right now on "america this morning" -- setting the stage for the biden/putin summit. president biden's warning to putin ahead of their one-on-one meeting. plus, what he's saying about the january attack on the u.s. capitol and proposed prisoner swap involving a notorious arms dealer portrayed in a nicolas cage movie. dispute over wearing a mask leads to a shooting inside this supermarket, the cashier killed, what we're learning about the suspect, plus the race to vaccinate more americans as a dangerous variant of the coronavirus spreads. one city offering $100 to anyone who gets vaccinated. that massive fire, the chemical plant in illinois still burning more than 1,000 people

evacuated. smoke visible for 40 miles. the environmental concern and how it may have started. too close for comfort. one plane's close encounter with a funnel cloud. silence in school? behind one school's moment of silence. 15 cats found living inside the walls of house, to the record-breaking house plant and to one athlete's stunning achievement with an oreo cookie. your trending stories for tuesday. thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm faith abubey mona is off. we begin with president biden gearing up for his meeting with president putin. >> looking for areas of agreement, but the russian president is already speaking out, accusing the u.s. of being hypocrite call and claims of

those who stormed the u.s. capitol in january's insurrection are being persecuted. >> president biden is meeting with european leaders. abc's karen travers is with the president in brussels. but details on how biden is preparing for putin. >> reporter: according to website axios president biden assembled a group of russian experts to brief him before he confronts vladimir putin. president biden wrapped up his first nato summit since taking office by focusing on tomorrow's meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> i'm going make clear to president putin that will are areas that we can cooperate if he chooses. >> reporter: the white house says the two leaders will discuss election meddling, recent cyberattacks and the

of alexei navalny. >> his death would be another indication that russia has little or no intention of abiding by basic, fundamental human rights. >> reporter: in a new interview, he compares political rivals in russia to the mob that carried out the january attack on the capitol. >> translator: 450 individuals were arrested after entering congress. and didn't go to steal a laptop. it was political demands. >> reporter: saying he can't guarantee navalny will leave the prison alive. we have a saying don't be mad at the mirror if you're ugly. >> reporter: he's open to swapping two american prisoners for two russians jailed in the u.s. an arms dealer arrested after a

decades-long chase. >> i supplied every army. but the salvation army. >> reporter: cage portrayed him in the movie "lord of war." >> now, according to that report in axios, biden's russia experts told him not to hold a joint news conference with putin. so he doesn't have the opportunity to upstage their private talks. let's turn to karen with the president in brussels. critics say president biden is coming into this summit from a position of weakness, they say he's already offering putin too much. especially after waiving sanctions on a russian gas ppip. what's the consensus there? >> reporter: the white house and the president have forcefully pushed back on the criticism by just having this summit right now at this stage in his presidency, it's a reward to putin. he talked about this yesterday after the meeting with nato leaders.

saying he kept hearing from people at nato that they were happy he was doing this meeting. it was appropriate to do it now. yesterday the president was so cautious in his answers at that press conference. reporter after reporter trying to get him to give a little bit of a hint about the playbook. the president kept answers short. he was very cautious. it was clear he didn't want to give vladimir putin any advantage heading into this high-stakes meeting. >> the white house is downplaying expectations of any real progress coming from the summit. what's the best case scenario for biden and worst case? >> reporter: the expectations according to the white house are so low for the summit. just the fact they are meeting is a good thing. one thing we've seen from the biden administration since they came into office in january on covid-19 and vaccine. they sometimes under promise. so they can over deliver. you might be seeing that with

this summit. the president saying they are not expecting a major breakthrough, that there is no significant take away. beyond talking. if they do agree to something, that will be a big win. he'll push putin on cybersecurity, ukraine and human rights. worst case scenario, the meeting is tense. they're not able to come to any agreement to move the relationship on the path forward. as you say, there are going to be two press conferences after this meeting, president biden, president putin, they're not going to be together like president trump did a couple of years ago. both will come out and spin their take on this meeting, it's a little hard to do that when you're not standing next to vladimir putin to say that didn't happen, here's my side of the story. >> thank you. we'll talk tomorrow. we turn to the deadly

shooting at a supermarket the the gunman had allegely refused to wear mask. it comes as a rise in covid-19 infections in several states as a dangerous variant of the virus takes root. police in georgia investigates a deadly dispute over a mask. a customer opened fire at the grocery store in atlanta. when a cashier asked him to cover his face. >> i was at the register. and i saw him walk in. he had a gun and slapped the lady on the head. i said he got a gun. >> reporter: the gunfire leaving the cashier dead and a deputy in the store and security guard wounded. the alleged gunman injured and under arrest. from supermarkets to airplanes, fights over mask requirements have been growing more frequent. the faa has received more than 3,000 reports of unruly passengers on planes this year.

the majority have been passengers refusing to wear a mask. >> the mandate is in place for a reason, because not everyone who boards a plane can get vaccinated yet. >> reporter: today california is dropping the mask and social distancing mandate for vaccinated people, as cases decline in most of the country. covid infections are rising in eight states. according to the cdc, the vaccination rate in all of these states except hawaii is below the national average. as health officials grow worried about a more dangerous variant of the coronavirus, known as delta, first seen in india. now accounts for 10% of covid cases in the u.s. the delta variant so serious, british prime minister has now delayed the uk's reopening plans. doctors say the vaccines offer significant protection against the variant. >> we're at the stage we need every person vaccinated. >> reporter: to get more people lining up for the shot,

columbus, ohio, offering to pay people $100 to get vaccinated. >> nice they do it. i didn't know. >> one thing to keep in mind. you have to be a resident to get the $100. only for people who are getting vaccinated beginning today. georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is apologizing for comparing covid restrictions to the horrors of the holocaust. comparing it to forcing jews to wear yellow stars. her apology came after visiting the holocaust museum. >> i'm truly sorry for offending people with remarks about the holocaust. there's no comparison. there never, ever will be. >> members of the both parties denounce the initial comments. this morning, it a states the west under meet and fire alert. large fires burning in arizona, new mexico and utah. thousands of acres have burned as that region faces extreme drought. crews have been working in

dangerous triple-digit conditions. more potential power problems in texas. customers being told to conserve energy with temperatures near record highs. the state power grid is under strain, and several plants are offline for repairs. now a closer look at your tuesday forecast. so those scorching temperatures are expected to bake most of the western u.s. until this weekend. triple-digit readings expected today from southern california to wyoming, and montana. palm springs could hit 120 degrees today. temperatures like that have doctors warning about potential burns from touching outdoor surfaces. checking the high temperatures elsewhere, the pacific north west won't get out of the 60s. 78 for new york and chicago. 89 miami. coming up, workers tearing down a home make a surprise discovery. cats inside the walls.

we'll show you. but first, the environmental concern as fire rages through the chemical plant in illinois. what we're learning about the risk. just in time for father's

back now with the dangerous fire burning at a chemical plant in rural illinois. 1,000 people have been evacuated, the smoke visible for 40 miles, even showed up on the weather radar. this morning, new concerns surrounding this massive chemical fire burning over night. an explosion and fire first erupting at the tool plant early monday. the entire building engulfed, thick black smoke pouring into

the air. all employees were safely evacuated. one firefighter had to be hospitalized. the fire set off more explosions sending that smoke higher. visible as far as wisconsin. the plant produces mostly oil based lubricant. officials were concerned the smoke could be toxic. >> the main thing is that we don't want an environmental nightmare to occur. >> reporter: people living in a one-mile radius were evacuated due to air quality concerns. the evacuation order remaining in place as a precaution. >> the wind is pushing the debris towards our home. i have no idea when we'll head back. >> reporter: now a big concern possible contamination of a nearby river. which is forcing firefighters to limit their water use. >> we're concerned about the water runoff. so that's why we're not dumping a lot of water on this. >> reporter: officials instead letting the chemicals burn off.

that could take days. >> we're thinking this could be a several-day event, to have the product burned off. that's the best thing that we can do right now. >> anyone within three miles of the plant is advised to wear a mask. the fire may have been caused by the failure of a pipe moving hot grease within the plant. a sports bar fired a security guard seen dragging a woman down the stairs. the scene went viral on social media. the bar will close for a week. as owners, quote, evaluate the situation. some organizations in the area has called for it to close for good. a surprising discovery in philadelphia. an abandoned house found cats. first, a kitten fell out, then 15 more cats followed. the contractor recovered nine adults and seven kittens. no word on how they got into the wall. they're now in the care of animal control officers. >> wow. glad they're okay. coming up, the state

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