right now on "america this morning," history in washington. hearings begin this morning as a new investigation into the january 6th attack on the capitol gets under way. new overnight, what a d.c. poli brain injury that day plans to tell investigators. crisis mode. covid hospitalizations soar 500% in one major city. the surge prompting authorities to impose vaccine mandates. one doctor in florida now asking the governor to declare an emergency. meanwhile, a major development in the push to approve the vaccines for young children. breaking overnight, the stunner from the tokyo olympics for tennis champion naomi osaka. plus, an alaskan swimmer makes history and why this is a pivotal day for team usa in two

major sports. a california teenager dragged into the ocean by a crocodile. she's now speaking out. a giant hamster wheel washes up on a florida beach highway an inside. one onine l landed this kitty in even more trouble. good tuesday morning, everyone. we'll have the latest from the tokyo olympics in a moment, but we begin right here at home with a historic hearing on capitol hill this morning. >> a new investigation into january's attack on the capitol is getting under way and overnight one of the men testifying today gave us a preview of what to expect. he's d.c. police officer michael fanone. he suffered a brain injury after being attacked by the mob that day. >> we're also expecting new video of the attack to be

released today at the committee meeting, and abc's faith abubey is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. members of that select committee are vowing to get to the bottom of what happened on january 6th after senate republicans blocked an effort to launch an independent investigation.hill officers who defended the u.s. capitol on january 6th kick-start the house select committee's investigation into the deadly attack. each expected to vividly detail their experiences with new graphic video guiding today's hearing. d.c. police officer michael fanone who battled 9 mob of donald trump supporters trying to stop from certify joe biden's win plans to testify in his uniform. >> i was beaten, i was struck numerous times at the base of my skull with a taser device and as a result i suffered a heart attack, traumatic brain injury. now i'm grappling with ptsd. >> reporter: according to the

department of justice, at least 165 people have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers during the insurrection. s cluding homirity leader kevin to testify. >> we will follow the evidence wherever it leads so no one is off the table. >> reporter: today's hearing comes amid a tense fight between house speaker nancy pelosi and mccarthy after pelosi blocked two of the gop leader's five picks to the panel. mccarthy reacting by boycotting the investigation. gop congressman adam kinzinger of illinois and congresswoman liz cheney hand picked by pelosi are so far the only two republicans seated on the select committee. > aren't they kind of like pelosi republicans? >> serious business here. we have important work to do and i think that's pretty childish. >> reporter: mccarthy has threatened republicans could launch their own investigation into the capitol attack. andrew. >> faith, thank you. and, remember, abc news

will bring you live coverage of this morning's hearing at 9:30 eastern. former california senator barbara boxer is recovering from a violent attack in oakland. the 80-year-old was assaulted and robbed. police say the suspect fled after stealing boxer's phone, a $2,000 reward is now being offered in the case. now to the pandemic and more hospitals in crisis mode because of the delta variant. some experts say we're on track to see 4,000 deaths per day here in the u.s. by october. that's prompting new vaccine mandates across the country. last night, a crowd gathered near the white house lighting candles to remember the 610,000 americans who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. it comes as cases climb in 49 states and the highly contagious delta variant threatens to overwhelm hospitals. according to the cdc every county in arkansas and louisiana has high levels of community transmission and in florida, it's all but one county. >> we are seeing nearly 1,000 new cases in orange county

daily. we are now in crisis mode. >> reporter: a hospital near miami is taking dire steps to accommodate the number of new unvaccinated patients including converting a hospital auteur yum for more bed spaces and allowing only vaccinated visitors. now, new action by new york city. it's requiring city employees including teachers to get vaccinated by mid-september or face weekly testing and a mask mandate. >> this is about keeping people safe. >> reporter: only 43% of new york city's police officers are fully vaccinated. firefighters, 55%. the vaccination requirement is drawing pushback from the firefighters union. >> non-fda approved vaccination is a personal choice and this union will stand against and fight anymandate to vaccine any firefighters against their will. >> reporter: the state is

california is mandating a similar policy requiring vaccines or weekly testing for state employees and health care workers. >> you don't have a choice to go out and drink and drive and put everybody else's lives at risk. that's the equivalent of this moment with the deadliness and efficiency of the delta virus. >> reporter: and president biden announcing the v.a. will become the first federal agency to require vaccines for frontline workers. in the meantime, both pfizer and moderna are reportedly expanding the size of their vaccine trials in kids ages 5 to 11 out of concern the size of the original trials were too small to detect rare side effects. >> in order to better capture the data of these rare incidences then you need an increased sample size for these studies which is why they're expanding the sanchezle size for pfizer and moderna, so it's a precautionary measure. >> meanwhile, the white house is extending international travel restrictions due to the delta variant. lightning could spark more fires in northern california today. the dixie fire, the largest in the state, has now burned 310 square miles and is threatening 10,000 homes. the fires burning across the west are once again creating

poor air quality conditions as far away as boston. meanwhile in the southwest, monsoon storms are unleashing more flash floods, two men and a child had to be rescued near mt. mcdowell, arizona, the water pushing their suv on its side. more rain is expected there today and we'll get the full forecast in just a few moments. now to tokyo where today is a pivotal day for team usa in both gymnastics and softball. will ganss is here with the latest olympic headlines. good morning, will. >> reporter: good news on the covid front there. no new cases reported today among u.s. delegates, which means all of our attention can be on the games and the medals team usa continues to rack up but first some shocking upsets overnight. a stunning upset in tokyo this morning. naomi osaka is out of the summer games. just days after lighting the torch herself, osaka losing in a shocking third round defeat to world number 42 ranked marketa vondrusova from the czech

republic, and the surprises keep coming. despite there being only one olympic sized swimming pool in all of alaska, 17-year-old alaska native lydia jacoby swam her way to an upset picking up the gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke, the first from that state to ever medal in swimming earning her the anymore name the alaskan assassin. her usa teammate lily king is the current world record holder. lily getting bronze helping team usa pull ahead in the medal count. as a typhoon sweeps over tokyo, surfing is under way in the swells off the coast this morning. the storm expected to bring strong winds and nearly 6 inches of rain. surfing finals scheduled for later today weather permitting. and the german women's gymnastics team sporting these full body unitards instead of the usual bikini cut version.

elizabeth sites saying, we wanted to show that every woman, every body should decide what to wear. and finally pita taufatofua becoming the first athlete in nearly a century to compete in three consecutive olympic games. tae kwon dinsummer games and cross-country skiing in the winter. after finishing out of first place for the first time since the 2010 world championships, the u.s. women's gymnastics team is looking to shake off a shaky performance in the qualifiers. they start with a clean slate this morning in their attempt to keep the team usa gymnastics dynasty going. andrew. >> all right, will, thank you. and time now for a look at your tuesday weather. strong storms rolling through washington, d.c. blew debris off rooftops and knocked down at least 100 trees. in some areas they got 2 inches

of rain in just half an hour. thunderstorms are expected later today in the northeast, the midwest and southeast and those monsoon storms in the southwest are expected to trigger more flash flooding. checking today's high temperatures, the heat wave continues across the middle of the country today, meanwhile 90s from d.c. to boston. coming up, the new investigation into ufos. but first a major headline in the fight against lung cancer. how patients can live longer. and the man on trial accused of posing as an uber driver to murder a college student. what a key witness revealed in court.

back now with a small plane crash igniting a fire north of lake tahoe, california. the luxury jet went down near a

golf course while approaching a local airport killing all three people on board. no one on the ground was hurt. no word on the cause of that crash. we turn now to the final day of testimony in the so-called fake uber murder trial. a doctor testified what happened to a south carolina college student the night she got into a car mistaking it for her uber ride. closing arguments get under way today at a murder trial that's shining a spotlight on ride hailing safety. nathaniel rowland is accused of killing samantha josephson in 2019 after the university of south carolina student allegedly got into his car thinking it was her uber ride. on monday one of the prosecution's final witnesses included the pathologist who performed the autopsy on josephson. he says she was stabbed more than 100 times. >> were you able to tell the number of stab wounds as you observed on miss josephson's body?

>> yes, it's over 100, i somewhere around 120. but it gets to a point where it's not really -- it doesn't really add much to the report. >> reporter: prosecutors also showed this surveillance video from the night josephson was abducted from columbia's popular five points district. it shows josephson first trying to get into another car mistaking it for her uber then a chevy impala, which investigators say is rowland's car, is seen circling the area for ten minutes. the impala eventually pulls into a parking spot only feet away from josephson before she gets in. >> miss josephson enters the rear passenger door. >> reporter: a video expert testified that he could not tell if rowland was driving the car at that time. among the evidence presented by prosecutors, josephson's blood and cell phone allegedly found inside rowland's impala, and investigators say rowland's dna was found on the alleged murder weapon. now, rowland chose not to take the stand. he could face life in prison if

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back now with new video showing a sand storm across the highway in utah sunday triggering a mass i highway pile up. five of the eight people who were killed in the pile up were from the same family. >> new documents have been filed as britney spears asks the court to remove her father as her conservator. he paid $18,000 a month. and made more than $2 million off her residency in las vegas. it claims her net worth is shockingly low given what she's owned. and the lawyer blames jamie spears. >> two weeks ago we pledged that after 13 years of the status quo, my firm and i would move aggressively and expeditiously to file a petition to suspend and remove james spears.

we look forward to litigating the matter many court. thank you. >> britney spears mother says the father daughter relationship and the family is nothing but fear and hatred. >> 18 year-old from california is describing her terrifying ordeal while she was on vacation. dragged into the ocean by a crocodile. >> reporter: this morning a california teenager is recovering after a terrifying encounter with a 12 foot crocodile. she was traveling with friend to mexico. bh the trip turned into a nightmare. she was swimming outside the hotel when she was attacked. >> it came up and i felt heaviness on my leg. i looked down and i feel like i'm getting pulled. >> a witness remembers watching the crock grab her. and drag her into the ocean. >> midnight they started screaming. and so, me and my friend we jumped up. and ran. >> the group watched her battle

the crocodile. teeth digging into her right shin and left ankle. >> i was hitting him where ever ilkd. u.s.earned about the attack over face time. e asked for an ambulance. >> in a statement, saying we can confirm appropriate signage as well as night patrolling and red flags are in place. she said nobody warned her about a possible attack. there was only a small warning sign. mostly in spanish. not lit up at night. >> this isn't the first crocodile attack in that area. another woman was reportedly attacked on that same beach. in 2018. >> thank you. coming up singer ed sheeran reveals what he almost did. >> a giant hamster wheel washes up on a beach with a man inside. don't worry. we'll explain. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes

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now at 5:00, former california senator barbara boxer robbed in oakland, this comes hours after authorities publicly address the rise in crime in the city, the response from the mayor's office. the house select committee begins the investigation during what happened during the january 6 riot. i'm in washington with details of what to expect coming up. and in a few weeks many students are heading back to school for in-person learning. one east bay high school is taking an extra step to help teens adjust. good morning you are watching abc mornings on hulu live and where ever you strive. and mike has the weather. good morning, did you experience any sprinkles yesterday? >> i don't know. >> they are few and far between. lisa ran into some and that's going to be high widely spread they will be