most uber loops around the park. >> right now on "america this morning." crowds making a come back. measuring taking a big step towards a return to normalcy. this morning new questions about whether the vaccine plays a role in a rare heart problem. reporting on the origin of the coronavirus. the intelligence report from china. >> this morning a mother's anguish. >> you killed him. for no reason. i want to find them. >> her plea for help finding the person who shot and killed her 6 year-old boy in the back of the car. during a case of road rage. we take a closer look at the rising problem of children being caught in the cross fire of gun violence. >> international out rage growing over night.

the man known as the last dictator of europe forces a passenger plane to land in his country. so a reporter and government critic can be arrested. the response from the u.s. >> a yearbook photograph controversy. growing larger after a high school alters the pictures of 80 girls. is there a double standard at play. >> the best bargains ahead of memorial day. the items with deep discould wants. >> record achievement at age 50. to a shocking discovery cleaning dads car. the unforgettable moment at the billboard awards. this is "america this morning." good monday morning. we begin with the america's slowly returning to normal one week before the unofficial start of summer. >> people expected to travel for

the weekend. as we see crowd making a come back in big cities and events. another state hit vaccination milestone with 70% of the adults getting at least one shot. >> the new questions are being raised about the pfizer kp moderna vaccine and a heart problem. we have more on that. >> good morning. new covid infections are at the lowest level in a year. there are some new questions about younger people and the vaccine. >> this morning a drastic drop in covid cases. paving the way for what promises to be a far more traditional memorial day weekend. health officials attribute the drop in part to have the sub sesz of the vaccine. and urging parents of children as young as 12 to get the shot. investigating a few duhens report of young adults mostly male who developed an inflammation of the heart.

four days after being vaccinated. experts say it's too early to say if it's a link. >> the heart failure that we see as a result of covid infection is far more serious than anything that we're seeing here. >> it's so important that people get their vaccine. to prevent covid infection. >> the concern growing calls to investigate the origin of the coronavirus. the "wall street journal" reporting researchers at china wuhan institute of viralology got sick and needed hospital care in november 2019. >> it's not clear if the upper respiratory virus that sickened many researchers. if this was just covid or any seasonal viral illness. there are still a lot of normal >> last night the biggest indoor gathering in a year in new york

city. 75% capacity at the knicks game. with memorial day one week away, vacation hot spots are filling up. triple a says 37 million people are expected to travel over the weekend in year. a 60% increase from last year. record low. airports are preparing for a much busier summer season. >> we're excited and looking forward to. >> back to the vaccine. new mexico just became the ninth state where more than 70% of the adults have gotten at least one shot. >> thank you. police trying to determine a motive after a mass shooting at house party in new jersey. two people killed and a dozen wounded. someone opened fire from the woods. sop say it stemmed from a dispute between the rival groups. no ars arrests have been reported. >> 150 people have been arrested after chaos at a birthday

celebration. 2,500 people showed up for the party in hunting ton beach. people threw rocks and bottles as police tried to break it up. >> turning to the suspected road rage incident that left a 6 mher ie boy dead. public to help catch the shooter. >> this is not okay. it should never happen again. >> a devastated mother speaking out. her 6 year-old son shot and killed in a road rage incident. >> meant the with world to me. it feels like many life is over. that was my baby. >> she was taking her son to school friday. in orange california. authorities say someone shot at her car. >> i heard a loud noise. my son said ouch. and i had to pull over. and he got shot.

>> he was sitting in his booster seat and a bullet went through the trunk and hit him. a man hunt is under way for the shooter. >> i was taking him to school. someone killed him. >> new numbers highlight the growing impact of gun violence on children. so far this year, 119 children ages 11 and under have been shot and kild. 276 wounded. and for kid ages 12 to 17. those numbers increase to 469 killed. more than 1,100 wounded. in minneapolis $30,000 in reward money is offered to help investigators solve three separate shootings involving children. a 10 year-old boy and 9 year-old girl in the hospital after getting hit by stray bullets and 6 year-old tragedy died after getting shot inside her family car. riding home from mcdonalds and they got caught in a kros fire. in california. she is demanding justice for her

son. >> he was beautiful and kind. he was precious. you killed him. for no reason. i want to find them. >> heartbreaking. she told police the shooter was driven in a car with a woman. $50,000 is reward is offered. >> global out rage after shocking move by the government. forcing down a air passenger plane to arrest a leading critic of the government. the white house is speaking out. called a hijacking to act of terrorism. >> this morning the biden administration condemning the government after the president who had been called europe's last kick dater was accused of faking a bomb threat to force down a plane. the plane was passing through

when air trafg control told the pilot to turn around. because of possible explosives on board. one passenger says the plane took a sudden dive. adding it was very violent. everybody was in shock. there was no bomb threat. it was all a plot by the president to detain and arrest a pr prominent opposition journalist on the flight. >> if they mentioned a bomb or direct security threat. the pilot would be obliged to get it on the ground. it's certainly state sponsored thugger. >> the journalist living in exile. after playing a key role in the key protest against the election

last year. >> the regime is threatened he's feeling heat. the movement he was sponsoring was getting under his skin. >> the prime minister of poland called the forced landing an act of state terrorism. >> time for a look at monday weather. >> a large part of the plains could see severe conditions including damaging wind, large hail and tornados. 15 reported twisters this weekend. no damage reported. meantime it's already feeling like midsummer in the southeast. temperatures in the 90s from tennessee down to florida. checking the high temperatures elsewhere. new york only reaching 67 degrees. 80 around the great lakes, 50s northwest. great break for new york. >> coming up the video after an eruption destroyed 500 homes.

>> what was heard just before this cable car came crashing to the ground. killing 14 people. >> details about a high school yearbook photograph controversy.

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survivor. witnesses heard a hissing sound before the car fell. it was renovated five years ago. >> a controversy involving a high school yore book in florida. dozens of girls had photographs edited by the school. >> reporter: this morning growing out rage among students and parents at a high school in florida. ore the way dozens of yearbook photos were edited. >> they completed edited her photograph. kids are writing about it and making comments and jokes. >> 83 photographs altered in the yearbook. some seem to have been ed bitted by talking the shirts and pasting them over the chest. to hide cleavage. >> something parents spend a will the of money on. to not have a heads up or another option. it was unacceptable. >> ninth grader said her picture was edited.

everyone though her shirt complied with the dress code. calling it a double standard. no boys pictures were doctored. not even though showing swim team members in speed os. >> it makes no sense. this is okay and this is not. >> guys where muscle shirts to school and they don't dress code them. but dress code girls were a tank top. >> in a statement the district says the school receiving feed back from parents and students. on making this process better for next year. the school is now offering refund for parents unhappy with the photo. some say the damage is already done. the student are paying the price. >> they're getting all this backlash. on the children. and they had nothing to do with it. now you have made them even more of a target. >>hechool district says an

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