whit? >> we can see that surf picking up there. trevor, thank you. let's get to abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano in connecticut. rob, time this out for us as the storm approaches. rain will actually hit new e - jersey overnight tonight, and the wind and rain will arrive in long island by sunrise tomorrow, and shortly after that, full force here on the connecticut coastline. right now at about 340 miles to our south, strengthened to a category 1 storm and accelerating north over 10 miles an hour. it's not perfect, but growing in size. we expect landfall early tomorrow afternoon at or near hurricane strength and driving in through new england. here's our computer model. you see the rain in new jersey. that comes in tonight. rain bands come into long island, connecticut, and newport, where winds could gust easily over 75 miles per hour. heavy rain to our west. storm surge five feet as well, damaging winds. flash flooding across seven states. could see four to eight inches o rainfall. wi

whit? >> erielle reshef with those fast-moving developments. thank you. let's get right to our abc chief legal analyst dan abrams joining us right here in the studio. and we heard from the attorney general there that she says cuomo violated state and federal law but not filing charges. many people might be asking, why not? and what power does she have? >> she's really only empowered to subpoena witnesses, subpoena documents and write a report. and that's what she did. if she was going to get more power, it would have to come from the governor. and obviously that's not going to happen. so, this is now going to be in the hand of local officials in the state of new york. >> let's talk more about the next steps and what about the 11 brave accusers who came forward? what options are left for them? >> so, there's civil and criminal. the criminal investigation, we know for example, in albany county, new york, there's an ongoing investigation there. remember, any unwanted touching could be a misdem

>> reporter: absolutely, whit. president biden says he's instructed his commanders to take all possible measures to protect the troops. they are still of course securing kabul airport, facilitating the last of those evacuations of americans and others still desperate to escape. whit? >> a massive task ahead. julia, thank you. >>> tonight, that daring rescue mission in kabul. thousands of afghan refugees arriving at the american air force base in ramstein, germany. abc's will reeve is there. >> reporter: tonight, thousands of afghans desperate to escape the taliban here at ramstein air base, unsure of what their future holds. the base a critical transfer point in one of the largest u.s. air lift operations in history. since the mission began, over 111,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan, including 5,400 americans. over 20,000 afghans have come through ramstein, many fleeing their homeland with whatever they could carry. >> we had no other choice. we had to leave because our life was in danger. >> reporte

whit? >> the governor feeling the pressure from all sides. erielle, thank you. >>> next tonight, a chilling new look inside the workplace shooting near nashville that left three people wounded and the assailant dead. police releasing video of the gunman opening fire outside and the frantic 911 calls for help. police body camera video also showing the gunman's fatal encounter with officers. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: an investigation underway in nashville tonight after a horrifying shooting at this smile direct manufacturing facility tuesday, just as employees were changing shifts. authorities releasing this video identifying the gunman as an employee, 22-year-old antonio king. >> he seemingly was reporting for work, but with him, as he reported for work, was this glock semiautomatic pistol with an extended magazine and for some reason, he opened fire. >> reporter: frantic calls to 911 describing the gunman's rage. >> he's got multiple clips in his sling pack. because he keeps rep

whit? >> we'll stand by for more news on that. eva, thank you. >>> next, that breaking news we're following on housing. the cdc taking action to limit evictions, as people struggle in the pandemic. this comes after that moratorium expired on saturday. abc's rachel scott is joining us now from capitol hill. and rachel, what are you learning about their plans to keep people in their homes and stop some of these evictions? >> reporter: whit, and these details are just coming in, just moments ago, the cdc announced a new moratorium on evictions. this is a 60-day extension, lasting until october 3rd. it targets areas hit hard by covid-19. congressional sources who were briefed on this say it is expected to cover 90% of americans. this comes after immense pressure from progressive democrats who called on the biden administration to take action. president biden saying tonight that he does expect this to get challenged in court, but he says at the very least, it will provide millions of americans a

i'm whit johnson. we begin tonight with the covid surge and the delta variant fueling an alarming rise in cases. the country now seeing four straight days of more than 100,000 new infections. florida leading the u.s. in hospitalizations. emergency rooms filling up. some facilities in jacksonville opening so-called expansion units, desperate for more space. the growing numbers of patients there nearly all unvaccinated. health-care professionals nationwide urging people still on the fence to get their shots. and many appear to be hearing that call. the number of doses administered up 25% this week. states with the highest case numbers seeing the biggest increase in vaccinations. more than 68% of americans 12 and older now with at least one shot. just over 50% of all americans fully vaccinated. in a moment i'll speak with a doctor in florida who treats covid patients and studies the virus about her biggest fear in this summer surge. but first, abc's janai norman leads us off from new york. >> reporter: to

whit? >> something to watch in the coming months. trevor, thanks. be sure to watch "this week" tomorrow morning. jonathan karl goes one-on-one with dr. anthony fauci about the divide over vaccine and mask mandates amid the surging delta variant. >>> now to the looming housing crisis potentially impacting millions. the federal ban on evictions expires in just hours. the house leaving for recess before congress could extend the moratorium. now americans on the verge of losing their homes. here's abc's alex presha. >> reporter: tonight, millions of americans are facing possible eviction with the federal moratorium set to expire at midnight. the house failed to pass an extension of the cdc's eviction freeze. i see the tears in your eyes. this is personal for you. >> yes. yes, it's personal for me. i lived in a car. i lived out of a car with two babies and my partner. i know what that's like. >> reporter: congresswoman cori bush camping out on the steps of the capitol to make her point. but lawm

whit? >> something else to follow in all of this. janai, thank you. let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, good to have you. let's start with booster shots here, because israel is now giving them to people 60 and older, germany and the uk reportedly could start offering them in september. why aren't health officials here in the u.s. announcing plans to do the same? >> yeah, so, whit, thanks for having me back. you know, this is a really important issue. the fda is reviewing data on the value of a booster. i'm hopeful that they will make a determination very soon. i suspect for high-risk people, people living in nursing homes, elderly, people who are immunocompromised, we may see a determination. we'll have to wait for the data, but i'm hoping we'll see some sort of a ruling from the fda in the weeks ahead. >> dr. jha, thank you for your time this evening. >>> we move on now to tokyo and the olympics. simone biles making a comeback, set

whit? >> another alarming thing to watch in all of this. janai, thank you. let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, good to have you. let's start with booster shots here, because israel is now giving them to people 60 and older, germany and the uk reportedly could start offering them in september. why aren't health officials here in the u.s. announcing plans to do the same? we're having an issue with dr. jha's audio there for a moment, bu we're going to move on, see if we can check in with him later on. we move on now to the olympics and tokyo. simone biles making a comeback, set to compete tomorrow in the balance beam. all of this amid scrutiny, she'll have another shot at theed gold, after she withdrew from a series of events sighting challenges with mental health. meantime, team usa earning more medals in women's gymnastics and in track and field. but a devastating loss for the women's soccer team. abc's james longman in tokyo. >> repo

whit. >> some small progress in all this. all right, janai, thank you. >>> joining us now from washngton, d.c. is abc news contributor tom bossert, former homeland security adviser. it's good to have you. we just heard in janai's report that some are experiencing staffing shortages. how bad do you expect the surge will get and what should the biden administration be doing about this? >> good morning, whit. this is really bad. if this pace continues for the next four or five days, which it seems it will, the hospital systems in florida and louisiana will collapse. that's how bad this is. and by collapse, i mean they will be full. their icus and their hospitals, they will be turning away patients, and if we see a hospital system in a state or multiple states in this country move to what we call crisis of care standards, where they have to essentially triage who gets in to get care and turn people away saying i'm sorry you might benefit from care, but we're full, that would be bad not only as dr. fauci said for the states and pa

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deidre, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit.ing market is going from super hot to normal hot. >> we ended up putting in a little bit over ten offers on different houses. >> i had to increase my budget pretty dramatically. >> it was really difficult. >> reporter: the real estate market has been red hot. while some like ray dennis have since found a home, one housing economist says, we may be at a turning point. from june to july median home prices in the u.s. held steady. prices still up more than 10% from last year at this time, but lower than the more than 12.5% increase of the previous month, and it marks the third straight month of slowing in year-over-year gains. >> the housing market was in an almost adrenaline rush-induced state in response to the pandemic. ultimately i think that's a good thing from market participants, buyers, sellers and real estate agents alike. >> reporter: but the delta variant may be a wild card. >> will people be able to continue to work remotely, and will that continue to benefit suburbs and secon

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>> whit, you're right. we celebrated around the fourth of july around the success we were having with rising levels of vaccinations. the delta variant is a form of an emerging covid virus. what we're seeing is that it is more transmissible, and the people who are unvaccinated are very likely to get sick, and that includes our children. what we're seeing is the natural evolution of this disease if we don't get things under control by vaccinating as many people as possible. >> speaking of getting things under control, restrictions are coming back. masks are coming back. we're seeing more of these breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated. how do you make the case to those who are hesitant, who are throwing their hands up saying, what's the point in getting a vaccine now? >> the numbers speak for themselves. when you look at who's being hospitalized, more than 90% of people getting hospitalized are unvaccinated. vaccination prevents people from getting seriously sick and being hospitalized. look at our you

whit? >> facing a layer of challenges there. victor, thank you. the huge storm will be impacting millions along the gulf coast. our trevor ault is on the ground there in lafayette, about 130 miles from new orleans. trevor, good morning. what's happening where you are? >> reporter: well, good morning, whit. if you're in lafayette this morning, you'll see a whole lot of this. pump after pump tapped out and bagged up. this station alone has 36 pumps that have run dry and are now out of service. they've got in a little bit of only regular fuel. they're already starting to grab it here. the reason we're seeing gas stations solo is people are stocking up and troves of people trying to get out of this storm. as we were heading in yesterday from houston, we saw miles and miles of vehicles lined up going westward on i-10 to the texas state line. we're talking 240 miles west of new orleans. here in lafayette they've been testing out their water pump systems. they know ida is putting them to the test.

whit? >>> we move to washington now. the battle over president biden's trillion dollar infrastructure plan, a small victory for the president this weekend. the senate with bipartisan support as they try to hammer out a deal. maryalice parks is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. senate majority leader chuck schumer said they could get this done the easy way or hard way. either way they're going to stay in session until this passes. it's looking more and more like it will be the hard way. they've not reached an agreement to limit discussion over all these amendments. so we could see votes and debate over this stretch into early next week. the senate is back at noon today to keep working. in the end, this is expected to pass. that key vote yesterday 67 senators including 18 republicans voted to advance this bill. a sign that the support is there. of course the provisions in this bill are popular. billions for roads, bridges and rural broadband.day vice presid here on e n rson. sh

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here's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, the toll of the pandemic growing day by day, 1,200 deaths report in the 24 hours, the highest single day total since early march. >> it's tough for the ones who have been through it already to see -- to see these people struggle and die. >> reporter: in just the last month, the virus spreading like wildfire. all 50 states now reporting high community transmission. in oregon, hospitalizations up nearly tenfold in the last six weeks. >> with fewer staff and fewer beds, we're struggling to meet patients' needs. >> reporter: h kentucky breaking records. the governor frustrated. >> i'm going to admit up front today i'm a little emotional and a little raw. >> reporter: but in florida tonight, a major legal victory for ten school districts defying the governor's ban on mandates. a judge ruling the governor overstepped his authority. desantis vowing to appeal. this as the country reaches a new milestone -- 50% of kids 12 to 17 years old have now had their first vaccine dose. and overall, more than a million doses administered in the last day, the mo

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julia, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. that's right, this new warning comes after news overnight of that drone strike targeting isis in afghanistan. the embassy now ordering people to stay away from the airport regardless of whether or not they had prior instructions to go there for evacuations. breaking overnight, air strike in afghanistan. a u.s. drone hitting a member of the islamic state. a u.s. official saying the target was involved in planning attacks against americans in kabul but not linked to thursday's deadly bombing at the airport. the strike coming as the u.s. national security team warns another terror attack on afghanistan is likely. >> we certainly are prepared and would expect future attempts. we're monitoring these threats very, very specifically virtually in realtime. >> reporter: the deadline for withdrawal now less than four days away. according to the white house, 6,800 people have been evacuated in a 12-hour period. but chaos unfolding at the airport. a woman seen holding this 3-month-old baby who is

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good morning once again. >> good morning, whit.the beach forecast now into august and the water temperature beginning to get more palatable here in the long island sound area, but this is off the coast of newport, just down the road from narragansett, thank you for this shot, a little breeze, sunshine coming up. you'll see more sun on the new england coast. than in the past couple days. enjoy. temperatures in the 70s and lower 80s. water temperatures in the 60s and 70s so no wet suit required. let's talk tropics once we get through the next few days, actually going to become more summerlike. wanting to get to the beach. temperatures getting close to 90 degrees in many spots. activity in the tropics, three spots that may become a tropical cyclone and they'll be heading in our general direction. francis: there is another, so hazy skies throughout the day, but the sea breeze will pick up this afternoon, so temperatures will be cooler. >>> we've all been cheering on team usa in tokyo and as those ho's time for the rest of us to get fit

marcus, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning.ise as covid-19 surges across the country. this morning there is word that the civil rights icon reverend jesse jackson and his wife are in the hospital battling covid-19. this morning covid hospitalizations in the u.s. climbing at an alarming rate. over 95,000 people infected with covid, receiving care in hospitals around the country. more than 23,000 icu beds currently occupied with covid patients. overnight abc news learning civil rights icon reverend jesse jackson and his wife are hospitalized with covid-19. a statement from the couple's son saying, quote, doctors are currently monitoring the condition of both. the fully vaccinated 79-year-old received his first dose of the pfizer shot in january, now experiencing a breakthrough hospitalization. meanwhile, this hospital in portland, oregon, setting up additional icus for overflow. >> it's alarming to think about if something did happen that our icu wouldn't be able to accept anyone else. we are so full with covid. >> reporter: over

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joining me now is washington post investigative reporter kraig whit lock.istan papers and the secret history of the war is coming out august 31st. so, craig, thank you very much for being with us. i wanted to read an excerpt in advance from the book detailing the problems with the approach taken in afghanistan. you write, in part, senior u.s. officials said the pentagon fell victim to the conceit that it could build from scratch an enormous afghan army and police force with 350,000 personnel that was modeled on the centralized command structures and complex bureaucracy of the defense department. the pentagon kept throwing money at the problem and assigning new generals for the solution. at what point did it become evident that there was not a solution. >> they were the afghanistan papers that go back almost 20 years that document the problems trying to stand up this force. there were problems with the literacy with the afghan recruits. there were problems with equipment and trying to get afghans to teach them our weapons systems and there was problems with

so thank you all for coming. >> everybody, welcome back to alex whit reports. we have just been listening to a press conference, the albany county sheriff, craig apple, talking about the first criminal complaint that's been filed in the sexual harassment allegations against new york governor andrew cuomo. we know nbc news is reporting that this is a complaint filed from executive assistant one alleging an incident back in november of 2020, in which she says the governor reached under her shirt and groped her, which the governor denies. i want to get to kathy park, and our political analyst who knows a lot about this office, as she worked there. one of the things that really stuck out to me was the -- one of the reporters asking the sheriff, you keep referring to this person as a victim, and he said, right now, he's read the ag's report and he said he's comfortable saying she is a victim, saying it's the hardest thing she's done in her life to make an allegation against the governor. what else did we learn that tells us about the process moving forward? >> repor

whit has the weekend off. trevor ault is here at the desk with us.have you. >> i've been ripping off whit johnson since i got to abc. so this was the next logical step. >> it's your inaugural run on weekend "gma" doing a great job. happy to have you. eva mentioned as we were starting the show that that story about metabolism, the study, she actually read the underlying study and we'll nerd out coming up later this morning. >>> we do however have a lot of news on this saturday morning and we'll start with the tropical depression called fred now bearing down on the florida keys. >> threatening with heavy rain as it moves up the gulf after battering cuba. >> florida's governor issuing a state of emergency for 23 counties with the state facing tropical storm warnings. let's go back to rob who is in miami beach where they are starting to feel the effects of this storm, good morning, again, rob. >> hi, eva. yeah, the winds have been gusty. some pulses of rain, but fred is really going to be making its move into the gulf of mexico today. it's still really o

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whit and linsey here this weekend, and i'll see on monday. good night, everyone.t ended with hip-hop artist losing his life. >> i thought i would have a difficult time but it was not as bad as everybody has the vaccine cards ready. co-anchor: day one for san francisco's indoor vaccine mandate could live to see how it is going. meteorologist: air quality today. things are looking up. the we can forecast. abc seven news at 6:00 starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc seven news. co-anchor: it is ugly out there. the good news is it will not be for much longer. good evening and for joining us. anchor: you're watching abc seven news at 6:00 on abc seven, who live, and wherever you stream. co-anchor: we are back to back spare the air days. a look outside shows you conditions warrant this alert. the view from our live tower camera in walnut creek. smoke from several wildfires has moved into the area. larry: sometimes it is hard to know if what you're seeing is smoke or clouds or a mix of both tiered the sky seems a solid

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