>aking news on making news on "america this morning." the busiest holiday travel period since before the pandemic now underway. millions taking to the road and the sky as covid restrictions ease. plus new incentives to get the vaccine, including super bowl tickets and $15 million up for grabs. new details in a road rage shooting that left a six-year-old dead. police releasing this photo of the suspect's vehicle. the latest in the hunt for aidan's killer. railyard rampage. the newly released video of the man who killed nine coworkers. what we're now learning about the victims and the suspect and the possible warning signs that went unnoticed. breaking his silence, tiger

woods opens up about the hid autyi g crackdown of fans a spate of bad behavior. why some summer essentials might be hard to find. >> announcer: from abc news in new york, this is "america this morning." good friday morning, everyone. i'm andrew ginsburg. >> and i'm mina roy. americans are racing to escape, more confident than ever that the worst of the pandemic is behind us. >> restrictions is being eased everywhere, setting the stage for a more normal holiday weekend. this morning americans gearing up for the unofficial start to summer, hitting the beach, the roads and the to new york fior and we were really excited about

it. >> 36 million people are expected to travel this summer in more than a year. while mother nature may dampen some areas, officials are working tirelessly to make sure the pandemic can't stop the party. >> go, get vaccinated, hit the beach. >> people are setting up camp at the most popular beaches. while travelers passing through airports are offered the famous johnson & johnson vaccine before they fly. >> super easy, super fast, super convenient. >> reporter: a more striking day than what memorial day brought in lake of the panic last year, but with more than half of the u.s. now vaccinated, there is little fear of a repeat surge. >> if you've been fully vaccinated, you can and should feel a lot safer about gathering this holiday weekend. >> for those who haven't had their shot, states are rolling out extravagant inincentives.

>> the ones people are looking for is a fishing license and a state park pass. >> the states are announcing huge awards, including $15 million to be split between ten vaccinated residents. the newly vaccinated could win a trip to the super bowl or a week-long cruise. >> i would encourage anyone to get the vaccine. if winning a million dollars isn't incentive enough, i don't know what would be. >> some small businesses are offering their own vaccine in incentives. in florida, they're offering $20 a ticket, but if you aren't vaccined, that could rise to $50. in downtown little rock the weather threat remains from the south northeast. we'll take a closer look at your memorial day forecast coming up

in minutes. crews in arizona gain control of a destructive wildfire overnight. around 25 structures, including some homes, were destroyed in the mining town of baghdad. the entire town was forced to evacuate. an initial investigation shows the fire may have been started by a road construction crew. also breaking overnight, police in southern california have released a photo of a vehicle they believe was involved in a road rage shooting of a six-year-old boy. they described the vehicle as a white volkswagen golf sport with nontinted windows. a female passenger or her passenger may have pulled the trigger. a man shot nine of his coworkers. here is a video on his way to

kill more victims. elizabeth joins us with the latest. >> a vigil was held overnight in san jose to honor and mourn the nine victims in this shooting as authorities continue to search for a motive. this morning as the investigation continues into the san jose mass shooting, a community is grieving the loss of nine innocent lives. >> we get up every morning, safe in the belief that when we go to work that we would come home to our family and our loved ones. that did not happen. >> vicki lane's husband lars was among those killed. >> just hold it, just hold it. >> overnight the santa clara sheriff's department releasing new surveilance video of the gunman, 57-year-old samuel cassidy, walking across the railyard moments after his first round of shooting on his way to another building to kill more victims. officials say cassidy fired 39

shots, armed with three semiautomatic handguns and 32 magazines of ammunition. now investigators are characterizing cassidy as a highly disgruntled vta employee who might have been targeting his victims. >> there was a person there who was a non-vta employee, and the gunman said, i'm not going to shoot you, and began shooting other people. >> sources also confirmed u.s. customs officers detained cassidy in 2016 after a trip to the philippines, saying he possessed books about terrorism, fear and manifestos, as well as a black metal book filled with lots of notes about how he hates the vta where he worked. coworker jose hernandez was an electrician at the vta killed in the attack. >> a wonderful young man. really willing to help everybody. >> now, here in washington, the house has passed two gun control bills this year but they remain stalled in the senate.

thhite house additio e actions on guns and background checks. andrew? >> elizabeth, thank you. the push to create a special commission to look into the january 6th attack on the capitol appears to be doomed in the senate. senator lisa murkowski is among just a handful of republicans supporting the investigation. overnight she blasted members of her party, accusing them of allowing politics to dictate their decision. despite an all-night session, a vote on the commission may not take place until later this morning. three police officers in tacoma, washington have been charged with killing a black man whose dying words were, i can't breathe. witnesses say it was an unprovoked attack taking place in march of last year, two months before george floyd was murdered. abc's andrea fujihi has more. >> reporter: this morning, pleas for change by the family of a black man killed by tacoma police officers.

>> the criminal system needs to be made over. from the head. just take it all off. >> 33-year-old manny ellis was beaten and tased while his hands and feet were shackled. his death ruled a homicide with a large heart and medication as contributing factors. video shows officers restraining him and he was heard saying he can't breathe. the officers' body cameras were not rolling at the time, but witnesses said ellis did not fight back. according to authorities, police jumped out of their vehicle and attacked ellis after a brief conversation with him. it's not clear what led to the confrontation. ellis had just left a convenience store and was walking to a friend's house after playing drums at his church. officers claimed ellis was trying to open car doors, but his family says that's not true. >> where there is powdered raspberry-filled doughnuts and a water bottle on the scene, that's what my brother got

killed for. so the fight is far from over. >> reporter: the three officers now charged with his death, two facing second-degree murder and the third charged with manslaughter. tacoma's mayor vowing to move forward with change. >> these charges are not an ending. they are part of the beginning we embark upon to make tacoma a better place for everyone who chooses to call our city home. >> reporter: the three officers are now in custody, their arraignment set for this morning. meanwhile, the tacoma police department saying this all appears to be a motivated witch hunt. time now to look at your friday morning weather. >> there's plenty of rain across the country today after a dry morning. the northeast and mid-atlantic states will see strong storms and heavy rain. strong storms in western texas

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rain also in the midwest, southeast and across the plains but clear and warm for the west. and finally, two guys who went beyond the call of duty. >> they're new york sanitation workers but they're also lifesavers. will ganz has their story. >> reporter: in a city famous for pizza rats and american cowboys, new york's sanitation workers have seen just about everything. >> you would think every day it would just be a garbage truck, but in these streets you see everything. >> reporter: until they saw this, flames billowing from a house on their collection route. >> when we pulled up to the corner, the smoke was billowing out of the building, but what caught our attention was the lady screaming help. >> reporter: they jumped into action. >> no conversation between me and my partner.we jus loc hapoaneously, weust jol

out of the truck and helped the lady. >> reporter: they've never been trained in fire safety or firefighting, but they just picked it up. >> it was just dark. that's all i remember. >> reporter: they first helped a woman and two children. then went back in to help their grandmother still stuck inside. >> i guess she was trying to get out but the way she was reaching -- i grabbed onto her and she grabbed onto me and we got her to the door. >> reporter: all in a day's work for these an tas sanitation wor. they pick up more than 12,000 tons in the city every day. >> we have the best job. our community takes care of us and we take care of them. it's incredible. >> reporter: they stayed with the family until fdny arrived and then went back to finish

their collection roe. making news on "america this morning," the busiest holiday travel period since before the pandemic. now officially under way. millions hitting the roads and taking to the sky as covid restrictions ease, plus, the new incentives to get the vaccine including super bowl tickets and $15 million up for grabs. breaking overnight, shooting that left a 6-year-old dead. police releasing this photo of the suspect's vehicle. the latest in the hunt for aiden's killer. rail yard rampage. the newly released video of the man who killed nine co-workers. what we're now learning about the victims and the susp plus, breaking his silence, tiger woods