ron desantis officially enters the race, announcing he's running for president. but the biggest moment in his political career overshadowed by technical glitches. his opponents pouncing on the twitter launch, even uniting president biden and former president trump. remembering the queen of rock n roll. rolling on the real tina turner passing away at the age of 83. her gritty voice and personal struggles providing unmistakable music for generations. how the world is celebrating the singer's legendary career debt ceiling showdown. lawmakers signal progress with talks, but a deal is unlikely before they leave town for the holiday. what it means for the government's

default deadline. plus, be warned, experts sounding the alarm about a rise in bee attacks. what's behind the swarming surge? a zoo in florida apologizing after facing backlash over its handling of an endangered species. and a paralyzed man walking again. how artificial intelligence is putting his thoughts into action . an. from abc news this is america this morning. good morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with the unconventional campaign kickoff by florida governor ron desantis. delayed by glitches. desantis announced his bid for the white house live on twitter alongside elon musk. but the audio stream was plagued by technical issues, crashing repeatedly as more than a half million people tried to listen in. abc's linsey watts joins us now with the latest. good morning, lindsay. good morning, andrew. this live stream was full of glitchy audio and silence overshadowing ron

desantis 2024 campaign launch, which florida governor ron desantis announcement on twitter that he's running for president eventually became a discussion on policy and culture war issues. truth needs to be our foundation. common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue. and in florida, we proved it could be done. desantis didn't mention his chief republican rival, former president trump, but he took direct shots at president joe biden. biden's pursuit inflationary policies that are hurting working people . we will reverse those policies , and we'll build an economy where working americans can achieve a good standard of living. plans for the announced that were initially derailed by massive technical glitches on twitter's audio platform for 21 minutes, the feed included silence and crackling audio. the site's owner, elon musk, who was hosting the event, could be heard saying so many people were logged in, twitter's servers were melting. i think we got a just a massive number of people

online, so it's servers are straining somewhat. some of desantis opponents were quick to mock the technical difficulties . the trump campaign labeled the launch ron's disaster. president biden tweeted the caption, this link works, leading people to his fundraising campaign. the democratic national committee writing in a statement in true ron desantis fashion, his presidential launch was quite literally not ready for prime time. and during an appearance on fox news last night, the show's host poking fun at the rocky rollout. fox news will not crash during this interview, but desantis voicing optimism, saying the number of listeners was an example of the enthused chiasm around his campaign. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. desantis joins a republican field that trails trump significantly in the polls , including senator tim scott, who made his first campaign stop yesterday holding a town hall in iowa, and nikki haley holding an

event in new hampshire, accusing desantis of, quote, copying trump. he needs to be his own person. he needs to get out there and say what he believes, what he thinks. if he's just going to be an echo to trump people just vote for trump and meanwhile, the superpac supporting desantis presidential run is ramping up, hiring dozens of staffers across 18 states. andrew lindsey, thank you. now to the tributes pouring in for tina turner. the music legend passed away yesterday at the age of 83. an overnight, some of the biggest names in music, sports and television honored the queen of rock and roll. what's love got to do? got to do with it. tina turner was an icon. you're simply the best. born anna mae bullock when she was only 17, she began performing with ike turner under the name little ann . ike would give her the name tina and the two would begin a marriage that would last over 15 years, working for the man every

night and day. but throughout all of the public success she dealt with the physical and emotional abuse of her husband, ike. my life with ike was one that a lot of maybe people are familiar with the husbands that that is that practice brutality . she in july of 1976, she would leave ike with just $0.36 to her name. she spent the next years playing clubs as her solo career failed to take off. but her cover of al green's let's stay together in 1983 became a hit, landing her a record deal. the following year, her album private dancer, would bring her back into the spotlight. what's love got to do? got to do with it. at 45 years old, turner was a superstar. she would star in mad max beyond thunderdome. and i say that this man has broken the law play sold out stadiums. she she would even record a bond

theme. goldeneye my place or never. she would find love again to with german record executive erwin bach. the two together for more than 35 years. in her last years, she battled high blood pressure for just a few months ago, she posted on instagram on world kidney day saying, my kidneys are victims of my not realizing that my high blood pressure should have been treated with conventional medicine. so many are reacting to her passing in new york, the apollo theater marquee lit up in her honor. mariah carey writing to me, she will always be a survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere. tina turner was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame twice, once with ike turner and then later as a solo performer. her family says there will be a private funeral attended by close friends and family. the nation's credit worthiness is on shaky ground with the deadline to raise the debt ceiling exactly one week away. fitch, a major ratings agency, put the country's high credit rating on

watch for a possible downgrade. treasury secretary has said that the us could default on its bills as soon as june first. lawmakers are heading home for the holiday weekend and president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are still not seeing eye to eye. will not raise taxes and he's asked for taxes every single day and there will not be a tax increase in this bill. and we have to spend less than we spent last year. it does appear in increasingly likely that house republicans want set a dangerous default. they want to crash the economy and they want to trigger a job killing recession. traders on wall street are getting more anxious, too. the dow has closed lower for four days in a row, dropping about 250 points yesterday. one of the more recognizable figures from the january 6th riot will serve four and a half years in prison. richard barnett is best known for posing with his foot on then-speaker nancy pelosi's desk. he later autographed and

even sold copies of that photo. barnett's defense insisted he was not violent that day. turning to the holiday travel rush getting underway now, triple a is predicting one of the busiest travel weekends since before the pandemic. experts are advising allow plenty of time and stay calm. this morning, the travel rush for memorial day weekend is officially underway with today being the busiest day of the holiday at the airports. a lot of traffic coming in. so i'm glad we're here early. 42 million americans are expected to travel over the next several days with 3.4 million of them taking to the air. and passengers are bracing for big crowds of anxious travelers. officials are warning that incidents like these are on the rise. while my dads are here, two people were arrested at baggage claim after this brawl at chicago o'hare airport monday and after so many staffing, weather and technical issues in the industry, the question is whether airlines are ready for the summer season. we have a lot more people than last year. we learned a lot over the pandemic . and when the storms hit, big

thing for us is making sure that we have a plan built that's resilient. the number of people hitting the roads is up only 6% from last year, despite much lower gas prices, the average price is likely to be $0.75 to $1. and $0.25 below that of last year. and for people crossing state lines, there may be an opportunity to squeeze out even more savings. states see incredible volatility between them in gasoline prices by crossing a state boundary occasioned early. you can notice difference of 20 to $0.50 a gallon. so as a motorist, my first tip is certainly to shop around, use an app like gasbuddy or google or waze, especially before you cross out of a state to make sure that there you aren't leaving behind the lower gas prices. experts also recommend slowing down and making sure your tires are fully inflated to help fuel conservation in guam suffered widespread damage and power outages during its direct hit from a typhoon packing 140 mile per hour winds. and despite that, the us pacific island

seems to have suffered no deaths. some areas received more than two feet of rain. a us aircraft carrier and other ships are now headed to guam to help in the recovery efforts there. it is time now for a look at your morning weather. morning. it looks like another stormy day on the florida peninsula there will be flooding and locally severe thunderstorms. but there's a little bit more than that going on here in the southeast us coast. a surge of tropical moisture over the next couple of days could fuel a tropical system here off the carolina coast into the upcoming weekend. a low chance for tropical development there, which is going to give a pretty soggy and windy weekend south of washington, d.c. your weekend weather looks good in the great lakes. stormy on the plains. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin corcoran. news from la. the hunt for a suspect after a bus driver is attacked. also ahead, the miami zoo apologizing over its

treatment of a kiwi. why zoo officials faced backlash from new zealand and why experts are now sounding the alarm about bee attacks on the rise

business. gma seven eight this week. back now with breaking news in los angeles where police are searching for a man accused of stabbing a metro bus driver in the neck, leaving him in critical condition. the mayor calling it a heinous act of violence. officials say the driver was attacked and they got into an argument on the bus. and zoo officials in miami are apologizing for the treatment of a kiwi. the zoo heard outcry from people in new zealand after video that was posted online showed guests petting the bird in a bright enclosure. despite the bird being nocturnal. the kiwi is the national bird in new zealand. well, after the outcry, the zoo said guests will no

longer pet the bird and it will get a darker habitat. new zealand's prime minister thanked the zoo for taking their concerns seriously. from kiwis to bees because we're in the midst of a swarming season. abc's andrea fujii has all the buzz on why experts say bee attacks are on the rise. this morning, experts are sounding the alarm. this is the season for swarming about bees. in recent weeks across several states, humans and animals have been stung in multiple attacks, literally thousands at least a thousand on me, and at least 2 or 3000 flying around the area while out for some exercise. john fisher and his dog were swarmed by hundreds of bees outside phenix earlier this week. surveillance video shows him trying to fight the bees off . and when emergency crews arrived, even they got attacked before spraying him down. they were all over my arms, all over my face, all over my back. fisher was stung 250 times. his dog pippin, 50. they're now recovering from their wounds in

california. last week, tommy baker was trying to clear a beehive himself outside los angeles when a swarm attacked him. time to get out of here. got to the point i couldn't see very far in front of me. there were so many bees just swirling around. bees followed him and his neighbor's dog. he was covered head to toe. the dog chants died days later. so why all these dangerous bee attacks? experts say it's seasonal, with weather playing a big role throughout the state of california. we've had a lot of rain and increased rainfall. can lead to a boom in bee populations. and experts say increased rainfall means more blooming flowers feeding the bee population, which is not typically aggressive. but can be when feeling threatened. so if you are swarmed by bees, run away as far as you can, as fast as you can run away, do not stay still or play dead. cover your face and ears and find shelter.

experts also warn not to jump into water if you're being chased by bees because bees can wait for you to come up for air and there's a likelihood you could drown. an the good news is the swarming season wraps up toward the end of summer when there is not as much nectar for the bees to feed on. andrew rhiannon all good advice. andrea thank you. coming up, the breakthrough using ai, helping a paralyzed man walk. also ahead, the mystery at daycare after a child is shot from somewhere. and authorities revealing new details about where the bullet may have come from. that's next

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