happening -- what may be happening down the street. >> it is the only photos left have my dad. that was the biggest hit. aaron: first is kp caldor fire, not victims of a san francisco crime, one tahoe couple is explaining the story. kumasi: pro pro weighing in with the best tips for finding your morning mojo. aaron: it all starts with coffee , as far as i'm concerned. kumasi: and us. aaron: thank you for waking up with us. you're watching abc seven mornings live on hulu live and wherever you stream. kumasi: but start with a check of our forecast with lisa. lisa: we are still under this heat dump. -- heat dome.

notice the orange, we have a heat advisory by the delta solano county. it will be over 100 degrees. yesterday it was 108 in fairfield. moderate elsewhere and as we look at the current numbers, 50's, 60's, and 70 by the delta this morning. it will be 70 later onhazy and m mid 80's around the bayshore looking at 90 along the peninsula and near 100. kumasi: investigators are looking into multiple small fires found within one area. this is video of crews trying to put out those claims in healdsburg. amy is live, what do we know about these fires? amy: firefighters are not taking any chances this morning. they are staged throughout healdsburg. there is a crew standing guard,

watching the spots to make sure they don't flare up. we are on healdsburg avenue. we are north of downtown, just off of highway 101. we have a look. 10 of them between 8:00 and 9:30 last night. they were small. firefighters got to them quickly. they find this very suspicious. they are looking into the possibility that someone set these fires. they were just a couple acres in size, north and west of healdsburg. no one was hurt and firefighters did not order any evacuations. they are asking residents to help them out and to be on the lookout for suspicious behavior and check their home cameras for activity that can help one enforcement. state senator mike mcguire was watching this. he was warning people and showing thanks to firefighters

saying he is grateful that they were literally everywhere at once. firefighters were aggressive. calfire helped out. they are so that they are all still out this morning to make sure these don't flare up again. they are ready to jump if they do. reporting life in healdsburg, amy hollis berg. aaron: not to the latest on the dixie fire. two fires burning on both side of dixie valley merged and move into the north end of the valley, destroying some structures. the fire is 914,000 acres with w 50% containment. evacuation orders remain in effect for parts of plumas and shasta county's. if the dixie fire is responsible for the death of a first responder. calfire says the person was suffering from previous illness. kumasi: there are developments in the caldor wildfire. crews are getting ready to reopen highway 50. they need to fix some power

poles before allowing traffic on the highway. officials are looking for ways to get evacuees back into the grizzly communities but they are warning that many will not be able to stay in their homes because of damage. this fire has burned more than 2000 acres. . you can track the air quality for your neighborhood with our qr code at the bottom of your screen during our air quality and wildfire coverage. you can use your camera app to scan the code. that an directed map at the latest on the wild burning across california. >> not to a story you will only see on abc 7 news, two evacuees who came to san francisco to escape the fire, fell victim to one of the prevalent crimes in the city. jaden young and her husband live in south lake tahoe. they have not been able to go home. she says hundreds of photos of

her father were stolen. the pictures were inside their truck parked inside the pierce street garage near their hotel. >> there is the photo of him holding before for the first time at the hospital. some of my memories were captured in those photos. to see someone had taken them was really heartbreaking. aaron: she says she is hopeful the heat has a change of heart and returns those pictures. you can help people impacted by the caldor fire. go to abc 7 -- abc we -- kumasi: we are learning the storm has killed 69 people across eight states. jobina: president biden has approved disaster funds. communities are reeling after images like this one.

nypd body camera shows video of officers unable to save a family from a basement in queens. power has been restored to two thirds of new orleans and the mayor is blaming the archdiocese after five ability residents died in what she called deplorable conditions. >> the city is going to do thorough inspections with this strike team so we can ensure the conditions are not only improved but they are in compliance. jobina: rebuilding homes and businesses is likely to take months. reconstruction efforts could take longer because of supply and worker shortages. kumasi: abc has a way help victims of hurricane ida through the red cross. you can go to r r r r r r r r r r

you can also send funds to coronavirus victims. aaron: some infectious disease doctors predict shots will not be ready in time. pfizer is the only vaccine maker ready to distribute booster shots. moderna and johnson & johnson need to submit the proper data to regulators for approval. that could take weeks. dr. gandhi telling abc 7 news the short supply may limit people eligible for boosters. >> older people,,,, long-term care facilities, people treating the public, like health-care workers, could get a third shot or people with multiple comorbidities. >> she's also concerned focusing on booster shots may make unvaccinated more skeptical about the vaccine's effectiveness. she said public health officials sued push people to get the shot. kumasi: rail transit will

acquire new hires to show proof of vaccination. board members voted unanimously on the measure. their expected to require current employees to prove vaccination or undergo regular covid testing. we have a team dedicated to getting you the latest. to ask is a question, go to ab c7nes.com. >> and inferno burns factor to the ground. more on this video as a best hitters look to learn what started it. kumasi: the life of michael k williams, support rolling in this morning for the actor. lisa: a beautiful look outside from our tower camera. he noticed the absence of fog, a little bit of color due to poor activity.

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jobina: the backup is officially here, bringing a live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on at 556. just a heads up if you're making your way in from the east bay, you will one -- you will run into a slow down. no advisory from the chp. we had a crash in san jose on the trimble road off rent -- offramp. injuries have been reported. julian: paint factory on fire in argentina. firefighters say in explosion started it yesterday. you can see the flame surrounding the building. firefighters say no one was hurt. kumasi: detectives taking into an amusement park ride in colorado billed as the first ever drop right to go underground. julian: new numbers showing what

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news, a ride at an amusement park in colorado closed after a six-year-old died on the right. authorities are investigating what happened. the girl who was on vacation with her family got the content writer dropp which goes underground. it plunges at 4g's of acceleration. >> we are trying to get further. julian: there is a height requirement for the ride and park visitors must sign a liability waiver. the park said they are deeply saddened and ask that you keep the family of the deceased in your thoughts and prayers. kumasi: the newest installment of "american crime story" is" is tonight and it follows bill clinton's impeachment through the women at the heart of the scandal.

the creator says it reframes everything you think you know. >> we are focusing on the point of view of the women which was so overlooked and taken away from these women during that time in history. kumasi: monica lewinsky is an executive producer. it premieres tonight on fx. julian: jill biden is heading back to in person teaching today. every tuesday and thursday, she will be teaching english at northern virginia community college. she taught remotely last year. joe biden -- jill biden is the first first lady to maintain a full-time job outside of the white house. kumasi: a bay area student created a club to help refugees from afghanistan and other countries. cocoa is a senior in redwood city. he founded buddies without borders which connects his classmates with refugees.

the -- >> they realize the privilege that have. their inundated with it all the time, what is happening outside of the bay area and the u.s.. kumasi: dozens of students have joined this club. coco is hoping to broaden the mission by amplifying buddies without borders to schools across the bay area. julian: we need more cocos in the world, not just watching but taking action. we are c c a look at the forecast. how are we doing? lisa: i wish we had better news. is good to be warm. heat is holding as a ridge of high pressure is stuck to the east of us. you can see moisture off shore and that is due to monsoon moisture.

that may be in the mountains of southern california, but there is a heat advisory for fairfield, solano county. this will take you through thursday. back home we have air quality that is better now. that will change as we get into the moderate air quality. as we take you to the mountains, some greens by southlake. temperatures will be warm, in the upper 80's for the sierra nevada. 69 in blackhawk. 65 in walnut creek. in the 60's closer to the coast. a shallow deck of clouds, two to seven degrees warmer at this hour. if we look at our friends in livermore, you should be 89 and even hotter for wednesday. thursday looking better and friday you are back to average. highs in the mid 80's in fremont. 93 in san rafael. 72 in san francisco. we will have some high clouds,

some haze and 103 in fairfield. one in livermore. -- 101 in livermore. we will keep the heat for a few days but feeling better by the end of the week. kumasi: now we are checking in with ginger who is live with what is coming up on "gma." >> great to be with everybody this morning. coming up, millions of americans are going back to work and school. there are fears about another surge in covert cases after holiday travel. some hospitals are already at a breaking point. also, the developments in the case of the carolina lawyer. he said he was shot while changing a tire months after his wife and son were gunned down. he has resigned from his family law firm and going into rehab. robin with the women of 9/11, incredible stori fm that dark day, including the last

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lisa: good tuesday morning. here is what you can expect around the bay. upper 80's today, temperatures above average with new 80, a few degrees warmer from san mateo to redwood city. in san francisco, clouds with a high average. 90's around santa rosa but

around clear lake and cloverdale, near 100. east bay, upper 70's. a warm day with the spirit of the alert. ♪ julian: there was music and dancing in golden gate park this labor day. this is the 130 ninth season in the music concourse. you can catch more free concerts on sundays through october the third. people in the u.s. and u.k. are spending more time watching videos on tiktok versus youtube. any apt monitoring form -- monitoring firm -- an app monitoring firm found that tiktok came out on top. youtube still wins overall time spent because they have more

users. youtube has 2 billion users while tiktok has a 700 million. kumasi: tender -- tindr is relaunching its work mode. a lot of people calling on their computer without the boss noticing. it is not hide tinder from monitoring software. the dating app launched online in 2017. people can access it on their desktops with the option to hide the interface when people approach. julian: with many people returning to the office and kids going back to in person learning , it is time to take back morning's. the wall street journal took two experts about becoming a morning person.

they say being awake is only half the battle. really? they say you need a solid morning routine. try meditating, sipping hot water with lemon, stretching, or petting your dog. one expert says seven minutes is enough. don't check your work email or jump onto zoom after you wake up. a cold start can be jarring and not good for your flow. kumasi: i think all of this is true. julian: i think so, too. i don't know who is jumping on his zoom call after they wake up. kumasi: i know people who say they stay in bed until the last minute. julian: they had the laptop next to the bed. [laughter] of course, a great part of your routine is starting it right here. we will have more top stories coming up at 6:30. bitcoin becoming more verified overnight. kumasi: gunfire in the streets of kabul.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. julian: spot fires suspicious, you are seeing new video of firefighters to work knocking out fires around north baytown, one after another. law-enforcement out in full force to find out the cause. kumasi: rideshare versus taxi resurgent, the idea to be discussed today for the future

of your next shared right in san francisco. julian: another day of spare the air. a live look outside this morning, lisa is tracking the movement of unhealthy air quality. kumasi: is tuesday, september 7. you're watching abc 7 news mornings. we went to check in with you, lisa. lisa: it is going to be a hot tuesday. another view from mount tam where you can see the deck of load clouds -- deck of low clouds as it sinks down on the atmosphere. 58 in mountain view. upper 50's in san francisco. 60's in palo alto. 64 by the delta. another day of triple digit heat inland. we are already warmer than yesterday. as we go to the afternoon, by noon we are into the 90's

106 by the delta again todayore. with 80's on the peninsula. julian: calfire crucible be back in healdsburg trying to piece together a cluster of fires. multiple agencies were called to put out the flames last night. we have a look at a handful of the spot fires reported throughout the area. firefighters on firefighters are monitoring those this morning. amy has the latest amy: look behind me at the aftermath of this fire, a blackened hillside still smoldering. firefighters are here on the scene. the healdsburg crew is here monitoring the situation. they are all over healdsburg. we have been told to keep nai on all of these spots. this is healdsburg avenue. we are a couple miles north of downtown healdsburg.

a couple of acres burned here before firefighters got this out. we have a video of this fire overnight. firefighters suspect that someone set these fires. all of these fires were a couple of miles north healdsburg. firefighters got all of the fires out, they do not think anyone needs to evacuate their homes. they are asking everyone to be on the lookout for suspicious activity and check home security cameras for any activity. one fire burned their -- near where the wahlberg fire burned last year. all of these fires last night putting everyone on edge after all they have been through. the firefighters got everything under control. they cannot aggressively against these fires. calfire even came to help. it was a calm night, there is no wind up here to fuel these fires.

this is infuriating for a community that is on edge at this time of year when the threat of wildfires is so high. live in healdsburg, amy hollyfield. kumasi: the longest prosecution in the u.s. history takes a step forward today and it involves men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks. jobina is live with a court hearing waiting to get started. jobina: the men plotted of 9/11 i get to stay on trial -- have yet to stand on trial. one of them is khalid sheikh mohammed. the goal of the defense is to throw about the confessions they gave after they were subjected to the fbi's enhanced interviewing techniques which included waterboarding. >> what they said in guantanamo

was not a missable because they were telling the investigators what they want to do here. jobina: a pretrial hearing started half an hour ago. it will determine what -- this saturday will mark 20 years since the 11 terrorist attacks. julian: now to some developing news out of afghanistan. several routes of -- several rounds of gunfire interrupted protest in kabul. look at this video of bystanders moving fast to get away from an intersection. you can hear the shots in the distance. members of the taliban fired the shots. hundreds of protesters gathered to demand women's rights and denounce the taliban rule. kumasi: the taliban is claiming victory over resistance.

fighters say the fight is not over. activists here are getting involved. they have developed an alert people can use that sends a message to congressional members to still be aware of the situation with the taliban. they hope more awareness will lead to a global response. >> this is a response to the troubling reports from on the ground we have been hearing regarding attacks on human rights. we are advocating for the needs of those directly impacted in afghanistan. kumasi: the text alert has only been available for a few days but organizers say more than 500 people have already used it. julian: those who have made it out of afghanistan and the u.s. are adapting to their new home. the department of defense sharing this video taken in new jersey any -- in new jersey. the base is prepared to house as

many as 9500 refugees. kumasi: sonoma county employees have to show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly testing starting today. it applies to all 4400 workers. descend they went -- the same rule went into effect for county workers. all san francisco unified employees will be required to be fully vaccinated or tested once a week. last week the district says 96% of staff who reported their vaccination status are fully vaccinated. 280 set the are not vaccinated. 66 are partially vaccinated. 23 said they have any appointment to be vaccinated. julian: san francisco got its first real test of the vaccine mandate. proof of vaccination has been required for those who want to

go indoors. go indoors. it has provided its share of challenges for restaurants. >> not everybody is vaccinated in our group so it was difficult finding seating arrangements that accommodate all of us. >> every day it has been over 100 we have turned away. julian: berkeley is also going to require proof of vaccination. its mandate takes effect friday. kumasi: earlier we spoke with dr. monica gandhi who is an infectious disease expert. she says the timing between vaccine doses is proving to be important when it comes to building immunity against coronavirus. >> vaccine knowledges think thaa longer between doses is better. those with moderna, which was four weeks apart, were less likely to get infected then

pfizer which was three weeks apart. kumasi: something else dr. gandhi rocked up was vaccines -- mixing vaccines. once both the are approved, those who got pfizer can also get maternal and vice versa. julian: all visitors are required to show they have been vaccinated except kids 12 and younger. harvey milk centered reopens next wednesday. the random museum opens october 2. the golden gate park senior center opens january 4. kumasi: big-time fall savings on airfare. there are numbers showing the best time to purchase domestic and abroad. julian: you are looking at the big board at the new york stock exchange. trading is opening down. we will have a check of the markets in a second. kumasi: advertised as a desert utopia, a billionaire is laying out his vision for a new city in

america being designed by a world-famous architect. interesting. lisa: we are going to start with a live look at the bridge toll plaza -- things are moving a little bit below the limit as you make your way westbound from berkeley through emeryville. showing off our emeryville camera, our maps are slow in some spots and the drivetime spell it out. tracy to dublin will take one hour to travel westbound on i-80. lisa: good morning to you. a good deal of fog at the bridge, but that is about where it is sitting. we are looking at dense fog there. you go away from the breach by a couple of feet and we are looking at -- away from the bridge by a couple of feet and we are looking at clear areas.

. high-pressure bringing up subtropical moisture which will not get here, just bring us high clouds. 64 in san jose. and look at the airport here, we can see some clouds and that it is going to get pretty hazy again today around the bay. low 50's, whereas this morning we have good air quality in the green. there are a few yellows and that indicates that the air quality is not great. this is where you will see the worst air quality. 90 in san jose, 76 in san bruno. 70 downtown. more upper 90's in the north bay. 80 in oakland. here are other high temperatures around the bay sponsored by visit california.

julian: there is a new twist following the mysterious death of a bay area family. officials whitest vista getting lightning strikes in the area. no official word on how this family died. investigators believe jonathan, his wife ellen, their daughter and their dog hiked a trail in triple digit heat. the question remains what happened to them. investigators have looked into toxic algae to carbon monoxide

poisoning. kumasi: now to the murder mystery surrounding a south carolina family. alex has resigned from his family law firm on accusations of misappropriating funds days before someone shot him. he called 9112 report he had been shot. he is out of the hospital andpi checked himself into rehab. this is coming after he released a statement in which he said the june murders of his wife and son have led to him regretting decisions she has made. abc news's correspondent was commenting on this. >> they were telling people not to be concerned which means they knew something about it, at least enough to be convinced this was not some random killing. kumasi: no suspects have been named and no arrests have been made.

julian: a new safe parking site is set to open in san jose unless protesters get their way. they have organized demonstrations at 7:00 this morning. he parking site is meant for people living in their vehicles. it is located on a city property" -- and can hold up to 20 vehicles. >> we hope this programs get -- gets into real housing because if not they have no place to go. julian: the home first services is working to relocate people using the lot. neighbors are petitioning to stop the lot from reopening -- from opening. they said they were not notified until last week. >> we want to be part of the process. we understand the situation of homelessness. right now it is not about shutting it down our throats but including us in the process. julian: for city plans to keep the parking site open for nine

months. may stay open longer if found to be safe and effective. in the east bay, a woman tolls -- tells abc news that someone stole her custom truck. she says the truck is her dream and she wants it back. she says interest is not most of. . the items she lost kumasi: bitcoin is legal currency in el salvador. this is the first country to adopt the currency as legal tender. michael patterson has lived in el salvador for the past eight years. is the head of kueng beach which is an initiative -- he is the head of bitcoin beach which is an initiative a nonprofit is backing. >> i have a love for the community here and a belief that

bitcoin can impact the life of those that are at the bottom rungs of the economic ladder. kumasi: not everybody is on board. many local businesses still prefer cash. hundreds of el salvador inns protested saying bitcoin will turn the country into a casino. if you are looking to go on vacation this fall, airfare is expected to drop. they are expected to be lower than normal because of fewer business travelers after a busy summer. hopper is estimating this month may be the cheapest of the fall with domestic flights down 10%. international airfare is estimated to be down 15%. boeing's biggest customer outside of the u.s. is walking away from talks of producing new 737 max jets. ryanair says they are too far apart.

boeing is hoping to rebuild confidence in the max jets still grounded until november after two fatal crashes. it would also speed up the airline industry recovery from the pandemic. let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. we are starting down right now by about 200 points. julian: you have any place to camp without venturing too far from home. the campground is located at the dumbarton bridge in fremont. it has full-service hookups for rvs. there are showers, a playground, and easy access to hiking. >> bay area people that live on the concrete all the time, this is a good idea -- a good opportunity to see what it is like to cook your food on a stove and have a campfire. some young kids don't know anything about that. julian: the site incinith more .

there are plans for tent cabins like in yosemite and an amphitheater. kumasi: the perfect sto sto stoo climate issues is hitting this your nevada. sequoias are among the oldest species on our planet. years of drought have weakened them and they are going up in flames. there are small shoots of hope. >> their seeds start to terminate after a fire. >> i see a lot of little baby jack sequoias that have sparked it up -- that have sprouted up. kumasi: sequoias can only be found in the sierra mountains. they are on the endangered species list. another mile storm for perseverance rover. it has collected another rockies for mars. it could help future scientists

figure out if ever existed on mars. for now it will remain on th onh red planet. it will be collected on a fut ft mission to return the samples to earth. julian: a man who tried to pull a fast one on any owner of a tesla forgot one thing. this is the guy we are talking about, he is in trouble for filing a false police report. investigators say he walked behind a tesla in louisiana and tried to pretend he got a phone call as the driver backed up. the one thing he forgot is that the cars have cameras and were looking at the video. bates kept going with you bruce. he called 911 claiming he was the victim of a hit and run and claiming he had injuries. police tracked down because the driver, reviewed the footage and determined it was a lie.

[laughter] kumasi: all-new episodes of "the view" premiering here today. show is celebrating 25 years with a special reunion. the hosts are returning to the studio for the first time since the pandemic started. would be goldberg's talking about the change in routine. >> it is nice to be seen. i was concerned what i would be wearing below here because i'm not used to wearing anything. it was lots of fun for me, very interesting for hair and makeup and everyone who walked past. kumasi: don't miss the season 25 premier right here. you can watch the at 10:00.

10 rings" broke box office records. it earned $90 million in the box office. it is going to be hot in some places, you might want to be inside. lisa: it is going to stay hot today and tomorrow. we have sun in the view behind me. it is a compressed marine layer at a couple hundred feet. here's a look from our roof camera where temperatures are mild already. air quality in the south bay today will be poor, moderate elsewhere. we get a little bit better and then a little worse tomorrow. today we are under the blue, that means hazy conditions as we get into any wednesday. it looks like some of that smoke wants to get pushed back into the bay area.

moderate air quality until we can get rid of this ridge of high pressure. 57 in san francisco. 64 in san jose. looking at temperatures on top of mount diablo, 81 degrees with 2% committed to. 77 at mount tam. upper 60's in the east bay. we have high clouds due to the ridge spinning out subtropical moisture but no moisture associated with it for us. between today and tomorrow, high clouds, sunny and hazy. oppressive heat as much as 10 degrees above average. one in livermore. 84 in richmond. near 80 in berkeley. looking at 90 in santa rosa. 96 and 80 north bay and low 90's in the south bay. looking at that cooling trend with a stronger onshore flow by the end of the week and looking like a great weekend. kumasi: san francisco is such --

is set to consider changes to the taxi injury. one includes a flat rate up to $20 per ride. taxis have often been at a disadvantage against uber and lyft. the president of flywheel set a flat race -- a flight -- a flat rate price would be a game changer. julian: would you live in a brand-new city somewhere in america? former walmart executive athletic's vision for a 5 million person city in the desert. possible locations, because we don't have that figured out, including nevada, utah, arizona, or texas. he says the city would be as vibrant and diverse as new york city combined with the safety

and cleanliness of tokyo. the project is expected to cost more than $400 billion. planners open to welcome their first residence by 2030. if you have ever wondered what the purple pal of ronald mcdonald is, you may be shocked. grimace is who we are talking about, the fluffy purple character who tax along with ronald mcdonald's. a mcdonald's manager says he is an enormous taste but. it is meant to show that the food tastes good. news sent social media into a frenzy. some say the character should not be named after a character -- after an expression of disgust if it is meant to show how good the food is. someone tweeted us saying it was originally a milkshake stealing spider and they had to change it because it was too creepy and too close to another animated

character. that is not confirmed. kumasi: that makes more sense. it's not like someone said let's just make grimace a big purple taste but. julian: we will get to the bottom of it. [laughter] kumasi: up next, the things you need to know today. julian: we are taking a live look outside. man, look at that internet that doesn't miss a beat. that's cute, but my internet streams to my ride. ok chill, cause mine's so fast no one can catch me. sweet, but my internet gives me unlimited wireless with 5g. that's because you all have xfinity. whoa! internet and wireless so good, it keeps one-upping itself.

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kumasi: here are the seven things to know this morning. a cluster of small brush fires is scorching the north bay overnight. several locations around healdsburg have burned. firefighters got the fire out but they are asking for anyone to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. julian: crews getting ready to reopen highway 50 near lake tahoe. they're preparing to allow the evacuees back into the grizzly flats community. fire is 48% contained. kumasi: president biden will be

traveling to new york and new jersey to see the aftermath of hurricane ida. he approved federal funds to help with the cleanup. julian: there is a pretrial underway for men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks. the court will decide what must be provided to the defense. lisa: another spare the air alert today with hazy conditions. opened near 100. 72 -- oakland near 100, 72 downtown. jobina: our busiest spot is the day bridge toll plaza. we don't have any major blocking issues right now. kumasi: number seven, the practice of becoming a morning person. experts say you should try and establish a solid morning routine. . you should meditate, sit a hot drink, do some stretching. whatever you do, do not check your work email or get on zoom right back after you wake up -- right after you wake up.

a cold start can be jarring and disrupt your flow. julian: i believe it. good morning, america. as we start this tuesday together, the new covid fears right now as millions head back to school. millions on the move amid the delta variant, holiday travel reaching near pre-pandemic levels. this as 52,000 texas students testing positive, and tensions erupting over covid protocols. an arizona father and two other men confronting a principal in her office, carrying zip ties threatening to make a citizen's arrest over quarantine rules. race to recovery. president biden set to visit ida's impact on the northeast. the death toll rising to at least 69 people in 8 states. the police body cam footage

showing officers in the thick