making news in america this morning -- showing solidarity. a display of unity for the victims in charleston, south carolina. the church opening for the first time since the shooting. a divisive debate now resurfacing. should the confederate flag be removed from the state's capital? new developments in the massive manhunt for two escaped killers. police narrowing down their search and blocking off roads overnight. a possible dna trail now being tracked. caught on camera, strangers going door to door rescuing pets as a building around them burns. apple's about face. overnight, taylor swift getting one of the world's biggest companies to make a major policy change.

well, good morning, everyone. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson in for t.j. holmes. we'll start with the moving images of solidarity in charleston, south carolina. just days after that horrific church massacre. >> as many as 20,000 marchers united on a south carolina bridge last night. black, white, walking hand in hand in the memory of the nine lives so violently cut short. >> a debate over the confederate flag is raging far beyond south carolina. as the church known as mother emanuel reopened its doors. more now from abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: it was a bridge to peace. a massive display of unity across the cooper river in charleston, south carolina, all to honor the nine gunned down in their home church of emanuel ame last week. >> i feel inspired. >> let's do it. >> i feel like that this showing here should be contagious and infectious across the nation. and start a movement for saying there's one race, the human race.

♪ >> reporter: hundreds filled the historic pews of emanuel, the first sunday service since accused killer 21-year-old dylann roof opened fire on a group of parishoners. investigators continue to scour over a racist manifesto supposedly written by roof. for the loved ones, the pain continues. >> i know forgiveness is a process. but i'm not there yet. >> reporter: roof, seen holding on to a confederate flag which still flies high on the state house ground. [ chanting ] >> all: take it down. >> reporter: a symbol of hate or heritage? the debate has reignited and reached the campaign trail. jeb bush saying he moved florida's confederate flag to a museum. >> i welcome any debate and any discussion that will help my state and my nation. >> this is a decision that needs to be made here in south carolina. >> reporter: kenneth moton, abc news, washington. and new this morning, the leader of a white supremacist group linked to dylann roof has donates thousands of dollars to republicans, including some

current presidential kantds. >> ted cruz, rick santorum, and rand paul allegedly received money from earl holt, president of the right wing group that roof credits with helping to radicalize him. against black people. cruz's campaign was the first to respond, saying he plans to return the money after learning about the donor's background. moving on to weather. it's severe. moving across the great lakes region this morning. some of the region's biggest cities are in harm's way. heavy rain drenched north texas on sunday. as much as six inches triggering flash floods. >> highways turned to rivers. vehicles driving straight into trouble. traffic on some roads came to a standstill because drivers were unable to move in any direction. and also in that part of texas, a swollen river washed out this bridge taking an suv along with it. the couple inside said by the time they got close enough to see the bridge had collapsed, it was too late. other drivers threw them a rope and pulled them to safety. the rushing waters under the bridge undermined its foundation.

and take a look at this road in oklahoma suffering a similar fate. the collapse caught on camera. it's party of highway 78, similarly dropping away. the guardrail is left dangling high over the red river. flooding rains like those that compromised this road targeting a different spot today. here's molly cochran at accuweather. molly, good morning. >> thank you, kendis and reena. now for monday, we do have the threat for severe weather across the upper great lakes. first up we're off to a stormy start in minneapolis and also milwaukee. flooding downpours, damaging winds, a few tornadoes could be possible. with some of these thunderstorms. next up, chicago and detroit. into our monday evening. so want to be very careful. a few scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the southeast. the main story here is the heat. we continue to just sizzle and feel very sticky and steamy. not only are we dealing with the heat here. but across the southwest, phoenix and las vegas, another

day of triple-digit heat coming up. kendis and reena, back to you. >> thank you, molly. the searing heat bad news for crews fighting wildfires in five states this morning. red flag warnings posted across six states. nevada, where new fires could erupt at any moment. here's abc's ryan owens on what firefighters are up against. >> reporter: dozens of new fires popping up across alaska. 145 are burning across its vast wilderness. more than 30 homes destroyed. in california, 500 residents evacuate after a new fire breaks out near san california's largest fire, the so-called lake fire is burning in the san bernardino mountains. an aerial assault all weekend, combined with the ground army of 1800 firefighters, is slowing this fire's advance. in arizona, they're trucking in female inmates to beat back the largest of seven fires now burning in that state.

>> there's a lot of heat out there. it's a hot fire. so -- we have a lot of work. >> reporter: ryan owens, abc news, big bear, california. there's breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. taliban and afghan police battled at the parliament building in kabul. a huge suicide car bomb was detonated outside the building. then taliban fighters stormed inside. it happened as parliament was about to vote on a new defense minister. back here at home, major developments in the search for the missing inmates from a new york state prison. the focus is now on a hunting camp about a 20-mile walk from the clinton correctional facility where the men broke out 17 days ago. overnight, police set up road blocks and called for backup from the state of vermont, the state police there. there are also reports of a dna link to the escaped prisoners in the areas within the past 24 hours. a suspect is in custody this morning in the killing of a new orleans police officer. in surveillance video obtained exclusively by our new orleans

station, travis boys is seen in a convenience store before his arrest. it's notable he's wearing a baseball jacket on a hot day. underneath that jacket, broken handcuffs. police say boys was in the back of a squad car when he managed to free himself from those handcuffs and used a hidden gun to kill officer daryle holloway. and news this morning, new this morning, billy graham's grandson resigning from a florida megachurch after admitting he had an affair. tullian tchividjian had been a pastor at coral ridge presbyterian church in ft. lauderdale. in statement to the washington post, he said he returned from an out-of-town trip to discover his wife was having an affair. during their subsequent separation, he said he developed an inappropriate relationship with a female friend. well one note from father's day. president obama spent his weekend on a golf trip in california. the first lady posting this throwback photo for father's day. her caption said thinking today and every day about the father of these two.

a much younger malia and sasha obama there along with their dad. that's a pretty good throwback. >> an adorable photo. still ahead -- oil prices stay low. will there be relief at the gas pump? and caught on camera. a band of strangers breaking down doors to save pets in apartments at a fire. plus, unstoppable. justin spieth takes home back-to-back majors. the u.s. open coming down to the final hole.

i thought i'd start the video by showing you the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and if we overcame that or if we can overcome that we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ] welcome back. one major health insurer saying no, thanks, to another.

cigna says anthem's takeover offer, calling it quote inadequate. they also cited the data breach for anthem this year. anthem is the second largest health insurer. cigna is the fifth. they're seeking to grow to give them more negotiating power. oil prices are stabilizing now that there's progress reported on the greek debt crisis. oil had been falling and could fall again if the deal doesn't work out. there are also concerned about too much production. all of that should be good news for motorists here, where gasoline is averaging $2.79 this morning. that's practically the same as a week ago. well a study finds that american ceos make an average of more than 300 times what the average worker makes. they also make more money than other high-paid employees. six times average of the others in the top 0.1%. more proof, i guess, it's good to be king. >> more proof we should have gone to mba school.

dinosaurs still ruled the earth, or at least the box office. "jurassic world" had another spectacular weekend. the dinosaur adventure took in $102 million. the pixar animated film "inside out," from another part of our parent company, was just behind. with $91 million. and "spy" was a distant third with $10 million. >> all these movies i gotta see. >> mm-hmm. when we come back, finally home. a plane lands more than ten hours late. the frustrated flyers and passengers taken away in cuffs. and taylor swift prompting a policy change. the overnight developments in the battle between the singer and apple. ♪ hi! what happened to your hair? i got it. walgreens has all you need to keep it all under control. from a little touch-up... come on, guys! to finding that perfect finishing touch... to making memories at the touch of a button.

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the rome to chicago flight stopped in ireland to discharge the man. then they couldn't take off. the flight crew had exceeded hours they could work. >> the other 268 passengers spent the night in the airport waiting for a new crew. and sleeping on the benches and floor. >> because there wasn't enough rooms in belfast because it was so small. >> hard ground. it's cold. it sucked. >> yeah, most of the passengers got it. they didn't blame the airline. saying united did the best it could. by the time they reached chicago, instead of 10 1/2 hours, the trip took 21. united is refunding their fares. >> nice. a colorado teen has died from a rare form of the plague. taylor guise was a star high school athlete, a pitcher and a quarterback in ft. collins. he came down with flu-like symptoms and died on the way to the hospital four days later. a former white house chef missing for more than a week was found dead.

the body of 61-year-old walter scheib was located in the mountains near the taos, new mexico, ski area. a search team located his remains nearly two miles away from where his car was found last tuesday. he had been on a solo hike. it's believed he didn't have enough supplies for more than a day out. and some dramatic video to show you from south dakota. a guy running around an apartment complex in rapid city, busting into several apartments, helping rescue dogs while another part of the building looked like that. flames. he got at least two animals out before firefighters got to the scene. the fire started when the building was struck by lightning. actor jake lloyd is in custody this morning. he played skywalker.

he was arrested in south carolina after a high-speed chase. okay, well now, some sports. team usa back on the the field tonight at the women's world cup. they face, of course, colombia, with a spot in the quarterfinals at stake. >> looking forward to that one. let's get highlights from sunday from our guys at espn. >> kevin connors, john anderson. so we learned that -- chambers bay is a tough course. tough luck for dustin johnson. and we learned the toughest player in golf right now is jordan spieth. >> if you play 72 holes, you need all of them. very last hole at the 115th united states open. jordan spieth in a tie for the lead. he'll take it outright with that little birdie putt. missed the eagle. but save. he's in the clubhouse at minus 5. only guy that could pass or tie him, dustin johnson. paulina gretzky. the baby. wayne's there. the eagle, it goes begging. and then it goes too far. all right, so if we make this it's okay. we're going to play 18 holes on monday. we're not playing golf monday. we're having a trophy ceremony on the green right now.

dustin johnson, a three-putt for par. so disappointing for him. so great for spieth. >> it's amazing. it's incredible. it really is. it's incredible to win a major championship. you only get a few moments in your life like this. and i recognize that. and, to have two in one year and to still be early in the year that's hard to wrap my head around. >> well school's out. so i don't know if this matters to the parents. jordan spieth, one year in college. then he dropped out. he's won $16 million in three years. work hard on the s.a.t.s. study them up over the summer. that will do it for us. have a merry monday. >> you never know. >> what motivational speakers they are. one more highlight, from the major leagues. check out this great catch. a foul ball in the oakland a's game against anaheim. >> and look who makes the catch. a woman holding a youngster makes a one-handed grab after the ball came off some other people's hands.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good monday morning at 4:28 the first mop of summer hopefully a if one and a great father's day to the dads. >> i am kristen sze with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco. the dad. >> pice day yesterday. weather was nice. now a look at what today has in store, the first day of summer. we have nothing on live doppler hd. it is dry. we will talk about temperatures. we are looking at if the roof camera, we have temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s at 7:00 and we will stay in the mid-to-upper 50s and 62 at noon and 74 inland and 84 inland at 4:00. nothing too hot. 74 away the bay and 50s and 60s and 70s by 7:00. we could push triple digits

later this week. >> sounds good, mike. leyla? >> for fathers who have to go back do work we will see how nice traffic is moving. so far so good. we look at the san mateo bridge, traveling in both directions are moving at top speed with construction that could gum up the commute in the eastbound direction. moving over to the bay bridge toll plaza a few cars are committing in the far right happen lane and other than that you are clear to go. we have construction projects across the bay area with the details in a few minutes. >> right new, san jose police are responding to city hall where a map is on a huge crane. our reporter is on the scene. katie? >> yes, kristen, officers on the scene call this a bit of a problem, the map is at the top of that christian. in the cab. the officer estimate it is 90' above the ground. around 8:30 last knit, the adult male himmed to the top of the

crane and officers say he does not appear to be from the area, possibly he is a transient. he is talking but not always coherently. we are at corner ofth and santa clara. san jose police department are waiting him out with a rescue crew on stand by. the construction workers who would normally have been arriving at work were told to stay home. the officers have cut power to the job site so the crane is not rate am the it is an interesting situation for san jose police department. here is what the lieutenant said. >> we have had different situations where individuals on the overpasses and we have to talk them down. this is unique as far as someone able to climb up a crane and hold themselves up there and get us in this situation we