making news in america this morning, terror concerns troubling social media chatter putting agencies on high alert for the fourth of july. one celebration canceled live with the latest. heavy rain overnight flooding cars and causing damage. a stormy tart to the holiday weekend for millions of people and it's not over yet. toxic train. thousands of people still evacuated after a train catches fire. spewing dangerous fumes into the air. new details about how it happened. and a new 'do, the surprising a-lister surprising fans because of his new ponytail. good friday morning. we begin with the high level of alert.

law enforcement is around as holiday weekend begins. >> and one fourth of july celebration overseas has already been canceled over fears of an isis inspired attack. abc's elizabeth hur is tracking the latest. good morning elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know authorities say every day officers are told to be aware of their surroundings but this holiday weekend they've actually been warned to be extra alert with large crowds out celebrating, sadly attracting possible attackers. from los angeles to philadelphia boston and atlanta, police this morning fully deployed in new york city, the state-of-the-art command center is activated with heavily armed units on street the water and the skies. on the washington mall preparations also under way for every emergency. and this massive response at the washington navy yard police say is proof they are ready for anything. reports of an active shooter yesterday turned out to be a false alarm but the scare comes as warnings are issued for the potential for terrorism.

>> we take every event here in washington serious and our posture remains high and will continue for the fourth. >> reporter: in addition to troubling social media chatter this year alone, 40 people with suspected ties to isis have beenletin was sent to 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country to be aware of the lone wolf. isis inspired terrorists trying to stage attacks. the concern, also heightened following the recent attacks in france and tunisia so the military has now canceled fourth of july celebrations at the u.s. air base in lakenheath england. >> i think it's the most significant we faced since the september 11th attacks. >> reporter: officials stress no specific threats have been made but know our nation is under threat and are not taking chances. back to you. >> so many on alert. thank you so much elizabeth. live in washington. millions of americans

bracing for severe weather as the holiday weekend begins. this was the scene in oklahoma. a driver stranded in floodwater after a creek overflowed its banks. the person in the pickup was brought to safety by another driver. >> here's a look at the radar. more storms for oklahoma and the whole midsouth region today. we get more on the forecast from justin povick at accuweather. justin. >> reena and ryan thanks and good morning. a very stormy situation unfolding throughout the southeast. numerous downpours and potential for some severe weather along interstate 40 that will be running from raleigh-durham back into oklahoma and arkansas. meanwhile, the northwest is still in the midst of a heat wave. major drought conditions continue over the golden state of california and numerous thunderstorms likely for our independence day over the arklatex. reena and ryan, back to you. >> justin thank you. after burning for an entire day the fire is finally out on the freight train that derailed in tennessee filled with toxic chemicals. >> the car that erupted was

carrying 24,000 gallons of a highly flammable poisonous material and it forces thousands from their homes in the middle of the night and they still haven't been allowed to return. abc's alex perez is there. >> reporter: that dark cloud of toxic fumes hovering over parts of eastern tennessee, the fire from that freight train accident still smoldering. >> i can see down the tracks burning. going to put my gear on and start that way. >> don't get too close. >> reporter: the fumes forcing 5,000 residents to evacuate. >> this is kind of frightening for a lot of people. >> we walked outside and we could see the smoke coming from the train. and the air, it was still smoky. >> reporter: it was traveling from ohio to georgia when a single car derailed in maryville and caught fire. the derailment punctureing 1 of 27 cars carrying hazardous materials releasing acrylonitrile fumes, the

chemical used to make plastics and considered a probable carcinogen by the epa. it cause headache dizziness and a rapid heartbeat. officials establishing a two-mile evacuation zone. >> we want to make sure people stay safe. >> reporter: 45 people rushed to the hospital many more respiratory issues ten first responders among those treated. the local high school now an emergency center for displaced residents. crews handing out cases of bottled water. authorities warning those here not to drink well water for fear of contamination. and luckily authorities say there are no serious injuries to report here officials say it could be 24 to 48 hours before the area is deemed safe. those barricades come down and residents are allowed back home. alex perez, abc news maryville, tennessee. well turning to the race for the white house. former virginia senator jim webb becoming the fifth democrat to officially throw his hat in the ring. webb a novelist decorated

vietnam vet and outspoken critic of the iraq war, he's vowing to bring an outsiders's voice to the race with a message centered on helping working class americans. an impressive figure from senator bernie sanders raising $15 million for his presidential campaign just in the last three months. most of that money coming from small donors. sanders has been rising in the polls and just attracted a crowd of 10,000 in wisconsin but he's still trailing far behind hillary clinton who raised three types as much. the reigning miss universe is slamming donald trump calling his comments about mexico immigrants hurtful and unfair. but columbia's paulina vega is not giving up her crown despite pressure from around the world. knee shays the organization works independently from trump doing meaningful social work in thousands of communities over the last 64 years. help is on the way to the crew of the international space station. an unmanned russian rocket carrying supplies is on its way after three previous missions

failed. two recently. the progress 59 spacecraft is carrying three tons of fuel food and other cargo scheduled to arrive at the station early on sunday. well still ahead, executives for a supermarket admitting to overcharging customers. major developments in the case of a missing arizona couple, a person now under arrest. his connection to the victims. plus watch your step. a scary scene after a woman takes a tumble getting off a train.

a volcano here in western indonesia rumbling after a string of powerful eruptions. the mountain unleashed volcanic

ash sending giant clouds of gas nearly a mile into the air. there were no reports of injuries. but the ash fell on villages as far as 15 miles away. well oil giant bp has agreed to a settlement for a massive gulf oil spill that was five years ago. if approved by a federal judge bp would pay another $18.7 billion for gadges done to the ecology and economy of the gulf coast. the settlement would bring bp's cost for the spill to nearly $54 billion. chrysler could be hit with massive fines before the end of the month. federal regulators say the automaker not only failed to notify vehicle owners and the government about recall when it did make repairs they often didn't fix the problem. the highway safety agency says there were 23 separate recalls involving 11 million vehicles. and executives from wholefoods ra apologizing for what they call pricing mistakes and promising to make changes. investigators from new york's consumer affairs departments

says those mistakes amount to the worst case of grocery mislabeling they have ever seen. but the whole foods bosses insist mislabeling was not deliberate. >> we know they're unintentional because mistakes are in their favor and sometimes not in their favor. it's understandable. they're inadvertent. it's a hands-on approach to bringing you fresh food. >> they're promising third party auditing and beefed up employee training and say from now on customers finding pricing mistakes get their item for free. >> only if there was an iphone app for weighing groceries. >> i wish there was. when we come back a bizarre accident smashing through a roof. how a car ended up like this. one big kid. the country's top football prospect makes his college decision in a video that's going viral.

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lettuce should be dirty. dressing, clean. debates should be healthy. hatchets buried. tables should be full. and good food should be good for you. we're not saying these are the rules we should all live by. but it's a good place to start. panera. food as it should be. the driver of that pickup truck led police on a long chase near dallas before drive nothing that lake. during the pursuit the driver and a passenger threw drugs and a gun out the window. they dumped more drugs into the water before being arrested. police towed the truck out of the water. well in case you're driving to your holiday weekend destination here's a look at this morning's road conditions. rain causing flooding across the middle of the country. wet roads in the southeast as well as around the great lakes. if you're flying all that weather could create delays in memphis, dallas, charlotte and atlanta.

well the mystery behind that missing arizona couple has been solved. police say a friend of theirs was, quote, essentially confessed to killing them. >> jose valenzuela led police to the bodies of michael and tina careccia where they were buried on his property. now, valenzuela claims he was high on meth amp fete mean when he shot them on father's day facing two counts of first degree murder. well health officials are confirming the first u.s. death from measles in 12 years. the infection was discovered during the autopsy of a washington state woman who died this spring. medical examiner says she was likely exposed while hospitalized for another health problem. showing no symptoms at the time. sean "diddy" combs will not face felony charges over a confrontation at ucla. the music mogul was arrested last month accused of assault at the school where his son plays football. l.a. county prosecutors turned it over to the city.

combs insisted he was defending himself and his son and says he's thankful charges were rejected. hot air balloons will be back in the air today at a festival in utah. organizers hoping to avoid another situation like this. a pig balloon struck another balloon's basket that ripped a hole in the pig balloon which rapidly descended to the ground. now, experienced pilot on board that balloon opened his burners in order to maintain as much hot air pressure as possible. >> first thing i heard was a big bang and i looked up and his whole basket was dangling down inside my balloon. >> he suffered minor burns on his face. later he said in a statement, what saved my bacon was that the head of the pig held a lot of hot air and that helped the balloon descend at a safer rate. thank goodness his bacon was saved. >> that's right. a close call for a train passenger in new york. a woman described as a extremely petite fell into the gap between a train and a long island

rayroad station platform. other passengers panicked and could see her on the tracks but couldn't reach her. to get her out, firefighters had to pass her under the train then back through it to the platform. she had luckily only minor injuries. and no this car did not fall from a cargo jet but flew off a highway ramp and crashed into this house in south africa. amazingly not only was the driver unhurt but a resident asleep in the next room wasn't injured either. still, the car must have beening about going at a high rate of speed. well now sports. the tour de france starts tomorrow and finishes in three weeks in paris. >> what a weekend. the big event of this weekend, though features the u.s. women's national soccer team fresh off their win against germany and face japan on sunday. for all the marbles, the women's world cup title, a rematch of the championship game four years ago which the u.s. lost in a penalty kick shoot-out. now some highlights from our

guys at espn. kenny mayne, jonathan coach plane, it was a busy day thursday kenny, in the world of baseball. >> indeed it was. we'll tell you very little about today but we will show you a couple of things. here's jose fernandez making his return from tommy john surgery. cool game throwing a strike. fans like his return. he's back. he's throwing. matt cain making his return from injury and the pitcher, fernandez, over the wall second career home run, first since 2013 and goes six, gives up seven hits. marlins win, 5-4. all right, kenny, what about tiger woods, coming off that awful u.s. open but said i'm a lot closer than all of you think and at least on thursday, he was right. 15th, his sixth hole on the back nine he played first. that one, real close. that birdie moves him to 2 under. now here on the 8th, he doubled

6, birdied 7 to get back to 2 under then tiger here gets to 3 under. then on his final hole of the day, how about closing with three straight birdies and his best opening round in nearly two years. tiger 4 back after day one. >> once again, danny lee overlooked. >> yeah. >> he's up there on the leaderboard. american pharoah is going to race in the haskell park in august. look it up yourself. >> there you go. kenny, coach, have a good day. >> thank you, guys. you might know that recruiting of high school football players by top colleges is really a big deal. and this time of year plenty of kids are making decisions about where to go next year >> that's right. one of them is an offensive lineman from florida. 6'4" nearly 300 pounds and getting a lot of attention about how he revealed his choice. >> i'm parker boudreaux and i made my decision. >> then he went up he hooked up

a 16,000-pound bus and pulled it to reveal notre dame helmet and the school's famous boxing leprechaun and chose the irish over several other major perhaps. >> i bet they're extremely happy seeing as he can pull a bus. >> what a way to tell the world, huh? up next in "the pulse," the importance of punctuation. how a missing comma got a woman out of a parking ticket. a turtle's view of the great barrier reef. that's coming up. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although it's not a weight-loss or blood-pressure drug farxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower blood pressure

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vehicles that can't be parked that long including a, quote, motor vehicle camper. now, the comma was missing between vehicle and camper so andrea appealed her ticket saying her pickup isn't a motor vehicle camper and she won. plus the town has to reimburse the towing and legal fees spelling counts folks but so does punctuation. >> take that, town hall. now to matt damon turning heads and lighting up the internet with a pretty bold new look. >> this is great. surprise of many damon is rocking a ponytail. i'm not really into ponytails sporting his hipster 'do in beijing while promoting "the great wall." >> no word on what prompted it now that his locks are longer we'll have to wait and see if it's a man bun or is it a braid or what but, you know matt damon in my eyes can do no wrong. >> do you love the ponytail or not. >> matt damgen in my eyes can do no wrong. >> wow. look at that.

oh, boy, you should be a politician. a peanuts birthday card made the rounds over the last four decades. >> line news saying this is the age of ecology. and it really gets interesting inside with the lines don't throw this card away, resiekcycle it to a friend. >> that's what two brothers ron and jeff have done since jeff's first sent it to ron in 1973. ron is 64. the brothers say they have no intention of ending their tradition any time soon. what a great way to recycle. >> i wish everybody would do that. how much money would we save. a sea turtle prying us with a one of a kind view of the great barrier reef. one of the seven natural wonders of the world. >> he revealed ecosystem teeming with nearly 6,000 species. conservationists hope it will offer hints about how pollution is damaging the reef as well as some solutions. that's a good use of a gopro. >> it is but did he approve that? how do i get it off. >> local news up next for some

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>> good morning, it is 4:27, it is friday, we have breaking news, four people are shot and two are dead in an attempted robber in philadelphia. one of those killed was one of the robbers. philadelphia police may be closing in on the suspect of a brutal murder of an east mount airy woman. some people have started their 4th of july celebrations early. david murphy will have the forecast for the poconos the shore or if you're staying home. "action news" is next. funnies." >> 50 girl scouts camped out on the white house lawn with michelle obama and earned their outdoor badge.

[ applause ] yeah, bill clinton said hey, i slept on the white house lawn plenty of times and never got a badges. >> one justice who the process did not seem to just disappoint but actually break. >> the supreme court has descended to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie calling it absurd interpretive jiggery-pokery and pure applesauce. >> you kiss your mother with that mouth? jiggery-pokery applesauce? sir! let us not say things we can never take back. >> we went out in the street to ask kids what they think and what they know and here they are kids share their thoughts on same-sex marriage. >> could you tell us what gay marriage is? >> i know nothing about that. >> you don't know anything about it. >> do you want to get married? >> yes. >> when? >> when i'm 30.

>> when should two people get married? >> in the afternoon. >> that's a good time to get married. why would someone want to get married? >> because they're pregnant. >> because they're pregnant. would you want to get married? >> not really. >> how come? >> because when you get married, the other person is entitled to any money on the other person has. >> so it's a financial issue for you. >> yeah. >> fiscally conservative. >> how does that young man know that. >> i know. >> uh-oh. >> pretty impressive. i tried to explain the same-sex ruling to my kids 4-year-old and 2-year-old and my daughter asked if she could marry mommy. that's how it works. >> yes, she can. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america."

we are following breaking news on this friday july 3. a robbery turns deadly in philadelphia and police say the robber is among two people killed. >> a home on the verge of collapse and the woman next-door is afraid what will happen to her if it goes down. >> a successful liftoff supplies are on their way to the international space station. >> good morning, it is friday, july 3. a lot of people getting going on the holiday weekend. >> we already have.