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>> janai: good morning, america. in the bull's-eye. hilary ready to wreak havoc. the first ever tropical storm warning for california expected to dump the desert with a year's worth of rain in just a day triggering life-threatening flash flooding. >> will: wildfire danger. evacuation orders expanded around spokane, washington. a fire exploding inside, and nearly 20,000 residents also fleeing their homes in canada's northwest territories with more than 200 fires burning sending the smoke south. >> gio: survival stories. how maui residents rushing to escape the flames helped friends and neighbors get to safety. plus, intensifying efforts on the ground.

teams of first responders and search dogs combing through the destruction. >> janai: no show? reports that donald trump will skip the upcoming gop debate as the deadline moves for his surrender in georgia and his rivals take aim. >> will: historic summit. president biden hosting the leaders of japan and south korea. the agreements that expand security and economic ties. >> gio: new missile strikes in ukraine. that's in the city's historic center. american fighter jets get the green light amid slowing progress of the ukrainian counteroffensive. >> janai: idaho murder suspect in court. lawyers for bryan kohberger and the prosecution spar over dna evidence. >> will: britney spears breaks her silence over the shocking split to her 14-month marriage. what she's telling her fans this morning. >> gio: invasive species. the murder hornet's cousin spotted in the u.s. for the first time. the potential threat to the

farming industry. >> janai: high and dry. a drought affecting the panama canal slowing down traffic. how you could be paying the price. ♪ who'll run the world ♪ ♪ girls ♪ >> will: and stella and the fellas. the 12-year-old girl hitting and sliding into the history books at the little league world series. >> gio: cannot wait for stella and the fellas. good morning, america. so good to have you here and so happy to have will reeve with us this weekend. >> will: hello. >> janai: happy to have you back. >> will: so glad you're back. >> gio: thank you. thank. we're going to be going back to maui in a moment. we begin with hurricane hilary bearing toward the coast of southern california leading to the state's first ever tropical storm warning. >> will: right now the baja peninsula including popular cabo san lucas is bracing for heavy rain and powerful winds.

>> janai: and that's as parts of southern california are at extreme risk -- high risk of extreme rainfall that could cause flash flooding, even mudslides. abc's zohreen shah joins us live from los angeles with how people are preparing for the major storm heading their way. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: janai, nearly every single person i've spoken to is very nervous about the next couple of days. this is the first ever tropical storm warning issued for california, and if hilary reaches here as a tropical storm, our weather team says it is going to be the first in the state in more than 25 years. the monster category 4 hurricane is currently spinning more than 200 miles off the coast of mexico with 130-mile-per-hour winds. as it gets closer, heavy rains can bring the threat of life-threatening flash flooding, mudslides, and debris flow, and there is a lot of prep already under way. people who live in communities that don't even flood are getting sandbags ready to go to divert water. in just the last couple weeks, we saw some hillside homes collapse, and there's a real

fear that could happen again. earlier this year the area was pummeled by atmospheric river storms, and while that same area is under threat again, the heaviest rain is forecast more inland in the deserts where the national weather service says some areas could see their annual rainfall in just 48 hours and some parts could get up to 10 inches of rain. one of those places is joshua tree national park. that's about two hours east of los angeles, and it's going to be closed for the next day as they assess conditions, and the forecast even has an impact on sports, the dodgers, the angels, the padres are all canceling their games tomorrow. they will all be doubleheaders today. janai? >> janai: zohreen, thank you. even a little bit of rain has a potential to cripple parts of southern california, so we'll be watching that. let's bring in somara in jersey city with the latest on hilary's track. good morning, somara. >> somara: good morning, janai. overnight no real changes to hurricane hilary's track. it's still a category 4

hurricane, anticipated to make landfall in mexico and drive into southern california as a tropical storm as we move into sunday evening and then into monday morning, but let's talk impacts. now, while los angeles will see some flooding, the brunt of this will be the desert. to put this in perspective, i want you to picture a large tub of water falling on a wood floor as opposed to carpet. with such a low absorption rate, it's such a bad combination. flooding will be extreme the farther east you go, and there's a possibility for mudslides, landslides and even a few spinup tornados. i'm concerned about areas like palm springs as well. meanwhile, there is an absence of rain north of california in washington, and wildfires are raging there east of spokane, washington. the gray fire has prompted evacuations and dense smoke. gio? >> gio: all right, somara, we know you'll be tracking it all. thanks so much. we go to maui where anger is growing over the lack of warnings amid the search for hundreds who remain missing from

those devastating wildfires, and now some residents fear they could be left out of discussions about the rebuilding of their communities. abc's melissa adan is on the ground in maui with the latest. good morning to you, melissa. >> reporter: gio, good morning. search and recovery crews are now combing through more than half of the burned areas as so many families deal with this unthinkable loss. overnight, hawaii's first lady overwhelmed with emotion for maui's devastating loss. >> tragically it took less than a single day for us to lose lahaina in the deadliest fire our country has seen in more than a century. >> reporter: this as the official death toll inches up to 114 since the raging flames hit lahaina just 11 days ago. roughly 470 first responders and 40 search dogs combing through the debris hoping to reunite separated families. >> this process is agonizing for the families waiting for word

from their loved ones, and heartbreaking for those sifting through the debris. >> reporter: a group of concerned citizens calling on the local government to give locals time to grieve. >> the governor should not rush to rebuild the community without first giving people time to heal, especially without including the community itself in the planning. >> reporter: many families are left grappling with the tragedy of losing loved ones. joy richter's father-in-law died as they were seeking shelter from the flames. >> the smells, the sounds. the sound of a blazing fire is something i don't wish anybody to ever hear or experience. the sounds i heard will never ever leave my head. >> reporter: so, so heavy, right? well, fema has approved more than $5.8 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households, and the head of fema planning on joining the president and first lady on monday to tour the devastation in lahaina. will? >> will: yeah, anger amid the search for answers and those hundreds still missing.

melissa, thank you down in maui. to politics now, though, and the road to 2024. just days until the first republican presidential debate in milwaukee, it appears gop frontrunner, former president trump, will be a no show. abc's rachel scott has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: this morning, all eyes on georgia as atlanta braces for donald trump's surrender. his republican rivals flooding the battleground state pitching a new direction for the party. >> i hope that we will be focused on the future of the country rather than some of the other static that's out there right now. >> reporter: notably absent, the former president, still maintaining a commanding lead in the race. it won't be the only time his challengers take the stage without him. sources tell abc news trump is not only planning to skip the first debate, but is considering counterprogramming it. his former running mate insisting he should show up. >> you know, i always stood loyally by president donald

trump until my oath to the constitution required me to do otherwise, but my differences with the president go far beyond that fateful day, and i hope to have a chance to debate it with him. >> reporter: much of the republican field has been reluctant to take on trump over his election lies. "the new york times" reporting that a strategy memo posted by a pro-desantis super pac advises desantis to defend trump when former new jersey governor chris christie attacks him. christie firing back. >> because people are really beginning to wonder what the hell he stands for, and if what he stands for is defending donald trump, then just drop out of the race and endorse him. >> reporter: trump has less than a week to surrender in georgia. the former president expected to be photographed and fingerprinted. the state's republican governor brian kemp suggesting it's time to move on from the former president and his repeated false claims about the 2020 election. >> that was three years ago. if you're still mad about that, quit complaining about that.

>> reporter: officials here in atlanta are preparing to ramp up security with trump expected to surrender in just a matter of days. remember, that deadline for trump to surrender just two days after the first republican debate, just the latest example of his legal calendar clashing with his political calendar. guys? >> janai: rachel scott busy on the trail. turning now to president biden's historic summit at camp david where japan and south korea agreed to expand security and economic ties. abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang is on the white house north lawn with the details. good morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, janai. this was the first time president biden hosted world leaders at camp david. this is a presidential retreat where major peace deals have been brokered. that choice of location sent a clear message, one of new beginnings, and friendship among these three countries. a historic moment. >> welcome to camp david. >> reporter: president joe biden hosting the leaders of japan and south korea at camp david for the first ever stand-alone

trilateral summit. >> i can think of no more fitting location to begin the next era. >> reporter: two key u.s. allies with a frosty relationship because of japan's wartime occupation of korea now putting aside decades of hostility to confront shared threats. the countries agreeing to annual military exercises, a three-way hotline for crisis communication and sharing intelligence on north korean missiles. mounting tensions with china also bringing the countries closer. fighter jets shot down a chinese spy balloon in the u.s. earlier this year, and after russia's invasion of ukraine, senior u.s. officials concerned china could launch a similar attack on taiwan, and overnight, china launching military drills around taiwan in response to a senior taiwanese official's trip to the u.s. >> if we stood still, what signal would that send to china about taiwan? what signal will that send around the world? >> reporter: the leaders have agreed to meet annually creating a partnership they hope to endure no matter who is in the white house.

and, janai, president biden acknowledged the strain under america's allies during his prettiers calling out america first policy as weakening and not strengthing. but now he says these three nations are ushering a new era of partnership united together. janai? >> janai: important news, and also, selina, this is your first time joining us here on "gma." welcome to the abc news family. you come from all over the place reporting in tokyo, beijing, china. we are so lucky to have you here with us. >> reporter: thank you, janai. it's an honor to be with you guys to be on the show for the first time, and pretty cool i got to go do camp david for my first ever assignment. journalists haven't been allowed in there since 2015. pretty special. >> janai: not bad. thank you, selina. gio? >> gio: i love how she still had a little fact in there. really good. thank you, selina. great to have you on the team. we turn now to breaking news and war in ukraine. word of a russian missile strike overnight as american fighter jets get the green light amid the slowing progress of the

ukrainian counteroffensive. abc's tom soufi burridge joins us live now from kyiv. good morning to you, tom. >> reporter: good morning, gio. yeah, a terrible scene this morning in the historic center of cherniyev, a city just two hours north of kyiv, a russian missile striking in broad daylight. information still coming in, but at least six people killed including a young girl, and more than 40 people injured according to ukraine's interior minister. it appears an event about drones and their use in the war was being held in the theater there. adverts for the event were all over social media. that attack as concerns grow over the slow progress of ukraine's counteroffensive. u.s. officials saying denser than predicted russian minefields are slowing the ukrainians down. the u.s. intelligence community now assessing that a key objective of ukraine's counteroffensive, recapturing an important southeastern city, will not be met according to officials who spoke to "the washington post." the u.s. finally approving american f-16 fighter jets for

ukraine, but they won't get here any time soon, and u.s. officials estimating that 500,000 russian and ukrainian soldiers have now been killed or injured according to "the new york times." it's an estimate, not a precise statistic, but it gives a sense of the scale of the human tragedy after nearly 18 months of war. will? >> will: the toll of a war with no apparent end in sight. tom soufi burridge, thank you in ukraine. we're going to come back home to michigan where the oxford high school shooter awaits sentencing. the prosecutor urging ethan crumbley be tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison. abc's reena roy joins us now with details from that four-day hearing. reena, good morning. >> reporter: will, good morning to you. friday was the final day of testimony to help determine whether ethan crumbley will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. he shot and killed four students and injured seven others at oxford high school in michigan back in 2021. crumbley was 15 at the time. prosecutors say he planned out the massacre and even researched

what punishment he might face. the defense says crumbley was dealing with psychosis and was neglected by his parents. both sides calling in experts to testify. ethan crumbley's parents, james and jennifer crumbley, are separately charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly making the gun accessible and failing to recognize warning signs. they are the first parents in america to be charged in a school shooting and have pleaded not guilty. if the judge decides to sentence crumbley as a juvenile, he faces 25 to 40 years in prison. a decision is expected next month. janai? >> janai: and we'll be watching that, reena, thank you. turning now to the major cities scrambling to accommodate the growing influx of migrants looking for housing anywhere they can. abc's morgan norwood is here with how they're trying to handle the crisis. good morning, morgan. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, janai. i want to begin with new york. there is a controversial proposal here in the city.

officials want to house migrants in a federal jail that once imprisoned terrorists, mobsters, and some of the biggest wall street swindlers. now, with nearly 100,000 migrants pouring into new york city thus far, the mayor's administration is suggesting the now defunct metropolitan correctional center as a potential migrant shelter. remember, that jail closed epstein's suicide because of its filth and unsafe conditions. advocates have been sounding the alarm about this calling the jail decrepit and not a suitable place for people trying to build a new life. the federal bureau of prisons emphasizing that mcc new york is closed and that long-term plans have not been finalized. all of this as chicago is now staring down its own housing crisis as close to 1,000 migrants are living in police stations waiting for places and shelters. the mayor says it's their only option at least for a couple of weeks as they scramble to find a new facility. it comes, though, as apprehensions along the southern border increased last month to close to 133,000, but overall

still down nearly 30% from last year. that was when title 42 expired or was still in place, rather, with officials touting biden's policies for that drop. the texas governor, who, of course, has been outspoken about biden's rules plans to hold a press conference on monday bringing other republican governors of nonborder states to call for tighter security. guys? >> gio: all right, morgan, thank you very much. american consumers, oh, they can soon see higher prices on many of the things we buy due in part to major shipping delays over at the panama canal. abc's alexis christoforous is here now to explain that backlog. good morning, alexis. >> reporter: good morning, gio. this is fresh evidence of the impact climate change is having on global business and trade. the panama canal, one of the world's most important trading routes, is in desperate need of water. the canal is going through its driest spell in more than a century as el nino brings higher temperatures and less rain. the drought is squeezing global

supply chains, and that could mean higher prices and less choice for consumers just in time for the holidays. the lack of rain is forcing the waterway's authorities to reduce the number of ships passing through. those that do must carry less cargo to conserve water. the result, a major traffic jam. more than 200 ships are currently waiting to cross the canal, much more than the usual 90 vessels, and the wait time to get through, now up to three weeks. that's delaying tens of billions of dollars in goods. everything from oil and gas to furniture and appliances. 40% of all u.s. container traffic flows through the panama canal. if the drought and the delays continue, experts tell us they could spark another surge in inflation just as consumer prices are starting to cool. guys? >> will: no drought for those prices flowing through to consumers there. alexis, thank you very much. let's head over to somara in jersey city. she has the weather. >> somara: hey, good morning.

so, things are really heating up further north in middle parts of the country. we'll take a look at the wildfires going on right now in the pacific northwest and in parts of canada. take a look at british columbia right now. completely raging fires burning through the forest, and this is impacting highly populated areas, as well. this has prompted multiple evacuations. if you look at states like washington, that purple and red, that is very extreme smoke, so they're dealing with some

>> somara: and that's a look at your forecast. back to you guys. >> will: all right. somara, thank you. have you guys heard of stella and the fellas? >> gio: now we have. >> will: now you have. it's not a band playing the summer festival circuit, but rather a baseball team, a very good one, making noise at the little league world series, and stella is stella weaver, and she's making a little bit of history. >> our first look at stella weaver, the right fielder who has been an outstanding player for this nolensville, tennessee, team. >> reporter: it was a big day in williamsport, pennsylvania, for stella weaver. >> stella has been a huge part of their story. >> will: the 12-year-old from tennessee, just the second girl to play in the little league in its 76-year history. the nolensville little leaguers

better known as stella and the fellas starting off their tournament with a big 8-1 win. >> stella and the fellas looking pretty good. >> reporter: stella had over 100 family members in the crowd cheering her on. >> i saw all my family, like 150 of my family came down to watch me. it's just really fun seeing all the people and just stepping on that field and winning. >> will: and she filled up the box score beating out the throw here to make her the tenth girl in little league world series history to get a hit. >> weaver. >> reporter: later she hustled from second base all the way home to score a run, sliding through the plate and clapping her hands in triumph. >> it felt amazing. this has been, like, my dream for so many years now, and just stepping on that field just felt so good. >> will: stella's got some swag and some skills. >> janai: yeah, yeah. >> will: pretty awesome. little league world series, one of the highlights of the summer. you can catch all the action

on espn starting at noon eastern. i love the little league world series, and we love stella. >> janai: we certainly do. go, stella. still ahead here on "gma," idaho murder suspect bryan kohberger in court as his defense tried to cast doubt on dna evidence. >> gio: and a cousin of the infamous murder hornet found in the u.s. for the first time. the search and destroy missions now under way. >> will: the mlb team testing new technology to make it a lot easier for you to get into the ballpark. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wherever you go. wherever you stay. all you need is one key. earn and use rewards across expedia, hotels.com, and vrbo.

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♪ ♪ let it be, let it be, let it ♪ let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be ♪ >> will: welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. that is the one and only dolly parton covering the beatles' classic, "let it be." it's just one of the highlights of her upcoming album, "rock star." what paul mccartney said of dolly's version and who is in her star-studded backup band all coming up. can't wait for that. >> janai: just love that. >> gio: that song, so much soul, so much heart. >> janai: let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following this morning. three fast-moving wildfires in the spokane area of washington state causing evacuations of thousands including 4,800 under a go now order. the area has had a stretch of triple-digit temperatures and

little rain this summer prompting the national weather service to warn of critical fire conditions. >> will: and shanna gardner is being held with no bond in washington after being indicted for the execution-style murder of her ex-husband, a microsoft executive. gardner will be extradited to florida, the site of the killing. gardner's current husband, seen here being arrested, has also been charged with murder. a man who says he was hired as a hit man has confessed to the crime. >> gio: and lolita, a beloved orca who spent 50 years in captivity in miami's aquarium has died. aquarium officials say lolita passed away from what they believe was a viral or renal condition, i mean. the aquarium had started the process to return the 57-year-old lolita to her home waters in the pacific northwest where her mother still lives. her mother is over 90 years old, so they were -- >> janai: you grew up going to see her, right?. >> gio: she was so inspiring. inspired your love for animals. everyone was looking forward to

her release and hoping she would be able to communicate with her mother. >> janai: sad story. we do start now with the man accused of killing four idaho college students appearing in court. attorneys for bryan kohberger making a request to the prosecution and a judge weighing in. abc's faith abubey has more on these developments. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning, janai. loved ones of one of the murder victims were inside that courtroom as defense attorneys tried to cast doubt on the evidence against bryan kohberger. in the meantime, though, the suspect himself out of his orange jail jumpsuit showing very little emotion in that hearing. quadruple murder suspect bryan kohberger wearing a tie and a blazer entering an idaho courtroom friday for the first time since june. >> all rise. >> reporter: his defense lawyers requesting a pause on the case for more time to review additional evidence and demanding state prosecutors release all details about the investigation into dna samples they say put kohberger directly at the crime scene.

>> they have provided full discovery for the sheets, the dna found on the knife sheath, but not the other three unidentified male dna samples. >> reporter: but prosecutors insist they've already given the defense access to everything they have. >> we can't produce something that doesn't exist. >> reporter: investigators say kohberger's dna from a cheek swab is a statistical match to a sample they found on a knife sheath underneath madison mogen, one of the four university of idaho students they say he stabbed to death in an off-campus house back in november 2021, but the defense trying to cast doubt pushing the state to disclose the materials they used during the genetic genealogy investigation, accusing them of not turning over lab results related to three unidentified male dna samples found at the scene. >> at this point all i'm hearing is speculation. >> reporter: with just six weeks left before the trial, the defense hoped the experts would compel the judge to side with their request for more

discovery. >> it's essential for the attorney to know for a number of reasons about the details of the testing and the investigation. >> reporter: police allege they zeroed in on kohberger using dna, cell phone data and a white hyundai elantra spotted near the crime scene, similar to kohberger's vehicle. earlier this month, kohberger's attorneys were compelled to give an alibi to explain their client's whereabouts during the murders saying in part, quote, mr. kohberger has had a long habit of going for drives alone. often he would go for drives at night, but the prosecution is calling it a vague alibi, asking the defense whether they intend to provide more corroborating information. meanwhile, kaylee goncalves' father eager to see justice. >> today was the first time it felt like things were actually being hashed out, and we were making progress towards a solution of truth. >> reporter: and, janai, the

judge in this case previously entered a not guilty plea on behalf of bryan kohberger, but his defense attorneys want the entire case thrown out arguing that the grand jury process was flawed. janai? >> janai: yeah, even questioning the jury selection process. faith, thank you. for a deeper look now at this story, we're joined by channa lloyd, an abc news legal contributor and managing partner for the cochran firm. channa, thank you so much for being with us this morning. how critical is the dna evidence in this case? >> janai, the dna evidence in this case is quite critical because it's the most compelling piece of evidence that ties kohberger to the scene of the murders. >> janai: and the defense may be trying to cast doubt on the reliability of that evidence, so what else could the prosecution use to bolster their case? >> the prosecution will have to use all other evidence, things like gps coordination, cell phone data. they'd have to use everything else, but let's remember, juries like videos that show in person and they like dna evidence, because it's objective evidence that puts someone in a specific

time and place. >> janai: and you just mentioned gps coordinates, for instance. the defense has said that bryan kohberger had a habit of going for long drives and was doing that the night of the murders. how good of an alibi is that? the prosecution calling it vague. >> reporter: absolutely, janai. the purpose of an alibi is to place you in a specific time and place with someone who can corroborate that. saying that you're going for a long drive does not give a specific alibi, so it'll be very interesting to see how the judge accepts that, but it's not a strong argument. >> janai: even the judge calling it a so-called alibi setting a september 8th deadline to provide an actual alibi with the witness. also, channa, the defense also requested a stay for a second time which the judge denied. what was the attempted strategy there? >> the defense is trying to delay the trial, but what they have not done is waive their right to a speedy trial. they have the option of doing that, which will give them plenty of time to go through these discovery issues, but they're trying to keep the prosecution under pressure while

still getting additional time for the things they need. the judge is determined that that is not going to happen. the case is going forward, so if the defense wants additional time, they are going to have to waive speedy trial. >> janai: the judge saying clearly we are six weeks away from trial. channa lloyd, thank you so much for being with us this morning to talk through it all. gio? >> gio: such a fascinating case. we'll see what happens. >> janai: it really is. >> gio: time for the weather. somara theodore back there in jersey city. hey, my friend. >> somara: hey, gio. you know, it's pretty chilly in jersey city. you know where it's not chilly, in the middle part of the country. take a look. record heat continuing today through the heartland, through parts of the south. texas right now under an excessive heat warning, and we're seeing this heat stretching as far north as des moines. heat index values in kansas city around 107. new orleans feeling like 110. here's a look at what's coming up. now, as we move into next week, temperatures will be around 102 in des moines on tuesday.

triple digits for three days in a row in st. louis are certainly possible, and looking beyond into next weekend, the heat sticks around, but we are cooler than average in parts of the southwest and the northeast. that's a look at the weather across the country. >> somara: and that's a look at >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. back to you guys. >> janai: speaking of heat, somara, i don't think you saw this. there's some shirtless men behind you. where are you? >> somara: y'all, we're on tv. i'm gonna call, you janai. >> will: keep it moving right along. >> gio: that's what janai noticed. >> will: we all did. what's going on back there. >> gio: i was listening to her information. >> janai: thank you, somara.

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>> gio: welcome back to "gma" >> gio: welcome back to "gma" and the big fears over a small earn secretary. agriculture officials are raising the alarm over the invasive yellow-legged hornet. take a look. this morning, urgent search and destroy operations under way to eradicate a new invasive species called the yellow-legged hornet, spied in the united states for the first time ever. >> it's been a serious problem for the beekeeping industry in france, and now, unfortunately, it's made landfall in georgia. >> reporter: the yellow-legged hornet is native to southeast asia. officials say they aren't killers of honeybees, and experts fear they will wipe out honeybee colonies, which would devastate crops deeply affecting farming, georgia's top industry. >> honeybees are the most important managed pollinator that we have, and that makes fruits and vegetables from some of our most important healthful crops possible for ordinary

americans, and that's really what's at stake here. >> reporter: honeybees are essential to agriculture. they pollenate over 100 types of fruits, nuts and vegetables, worth about $15 billion. in savannah, georgia, where the first sighting took place, agricultural crews hard at work saying search and destroy missions will likely last through the fall, but they believe the hornets are somewhat contained. >> they're marking them, trapping them, following them, monitoring them and hoping to zero in on the nest, and hopefully if -- to remove it as quickly as possible. >> gio: and if you think these beasts look familiar, you're right. they are a cousin to the murder hornet, the world's largest hornet species, which rose alarm in several western states, as they too target the honeybee population. while the last murder hornet hasn't been seen since october 2021, washington state is still trapping them just in case. >> the bottom line is, there's a lot of different ways to report things, but if you see

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>> will: back now on "gma," >> will: back now on "gma," there's nothing like the traditions of a baseball game in the summer, grabbing a hot dog, maybe a beverage of some kind, ice cream in a mini plastic helmet, waiting in super long lines to get in.

but on that last point, change is on deck. yeah. change is on deck, and abc's jaclyn lee is in the on-deck circle right here. she will show us how facial recognition is changing how you get into the stadium. >> reporter: yes, it's very cool. good morning, guys. great to be with you. in philadelphia, the phillies are rolling out this pilot program technology that uses facial recognition to allow you to completely skip the line. now it starts on monday. now, you can go to citizens bank park and you use something called mlb go-ahead entry lanes that uses that facial recognition software to just let you skip the lines. now, if you're worried about privacy, mlb says no data is stored. it will be deleted immediately. while this is new in philadelphia, other mlb teams across the country have already used programs like clear to help fans get in, so here is how it works. go to the app store, and download mlb go-ahead entry. you click register. now, this will pop up.

you click get started and attest you are 18 years of age or older, and once you do that, this is where you take that selfie, so, voila, you pull it up. isn't that cool? yes, so once you do that, the selfie will connect to this facial recognition camera that will be there at citizens bank park. you will go to the entry lane at the first base gate. that camera will be there. you literally just walk in, and the camera will connect you in realtime to that selfie, so then you don't have the ticket. so then you enter the ballpark, and then you don't really have to do anything. it's pretty cool, but it's not required, so if you want to do it the old-fashioned line and wait in line, you can do that. mlb wanted to streamline the process and gives fans an option if you wanted to do that. >> will: yeah, more time for the ice cream in the mini helmet. >> janai: never declined, a whole new meaning. >> will: thank you, jaclyn, it's very cool. go, yankees, though. we'll be back with our "play of the day." type 2 diabetes?

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♪ >> janai: back now with our "play of the day" and the music superstars collaborating on a classic. "let it be," dolly parton's version, just dropped. check it out. ♪ let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be ♪ >> janai: so dolly had a backup band for the ages. the two surviving members of the fab four, paul mccartney and ringo starr. >> will: no way. >> janai: plus, peter frampton on guitar and mick fleetwood on percussion. sir paul posting, thanks, dolly, for doing my song. i love your version, and i'm pleased to be by your side on this one. rock on. the song will be on dolly's upcoming album, "rock star," that features 30 songs spread over four lps and two cds. >> will: it's so cool. >> gio: the song itself is so emotional, but dolly's voice is

also so emotional. >> will: knowing who is on it makes it even better. >> gio: coming up on "gma" in our second hour, britney spears breaking her silence after the end of her 14-month marriage. >> will: and our "gma" cover story. 10 million names, michael strahan tracing his roots with the help of this groundbreaking project. >> janai: and it's spud-tacular. jason goldstein joins us with recipes to spice up your potato dishes. abc seven mornings all news all morning. >> good morning i'm gloria rodriguez. new this morning a contra costa county deputies car crushed. take a look. witnesses say that deputies chased a truck along eastbound 580 overnight. the chase ended on highway 24. macarthur boulevard when both of the cars crashed. chp says multiple suspects are in custody . the deputy was taken to the hospital. heads up. if you rely

on muni, the sfo. mta says it's implementing multiple service changes. expect changes on the 29 sunset bus route. officials say 21 stops on the western portion of the route will be permanently discontinued as part of the 29 sunset improvement project. and then on monday, muni is set to relaunch its 28 r 19th avenue rapid line. officials say the service will be in effect on weekdays only from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. now let's get a check of your forecast with frances ding line. >> hi, gloria. good morning, everyone. most of us under a lot of low clouds, as you can see here with this live shot at the golden gate bridge. and it's also feeling a bit muggy out there. the humidity will pick up this evening. humidity ranges from 50 to 60. right now and it will pick up especially over the weekend where we'll get a chance of showers due to remnants of hilary by the time it passes through, temperatures right now are in the upper 50s to more mid 60s. so hayward, 65, san

francisco, 60. and then this afternoon, plenty of sunshine, partly cloudy conditions at the coast. temperatures will be a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. so inland areas in the mid 90s for some of our warmest spots around the bay. really comfortable look for lots of 70s. gloria >> all right thank you so much francis. up next, a tropical storm warning when hurricane hillary is expected to hit southern california as thousands brace for rain and floods. abc seven news at

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