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>> will: holiday heat wave. 60 million americans under alerts. the massive heat dome killing more than a dozen people so far. scorching temperatures now spreading east and west. our weather team tracking the dangerous situation. >> will: scare in the air. passengers hitting the ceiling on board a hawaiian airlines plane rocked by severe turbulence. >> we were all screaming, and everybody was in a lot of shock. >> will: the injuries to passengers and crew. >> janai: election pressure? multiple sources telling abc news donald trump allegedly pressured then-governor doug ducey to overturn the state's 2020 election results. how trump's campaign is responding. >> gio: malaria alert. cases found in florida and texas for the first time in 20 years. >> i was just wondering, what's going on? why am i sick? >> gio: efforts under way to stem the spread. how to protect yourself. >> will: new night of protests
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in france. acts of arson and looting with hundreds of people arrested. following the police shooting of a teenager. president macron canceling a state visit. >> janai: catalytic converter crackdown. the expensive car part netting thieves millions of dollars. the new arrests aimed at putting the brakes on the business. >> gio: ride dangers. this young boy plunging off a zip line in mexico. just the latest accident at an amusement park. the words of caution for the summer season. ♪ shut up and drive ♪ >> will: and start your engines. nascar revs up in chicago, taking it to the streets. >> janai: good morning, america. thank you for starting your sunday with us as we're hanging out with will while whit takes some much much deserved time off.
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this holiday weekend the intense heat is raging from coast to coast. an oppressive wave of sweltering weather that's already killed 14 people. >> will: we'll have more on that coming up, but we begin with breaking news overnight. a mass shooting in baltimore, maryland. >> gio: yet another shooting. multiple deaths reported with dozens of people injured. a large police and emergency medical response at the scene as you can imagine. abc's ike ejiochi is in baltimore right now. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a tragic start to the fourth of july weekend here in baltimore. two people dead and 28 others injured from this shooting. as law enforcement are already on high alert for that typical surge of silence that we see on holiday weekends. >> i got one chest wound. we need a medic. >> reporter: overnight, chaos in baltimore, two people died and 28 others injured. gunfire erupting as hundreds gathered for an event in brooklyn homes. witnesses saying that they heard
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as many as 30 shots an affiliate. police say an 18-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. >> oh, my god. why? why? why? >> i need somebody down here, okay? >> reporter: nine people transported to the hospital. 20 more went to the hospital on their own. one man was later pronounced dead and three victims are still in critical condition. >> this is an extensive crime scene. our detectives are going to be here quite a while. >> reporter: authorities have not released information about a suspect or a possible motive. >> we're going to be here until we find him and hold him accountable or until they are held accountable for the actions they took because we cannot rest until they do so. >> reporter: law enforcement officials says they'll be on scene here for a while investigating this massive crime scene. as of now no word on a suspect or a possible motive. back to you. >> all right, ike ejiochi at the scene of yet another mass shooting. ike, thank you. we'll move to our other top story. 60 million americans under alerts due to feels-like temperatures in the triple digits, but with heat waves
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building in the east and west, abc's elwyn lopez is in atlanta with more. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: hey, will, good morning. here in atlanta, we are under a heat advisory until this evening. that heat forcing atlanta zoo to close a few hours earlier than usual on friday, but now they're back to business. but it's not just the peach state enduring those high temperatures. this morning, the sweltering heat smothering at least 14 states. heat alerts impacting more than 60 million people from southern oregon into southern arizona, and from texas to north carolina this holiday weekend. at least 14 people have died in this big heat dome across the south. >> it's a lot. the first heat wave of the summer and it's definitely intense. >> reporter: many avoiding the dangerous, unrelenting heat by steering clear of the outdoors. >> we're going to be inside all day and keep drinking and eating. that's what we're doing. >> reporter: in california, triple-digit heat postponing events like this farmer's market out of concerns for safety.
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>> you're sitting there, and as a vendor, entertainment attendees, you know that asphalt magnifies, you know, 20, 30 degrees. >> reporter: first responders encouraging people who do venture outdoors to stay hydrated. >> i've seen a lot of dehydration. >> reporter: and this weekend, georgia seeing its first heat wave of the season. temperatures soaring into the mid-90s. the scorching temps prompting officials in atlanta to open cooling centers like this one. >> i didn't expect it to be this bad. >> reporter: and guys, the good news is that here things have cooled off quite a bit due to the rain, but experts suggest that if you do go outside, to avoid the hottest hours of the day. that's typically between noon and 4:00 p.m. janai? >> janai: we know how dangerous the heat can be. elwyn, thank you. now let's see where that heat is heading. somara theodore is here. we have been saying we wanted that heat, it is headed our way. >> somara: that's right. to the east coast, and this heat
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dome is relentless. take a look right now. areas like dallas-fort worth still in the hot zone, but if you look farther east, raleigh, north carolina, on tuesday, july 4th, it'll feel like 103 degrees. new orleans still in the hot zone with this triple -- sorry. triple-digit temperatures for heat index values, and then on the west coast, you're looking at major heat as well. up into portland, 97 degrees on july 4th. that could be a record-breaker and while we're not in the triple digits, this part of the country, they're not as likely to see ac in homes. it's important that folks are staying cool. gio? >> gio: stay safe and stay hydrated. somara, thank you. now to that frightening bout of severe turbulence on a hawaiian airlines flight. several flight attendants and passengers injured. three people hospitalized. abc's jaclyn lee joins us with more. good morning, jaclyn. >> reporter: gio, good morning. yes, absolutely terrifying moments up in the air. the passengers are expected to be okay, but now it's up to the faa to figure out what happened. this morning, scare in the air as turbulence busted open the
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ceiling of this hawaiian airlines plane. oxygen masks deployed. one passenger seen here holding an ice pack on their head. >> the plane just dropped. we weren't prepared. >> reporter: this woman was on the hawaiian airlines flight with her husband and four children when the chaos erupted. people flying out of their chairs. you can see a mark here from where someone banged into the ceiling. >> there was a man in front of us who had gone all the way up, hit his head on the roof, and then dropped back down. >> reporter: the faa now investigating as seven fliers, four passengers, and three flight attendants now recover from their injuries. >> we don't have any indication as of yet of what precisely caused this turbulence, but usually when this sort of thing happens in an oceanic environment, it was because it was at night and the crew did not see a buildup of clouds ahead of it. >> reporter: this comes amid a record-breaking july 4th holiday. on friday, tsa screening an all-time high of 2.8 million passengers.
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airlines starting to get back to normal after a brutal travel week filled with delays and cancellations. >> ten minutes before we were supposed to start to board and they just got over the intercom and said, the flight to indiana is canceled. i was, like, you're kidding. >> reporter: the united airlines ceo, the airline with the most disruptions, sending a letter to employees calling it, one of the most operationally challenging weeks i've experienced in my entire career. and in a statement, hawaiian airlines say they conducted a thorough inspection of the plane before boarding and they say their immediate priority is for the passengers that were affected. janai? >> janai: not what you want to hear on a busy travel weekend. jaclyn, thank you. we turn to the new allegations that former president trump tried to pressure the governor of arizona to overturn his state's vote in the 2020 election. abc's alex presha joins us now from washington with the latest on those new election interference claims. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yes, multiple sources telling abc news that it wasn't just
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georgia, but also arizona where the former president tried to apply pressure to overturn the 2020 election results, and all this is playing out as trump is currently on the campaign trail for 2024. this morning, new allegations detailing just how far former president trump went to try to overturn the 2020 election. multiple sources telling abc news, trump allegedly pressured arizona's then-governor to overturn the state's election results. as first reported by "the washington post," trump allegedly called former governor doug ducey to speak about the more than 10,000 votes he lost by, insisting if the state found enough voter fraud, it could swing the election in his favor. abc news also learning, trump dispatched former vice president mike pence to pressure ducey into finding fraudulent votes. pence reportedly called ducey multiple times following the election, but did not follow trump's orders, and when no fraud was found, the pressure from trump continued. that "hail to the chief" ring tone was trump again calling ducey as ducey was certifying the state's election in front of
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cameras. ducey, muting the call later confirming it was trump on the other end of the line. pence's team has declined to comment. a spokesperson for ducey says, the governor stands by his actions to certify the election and considers the issue to be in the rear-view mirror. trump's campaign tells abc news the allegations are part of witch-hunts designed to interfere and meddle in the 2024 election. trump has been accused of election interference before. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: he's currently under investigation for this phone call to georgia secretary of state, accused of meddling in that contest, something he denied again during a rally this weekend. and that georgia case is expected to continue into the summer. the prosecutor there hinting that any indictment would likely come as soon as august. janai? >> janai: we knew about those reported claims in georgia, but again these are new claims in arizona. alex, thank you for that.
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let's bring in abc's chief washington correspondent, jonathan karl, and host of "this week" to talk about all of this. jon, what do you make of the new election interference allegations against the former president? >> jonathan: i think this is central to the case against donald trump in the january 6th investigation. i have in the past reported extensively including writing essentially a book about it, what donald trump did to try to pressure republicans in the states he lost to overturn the election. we know about georgia because of that call. you see the details here on arizona. he was also doing it in wisconsin, in michigan, and pennsylvania, pushing republicans who were in positions of power in those state legislatures to overturn the will of the state -- the state voters in those states, and fortunately, janai, those republicans in each of those states refused to go along with it. the haunting question though is, what would have happened if they did his bidding, if they actually tried to overturn those elections?
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and that's the big question in this investigation. >> janai: and it certainly makes you wonder how persistent he may have been when you see that clip of governor ducey as he was certifying the results and gets that call. what do you just make of that image itself? >> jonathan: i mean, it's remarkable. you have to just think about that for a moment. that is literally at the moment that ducey is signing the certification of arizona's election results. that is at that moment. that shows that it literally went up to the last second, and to governor ducey, who was a republican who voted for and supported trump to his credit, he put that call to voicemail. >> janai: hearing that "hail to the chief," and jon, i know you're talking to vice president pence later this morning as he was also allegedly asked by the former president to call ducey. now, let's turn to the other big political story this weekend, the landmark supreme court rulings on affirmative action, lgbtq-plus rights and student loan for forgiveness. we've got a new abc/ipsos poll out this morning giving us a
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sense of how americans are responding. >> jonathan: most americans now believe that the justices are acting on the basis of politics primarily and not on the basis of law. very interesting finding there. perhaps not surprising given how controversial these last decisions were, and how divided the reaction were the decisions. we'll have more details and surprising details from that poll. and janai, very interestingly, this court was actually much less divided than the previous court and much less divided than people expected. in fact, the vast majority of decisions in this court were either unanimous or nearly unanimous. that's either 9-0 or 8-1. >> janai: wow, you've got to lot to dive into this morning, jon, and we're looking forward to it. thank you so much for being with us. tune into "this week" later this morning when jon as i mentioned speaks with former vice president pence about the supreme court and his visit to ukraine. plus, representative ro khanna of california reacts to the
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student loan forgiveness plan. will? >> will: a new night of widespread protests in france after rioting after police shot and killed a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. the teen's funeral drawing large crowds on saturday. abc's ines de la cuetara has the latest from paris. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, will, and a fifth consecutive night of violence across france. there was slightly less violence last night, but we were here and there was still a heavy police presence. we did see protesters clashing with police. the big flash points last night were farther south. rioters setting buildings and cars on fire, and even looting stores in some cases. the violence ignited on tuesday after police shot and killed a 17-year-old identified as niall. he was laid to rest on saturday in a private ceremony. prosecutors say he was shot after he failed to stop his car when he was asked to do so by police, but he was of north african descent, and so that has raised questions as to whether
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race may have played a factor here. the officer has been charged with voluntary homicide. 45,000 officers deployed last night to restore order. over 700 people arrested as of this morning. close to 3,000 detained since this first began, and the french president canceling a planned state visit to germany. his ministers are also being asked to remain in paris. this morning, macron once again holding crisis meetings. gio? >> gio: unbelievable images from france. thank you so much. we have news overnight of another attack on the ukrainian city of kyiv. ukrainian military officials are reporting that russia launched an overnight drone attack on the city after a 12-day break. it seems eight drones were launched, all of them were shot down. this comes as u.s. officials confirm that cia director william burns recently visited ukraine meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy and ukrainian intelligence officials. janai? >> janai: all right, gio. back here at home now to the new health alert from the cdc. this after five confirmed cases
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of malaria in two states. abc's reena roy joins us with more on this rare health advisory. reena, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning to you. this is the first time we've seen malaria acquired locally here in the u.s. since 2003, and now the cdc is out with this rare health advisory. in texas, one man speaking out about his experience with the serious disease. this morning, for the first time in 20 years, the cdc sounding the alarm about locally acquired malaria cases here in the u.s. four cases of the mosquito-borne disease detected in florida and one in texas. national guardsman christopher shingler tells us he became patient zero in texas while stationed at the texas/mexico border back in early may. >> i started having fevers and vomiting, and that was the first time i went to the hospital. >> reporter: he was working on the rio grande river where he was heavily bitten by bugs including mosquitos. a week and a half later, he says the symptoms began. the 21-year-old tells us he was
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initially misdiagnosed with a viral infection and sent home to recover. >> after another week, it was not getting better at all. >> reporter: that's when he went to the e.r. again in early june, diagnosed with malaria. mosquito control trucks now spotted on florida's gulf coast. crews spraying affected areas. some residents taking extra precautions. >> i have had to be more careful using mosquito repellent which i never used to do. >> reporter: the cdc says malaria is serious and potentially fatal if left untreated. officials calling this a medical emergency that should be urgently evaluated within 24 hours of symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, body aches and fatigue. >> the people who are at highest risk are infants, the elderly, people with weakened immune systems, pregnant individuals, and people who may not have access to health care. >> reporter: now the cdc says despite these five cases, the risk of locally acquired malaria remains extremely low in the u.s., and that cases in florida
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and texas do not appear to be related, guy >> janai: that's even more alarming though that the cases don't appear to be related. >> gio: that's what i thought. being from florida, we always see cases coming around from mosquitos and things. really protect yourself. take it seriously, because obviously this can have an effect. >> will: that's five cases that we know about. >> gio: exactly. exactly. >> will: it could be more widespread. reena, thank you. we'll be on the lookout for malaria in the u.s. who would have thought? time now for the weather and somara theodore. >> somara: good morning, will. hey, guys. so it has been really active over the last 24 hours. so much that we saw over 200 wind reports yesterday, but the tornadoes, they were actually hanging out in canada. this is alberta, canada. take a look at this dynamic video of this tornado rotating here. you can really see its form whipping up all that dust around that. something so interesting to see. it gets pretty active up there in alberta. here at home we have the threa for some isolated tornadoes,
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specifically in kentucky. almost the entire state under enhanced risk for severe weath today, and we're going to continue to see the i-95 corridor not only under severe risk today, but also tomorrow we have a threatfor severe weather. damaging winds, large hail, and the whole gamut. tuesday night at 7:00 p.m., we see that threat move into the plains. there we could see isolated tornadoes erupting. so this is something to think about because it's going to be taking place on independence day during the evening hours. that's a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's going on a litt gloria: good sunday morning there is a heat advisory through today but temperatures not quite as hot as yesterday. they range from 60's at the beaches to near 100 inland. san francisco really nice and comfortable at 71. oakland, 79. san jose, 92 degrees. it will cool down a little bit tomorrow into the fourth of july, but by next weekend, we will be below average.
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>> somara: and you know what's so interesting? my weather producer was just bringing me up to speed, like, somara, canada sees the second most tornadoes behind the u.s. isn't that interesting? >> will: i would have never guessed that. i guess there are plains in canada, winnipeg. >> somara: the prairies out there in alberta. >> janai: and so many areas that may have their fourth of july spectacular impacted by severe weather. got to be on alert for that. >> somara: for sure. >> will: thank you so much. now, if you were scrolling twitter yesterday and you got a message that said, rate limit exceeded, you weren't alone, and that was on purpose. twitter users spent saturday reporting problems on the site after owner elon musk said he had implemented new temporary restrictions on how many tweets users can view. first, musk announced that everyone would need a twitter account to view any tweet, and then that verified accounts could read a max of 6,000 posts per day, and a limit of just 600 posts for unverified counts.
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throughout the day, he increased those limits multiple times ultimate reaching 10,000 and 1,000 respectively. he said the limits were imposed to adress data scraping and system manipulation. >> gio: a lot of people were worked up about this yesterday. >> will: i'm scrolling twitter and i'm, like, i want more. >> gio: you hit your limit? >> will: i hit my limit. >> janai: how long were you on twitter? >> will: 600 posts. i'm unverified now. >> janai: i wondered, like, is he trying to help some of us stay off of twitter? >> will: that would be nice. i could use a litttle less twitter in my life. >> janai: that makes all of us. >> will: and there were two major busts across the u.s. as police try to get a handle on thieves stealing catalytic converters. that's coming up. >> janai: yep, and a 6-year-old plunges from an amusement park zip line. unbelievable video. how he survived, and what you need to know about those popular thrill rides. >> gio: so scary, and where to go for summer travel bargains. believe it or not, it is not too late. we're going to hear from one of the top bargain air fare experts. we'll be right back.
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building a better bay area moving forward. finding solutions this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm gloria rodriguez. san francisco police are asking anybody with information about an overnight shooting to come forward after a man was killed in the bay view. it happened on third street and kirkwood avenue shortly before 1130 last night. investigators say when officers got there, they found the man with gunshot wounds in. emergency crews administered medical aid. he died at the scene. no arrests have been made. let's get a check of that forecast right now with francis lawson. francis >> hi, gloria. good morning, everyone. well, it's already 72 degrees in brentwood, so, you know, it's going to get hot inland once again. milder, though, at the beaches, half moon bay. 55 degrees. so temperatures will be a little bit cooler. but they range from
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in the big easy, new orleans. coming up, we'll have more from my time at the festival as short as it was, and the panel i got to moderate on the power of sisterhood. it was in and out of new orleans, but guys, i told you this morning. they had to basically roll me out of there. i was so full, so full. oh, the food. >> gio: you even took a flight delay. you even had to deal with that. >> janai: i did. >> will: seems like you had a great time. >> gio: let's take a look at the other big stories we're following on this sunday morning. happening right now, a mass shooting in baltimore overnight leaving at least two people dead and another 28 injured, including three people in critical condition. an 18-year-old female and a 20-year-old male were killed. police say gunfire erupted as hundreds gathered for a block party in the neighborhood of brooklyn homes. no word on a possible motive or suspect. >> will: also right now, at least 51 people are dead and dozens of others injured after a truck plowed into other vehicles and a marketplace in kenya. the accident happened northwest
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the accident happened northwest of the country's capital, nairobi, and crews say the rain there is hampering rescue efforts. they believe there are more people trapped in the rubble and possibly in their cars. >> janai: still overseas, terrifying moments of tourists on this boat near the greek island of rhodes. the wooden boat becoming engulfed in flames just a half hour after starting its tour. officials say all of the passengers and crew were evacuated safely, but that boat, absolutely destroyed. >> will: that's terrifying. >> janai: absolutely. >> will: let's start this half hour with the cities cracking down on thieves stealing catalytic converters. some big busts were just announced, and here's zohreen shah to take a look at how you can protect your cars. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: this is a big problem that can virtually hit any car owner and that is because the catalytic converter is an exposed part of the car. places like monkey's muffler where we are, they get about 50 calls a day about replacements.
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but across the country, laws regarding catalytic converters are changing and officials are making major arrests. this morning, a major crime ring including the man in this video behind bars after undercover police cameras caught him stealing this catalytic converter. the philadelphia police dismantling the 11-person organized ring who they say sold over $8 million in catalytic converters to the tdi towing company. police say the alleged thieves then resold the catalytic converters with major markups. >> our goal here was to try to take down an entire organization. if we can eliminate that demand, then there will be no need for supply, and the cutters will stop cutting these converters. >> reporter: in chicago, authorities charged two men after over 200 catalytic converters were found in humboldt park. >> last year carfax took a look at millions of service records, and we determined that there were as many as 153,000 stolen in 2022. >> reporter: from city to city,
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the thefts are happening, and authorities are fighting back. 39 states have proposed bills just this year about upping requirements for people selling catalytic converters to slapping penalties on unauthorized sellers and buyers. 12 of them became law. in los angeles, lapd's etching vin numbers onto catalytic converters to deter thieves. car shop owners in the city tell us the thieves go after catalytic converters because of the minerals and metals inside. >> they can sell it for up to $1,500 each one depending on how much of the metals are inside. >> reporter: it can be easy for thieves to snip off from certain cars and run off with. what's the record time for stealing one of these? >> i've heard 18 seconds. >> reporter: 18 seconds? >> 18 seconds. >> reporter: you barely look over and it's gone. so fast. i was in the store yesterday when a repairman took out one of these in less than 20 seconds, and i just spoke to a man who said he has had three catalytic converters stolen from his car.
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he finally put a cage over it, but a few years went by and it was stolen a fourth time. one solution is comprehensive insurance coverage, but the man i spoke to said he's looking to buy a car that's less appealing to thieves. janai? >> janai: incredible how fast that can happen. zohreen, we appreciate those folks at monkey's muffler. thank you for that reporting. now to a look at how to stay safe at amusement parks this summer after a young boy -- watch this video -- plunged off a zip line ride in mexico. so scary. abc's mona kosar abdi joins us with more from coney island, new york. mona, good morning to you. just terrifying. >> reporter: janai, good morning. it is indeed because adventure and amusement parks like the one behind me are a summer staple, a great and thrilling way for a family activity, but recent incidences at several area parks have put a spotlight on safety and how to protect your family. this morning, a terrifying drop
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after a 6-year-old fell 40 feet from a zip line in monterey, mexico. watch here as the young boy accompanied by another adult proceeds down the zip line and slows to a stop. and then suddenly the boy falls. splashing into the water below, remarkably walking away unharmed. a similarly terrifying incident back here at home last month in castle rock, colorado. a zip line guide was assisting a 10-year-old child when he was hit at over 30 miles per hour by another zip liner. >> i just kind of grabbed him, spun around, and took the impact because i lost consciousness as soon as i took the impact, so i was just kind of hanging there limp in the harness. >> reporter: these recent close calls as millions head out to amusement attractions nationwide. experts say as you join in on all the fun, make sure to also do your homework. >> find out if this park has had inspections, has had operation reviews, is insured for the activity that you're about to do. >> reporter: just a couple of days ago, a roller coaster in
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north carolina closing due to a crack in the structure as seen in these photos. and a little over a year ago, 14-year-old tyrese sampson fell to his death from a freefall ride at an amusement park in orlando. >> i want the ride gone, gone because it shouldn't have taken a child. >> reporter: early this year park officials removing that ride altogether. as you do your research, experts also advising just make sure to follow any safety guidelines closely. and guys, experts cannot stress enough it is very, very important to adhere to any height and weight restrictions and also use your best judgment when picking rides to enjoy. gio? >> gio: really do your research. really ask those questions. all right, mona, thank you so much for that. time again now for the weather and somara theodore is here, and you're back in canada. i'm guessing smoke. >> somara: we've got the heat, the storms, and now we're talking about this air quality that is still diminished in many areas, but in the heart of it, toronto, canada, right now
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ranking around the sixth worst air quality for major cities around the world. here's a look at the air quality on the east coast this morning. where you are looking at these orange dots, that's where we have unhealthy for sensitive groups. that includes new york city, into parts of connecticut. parts of vermont though just downright unhealthy. those red dots there, you want to limit time outdoors and stay inside as much as you can. here's some good news. we'll start to see reprieve with that rain moving through overnight. we clear out on the east coast, but look back farther west into the midwest, we could see more haze as we head into monday frances: hi. we have a shallow marine layer which will help temperatures come down a little bit compared to yesterday, but it is still going to be hot near 100 inland. 70 said 80's around the >> >> somara: and believe it or not right now, we have over 150 -- 550 fires burning in canada
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right now, and so, you know, this smoke, even though it's moving out on the east coast, we have more filtering into areas like chicago and parts of the midwest. >> janai: somara, it's important how meteorologists are because my 5-year-old now -- i was out of town last week and i was talking to him, and he said, how's the air quality where you are? >> somara: wow. >> janai: the kids are listening, and it's impacting when they can go outside and play and all those things. >> somara: that's so valid. >> janai: thank you for what you do. >> will: good stuff. coming up on "gma," summer's here, but it is not too late to plan a vacation. a travel expert joins us with some advice. >> gio: and we're putting pedal to the metal here on the streets of chicago for nascar's first ever street race. stick around here on "gma." >> janai: vroom vroom. here on " >> janai: vroom vroom. ver street race. stick around here on "gma." >> janai: vroom vroom. what're y? i'm protecting my car. that's too much work. weathertech is so much easier... laser-measured floorliners up here, seat protector and cargoliner back there... nice! out here, side window deflectors... and mud flaps... and the bumpstep, to keep the bumper dent-free.
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is in july. give you a few examples that we just sent out to going members. you can get from austin to maui for 356 bucks round trip. >> gio: wow. >> new york to puerto rico for $197 round trip or even from phoenix or salt lake city down to orlando, $158 round trip. take the kids to disney. these are all fares that are available right now in august. >> gio: so that's good news. all right, what are your best traveling tips this summer? you're an expert. >> so it's hard to pack these all, but i'll do my best. the first, if you are worried about getting where you are going on time, catch an early morning flight. when you dig into the data, the early morning flights arrive on time about 25 percentage points higher than afternoon or evening flights and that's both because the weather is better in the morning, and the aircraft is already at your gate. it's ready to go from the last night. second, and this is really good news for cheap flight lovers, airfare is falling. it's not going up. it's actually come down 9 of the past 12 months. it peaked in may of last year
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and it's now down about 13% from where we were at the peak. even those europe deals that are so hard to come by this summer are back for the fall and beyond. right now flights from new york to dublin for $397 round trip nonstop in the fall. third, if you are hoping to get a cheap flight, there's a deal you're looking at, you haven't quite booked it yet, you want to circle 21 days before that trip as the drop dead date to get it booked by. now why 21 days? it turns out in the fine print, they often have an advanced purchase requirement that says this fare is only available if you book it at least 21 days before travel. on day 20, it expires, it's no longer available and the new cheapest fare will be $100 or $200 more expensive. >> gio: we're talking about the summer, but you say we should be thinking about christmas in july. >> that's right. look, the best peak season deals aren't actually for summer travel. it's for winter travel. now think about it like you're buying a winter coat.
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when do winter coats tend to go on sale? in the summer, exactly. same with those winter flights. so, if you are hoping to travel at christmas or new year, think about it when you are at your fourth of july barbecue. that's the time to get those winter flights booked. >> gio: okay, good news. quickly here, everybody's been dealing with cancellations. what's your best advice if people are dealing with that? >> two quick tips. first, if you need to get a hold of a phone agent quickly, don't call the u.s. hot line for your airline. those phone lines will be clogged. they've all got offices in canada, in the uk, in mexico, in japan. call international hot lines, you'll get through to an agent right away. if you need to get booked quickly, oftentimes the best way to do it is not actually to call. it's to rebook yourself through the airline mobile app which have gotten much, much better in the last year or two. >> gio: scott keyes from going.com. i love that you can call the other countries' hot lines. >> that's my favorite tip. >> gio: thank you so much for joining us. coming up here on "good
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>> will: back now on "gma" with the historic nascar race happening today in the streets of chicago, and christian piekos from our chicago station wls joins us with more. christian, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, will, good morning to you as well. welcome to day two of the nascar chicago street race. it's hard to believe that the city was literally turned into a racetrack in just a few short weeks. right now we're standing in the president's paddock club. the ticket price, $3,000. but i have to tell you, the price might be worth it. check out this racetrack right here, this is your view. you also just get a fantastic shot of the skyline as well.
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the big story as well is the forecast. unfortunately yesterday some lightning forced a postponement of that race. so drivers were able to make up about 25 laps yesterday. they still have 30 laps to go this morning. the course itself, 2.2 miles with 12 turns and with more rain in the forecast today, it's going to be hard for these drivers to navigate this already very challenging course. unfortunately, the rain, the wet weather and lightning also canceled the chainsmokers, but there's still so much to look forward to. this course is so difficult and many of the drivers that i spoke with yesterday said that it places them on a level and even playing field since this is the first time many of them have ever tackled this course. a lot of the big cup drivers who will be driving later this afternoon, they're going to be watching this xfinity cup race shortly soon as well. guys, let's send it back to you. >> will: all right, christian, thank you. hopefully that rain clears up. appreciate you being there for us in chicago. we'll be right back with our "play of the day." ain clears up. appreciate you being there for us in chicago. we'll be right back with our "play of the day."
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"play of the day," and it's all about essence fest. missy elliott taking the stage, as part of the celebration marking the 50th anniversary of hip hop. our parent company disney, the entertainment sponsor. i miss ed it, i had the fly back here, but that's all right, because while i was there i did get to moderate two panels, including one called "leading ladies: the power of sisterhood" one that included chandra wilson, dr. miranda bailey, sheryl lee ralph, and it was incredible. >> gio: incredible. >> janai: the audience loved it and the women were just fantastic. it was just an honor for me to be up there. i was, like, i'm not a leading lady, but can i go? >> gio: yes, you are. you're a leading lady. >> will: that's an alley-oop right there. self-tossed off the backboard, alley-oop. >> gio: make sure to tune into his ek" later this morning. e ba alley-oop. >> gio: make sure to tune into "this week" later this morning.
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building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. >> this is abc7 news. good morning. >> i'm gloria rodriguez. the heat is still on this holiday weekend while people are going to the water to beat the heat. there are concerns about fire danger in the bay area. crews put out a 24 acre grass fire outside petaluma, near san antonio road yesterday. firefighters say that they're ready for fire season. meanwhile, families made their way to memorial beach and healdsburg for some relief at russian river. the popular swimming spot reopened for the first time in four years with more extreme temperatures expected today. bart riders should expect a possible slowdown in yesterday's heat triggered a service alert. trains had to run at slower speeds between several stations through the evening. people are
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encouraged to add ten minutes to their planned travel time. let's get a check of that forecast with francis. good morning, francis. >> morning glory. good morning, everyone. we've already had a warm start for some inland neighborhoods. brentwood is 77 right now. livermore already 75 and some low 70s in concord and san ramon. milder at the beaches where we're dealing with some coastal fog and clouds which will stick around throughout the day. so partly cloudy conditions at the beaches and it's going to be mild in half. moon bay, 66, san francisco comfortable at 71. we'll see 70s and 80s around the bay and then triple digits still expected for our inland neighborhoods, but they are coming down a bit compared to yesterday. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. still hot again inland cooling tomorrow and into tuesday for the 4th of july. we'll be closer to average midweek and then we'll even be below average. much cooler by next weekend. >> gloria, thank you. francis this week with george stephanopoulos is next.
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