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whit? >> whit: certainly encouraging.u. >>> now to italy and the g7 summit welcoming a special guest. pope francis, the first pontiff ever to ■address th leaders group. and his warning about artificial intelligence. abc's selina wang in italy tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president biden wrapping up the g7 summit with world leaders, sharing a tender moment with pope francis in italy. later meeting one-on-one with the pontiff, gifting him a decorative tray with an image of the capitol rotunda. >> it's not the vatican, but -- >> reporter: the two leaders discussing the urgent need for a cease-fire in gaza and the war in ukraine. parting with a handshake, pope francis telling the president, -- >> you pray for me, i pray for you. >> i promise, i do. >> reporter: francis, the first pontiff ever to address the g7, delivering a warning about artificial intelligence, urging the leaders to put more guardrails in place. saying, quote, “we would condemn humanity to a future without hope by dooming them to depend on the choices of m

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whit. >> whit: mary bruce for us traveling with the president.hank you. >>> let's bring in abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz who will be hosting "this week." martha, always great to have you. we know the u.s. provided intelligence and expertise for this operation, but what more are you learning from your sources. >> martha: whit, i think one of the big questions is even though they did provide that help and they would provide that help whenever hostages were involved because, remember, we also have americans over there, but the big question is did they know the plans for this operation? did they know air strikes were involved? because that's what we're seeing in gaza, in central gaza. the air strikes were pounding down on the area where they were rescuing the hostages and the israelis have even said that was part of the plan to enable the israeli soldiers to get out of there. so those are big questions we're going to be asking this morning to see just what the u.s. knew and how involved they were, if at all, in the planning,

whit? >> whit: we'll stay on top of that. somara we'll talk in a bit.ou. >>> now to the latest shark attack. a boater recovering after being bitten off florida's atlantic coast. the fourth shark attack in florida just this month. abc's morgan norwood has the latest. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, whit. yes, shark attacks are extremely rare, but when they do happen, it typically involves a swimmer wading out in the ocean. well, in this case, it was a boater who was fishing, and this morning he is recovering from some pretty serious injuries. this morning, a florida boater is recovering in the hospital after a shark latched onto his arm during a fishing trip on the atlantic ocean near jacksonville. the boater managing to flag down water patrol. >> when they got to the boat, there was a male, adult male in there that had a severe shark bite to his forearm here. lost a lot of blood. he was bleeding pretty bad. >> reporter: a deputy seen here applying this tourniquet and the man flown to a nearby hospital. his injuries, nonlife

whit? >> whit: all right, thank you so much, melissa.e appreciate it. >>> louisville police releasing more body camera images from golfer scottie sheffler's arrest during the pga championship. scheffler was arrested for allegedly refusing to stop for police and injuring an officer. scheffler is seen apologizing as he's being handcuffed. police later revealed the officer had scrapes on his knee and wrist, and his uniform was torn. the charges against scheffler were dropped. >> gio: all right, whit, police releasing new officer body camera and dash cam video footage of a home explosion in arlington, virginia, last december. take a look. investigators now say that the duplex home was intentionally set on fire. they say james hugh, who lived in the building, was seen on camera spreading up to 35 gallons of gasoline through the building before igniting it. he reportedly died in the explosion. a motive is still unclear. >> janai: that was a wild story when it happened, and the images are just unbelievable. >> gio: yeah. >> janai: well, time no

whit? >> whit: that major decision next week. terry moran, thank you. >>> we have breaking news outside of new york city tonight. first responders are on the scene of a horrific crash in suffolk county, new york. authorities say at least four people were killed, nine hospitalized, when a minivan crashed through a nail salon late today. the images just coming in. here's abc's phil lipof. >> reporter: tonight, a deadly crash into a building on new york's long island. first responders racing to the scene in deer park where a car slammed into this nail salon. at least four people were reportedly killed. >> requesting a rush, multiple patients, car into a building. >> reporter: it happened just after 4:30 this afternoon at hawaii nail and spa. at least nine people were injured, several critically, and reports of victims trapped inside. >> give me whatever extrication tools you have. i have approximately three people trapped underneath the vehicle inside. >> it appears a motorist drove through th

. >> whit: caught on camera. mass protesters taking over a subway car. >> raise your hands if you are a zionist. >> whit: the disturbing scenes in new york city, raising concerns as leaders condemn the incident. >> michael: bus hijacking horror. new details about how authorities say it all unfolded. the driver speaking on camera, only on gma this morning. >> robin: abc news exclusive. a first look at the new report investigating the infant formula crisis. the mistakes made at the fda leading up to and during the severe shortage in 2022. >> whit: gearing up for your summer get away. we've assembled our gma travel dream team. gio, rebecca, and the points guy with everything you need to know to save before taking to the air, seas or road. plus ways to get through the airport faster. and how something called baggage hygiene can help. >> michael: remembering an icon. nba great jerry west passing away. an all-star on and off the court, the league and some of the best players paying tribute. ♪ can't touch this ♪ >> robi

whit sncht? >> whit: lama, thank you so much.ng charles and princess kate looking well at the ceremonies. while king charles -- >> janai: yes. >> whit: we have to get that he's now king charles. his real birthday is november 14th. the monarch's birthday is celebrated at trooping the colour, which we mentioned there. so let's bring in victoria murphy. it is great to have you. we saw the princess joining the royal family publicly really the first time we've seen that since announcing her cancer diagnosis. what was the crowd's response? >> reporter: good morning. yes, there's been an incredible reaction from the crowd this morning. there's been big cheers. i had people shouting god save the king. huge cheers for kate as she came by in a carriage. we should point out there's a full and prominent antimonarchy protest behind me. however the vast majority of the people here are here in joyful celebration. i've been speaking to the crowds and some of the people told me they only decided last night to come down when they found out kate wo

whit?l right, jaclyn, thank you. >>> a retired four-star admiral who was once the number two officer in the u.s. navy has been arrested on bribery charges. admiral robert burke is accused of directing a lucrative government training contract to a private company that promised him a $500,000 annual salary, plus stock options after retirement. prosecutors say the bribery scheme happened over a two-year period from 2020 to 2022 when burke was the head of naval operations in europe and africa. burke has not entered a plea. gio? >> gio: okay, whit, now to the emotional end to the trial of michelle troconis. she's the woman convicted of helping her boyfriend kill his estranged wife and mother of five, jennifer dulos. abc's morgan norwood is here with more. good morning, morgan. >> reporter: good morning, gio. michelle troconis will spend the next 14 1/2 years in prison, and before learning her fate, she faced each of jennifer dulos' five children. one by one they confronted troconis explaining ho

whit? >> whit: phil, we will brace for that. somara time this out as this moves in. >> somara: this line of storms rolling through overnight and another line making its way to the east coast. i-95 corridor particularly tomorrow evening bringing damaging winds along with a few tornadoes. the heat persists for the central and southern portion of the country with excessive heat warnings from new orleans to oklahoma city. we're keeping a close eye on the atlantic where we have hurricane beryl. headed for barbados, and potentially jamaica as a category 2 hurricane end of the week. >> whit: we know you'll be tracking it tomorrow on "gma." >>> next, calls for justice in upstate new york after the deadly police shooting of a 13-year-old boy. authorities say the boy pointed a replica handgun at officers during a chase before they opened fire. the utica police department now investigating. abc's morgan norwood has details, and a warning. this video is disturbing. [ gun fire ] >> oh, my god! joe, he just shot him! >> reporter: new video to

whit?whit: maryalice parks, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> let's bring in abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl who will be hosting "this week" later on this morning. jon, good morning. always great to have you. >> jonathan: good morning. >> whit: let's go ahead and start with the potential running mates for former president donald trump. you're talking to senator tim scott this morning who of course, is on that list. what are your sources telling you about the timeline and what trump is actually looking for? >> jonathan: well, scott's on that list. i think right near the top is doug burgum, also marco rubio, j.d. vance, two republican senators. as for the time line, trump has been pretty explicit. he says he's going to make the announcement during the republican convention and i spoke to one of those names i just mentioned, not tim scott, another of the others who said that he truly has no idea what direction trump is going in and wouldn't be surprised if sometime be

whit? >> whit: absolutely. thank you so much. >>> we want to shift gears, talking about basketball and the mavericks, keeping their dreams alive with a decisive win overnight at home against the celtics in the nba finals. abc's will reeve is in dallas with more. they're staying alive, will. >> reporter: they are, whit. good morning. to come back from 0-3 down in a series, you have to win one game first and in front of a delirious and desperate home crowd, that's what the dallas mavericks did. in fact, they ran the celtics out of the gym in a blowout. the series goes on. this morning the dallas mavericks are still alive. >> third largest margin of victory in finals history. >> reporter: in what could have been their final home game of the season, dallas dominating the boston celtics in game 4 of nba finals 122-84. >> inside. doncic lays it up, and a foul. >> reporter: cutting boston's series lead to 3-1. >> gets inside and gets the lay-up. >> reporter: the game was never close. dallas jumping out to an early lea

whit? >> whit: gio, overseas now to the israel/hamas war.rate rescue efforts continue this morning to treat the wounded in gaza following intense israeli attacks that left dozens dead. all of this ahead of key talks in washington between u.s. and israeli officials. abc's tom soufi burridge is in tel aviv with the latest. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. we're just learning about fresh strikes in gaza overnight, a particularly deadly weekend and just days after israeli prime minister netanyahu publicly criticized the biden administration over weapons supplies, israel's defense minister on his way to washington today saying he'll hold key talks with u.s. officials about the next phase of the war. this morning, harrowing new video of fresh israeli strikes in gaza with young children rescued from the rubble. it comes after a series of israeli strikes saturday with more than 50 people killed and more than 100 wounded according to palestinian officials. a young boy covered in dust, rushed from the scene. the israeli military say

whit? >> whit: erielle, thanks to much. let's get to meteorologist lee gold berg from our new york station, wabc. lee this heat expected to get worse before it gets better? >> i know, whit. first full day of summer, we should be simmering, not broiling. that's what we're doing because much of the country is trapped under this heat dome. you can see all the alerts. excessive heat watches in parts of new jersey and down through the delmarva, southern new england to the ohio valley. pollute ants are trapped so air quality problems as well. the ring of fire. storms forming along the edge of that heat dome. we're watching southern 91, the hudson valley of new york. if you can get into new york city. newark hit 100 degrees. there's other severe weather out in the rockies. in the west, it's scorching. excessive heat watches and warnings through the weekend. phoenix hasn't had a high below 100 since late may. through the weekend, it's going to be in the triple digits. they'll have their warmest june on record likely. it could becom

whit?whit: we move on to other news and the supreme court, where several major decisions could be released this morning including a ruling on presidential immunity being closely watched after last night's debate. abc's senior correspondent terry moran is at the supreme court. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. this has been a big year at the court. it's likely to get bigger. six cases left to go including the case brought by a man who stormed the capitol on january 6th who said he and hundreds of other january 6 defendants have been improperly charged by prosecutors because, they argue, the law being used was passed by congress to deal with business and financial crimes. there's a major homeless case the biggest case on homelessness before the court in years. can cities fine, ticket or jail people who sleep or camp outside in public places when they have no other place to go? major case on social media, on the power of federal regulatory agencies. the biggest case is still to co

go ahead, whit. show us what you got. >> whit: no, no, not now. >> michael: all right.you're looking live at galveston, texas. it tees home of juneteenth. this morning we're going to introduce you to the woman called the grandmother of the holiday, miss opal lee. that is coming up. >> whit: that is a great story. also ahead the school district voting to ban cell phones in schools, and the governor looking to ban them across the state. >> rebecca: but first a look at the top stories breaking at 8, starting with the extreme heat, taking hold in the midwest and northeast, and the wild fires in the west. ginger is tracking it all for us. good morning again. >> ginger: good morning to you. so let's start with those wild fires because they had very hot temperatures in early june. that baked and dried everything out. then they had big winds. now in new mexico we have a state of emergency, with at least two large wild fires causing big problems with evacuations. at least one person has been killed. and they're all looking for more than 20,000 acres already burned. you can see h

whit? >> whit: erielle, thank you. the scare on a southwest plane as it was landing in oklahoma city. the jet dropping to just over 500 feet from the ground while it was still miles from the airport. stephanie ramos has details. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the faa is investigating after that southwest airlines plane descended to a dangerously low altitude as it approached an airport in oklahoma. an automated warning alerting those traffic control operators. this morning the faa is investigating after a southwest airlines plane dropped to roughly 525 feet before making it to the runway. this image shows the plane when it climbs back into the sky after coming dangerously close with a residential neighborhood. >> for some reason they blew through and assigned altitude and continued and got very close to the ground. >> reporter: the boeing 737 making its approach into the oklahoma city airport just after midnight wednesday. the plane passing just over a high school, about nine miles from the airport. a l

whit? >> whit: all right, selina, thank you very much. michael?> michael: now to big set back for evan gerskovich. the wall street journal reporter held in russia on espionage charges for more than a year. a judge announced he will stand trial. our chief global correspondent martha raddatz joins us from washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. evan gershkovich has appeared in court several times fighting the charges against him. but now those charges are official and evan's case is going to court. this morning a major setback for wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich. a russian court has handed down an official indictment, charging him with espionage, meaning the 32-year-old, who has already spent more than a year in prison appealing his arrest, will now be tried in a russian court. the indictment laying out specific allegations for the first time, accusing gershkovich of gathering secret information for the cia about a russian facility that produces and repairs military equipment. the russians presented no evi

whit? >> whit: now the three donald trump allies who have been charged with forgery in wisconsin in connection to the alleged fake electos scheme. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has details on that story. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. today associates who helped former president trump try to block joe biden from becoming president are facing new legal challenges. through trump's attorneys and one of his campaign aides have been charged with a felony, accused of being part of a scheme where bogus electors tied to trump would certify him rather than biden as next president. wisconsin attorney general charged the men with felony forgery and each are facing up to six years in prison if convicted. among those charged kenneth chespro who already plead guilty to a fake elector scheme in georgia. wisconsin joins four other states including michigan, georgia, arizona and nevada. controversy over the 2020 election still playing out, robin. >> robin: all right, pierre.

whit? >> whit: george, now to the supreme court uploading a ruling by mistake yesterday on a high stakes abortion rights case from idaho. terry moran is at the supreme court, where other major rulings are also expected. terry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. this was an egregious error by court staff. i haven't seen anything quite like it. not a leak but a mistake, and a significant one. this morning a stunning mistake at the supreme court. somehow what appears to be a ruling from the justices on a major abortion case was temporarily published before it was supposed to be on the court's website. the document indicates the court will require idaho to allow some abortions in emergency situations for now. >> this is a rare slipup. the court rarely makes an error like this. >> reporter: the document, first discovered by bloomberg news, was pulled within minutes. a court spokes person saying, the opinion has not been released. the court's publications unit inadvertently and briefl

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whit? >> whit: important information. thank you very much.dren screen time increases. eva pilgrim is here with details. kids watch their parents and follow along. >> they do. the pressure is on us as parents. i know it's something you and me talked about. it's something every parent is dealing with, screen time and kids. a study finding, yes, our behavior at parents does impact how our kids interact with screens. a research team from san francisco followed 10,000 children 12-13 and found really interesting take aways when it comes to screen time. if you're worried about how much your kids are on the screen, one of the things you can do is limit your own screen time in front of them. kids who watch screens in their bedrooms and meal times were on screens longer. they also found offering screens as a reward or punishment wasn't really effective actually leading to more screen time. while it often feels like you have no control as a parent, this study found those decisions we make to restrict screens really do have a positive impact on our child

whit? >> whit: thank you very much. now an emergency landing overnight.ing 737 diverted due to a plane engine fire as federal regulators open investigations into two other incidents. both involving southwest boeing 737 max planes. our transportation correspondent gio benitez is joining us with more. good morning. >> gio: hey, whit, good morning. this comes as summer travel is breaking major records. in fact, friday was the tsa second busiest day ever, screening 2.9 million people in a single day. this morning a virgin australia boeing 737 jet forced to make an emergency landing in new zealand after one of its engines caught fire. this video shows the view inside the cabin as the plane managed to land safely without any injuries. this comes as the faa's investigating two serious incidents that happened to involve boeing 737 max planes. in one, southwest max flight came within just 400 feet of slamming into the pacific ocean. the incident happening in april off the coast of hawaii when, according to bloomberg, the flight was forced to abandon a landing atte

i'm whit johnson.e begin tonight with the record-breaking temperatures scorching the i-95 corridor. more than 120 million americans remain under heat alerts, the dangerous heat drifting deeper into the south in the coming days. right now in the northeast, emergency room visits in new york and new jersey jumping 800% this week. and severe weather in the nation's heartland, catastrophic flooding in rock valley, iowa. drone footage showing dozens of homes and businesses underwater, residents evacuated after heavy rains caused a levee to breach. thunderstorms targeting parts of the midwest and northeast. our weather team is standing by with the forecast. but first, abc's morgan norwood leads us off from new york. >> reporter: tonight, the blistering heat in the east. more than 120 million americans under alert. parts of the i-95 corridor baking under extreme temperatures. washington d.c. and baltimore topping 100 degrees. philadelphia to newark in the high 90s. near pittsburgh, fire departments asking for

whit? >> whit: important information there trevor, thank you. >>> now no that major supreme court ruling overturning a trump-era ban on bump stockth. those attachments that dramatically ramp up the speed of how rifles can fire bullets. the ban had bipartisan support imposed after the horrific las vegas music festival attack at which 58 people were killed. but the court's conservative majority ruled the government's ban was unlawful. abc's terry moran is at the supreme court. >> reporter: it was the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. a gunman, firing more than 1,000 rounds in 10 minutes, killed 58 people at a las vegas concert. and now, the attachment that gunman used to transform several of his weapons so they could fire at that lethally high rate of sed is legal once again in the u.s., more than five years after the atf banned so-called bump stocks following that rampage in vegas. in a 6-3 ruling, the supreme court today said bump stocks, which can enable semi-automatic ri

whit? >> whit: martha, thank you. now the latest on the israel/hamas war. overnight protesters clashing with police right outside the israeli prime minister's residence. tom soufi burridge is there on the scene with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, netanyahu's official residence just over there. you can see the barricades here. we were right here late last night, protesters clashing with police, with police using water cannons to disperse the crowd. they want netanyahu to make a hostage deal with hamas and end the war. in gaza, the idf forcing military activity along a key highway for aid trucks. israel pressing along in rafah. the idf said that operation could be over in weeks. relatives mourning victims in that city. local hospitals saying eight people killed in an israeli strike monday, as president biden's envoy arrives in beirut amid concerns that attacks between israel and iran backed hezbollah could be on the brink of a wider war. and, guys, another protest here in jerusalem expected tonight. rebecca? >> rebecca: tom,

i'm whit johnson.e begin tonight with the relentless rain devastating south florida, numbers still under a flood watch, and the brutal heat wave on the move starting in the southwest, but soon to sweep across much of the country. florida's governor declaring a state of emergency, crews using pumps to pump rain from neighborhoods. the excessive heat warnings in parts of the swept, that blistering heat wave now threatening the midwest and the northeast. it could lead to a record-breaking stretch of heat for dozens of cities. we'll have the timing and the forecast in just a moment. >> reporter: tonight, more than 4,000,000 people still under flood watch in south florida. the area only now emerging from the nightmare of days of relentless rains. more than 200 rescues from flood waters this week, according to local reports. miguerson dorsainvil says this was the worst flooding he's seen in his north miami community in 14 years. >> and this was just rain, this wasn't even a hurricane. >> reporter: over two f

i'm whit johnson.n tonight with the ongoing fallout and reaction following donald trump's historic felony conviction, the first former president to ever be tried and found guilty of a crime. now republicans are rallying around their presumptive nominee. speaker of the house mike johnson is calling on the supreme court to step in and overturn the conviction, but that's something johnson said could take time. the former president railing against the verdict, but his campaign says it's already raised nearly $53 million in much-needed cash in the days since the jury's decision. but what impact could all of this have on what voters do in no? mary alice parks leads us off from washington. >> reporter: republican lawmakers tonight rushing to donald trump's defense, vowing to investigate the new york officials who brought the hush money case against him. eight republican senators saying they'll stall the business of the senate as payback for the jury's guilty verdict. >> donald trump committed a paperwork viol

department, whit. >> whit: all right, rachel, thank you so much on the campaign trail for us. >>> now to that major supreme court ruling limiting what charges can be brought against defendants accused in the january 6th attack on the capitol, the decision potentially affecting hundreds of cases, including charges against former president trump. >> reporter: tonight -- a potentially big win at the supreme court for the january 6th defendants -- including donald trump. by a 6-3 vote, the court significantly limited the reach of one the charges brought against many january 6th rioters in a ruling that could impact the election interference prosecution against trump. the case was brought by former pennsylvania police officer joseph fischer who stormed the capitol on january 6th and was charged, in part, with obstruction. the specific law used by the justice department makes it a crime to alter or destroy documents and records to be used in official proceedings -- or "otherwise obstruct any official proceeding." that law, passed after the enron scandal, was originally written to prosecute

i'm whit johnson.with the severe weather threat and holiday travel rush, millions of the move in the lead-up to the fourth of july. travelers packing the nation's airports, friday was the fourth busiest day in tsa's history. aaa estimates 6 million people have been traveling by car with gas prices a little lower this year. all eyes on severe weather that could impact 80 million americans moving into tonight and tomorrow into the midwest and northeast, damaging wind, heavy rain and tornados all possible. we're tracking the first hurricane of the year taking aim at the caribbean. somara theodore standing by with the forecast. >> reporter: tonight, a record number of air travelers expected this 4th of july holiday weekend. >> it seems pretty busy already coming in. >> reporter: the tsa anticipating 5.7 million people will fly to their holiday destination. a 7% increase from last year and up 12% from 2019. at newark liberty in new jersey, an early morning for gibson and her daughter payton, who is desperat

whit. >> the honolulu trip has my name on it.lexis, what do we know about the flight attendants strike? >> reporter: the contract talks ended on thursday with no agreement. now both sides are preparing for a strike. any walkout would be the 0 days away because president biden to stall any strike. american airlines is continuing negotiations. >> thank you. >>> now to the stanley cup. of course, i'm your girl to talk about it. the oilers forcing game seven after beating the panthers to even the series at 3-3. andrew dymburt has the details from edmonton, canada. quite the assignment, andrew. let us know what's going on. >> reporter: good morning. stanley cup was here in this building there for the taking last night for florida, but after a wild game six, it's now do or die. this morning the oilers are celebrating their historic night on the ice. overnight, edmonton becoming the first team in almost 80 years to bounceback from a 3-0 deficit in a stanley cup final. >> this series gets dragged back to south florida for a winner take a

it >> well, that was whit johnson reporting.urn of two astronauts right now on the international space station. butch wilmore and cindy williams piloted boeing's starliner to the iss more than two weeks ago, but its return journey has been delayed several times because of issues with the craft's propulsion system. that returned back to earth will not happen until july at the earliest. >> realize that coming home is uh- from orbits not that simple a thing. they will be traveling at points 22 times the speed of sound, so a lot of energy to dissipate. uh- they want to make sure they have the control systems working properly so that they can get the astronauts safely home. >> nasa says the starliner would be able to travel back to earth if there was an emergency. 15,000 car dealerships in the u.s. and canada are dealing with a massive computer system outage on wednesday. back to back cyber attacks, targeted software used for day to day operations. the software provider cdk global shut down all of its systems, which are expected to b

you just set your mind to it. >> and that was whit johnson reporting.ect some birds on the peninsula are paying off. these egrets live on a quiet block in mountain view. the birds chose the area themselves, but over the past decade, neighbors have pitched in to make them feel at home. google moved into this area in 2014, and when they discovered the birds, they asked santa clara valley audubon society and san francisco bay bird observatory for advice on caring for them. steps including closing off the block of shorebird way to traffic during nesting season, and also educating the public to keep their distance. experts say the birds have continued to thrive. >> the sounds are so beautiful that you could really just sit out here all day and just listen. it's so peaceful. >> the santa clara valley audubon society has programs to help you join in on the fun. they are beautiful birds. well, nasa is once again delaying the return of two astronauts right now on the international space station. butch wilmore and sunny williams piloted boeing's starliner to the

. >> here's abc's whit johnson. >> the chunky saurus is a dinosaur that you do not know what it is. >> an unlikely prehistoric discovery. >> kaden madsen, along with his cousins liam and jason fisher, were out for a hike when they came across something unusual sticking out of the ground. the three boys stumbled upon these fossilized remains of a tyrannosaurus rex while wandering across the north dakota badlands in the summer of 2022. their story, the subject of the documentary film t-rex, highlighting their rare discovery. >> they both came running up and jason had seen it and said, that's a fossil paleontologist tyler leeson returned with the boys, and a group of scientists to excavate the fossil, but it took another year to finally get the necessary permission to extract it. >> these young cousins, taking an active role in the excavation . >> the dinosaur's remains now set to go on display and reveal to the public at the denver museum you either had goosebumps or tears in your eyes to be witness to something that special. experts estimate that the t-rex may have been 13 to 15 years

terfereni and potential casesats are investigations that might embae house.e whit i this latest fightith congressl is particularly telling the positionli of merrick garland. and withholding these audio tapes is not just on. it's incomprehensible. as a matter of constitutional law. it's absurd. and he's going to go into a federal court and make an argument that i think most appellate in most trial lawyerst would blush in front of a judge. he's arguing that we didn't view the transcript as privileged, but we do believe the audio tape of the same to be privileged as if this is the president who shall no ot be heard. >> no court has ever extended hs the privilege like that. they made it even more absurd by saying that they have a typer of deep fake privilegeiv that if we release the tape, i will start to make fake audio tapes e of the president's voicere. well, here's a flash for you, gordon. they already have the president voice and you've already given the transcript a highript school student could could recreate a fake like that. if anything, you make it more likely that would be accep

it >> that was whit johnson and reporting. now let's get a preview of your weather with lisa. good morning lisa. a good morning. >> here's a look at that fog that has been stubborn around the golden gate. just staying there, hugging the coastline line. and then underneath you can see how socked in it is. and we'll look for limited sun as you get along the peninsula there. otherwise, it's another pretty warm day inland, but not as hot. i'll have the details next. >> thank you lisa. and also next. it's the bay versus la. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez has both men's and women's soccer highlights coming up after the break. at planet fitness, $10 just became more valuable than ever. >> join the judgment free zone today before rates increase on june 28th, and lock in your $10 a month rate with a life of your membership. don't miss out. this offer is only good until thursday, june 27th. what's your garage door telling you? maybe it's time for a change. >> a precision we do house calls. let one of our door designers come to you and help you design the door of your dreams. let

and if you're watching us on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next for >> whit: tonight, president comments after struggling on the debate stage against donald trump. the supreme court ruling potentially affecting hundreds of january 6th rioters. and severe storms threatening record holiday travel. >>> first, president biden less than 24 hours after his poor debate performance, fired up on stage in north carolina. >> when you get knocked down,

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also this week, baruch college professor cary mead publishes the hidden history of the whit s and defininge book was written in collaboration with the american history tellers podcast and includes a foreword by new york bestselling author kate anderson, who wrote the residents inside the private world of the white house. and one other book to note, former philadelphia magazine editor in chief tom mcgrath is releasing triumph of the yuppies america, the eighties and the creation of nation. tom mcgrath's previoubook was about the cultural significance of music television. it was in titled mtv the making of a revolution. well, this week on book tv's afterwards program, health reporter shefali luthra looks at the impact of the 2022 supreme court decision to overturn roe versus wade. she was interviewed by julie rovner, a longtime■ health reporter who is currently with the kaiser family foundation. here's a look. abortion has been so hard to come by for a long time. and part of that is what means to get health care in this country in general, abortions are expensive. they are an inherently expe

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we'll be here every weekday at three, answering questions with experts from around >> whit: tonight, president biden's first comments after struggling on the debate stage against donald trump. the supreme court ruling potentially affecting hundreds of january 6th rioters. and severe storms threatening record holiday travel. >>> first, president biden less than 24 hours after his poor debate performance, fired up on stage in north carolina

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administrator whit and please proceed with your statement.committee members and good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the agoversight of boeing's production and manufacturing processes and i will express my appreciation in passing this reauthorization act of 2024 and it will begin implementation of this important legislation updated on the progress. in mid-january i did have the opportunity to brief this committee on thy 5 door plug incident involving alaska airline 737 max nine and we will provide an update on where we are now. in february i asked them to develop within 90 days and integrated comprehensive plan to fix its ittion issues. this plan was required to address the findings of the fathe recommendations of the section 103 panel may 30. this plan doesn't mark the end of their increased oversight of boeippliers but it is the beginning of a long be a fundamental shift in the company safety culture in order to holistically address its challenges. this is about systemic change and there is a done and o

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which informs which is unsubmitted to the whit important first step for understanding what it is we'refacing and what we need to have out there so we can ensure that individual sectors have the customized cyber security standards they n addition to the national framework that's developed. sen. hassan: and as they have the infrastructure they need, you can identify things they have in common as we're talking habit harmonizing efforts trying to make sure the regulatory framework is reflective david: absolutely. we don't yet understand what we don't know. until that work is done and these efforts as he's been describing, that's going to come together and we'll understand the landscape a lot better and that will ensure positive doments like structures in sectors and one more question to yong requirements for companies targeted by a cyberattack. companies must inform department ofhomeland security about cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. these reporting requirements provide the federal government with important information toent cyberattacks on other companies. one way to improve repo