good morning, america. tavel turbulence. hundreds of flights canceled nationwide. the airline industry struggling to keep up with demand. >> it's frustrating. >> the lucky passengers offered ten grand to get bumped as drivers face their own obstacles. heavy traffianes. >> the cost of gas has just changed our plans completely. >> the cost-saving advice when you're ready to head home. severe weather threatening travel and barbecue plans. heavy rains flooding parts of the south. our weather team with the holiday forecast. shark attack. a teen speaking out in a "gma" exclusive after a shark latches

onto her leg. the help she got from her brother that may have saved her life. fighting for freedom. wnba star brittney griner on trial in russia. why her wife says she's losing trust in the u.s. government. demanding answers. the family of jayland walker who was shot to death by officers in ohio say they need to know more. the latest on the autopsy report as the city takes action with residents on edge. harrowing moments. deputies responding to a possible drowning of a 2-year-old girl, finally reviving her. >> ys she s's did anyone spot a potential drowning victim? the advice on staying safe this summer and firing up those savings for your holiday barbecue. the smart swaps to save you money.

♪ oh, my god ♪ and, oh, my god. adele takes the stage overnight in her first uk performance in five years. plus, staggering salaries, the nba players securing sky-high contracts. good morning, america. so great to have you with us this morning, and the holiday rush is on this morning. more than two years into the pandemic and the summer travel is clearly in full swing here this fourth of july weekend. the tsa just announcing a prepandemic record, nearly 2.5 million people screened on friday, and with millions on the move, thousands of flights delayed or canceled as airlines struggle with severe weather and a surge in demand. well, also this morning, a week after that landmark supreme court decision, abortion laws are in a state of increasing confusion. president biden meeting

virtually with nine state governors about strengthening abortion rights in those states while at least 12 other states have ceased nearly all abortion services. they're facing legal challenges, and in several states, courts have temporarily blocked new bans. we have the latest just ahead. let's start with that holiday travel -- let's call it a situation. the weekend shaping up to be a record one in the skies. abc's mola lenghi is at jfk with the latest from new york. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yeah, that situation that you mentioned already off to a rocky start this holiday weekend. you know, airlines have recently been plagued by cancellations, delays, staffing shortages. but you add in the mix the ongoing threat of severe weather this holiday weekend and now we hve the makins of a travel nightmare. this morning, holiday air travel in full swing. airlines canceling more than 400 flights nationwide this morning. that's after canceling nearly 600 flights and delaying almost 7,600 on friday. >> hope they're on time. no cancellations.

>> reporter: one traveler in atlanta taking this video during a delay of more than seven hour, long lines and crowded terminals seen here in san francisco, orlando, and seattle. >> rescheduled for 4:30 to get in at midnight. so we have a long night at the airport. >> reporter: making matters worse, thunderstorms forcing ground stops at airports nationwide friday and more interruptions could happen today. >> we've seen the chaos recently. we kind of expected it. >> reporter: the airline industry reeling from covid-related staffing shortages struggling to keep pace with the surging number of travelers. this week, united airlines cut 50 daily flights from newark international airport. >> it's frustrating. and here's what's happening, demand has come roaring back, sooner than expected. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg talking with airlines to make sure they can reliably operate their summer schedules. >> since memorial day we've really pressed them to stress test their schedules, make sure that their flights they can actually support at their current staffing levels.

that's one of the measures we're hok make a difference. we expect airlines to live up to their side of the bargain. >> reporter: the tsa screened the highest number since the pandemic. some playing it safe. >> i've been warned by my family there are delays and wanted to make sure i was here. >> reporter: delta offered eight passengers $10,000 to give up their seats on that flight. get to the airport as early as you can and always check your flight status before ever heading to the airport. whit. >> 10,000 bucks. somehow that's never happened to me but i would take it. mola, thank you so much. we appreciate it. some things are worth it. i'll give up my seat for that much. >> yes. now to the picture on the roads, more than 40 million will be traveling over the weekend

with gas prices barely off their high, still a good time to strategize about saving on fuel. abc's zohreen shah joins us now from los angeles with more. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. aaa says you can expect to see the most number of people hit the roads this weekend in about 20 years. and for many people, it's going to be the most expensive road trip they've had in a very long time too. gas prices at this station almost $8 a gallon, but there are some tips that you % should know to try and keep those costs down. this morning, millions of americans traveling. aaa expecting 42 million people will be hitting the roads driving in spite of high gas prices. the nationwide average, $4.84 per gallon. and in california, 6.27. one council member in compton giving residents their $50 of free gas on friday. cars backed up for blocks for relief. >> it just means a lot to this community that, you know, already having a hard time living check to check to get gas. >> reporter: kayla and her

family of five driving from nashville, tennessee, to destin, florida. in addition to high prices -- >> where are we? >> reporter: -- the traffic making some drivers reconsider hitting the streets on their next trip. >> honestly, with all this traffic, next time we might have to contemplate flying. we've hit traffic again. >> reporter: in new york drivers preparing for the worst. the belt parkway west to i-278 expected to be the nation's busiest spot. >> get out early but check your battery, your emission, tires. underinflated tires can cost you 5% in fuel economy so you want to make sure your car is road worthy and know the places where you can get it serviced along the way. >> reporter: other travel tips, avoid extra stops. pack everything you'll need before like food and water. use cruise control to increase gas mileage. plan your route in advance and watch the weather for potential storms. still many people opting to save money and stay home.

>> the cost of the gas has just changed our plans completely. >> i regret going to the gas station every time i have to go. minimum wage job and i work for gas. >> reporter: so you heard mola say that if you're flying, leave as early as you can. aaa says to avoid the mad crush leave before noon or after 7:00 p.m. tonight. janai. >> all right, zohreen. if it's not delays in the air or the price of gas, it's severe weather. a severe weather threat in some major cities could mean more delays in the sky and on the road this weekend. sam champion is in miami with the a look at the forecast. sam, good morning to you. hey, janai, and on the list of things that could go wrong on this travel holiday weekend we have a brand-new tropical storm as of 5:00 a.m. this morning on the carolina coastline. so carolina airports are in play. roads, as well. let's just jump to it and we'll show you what's going on with this. we'll show you the live shot out of myrtle beach, south carolina. look how angry the skies are. here's tropical colin, again just developed after a 10%

chance yesterday to a full tropical storm today. here's where those storm warnings are, it's along the carolina coastline all day long. so we're going to have 4 to 6 inches of rain, 40-mile-per-hour winds here likely. need to go into the northeast and show you where the storms are going to be rolling again today. these storms will have about 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts likely with them. this could be 2 inches of rain here. now, these are later on this afternoon firing up. in just a moment we'll show you the best time to travel to avoid those. we have more storms developing right in the heartland, guys. lots of weather trouble to talk about. we haven't even talked about the gulf yet but will do that in a minute. >> busy weather weekend, sam, thank you for that. well, now to the battle over abortion rights. president biden meeting with governors following the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. abc's faith abubey has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: this morning, amid growing pressure to do more to safeguard access to abortion -- [ crowd chanting, "this is what democracy looks like" ] -- president biden urging voters to take their anger to the polls in november.

>> either elect federal representatives and senators to codify roe, republicans who will elect the house and senate will try to ban abortions nationwide. >> reporter: the president acknowledging it's the most viable way for democrats to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed in the senate to codify reproductive rights. >> right now, we don't have the votes in the senate to change the filibuster. >> reporter: president biden issuing the warning in a virtual brainstorming session to safeguard women's reproductive rights with nine democratic governors friday. the president vowing to protect women crossing state lines for abortions and ensure access to fda-approved abortion pills. following the landmark supreme court decision reversing roe v. wade and nearly five decades of precedent, abortion services have nearly stopped in 12 states and over the next few weeks and months, 26 states in total are likely to severely restrict or ban abortion rights. legal challenges mounting on both sides of the debate.

statewide bans head to court creating uncertainty. >> it is very confusing for patients, for women, for pregnant people on the ground trying to figure out if the clinics in their area are open. >> reporter: the white house says president biden has no immediate plans to take executive action on abortion access. however, they are pointing to things the administration has done including the fda moving to increase access to abortion pills. whit? >> all right. faith, thank you. next this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner under way in a russian courtroom as the frustration over her detention grows. it's now been 135 days since griner was arrested at a moscow airport. abc's lama hasan joins us with the latest. lama, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, whit. basketball star brittney griner is spending this holiday weekend

which is meant to be all about freedom in detention as her trial that is expected to last several months gets under way. this morning, brittney griner fighting for her freedom on the first day of her criminal trial, the seven-time wnba all-time star shackled and surrounded by security. she was escorted to the courtroom to hear her charges behind closed doors. >> she is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances, and she asked me to convey that she is in good spirits and is keeping up the faith. >> reporter: at griner's pretrial on monday, the judge extended her detention another six months. >> how do you feel? >> reporter: her lawyer admitting she is scared. >> she's a bit worried because she has trial. >> reporter: the two-time olympic gold medalist was detained on february 17th as she was traveling through a moscow airport. russian authorities allege she was carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil, illegal

in russia and, if convicted, punishable by up to ten years in prison. the u.s. government calling the 31-year-old's detention unlawful. >> wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and it endangers the safety of everyone traveling, living, working, studying abroad. >> reporter: sending her case to the department's special envoy for hostage affairs. >> the entire intention of this trial is to delay is to raise leverage so that the russian government can ultimately use her for political negotiations. >> reporter: her wife cherelle saying she's losing trust in the u.s. government telling cnn, griner reached out to the embassy in russia multiple times and no one responded. >> bg can call our government, the embassy 11 times, and that phone call don't get answered? you don't have my trust at that point. >> reporter: brittney griner's wife telling our robin roberts that she wants answers. >> you say she's top priority but i want to see it, and i

feel like to see it would be e seeing bg on u.s. soil. >> reporter: now, cherelle has been asking to meet with president biden directly. it is going to be a tough battle to bring griner home because in russia less than 1% of defendants in criminal cases get acquitted. now, her next court appearance is due to take place on thursday. janai? >> all right, lama, thank you. staying overseas now, but turning to the war in ukraine, this morning, president zelenskyy is accusing russia of purposeful terror. new deaths reported from the missile strike on an apartment building in odesa. abc's tom soufi burridge is in ukraine for the latest. >> reporter: good morning, janai. the devastating collateral damage from russian missile strikes in recent days caused by low accuracy weapons, possibly the result of low or dwindling supplies of russian munitions. that's the assessment from uk intelligence this morning. the latest brutal russian missile strike in southern ukraine. this morning, the grim aftermath of yet another deadly russian missile strike on an apartment

block full of families. this time in the odesa region. 21 people now killed here including two children. this just a day after russian troops retreated from snake island after missile strikes by ukraine. the ukrainian military releasing these images saying, this, the aftermath. ukrainian officials calling the strike on odesa an act of revenge. [speaking foreign language] president zelenskyy accusing russia of a pattern of terror against the ukrainian people, but out in eastern ukraine, russia still slowly grabbing land. putin's war of attrition claiming so many lives. ukrainian soldier sasha just back from the front line. >> like we have five deaths and seven injured including me. >> you lost five comrades and seven were injured just in your unit in one day? >> yes, correct. >> reporter: his unit then retreating. we first met sasha training just

after putin invaded. looking relaxed back then. but heading east two weeks ago to fight alongside his brother and his dad sergei, who was shot and killed. protecting his wife and son is what's motivating sasha to fight on on the front line again. >> our responsibility is to protect them and their responsibility is keep living. >> reporter: ukrainian officials saying another residential building in eastern ukraine hit overnight. four people killed and seven injured in that attack. the scale of destruction in this country vast, the total death toll unknown. an end to this war nowhere in sight. guys? >> tom soufi burridge for us there in ukraine. well, now to the city of akron, ohio, bracing for protests following the police shooting of jayland walker who died this week in what appears to be a hail of gunfire.

his family and the community demanding answers. abc's elwyn lopez has more. >> reporter: this morning, the family of a 25-year-old man shot and killed by officers now demanding answers. >> we'd like to know why he was shot down like a dog, simple as that. why is that necessary? >> reporter: jayland walker's aunt says her nephew was gunned down after a police chase ensued after a traffic violation early monday. the pursuit went on for several minutes and claim gunfire rang out from the suspect's car walker, they say, then fled on foot. >> we have grave questions about how a traffic stop involving an equipment violation ends up in a hail of gunfire. >> reporter: police stating actions by the suspect caused officers to perceive he posed a deadly threat to them adding that in response, officers discharged their firearms striking the suspect. and while body camera footage of the incident has not yet been

released, affiliate wews says the medical examiner's report shows walker suffered gunshot wounds to multiple parts of his body, but it's unclear how many times he was shot. >> there was so much going on there that they've been working actually around the clock to capture, to catalog. >> reporter: the police-involved shooting death leading to city officials canceling july 4th celebrations as they brace for more protests. walker's family says his death remains shrouded in mystery. >> jayland was a very sweet young man, so we don't understand this at all. >> reporter: police expected to release body camera videos from the incident on sunday. elwyn lopez, abc news, atlanta. >> our thanks to elwyn for that report. we want to shift gears here on a lighter note. it's been a hot free agency period for the nba this morning. seven players have made their decisions and those contracts add up to a staggering $1.5 billion in salaries. now, some of the big moves made

include denver nuggets star nikola jokic, agreeing to a five-year $270 million extension. that's the largest contract in nba history. coming in at a close second, bradley beal reached a five-year, $251 million deal with the washington wizards. and while he is not a free agent, all eyes are on kevin durant whose future has yet to be decided for next season. >> very big money. >> big money moves. >> yeah. >> that's a lot of money. >> a whole lot of money. all right. time now for a check of the weather back to sam champion in miami, and, sam, it is a busy weekend in the weather department. >> janai, yeah. just as busy as news. let's talk about heavy-fueled tropical rains. port arthur, texas, yesterday afternoon six inches of rain, people talking about water up to their shins, midshin in that area. now we have to talk about today, we've got some real big issues today. so we'll get this storm system moving through the northeast. this is every major airport involved from washington to

philly to new york to hartford to boston. the afternoon is really more active, so if you're flying out this morning, you'll miss that. here's where the storms are likely to be a problem. this is damaging winds and hail. then we've got tropical storm colin just developed as of 5:00. this messes up the entire weekend for the north carolina coastline, a little bit of the south carolina shore because as it is right now from myrtle beach all the way up to, well, really the cape right there. so we're looking at that passing by at about sunday at 2:00 p.m. moving off the shoreline. lots of airports affected. mostly east coast airports. remember, we have some strong storms in the kansas city area so that

>> lots of trouble spots to keep your eye on. but, guy, janai, i learned one thing from your new show. i know what it would cost me or what i would take to sleep in an airport and that $10,000 to buy my ticket, i would sleep in the airport. i now learned that. >> that's right. >> sam, that makes four of us. >> and you're alread dressed for your island vacation so it's perfect. >> sam with his party shirt on this morning. >> mahalo. >> sam, we'll talk to you soon. this morning, two oklahoma deputies are being hailed as heroes after saving the life of a little girl who stopped breathing at a lake. they arrived within minutes of the call coming in. the caller reporting a child possibly drowning. you'll see these body camera images showing a little girl not breathing. the mother saying her daughter had been out of the water for about five minutes. one deputy puts her on the side -- on her side.

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone. fire departments around the bay area are beefing up patrols for the holiday weekend. they say there's been a surge in illegal fireworks during the pandemic.

the fire department in santa rosa says 500 pounds' worth of illegal fireworks were seized recently. residents worry that they will spark another wildfire. the east bay is another hot spot for illegal activity, especially oakland. the we can forecast. >> a little drizzle. it is 55 in santa cruz with gray sky. 54 downtown, 56 in santa clara. we will clear but it will be breezy. 55 and concord with 60's and 70's today. >> thank you, and thank you for joining us.

♪ all the people in the world what is the likelihood of jumping out of my life and into your arms ♪ we need a little adele on a saturday to kick off a holiday weekend. welcome back to "gma." that is adele's hit "oh, my god" from her latest album "30" and she had the crowd saying omg as she took the stage last night in her hometown of london. we'll have more on that coming up in "pop news." >> i hope that you dance with your shoulders like that again. >> only when the cameras aren't on me. >> i wish all of america could see the level of dancing happening in the studio. >> you have to let the music fill your soul sometimes off camera. first, though, we have some headlines we're following right now. a 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of 20-year-old azsia

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the ceremony will be held at the white housnexthursday. we start this half hour with a 17-year-old girl recovering from a terrifying shark attack speaking out in an abc exclusive. just as beachgoers are being warned this holiday weekend about more sharks heading to our coastlines. abc's victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: good morning, eva. thankfully addison's brother who was an em firefighter was with her during this horrifying attack and helped pull the shark off and then stop the bleeding before she was air-lifted to the hospital for emergency surgery. this morning, 17-year-old addison bethea speaking to "gma" from her hospital bed after a vicious shark bite off florida's keaton beach. >> i was screaming because there were boats around us, and then it grabbed me again. i was like, that's not supposed to happen. like sharks only bite once, not multiple times. that's weird, and so then it started like grabbing and shaking like an alligator would. >> reporter: addison and her brother were scallop fishing thursday in six feet of water

when the shark came rushing towards her. >> it just kept going. it was like an alligator shark. that's what i'm going to call it because what shark just keeps biting? like that's not normal. it bit once. then the second time it kept going, so i grabbed its gill and i grabbed its teeth and i was trying to like launch it off me and then it just kept going. >> reporter: her brother, an ems firefighter jumped off the boat he was on, taking on the nine-foot shark. >> she was like ten feet away. she came back up and i saw like blood and everything and her and i saw the shark so then i swam over andgrabbed . and then hju kt iraedndike swam rds and kicked himnd yell fp. >> reporte ak off sterhese ro tt around her badly injure the incident in florida comes as beachgoers coast to coast are being warned to be on high alert. this cape cod beach shut down after a great white sighting. >> if you see a shark, get the

hell out of there. >> reporter: researchers warning in july great whites are drawn to cape cod's warm waters and an abundance of seals. and out west -- >> we're getting a report that somebody got attacked by a shark. >> reporter: it was just one week ago a swimmer was attacked in monterey bay, california. good samaritans racing to save him and quickly getting him to a beach. >> we had to quickly cut his wet suit off of him and open it all up and then try to, you know, apply the tourniquets to each limb and also to his abdomen. >> reporter: that swimmer survived saying he's forever grateful to the people who saved him. with crowds flocking to beaches this fourth of july weekend, towns along new york's long island stepping up shark patrols after reports that a swimmer may have been bitten by a shark. swimmers are urged to be vigilant, especially at beaches where the shoreline quickly drops off into deeper waters. sharks can come closer to the shore when they have the depth. >> and people just have to remember just because you see a shark doesn't mean it's going to bite you. f u get ee a shark a you're out this weekend in the water, that is a very cool

experience. >> reporter: and addison has another surgery today. the hospital saying she has devastating damage to the soft tissue in her right leg. the goal now is to determine the best treatment, hopefully saving her leg. janai? >> our thanks to victor for that. >> and we have to thank the woman from boston who had incredible advice, get out of there. >> get out of there. all right, time for a check of the weather and sam champion down there in miami. sam, sound advice. >> yeah, i agree, janai. let's talk about the west because we haven't talked about it yet and the fire danger and how dry it has been and getting ready to light off fireworks. red flag warnings from nevada all the way to utah here. please be careful. these wind gusts are going to be up to 45 miles per hour as well. city environments will take that into account. i'm worried about the stuff you do at home. also want to show you a little bit of the midwest storms right here. i'm sorry. the heartland storms. as we look all the way through this area in kansas, big

hailstones, about 157 storms there. there will be more -- more today from glasgow to rapid city and pierre. also into bismarck today. plus, we have this tropical storm brand-new on the coast of the carolinas. you're waking up to it just now this morning. this could have wind gusts, 20, 30, 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts. rainfall, i'm conce >> and to the northeast, we did not forget you. as we talked about at the top of the show, we've got big storms rolling through that will impact air travel. we'll talk more about that in just a minute. whit? >> we'll brace for that. sam, we appreciate you squeezing us in this morning before your luau later today. i love the shirt, and we love you. >> tiny bubbles, whit.

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welcome back to "gma" and the season of pool parties. usually lots of people around but who is really watching the kids? this morning, important advice when tragedy can happen in a flash. with more and more lifeguard stands remaining empty, supervising kids is falling on parents now more than ever. but safety experts say parents are often distracted especially at backyard pools, talking on their phones, grilling, socializing and supervising other children. just this week, a 7-year-old girl drowned at a pool party in new jersey. there were ten adults present, but investigators say nobody saw her go under. back in 2018 our gio benitez invited these parents to a pool party, assigning them tasks like running that grill and tending to their own young kids. in the pool, swimmers. but what the parents don't know is that there are actually

lifeguards from swim school skilled in mimicking a drowning. structoregins t mukeeaanwhile, to notice. we're looking at more than 2 1/2 minutes and still nobody notices a thing. >> reporter: she then simulates a wot- moving. remember, she is a trained professional and is just acting. josh roland from the american red cross was watching too. 4 1/2 minutes, still no parent noticed anything. >> right. >> does that surprise you? >> it does not. >> reporter: the simulation ends and the parents learn what they missed. one man emotional. >> you are visibly shaken. >> yeah. >> why were you so nervous? >> because it happened to my child. >> his daughter valentina survived. he says, when she was just 3,

she began drowning in a hot tub. he was on the phone, but she was spotted in time. >>i got a phone call, and i got distracted, and she was in trouble. that's what happens. >> reporter: water safety experts say, one of the solutions is a water watcher. somebody standing next to the pool free from distractions and devices constantly scanning the water for any signs of distress. rotating every 15 minutes to avoid losing focus. >> now, those parents did say if it were their own kids in the pool, of course, they would have been watching much closer. so many lessons here. drownings can also happen when no one is around. so experts recommend fencing the pool with a self-latching gate and putting alarms on back doors and in the water, guys. >> very scary reminder for people. >> yes. savings, cost-cutting advice for your holiday barbecue. ghout)

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cheaper, and for other meats think sausage, not steak. bratwurst came in at least 50% less than strip steaks where we looked. and experts say, build the menu around sale items, especially meat. >> because the poultry, the meat, the seafood, that's always going to be the most expensive thing on your grocery list. >> reporter: and think about significantly cutting back on meat. it also helps to save the planet. you can really take any chunky vegetable, throw it directly on the grill, a little olive oil, a little salt. it's that simple. have my little tin foil boat for when they're done. ba da bing, ba da boom. grill a ton of low cost low carb veggies. don't buy bottles of water. offering a jug of flavored water can save you a bunch. if you use disposable cups, remember the old sharpie. it helps your guests to only use one cup, and it's for the planet. how about a hybrid model for plates and utensils? you can totally use disposable plates, bonus points if you get

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back now with our "play of the day" and the woman who's flying straight into the record books. betty nash seen here in this video from 2017 is the oldest and longest serving flight attendant in the world according to the guinness world records. the 86-year-old will celebrate 65 years in flight this fall and, y'all, a lot has changed since she first started flying back in 1957. originally flying for eastern, now american airlines. nash recalls flights between new york and washington were $12. >> yes. >> oh, yeah. >> wow. >> and flight attendants used to pass out cigarettes. >> uh-huh. e peoplehore on thpeyofillek r t ghiecse ars.'ve seen h uty. amango bett way to go, betty. coming up here in our second hour of "gma," the holiday headaches when it comes to travel. what to know if you're heading for the airport. and our "gma" cover story,

the cultural cost of the war in ukraine and what's being done to save the nation's art and architecture. and celebrating the 30-year anniversary of "a league of their own." a look at the real-life league's legacy.

>> announcer: next >> announcer: next week, wake up with chris. >> good morning, america. >> announcer: and hayden and vivica. announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: good morning. fire departments around the bay area are beefing up patrols for the holiday. there has been a surge in illegal fireworks during the pandemic. the santa rosa fire department

says 500 pounds of illegal fireworks were recently seized. residents are worried that illegal fireworks will spark another wildfire. east bay is another hot spot for illegal activity particularly in oakland. today a rally for of ocean -- a rally for abortion and reproductive rights begins at noon at washington park and the march begins around 12:45 will start at the park, go to city hall, and back to the park for a vigil. it is in response to the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. it is the july 4 holiday weekend but starting off a little dreary. lisa: it is. look at these clouds. isn't this a cool shot from santa cruz? 56 degrees. this will scour out and temperatures around 70 degrees and already we are getting sun around san jose where it is in the upper 50's. 54 in san francisco. the winds are breezy from the coast to the valleys and it is

gray but we have the blue sky. we will look for winds to keep temperatures below average with this cooler air mass in place. look at that 36 miles an hour wind gusts at sfo. 64 downtown. 66 in oakland and more 70's inland. 80 in santa rosa. we are even cooler tomorrow and slightly warmer for the fourth. liz: thank you. thanks for joining us. the news continues with good morning america and we will see you in half an hour for another update.

good morning, america. it's our second hour. holiday headache. airlines bracing for turbulence, canceling flights. could this be the busiest weekend for air travel? this as a record number of americans are expected to hit the roads. what to know before you head out the door. the cultural cost of war. over four months since the russian invasion, more than 150 ukrainian sites badly damaged. half of them religious buildings. the plans for rebuilding what's lost and protecting what's left. ♪ also this morning, kate and charlie gibson. their interview with the history making librarian of congress. >> do you still get goosebumps when you walk in here?