. this morning, deadly storms. >> severe summer thunderstorms changing lives and landscapes in an instant. lightning killing two men in texas. downpours turn into roads and rivers. scorching heat returning today. held hostage, an american church pastor taken by kidnappers in egypt. desperately in need of his medication. three-day delay. irate passengers revolting after their china to new york flight is canceled again and again and again. sound of silence. a pair made in rock 'n' roll heaven. paul mccartney, bruce springsteen, a perfect concert until someone pulled the plug.

good morning, everybody. i'm john muller. >> i'm sunny hoss tin. >> dangerous heat back for millions of americans. >> it's only part of severe weather. killing two men in texas who ran for cover during a soccer match. >> the swift thunderstorm surprised the players. they took refuge under a tree which was a fatal mistake. >> i souheard what sounded like bomb go off. i saw lightning hit the tree and burst to the ground. >> reporter: it struck three people. one man died instantly, another man died at the hospital and one died instantly. racing water stunned drivers in washington state and made roads impassable in arizona. drivers caught in the middle of fast-moving floods. parts of connecticut saw four

inches of rain overnight. today sizzling heat goes eastward. heat advisories for 13 states with near triple digits returning to chicago and st. louis. heat wave making drought conditions worse. this year already rivalrying the infamous dustball of the 1930s. >> that heat won't relent until later this week. that heat also not helping fire fighters in northern california. this morning we're getting a new view from the rugged frontlines of the robbers fire. the pictures coming from the fire fighters themselves. cruce shot video of the flames that was near the town of koufax wednesday. president obama holds his first town hal meeting of his campaign later today in ohio. he's expected to launch another round of attacks against mitt romney's financial dealings.

abc's abc's taman bradley has more. >> reporter: for a while, president obama was on the defensive about the economy. not anymore. the romney team lost control of the message as the obama team piles on. president obama is not letting up. cam papering in cincinnati today, the president will label mitt romney as a job destroyer. according to the campaign, mr. obama hit romney for corporate tax proposals, it's the latest of blistering attacks which changed the subject of the president's handling of the lackluster economy to questions about romney's time at bain capital. >> i don't want a pioneer in outsourcing, i want some insourcing. >> reporter: that's one of the president's main arguments that romney's investment firm, bain, outsourced jobs. romney said the outsourcing happened after he left in 1999.

s.e.c. documents list him as chairman and ceo for three years after that. the obama campaign said either romney was involved, or he committed a felony by inaccurately reflecting his role in the company. romney is demanding an apology. >> he has to say he's sorry for the attacks coming from his team. >> reporter: the president told wavy-tv romney should not hold his breath. >> we won't be apologizing. >> reporter: it's just a distraction. >> why is he doing this? because his policies failed us. >> reporter: mitt romney's tax returns have become an issue for the obama team, now some republicans said romney should replease more than he has. >> tahman bradley, thank you. athletes are moving into olympic village and worried about security flaws.

at he throw airport, a british newspaper said several people on a terror watch were waived through the security. plenty of questions and not a lot of answers this morning about an american pastor kidnapped in egypt. reverend louis is a diabetic. and doesn't have his medication. they're trying to negotiate everyone's release. secretary of state hillary clinton will discuss the political upeval in egypt and nuclear crisis with israel officials. she will sit down with the palestinian prime minister as well. and mrs. clinton's husband and daughter are in south africa as part of a six-day tour of african countries. former president clinton is

trying to gather more support for a charity he founded. he's expected to meet with south african president mandela tomorrow. houston, miami could see pop-up showers. northern rockies will have a shower or two. flash floods could threaten arizona. minneapolis could break the record with high or about 100. fargo will be 90 instead of usual 84. seattle and portland are pleasant in the upper 70s. baltimore and laebt in the 90s. coming up the gadget that making your car more like a kitchen. and grounded. more than 200 passengers stuck for three days. later how this beauty pageant contestant triumphed, even though she finished fourth.

welcome back. there's uncertainty this morning over where gas prices headed. the national average is now $3.40 a gallon. that's 13 cents less than a month ago. 2 cents more than a week ago. crude oil prices in flux right now with question about demands in a global economy that may be slowing. >> and business economists worry that may be happening. a survey finds they are not very confident about short-term growth. they see less evidence of hiring and say gains and sales profits are disappearing. the government is reporting weak

job growth for three straight months. when new jobs are created, chances are men will get them. a major reason they've gone to men is the male-dominated industries are hiring again. men are also taking many jobs that once went to women. well t-was a cold weekend at the box office as "ice age continental drift" slid into first place. the animated film is also very popular in europe but opened with solid numbers right here in the u.s. it sold $46 million, in tickets this weekend. "the amazing spider-man" was second and "ted" took 22 million for third place. listen to this. a stop at starbucks may not be necessary. you may be able to make a cup of express sobriety in your car. fiat may over an express so

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storms possible in the northern rockies. there are no weather-related airport delays to tell you about. but how is this for an airport delay. >> more than 200 passengers have a horror story to tell this morning. they were stuck for three days. the passengers on a united airlines flights to newark were supposed to leave shanghai wednesday. but mechanic problems kept them on the ground until saturday with a lot of anger and frustration mounting. >> the passenger that actually organized the protest. he turned the lights off on the jetway. it was dark. he turned the lights off on the jetway, it went pitch black. people started to get crazy. it was surreal. like it can't be. >> for the third day. the are airline is promising the passengers will get more than a refund. how about more than that? double. breaking news in missouri. the search for two missing young women is likely over.

19-year-old brittany and ashley have beens missing since fry dacht two female bodies have been found in the field. some reports claim those are the missing women. they were reported missing after coming home and they were gone. and the frantic search for two missing cousins in iowa earned the fourth day today. police will drag a list lake in the town of evansville where the bod their bikes were found. they were last seen friday. police are interviewing family, friends and registered sex offenders in the area. beach goers are reeling from the latest shark attack in 10 months. this time it's a 24-year-old server and authorities work to try to hunt down the killer shark. there's no talk that australia

should end its policy of protecting the shark's habitat. new details on the crash involving carrie kennedy. sources tell abc news that kennedy suffered a medical issue before colliding with a tractor trailer. she told police she had taken the sleeping aid ambien before getting behind the wheel. and big trouble for jason kidd who just signed with the new york knicks last week. kidd pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intox dated. he crashed his suv into a telephone policy and suffered minor injuries. he could face up to a year in prison. there's another knick in the new, jeremy lin, he's all but certain to be leaving new york now. lin is the man behind linsanity. the houston rockets are offering him a three-year $25 million

contract. the knicks are not expected to count theory offer. i don't want to lose lynn stanity. i hope they do. high lites from sunday baseball. from espn. >> good morning. i'm hakeem dermish from espn. yankees going against the angels. angels leading 1-0. albert pujols facing ivan nova. pujols takes it deep. 15th of the season. angels take a 2-0 lead. bottom of one. alex rodriguez, takes jared weaver out and gone. two-run shot. his 14th of the season. bottom nine, two outs. bateses loaded. rodriguez, 23 career grand slams, tied for most of the history. still tied for most of history. popped up. weaver picked up the 11th win.

marlins, nationals in miami. marlins down 2-0. two on, two up for ramirez. strasburg, six innings. bottom nine, two outs. bases loaded. omar infante. popped one up. a collision and harper holds on to make the catch. the marlins, 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position. strasburg earns his best victory. "monday night baseball." angels/tiger, 7:00 eastern on espn, espn 3, also live on watch espn, a major matchup on "monday night baseball." angels/tiger, 7:00 eastern. all right. here's one that's -- went right, but boy, oh, boy, could it have gone wrong. >> up in toronto, eye foul ball down third baseline. watch the guy with his hands

full of refreshments. that's right. he caught the ball right between his legs and maybe even better. he didn't spill a thing. >> unbelievable. talk about being at the right place at the right time. didn't spill his food, didn't recoil in contortion. that's some good luck. check him out. he's like, yeah, that's right. >> he's so happy about it, that's quite impressive. >> look at that. a complete stranger here, actually reaches his hand right in there -- >> and he gives the guy the ball back. >> exact limit unbelievable. up next "the pulse" and maybe the best boss ever. we'll talk about a guaranteed vacation policy that will definitely make you jealous. >> and who pulled the plug on these guys. why paul mccartney and bruce springsteen had their mike cut on purpose?

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updating the top stories. two texas men who took shelter under a tree have died after they were struck by lightning. a third manzur vaived as severe weather rolled through houston. president obama launched a fresh round of attacks against mitt romney's financial dealings during a stop in ohio. the president's first town hal meeting of the 2012 campaign. and american pastor. michel louis, remain in custody in egypt. his family says he's a diabetic and doesn't have his weather. looking at today's weather. a heat wave will expand to the east coast from the da coat tos. afternoon showers possible in the southwest. finally from us, two men hoped to fly into the guinness book of world records by

attaching lounge chairs to balloons. >> as abc clayton sandell reports, their dream turn into a dud. >> reporter: it was a terrifying end to a risky trip. ken couch and his copilot came crashing down to earth in oregon, so did their dream of floating into the record books on two lawn chairs and 350 helium balloons. >> i'm relieved to be on the ground. quite disappointed this storm got ahold of us. >> this is what it looked like to them. a rapid descent. but they began losing balloons late friday and thunderstorms threatened and winds did not cooperate. they were pelted by hail. >> incredibly chaotic. mixed up. thrashing, nothing like i had

experienced in the past. >> reporter: they crash landed after about six hours and only 30 miles from where they started only to watch their stubborn contraction take flight again without them. >> whoo! >> reporter: liftoff was in bend, oregon, headed for montana, packing parachutes, satellite phones even like the red ryder bb gun like the one from "a christmas story." >> turns out they needed it. you can see them shooting balloons one by one. >> reporter: couch and lafta are going do it again. this time over iraq. >> i'll do it for the cause in iraq. probably won't do it again for my own pleasure. >> that's our show this morning. >> have a great monday.