>> whit: good morning, america. knockout round. team usa meeting sweden this morning. in their win or go home game. first going into overtime. then it was on to penalty kicks. the outcome of team usa's efforts to make world cup history. >> did it go in? >> janai: midwest tornadoes. eight reported twisters and new

threats today as the heat holds its grip for millions of americans facing triple-digit temperatures. >> will: comments in the cross fire. a judge sticking with the deadline for donald trump's team to respond to special counsel jack smith's motion for a protective order as trump hits the campaign trail in south carolina overnight. we are talking to the voters. >> whit: striking back. russia vowing retaliation after a series of drone attacks on its ships putting the kremlin on edge. >> janai: bus crash investigation. the latest on the accident that critically injured seven campers on an idaho highway. the good samaritan who rushed in to help. >> will: explosive new details on the alleged murder-for-hire plot involving a georgia mother, accused of conspiring to kill her estranged husband. the potentially damaging text messages. >> whit: deadly boat crash. >> oh, my gosh. >> whit: the video involving the

accident that killed an american publishing executive vacationing in italy. the skipper now facing an investigation. >> janai: influencer's apology. kai cenat's group speaking out following that chaotic scene in new york city. >> will: back on the beam. in her first competition since the 2021 olympics, simone biles making a triumphant return, vaulting her way to the podium. >> whit: pickleball paradise. the bet that bringing the sport to local malls is a win/win for players and businesses. >> janai: and stranded at sea. the man drifting in the water for more than 24 hours and the rescue that saved him. >> whit: and good morning, america. so great to have you with us. great to have will reeve back at the desk this morning. we're starting with team usa's

win or go home match against sweden at the world cup and what a match it was. >> janai: oh, it was, the u.s. was looking strong in the first half. putting pressure on the swedes, but unable to score. the match eventually going into extra time. megan rapinoe coming onto the pitch with the crowds going crazy replacing alex morgan trying to make a difference. >> will: and nobody scored in that extra time and that meant the game had to be decided by penalty kicks and it ended in a heartbreaker and a bit controversial too. we're going to get that update from abc's maggie rulli in melbourne, australia. maggie, what happened? >> reporter: what a heartbreaking ending to whas amazing game. this morning, heartbreak down under. in a tense battle, sweden overtaking team usa winning the match in a nerve-wracking

penalty shootout. >> this one is going to hurt for a bit. >> reporter: it all came down to this. the goalkeeper facing off with sweden. kick appeared to be blocked, but it crossed the line by fraction. team usa out. from beginning of the match, usa keeping the pressure on the swedes from the get-go. starting out aggressive, five attempts before halftime. u.s. maintaining a majority of the possessions in the first half, in the second half, the u.s. came out firing, with great chance to score, but the swedish goalie making an amazing save. save after save down the stretch. ultimately sending it to extra time. the u.s. putting the first few shots in the net, but it was misses from sofia smith and megan rapinoe that left the d

open for swede. soccer legend leaves behind a storied career, 14 olympic matches. with more than 11,000 minutes playing in a u.s. uniform. megan rapinoe has announced that she's retiring at the end of this season. despite this game, she'll always be remembered as one of the greatest players in history. and i have to say, all the fans we talked to, despite this game, they're still team usa fans and nothing can change that. guys? >> thank you so much. heartbreak for usa. their earliest exit in the world cup but in four more years we'll be back. we'll turn now to the brutal heat and somara theodore is right in the heart of it in birmingham, alabama, and has more. good morning, somara. >> somara: good morning.

right now, here in birmingham things are starting to warm up. but when you factor into the humidity is when you start to feel it. take a look from california to georgia and southern florida. we have heat alerts, excessive heat warnings including heat advisories, and if you look at the temperatures today, these are actual high temperatures that you're looking at right now, triple digits, and i want you to pick a city, any city on the map. i'm going to go for dallas, 107. look what happens when you incorporate that moisture and that humidity. it feels much hotter, like 112 degrees in dallas, 106 in montgomery, alabama, even 106 down towards miami. something interesting is happening here, though. we have the heat to the south. we have some very cool air to the north. 60s and 70s in areas like cheyenne and in mitchell, omaha, nebraska. when we see that heat to the south, that cool air to the north, together, they're coming together to develop that severe weather in the middle, so as we move through the ohio valley,

the tennessee valley today, this afternoon, more severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, large hail, and the threat for isolated tornadoes that then moves east on your monday. janai. >> janai: oh, somara, you said pick a city, any city, and they all had heat. thank you so much. we'll check back in with you in just a second. to politics now and former president trump fresh off his third criminal indictment back on the campaign trail, but his team facing a setback in court. abc's maryalice parks joins us now live from columbia, south carolina. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: janai, good morning. it's been the go-to tactic of the trump legal team to try to delay on all court proceedings and motions, but this weekend we saw the judge in this new case about trump's alleged efforts to overthrow the election say no and stick to her deadline setting up some very interesting legal questions right out of the gate. trump's legal team this morning facing a setback. judge tanya chutkan denying trump's initial request to delay proceedings in the new case about his alleged attempts to

illegally dismiss votes and stay in power. the special counsel's office asked the court for a protective order pointing to trump's recent social media posts arguing the former president might disclose evidence or even intimidate witnesses. judge chutkan giving the trump team until monday until 5:00 p.m. to respond and sticking to that deadline. one of trump's political action committees spending more than $21 million this year on legal fees. ♪ trump himself on the campaign trail overnight publicly bashing the special counsel. >> we call it a sham indictment and, you know, the man that's doing it, i really believe he's mentally ill. >> reporter: trump also calling on republicans in congress, specifically senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, to, quote, do something to help him with his legal troubles or go after biden instead. >> they got to step up. >> reporter: trump supporters in the crowd quick to deflect and defend. >> i think he could run the country in jail.

>> all of that is a cover-up. it's a cover-up for biden. >> reporter: some even dismissing the violence at the capitol on january 6th. >> it was most patriotic day i've ever seen in my life. >> yes. >> reporter: though he's enjoying high poll numbers, trump is facing a crowded primary field. trump supporters heckling former vice president mike pence on the campaign trail for not going along with trump's alleged scheme to stop the certification of the election. >> why didn't you uphold the constitution? >> i upheld the constitution. >> no, you didn't. >> reporter: and florida governor ron desantis this weekend urging trump to show up and debate at the end of this month. >> i don't know what his insight is on it. i think at the end of the day you've got to earn this nomination. >> reporter: and we did talk to some republican voters at this event who told us they worry that all these charges are making it hard for some of the other republican candidates to break through and get their message out, and, remember,

there could be even more criminal charges coming out of georgia later this month. >> janai: maryalice, that's what i want to ask you about. what more do we know about the timing of this pending trump indictment in fulton county, georgia? >> reporter: yeah, a lot of speculation that could be coming in the next few weeks, and this is interesting. last week, a judge in georgia just blasted trump's team for trying to essentially squash the entire investigation. that judge wrote that, while it might be an unwelcome experience to be a target of a criminal investigation, that was not reason enough for a court to interfere with any investigation. janai. >> janai: target of multiple investigations. all right, maryalice, thank you so much. and tune in to "this week" later this morning. george stephanopoulos interviews donald trump's attorney, john lauro, about the former president's legal defense strategy in the case over his alleged efforts to overturn the election, plus george speaks with house democratic caucus chair pete aguilar, who served on the house january 6th committee. whit. >> whit: janai, now to the war in ukraine. the black sea quickly becoming the latest battleground in the conflict with russian shipping under increased attack.

abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannell joins us now from kyiv with the latest. ian, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. that's right as to the black sea but also deep inside russian territory itself, another drone attack on moscow this morning forcing one of the city's airports to temporarily close. a russian ministry defense saying air defenses successfully shot down what they claim was a ukrainian uav. no response at the moment from the ukrainians. the kremlin though vowing retaliation after this series of recent drone attacks on its ships in the black sea. the foreign ministry labeling the strikes barbaric actions that won't go unanswered. video circulating online appearing to show a sea drone though packed with a half ton of explosives approaching a russian oil tanker. the video ends when the drone hits the ship, but by far, of course, the vast bulk are from russia to ukraine. and again, overnight, russian strikes targeting military and civilian sites overnight. president zelenskyy releasing these videos saying that it was an attack by russia on a blood

transfusion center, and while the war grinds on, this morning, representatives of up to 40 nations are continuing to meet in saudi arabia to discuss a peaceful end to the conflict. delegations from ukraine, the u.s., china, india are all there. russia not invited. the kremlin says it's keeping a close eye on it but for now, guys, it looks more like war than peace. will. >> will: we'll all be keeping an eye on those crucial talks. ian, thank you. we're going to stay overseas now and to the investigation into the deadly boating accident in italy that killed an american woman when the rented motorboat she was in with her family hit a chartered sailboat. authorities now keying in on the motorboat's captain, and abc's lama hasan joins us with the latest. lama, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, will. this truly is horrific and heartbreaking. the american family of four were on a vacation of a lifetime in italy, which was suddenly and tragically cut short, and now investigators are racing to piece together what happened on the day of the crash. ♪

this morning, an idyllic family vacation turning to tragedy for one american family as italian officials are now investigating what caused their motorboat to crash off the amalfi coast. >> what happened? >> a ship collided with us. >> reporter: passengers aboard this sailing ship at first were celebrating a wedding then stopped when they realized the motorboat had slammed into its side. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: u.s. publishing executive adrienne vaughan who was on that motorboat dying from her injuries. according to italian media, the sheer force of the collision pushed the 45-year-old overboard. after falling into the water, she was hit by the boat's propeller. >> jesus christ. >> reporter: two doctors who were on the sailboat dove in to water to help vaughan while a nearby vessel brought her to shore. in her ambulance rushing to rescue her, but she was pronounced dead on the scene. vaughan was on vacation with her husband mike white and their two children. miraculously her husband and children surviving the accident. vaughan was the president of

bloomsbury publishing u.s. the publishing house confirmed her death in a statement calling her an extraordinary human being. now, the amalfi port authority launching an immedaite investigation. in italian, prosecutors saying that this skipper is being investigated for suspected manslaughter adding that the results of his toxicology test are now being evaluated. janai. >> janai: oh, my gosh, just an unbelievable tragedy. lama, thank you for that update. back here at home now to yet another tragedy, the terrifying crash in idaho where a bus carrying teenage campers rolled over leaving seven in critical condition. abc's zohreen shah is in boise this morning and learning more about a good samaritan who rushed in to help. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: janai, we're learning more about what happened to those kids. a trauma surgeon at this hospital telling me that some of the kids came in unconscious and

they had to check them for brain injuries. luckily she says the ones who came here only had fractures, broken bones, and scrapes, and she says all of them are expected to make it, but this morning, the question still looming, how did this happen? this morning, investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that school bus full of campers to roll over and crash on a highway injuring 11 teens. >> the school bus is turned over in both lanes of travel. we have multiple units en route. and multiple ambulances. >> reporter: this morning, a good samaritan detailing the moments after an idaho bus full of teens overturned just feet away from her car. >> as i approached the scene and realized that multiple kids were being helped out of the bus, i just snapped into kind of solution fix-it mode. >> reporter: just over 30 teens and staff members were heading home from a week-long ymca summer camp when their bus rolled over while coming down a winding idaho highway one hour north of boise leaving seven in critical condition. >> it is confirmed to be a school bus out of caldwell.

it is lying across the highway and he is reporting injuries. >> reporter: the driver jumping in before first responders arrived. >> there were so many people passing out band-aids and gauze. many of the kids were having anxiety and panic attacks. >> reporter: and this morning, we're learning at least two people remain at one of the hospitals. this trauma surgeon treated some of the kids and says recovery will not be easy. >> i think a lot of these children are going to need a lot of psychological counseling to deal with the trauma, the emotional trauma of what happened to them. >> reporter: and i spoke to the president and ceo of the local ymca and he tells me they have counseling for anyone who needs it, and there was a camp session that was supposed to start in the same location, but they are now canceling it. he says they really want the counselors to heal from what they experienced. whit. >> whit: thank you. we turn now to portugal and pope francis wrapping up his five-day trip there and greeted by massive crowds.

abc's ines de la cuetara joins us now from portugal. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit, and the pope wrapping up his time here at world youth day which is a five-day event held for catholic youth and it's been often described as a catholic woodstock. it certainly feels that way here, with over 1.5 million people braved the heat last night to come see pope francis. this trip was the pope's first trip since he underwent abdominal surgery back in june, and even though he is 86 years old and has been using a wheelchair, he does appear to be rejuvenated here. going off script and really trying to connect with young people. in one powerful moment also urging young people to yell back at him that the church is a place for everyone. pope francis is really trying to do a lot to bring young people back to the catholic church amid questions regarding the church's waning relevance, and as he looks ahead to the future, there are also questions as to

the church's past, the past hanging over all of this too with an independent commission here in portugal finding that close to 5,000 boys and girls were abused by members of the catholic church since the 1950s and the pope meeting with some of those victims earlier this week. the pope today presiding over mass. some people here camping out overnight to get a good spot to see him. he heads back to the vatican later today. janai. >> janai: all right, ines, thank you. live there from catholic woodstock. >> will: 1.5 million people in portugal. we'll take a turn now and time for the weather and somara theodore. hi, somara. >> somara: good morning, will. we have another threat for severe weather today. let's jump right into this, and take a look at this video from colorado where we have a funnel cloud developing. not only that, but they saw 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts in colorado, and golf ball-size hail that injured folks. that threat for severe weather continuing to loom now moving through the tennessee valley. here is a timestamp. 3:00 a.m. monday morning eastern time, so that means a lot of these storms are happening overnight. as a result, we could see

damaging wind, large hail, and isolated tornadoes from cincinnati to huntsville, alabama, to right here in birmingham where i am, and then tomorrow that threat shifts east for the i-95 corridor from the delmarva peninsula, the dmv, down into atlanta including charlotte, roanoke, you have an enhanced risk of damaging winds, tornadoes and large hail all >> somara: and, as i mentioned, a lot of these storms impacting the tennessee valley, parts of ohio, kentucky are happening overnight, so make sure you have

those phone alerts on in case we do get any isolated tornadoes developing. back to you all. >> janai: good reminder, somara, obviously you're there in birmingham, which nearby you're impacted by the weather and all that, but you're also at the annual convention of nabj, the national association of black journalists. how has it been? >> somara: it's been amazing. i really enjoyed getting to meet the founders. last night demarco and i were able to host the gala and give awards to people so deserving, so it has just been quite an experience and i'm happy i came. also i'm trying to wake up. [ laughter ] >> janai: incredible. tell everyone we said hi. thank you, somara. and still ahead here, calling all monster hunters. the loch ness center in scotland looking for volunteers to join an effort to search for the infamous loch ness monster putting out the call to help them put on the largest search since the 1970s. the tourist attraction also saying they plan to employ drones that will produce thermal images of the lake.

the search for nessie planned for august 26th and 27th. i started that off like it was a tease but got you. >> will: it really exists. >> whit: you can join the search if you want, get to the bottom of it once and for all. still ahead on "gma," we're following new details in the case of the georgia mom accused of hiring a hitman in the bahamas to kill her husband. what we're learning from the court documents now. >> janai: and legendary u.s. gymnast simone biles making a triumphant return to competition two years after her abrupt withdrawal from the olympics. >> will: and it's a trendy new sport and the struggling shopping center. how the two plan to team up and clean up. we'll be right back.

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>> whit: it's so great to see her back. >> janai: and just unreal to watch her move, my goodness. >> will: she did a move that no woman has ever done before. that's a tease. >> janai: unbelievable. all right, a lot to look forward to. now, let's get to some of the other big stories that we're following on this sunday morning. including leaders of a coup in niger facing a deadline for possible military intervention by other west african countries. the economic community of west african states have given a sunday deadline to restore president mohamed bazoum or face military action. niger is the fifth country in west africa where the army has seized control since 2020. >> whit: and twitch streamer kai cenat is speaking out this morning after being charged with inciting a riot when his video game console giveaway turned into mayhem in new york city friday. cenat released a statement through his group saying, in part, quote, we are deeply disheartened by the outbreak of disorderly conduct that affected innocent people and businesses and do not condone that behavior. we apologize to all of those

impacted. we are fully cooperating with local authorities. >> will: and it's a new day in oregon as the state lifts its 72-year ban on pumping your own gas, and the governor signed a permit drivers the freedom to fill up on their own or having an attendant do it for them. that leaves just new jersey as the only state with a mandatory full service gas station experience. i go back and forth, but it's nice to have the option. >> whit: i had some awkward moments sometimes. oh, yeah, oh. >> janai: see, that's why i hate driving into the city now. you pull up to a gas station, and you're like, hello, please. >> will: excuse me, i'm here for my service, please. >> whit: looking for the service. >> janai: absolutely. >> whit: shocker. >> janai: we do start with the mother of three from georgia, arrested in an alleged murder plot in paradise waiting to be freed on bail this week. abc's jaclyn lee is here with more on this case playing out in the bahamas and what authorities are now saying about it. good morning, jaclyn. >> reporter: hey, janai, good

morning. that mom is still behind bars but we're learning more about why she was arrested in the first place. this morning, explosive new details in the alleged murder-for-hire plot involving a georgia mother of three, 36-year-old lindsay shiver is accused of conspiring to kill her estranged husband while vacationing in the bahamas. >> last but not least i want to thank me. >> reporter: according to new court documents, shiver had sent photos of her husband robert shiver, to alleged would-be hit man faron newbold jr. along with the message, kill him. authorities claiming the mom later admitted in interrogation she did, indeed, send those text messages. police first learned about the alleged plot when a cell phone was discovered during an unrelated break-in. officers discovering messages allegedly detailing the plot to kill between shiver and her two suspected co-conspirators. court documents show the shivers were in the middle of a messy divorce after 13 years of marriage with robert citing adultress conduct and lindsay

accusing him of physical and mental cruelty and acts of domestic violence. >> that has nothing to do with from the standpoint of did she plot with two other people to kill her husband? that evidence is going to be -- carry the biggest weight. >> reporter: in the past shiver often posting on social media about what she described as the couple's perfect relationship. in 2020 writing, the key to a perfect marriage is having two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other. now shiver is expected to be released on bail come tuesday, her two co-conspirators have already been released on $20,000 bail, and robert shiver's family spokesperson and the attorney for all three defendants say there are no statements at this time. lindsay is due in court august 9th. whit. >> whit: thank you. now to a man spending more than 24 hours stranded at sea. it was an intense search until the coast guard found him, and abc's alex presha has reaction from the man's family who

obviously, alex, couldn't be more grateful. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, these types of searches can kind of be like finding a needle in a haystack. a 12-foot boat 12 miles off shore, but this man's family breathing a sigh of relief this morning. this morning, new details about a dramatic rescue of a florida man found after a frantic 24-hour search. this incredible video capturing 25-year-old charles gregory rescued by the u.s. coast guard. >> we cannot thank the coast guard fire and rescue enough, the paddleboarders, everybody. we just want to say thank you so much. >> reporter: gregory stranded 12 miles off the coast of st. augustine, florida, dehydrated but this morning he is okay. he set out thursday night on his 12-foot john boat which became partially submerged and rescuers using a cutter boat to pull him to safety. emergency response waiting for

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including radios and flares in case something goes wrong. will. >> will: really amazing work for an improbable and happy outcome. alex, thank you so much. it's hot in much of the country, and somara knows way more about that than we do. so we'll throw it down to her in birmingham. how are you doing, somara? >> somara: hey, you know, will, it's hot today, and it doesn't look like many areas are going to see any relief. take a look at the forecast in the coming days, so in miami, we are going to be feeling triple-digit temperatures as we head through wednesday. austin, do you know that austin, texas, has been at or above 100 degrees for the last 29 days. today could make the 30th day. more heat continuing in the west as well. phoenix, actual air temperatures is going to hit 111 this afternoon. and if you look at the broad picture all of this, through august 19th, so through mid-august, we're still going to be warmer than average as we head through the south and cooler to the north. that's a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's going on closer to home.

>> somara: and, guys, as we mentioned earlier with the cooler air to the north, warmer air to the south, this means we could actually see that setup for severe storms continuing to develop in the middle parts of the country through mid-august. >> janai: all right, somara, feeling hot, hot, hot. thank you so much. and coming up on "good morning america," the return of america's top gymnast, simone biles. >> whit: and how pickleball may be coming to a mall near you. ♪ uh... jake from state farm? yeah... what's up? what if i need additional coverage on the new place? no worries. your agent can walk you through... everything. [glass shatters] [chandelier crashes] what if... just file a claim on the app. state farm's there for your what ifs. what if... that.

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>> janai: back now on "gma" with >> janai: back now on "gma" with simone biles back in action. the most decorated gymnast in u.s. history has returned to competition for the first time since pulling out of the 2021 olympics to focus on her mental health. look at her there. abc's ike ejiochi is here with more on her performance, just stellar, ike. good morning. >> reporter: stellar is the right word. good morning, and, you know, it's true, the master of the mat, the best of the beams, the floor general, call her what you want, but she's back and she returned to championship

form once again winning in resounding fashion. >> she's doing a good job. >> reporter: overnight, simone biles, the g.o.a.t. of gymnastics, taking center stage. >> great save. >> reporter: performing in her first competition in two years at the core hydration classic in chicago. >> incredible. >> reporter: the gymnastics superstar just 26 has already achieved 25 world championship medals and 7 olympic medals including 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. the maestro of the mat's return has been highly anticipated since her withdrew from the 2021 olympics due to mental health concerns. >> she had a case of the twisties, which means that she had no awareness within space of where she was. >> reporter: the world champion saying, the experience made me realize i'm more than my accomplishments and gymnastics. >> all of a sudden she brings that conversation of mental

health into every gym, and people are talking about this issue with their kids in a way that no one would. >> reporter: during her time off the professional mat, biles continues to be a role model for young athletes. in 2022, she became the youngest person ever to be awarded the presidential medal of freedom for her advocacy. >> absolute courage to turn personal pain into greater purpose. >> reporter: biles marrying green bay packers safety jonathan owens in april of this year. now, simone "the g.o.a.t." biles is back on the beams. >> i wouldn't be surprised to see simone biles at the the paris olympic games in less than a year. >> reporter: simone biles will now shift her focus toward the u.s. championship in san jose, and then in september, the world gymnastics championship in belgium, and she's already looking like the best gymnast in the world just a year away from the paris olympics, guys. >> janai: looking like it. maestro of the mat. best of the beams, love that. thank you. coming up here on "good morning america," how

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impossible. i had to pretend i was whit johnson just to get this one, but now pickle mall hopes to change all that. >> so what should we do first? >> reporter: back in the '80s, shopping malls were a total 11 out of 10. >> well, then i guess we have to try everything. >> reporter: but recent data reported by "the wall street journal" shows the total number of u.s. malls has declined from an estimated 2,500 in the '80s to only about 700 today, but who could help fill empty storefronts and save the shopping mall from its recent decline? >> and there's that pinpoint accuracy. >> reporter: how about pickleball players? ♪ america's fastest growing sport with a growth rate of more than 150% over the last three years. pickleballers now looking for an open court wherever they can find one. enter pickle mall, a start-up putting courts inside of vacant shopping malls. across the country, pickle mall says there's only 1 court for every 270 players. saturday was opening day for 12 brand-new air-conditioned pickle mall courts inside a former jcpenney at arizona mills mall

in tempe. >> today we welcomed in about 400 players at 9:00 a.m. we had a line out the door. >> reporter: allowing players to find an open court for hourly or monthly fees. >> this space fit perfectly for our needs here in tempe. >> reporter: and hopefully dinking their way to a shopping mall retail revival along the way. >> we're beginning to see the conversion on a large scale of commercial facilities or empty big box stores because there aren't that many tenants who can take up just that much space. bringing people into the malls and they're going to spend their money there. it's a good thing all around. >> reporter: pickle mall is only kicking things off in arizona and their plan is to open 50 more locations across the country over the next two years, but until then, we're out here on the usual courts, and i have a paddle with your name and my face on it, will. [ laughter ]

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>> janai: thank you so much for watching abc news. we're going to keep smiling through the day even with that usa lost. >> whit: oh, a heartbreak. >> janai: we're always on. much more later this morning with george stephanopoulos. have a great rest of your weekend. est of your weekend.

building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. good morning. >> i'm stephanie sierra. the california public utilities commission is holding a meeting tomorrow to discuss robots taxes getting in the way of first responders. the san francisco taxi workers alliance is planning to protest at that meeting hoping to stop the commission from lifting the current restrictions on autonomous vehicles. now the alliance says these cars suffer mass breakdowns, create street blockages and interfere with police and firefighters in pacific, ca. these pups taking to the tide. look at this. the waves weren't too rough for these dogs you see at the world dog surfing championships. a lot of fun out there. the competition cars have been around since 2006. and the same team who started it was behind the event yesterday. also at the beach there was ball fetch, beach frisbee costume contests and pet adoptions. you see lots of fun in the ocean there. these competitions have inspired

similar surf dog events all over the world. and now, speaking of the beach, it will be a good day for it. let's check on the forecast with lisa. >> yeah, you see that fog hanging right there in that video right now from vollmer peak. a lot of sunshine. air quality is moderate. we're 56 downtown, 66 in san jose, 64. mountain view, there is fog pacific half moon bay. but we're going to get some clearing in there. 58 santa rosa, it is 70 by the delta with a light wind. upper elevations are warm. they are breezy and we're looking at our 24 hour temperature change anywhere from a couple degrees to about seven degrees warmer. so those north winds pushing down with high pressure on the atmosphere. that's going to make us warm today over 100 degrees inland, 81 in oakland, 72. san francisco fog late in the day and a little cooler tomorrow. stephanie. >> all right. thanks, lisa. this week with george stephanopoulos is next

>> announcer: "this week with george stephanopoulos" starts right now. >> george: arrested again. >> the attack on our nation's capitol was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it was fueled by lies. >> george: donald trump pleads not guilty to charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election. >> if you can't beat him, you