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hour. flames consuming an area larger than los angeles. >> as you can see, there's a lot of spot fires popping up. the smoke incredibly thick. >> whit: an evacuation zone covering 1,200 square miles. the forecast that could help firefighters and the health concerns from spreading smoke. >> gio: escalating tensions. israel hits targets in lebanon following a deadly attack on a soccer field in the golan heights that israel blames on hezbollah. children among those killed. the new concerns of a broader conflict. >> rhiannon: we are officially 100 days until election day. [ chanting ] the new poll with favorable news for vice president kamala harris as democrats and republicans kick their campaigns into high gear. donald trump taking aim at harris' policies. political analysis just ahead. >> whit: summerween. the spooky summer holiday catching on with more americans. >> the marrying of halloween and summer has honestly just been,

like, the perfect combo. >> whit: as retailers stock their stores with early halloween merchandise, should you buy now or wait for the leaves to fall? ♪ >> gio: and summer game success. team usa racking up medals in swimming, diving, and cycling. the winning moments, the u.s. women's water polo team scoring a victory helped by none other than flavor flav. >> i'm known to be the greatest hype man in america. the first, the original. >> gio: all the highlights as the americans go for the gold. ♪ >> gio: what were you saying, whit? >> whit: yeah, boy! i love flavor flav. public enemy number one. >> gio: and that is how we say good morning, america. we're going to be going to live to paris for coverage of the summer games just ahead including the long journey back to the games for american swimmer simone manuel sidelined by overtraining, how she fought

to come back, and oh, did she. and how it paid off overnight. >> rhiannon: team america off to an exciting start. also ahead, important medical news about breast cancer. our dr. darien sutton joins us with a new study about the potential benefits of surgery. >> whit: and we're here with the urgent battles against more than a hundred fires in the u.s. the park fire in northern california front and center and growing at an incredible pace. abc's jaclyn lee joins us now with the latest from near chico, california. jaclyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. this fire ripped through everything within a matter of minutes. including the house, you can see the managed refrigerator. this morning, california's biggest fire of the year scorching more than 350,000 acres, larger than the size of los angeles. now 10% contained.

with more than 130 structures destroyed, the fire consuming everything in its path, burning more than 5,000 acres an hour. these are the before and after satellite images showing the extent of the park fire's massive devastation. as you can see, there's a lot of spot fires popping up. the smoke incredibly thick, turning the sky orange. this comes as firefighters are racing to get the park fire under control ahead of the next heat wave. this as evacuation orders are expanding beyond the initial tehama and butte counties, pushing into the neighboring shasta and plumas county. governor gavin newsom declaring a state of emergency. >> it got really burnt up. >> reporter: as we toured the devastation just outside chico, we came across rancher john russell. how much in damages did this cost your family? >> i can't tell you yet. >> reporter: he took us on a ride through the 200-acre ranch. firefighters constructing a fire line around the barn. >> that's what saved this place. >> reporter: and most importantly -- >> that's amaryllus.

>> reporter: -- their beloved cattle survived. it feels like a miracle standing here, and you see all of them walking towards us. >> yep. >> reporter: they're family. >> yeah. >> reporter: and the community overall anxiously waiting for what's next. the combination of lower temperatures and higher humidity helped firefighters overnight. whit? >> whit: another major concern there. jaclyn lee for us, thank you. now to the middle east as israel hits targets in lebanon overnight following a deadly attack on a soccer field. children among those killed. israel blaming hezbollah promising the militant group will pay a heavy price as negotiations continue for a possible cease-fire in gaza. abc's matt rivers joins us in the golan heights with the latest. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. this is the town, this is the spot right here where the united states and the idf say an iranian-made hezbollah rocket struck and decimated this area and quite frankly, it decimated the children that were playing

on this. this is a soccer field where the kids were playing at the time. at least 12 people have been killed. ten of them between the ages of 10 to 16 years old. i just want to show you some more of the damage here. you can see this fence completely destroyed. you can see some of the debris left here by the kids who had come here on their scooters and bikes to play soccer only to have their lives lost, and this is actually a bomb shelter. you can see what the rocket did. the shrapnel crashing into this concrete, causing these impact craters here, and we're told that some of the children that were playing here actually were making their way to this bomb shelter when an alert went off, and they weren't able to make it here in time, obviously. now the big question, of course, is what happens next. there are fears that this could lead to an all-out war between hezbollah and israel. they have been exchanging fire since october 8th at the lebanon border, and so there are real concerns because israel says it's going to respond in a very forceful way. we have to see how they respond, a very tense time here in israel with the united states and secretary of state antony blinken saying he hopes this

does not lead to a regional escalation. rhiannon? >> rhiannon: matt rivers, thank you for that report. back home now as the presidential race enters its final 100 days, all sides looking to stage a full-court press with just three months to go. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us now from the white house. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: rhiannon, good morning. just 100 days to go until election day. vice president harris celebrating this groundswell of support. her team saying she's raised more than $200 million in this last week, signed up more than 100,000 volunteers. trump for his part going on the attack saying he's done with any idea of playing nice after that assassination attempt two weeks ago. a brand-new matchup now off to the races. both campaigns fanned out across the country hoping to get voters energized with 100 days to go until election day. [ chanting ] >> reporter: former president donald trump campaigning alongside his running mate, senator jd vance in minnesota, bashing his new opponent, vice president kamala harris.

>> so now we have a new candidate to defeat, the most incompetent, unpopular, and far-left vice president in american history. >> reporter: trump claiming that the former prosecutor is soft on crime pointing to past statements of hers supporting the black lives matter movement. >> she's defund the police and i'm overfund the police. >> reporter: but harris has rejected efforts to defund the police and backed president biden's budgets to help local police departments hire. senator vance on stage trying to tie harris to president biden and questions of his well-being. the ohio senator this week also trying to clean up past statements of his about women without kids, and wanting to, quote, punish taxpayers without kids too. harris calling vance's comments, quote, weird. her campaign only a week old, energizing democrats. >> i will say we're the underdogs in this race, but this is a people power campaign, and we have momentum. >> reporter: a team of possible running mates campaigning on her behalf this weekend too, including kentucky governor andy

beshear, pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, and minnesota's governor tim walz, known for his strong union ties with this to say about trump visiting his state. >> he's here today in the state of hockey, to complete his trifecta. he lost in '16. he lost in '20. he loses in '24. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: now it's interesting that while trump is trying to paint harris as not supportive enough of police, "the new york times" actually obtained emails from senator vance showing that he looked frustrated with law enforcement. he wrote to a friend in 2014, quote, i hate the police. he said it's unfortunate these private conversations have leaked and his views have since changed. gio? >> gio: maryalice, thank you so much. let's go ahead and bring in abc's political director and washington bureau chief, rick klein. rick, good morning. thank you for being here. we have a new abc news/ipsos poll coming out this morning. what does it tell us about vice president harris' debut as a presidential candidate?

>> good morning, gio. what a difference a week makes. seven days ago, we still had joe biden very unpopular running for president for re-election. kamala harris has turned her numbers around substantially. her favorability rating up eight points in the space of a week. she's now viewed more favorably than unfavorably which is rare these days and just among independents, we saw a 16-point swing. a week ago 28% of independents saw her favorably. now it's 44%. this is clearly an early honeymoon period, but it's also clear that the presidential race has essentially reset at this stage. >> gio: absolutely, and we'll see if that honeymoon lasts. what about trump and his running mate, jd vance? we just heard maryalice. he's making a lot of news too. >> yeah, and of course, just a week ago, jd vance was fresh off being named at the convention, and donald trump was riding something of a hot streak. there was a wave of good sentiment toward him coming out of that convention and that assassination attempt. we saw trump's favorability rating a week ago up as high as 40%. its highest in four years. now it's back where it has been for a while, back in the mid-30s, and as for vance, he is

deeply underwater in terms of favorability. his unfavorable impressions have shot up over the course of the past week as more information has come out around his background and his backstory. a lot of consternation in republican circles about his debut, but as i said, it's just getting started. >> gio: and what's next as we watch this race unfold now? because as you said, it's a very different race now. >> vice president harris is in a position to formally clinch the nomination. just in the next couple of days, democrats are doing that virtually to avoid any kind of confusion at the convention. once that's done, she can focus on a running mate and it's a very compressed timeline for her to choose. our polling doesn't show much in terms of how well known these candidates are, the potential running mates, but we did see a little bit of a spike in popularity for josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania, and among most of the people we looked at, the arizona senator, mark kelly appears better known and more favorably known than many of the other potential candidates, but that's going to be harris' choice, and

everything is on this very compressed timeline now, gio. >> gio: and she has said that she will pick that vp candidate by august 7th. we will be watching that. all right, rick, thank you so much, and tune into "this week" later. martha raddatz speaks with two democratic governors, maryland's wes moore, and potential vp pick j.b. pritzker of illinois, about vice president harris' prospects in the presidential race, and martha interviews new hampshire governor chris sununu about how republicans are reacting to a new democratic rival. whit? >> whit: gio, now to an abc news exclusive. two weeks after the assassination attempt on former president donald trump, we're hearing from some of the local s.w.a.t. team members who were on duty during trump's rally in pennsylvania. abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky joins us now with more, and aaron, this was quite a revealing interview. >> we hope so, whit, and these are the s.w.a.t. team members who were assigned to take up positions in defense of former president trump in butler, pennsylvania, and they told us they had no communication with the secret service until after the gunfire started. the s.w.a.t. team saw the shooter.

they recognized him as suspicious, even took pictures of him. none of the concerns though, had a chance of reaching decision-makers before trump took the stage because of what these men and women described as failures of planning and communication. >> we were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the secret service snipers whenever they arrived and that never happened. so i think that that was probably a pivotal point where i started thinking things were wrong because that never happened, and we had no communication with the secret service. >> you had no communication with the secret service at all on that saturday? >> not until after the shooting. >> and by then -- >> it was too late. >> this is the first time any of the beaver county s.w.a.t. team members have spoken about what they concede is their failure too, and a burden they now have to bear. you're going to hear from the medic who pronounced the shooter dead, and from the team leader who's racing to learn all he can because, whit, former president trump says he's going back to western pennsylvania for another rally. >> whit: it's really

extraordinary, some of these stories we have not heard before. so we'll be looking forward to more of this exclusive interview monday morning here on "gma." aaron, thanks so much. we appreciate it. rhiannon, over to you. >> rhiannon: well, now, we go to new research regarding breast cancer treatment, and what it may mean for women making surgery choices. joining us now is abc medical correspondent and our friend, our favorite doctor, dr. darien sutton. nice to have you as always. so pretty much everyone knows someone affected by breast cancer, and this new study is looking at the different ways women are treated for breast cancer and the outcomes. break this down for us. >> dr. darien: so this study is focusing on the surgical procedure of mastectomies. that's technically the surgical removal of breast tissue. the goal is to reduce the risk of a new diagnosis of breast cancer later on in life. some women, hundreds of thousands of women are undergoing this procedure each year. some women choosing to do the more aggressive approach to remove both or bilateral breasts and this study looks to see, what's the benefit of that?

although it reduced the risk of breast cancer, it doesn't change the risk of survival. in this study, they followed more than 300,000 women were looked at, and they looked at those who chose different options for. for those who got a full or bilateral mastectomy, they had a reduced risk of breast cancer, but the overall survival among all groups was relatively the same. these are important, but it's also an important factor to understand that women have different risk factors and this wasn't truly considered in this study. so when you're making that decision, it still comes down to that patient and their provider. >> rhiannon: what does this study mean for women who are newly diagnosed? >> dr. darien: number one, the option and the understanding of a mastectomy is a personal one. it is unique, and it is complex, and when you're making that decision, you should take into effect all of the other risk factors. for example, genetic history, family history, a personal history of cancer, even a prior history of radiation, and then that goes into that decision of weighing up against the risk of surgery. again, it's unique and personal and complex for each and every person, and there is no wrong answer. rhiannon, i think what's most important is that regardless of your decision, you make a plan for proactive screening of all

cancers after that, and you want to make sure that you're staying up to date with all recommended screenings. >> rhiannon: very important information. is it surprising? >> dr. darien: it's not surprising. i would say that the risk reduction in terms of risk of breast cancer reducing is surprising or helpful to know, but the actual risk of death is not, and why? because mastectomies although they remove breast tissue, they don't prevent breast cancer cells going to other parts of the body. when we know that, that understands or that creates a risk for women in general, so we have to pay attention to these factors. >> rhiannon: have to pay attention. dr. darien sutton, thank you as always. always a pleasure. gio? >> such an important conversation, rhiannon and dr. d. now to new claims that tiktok secretly tracks how its users engage with hot button political issues. in a new court filing, the department of justice says tiktok collects data on how american users view topics like religion, abortion, and gun control. the doj claims that the social media giant harvests that information and passes it onto chinese computer servers in bulk. this all comes as the justice

department presses parent company bytedance to sell tiktok or face a u.s. ban. lot of people watching that. >> rhiannon: a lot of people watching that, and also a lot of people watching the weather. these wildfires happening out west. we're not getting much relief. time to check in with somara with the latest on that. good morning. >> somara: good morning. we're already seeing 350,000 -- over 350,000 acres burned with this butte county fire. this is the park fire, only 10% contained. so what's driving this? we have some gusty winds, but look at the relative humidity. it's pretty low 70% in chico where the fire is burning. the impact air quality alerts farther north, and we also could see a potential for wildfires where you're viewing that red flag warning. where is the smoke going? it'll continue to migrate farther east into idaho, down towards nevada and utah there. we have near a thousand wildfires burning in california. over a hundred burning in the u.s. right now, and the heat. they're getting a little bit of a reprieve on the heat a few degrees there, but that's actually moving into the middle of the country.

heat advisories issued for parts of missouri. that heat continues to build. look at that -- omaha, this week you're feeling like the triple digits. that your local forecast. you guys want the good news or the bad news for your forecast today here in new york? >> whit: good first. >> somara: the start of the day is really nice, right? >> whit: then? >> somara: we have rain moving in. >> gio: it's just bad news. that's great. thanks. appreciate it.

>> whit: get it while it's hot. thank you, somara. >> whit: to paris now and the summer games. the u.s. racking up five medals after day one of competition. abc's maggie rulli is covering the games for us. she's live in paris with the beautiful background of the eiffel tower. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: whit, it is pretty beautiful, isn't it? we're just on day two of the olympics. they're only just starting, but already we have seen some dramatic finishes and surprise celebrity appearances, and guys, team usa is already bringing home the hardware. this morning, team usa starting off strong, with five medals on day one coming from events in swimming, diving, and cycling including team usa's first gold. the men's 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay team beating out australia and italy with caeleb dressel pushing the team to victory in the final leg. we caught up with him before the big moment. >> knowing that my son got to watch me make an olympic team, and he'll be in paris, and he won't remember any of this, but that's not the point. >> reporter: his son watching with his mom, sitting next to

snoop dogg as he cheers on the team. the women's team also going home with some medals. katie ledecky winning her first medal in what could be a record-breaking games for the swimmer, taking home the bronze in the 400-meter freestyle. first-time olympians, cassidy cook and sarah bacon taking silver in the synchronized springboard event with their forward 2 1/2 somersaults, one-twist dive. and three-time medal-defending champions, the u.s. women's water polo team with a commanding first win over greece, 15-6. in the stands, first lady jill biden sporting an america flag sweater. and the team's new official hype man, flavor flav, the two seen hugging as they cheer on the team. we sat down with him to hear about his new role as team sponsor. when you say you're the official hype man for water polo, what does that mean? >> i am going to be out there cheering them on, hyping them up, you know what i'm saying. i'm known to be the greatest

hype man in america, the first, the original, and i said, let me take my expertise to the water polo team. >> reporter: now all eyes on gymnastics. today team usa taking to the mat for the women's qualifying rounds. simone biles taking part in the all-around. and excitement building for basketball as both the men and women's teams get ready to take the court later today and tomorrow. >> the biggest thing for me is just having my parents come and enjoy the moment with me. >> reporter: and guys, there are 13 gold medals up for grabs today. team usa's hoping to stay strong in the pool. they're looking for three more medals in swimming today, guys. >> whit: i'm still hyped up after that interview with flavor flav, i love that. maggie, you want to switch to gymnastics though because it's under way right now. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah. well, right now, guys, we are watching simone biles closely. she appears to be having some trouble with her leg in the qualification rounds.

at one point, she's seen on camera saying she felt something in her calf, and when she returned to the mat, her leg was taped. our team who's watching this right now is saying that she appears to be limping significantly. guys, despite the fact she's walking gingerly, she was still able to complete her routine, which by the way, is the hardest in the world and her scores were so high she's already secured a spot in the finals next week. you guys know whenever simone takes the mat, it is must-watch olympic television. we have been spotting so many celebrities in the stands. snoop dogg, jesica chastain, ariana grande among many others. tom cruise, and yes, a large portion of our abc team is there as well. >> rhiannon: she's the one to watch, simone biles. >> whit: some added drama. we'll see. >> rhiannon: thank you, maggie rulli, live from paris. we'll have more from paris. we're not done yet. the story of an american gold medalist's battle to return to competition after overtraining. >> gio: also here, a father with a desperate plea for change after the death of his daughter in one of the country's most famous national parks.

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a marvel cinematic surprise, actor robert downey jr. stunned fans at comic con revealing he will return to the avengers franchise as dr. doom. it's a switch-up. for years he suited up as the hero iron man, and this time he's the villain. downey makes his on-screen debut as victor von doom in "avengers: doom day" which comes out in may 2026. >> rhiannon: two years we have to wait. >> gio: i know, but marvel is really having a moment. i saw "deadpool" last night. >> whit: and? good for the kids? >> gio: so good. no. >> rhiannon: i asked him the same thing. he said no. >> gio: but so good. >> whit: got it. let's take a look at some of the other top stories we're following on this sunday morning. the park fire in northern california explodes to 350,000 acres burning an area larger than los angeles. thousands of firefighters on the ground there working to get the massive blaze under control. right now the park fire's only 10% contained. the blaze is among the 100 active wildfires in the u.s. >> rhiannon: and rallies,

marches, and vigils are all being held across the country today in memory of sonya massey. the national day of mourning pays tribute to that mother of two who was shot to death by an illinois police deputy inside her home. that deputy, sean grayson, has been fired from the force and also charged with murder. >> gio: france's high-speed rail now partially restored after a series of attacks just hours before the opening ceremony in paris. crews worked around the clock to make repairs to all the lines impacted by fires that were set along those tracks. authorities are calling this a coordinated sabotage. >> whit: apple agrees to its first-ever union contract with employees at one of its stores. the contract includes improvements to work/life balance and pay hikes for employees at a store in maryland. the labor deal must still be approved by 85 workers. >> gio: all right, and we do start this half hour here with a grieving father calling for change after watching his daughter fall more than 200 feet to her death from yosemite's half dome. she was just 20 years old. the accident happening in the

blink of an eye, and morgan norwood has been following this story for us. morgan, good morning to you. what a tragedy. >> reporter: just a heartbreaking story. half dome was a bucket list item for jonathan rohloff and his daughter, grace. but that father/daughter trip quickly turning to tragedy as he said he helplessly watched his own daughter fall to her death. this morning, he's speaking out pushing for stronger safety measures to prevent more accidents like this from happening again. >> i was just in pure terror. >> reporter: this morning, the father of 20-year-old arizona university student, grace rohloff, calling for change after his daughter slipped and fell to her death hiking on the half dome trail in yosemite national park. there was nothing he could do except watch in horror. >> it was just the two of us, and we set out in the morning and it's about a 16 1/2-mile hike from the trailhead, but we had parked a little ways away from that. >> reporter: jonathan rohloff and his daughter grace sharing a love for hiking, exploring all that nature had to offer

together, from the bright angel trail to the colorado river, to the grand canyon, and to nearly all the trails in arizona. the two of them were ecstatic when their names were drawn in a lottery to hike the notoriously difficult half dome trail. it was on their bucket list. >> we got to the top and we took a few pictures and i heard a loud thunderclap from behind me and i turned around, and i'm, like, all right. this storm's coming in fast. >> reporter: that's when the joyous moment turned to tragedy. what started off as a light sprinkle quickly intensifying within minutes, making the descent down the nearly vertical path treacherous. >> it was very unstable, and so we were just, like, okay. let's just take it one board at a time. >> reporter: then the unthinkable happened. grace losing her footing, sliding down some 250 feet sustaining a fatal head injury. >> ten minutes before she went down, she was smiling ear to ear, just happy as can be, and ten minutes later, it was just a tragedy to know she had passed away.

>> reporter: the arizona college student was an aspiring teacher just like her parents. her father, jonathan, saying he's sharing grace's story to keep her memory alive and to advocate for a safer cable system on half dome saying the park needs to do more to improve safety, including adding more wood slats on the trails and take weather conditions into account when issuing passes. and abc news has reached out to yosemite national park for comment, but we have not heard back. grace was laid to rest yesterday, guys. >> rhiannon: really heartbreaking. morgan, thank you for that. time now to check the weather. somara theodore, off to a beautiful start here in the northeast, but changes are headed our way, you say? >> somara: they are. i would definitely capitalize on any great weather you're experiencing in the northeast because rain is on the way. not right now though. norwalk, connecticut, off to a beautiful start. you can see the sun glistening on the water there. here's a look at what's to come. this is 8:00 p.m. tonight. notice how we go from all the green to the white overlay. that means clouds move in and then rain whipping into new england overnight which means

we're also in for a pretty cloudy and wet start to your workdays monday and tuesday in the northeast, even when you get that little glimpse of sunshine. know that the clouds are coming back. now that's happening there. in the tropics, we have a 40% chance of development over the next seven days right now. still pretty far out off the coast of africa, but working its way towards the caribbean, and that's going to be something to watch for. that's a look at the forecast across the country. let's see what is going on in your neighborhood. >> somara: and >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. my friends? >> whit: thank you, somara. appreciate it. coming up here on "good morning america," a gold medalist's long road back to competing and how slowing down actually led to a whole new mission.

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challenges that i had faced over the last three years were really difficult, and so just to kind of see my hard work pay off, the sacrifices that i've made be worth it, and to celebrate that with the people who helped get me there was something that made me really emotional. >> reporter: in the leadup to the 2020 tokyo games, manuel started noticing that her body was not keeping up with her training. doctors diagnosing her with overtraining syndrome. if she wanted to return to the games in 2024, she would have to rest and recover. >> it was a tough spot to be in, but i guess i knew that i wanted to come back, and in order to come back, i needed to be healthy mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually. >> reporter: while resting, the texas native started the simone manuel foundation which advocates for water safety and swim readiness for people of color. >> the number of lives lost to drowning and lack of swim readiness and awareness is very substantial in the black community, and so i feel with my

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>> rhiannon: we are back now with "gma," and forget christmas in july. halloween lovers, refusing to wait until october to celebrate their favorite holiday while retailers are happy to oblige. alexis christoforous has the latest on this new summerween trend. >> whit: i'm not ready. >> i know, i'm with you. i'm trying to give off my halloween vibes with this jacket. >> whit: i like it, yes. >> i don't want you to be afraid, but halloween

merchandise really is for sale right now at many major retailers. welcome to summerween when jack o lanterns make their debut well before the first leaves start to fall, and some folks are willing to spend pretty big on halloween in july. welcome to summerween. >> wait. summer what? >> summerween. the people of this town love halloween so much, they celebrate it twice a year. >> reporter: ready or not, halloween merchandise is creeping its way onto store shelves earlier rather than ever. retailers including costco, amazon, michaels and tj maxx trying to spook up demand months in advance. but experts say don't expect drop dead discounts. >> i don't think there are going to be great deals right now, but it really is about snagging that thing that you must have before your neighbor gets it. >> reporter: like home depot's fan favorite, skelly, the 12-foot skeleton, already on sale starting at 300 bucks, and new this year, skelly has a dog. target's sigh ral sensation,

lewis the pumpkin ghoul is back at $180, and this time he has friends, bruce and lucy. while some may shudder at the thought of halloween in july -- >> summerween? something about this feels unnatural. >> reporter: -- it can't come fast enough for halloween fans like bonnie barton. >> i definitely start getting really excited for fall and halloween in june. >> reporter: the self-professed halloween enthusiast loves to host spooky summer parties complete with carved watermelons and skeleton pool float. >> the marrying of halloween and summer has honestly been, like, the perfect combo. >> reporter: last year, consumers spent a record $12.2 billion on candy, costumes and decorations, and experts expect similar spending this year. >> it really is a race to the finish. these retailers are trying to beat their competitors by putting this merchandise out early. >> reporter: and to help you get into the spooky spirit during the summer heat, starbucks expected to roll out its pumpkin spice lattes at the end of august, a full month before the official start of fall. >> rhiannon: okay, we can't talk about pumpkins in july.

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>> gio: if only we could show you what we're talking about during commercial breaks here. if you flown lately, you've seen those old and slow safety videos on planes, but those are quickly becoming a thing of the past. some airlines are creating big-budget productions to try to get you to pay attention to instructions on what to do in an emergency. will ganss has been looking at these. these are a lot of fun. >> reporter: they are a lot of fun, and they are big-budget productions, you guys. okay, so, picture it. you've got your carry-on stored in the overhead bin. your neighbors are finally settled into their seats with

their snacks and their babies. you just opened up the book you brought on the flight when out of nowhere -- please pay attention to a safety video. are you going to pay attention? well, now you might. in case of emergency, watch this. >> your life jacket is underneath or beside your seat. >> reporter: british airways releasing this brand-new "bridgerton"-inspired pre-flight safety video. >> it is adjusted like this. >> reporter: it's the latest highly produced announcement played for passengers before takeoff. >> eyes on your cabin crew. >> reporter: the company even hiring the director of "bridget jones' diary" for this. it's a marked difference from the new emirates video which dropped only a few weeks before. >> we do not have dancers breaking into song, characters from movies or celebrities trying to be funny i'm afraid. >> reporter: the tamped down tone in line with delta and lord of the rings spot. we have light in each aisle to guide the way out. if there's a mishap during takeoff or landing, brace

yourself on the seat in front of you. >> i myself prefer the more complex method, but back on british airways. >> what is this? >> i believe it's a safety card, ma'am. >> youtubers are singing the praises of the new video. first time i've ever watched a safety video in full. hello from the usa. this is the single most impressive safety video i've ever seen. you stuck the landing. british airways saying in a statement, we know that these videos deliver vital safety information and is so important that we do everything we can to keep our customers engaged throughout. it takes a lot to make me look up from whatever episode of traitors i'm watching on my phone, but that will do it. that looks amazing. >> the risk of dying and not knowing what to do. no no no no, that's not enough to be entertained. >> yeah, it's a guy that looks like one of the bridgerton brothers that will make me pay attention to the safety videos. yeah >> creative stuff, i like it. well well, again, and thanks to you as always. uh, and a reminder, abc news live are streaming channel will now have live weekend programming every weekend we'll be providing the

latest news. have a great day everybody. see you later. thank you. another historic week. >> and now kamala harris hits the campaign trail. who will be her running mate? and how will the trump campaign take her on? this morning on abc's abc seven mornings. >> good morning i'm stephanie sierra. >> today more than 500 farm workers will march for higher wages and disaster pay in the north bay. they'll meet in the healdsburg plaza in downtown healdsburg at 4 p.m. they're demanding $25 an hour or $250 per ton of grapes picked. farm workers are also asking for extra pay for work during done during dangerous conditions. and compensation for lost wages during disasters. happening right now the 47th san francisco marathon is currently underway, and we're taking a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. you can see it's a

pretty gloomy view out there, but if you look closely, you'll see those thousands of runners that are making their way through the 26 mile journey. we've been tracking their route all morning since they started the race at 515. we know over 30,000 runners are expected to participate in the race today. lisa all right. stephanie. yes? cloudy. cool good running weather and a little bit sooner on the clearing. okay right now with the clouds stacked up there, you can see it's a little bright though on the horizon in the distance. 55 downtown, 62 in hayward and san jose. and also little sun glint there on alcatraz. 57 napa, 60, in livermore. so here's the deal with the clearing notice. right by noontime, everyone's mostly sunny except in the city, right by the coast. you'll get some sun, though, and then quickly a return to that cloud deck. so the onshore flow is with us today, keeping it comfortable. but below average 74 in fremont. look for low 70s again in napa. but we'll make it into the low to mid 80s in our inland

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