breaking news in america this morning, a gunman opening fire inside a church wounding multiple people. new details on the gunman. what the church's reverend is saying. the shooting taking place hours after a hearing on the massacre in uvalde, texas, where we hear from the school's principal for the first time. high-stakes hearing. the committee investigating the january 6th attack revealing new information about the mob coming within 40 feet of vice president mike pence. plus, we're learning of at least one person close to trump who asked for a pardon after the attack. president biden hoping to calm recession fears in a new interview as wall street tracks to have its worst week since march of 2020. why biden says a recession is

not inevitable. champions again. steph curry and the warriors winning the nba finals. the party in the bay area lasting well into the morning. close encounter. a woman describes how she fended off a bear. and from the news "game of thrones" fans have been waiting for to the not so smooth criminals running out of gas in their stolen cars, all the trending stories to start your friday morning. good friday morning, everyone. we begin with more deadly gun violence leaving another community shaken. >> this time it's a shooting at a church near birmingham. two people are dead. one wounded and the suspected gunman was taken into custody. >> the country is still reeling from the mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, texas, where lawmakers looking into the police response to the school massacre are hearing from more witnesses including the school principal, but we begin with the

latest on the church shooting in alabama. this morning, police want to know why a gunman stormed a church potluck dinner before opening fire on the crowd. >> active shooter situation. multiple patients at this time. at these three patients. the scene is not secure. >> reporter: according to police, the shooter ran into the church out side vestavia hills 6:00 p.m. thursday and shot and killed two victims. people jumping into action holding down the suspect. >> the shooter has been held down. they've got the shooter restrained. >> radical support of the law from st. stephen's and this shooting. >> reporter: america's latest shooting tragedy comes as senate

negotiators say they have nearly agreed on the text of a bill to curb gun violence in the u.s. senator john cornyn, lead republican negotiator hinting the deal could fall apart if they drag on saying it's now or never. >> there are a couple of issues that need to be settled before we can reach an agreement. >> reporter: in cornyn's home state of texas, the uvalde school police department is facing new scrutiny for their response to the elementary school mass shooting that left 19 children dead. >> the most respectful thing i think we can do is try to get some of those lingering questions answered for the people in this city. >> reporter: a legislative committee is investigating why officers waited 77 minutes before going into the classroom where students were trapped with the shooter. the committee speaking to five witnesses thursday including the principal, the school aus.ile e questions after the hearing, the school's principal broke her silence speaking out for the first time since the shooting. >> they're going to compile a report. i'm just concerned for my family and my kids.

>> the final victim of the uvalde shooting will be laid to rest tomorrow. turning to the war in ukraine where three americans are now identified as missing in action. one is reportedly a decorated marine veteran grady kurpasi who hasn't been heard from since late april. the other two are alex drueke and andy huynh. a new image circulating appears to show them in russian custody. >> if the russians were to claim that they had such individuals, i assume we would pursue that if we had reason to believe credible reason to believe that these individuals were in russian custody, we would pursue that as appropriate. >> drueke and huynh haven't been heard from for a week. the third hearing by the january 6th committee laid out gripping details of the aordinan up the pressure on former vice president mike pence to overturn the election, and we learned just how dangerously close the violent mob of trump supporters came to the vice president.

abc's faith abubey is live from washington. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning to you, mona. the january 6th committee has relied heavily on trump's inner circle and well-respected conservative republicans to make their case that trump unsuccessfully launched a damaging attack on u.s. democracy to illegally try to stay this power. the january th committee's third public hearing reconstructed in great detail the immense pressure campaign former president donald trump waged on his own vice president in private and in public to name him the winner of the 2020 election he lost. >> mike pence is going to have to come through for us. >> reporter: former white house aides and mike pence's legal counsel testifying. the pressure only grew intense as pence rebuffed the efforts telling trump the vice president does not have the power to overturn a presidential election. but on the morning of january 6th trump calling pence from the oval office. >> the conversation was pretty heated. >> i remember hearing the word wimp. >> reporter: according to the committee even though

conservative attorney john eastman was among multiple advisers and white house lawyers who told trump the plan to overturn the election results was illegal, eastman still pushed the scheme later asking for a presidential pardon unsuccessfully. trump, meanwhile, stoking his supporters by repeatedly attacking mike pence at the january 6th rally and again with this tweet saying pence lacked courage, this as the angry mob stormed the capitol. [ crowd chanting, "hang mike pence" ] >> his aides stumped. >> it felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire. >> reporter: showing them hiding then moved to an underground parking garage when the angry mob came within 40 feet of the vice president. pence eventually certifying the results after consulting with widely respected conservative judge michael luttig. >> that declaration of donald trump as the next president would have plunged america into

what i believe would have been tantamount to a revolution. >> reporter: and, mona, as the committee plans its next hearing on tuesday, they want to hear from ginni thomas, a strong trump backer and wife of supreme court discuss 'tis clarence thomas. there are questions about her role in the effort to overturn the election. mona. >> faith, thank you. big news in sports, the golden state warriors are nba champions again. the warriors won their fourth title in the past eight seasons beating boston in game six of the finals. steph curry led the way with 34 points picking up his first finals mvp. >> nobody thought we'd be here. except everybody in this -- on this court right now, and to get back here and get it done means the world. >> fans celebrated well into the morning in the bay area. they're probably still celebrating. the warriors championship parade is set for monday.

now to the economy and president biden saying a recession is not inevitable. in a new interview the president also addressed republican claims that his covid relief program has caused high inflation calling that criticism bizarre. abc's derricke dennis has more. >> reporter: this morning, president biden is trying to tamp down recession fears in a new interview telling the associated press americans are really, really down after two years with the coronavirus pandemic and volatility in the economy. the president also said a recession is still not inevitable, although a growing number of experts disagree and biden pushed back at critics who say his administration's spending policies are fully to blame for inflation reaching a 40-year high saying, if it's my fault why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher. you ask yourself that. i'm not being a wise guy but canada, japan, france and germany among other major industrial countries have all reported lower inflation rates

than the u.s. >> he says that inflation is worse everywhere but here. that's not true. the u.s. has worse inflation than germany, france, japan, canada, india, italy, saudi arabia. so why is he sighing that? >> well, i think what we are saying is that when you talk about inflation, it is a global thing, and it is not just about the united states. this is something that everyone is feeling because of coming out of a once in a lifetime pandemic, because of the war that russia has started in ukraine. >> reporter: the federal reserve has raised interest rates at the quickest pace in nearly 30 years to boost the cost of borrowing in an effort to slow the economy down. on wall street investors reacting to the rate hikes and fears of a recession, the stock market is on track to have its worst week since march 2020. on thursday the dow dropping more than 700 points below 30,000. the federal reserve is expected to continue raising interest rates at each of their monthly

meetings this year. their next meeting is in late july. mona, andrew. >> derricke, thank you. time now for a look at your friday morning weather. the wind-driven rain that pounded parts of michigan has moved on giving way to clear skies in the upper midwest today. the storms left thousands without power in the detroit area. there's no relief from the heat and humidity across the south. heat advisories are up from ten states from arkansas to the carolinas. checking the temperatures elsewhere, heat and humidity finally reaches the northeast. new york gets to 89. it'll be 85 in boston. the pacific northwest right around 60 degrees. 95 in new orleans. coming up, the childproofing problem uncovered for an over-the-counter medication. also ahead, as the summer travel peaks arrive, flight cancellations are piling up.

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>> reporter: 1,600 flights alone as storms swept through some of the nation's busiest airports. a rising number of flight cancellations the results of airlines struggling with staffing shortages especially pilots. unions have repeatedly complained there's not enough staff to follow through on the flights that are booked. >> lines are getting longer and longer and longer, which is a good thing. i mean, i'm glad everybody is traveling with covid and everything. we're back. but now we need to catch up. >> reporter: on thursday transportation secretary pete buttigieg called a virtual meeting with airline ceos pushing for details on how they plan to keep their summer schedules on track. >> but to know that this is a moment when we are really counting on them to deliver reliably for the traveling public. >> reporter: still some worry there could be a repeat of the travel troubles around memorial day after nearly 9,000 flights were canceled or delayed over that holiday weekend. >> they don't have enough pilots. they haven't trained enough pilots. they are literally canceling flights because they don't have their act together. >> some lawmakers are calling

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news. >> an early morning fire in the east bay. you are looking at brand-new video that came in overnight. >> evacuations are in place for an area of pittsburgh south of highway four. glad you are with us. >> we want to get live to ryan curry. he is live in pittsburgh and spoke to some people who work forced to evacuate early this morning. >> good morning. we just spoke with them minutes ago about what happened overnight here in pittsburgh. we will take a quick look right over here to see where things are at as we stand. these fire trucks are wrapping up. from what residents have told me, most of the fire has been put out, which is a very positive sign, very good news. there is still a little bit of fire burning in a canyon way up the road, according to some residents, but that's no longer near any homes. . the fire this morning, from what i have seen, looked pretty astonishing almost, very bright flames, very high flames all on

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