>> more top stories. gas prices have hit a new high for the year now averaging 387 per gallon nationwide. that is $0.06 higher than last week. analysts blame rising oil costs and refinery issues overseas. former president trump says it was his decision to claim that the 2020 election was rigged. >> he told nbc news he did not listen to his lawyers who told him he lost becau morning, urgent manhunt. >> the new clues in the search for a killer who shot a sheriff's deputy in southern california. authorities calling it an ambush style attack. the surveillance video now part of the investigation. >> no deal. the new offer of a pay raise in the autoworkers strike. why the union is threatening to expand the strike. plus, the new twist in the hollywood writers strike by talk show host drew barrymore is reversing course and apologizing

to her fans and staff. >> controversial comments with the co-founder of rolling stone magazine said about black and female musicians and the fallout this morning. his response to the backlash. >> privacy violation at 30,000ft. a girl finds a hidden camera in the bathroom of an american airlines flight. why her parents believe a flight attendant targeted their daughter caught on camera. >> the shark rescue on the beach that did not go as planned. oh, my. >> and later, dressing down at the capitol. the big change when it comes to what us senators can wear. is america getting too casual at work. >> from abc news in new york, this is america this morning. >> good monday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with a developing story, the search for a cold blooded killer of a sheriff's deputy in california. >> a $250,000 reward is now being offered for information

leading to an arrest after what authorities describe as an ambush style attack. racy . hundreds of people gathered at the palmdale sheriff's station in southern california last night honoring ryan clincoln for. the los angeles county deputy shot and killed in an apparent ambush at a red light. >> there is a lot of anger in a lot of people. it's heartbreaking. >> the vigil coming after investigators revealed a new clue in their search for the deputies killer. they're calling this dark gray toyota corolla a vehicle of interest without warning. >> he was murdered while serving our community. >> this surveillance video obtained by our station, kabc, is now part of the investigation showing deputy clincoln bruner's patrol car at an intersection just seconds after he left the palmdale station, a dark colored vehicle slowly pulls up to the driver's side of the patrol car. it slows down, then speeds off. deputy clinton bruner was later found slumped over inside the

car and died at the hospital. his murder comes just days after the 30 year old got engaged to be married. >> he was a son. he was a grandson. he had just been engaged four days ago. he had so much ahead of him. and this coward or cowards took his life with the gunman on the loose overnight, off duty deputies told abc news they're now being careful not to wear anything identifiable. >> in the meantime, nearby residents are being asked to check home surveillance cameras to apprehending the suspects. >> and i'm going to continue to refer to them as cowards because that's what they are, cowards to attack a deputy sheriff in uniform in a black and white whose just sitting there at a red light. >> authorities have not revealed a motive, but it does come amid an increase in threats against law enforcement by extremists online. >> in the other big story this morning, talks are expected to resume today as auto workers threaten to expose and their

strike against gm, ford and chrysler. the walkout is igniting passions on both sides of the political aisle. this morning, autoworkers not pumping the brakes as they enter their first full week, striking against detroit's big three carmakers. nearly 13,000 are on picket lines in three states. the united auto workers union says it met with general motors yesterday and had reasonably productive conversations with ford this weekend. and stellantis, chrysler's parent company says it raised its offer to a nearly 21% raise in hourly wages, but still no deal. and workers are feeling the effects. gm has announced temporary layoffs for 2000 non striking employees. ford is doing the same to 600. the uaw is demanding a return to pensions, better benefits for retirees, cost of living adjustments and a 40% pay increase, which it says

is on par with what ceos have received. >> we'll amp up the pressure. we'll take more plants out. >> politicians on both sides of the aisle weighing in if new technology is going to make us a more productive society, the benefits should go to the workers. >> i'm somebody that believes in free enterprise. i think. i think those are decisions that can be made by by shareholders, owners and creating pressure. no wait. >> meanwhile, in hollywood, talks are set to resume this week aimed at ending the writers strike, which has dragged on since may. talk show host drew barrymore, who had announced she was bringing back her show despite the strike, has now reversed course, apologizing in a now deleted video. >> i deeply apologize to writers . i deeply apologize to union. and i just want everyone to know my intentions have never been in a place to upset or hurt anyone

one. >> as for the autoworkers, the uaw is expected to meet today with stellantis and ford. >> today, illinois becomes the first state to eliminate cash bail, according to a new state law, judges can still detain defendants awaiting trial, but money can no longer be a condition of their release. supporters of the law say cash bail is unfair to poor people, but critics argue this will put more criminals back on the street. >> lawmakers are demanding more information about a prisoner swap between the us and iran. the swap involves the us releasing $6 billion in frozen iranian funds overseas in exchange for the release of five americans that are being held in iran. abc's justin finch is here now with more. justin, good morning. >> rihanna good morning. iran releasing those five detained americans today. they include a business executive and an environmentalist. the men are being released in exchange for the us unfreezing $6 million in iranian oil revenue, along with releasing five iranians in us

custody. critics compare it to paying a ransom. the head of the senate intelligence committee, mark warner, expressing concern about what iran may do with that $6 billion. he wants more details on the constraints being placed on that money. the biden administration has said it will make sure the money goes only toward humanitarian causes, not to iran's nuclear program. but it remains unclear here how exactly the us would make sure of that. andrew >> justin finch for us in washington, dc. justin, thank you. new video from the flooding disaster in libya now it shows cars swept away by a wall of water after two dams failed during a severe storm. more than 11,000 people are confirmed dead, but another 10,000 are still unaccounted for. abc's ian pannell is there. well take a look at this. >> that bridge there is something like 4 or 5 stories high and yet the water obviously came over the top, destroying the bridge and then roaring through here out to sea.

>> experts in libya say they warned about the dams for months, but nothing was done to improve them. >> now to the controversy in the music industry. the co-founder of rolling stone magazine has been removed from his leadership position at the rock and roll hall of fame because of what he said about black and female artists. here's abc's derek dennis. >> this morning, rolling stone magazine co-founder jann wenner faces a firestorm of controversy over remarks he made to the new york times about the singers and musicians he chose and did not choose to profile in his new book entitled the masters the people i interviewed had to meet a couple of criteria. >> one, just kind of my personal interest in love of them insofar as the women i mean, there were just none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level. >> winners profiles were of white male performers, including mick jagger, john lennon and bono, while notable women and black performers were not profiled.

>> it's not that they're not creative geniuses. it's not that they're inarticulate, although go have a deep conversation with grace, slick or janis, please be my guest. you know, joni was not a philosopher of rock and roll. she didn't in my mind, meet that test. not by her work, not by other interviews she did for just for public relations sake. maybe i should have gone and found one black and one woman artist to include here that didn't measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism, winners comments to the times prompted his immediate removal from the board of the rock and roll hall of fame when her response to the backlash saying in my interview with the new york times, i made comments that diminish the contributions whose genius and impact of black and women artists. >> and i apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks . wenner said in his times interview that his profiles of only white male performers were not deliberate, adding that it just fell together that way, and that in retrospect, he does wish

he would have interviewed the late marvin gaye or otis redding. rhiannon andrew derek, thank you. >> time now for a look at your monday weather. this charleston, south carolina, looked like after heavy rain and gusty winds during high tide. now, thankfully, it will be dry across the southeast today. meanwhile, parts of the chicago area also flooded over the weekend. some areas got up to nine inches of rain. most of the midwest will be dry today as well. but showers are expected in the plains. checking today's high temperatures, mostly in the 70s across the northeast, 80s in the rockies and 90s. seconds along the gulf coast, 92 in new orleans and 90 in miami. >> coming up, a deadly collision during a popular airshow. >> also ahead, why some people on social secured city are being told to give money back to the government because of a mistake, even if it's not their fault.

and later, disturbing allegations against actor and comedian russell brand. >> how he's now responding

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hospitalized. a recent study found overdose deaths involving fentanyl are up more than 14,000% since 2010. >> some people on social security are describing a nightmare. they are being told they owe thousands of dollars back to the government because of a mistake. back this morning , overpayment, outrage after some americans who received social security benefits were told to give back tens of thousands of dollars. >> i'm literally at the point of frustration and i'm so scared. >> lori, a former postal service employee in florida, has received about $900 a month since 2001. but social security wants more than $120,000 back because of a mistake on their end. >> i went to my mailbox and a letter from social security and it was a demand letter for $121,000 payable in 30 days. >> lori says she had to sell her house. >> so, yeah, no, no money in my

bank account for the first time in my life, 70 million american get benefits from social security. >> now the administration is trying to get back $21 billion in overpayments, much of it from low income or disabled beneficiaries. >> it's hard to actually heal and get better when you're constantly having to revisit this. the worst day of your life. >> former police officer matt cooper was shot while on duty in 2018. he and his wife rely on social security payments, but the couple got a letter demanding they return $30,000. matt was denied an appeal, even though it was the government that incorrectly factored in his worker's compensation. the system has definitely let us down. the social security administration saying while staffing and resource constraints have challenged our service delivery, our payment accuracy rates remain high. experts say hundreds of thousands of people may be asked to send money back. >> coming up, the allegations against comedian russell brand. also had a girl finds a hidden camera in the bathroom of an

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for women claim that between 2006 and 2013, during the height of his fame, brand committed multiple violent sexual crimes. >> one alleged victim says she was 16 at the time the women spoke anonymously in a documentary produced by multiple british media organizations. as some of the alleged victims are portrayed in the documentary by actors. >> i was pushing him away and pushing him away. and so i ended up having to punch him really hard in the stomach to get him off and i was crying and he said, oh, i only want to see your mascara run. >> anyway, one woman claims brand raped her in his home. a british newspaper reports she was treated at a rape crisis center the same day. >> i'm telling him to get off me and he won't get off. i was very distraught trying to get out of the house with him being so much taller than me, like holding me up against the wall. >> brand posted a video over the weekend denying the claims. awesome >> very serious allegations that i absolutely refute. >> brand has spoken in the past about his promiscuity. once describing himself as a sex and

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