perhaps a cup of pims. it's one of the marquee events of the summer. wimbledon begins tomorrow, and abc's ines de la cuetara is in london with more. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, will. from wimbledon, and lots of excitement building here as the grand slam tournament is just about to get under way. a few things fans are watching this year, you have top women players, iga swiatek and american coco gauff headlining the women's singles. the last time they came face to face was during the french open in which gauff lost to swiatek. gauff likely looking for a comeback here. on the men's side, carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic could be back. alcaraz winning against djokovic at wimbledon last year and recently winning the french open.

some concerns for djokovic, he recently suffered a knee injury and had to undergo surgery, but it does look like he will be able to compete. we saw him practicing on saturday and he says he is feeling confident. now the tournament officially begins tomorrow, and it is the last major tennis tournament before the upcoming paris olympics. you can see all of the first-round action starting tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern on espn. guys? >> janai: ines, you're talking about wimbledon today, olympics yesterday. you're in paris and all over the place. just beautiful. thank you, ines. she's got a good life over there. time now for a check of the weather and somara theodore, it's going to get hot. >> somara: it's getting hot in here for sure. out there, lots of triple-digit temperatures out west. feeling like the triple digits in the south. check it out. new orleans, i'm talking to you. good morning. it is going to feel like 118 degrees both today and tomorrow. that's why you're under an excessive heat warning, but those alerts stretch across much of the southeast. in the coming days, baltimore, thursday, july 4th, you're going to go grilling outside.

highs in the upper 90s. triple digits for oklahoma city on thursday and same for dallas-fort worth. meanwhile, out west, we have heat warnings spanning throughout much of california, and palm springs could reach around 117 degrees on thursday. triple digits for almost all the major cities on the west coast in the coming days. that's a look at the hot forecast. for now, let's see what's going on a little closer to home. >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. usually we always tell people to have, like, rain checks when

they are -- i'm sorry. other days when it rains for them to have other plans. well, i don't know why i'm struggling with this. it's going to be so hot. you may want to have a plan b. >> janai: a hot check. >> somara: a heat check. >> janai: not a rain check, but a hot check. >> gio: we get it. >> somara: thank you. >> gio: we got you, and that's something to remember too because we're going into these pride marches all across the country. pride across america as we prepare for some of the nation's biggest pride marches today including new york, and abc's will ganss joins us live along the parade route there. good morning, will. how you doing? >> reporter: hey, gio. you know i'm doing great out here. excitement is building here in the heart of midtown, manhattan. the bunting is going up, the flags are being handed out where in just a few hours, right here the pride march will step off, and marchers will head right down here on 5th avenue celebrating the lgbtq movement and rights and in fact

acceptance is at an all-time high in the united states of lgbtq plus individuals. glaad recently found that nine out of ten americans support equality and protections for lgbtq individuals, and across the country today, as you mentioned, gio, huge celebration scheduled for seattle, for twin cities, for chicago, and so many other places across the country. here in new york though, we're celebrating 55 years since the stonewall uprising which of course, marks the beginning of the queer liberation movement. in fact, on friday, the stonewall national monument visitors center opened. we had speakers like president biden, the first lady, katy perry, performances from elton john and from cynthia erivo, and i know pride across america is happening. right here on abc. gio, one of these is your seat. we are keeping it warm for you, but not too warm. i heard about that heat warning somara was talking about. the beyonce fan is working very well. >> gio: good. >> reporter: the fans are working well here. >> gio: will, that's awesome. thank you for letting me know. i was worried about that. i'll see you very, very soon. pride across america kicks off at 11:00 a.m. eastern on abc newslive and hulu with streaming

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"purple rain" became prince's first album to hit number one spending 24 consecutive weeks in the top spot on the billboard 200. >> janai: 40 years ago and 0 out of 3 of us know what that was like, huh? >> gio: way to bring attention to that. >> janai: we're young. >> will: there's no apologies for that. >> janai: exactly. exactly. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following this sunday morning. the july 4th holiday is on track to be one of busiest in history with more than 70 million people expected to travel. tsa expects wednesday, the day before the holiday, to be the busiest for airports, and same thing for drivers. traffic on wednesday projected to be the heaviest on roads. >> gio: and a truck driver was killed after his 18-wheeler veered off an expressway and slammed into two cars before crashing into a home saturday morning in mission, texas. the driver of one of the other cars has been hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries. luckily though, the home is up for sale and was unoccupied. >> will: thank goodness for that. it was also an exciting evening on the track.

noah lyles breaking a trials record running the 200 meters in 19.5 seconds. wow. punching his ticket to paris. gabby thomas taking the 200 meters securing her place on team usa. >> janai: these olympics. team usa is -- >> will: i know, coming up soon. it's going to be great. >> gio: these runners always make me feel weak, right, because they're so strong. >> janai: that's so fast. >> gio: we are going to start this half hour here with a really good story, an off-duty lifeguard springing into action when he got word of swimmers in distress, managing to save the whole family all by himself from a dangerous rip current, and abc's morgan norwood is bringing us this story. hey, morgan, good morning again. >> reporter: yeah. a true hero, but many americans headed to the beach this extended holiday, and there was a rip current warning. it's coming from an off-duty lifeguard who saved a family from the grips of a dangerous rip tide, but he's also warning

families and swimmers to be aware. >> i saw many, many people in distress, fighting for their life. >> reporter: mariano martinez was off duty in florida last saturday when he got an alert on an emergency app on his phone about swimmers in distress on lido beach. >> when you have seven people at the same moment, in the same place and you have their life in your hands, it's -- it's hard. >> reporter: martinez grabbing his gear which he says he always keeps in his car. he raced with his rescue tube in hand straight to the water that had dangerous rip currents following an earlier storm. the swimmers were swept 200 yards into the gulf of mexico. >> i think the hard part is recognizing where these things are. oftentimes if you are not trained to see them and locate them, you don't realize that you're in them. >> reporter: that rescue happening just days after a mom and dad of six drowned after being swept out by a rip current while vacationing in hutchinson island, florida. experts say in 2023, there were reportedly 90 rip current

fatalities in the u.s., and in 2024 so far, 11 drownings. 8 of them all happening in florida. all, just this month. so, listen up. if you are caught in a rip current, the key here is do not panic, signal for help, relax, float, then swim parallel to the shoreline until you're free of that current. >> will: important tips. thank you for that, and water safety is on the minds of many this week. let's dive in, pardon the pun, for more on that. joining us now, wyatt werneth, the spokesperson for the american lifeguard association. wyatt, thank you for joining us. those swimmers in our story were very lucky that an off-duty lifeguard happened to be in the area. that's not always going to be the case. what should people keep in mind when they head to the beach? >> good morning, will. it's a fine "gma" day, and this is a great story. we salute you, mariano. yes. it's very important to know before you go because drowning can be prevented. check the internet.

check the weather. the most important thing, you want to know where the lifeguard is. being in front of a lifeguard, your chance of drowning is 1 in 18 million. it's all about preparing before you get to the beach and then know before you go. >> will: know before you go. very important, and what about now, parents with kids? they've taken some swim lessons, but this is a busy team. everyone's heading to the pool around july 4th. if folks are at the pool, how closely should the kids be monitored when there's a bunch of parents around? >> no matter how good you think your family members swim, there should always be a water watcher. you want to start at the home and assign someone that is vigilant and can pay attention, and even the adults. we need to take care of them sometimes. you want to stay vigilant. make sure that you have a water watcher and they cannot be distracted. they've got to make sure they're keeping an eye on the little ones because even if you think they can swim good, they can get tired and things can happen like that.

always have a water watcher standing by. >> will: always someone watching at any given time. before we let you go, are there any other hazards at the beach or the pool that we should be mindful of this summer? >> absolutely. the weather. like i said, know before you go. check the weather. the weather is going top redict the rip currents as well as lightning and rain and things like that. it'll ruin your day. if you swim in front of a lifeguard, the lifeguard is already checking the weather in the morning and they'll let you know where those rip currents are, and they'll clear the beach. weather is always a big factor. know before you go, and drowning can be prevented. always swim in front of a lifeguard. >> will: wyatt werneth who wins the award. for best live shot location this morning, thank you for making us smarter and safer. we appreciate your time, and it is time now for the weather and somara theodore. >> somara: right now we're tracking hurricane beryl, and the thing about it is, it's early in the season to see a category 4 hurricane developing, in fact, one of the earliest on record for the month

of june. what's going to happen is hurricane beryl is headed for the lesser antilles. we have barbados under a hurricane warning right now. but places like st. vincent and st. lucia must be on high alert. the storm system then makes its way closer to jamaica, potentially category 2 by the end of the week. it's also going into places like the yucatan. this is a strong system and it's not the only one we're watching. just behind beryl, we have this area of development, about a 70% chance this could turn into our next named storm, and that would be chris. we're also monitoring out toward the gulf there, about a 50% chance of development. that's a look across the country. let's see what's going on in your neighborh see what's going your neighborhood. >> somara: and that's a look >> somara: and that's a look your local forecast. i'm an island girl. i have so much family down in grenada and trinidad.

and barbados, and they're saying, somara, it looks like the storm's going to stay just south of us. i'm telling people who are traveling there, vacationing there, be mindful. this is a very large storm that will have a wide-reaching impact. >> gio: and the dirty side. you just don't know you just don't know where that will end up. >> janai: i just texted a friend who lives in barbados. i'm glad you pointed that out. to make sure everyone is safe down there. still coming up here on "good morning america," we're giving you a jump start on those fourth of july sales, finding you the best deals out there. stick around. fourth of july sales, finding you the best deals out there. stick around. [ doorbell rings ] you must be isaac. come on in. [ sighs ] here's my pride and joy. [ romantic music plays ] ♪ beautiful stair renovation, sir. and they're covered with your home and auto bundle with progressive, so you get round-the-clock protection. so, is gabby coming down? oh, she said she'll meet you at the prom.

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weeks of competing blowout sales. >> july has become its own shopping season. we are seeing so many deals throughout the month. >> reporter: best buy is offering up to 50% off select appliances. consumers can save $400 on this ge oven, and score a $75 gift card with purchase. if you are looking to land a grill in time for that cookout, you still can. home depot is offering 20% off this propane gas grill, and macy's even slashing jewelry prices up to 70%. this diamond tennis bracelet was $1,000. now just $300, but there may be even bigger sales coming. target's circle week kicks off july 7th with up to 50% off thousands of items and one day later, walmart is launching what it's calling its largest savings event ever, including early back-to-school deals. >> the things that i would wait on would be the tech category in general like say, laptops, phones. >> reporter: you'll see deeper discounts on those items and

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storm. they just unveiled their first state of the art wnba practice facility. las vegas has one as well. they are upgrading arenas based off of demand, and also players are flying charter. that's something that my sister and i said, i can't believe the moment is here. with rapid growth really does come growing pains, and i think the biggest one, the most painful one -- and i know about growing pains because i'm 6'3," it's the rhetoric. and it's the misunderstanding. people come into the wnba with preconceived notions based off what they thought it was. not speaking to authenticity of the game. these women are competitive. they talk trash and they back it up. this is the most physical and the best women's basketball league in the world. i think there was a learning curve to understand that. i went to stanford. learning curves allow you to pass tests. we're at the point where we can focus on ball. >> janai: come on, she said she was a student athlete. we see the narrative around woman athletes getting messy. it's, like, it's catty and pitting players against each other. for instance, angel reese and

caitlin clark, that rivalry, but they talk about it differently than male athletes. what needs to happen to move the needle in the right direction? >> look. realizing, i think, fans that they have the power to focus on the positives, and there can be more than one. people are so caught up trying to prove that there is one star that is bringing all of this growth. the reality is by focusing on one star, you're missing the beautiful constellation of stars, and you listed some of them. angel and caitlin. i mean, they just had a monster rookie matchup not too long ago a few days ago, and there's also a'ja wilson who is a walking 2020-piece in the wnba as well, and there's breanna stewart who's trying to bring a championship to the liberty franchise. there are others coming. i don't know if you know about paige bueckers, juju watkins. the game is in a very healthy place. if you stop and use your telescope, you realize there are so many stars that are pushing the game forward. >> janai: come on with the stars analogy, i'm loving this. so the olympics, that was a big talker especially with women's basketball team. you have spoken about -- it's not just a big moment for the

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she can make her debut here in the u.s. in l.a. in 2028. that's a win-win scenario as well. >> janai: absolutely, and we're trying to bring home the gold here to the u.s. thank you so much, chiney. chiney/janai. that's the double header you wanted. stick around. the great wnba double-header today. the dream face the liberty, 1:00 eastern followed by caitlin clark's fever taking on brittney griner and the mercury at 3:00 eastern. that's all on espn. stick around. we'll be right back. stick around. we'll be right back. if your business needs a new application then developers will have to write code. a lot of code. if an application needs to be modernized then you'll need time, resources... and caffeine. if this sounds daunting then use watsonx code assistant ai designed to multiply developer productivity so you can generate code quickly. let's create a more modern foundation for business, with watsonx code assistant. ibm. let's create. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone.

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performance and what happens next. plus, former trump strategist steve bannon this morning on abc's now seven mornings. >> good morning i'm gloria rodriguez. here's what you need to know about today's 54th san francisco pride parade. it starts at 1030. it starts at the intersections of beale and market. it goes a mile and a half down market street, and then it ends at eighth street. the celebration area is at civic center plaza. there are multiple road closures, so plan accordingly or take public transportation into the city. traffic is expected to be heavy and some streets will be closed all day. if you can't be there in person, celebrate with abc seven and watch the parade live wherever you are. abc seven is the official station for the san francisco pride parade. our coverage starts at 10 a.m, so watch it wherever you watch abc seven. now let's get a check of your pride parade forecast with lisa argen. good morning. lisa. hey gloria. >> winds are calm out there, so temperatures are climbing

quickly. we've been clear all night long. and with a burst of wind in santa rosa, you've been in the 70s, but the coolest number 58, san francisco, 68, in oakland, 69, in hayward. how about that? 71 in san jose on the coast, though. cool, sunny, 57, half moon bay from our roof camera. it is pretty nice out there. air quality is moderate today. the coolest day of the upcoming workweek. 77 santa rosa right now 74, in fairfield and corcoran. so the winds are going to pick up throughout the afternoon. but right now we're anywhere from 4 to 18 degrees milder compared to yesterday. and those winds breezy over 25 to 30 miles an hour today. certainly at the shoreline. and then late in the day today the fog comes back. 71 san francisco gorgeous weather for the parade. looking at some low to mid 90s inland. and then watch how the heat arrives and sticks around throughout the week. >> gloria sounds beautiful today. thank you lisa, and thank you for joining us this week with george stephanopoulos is

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