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good morning, america. flooding catastrophe. receding floodwaters revealing the scope of the disaster in kentucky. homes and businesses destroyed. >> unless you lived it, you have no idea what it's like. >> at least 16 people dead as flood-ravaged communities face more rain. our weather team tracking the storms. new twist in the negotiations to free americans brittney griner and paul whelan. russia's reported counteroffer that involves freeing a political assassin. is it a bad faith offer? taiwan trip. all eyes on nancy pelosi's travel plans. the warnings from beijing about taking forceful measures should the speaker make a stop.
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war crime? ukraine accusing russia of a false flag attack where at least 50 ukrainian p.o.w.s were killed as grain shipments prepare to leave odesa for the first time since the war began. the hopes russia will live up to its promise. will smith's apology. the actor addressing that infamous oscar slap on camera for the first time. >> i am deeply remorseful. >> why he says he didn't apologize during his acceptance speech. airline merger. the major question surrounding jetblue buying spirit airlines and concerns about ticket prices. jetblue's comments on the deal. and billion dollar dreams. americans eager to strike it rich snapping up mega millions tickets for the third largest drawing in history. so, was there a winner?
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good morning, america. eva, you asked, was there a winner, at least not amongst the three of us. >> yeah, that we know for sure. >> because we're all here. >> exactly. but everyone is checking their tickets this morning to see if they hold the winner to last night's billion dollar mega millions jackpot. the update coming up. >> you can't win if you don't play, right? so we all went for it. more on that ahead. more on the dangerous flooding. 10 million americans across several states under flood watches overnight. a state of emergency declared in las vegas and a disaster declaration in kentucky. the deadly flash flooding causing historic and widespread damage. >> rescue crews in kentucky desperately searching for hundreds of people who are still unaccounted for as the death toll rises. abc's mola lenghi is there in hindman where the floodwaters are receding this morning revealing the extent of the damage. good morning, mola. >> reporter: well, good morning, eva. yeah, what we're seeing, it's not easy to clean up a disaster, especially one as forceful and
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powerful as this flood was. you see how it mangled and tore apart buildings and ripped open the pavement here exposing utilities, water mains and gas lines and washed away homes, washed away cars and, of course, that's not to mention the loss of life. all of this as some folks are still unaccounted for. this morning, the search continues for the missing after catastrophic flooding in kentucky. >> water started flooding into my car. >> reporter: the water just beginning to recede. >> unless you lived it, you have no idea what it's like. >> reporter: the death toll climbing to 16. kentucky governor andy beshear expecting the worst. >> folks, that's going to get a lot higher. >> reporter: six of those killed were children, four siblings. 300 people have been rescued from floodwaters so far. at least 100 saved by air. >> i was ready to just throw in the towel and surrender actually. i thought it was over with. >> reporter: more than 330 more displaced and staying in shelters. >> i don't know what we're going to do. we don't have no place to live
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now or anything. >> 95% of the people in this area here has lost everything, houses, cars, animals. it's heartbreaking. it really is. >> reporter: the devastating flooding stretching into virginia and west virginia. both states declaring emergencies as crews worked to repair downed power lines and clear blocked roads. back in kentucky some losing all they had, all they've ever known. >> i started in the flower shop when i was 16 years old on the side, you know, and i'm 62. this is all i know, and that's gone. >> reporter: in the small town of hindman gene and gladys epperson are cleaning out what's left of the flower shop that's been here for 50 years. >> what's the hardest part? >> hoping there's a future for this town. worked for for 56 years went down the drain. >> reporter: tracy and his entire family lost all their homes. they were all neighbors. >> i live in the first house. my son lives in the second, my mother-in-law and father-in-law in the third.
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my wife's aunt in the fourth. >> reporter: he also happens to be the mayor of this town. this town is economically depressed, hard times. >> absolutely. >> it's not the kind of place where people lose something, they buy it again. >> no, we were a coal booming town, and it all went away. i talked to most of the people in the town, and that's what they say. they say, you know, what do we do? >> reporter: well, the president has approved a disaster declaration for the area clearing the way for federal resources and support to come in and start to help these folks. meanwhile, the governor here pleading for any kind of donations -- water, cleaning supplies, anything folks can spare, whit. >> and those images are so upsetting there. mola, thank you. >> with the waters receding in kentucky, many wondering if they're in the clear, and there is concern about more rain in the forecast. sam champion is in central park tracking all of that. sam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. one dry day, but this is horrifying. this part of eastern kentucky is very mountainous, so the water runs into these low areas, and this is a place in kentucky where i went to college. i know it very well. there is one dry day and more
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rain on its way. let's get you up to date on what's happening with this flooding here. so as we watch where the front warnings today are back off to the west, flagstaff to albuquerque. but look at that front. it goes back down south of kentucky, and there's going to be another round of moisture that runs along the front. so, we get more rain on the way for this area. there's not more bad news or any worse news i could give these folks from hazard, kentucky, to charleston to roanoke, it could be 2 to 4 inches of rain, and that will include more flooding and likely for thed, donations anything you can spare if you're watching this, just donate whatever you can to help these people. we've had some real issues in this area, and it's going to continue into the first part of the week. janai? >> and more rain is the last thing they need. sam, thank you so much. turning now to the latest on the negotiations to bring brittney griner and paul whelan home from their detention in russia. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks is on the north lawn with why the administration is brushing off moscow's new request. good morning, maryalice.
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>> reporter: yeah, janai, good morning. last night the white house was quick to dismiss this latest counteroffer from russia and said they just didn't take it that seriously, but what's so unusual is that these high-stake talks are becoming more and more public. the white house overnight accusing the kremlin of stalling and negotiating in bad faith. russian officials reportedly saying the kremlin wanted vadim krasikov, ray convicted murderer released in addition to viktor bout, a notorious arms dealer in a potential prisoner swap for two americans, brittney griner and paul whelan. the white house saying, quote, holding two wrongfully detained americans hostage for an assassin that's in a third country is not a serious counteroffer. krasikov is in german custody, not under u.s. authority. he was convicted in a in beahia counterpart this week about the u.s. offer to bring griner and whelan home. >> we had a frank and direct conversation.
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i pressed the kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth. >> reporter: i asked the white house if they were optimistic or if these talks could all still fall apart. >> does the administration feel like it accomplished what it was hoping to by going public with this substantial offer? >> those conversations are going to continue to go on. we are not going to negotiate from here just because it's just the right thing to do. >> reporter: and the white house also getting a lot of questions about marc fogel, another american detained in russia, a case similar to brittney griner's, but his name has not come up in these public talks. the white house very tight-lipped not saying much about his case. >> maryalice parks, thank you. now to rising tensions between the u.s. and china. china conducting military exercises off its coat as nancy pelosi is expected to leave for asia this weekend. where she will go in the region still in question, but china's president has warned a visit to taiwan would be viewed as a
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provocation. abc's lama hasan is in our london bureau with this story. good morning, lama. >> reporter: good morning, eva. that's right. we still don't know if house speaker nancy pelosi will be making a stop in taiwan on her asia tour, but what we do know is that china has issued a stark warning saying that if she does, there'd be serious consequences. this morning, tensions between the u.s. and china at their highest level in decades amid safety concerns for house speaker nancy pelosi as she is expected to travel overseas to asia. >> we have global responsibilities, whether it comes to three things, i always say, security, economy and governance. >> reporter: no travel specifics have been released, but the trip may include a controversial stop in taiwan. this comes as beijing warns it will take forceful measures should pelosi visit. tensions between the u.s. and china are on the rise as concerns of a chinese invasion
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into taiwan grow. during his visit to japan in may, president biden saying the u.s. would support taiwan if attacked. >> are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? >> yes. >> you are? >> that's the commitment we made. >> reporter: biden telling reporters last week u.s. military officials believe it is not a good idea for the speaker to visit. if pelosi stops in taiwan, she'll be the highest ranking u.s. official to go to the island in 25 years. pelosi would fly on a military aircraft, but national security council spokesperson john kirby says this doesn't indicate if she will be going to taiwan. >> it's common for the speaker to travel on military aircraft when she travels overseas. >> reporter: the speaker ignoring questions about her possible visit while leaving a press conference on friday. >> thank you all. >> madam speaker? >> reporter: so while nancy pelosi did not confirm a trip to taiwan, what she said last week was that it was important to show support for taiwan and, of
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course, if she does end up going then that's sending china a clear message. whit? >> it really would. all right. lama, thank you. now to the economy. a new report shows consumer spending beat expectations for the month of june, but this comes as inflation surges with growing fears about a possible recession. abc's economics correspondent deidre bolton is here now with the latest. deidre, good morning. >> good morning, whit. on friday the government report showed that u.s. consumer spending increased more than forecast as americans paid more in june for goods and services. many say this isn't the bright spot, though, that it looks like since americans are more or less being forced to spend more on basics as prices rise. also on friday, another key measure of inflation that the fed watches closely. it's called the pce. it set a fresh 40-year high as an inflation marker. so these data points are really part of the push and the pull in the argument as to whether or not we're in a recession. in addition to concerns about inflation and how aggressive the fed will be to manage it, events such as the war in ukraine disrupting numerous industries
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are two huge x factors. on the other hand, optimists say we're not in a recession and point to big tech company earnings just posted this week. apple, microsoft, amazon doing better than forecast and which meanshereny parts ly to epirg, reforcinlar rket's stngth wh >>s yoted out ere, whl we know and have somre in a recession? >> so, friday is going to be another piece of the puzzle. we're going to get the july employment report. economists forecasting 250,000 jobs will be added to the u.s. economy, so that's going to be fewer than what we saw in june and prior months but still very solid growth in the labor market. if that number comes in much worse, then you will hear more people talking about this as a clue to the fact that we are going in the wrong direction. whit? >> all right, so i'll take it from here, deidre. friday, good to know. turning now overseas to the war in ukraine, the first shipments of grain are now slated to leave the country as part of that critical flood deal
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as russia and ukraine accuse each other of a deadly attack on a prison holding prisoners of war. patrick reevell is on the ground in odesa this morning. patrick, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yeah, all eyes in odesa have been on the ports here waiting to see if these first grain ships will move, but there is shock this morning at this horrific incident at a prison camp in eastern ukraine where dozens of ukrainian p.o.w.s are said to have been killed. this morning, horrifying images from a prisoner of war camp in russian held ukraine. claims at least 50 ukrainian ed was sheld. releas brussia showing mass of charred beds many picretogr broadcast. russia alleging ukrainian artillery hit the prison but ukraine accusing russia of massacring the prisoners, staging a horrific false flag attack where russian forces moved the men into a barracks and then blew it up. president volodymyr zelenskyy calling it a war crime and calling for the u.n. to investigate. the white house so far declining
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to comment. >> we've seen those reportings. it's not something that we can speak to from here. >> reporter: the slaughter overshadowing news that grain ships are set to leave odesa for the first time since the war began. the first trial of a u.n. deal to end russia's blockade that has worsened a global hunger crisis. you can see the huge grain silos behind me here in the port of odesa. these grain ships here are due to leave in the coming days. whether they are able to safely, though, will be a huge test of whether russia is really going to lift its blockade. zelenskyy watching grain be loaded friday near odesa. the u.s. ambassador also there telling abc the world expects russia to stick to the deal. this morning, there's no sign yet of ships moving from the port behind me here in odesa, but the millions of tons of grain that are trapped here are fueling soaring food prices and are badly needed to ease the threat of famine in poorer countries. eva? patrick reevell there for us in ukraine. patrick, thank you.
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a russian operative is charged with using american activist groups to spread pro-russia propaganda even during the war in ukraine. aleksandr viktorovich ionov - used american citizens in florida, georgia and california to act as illegal agents of the russian government from december 2014 through march of this year. ionov lives in moscow and is not in custody. back here at home now to the former president trump facing protests by the families of 9/11 victims who are angry that his new jersey golf club is hosting a tournament backed by the saudis. this morning, the controversial liv golf tournament is under way. >> there he is. >> reporter: but before the golfers teed off, they were met with new criticism for participating in the saudi-backed series. families of 9/11 victims led a protest before the opening round friday expressing their frustrations with the players and former president donald trump, who hosted the tournament at his bedminster golf club. >> today we call for accountability.
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today we call for justice. the saudi arabian government and whoever attaches their name and reputation to this farce must be called out for what they're doing. >> we're standing here in the backyard of where 750 people were turned to dust. >> reporter: families of the victims accusing trump of turning his back on the u.s. >> nobody's gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately, and they should have as to the maniacs that did this horrible thing to our city, to our country. >> reporter: in 2016, trump directly blaming the saudis for the attack on 9/11. >> who blew up the world trade center? it wasn't the iraqis. it was saudi. take a look at saudi arabia. open the documents. because, frankly, if you open the documents, i think you're going to see that it was saudi arabia. >> reporter: last year the fbi declassifying those documents under president biden detailing connections al qaeda and most of the hijackers had with saudi nationals. the saudi government has always denied any involvement. tim frolich, a 9/11 survivor, calling out the former
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president. >> mr. trump, we now have the documents. simply you lied to our face. >> and despite that criticism, in october trump will host another saudi-backed tournament. this time at his south florida golf club. whit? janai, debate from a chinese rocket booster is expected to crash on to earth this weekend. the rocket blasted off less than a week ago as part of the effort to build china's space station. the debris also known as space junk is said to be traveling at about 17,000 miles per hour. it's not expected to hit any major populated area. >> thank you. >> of course, 71% or so of the earth is water. so that's good. we like -- >> scientist when the this morning. knew it was coming? >> didn't you know, 71%, yes. so your chances are good. better than megamillions, of course. >> we had a good laugh this week about the fake glasses. >> you used his move. >> i stole it. >> got to use the fake glasses. all right, it's time for weather. let's get back to sam champion. it's a mixed bag and a lot of
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the country dealing with severe weather this weekend. >> reporter: yeah, and, whit, we started with epic flooding going on in parts of the country. now let's go to another long wave, large area heat wave that is in the northwest this time. so this is days and days of record-breaking heat and the heat they've been breaking in this area was from last year where we had hundreds of folks dying in that heat. so stay cool any way you can in the seattle area. you can see, get on the kayak, throw the ball at the kids in the water, but that excessive heat warning extends in all these areas, yakima to spokane to medford. these numbers are feeling like it's 104, 108. we have another 90-degree day in seattle tomorrow so looks like we may be breaking the record of the longest heat wave in that area. here are temperatures around so you can see from held that to 100 degrees to boise at about 99 by monday. reno, you're still staying near that 90-degree mark even on monday when we start to cool it down just a little bit, so there's an a
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>> reporter: after not winning the mega millions overnight, i was looking for some positive news, and, whit, you gave it to me. i'm not going to be hit by a rocketeikyod o a rocket. >> exactly, yes. >> everybody wins. >> the odds are good. and, by the way, i like the yakima, washington, heat shoutout by the way. that was my first television job in yakima, washington. knvo local news. >> reporter: was it really, whit? >> that's right. 11 at 11.
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>> reporter: i did not know that. >> yes. shoutout. all right, sam, as always, thank you. we'll talk to you in a bit. of course, lots of people went to sleep overnight hoping to wake up as america's newest billionaire from the mega millions jackpot. abc's ike ejiochi definitely one of them in washington with what we know this morning. it's obviously not us. that much we do know. >> reporter: that's right, whit. good morning. it truly was a drawing of a lifetime and this morning, we now know that there has been a jackpot winner, and just as you said, yeah, it's not me. now, that very lucky person bought that winning ticket for $1.28 billion in illinois. now, they're going to have the option to take 30 annual payments over 29 years or an immediate cash lump sum of just over $747 million. that's before taxes, of course. now, important to note most people do choose that lump sum, but, guys, this is huge. it's the second largest megamillions jackpot in history. now, as for other winners, anyone who wins a prize of $250,000 or greater, they can ask that their name and municipality be kept
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confidential. that's according to the illinois lottery, of course. now, the odds of winning this jackpot, they were slim. 1 in 303 million. you had a better chance of having a toilet-related injury, whatever that means, or even being named a saint, believe it or not. now, that huge mega millions jackpot really added to the state school aid fund. for every dollar spent on a lottery ticket, 61 cents went to the school fund. 28 cents went to obviously the school fund -- actually 61 cents went to the winner, that would be a little funny. 28 cents went to the school fund. 9 cents went to convenience stores and local businesses and of course, 2 cents went to the lottery. guys? >> how did you do that with a straight face? >> i want to know the odds of a toilet-related injury. i actually want to know that. we're going to have our team look into it. >> oh, my gosh. >> my gosh. >> we appreciate you very much. >> we heard nothing after the toilet. >> exactly. >> how does that injury work out?
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♪ you won't break my soul ♪ ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ "renaissance" just dropped and it's already breaking records. coming up in "pop news," will ganss will have all the details about the year's most anticipated music release. we were talking about it. picking favorites. good morning, america. flooding catastrophe. "alien superstar." >> that's your favorite. >> that's my jam. >> mine is "church girl." >> that's my jam. >> i had to like wait for the dad moment, sorry. let's take a look at some of the stories we're following happening right now. pope francis addressing the possibility of retirement due to his health issues. the pontiff was asked the question while on his way back to rome from h cadtrip and
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said that, while he sn't considered it for today, the door is always open, and maybe it's something he'll consider tomorrow adding, the lord will tell. also right now, the house passing legislation banning certain assault-style weapons. friday evening's final vote was 217-213. democrats pointing to the use of these weapons in recent mass shootings as reason to outlaw them. the bill is not expected to make it past the senate. and the last patient wounded in the may shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, has left the hospital and headed home. 10-year-old mayah zamora passed out roses as she made her way out. mayah spent more than two months recovering in the hospital, but after everything that community has been through, that is certainly a nice sight to see. >> really is. we start this half hour with will smith's first on camera apology since he slapped comedian chris rock on stage at the oscars four months ago. the actor also addressing a number of questions in his video posted to social media. alex presha joining us from
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outside the dolby theater in los angeles with more. alex, good morning. >> reporter: eva, good morning to you. it's been 125 days, 125 days since that now infamous slap. will smith speaking on it publicly in this video. take a listen for yourself. >> "i'm sorry" really isn't sufficient. i'm human, and i made a mistake. >> reporter: it was arguably the most shocking moment in oscar's history. will smith slapping chris rock at the 94th academy awards in front of millions of viewers. >> wow! >> reporter: now smith speaking out on camera about the incident for the first time. >> i am deeply remorseful. >> reporter: smith posting this video to his instagram page friday apologizing to rock and his family saying he reached out to the comedian but was told rock is not ready to speak to him yet. >> chris, i apologize to you.
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my behavior was unacceptable, and i'm here whenever you're ready to talk. >> the thought for a really long time was that he would do a high-profile sitdown, late-night interview. this is a way to control the narrative, and that feels very, very smart of will smith to do right now at this point in his career. >> reporter: that now infamous moment unfolded after rock made this joke about smith's wife jada who suffers from hair loss due to a medical condition called alopecia. rock's camp claiming he was unaware. >> jada, i love you. "g.i. jane 2." i can't wait to see it. all right? >> reporter: the slap leaving the audience stunned. just 45 minutes later smith went on to accept the award for best actor in a leading role. >> i'm being called on in my life. >> reporter: smith tearful but never apologizing to rock during hs acceptance speech. >> i was fogged out by that
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point. it's all fuzzy. i made a choice on my own. jada had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: in april, will smith resigned from the academy. he was banned from the oscars for the next decade. chris rock has not commented on the latest apology. the global box office superstar saying he's taken the past few months to reflect on his actions. >> there's no part of me that thinks that's the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insults. it hurts me psychologically and emotionally to know i didn't live up to people's image and impression of me. >> reporter: the motion picture academy banned smith for ten years, but he's still allowed to be nominated. his next film, "emancipation" coulbe reinr and alre buzz meaning if he does receive a nomination, he will not be permitted to attend next year's
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ceremony. eva? >> alex presha for us there, thank you. and joining us now is sirius xm radio host and abc contributor mike muse. thanks so much for being with us. okay, so will smith starts out that video by saying it's been a minute, but it's actually been four months. why do you think it took so long to get this apology? >> great question that you ask. i think that he needed time to figure out what was the best way to do it. we knew, speculation, the reports that he left the country to find self and go on this journey to look within to figure out why he reacted the way he did. i believe he probably needed to do some self-work, some internal work and get removed from the situation to figure out what happened because, eva, that was such a moment that happened in our history. an assault happened on national television, not just on hollywood's biggest night, but one of society's biggest nights that represents culture from a wide variety of places. >> looking at the apology that he put out there, it was to chris rock, but it was very public, not one-on-one, not a
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private apology. why do you think they did it publicly like that? >> all really great question. the one i couldn't figure out was why he felt the need to bring in chris rock's brother tony into the situation. i thought that it should have been more just geared towards chris but actually think he had to apologize publicly. this is definitely a private situation. i do hope they have a private conversation, but the public was impacted, eva. if you think about the conversation that happened on social media and in real life, you had some people acknowledging in a positive way what will smith did. they said if i would have been in that situation, i would have done the same thing to protect my partner, my wife, my girlfriend, and that was the danger in that action that you had the world's biggest star that people look up to doing a physical assault, so he needed to say to that public, that was unacceptable. in no place should assault ever take place because those young men, those young women don't have the resources or the privilege of celebrity that will does to get out of a situation that could lead to criminal action and their record.
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so that was importan >> mike muse, it's always nice to have your analysis. thanks for being with us. >> thank you so much, eva. >> time to send it back to janai. hey, janai. okay, now time for a check of the weather with sam out there in central park. sam? >> reporter: hey, janai, we'll talk a little more about flooding and we talked about the east side of flooding. now let's go to the west with some video you just really -- we don't get a chance to see this very often. look at the drone footage. and look at that red car right there. now we're going into that red car because what we have is body cam footage of four officers trying to help rescue a woman who was stranded in that car during a flood emergency. this is just incredible. you see the struggle to save this woman's life and those rushing floodwaters there. now there will be more flooding in that area today. it's one of the areas highlighted by us along that stationary front, but keep going because we've got it right there from flagstaff to albuquerque into that panhandle area of texas and oklahoma. this is the rain that is not in te area today for the flood
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zone of kentucky, but it moves back into the area tomorrow. could be 2 to 4 inches of rain in that area for the day tomorrow, and, again, it's the kind of thing we don't like to tell people where you've had flooding and you're going to get more flooding. it is a relatively beautiful morning right here in central park. but we will build some heat later on this afternoon back into the 80s for us. guys? >> all right, enjoy it while you can, sam. ane min nt asleep on the job. and the big merger between jetblue and spirit air and how it could affect your travel plans. if you don't repaint every now and then, it's like the old you is still hanging around. younger zoe: i'm listening to music.
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>> reporter: it's the last thing anyone wants to hear during an emergency. >> hello. >> reporter: a houston dispatcher allegedly falling asleep during the middle of a 911 call. >> i was walking my dog around the block from my home, and i came across a person that was in distress. >> reporter: that's when louis gonzalez made the 911 call. >> houston, 911, do you need medical, police or fire? >> medical. [ snoring sounds ] >> hello? >> yes, houston, 911, do you need medical, police or fire? >> medical. i just -- >> stay on the line for houston medical. >> reporter: gonzalez subsequently asking to speak to a supervisor after he said he heard the snoring. >> the call taker was asleep. he was snoring on the phone.
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>> in these situations that every second counts, so i wanted to make sure that this wasn't a reoccurring problem and that they would take care of it. >> reporter: the houston emergency center telling abc news hec is investigating the allegation of a sleeping call taker while on a 911 call and working to conclude the investigation at whic time appropriate personnel action will be taken as indicated by the investigation. the administration manager for the hec pointing to staffing shortages. employees are working longer hours to pick up the slack. >> right now we have about 140 call takers, but at the same time we're about 35% to 40% down. >> reporter: and it's not just houston. in recent years emergency call centers across the country have reported a similar problem, a decline in staffing. whit? >> all right, phil, thank you. that audio of the snoring, that was something else. all right.- coming up here on "good morning america," how the big jetblue and spirit merger could affect ticket prices.
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back now on "gma" with a big merger in the airline world you've probably heard about it. jetblue striking a deal to acquire spirit airlines. abc's transportation correspondent gio benitez looks at the potential impact for travelers and their pocketbooks. >> reporter: this morning with jetblue saying it's buying ultra low cost carrier spirit airlines, some major questions. is the u.s. airline industry about to see a major shift, and how will it affect you, the consumer? >> i think it's bad news for travelers. >> reporter: scott keyes, founder of scott's cheap flights, is one of the many
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concerned the move could raise ticket prices. >> competition between airlines is the single biggest determinant of how many cheap flights you see on any given route. >> reporter: he says spirit is an anchor in the airfare market with fares as low as $44 each way, but not including extras like a larger carry-on or seat assignment. keyes says big airlines like delta and american will lower their prices to compete with spirit on the same routes. >> they need to drop those fares to try to compete and get more customers. >> reporter: the announcement of the deal after rejecting another proposal from ultra low cost carrier frontier with frontier announcing a sale of 1 million seats for 19 bucks. jetblue's ceo robin hayes says the deal could be a solution to the lack of competition in the e our shared goal of disrupting the industry to bring down fares acquisition then what may be a
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tough regulatory review. the department of justice will look at the deal. >> they'll try to model what will happen with one fewer airline. what will that do to route structure, to load factors and capacity, to fares? >> reporter: now if this goes through, jetblue will gain spirit's planes, pilots and routes. what's not clear is if jetblue will keep spirit's low fares and that, of course, is something u.s. regulators will be looking at very closely, guys. >> regulators and travelers, our thanks to gio. and we will be back with our "play of the day." fairs, what u.s. regulators will look at closely. >> regulators and travelers, our thanks to gio. we will be back with our "play of the day." your photos with magic eraser photograph all skin tones accurately with real tone and last up to 72 hours with extreme battery saver it's all you want in a phone. google pixel 6a switch it up,
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he got some visitors, two very large moose, but he remained completely oblivious to it. sara cox saying after the moose left, she woke the man up and showed hip the video. needless to say, he was shocked at how close they came and said i'm not going to show my wife this video. turns out his wife has seen it now. >> i'm jealous of his napping ability. >> ability to sleep. >> he is an expert napper is exactly what he's doing. >> wonder if he had sunscreen on. >> yeah, and this tells us that he's a dad, right? a parent needs that kind of sleep. >> that is a dad. i'm working on that status. it might take me a few years. good stuff. all right, coming up on "gma" in our second hour, those devastating floods in kentucky we're watching claiming more lives. our live report as officials assess the destruction. our "gma" cover story, singing superstar shakira's legal battle, potentially facing an eight-year prison sentence for allegations of tax fraud. and then it's "deals & steals." we're helping you turn back the clock with loads of skin care
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fundraiser. justin sutherland suffered injuries to his face and arm after a boating accident. now fieri is stepping into help with medical expenses. he has invited 10 celebrity chefs to his home next month. they will all receive a special culinary demonstration. you can get your tickets for the fundraiser until august 3. starting out pretty dreary this morning, lisa. lisa: all the crowd -- cloud cover all over the state of california. low cloudsoadsreedp ong thebay,e in walnut creek. partly sunny. upper 50's downtown. mid 50's in san jose. lake tahoe in the low 50's. air quality for the most part is good. later on today, a little bit of haze in the upper levels.
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65 in the delta. the wind has been breezy, keeping our air quality good. mid to upper 60's, partly cloudy skies. mid 80's in livermore. the seven-day forecast looking at slightly more humid weather tomorrow, chance of a thunderstorm. a bit warmer through the week inland. >> the news continues now with good morning america. see you in another half hour for another news update. seen this ad? it's not paid for by california tribes. it's paid for by the out of state gambling corporations that wrote prop 27. it doesn't tell you 90% of the profits go to the out of state corporations. a tiny share goes
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good morning, america. good morning, america. it's our second hour. deadly flooding, disaster declared in kentucky as the death toll continues to rise. at least six children among those killed in the massive flooding. already hard-hit communities bracing for more rain. sam champion is tracking the latest. >> economic roller coaster. consumer spending is up and wall street seeing gains, this as gdp falls and inflation rises. what it all means for your wallet. ♪>> sh battle. prosecutors seeking an eight-year prison term, inside tax fraud allegations against the global
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