this morning, show of force. >> iran, launching missiles overnight, just as western powers clamp down with a new oil embargo. the new tensions coinciding with heightened concern of terrorists targeting celebrations on this fourth of july. holiday heat. sure, it's summer. but it's also day four without electricity for millions. stranded. the cross-country flight forced to touch down in texas. passengers stuck in an airport for nearly a day. and stowaways. imagine finding these guys in your car. good morning.

i'm sunny hostin, in for paula faris. >> and i'm rob nelson. we begin with holiday security on this morning before we mark the nation's birthday. >> intelligence officials tell us that no specific threat has been identified ahead of the july 4th holiday. but they say there's continuing concern about plots involving al qaeda's affiliate in yemen. that means anyone attending a big independence day celebration is likely to see stepped-up security, particularly in new york, philadelphia and washington. also this morning, iran's powerful revolutionary guard is conducting major military exercises. it launched several missiles this morning, including long-range ones, capable of hitting u.s. ships in the persian gulf. these war games coincide with the start of an oil embargo by the european union. the u.s. is quietly increasing its forces in the region. july fourth plans may be going down the drain for many, as widespread power outages and

stifling heat plague the mid-atlantic and midwest. the extreme heat is now blamed for eight deaths in maryland. and the number of people killed in those violent weekend storms has climbed to 22. abc's tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: the misery continues. brutal temperatures are expected again today, adding to the agony for millions of americans still without power. still without air conditioning. yesterday, 45 states had temperatures in the 90s or above. many soared past 100. >> it was hot and sweaty. and when i come in, i expect a burst of cold air. but now, it's just hotness. >> reporter: this entire neighborhood in randallstown, maryland, is in the dark. >> it's been hot. it's been dangerously hot. >> reporter: angela griggs can't remember how many times she's called the power company. >> i think it's a little bit incompetence, the way the process is being handled. seven days, to me, is unacceptable.

>> reporter: power crews in this richmond, virginia, community work to install new poles after friday night's monster storm tore down power lines. but for many, it could be well past the fourth of july until power is restored. >> there's not enough people. too many problems. >> reporter: outside of chicago, residents are coping the best they can. for the second night in a row, parents red bedtime stories to their children by flashlight, while children looked at the bright side of the situation. >> you go to the website, they're still assessing. >> reporter: ice has become the most valuable commodity. >> we bought extra to give away at the end of the night. >> he was already with getting a hug. >> reporter: that ice is only helping to a point. here in washington, officials have set up collection sites for people to drop off food. temperatures are expected to reach the mid-90s here again today. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. additional utility crews are

traveling from as far as quebec and oklahoma to pitch in. now, to colorado. firefighters have the fire around colorado springs about 70% contained now. this video shows how ferocious that fire was, as it engulfed 350 homes and killed 2 people. it has scorched 28-square miles. at its worst, chased about 30,000 folks from their homes. also, an important weapon in battling those wildfires in the west is now sidelined. the deadly crash of a military cargo plane fighting a fire in south dakota forced officials to ground seven other air force air tankers. at least one person died in the crash. and the other five crew members were hurt. the navy is releasing new details about the crash of an f-18 jet back in april. the aircraft slammed into a virginia beach complex, destroying dozens of apartments there. officials now say both engines of that jet failed and that's never happened before. both pilots were able to eject

safely. and believe it or not, everyone on the ground did survive. now, to that multibillion-dollar fine for one of the world's biggest drug companies. prosecutors say glaxo smithkline put profits ahead of safety when it came to ten popular drugs. a company video shows it was all about the money. >> reporter: no. these aren't entertainers. ♪ y'all ready for this >> reporter: they're senior executives with glaxo smithkline, at a pep rally for their sales team. the goal to rev up sales is what prosecutors say was a culture of greed, where patients' safety took a backseat to profits. >> you do the math. there are people in this room who are going to make an ungodly sum of money. >> reporter: the company apparently spared no expense to entice stock. >> gsk sales force brought decisions to describe gsk

products. >> reporter: bribes to include trips to hawaii. tickets to madonna concerts. the government maintains that gsk there was no medical evidence they would help. allegations for promoting paxil for depression in patients under 18. even though the fda has never approved it for kids. this was done despite the fact the company had evidence the drug could spark suicidal thoughts in young people. marking wellbutrin to lose weight, despite never being approved for that. promoting avandia. but failing to disclose to the fda, studies suggesting it might cause heart failure and heart attacks. company officials agree to pay $3 billion in the biggest fraud settlement in u.s. history. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. and it's a low-key week on the campaign trail. president obama and the first family are at camp david.

it's mr. obama's 25th visit to the presidential retreat. mitt romney is spending some downtime at his lake house in new hampshire with all 30 members of the family. and that doesn't include the secret service detail keeping watch over the candidate. >> both those guys have deserved a little down time on the holiday. >> i think so. >> they know what's coming. time, now, for weather across the country. another day of extreme heat from the plains to the mid-atlantic. also, some hail, gusty winds, also a chance of tornadoes, even, from the southeast up to d.c. and from michigan to the dakotas. thunderstorms from tennessee to indianapolis and the four corners of the southwest. >> the pacific northwest is the coolest spot on the map. only in the 60s. triple digits in phoenix. 80s in the northeast. mostly 90s for the rest of the country. some surprising results released overnight about whether new safety measures in cars actually work. then, an emergency landing halfway through a coast-to-coast flight. a 16-hour delay. >> unbelievable.

also this morning, the police officer who made this very cute discovery.

and welcome back, everybody. a new snapshot of a key part of the economy shows some discouraging signs. u.s. manufacturing dropped last month to the lowest level in nearly three years. and manufacturing is likely to stay slower for several months because new orders also dropped, as businesses and consumers turn

just a little more cautious. that news, though, is not having a big impact on early-morning trading. tokyo's nikkei average was up 63 points today. hong kong's hang seng gained 228 points. in london, the ftse opened slightly higher. and on wall street, the dow was down eight points yesterday. the nasdaq picked up about 16 points. there could be trouble down the road for an expensive auto safety system. new findings out today will show high-tech alerts meant to keep drivers from drifting out of their own lanes could actually increase the risk of a crash by 10%. the insurance institute for highway safety, which did the study, has one theory. that the alarm sounds just too often and drivers might ignore the warnings. well, as you know, it's not even july 4th just yet. but moms and dads are already being hit with back-to-school sales promotions. all those notebooks, pencils, highlighters, all that stuff adds up. we spent $70 billion last year

on school supplies. >> and experts say get used to it. after a sales slump in april and may, retailers are going after back-to-school shoppers earlier than ever. and now, you see it. now, you don't. a publishing company in argentina has figured out how to print books, get this, in disappearing ink. the ink vanishes after two months of being exposed to light and air. it's good publicity for the authors. and perhaps motivation for the procrastinators. >> not that you procrastinated on your "fifty shades of grey." >> i read the entire trilogy. >> on an afternoon. a friday afternoon. next on this tuesday morning, the new jersey woman rushed to surgery to, get this, remove a 50-pound tumor. and the police pursuit in california with a very dramatic ending. sometimes, i feel like it's me against my hair.

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you're looking at a wild high-speed police chase through a busy southern california freeway. the woman behind the wheel smashed into two cars and a fence before officers finally caught up with her. just when it looked like she had surrendered, though, she tried to get back into her car. she was wrestled to the ground and taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. >> quick work by those cops. take a look, now, at your morning road conditions on this tuesday. wet highways from d.c. to the carolinas and tennessee, kentucky and missouri. also slick at times around michigan, green bay and the dakotas. storms dampen roads in the pacific northwest and in the four corners region. >> and it should be a great day for flying. weather-related airport delays are only expected in detroit. well, passengers on an l.a.-bound united flight have finally and we mean finally, arrived in california, after a 16-hour delay. >> the plane was forced to make

an emergency landing in texas after a passenger onboard went into a diabetic coma and almost died. once on the ground, though, there was nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat for hours. >> i stayed there for a week to save some guy's life. >> tired, traumatized. i feel like we've been treated disrespectfully by the airline. >> the airline did promise to refund the price of their ticket. >> as they should. doctors gave her almost no chance of surviving. but a georgia graduate student has now left the hospital after a tough battle with a flesh-eating disease. despite losing not only her left leg but also her right foot and both hands, aimee copeland was all-smiles when she went to a rehab center. she will be there for two months. what a spirit she has.

a new jersey woman is 51-pounds lighter after undergoing surgery to remove a giant tumor from her abdomen. she went to the hospital complaining of stomach pain. that's when doctors found the 51-pound tumor. so big, it was affecting the blood flow to her heart. after a five-hour operation, the woman is expected to make a full recovery. >> the miracle of medicine. >> amen. this should change the way we think about the universe. scientists say they have just about proven that so-called god particle does exist. the discovery could go a long way to explain why things in the universe has mass. we will learn more tomorrow when the scientists reveal what they found. play is resuming this morning at wimbledon after some rain suspended some matches yesterday. >> before his match was called off, mardy fish caused a real headache. fish hit a female line judge in the face, with a serve that was measured at 118 miles per hour. she made the call. it was a fault.

but then, was helped to the sidelines. >> that looks a little painful. that's a fast serve. >> 118 miles per hour. i play tennis. >> oh, wow. oh. good aim. >> i'm sure he felt terrible. and it was the runoff that, well, wasn't. these two ladies here, were supposed to go head-to-head yesterday, after tying in their first race. it was supposed to be for a spot in the women's 100 meters at the olympics. but she gave the olympic spot to felix there. and the tour de france actually arrives in france today, after a couple days of cycling through the belgian countryside. now, to last night's baseball, though. we get those highlights from espn. >> welcome to your "sportscenter" update. i'm jorge andres. let's play some baseball. the yankees, down in tampa, to take on the rays. top of the first. yankees up 1-0. matt moore on the mound.

robinson cano with an rbi single up the middle. mark teixeira comes in to score. cano with an rbi in six-straight games. nick swisher making a diving catch. ridiculous grab. yanks up 2-0. bottom four, now. b.j. upton, going yard off freddy garcia. his sixth bomb of the year. the rays trail 2-1. bottom of sixth now. carlos pena. he has 99 problems but a pitch ain't one. bottom seven, tied at 3-3. johnson going down the first baseline. teixeira with the error. brooks conrad would score. the yanks have lost eight-straight at the trap. usa/australia, squaring off in the softball world champion. bottom five. usa up 2-0. dropping the bunt. the throw into right field. she turns and jets around.

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for a comfortable, confident clean, or your money back. updating the top stories. iran's revolutionary guard fired missiles this morning, including long-range ones, capable of hitting u.s. ships in the persian gulf. those come as a oil embargo takes effect. you're likely to see big security if you're attending fourth of july celebrations. that's despite intelligence sources telling abc news there's no specific threat against the u.s. millions of people are suffering through a stifling heat wave with no power. the storms that knocked out electricity are being blamed for 22 deaths. also today's weather. severe storms from the dakotas to michigan. thunderstorms from indianapolis to birmingham. hail and gusty winds in the carolinas, virginia and d.c. finally from us this morning, a $2 million expedition is hoping to solve this enduring

mystery of amelia earhart. a group of scientists and salvagers are setting off from hawaii to a remote pacific island today. >> they're hoping to find wreckage of earhart's plane. here's sharyn alfonsi with more. >> july 3rd, 1937. >> reporter: 75 years later, scientists are now prepared to set sail for the spot where they believe amelia earhart disappeared. >> i've been really fortunate in the type of flying i've done. >> reporter: chasing two tantalizing new clues. the first, discovered in june. shards of a 1930s-era glass jar of anti-freckle cream. >> amelia had freckles. there were numerous occasions when she expressed concern about her freckles. >> reporter: five broken pieces of the jar were found on uninhabited gardner island in the south pacific. the reconstructed glass shards looks like this container from dr. berry's freckle ointment, which was sold in the '30s.

>> this looks like castaway behavior. >> reporter: in 2010, a woman's compact, buttons from a flight jacket, all american-made in the '30s, were unearthed on that island. earhart would have flown over that island, as seen in the movie "amelia." >> we are flying north and south. >> reporter: clue number two comes from this grainy photo in march, taken off of gardner island. could that be the landing gear of earhart's plane? armed with the new clues and an underwater search vehicle, researchers are headed for gardner island, opening to solve the mystery, once and for all. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> i'm fascinated about that. >> interesting clues left behind. coming up later on "good morning america," the famously outspoken governor of new jersey, chris christie, of course. his name is being floated as a possible v.p. choice. >> will his attitude keep him out of the running?