friday marked the single busiest day in the skies ever. add in 34 million at risk of severe weather and we have a potential recipe for a travel disaster. we have your forecast and when you may want to steer clear of the roads. plus, a weekend of gun violence in america, at a nightclub in kansas and a block party in baltimore, injuring dozens and claiming two lives. what we're learning about these mass shootings. later, the ride of a lifetime that no one asked for. the scary moment at an amusement park that should give everyone pause. >> it makes me second-guess guesting on a roller coaster now. >> let's begin with what you need to know as you get ready for your independence day celebrations. sizzling temperatures and severe storms in the forecast while americans set travel records not seen since before the pandemic.

aaa projecting nearly 51 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home as a storm system moves down over the carolinas and 36 million people under heat alerts. nbc's blayne alexander is nr atlanta. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is standing by. first, blayne, how are things shaking out so far? >> reporter: when it comes to flight travel, people are going to be bracing for possible delays today. i want to go ahead and look at what we're looking at so far. already starting with several hundred delays. right now in and out of the u.s. there are 807 flight delays. cancellations at 87. consider what we saw over the weekend and this is an improvement. yesterday's numbers, more than 7,000 delays, 631 flight cancellations. that certainly goes with what we saw on friday afterwards.

yes, for people heading to the airport, know there could be some complications and delays. you talk about the record number of people traveling. consider this. on friday, ana, the tsa processed some 2.9 million passengers, almost that number. that's the highest single day number we have ever seen. we're certainly talking about a number of people going out and traveling and trying to take advantage of this. for people taking the the roads, we talked about the millions of americans doing that. angie can weigh in on what weather conditions will impact there. aaa says today, believe it or not, is actually the best day to hit the road. they say this is when you're likely to see the least amount of traffic and the best highways to drive on. all that ends tomorrow around noon. that's when people will be get back on the roads headed back home and that's when you'll start to see traffic pile up again. >> angie, what are you tracking when it comes to potential weather threats? >> still dealing with heat in

the southwest. we added a heat advisory for places like minneapolis. this includes 36 million people. focusing on the temperatures, notice where we're going for our afternoon temperatures for these places in the southwest. 118 for palm springs, 112 for las vegas, 115 for phoenix. you may think these places are always hot. but these temperatures are running 5-10 degrees warmer than normal. we can potentially see records broken in this area as we go through the day today. we look ahead to your tuesday and wednesday, it doesn't get much better. maybe a couple degrees, by tuesday in las vegas, by tomorrow, fourth of july celebrations, 112. we take a couple degrees off in places like palm springs on thursday. still at 108. meanwhile in the southeast we've had a cold front work through. that's made big improvements for folks there. temperatures still running a couple degrees above normal and definitely feeling like summer.

much better than we were dealing with yesterday. still hanging on to some of the alerts with folks in the southeast, especially along the coast. tomorrow, celebrating in philadelphia, 87 degrees, 94 for st. louis. this is where the heat is potent here for folks in the midwest tomorrow. 91 degrees in chicago. extra water, taking frequent breaks, especially if you're outside for long periods. by thursday and friday you're back into the upper 70s, so below normal for this time of year. how about the rain? i know everybody is worried about this for outdoor celebrations, the barbecues, fireworks and such. we'll have a couple pushes of showers and even strong storms work through parts of the northeast and new england and along the mid-atlantic as we go through the day today. we can see heavy rain leading to flash flooding. you can see it inches its way closer to the coast. that's going to bring the scattered showers for tomorrow. i think a lot of places will clear out before the fireworks, places like d.c. and new york. i think you'll be able to get the fireworks in.

if you're out and about today, washington, d.c., richmond, charlotte, be aware you could see storms developing and leaving us with large hail as well as strong winds. tornado threat is low. that goes for tomorrow, too, for folks in the midwest and into the high plains and extending into places like denver to minneapolis. we could see strong storms again with the same hazards, the strong winds and the hail. we'll watch for maybe a couple of tornadoes. looking at your big picture for tuesday, out west it looks great, really nice, bright conditions. it's still hot so you'll still have to deal with that. the severe risk focused to the midwest. we're still soggy for parts of the southeast. some lingering showers as we get into parts of the northeast. there's your fire work forecast. dallas, great, 86 degrees in time for the fireworks. detroit, 76. those are the good spots. los angeles, 69. it's minneapolis, denver that might have to contend with the stronger storms and some of the showers still draped across parts of the northeast, ana. hopefully we'll be able to get those out of the picture to get

fireworks on display for tomorrow. >> absolutely. we are going to will it out of there, will away those storms. thank you so much angie lassman and blayne alexander. in the meantime we're learning new details this morning about two mass shootings this weekend. in wichita, kansas, a shooting at a nightclub left nine people injured. right now in baltimore, police are still searching for multiple suspects after two people were killed in a block party shooting that left 28 others injured. let's go live to baltimore and nbc's george solis. what more are you learning about the victims, and what's the latest on this investigation? >> reporter: good morning, ana. we're awaiting a news conference here at noon at baltimore city hall where we'll hopeful live get more information. police are telling us they're looking for at least two shooters that opened fire at this annual celebration that takes place in this south baltimore community. a lot of residents there telling me ordinarily there's usually a

large police presence. they're saying there was not one this time. police say that's part of their on going investigation. we're learning more about the two victims, 18-year-old alia gonzalez and 20-year-old kylus. again, police on the search for these shooter or shooters as they believe. again, a lot of people in this community outraged saying they wanted to see more police there. they're questioning why it took so long for authorities to arrive there. there is heartbreak, there's outrage. the mayor of baltimore city issuing a stern warning to the shooters saying they will not rest until these individuals are caught. again, just going around the neighborhood this morning, it was utter chaos to see the number of chairs and things left behind. we actually spotted one home where the bullet holes were still visible. you can imagine just how shocking this was for people partaking in the fourth of july celebrations. according to the national gun

violence archive which tracks these mass shootings, there are now 340 for the year are. again, we're awaiting more information about the suspects, a possible motive and potentially learning more about the victims. shocking to a lot of residents here, half of those wounded here were just teenagers. it really is a staggering figure to think about. we'll learn a lot more about this today, ana, and bring you more details. >> a lot of the victims, 13, 14, 15 years old. george, thank you. joining us to talk more about that is angela farrell kabbalah from moms demand action, an organization dedicated to ending gun violence in our communities. angela, thank you for taking the time. another weekend marred by gun violence. >> this is a truly heartbreaking

reality. unfortunately we see this time and time again, a holiday weekend, a weekend ending in gunfire. we know the leading cause of death in this country for children, teens and young adults are guns. while extremist lawmakers continue to gut our gun laws, our families are paying the price. >> george mentioned according to the gun violence archive there are 340 mass shootings, that's four or more people shot not including the shooter himself. what is it going to take for something to get done on this issue? 340 mass shootings just this year. it's only july. >> just this year. 365 days in a year. it's absolutely ludicrous. when wep think about gun violence, many that don't make the headlines, 120 people are shot and killed every day in this country, over 200-plus more are injured. there is much to be done. the first thing i would say, as

heartbreaking as this is, and people are looking at the news this morning, waking up in these communities ravaged by violence, there's a lot that can be done. this is not an inevitability. there's a lot of action we can be taking to make sure we can break away from these th guns-everywhere culture. our folks are across this country, in all 50 states, plus the district of columbia pushing back every day. from our students in particular, when you think about the impact on their lives, the leading cause of death for young people, they're getting up and doing something about this. there is something to be done. one thing i would say is we've been pushing across this country, over ten years that moms demand action have been working with community partners, we're beating back the gun lobby and this extremist agenda. while we're waking up to these headlines, just know work is being done on the ground and

election haves consequences. in many states where we've pushed to make sure we have gun sense champions, we're seeing that come to fruition, in minnesota, in maryland, illinois, colorado, minnesota i said, just to name a few places where you have gun sense champions, there are things that can be done to save lives every single day. >> let's talk more about what can be done. of course, this is an issue that impacts every single american. it doesn't matter what your demographic. a new analysis from every town research shows that while black men continue to experience alarmingly high rates of gun homicides due to generations of disinvestment, rates are also rising among black women and latinx and transgender people. tell us how your organization is tailoring its work towards these communities that need help. >> we're getting this and meeting it on all fronts. this is going to take everybody, all hands on deck to change this. when you think about the

extremist lobby, it's been almost four decades of them digging in and loosening gun laws across the country. we're going state-by-state, city by city to make sure we're doing everything in our power. this is not inevitable. some of the things we've been working on are background checks for all gun sales, making sure there's secure storage. by the way, these are things backed by not just democrats, it's republicans, it's gun owners and folks without guns alike that know that when we have strong gun laws, we can save lives. we also want to reinstate the assault weapons ban. we want to pay attention to things like gun suicide. that's part of the crisis in this country as well. i think what's been important, we've seen this when we broke the 30-year logjam, we think about federal legislation, a bipartisan law that took effect last year, that we were able to make sure we have billions of dollars going into community violence intervention programs across the country.

all those things are important. there's many more we'll be doing. the last thing i would say is our volunteers that are activists, they get up every day to make sure they're getting out to push for policies that will save lives, are now running for office and winning to make sure they're righting these policies that will keep communities safe. >> thank you so much for your work. i think it's really important that we share solutions because, again, gun violence is something that impacts all of our lives and so tragically too often. thank you so much, angela fer real zabala, appreciate you. >> thank you. when we're back in 60 seconds, the aftermath of an israeli drone strike in the west bank that killed at least 8 palestinians. i'll talk with jake auchincloss, a marine veteran, what to expect from the treasury secretary's visit to beijing. later, south carolina in the spotlight. former president trump is just there. president biden will be there later this week. why biden's visit couldn't come

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the israeli military is one of the largest if not the largest israeli incursion into the west bank in well over 15 years, since the end of the last palestinian uprising. that is raising real questions about escalation with the israeli military releasing this video of one of the raids they conducted in the city of janine in that refugee camp. the israeli military saying they recovered several ieds that were gathering in that area. one of the real concerns here is while we have seen more like pinpoint operations by these israeli military in the past to go after what they say are these counterterrorism targets, this one appears to be much longer and much broader with the israeli military saying they could be there for days, that they're going to continue this operation as long as it takes to address what they have described as this counterterrorism threat emanating from the west bank and

specifically from janine. a few minutes ago we had a new statement from the israeli defense forces saying the fighting is not only ongoing, but they've located an explosives manufacturing facility in the camp that they say contained hundreds of explosive devices ready to be used against israeli forces. that's the latest target that israel has been going after in that refugee camp. we're starting to see this unrest, this frustration over the tit for tat violence, starting to spread beyond janine. in the gaza strip we're hearing from hamas which says they want to support their brothers and sisters in the west bank. we're seeing palestinians in the gaza strip also protesting today. real concerns about how the situation could potentially spiral out of control. >> josh lederman, thank you so much. looking at a live image. you can see smoke rising from

the fighting that's been happening in those strikes overnight. we'll keep everybody posted as we stay on top of developments there. meantime this week, treasury secretary janet yellen will be traveling to beijing where she's set to meet with senior chinese officials. it comes weeks after secretary of state antony blinken became the highest ranking member of the biden administration to travel to beijing in an effort to stabilize relations between the two countries. joining us, democratic congressman of massachusetts, jake auchincloss. he's a marine veteran, also. thank you, sir, for your service. let me ask you about this trip. secretary yellen's trip comes as we've seen tensions between the u.s. and china remain high even after secretary blinken's incident. as a member of the select committee on china, what are you looking for in yellen's visit?

what might she accomplish? >> good morning, ana, thanks for having me on. tensions will remain high for decades to come. we're pitted in an ideological contest with them. sending secretary now to land in beijing, she's coming from a position of economic strength. our economy has rebounded, enormously successfully since the deaths of covid, 13 million jobs created, record low unemployment. the chinese economy is struggling with high youth unemployment, a property market created under debt and struggling with long-term demographic challenges with an aging population. secretary yellen can sit across the table and from a position of strength and authority say we welcome a robust trade relationship that can benefit both parties, but we expect you to play by the rules, the rules

of the world trade organization, and that you do not steal intellectual property, you do not harass american businesses and you're a good actor on the world stage. they certainly have proven they are not, we will take action in concert with our allies to uphold the rules-based order. >> what does that action look like then? if they don't play nice, what can be done? what kind of recourse is there? >> the most important thing we need to do for long-term competition with china is actually more about us than it is about china. it's investing in our r&d capabilities, high quality education, capital markets. what we've seen right now is gop cuts to r&d in the 2024 appropriations cycle would hamstring us in long-term and scientific economic competition against a scientific behemoth in

china. the first thing we have to do is not impair our own ability to run faster than the chinese economy in the decades to come. >> so let's turn to the latest on the war in ukraine because former vice president mike pence, who is running for the white house, in 2024 had critical words for the biden administration after his recent visit to ukraine. take a listen. >> i think president biden has failed miserably to explain our national interest here. he's given these goz zi speeches about democracy, the reason we're there. we're there because it's in our national interest to give the ukrainian military the ability to rebut and defeat russian aggression. >> congressman, he says president biden has failed to explain america's interest in this conflict. what's your response? >> i can't help but laugh. ed sheeran is performing in my last few days, i might as well tell him how to put on a show. that's how much credibility mike pence has.

mike pence was vice president when donald trump was impeached for black mailing ukraine. he was vice president when donald trump went to helsinki and prostituted himself before putin in what two gop nominees called disgraceful. mike pence has zero credibility on ukraine. if i were him, i would be spending time on the phone and calling gop members and asking them to not cut half a billion from ukrainian support as they voted to do two weeks ago. >> what are you hearing from those gop members? president zelenskyy says he's concerned about losing bipartisan support after what he called dangerous messages coming from some republicans. >> there's broadly three camps in the house gop conference. one camp, call them the reagan conservatives, are aligned with the strategic and moral imperative to support ukraine. fortunately that's some of the most senior members of the

house, mike turner, mike mccaul, et cetera. then there's the trump camp who have always been sympathizing with puti. then there's the middle camp. the middle camp is where i think the political work needs to be done. these are members who individually i think want to support ukraine, understand the value of supporting ukraine. but whose base back home because of donald trump's absurd ex-orientations in favor of putin is increasingly restless. senate republicans are going to have to work on that middle camp to sustain bap support for ukraine. i've been doing that in my own way with a series of bipartisan actions as well. >> quickly, if you will, what is your message to americans who may be worried about the u.s. spending billions and billions of dollars indefinitely in this conflict that has no end in

sight. >> for less money than america spends on soft drink, we've doubled the border with nato, convinced our allies to increase their spending on defense. we have strengthened and deepened nato's resolve at a time when the rules-based order is under attack, not just russia, but china as well. this is about upholding the rules-based order that has spread peace and prosperity the world over. it's the highest return on investment for national security dollars that have been spent in the 21st century. >> massachusetts senator jake auchincloss, thank you. up next, ron desantis takes a new shot at donald trump and gets blowback for it. tough crowd. senator lindsey graham booed by his own party in his home state. why south carolina is a critical microcosm of the dynamics at play ahead of 2024. play ahead o4

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welcome back. now to the 2024 race where florida governor ron desantis is facing some backlash for a campaign ad that slams rival donald trump for his past support of gay and transgender people, with critics calling this add homophobic. we'll show a brief clip so you can understand what we're talking about. >> can transgender women compete in miss universe? >> yes. >> make america great again. >> psych! ♪ ♪ >> so that ad was released on june 30th, the last day of pride month. i want to bring in brendan buck, former senior advisor to house speakers john boehner and paul

ryan. also with us, democratic strategist basil smikle. the end of pride month, do you see that resonating with voters? >> no, i don't. it's kind of thing you would expect from a fringe candidate, not a person who is second in the race, the most notable alternative to donald trump. i don't think it's good politics. look, the republican party has had a bad history on these issues. i'm fairly confident we've moved forward quite a bit. what ron desantis is talking about is not the future of the republican party. the one caveat where maybe there is some strategy for ron desantis, his entire brand is by getting people on the left not to like him. if i'm looking for a rationale, he was throwing out more red meat to stir up controversy to remind people he's made a lot of

enemies on the left. who your enemies are are a currency in the republican party. long-term politics, someone trying to make the case that he is a credible, electable alternative to donald trump -- >> seems like he was trying to look tough in that ad. if you continue watching, i guess there were body builders all oiled up, flexing and that was spliced in between other shots of him. you have openly gay transportation secretary pete buttigieg responding to this ad over the weekend. i want to show a little more of the ad before you hear his response. listen. >> i'll leave aside the strangeness of trying to prove your manhood by putting up a video that splices images of you in between oiled-up shirtless body builders. who are you trying to hell snp what public policy problems do you get up in the morning thinking about how to solve?

>> basil, what does this tell you about where the 2024 campaign may be headed? >> in some respects it says that republicans are continuing to promote the politics of cruelty. one of the things that secretary buttigieg said in that interview was that it was shameful that desantis in this ad was going after a community already disadvantagedment why do that even more? why expose that nerve even more unless you're trying to do, as brendan said, try to create these enemies, whether it's within your own party or certainly from the left. what i always say in this particular context, can he out drooet trump donald trump? i don't think he can. he's trying to, and i don't know from an electoral strategy point of view, i don't know if that works for him in the context of the republican primary. it's certainly not going to work

for him in a general election. that's why, even if you're trying to gin up certain support within your party, you're making yourself unelectable in the general election. i just don't understand that. >> being trumpy doesn't work for people if you're not trump. just ask lindsey graham who was booed in south carolina this weekend at a trump event. listen. >> united states state senator lindsey graham! [ booing ] >> welcome to pickens. >> brandon, lindsey graham, as you know, has bent over backwards to be a trump defender. yet, no love from his hometown, home state republicans. >> yeah. somebody that's worked in

politics for a long time, that's a nightmare scenario. lindsey graham has been a big supporter of donald trump. he's also had moments where he's criticized him and walked away from him, only to rush back. i think it's been very clear lindsey graham has become a bit of a donald trump opportunist. whenever it made sense for him to be on his side, he was there. when it looked like things were going bad for donald trump, he walked away. people see that. what this shows is obviously this is donald trump's party. usually it's the local senator who goes in and tries to vouch for the candidate going in. here donald trump had to jump in and try to defend lindsey graham in his own home state. this is a party dominated by donald trump. the enthusiasm is real for donald trump. >> basil, later this week we know president biden will be heading to south carolina for a campaign event as well. this state was so critical in his 2020 run for the white

house, really turned everything upside down during the primary. black voters are a key constituency for any democratic. there are signs for enthusiasm waning in this key block. voter turnout among black voters dropped nearly ten percentage points. a recent a.p. poll said 41% want biden to run. only 55% said they're likely to support him in the general election. why do you think that is? >> well, it could be for a lot of reasons. there are people that talk about age. i'm not an ageist. he says he wants to run, i think the party will get behind him. i think in many ways, and i don't mean this in the pejorative, joe biden has been a good managerial president even though he's not been the leader of a political or social movement in this country. he's been a good president that has engaged in good policy

making. i think maybe that's what's missing a little bit that folks are looking for and want in their candidate. however, the fact that he's going to south carolina is really important. if you think back to when congress member clyburn endorsed him in 2020, that endorsement speech was very important. from an older generation to a younger generation that's more skeptical of him. if clyburn and joe biden can continue to make that connection, particularly on the heels of the supreme court decisions on affirmative action and student loans, i do think this is a good opportunity for a little bit of a reset with those voters. >> you set up my next segment. thank you so much basil smikle and brendan buck. have a wonderful fourth of july holiday. aftershocks from the seismic and divisive supreme court rulings on affirmative action, student loans and lgbtq rights.

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rights and student loans, a new poll finds 53% of americans believe the justices ruled based on their partisan political view rather than on the basis of the law. that's up 15 points since january of 2022. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. as the associated put it over the weekend, quote, overturning roe v. wade and eliminating affirmative action have been a goal for decades. a supreme court reshaped by three justices nominated by president donald trump made both a reality. so let me ask you, what has the past year or so taught us about this roberts court? >> it's a deeply conservative court. i think that piece is spot on. it's going to make good on causes that have been in the works for decades. that doesn't mean there will be surprises. on voting rights this year, they let the abortion pill stay on the market. so there are going to be times

when there are deviations. by and large, this is a court with six conservatives that has said time and again it didn't believe that race should be considered when it comes to college admissions. certainly a court that felt very strongly about abortion. so those are things that are the natural i think out.com of who is on the court. on affirmative action in particular. it's not as if harvard changed its policy and needed to be re-evaluated. this had been on the books for a long time. the only different is the members of the court. >> the newest member, ketanji brown jackson, this is her first term on the court. what did we learn about her? >> there were times she was willing to go it alone, being the lone dissent. there were times she formed alliances with justice gorsuch, on four opinions she joined with him. i think it shows she'll have a unique and different impact on

the court. it doesn't mean she won't side with the liberals, especially on the big social issues, but you might see surprises. >> she spoke up quite a bit, also, during arguments. >> yes, and always so prepared. >> very well prepared. thank you, laura jarrett. we're glad to put those behind us after all the work and uncertainty that faced us for weeks. let's turn to arizona now where it has been ten years since the yarnell hill fire that killed 19 members of an elite central arizona firefighting crew. lindsey reiser was there, covered it in 2013. xi reports on the lessons still being learned. >> reporter: ten years ago prescott, arizona, a small city 90 minutes north of phoenix became known for what it lost. 19 highly trained granite mountain hotshots died while fighting the yarnell hill fire south of prescott. >> you remember every detail of what you wore that day, to what

you were doing the second you found out. >> reporter: alicia moffett was engaged to 22-year-old wade parker. they were called to fight an explosive fire threatening homes in nearby yarnell, spinning out flames as high as 20 feet. the crew lost communication and left their safe zone. trapping the hotshots, they were forced to deploy emergency shelters. all but the lone lookout perished. >> i went from planning our wedding that was going to be two months from them to literally planning his funeral and trying to attend 18 other funerals on top of that. >> reporter: it is still the deadliest u.s. wildfire in 80 years and the largest loss of firefighters' looichs since september 11th. >> we recognize when you lose a quarter of your department, what that means on a human level is completely different. >> reporter: prescott fire chief

says due in part to this disaster, their approach to how they fight fire is changed. >> we don't deploy a bunch of firefighters to the tip of the hurricane, we wait for the hane to come through and rescue people after that. >> reporter: with fires burning hotter, faster and becoming more unpredictable thanks to climate change, according to fire forecasters. it's a strategy focused on protecting lives and learning to live with the dangers of wildfires. >> if we can't succeed, we'll step back and find a better approach, a better strategy. our highest priority is firefighter and public safety. >> reporter: now departments like prescott are using drones. in dangerous situations they can scout trouble spots from above, replacing the need for boots on the ground, reshaping how communities fight forest fires as they honor and grieve the men who gave their lives protecting

one they loved. >> i hope they remember who these guys outside of their job were. husbands and brothers and sons, this crew that went there together and they died together and they all stayed together. >> our thanks to lindsey reiser for that report. up next on "ana cabrera reports," a scary moment at an amusement park raising new safety concerns after a roller coaster with a giant crack in its beam was caught on camera shifting as riders rounded a curve.

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in north carolina, a roller coaster at a charlotte amusement park is closed today after a visitor spotted a large crack in one of the ride's support beams. you can see it there on the right. look closely, that crack captured on camera, and nbc's emilie ikeda is with us now. okay, this is a little alarming. what do you know about this incident?

>> well, it's easy to see why it's turning so many heads when you look at that video. the good news is that no one was hurt on this ride. the ride called fury 325 now closed indefinitely as the state department of labor is on the ground investigating, seeking answers around what led to the crack in that beam. >> reporter: this morning new questions swirling about safety after this alarming video of a giant crack in a roller coaster's support beam causing it to shift outwards as a car full of thrill seekers round the curve. jeremy wagner who took the video at north carolina's carowinds amusement park was shocked by what he saw. >> i'm like, i can see light through it, and i'm not an engineer, but that's not -- that's not good. >> reporter: wagner, whose family had just ridden that coaster quickly told park security and the fire marshal, and the ride was shut down indefinitely. carowinds, which is owned by cedar fair entertainment writing in a statement, safety is our

top priority, and we appreciate the patience and understanding of our valued guests during this process. >> it makes me second guess getting on a roller coaster now. >> reporter: fury 325 is one of carowinds premier attractions. its website touts it as the tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in north america. this photo taken by a park visitor a week earlier appears to show the crack starting to form. the coaster has been operating since 2015, carowinds says all of its rides undergo daily inspections. it's putting the spotlight on ride safety just as amusement parks are starting the summer visitor crush. last year missouri 14-year-old tyrese sampson fell out of a drop tower seat and died at orlando's icon park. despite the harrowing incident, jim shay says safety measures are rigorous. >> the same types of tools that are used in aerospace

engineering are used in the theme park industry. >> reporter: for jeremy wagner, he says his family won't be worried to get back on fury 325 when it's fixed. >> i would like to think that their safety protocols and fixing the issue would be secure infrastructure. >> nbc news did reach out to carowinds regarding that picture that appeared to show the crack starting to form from late june. charlotte police say they are confident in carowinds' track record and commitment to safety. when you talk about getting seriously injured on a roller coaster, the chance as are incredibly rare, 1 in 15.5 million, according to industry analysis, but boy, i'm just blown away by someone being able to spot that from the ground, very observant that father there. >> talk about an eagle eye. >> absolutely. >> emilie ikeda, thanks so much. more in our next hour of this special edition of "ana cabrera reports" including new reporting about donald trump's alleged efforts to pressure

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