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>> rhiannon: the race for the white house. trump/vance ticket hits the ground running, their first joint rally today in the battleground state of michigan as trump talks with ukraine's leader while president biden in isolation with covid fights for his place on the ticket with more than three dozen democratic lawmakers calling for him to step aside. >> gio: maverick texas lawmaker sheila jackson lee passing away, an advocate for social and economic justice in her three decades in the house. how she's being remembered. >> whit: guilty verdict. after a surprisingly speedy trial, a russian court finds evan gershkovich guilty, sentencing him to 16 years on espionage charges deemed a sham by the u.s. government. what happens now? >> rhiannon: back-to-school shopping in july? school needs fueling prime day's record-breaking bottom line. now we have the abcs of getting

a plus bargains on what your kids will need this fall. ♪ i'm coming out ♪ >> gio: skills and thrills. >> the greatest women's basketball players in the world. >> gio: the excitement overnight as the wnba's top players show off their best moves on all-star weekend. >> hits the elbow jump. >> gio: the highlights. >> the money ball is good. >> gio: and a look ahead to tonight's all-star matchup against team usa. ♪ i just want to give ♪ ♪ i'm completely positive ♪ >> gio: ooh, we are starting a saturday right here. good morning, america. so good to see you on this saturday. there is a lot going on this morning including that fast-moving wildfire in southern california close to a busy freeway. the record triple-digit heat making the fire more difficult to contain. the details on that ahead. >> rhiannon: also new details coming in overnight on the investigation into the attempt on donald trump's life just a week ago today. this, as trump and his vp pick, j.d. vance, hold their first

joint rally today in michigan, and people are already lining up to get inside. >> whit: but we do begin with the global computer crisis, its effects still playing out around the world this morning. countless hospitals, government agencies, airlines, and other businesses struggling to get systems back online, all because of a software update from a company that's supposed to protect computer systems. let's get the latest now from morgan norwood at laguardia airport. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, whit. yes, airports are mostly back online, but, look, as you pointed out, that travel nightmare continues. here at laguardia i've watched as the line kind of swells and folks flock to the ticket counter, and i'm tracking a number of delays and cancellations. 43 cancellations, close to a dozen delays, but, look, that's nothing compared to the thousands of flights that were scrapped yesterday, which in turn means today we expect airports from coast to coast will be full of travelers scrambling to get to where they

have to go. so, yes, while we have seen an i.t. fix, the fallout continues. this morning, airline passengers across the globe growing frustrated as the massive tech disaster reaches into its second day. some passengers still stranded spending the night at airports. others with long lines and delays. >> our connecting 8:15 flight was delayed until 11:00. of course, we missed that because we weren't off the plane in time. >> reporter: in many airports what should have displayed critical flight information to travelers, instead showing that so-called blue screen of death error message. >> all flights grounded. >> reporter: today so far more than 700 flights canceled, and on friday, over 12,000 delays and more than 3,000 cancellations. at l.a.x. luggage piling up from canceled flights and in the delta lounge, transportation secretary pete buttigieg spotted waiting for his flight, but the outage stretching far beyond travel. the department of homeland security saying the outage hit 911 dispatch centers in multiple states and slowed operations in at least a dozen major hospitals. alison baulos' father gary had

urgent open heart surgery scheduled in kentucky after doctors discovered eight of his arteries were blocked, but early friday morning, the hospital abruptly postponing the surgery. >> so, you do all this preparation for this lifesaving surgery just to be told that it's put on hold. >> yeah, it really is a roller coaster. i already knew waking up, you know, with some anxiety, you know a text message is going to be there, and you hope it's just, he's gone into surgery. it's going well. but instead it was, there's a global outage, and he can't go. >> reporter: the outage traced back to what was intended to be a routine software update by crowdstrike. instead the update they sent out crashed machines running on microsoft windows, crowdstrike's ceo quashing fears about a targeted attack. >> to be clear, it was not a cyberattack. it was a content bug or update that we sent out that we identified, and we rolled back. >> reporter: banks and businesses also affected. shippers, u.p.s. and fedex

warning customers the software update could lead to delays triggering another round of disruptions for americans as they scramble to recover. meanwhile, crowdstrike says they are committed to transparency and plan to share with customers how this happened and steps to prevent this from happening again. meanwhile, if you are traveling, if you'd like to avoid the chaos, it's best to check with your airline before showing up today to the airport. gio? >> gio: just unbelievable. i couldn't even get my computer started this morning, morgan. thank you so much. let's bring in abc news contributor elizabeth neumann who is also a former top official with the department of homeland security. elizabeth, good morning. thank you for being here. first of all, how could this even happen? we're talking about a security patch to a software update in the system. how could this cause this massive disruption? >> well, good morning, gio. it's a great question, right. like, they are a pre-eminent cyber security firm providing next generation cybersecurity, but what they do is they provide it to companies that are operating in the cloud.

so, basically when they pushed out this update, in order for it to work, that next generation piece is that it has really unprecedented access to operating systems, and they do test before they deploy, but clearly something went wrong here and disrupted a whole lot of lives yesterday. >> gio: and, elizabeth, obviously when we're looking at this and saw it happen, we realize, oh, my gosh, so much of our world is actually dictated by computers in so many ways. so, when we're looking at the infrastructure here in america, what does this tell us? >> it seems like we're having more of these moments, right? like, last month we had a cell phone outage, and that was also caused by a technical error, but then we also have hacks, right? we had the health insurance companies earlier this year. we had an energy pipeline, and any time one of these hacks happens, or technical errors. it has these massive cascading effects, so i think one of the lessons learned here is that we're very independent, we're very really heavily reliant on our infrastructure, internet and

communications technology, and i don't know that no fail is actually a realistic option. i think what we do need to work towards as a goal is resilience and we need to make sure we have backup systems in place, backup plans, so that if our primary systems don't work, we have something we can turn to, and a little bit of a bright spot, we did see a number of systems across the country turn to the backup systems, and that for the most part it worked well, but we probably need to exercise that more. >> gio: so, what specific steps do we need to take here to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> i think there are three areas of work. one is at the federal government level. they have responsibility for overseeing critical infrastructure, and i would imagine next week after the recovery has taken place, there will be a lot of tough questions about how did this happen, and how do we make sure it doesn't happen again, but beyond that, i think this is a good lesson for leaders of companies. look, if you want to prioritize security and resilience, it has

to come from the top, because it's a loss leader. you're investing money you're not necessarily going to see a return on your shareholder price, but it is important. a little bit of preparedness and investment saves you money on a bad day. and then the last thing for all of us is just to be vigilant. the cybersecurity agency has noticed that there's an uptick in threat actors trying to take advantage of this. they are warning against phishing and other malicious activities. so, practice good cyberhygiene. don't click on links you don't know where they're from, and they can come from texts or your email. >> gio: that's right. be vigilant and pay attention. former homeland security official elizabeth neumann, thank you so much for joining us. rhiannon? >> rhiannon: all right, gio, thank you. to politics now, and the renewed focus on calls for president biden to drop his re-election campaign. top campaign officials on the phone with campaign staff in an attempt to boost morale while the president recuperates from covid. abc's selina wang is in delaware with more on this. selina, good morning. any signs the president is

considering this? >> reporter: good morning, rhiannon. well, the president remains defiant even as support from democratic leadership crumbles. this as now more than three dozen democratic lawmakers are now publicly calling for the president to step aside, but even as the president still recovering from covid here in rehoboth beach, delaware, he is already making the announcement that next week he is getting back on the campaign trail. now, sources tell us that leader schumer, jeffries and former house speaker nancy pelosi have all told the president that he will lose to trump and drag down democrats in congress. we're also told that pelosi privately told colleagues that she believes this pressure will get the president to make a decision soon. now, i'm told the president is listening to their concerns, but that he's personally upset by how democrats have turned against him. all of this is also coming as money is drying up. yesterday vice president harris joined a call with some of the campaign's top donors, but i am told that this did not go well.

i'm told by a source who was on the call that some of those donors were furious, because they want president biden to drop out of this race and feel like they didn't get a chance to share their concerns. but, look, this decision to step aside is only one that president biden can make, and time is running out. with every passing day, that pressure will only get more intense. whit? >> whit: yeah, that convention just around the corner. selina wang, thank you. now to the trump campaign, the former president today holding his first rally on the trail with his new running mate, j.d. vance, in a critical battleground state. jay o'brien has more from grand rapids, michigan. jay, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. this is former president trump's first time back on the campaign trail. his first rally since that assassin's bullet hit his ear exactly a week ago today. we're already seeing people starting to line up. you can see their heads over the security fence. some people waiting to get in here since yesterday. as you said, this is trump and his new vp pick j.d. vance's first time campaigning together as a ticket. trump is fresh off the rnc just

days ago where he delivered that message of unity in the wake of that assassination attempt, but his remarks there quickly veered back to old trump campaign themes like lashing out at his enemies, like airing grievances. meantime, vance is expected to continue a message that he started at that convention pitching his populist policies to key voters in rust belt swing states like right here in michigan, telling them that he grew up like they did, a self-described hillbilly in rural, ohio. >> whit: and, jay, we're also learning that former president trump spoke on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> reporter: that is exactly right, whit. so, we know that that call happened yesterday. president zelenskyy says he congratulated trump on officially becoming the nominee. he condemned that attempt on trump's life, and then he pitched that aid for ukraine, in zelenskyy's view, is a bipartisan issue here in the u.s. trump, who's been skeptical about continued military assistance for that country,

said the call was, quote, very good. gio? >> gio: all right, jay, thank you so much for that. and we're going to turn now to the new information emerging about the man suspected of trying to assassinate former president trump just a week ago today. phil lipof is here with the latest on that. good morning, phil. >> gio, good morning to you. as investigators continue to dig into this shooter's background, we are seeing new pictures and learning new details that suggest it is possible it could have been stopped before he fired a single shot. this morning, new insight into the final moments of a 20-year-old would-be assassin as we are seeing new pictures of thomas matthew crooks right before saturday's shooting. local police taking these pictures when they first noticed the shooter and these pictures of the items found on the roof including a black cell phone and a gray wireless transmitter authorities say he intended to use to remotely detonate explosives in his car. a source with knowledge of the investigation telling abc news about the searches found on the gunman's phone. the date of trump's rally, major

depressive disorder, the democratic national convention and bombmaking, images of fbi director christopher wray, attorney general merrick garland, and other public figures found on the phone as well, and investigators are looking into whether the shooter used a drone to surveil the rally site sometime before the shooting. we are also learning it's possible the attack could have been thwarted as late as six minutes before the first shot was fired. at 5:41 saturday evening, a sniper with a local s.w.a.t. team put out a description of a suspect lurking around the arg building. 24 minutes later, a radio call. that suspect spotted at picnic tables carrying a backpack. one minute later, the sniper who first noticed him left his position and went to meet a patrol officer. two police vehicles moved in position, but at 6:12, those shots rang out. it's still so terrifying to watch, and there are so many questions to be answered.

who received that information being relayed about the shooter and did concerns of a suspicious person and a possible threat to the former president get to secret service commanders on site? well, the director of the secret service will face those questions and more as she plans to testify about the assassination attempt monday on capitol hill. rhiannon? >> rhiannon: all right, phil, thank you. we turn now to the growing outrage over the trial of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich in russia. a court sentencing him to 16 years for spying, allegations the u.s. government and "the journal" deny. em nguyen joins us now from washington with the latest on this. good morning, em. >> reporter: good morning, rhiannon. yeah, gershkovich is now in a strict penal colony in russia on espionage charges, something the u.s. and "the wall street journal" has slammed as farce. this morning, the u.s. denouncing the conviction of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich for espionage as a sham. the 32-year-old, who denies any

wrongdoing, sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security prison in russia. gershkovich appeared with his head recently shaved behind glass smiling to reporters as the verdict was read. nearing the end, a brave outburst of support for gershkovich before he waved and left the courtroom. the russians offered no public proof, yet his trial, which should have taken months, was held in secret and over in just three days. >> this was a fast, secret and completely bogus trial. everything about it was a sham. >> reporter: gershkovich was on assignment for "the journal" when he was detained and accused of passing information to the cia. the first american journalist arrested for spying in russia since the cold war. >> there's talk of some sort of deal being put together. that's certainly what's happened in the past, but, you know, our focus is, we're not going to stop putting the attention on evan for as long as he's being detained. >> reporter: president biden says there's no higher priority

than getting gershkovich and others the u.s. considers wrongfully detained like former marine paul whelan also in russia home safely. >> we're working it as we speak, and we're not going to stop until we get evan home, we get paul whelan home. >> reporter: gershkovich has already spent 15 months behind bars. this trial could pave the way for another prisoner swap between the u.s. and russia. whit? >> whit: all right. em nguyen for us, thank you so much. an investigation is now under way into what caused a massive fire at the historic first baptist dallas church on friday. plumes of smoke filled the dallas sky. at least 100 firefighters battled the flames engulfing the structure that dates back to the 1890s. took about three hours to get the fire under control. officials say the fire was in the secondary chapel, basically destroyed it. fortunately no one was injured. >> gio: yeah, just so many fires breaking out right now, and that's exactly why we're going

to our dear friend, leslie lopez, who is here from our los angeles station kabc because you're watching other fires too. >> leslie: it's great to be with you guys. but, yes, my goodness. it is really fire season all the way across the pacific northwest into southern california. fires are raging. in fact, there are several fires burning in the state of washington and oregon. aerial support from firefighters are all across the region. you can see this one over into salem, oregon, but we're talking about some hot weather continuing forward. we are forecasting temperatures reaching about 107 in fresno. excessive heat warnings up from washington, oregon, into california and also out towards nevada and arizona. that record heat is all thanks to this area of high pressure that is shifts off to the west bringing with it -- yeah, look at this -- record heat and looks like maybe 106 in spokane tomorrow and 107 potentially in boise. 112 over into las vegas. so the heat is on, and hopefully people are staying safe out there. we'll have more. that's a look at your weather across the nation. we're going to t

>> leslie: well, yeah, very hot temperatures across southern california, especially on the west, but also we know it's over here, very hot, so we continue with some record-breaking heat. that is pretty dangerous across the nation. >> whit: gio gets the tank top weather. he's been asking for it all week. >> leslie: is there a tan under there? >> whit: somewhere. >> gio: not yet. not yet. all right, leslie. good to see you. >> leslie: you too. >> gio: now to the wnba all-star weekend starting with the fun skills competition before tonight's big game showing off the sport's biggest stars. ike ejiochi is right here following it all. good morning, ike. >> good morning, gio. this year's wnba all-star weekend kicking off with a

skills challenge and a three-point contest, and this year the weekend will boost some of its highest ratings all thanks to some notable newcomers to the league. >> mcbride, the money ball. gray, burning to the bucket. how about this pass, yeah. >> reporter: it's all eyes on the wnba as the women take center stage for this year's all-star weekend. >> the greatest women's basketball players in the world. >> reporter: the two-day event showcasing the league's top talent, beginning with the skills challenge, which tests players' abilities in dribbling, passing, and shooting. >> it's the elbow jumper. >> reporter: and ending with the three-point contest, testing their skills beyond the arc. >> the money ball. she connects on. >> reporter: overnight atlanta dream's history as the first wnba player to win both challenges in the same year. >> allisha gray is your champion. >> reporter: gray dominating the skills challenge with a 31.2 second finish and barely edged out new york liberty's jonquel jones, who missed the final shot in the three-point

contest. >> no! she falls one short. >> reporter: the weekend concluding with saturday night's all-star game. usa basketball women's national team will take on the wnba all-stars. and for one night, two of the league's most popular rookies, caitlin clark and angel reese, are set to be teammates. >> everybody is going to come together and get along finally for one day. finally, so i'm excited. it's good for the game. i know a lot of people out here have come to support both of us, and to be able to see that for women's basketball is amazing. >> reporter: michele steele sitting down with clark on the eve of the all-star game. >> i feel lucky enough to be here as a wnba all-star. i'm just going to enjoy that. i'm not here to prove anything to anybody. i think for me this is my first all-star game. like, just have fun, enjoy the experience. >> you got to love these games. now, you can watch the all-star game tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern right here on abc. >> rhiannon: angel reese and caitlin clark on the same team. >> let's go. >> gio: you're such a fan. yeah, absolutely.

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the eagle has landed. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> gio: welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. today marks 55 years since the world heard those words as the crew of apollo 11 landed on the moon.

the galaxy is celebrating the event with a full moon while 94-year-old buzz aldrin, the only surviving member of that crew, is expected to attend a gala at the san diego air and space museum tonight. incredible. 55 years. >> rhiannon: how can you not get chills watching that and listening to that? >> gio: truly. it must have been something to see it live on tv. but, wow, it's still something to see it now. >> whit: absolutely. let's take a look at some of the headlines we're following this morning. happening right now, the effects of yesterday's global computer crisis still playing out. the massive tech disaster wreaking havoc across the globe in nearly every industry from banking, to emergency systems, government agencies, and gio's computer apparently. >> gio: yeah. >> whit: all practically coming to a standstill. air travel taking the biggest hit with more than 14,000 flights canceled or delayed in and out of the u.s. >> rhiannon: still seeing the ripple effects there. also right now, firefighters in california are responding to a fast-moving brush fire that erupted friday afternoon along a

freeway just outside of los angeles. two lanes of the 210 were shut down and 43 acres have already burned. >> gio: and texas representative sheila jackson lee known as a fierce advocate for social and economic justice has died. after three decades in the house, jackson lee said that she was motivated by her desire to help women and black and hispanic people get a fair shot at success. her family had announced in june that she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. sheila jackson lee was 74 years old. >> rhiannon: she previously fought breast cancer. she was a fighter, and she fought for so many. >> whit: absolutely. we do begin this half hour with our political rundown. our white house correspondent maryalice parks and contributing political correspondent rachael bade are joining us from washington this morning. good morning to you both. maryalice, let's start with you, and the pressure on president biden is growing for him to step aside. when does a decision need to be made here? >> reporter: whit, technically not until the delegates vote. i mean, democratic convention

is august 19th in chicago. many states have deadlines where names have to be formally submitted for ballots to be printed the day or days after the convention. so democratic lawyers i've talked to say they know they could face some challenges if biden were to drop out, because primaries have already happened, but as long as something happens by the convention, they feel okay. the democratic party is considering this potential virtual roll call actually the first week of august. delegates would vote then, would vote ahead of time. they're going to finalize those plans next week, so if they don't move that virtual roll call, then i think that really becomes the deadline. no one wants to fight after delegates have voted. but, look, that's sort of the legal formal side. politically, i would say something has to budge this week. i mean, this staring contest between biden, between the biden campaign, and leaders in his own party is not sustainable. it is now clear that democratic leaders on capitol hill are actually seeking a change. it's too much for biden to ignore. >> rhiannon: and, rachael, let's

bring you in now. we just heard maryalice say something has to bulge this week. we know dozens of democratic lawmakers have already called for biden to leave the ticket. what are you hearing about that? is the president taking these calls seriously? is he considering this? >> i mean, well, he certainly should be. 35 lawmakers are now on record calling for him to step aside, and more than a dozen of those actually just came out in the last 24 hours, suggesting that the momentum is very much moving against him. but i would just tell you that more than the numbers, more important than the numbers, is actually what's going on behind the scenes, the sort of unprecedented lobbying campaign by biden's own allies in congress who want him to go. it has basically become this staring contest and battle of wills between president biden and nancy pelosi, the former speaker. she's the one who sort of is organizing behind the scenes, sort of rallying members who are concerned about biden to come out publicly and put pressure on him behind the scenes. so, you know, these two were originally allies for a long time, and now i have been told by one of her closest folks in

her inner circle that the speaker does not want to call on biden to resign, but she will do everything in her power to make sure it happens. >> gio: all right, and maryalice, you were in milwaukee at the republican national convention this week selling their platform to voters, that was their goal. so, did they do it? >> reporter: most of the week i felt so. i mean, the momentum was there. people were excited about the pick of j.d. vance for the running mate. they were focused on the issues. they were talking about crime and fentanyl and israel. i mean, schools, these are issues that matter to voters. the momentum really fell out with trump's own speech. i mean, i think that was a missed opportunity. he could have spiked the football. i mean, we are talking about democrats in disarray. we know voters are concerned about biden. i mean, the former president survived an assassination attempt. that rallies, of course, people to his side, and we thought it would be a different kind of speech and thought he would make an appeal to moderates, to independent voters. but after about the first 20 minutes, it was so clearly not

that. i mean, he reverted back to his typical talking points, incredibly offensive, flat out false language about immigrants. i mean, americans care about the border, but when he veers into that level of conversation talking about using the military for mass deportations, rounding up millions of people, retribution, dark language about the country, sweeping attacks on democrats, it's, frankly, not the language that appeals to moderate or independent voters. there was very little policy discussion. so, again, i think it was a missed opportunity on his part. >> whit: and, rachael, let's stay on trump for a moment, because we know campaigns are not just built around the candidates, but also their opponents. so, how are republicans now responding to the democrats' effort to push biden out? >> well, look, republicans actually want biden to be atop the ticket, because they think they can actually beat him and that he's the best person that they have the opportunity to take down. so, you have two efforts sort of going on behind the scenes. number one, you have this talk about suing to keep biden on the

ballots in these swing states. republicans think that there are a number of local laws and regulations they can sort of look to, point to to try to use the legal system to keep biden atop the ballot even if he tries to step aside, and there's a second thing too. they're doing a bunch of opposition research right now behind the scenes, just in case. i mean, you saw this happen a little bit at the convention this week. a lot of republicans attacking vice president kamala harris just in case she's the person that ends up atop the ticket, but they're also looking into gavin newsom, gretchen whitmer and a few others just in case. they're going to be the folks they stand off with. >> gio: rachael bade and maryalice parks, thank you both so very much. always appreciate your analysis here. let's bring back leslie lopez with another look at your weather. and, boy, oh, boy, it's looking stormy behind you. >> leslie: i know. we have the heat in the west. take a look at what's happening from texas all the way out to the carolinas. it is beating down rain. this is over in birmingham, alabama, heavy downpours in the region.

the reason this is all happening, there's a stationary front in a holding pattern and does not want to move. in fact, because of that, we're talking about scattered downpours, again, from texas all the way to the carolinas creating some flood concerns. we're talking about some flash flood concerns, especially for virginia beach. they could get 2 to 4 inches of rainfall creating an elevated risk of flash flooding through the area, and on account of that, we are also expecting this to continue forward. so, this isn't done just yet. there are several more days of heavy downpours, anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rainfall still to come. all right. we'll send it back over to our local weather. >> leslie: >> leslie: that's a lot of stuff going on across the nation. heat and then rain, and they are two different threats across the united states, at least for the next six to seven days.

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>> gio: welcome back. we're midway through summer, but there's still time to plan a getaway, and travel expert katy nastro is here with tips on putting together a terrific trip at a great price. hey, katy. >> how are you, gio? >> gio: good. let's not waste time and get right to these travel deals. what are you seeing? >> let's get right to it. you know, you can take advantage of some end of summer stellar fares to get away this summer. you can head from miami to san diego, beat the humidity, for only 198 round trip. >> gio: that's a long flight. >> that's a long flight, and a great price. >> gio: yeah. >> you can head from kansas city out to st. george, utah, which sits at the very edge of zion national park. so, if you wanted something a bit more outdoorsy, explore those beautiful sandstone cliffs, you can do so or if you really wanted to take that euro trip, you know, you're seeing people on social media

out there, you can go yourself from boston to dublin for only 403 round trip. that's right. forget the portal. you can get affordably over to dublin and be there in person or you can go from -- oh, my gosh. escaping me, the last two. >> gio: that's all right because you've given us plenty of other deals. but let's talk about shoulder season right now, because everyone is always talking about shoulder season. what's the big deal about it? >> look, so, really, really simply, shoulder season is the time period in between a peak and an off-peak season, and it has a lot of great benefits. you will see lower prices versus a peak season, not only on airfare but also hotels and attractions come down, but also you're going to get the benefits of better weather versus an off-peak season. so it really is this happy medium, and you see generally less people traveling overall, so you don't have to navigate busy crowds. >> gio: that's a good thing. so, what are you seeing for shoulder season right now? >> right now you can head from

denver out to boston for only 187 round trip. take advantage of the fall foliage. you can head from new york to london for only 410, or if you're based on the west coast, you can actually head from los angeles out to oslo for only 518 or actually 503, even cheaper. just check that out this morning, and if you haven't been to oslo, i highly recommend checking out their newest tourism ad. this is not a plug for them. it is just so hilarious. >> gio: okay, i'm going to look that up. >> how they were able to creatively put that together and it will definitely inspire you to want to get out there. >> gio: katy nastro always bringing us the deals, thank you so much, my friend, and we'll be right back on "gma." stick around.

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they're going to need a bigger boat here. oh, hello. >> gio: look at that. >> whit: oh, wow, okay. they saw that shark swimming around their boat. i think the ultimate tale for a day in the water. what do you think? >> rhiannon: you guys, that's a juvenile shark, baby shark. ♪ baby shark doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ >> gio: i'm not singing that. >> whit: okay, gio, we'll call you daddy shark. >> gio: let's just move to the tease. >> whit: a lot more coming up in our second hour. come back. our parenting playbook on swimming pool safety. what all parents need to know.

sierra. today the group behind the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela price will hold a rally in hayward. organizers of safe say community members will speak about how they've been impacted by violent crime. price has been accused of being too soft on crime, but supporters have argued she's doing the job. the way she was elected to. this comes after an apparent misunderstanding on a proposed partnership between price's office and the office of the governor. earlier this week. p-g-and-e's is warning customers of a possible psps or public safety power shut off, which could begin as early as today. officials say it's due to high winds and dry conditions. the potential shut off could affect 16,000 customers in six counties, including two right here in the bay area. the shutoffs could start at 11 a.m.

to weather. now let's check in with drew. >> hey, stephanie. good morning everybody. to our east bay hills camera. some hazy sunshine out there. good to moderate air quality today. looking at current temperatures it's mild away from the coast where right now in the 60s and 70s for the most part cooler air is going to move in here this afternoon. but it comes with some gusty winds. looking at the wind forecast, the hourly forecast shows you this afternoon. we'll see those winds ramp up close to lunchtime. and then from time to time those winds will gust about 20 to 40mph. the strongest winds will be along the coast. but just prepare for a breezy day today. no heat advisories in effect today. we do start to cool off. we'll hit about 69 in the city, 74 in oakland, 81 in san jose, 84 in napa. warm. if not a little hot today, but cooler than yesterday. inland 90 for concord, 94, in antioch. stephanie. >> very hot. all right, drew, thank you. thank you all for joining us. gma is next.

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