here's gio benitez tonight from florida. >> and liftoff! >> reporter: tonight, hours after this picture-perfect predawn launch from the kennedy space center lit up the skies up and down the east coast -- >> it's an invasion! >> it's a ufo! >> reporter: a close call for the spacex crew dragon. space junk threatening the ship. the crew scrambling to get back inside their pressurized suits. the space junk traveling at more than 17,000 miles per hour, coming within about 100 feet of the crew dragon, but missing it. before the scare, the stronauts giving a live tour. >> and this is what we get to see, coming up on madagascar. >> reporter: megan mcarthur sitting in that same pilot's seat her astronaut husband bob behnken sat in just last year on the same spaceship. bob and son theo sending mom off with an air hug. >> i'm like a baby bird here, relearning how to move around in microgravity. it feels really good, but it feels a little bit weird too. >> reporter: spacex making history by successfully re-using a crew dragon spaceship for the first ti

abc's gio benitez is at the kennedy space center.ng. >> reporter: mona and faith, good morning to you. an exciting morning here at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral. the astronauts are now on their way to the international space station for a six-month mission and what makes this so special, of course, the people. >> mission and liftoff. godspeed, endeavor crew-2. >> downrange. >> reporter: one of nasa's veteran astronauts launching into space early friday morning is megan mcarthur. her must, astronaut bob behnken, was the pilot on that historic first mission that launched last year. >> it's been really helpful to have him really understand what it is that i'm doing now and what it is that i'm going to be doing in the future. that's been really helpful to have a partner who gets all that. >> liftoff. >> reporter: she and her son watched as bob launched into the air last may. this time it'll be bob watching with him as megan flies on that very same spacex crew dragon and in the same seat, the pilot's seat. with her shane kimb

abc's gio benitez is at the kennedy space center.ning. >> reporter: oh, good morning, mona and faith. a very exciting morning here at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral, and take a look behind me right there. that is launchpad 39a. the rocket is ready to go. everything is looking really good so far, all systems go for launch. it's a mission unlike any other. not because of the technology, but because of the people. one of nasa's veteran astronauts set to launch into space early friday morning is megan mcarthur. her house bob behnken was the pilot on that historic first mission that launched last year. >> it's been cool to have him really understand what it is that i'm doing now and what i'll be doing in the future. that's been helpful to have a partner that gets all that. >> liftoff. >> reporter: she and her son watched as bob launched into the air last may. this time it'll be bob watching with him as megan flies on that very same spacex crew dragon and in the same seat, the pilot seat. with her nasa astronaut shane kimbrough

. >> abc's gio benitez has more. >> mona and faith, good morning.auseof the people, not just the people of the watching on the ground and their families, but the astronauts themselves. take a look. it's a mission unlike any other, not because of the technology but because of the people. one of the veterans is megan mcarthur. her husband bob behnken was on the historic mission that launched last year. >> it's been really helpful to have him really understand what it is that i'm doing now and what it is that i'm going to be doing in the future. that's been really helpful to have a partner who really gets all that. >> she and her son watched as bob launched into the air last may. this time it will be bob watching with him. as megan flies on that very same spacex "crew dragon." and in the same seat, the pilot seat, with her nasa astronaut shane kimbrough. steve jurczyk telling me the astronauts are ready to go. have you been able to speak with the astronauts? >> yeah, tuesday morning i went in and talked to the astronauts, they said we're just ready to

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all right, gio benitez tonight. gio, thank you. >>> the supreme court setting the agenda for the fall session and the justices taking on a major second amendment case. they could decide whether americans have a right to carry a gun outside their homes. a case involves a challenge to new york's law restricting the carrying of concealed weapons to those who can prove, quote, a special need for a license. plaintiffs say it violates their rights. at least six states have similar laws. >>> when we come back here tonight, here in new york city, a series of synagogues targeted. heightened security tonight. and the surveillance here. >>> and the fires and evacuations tonight in the west. the images coming in now. everyone remembers the moment they heard... “you have cancer.” how their world stopped and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda - a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the monstrous eruption on st. vincent island spewing ash into the sky. a pilot reported seeing the plume rising to 25,000 feet. >> children at the front, please! >> reporter: a massive evacuation underway -- some 16,000 people. the ash raining down, stopping a high-speed ferry rescue because of the dangerous conditions. >> can't see anything. >> reporter: now tonight, four massive cruise ships are standing by offshore, waiting for orders to carry evacuees toneighboring islands. carnival, royal caribbean, and celebrity sending those ships. local health officials making the decision to only board evacuees who have already been vaccinated against covid. thousands of others staying on land, sent to local hotels in the safe zones, as a second, smaller eruption is reported tonight. now, david, we spoke with one of the cruise lines and they said they are not making vaccinations mandatory for boarding that vote, but they are leaving that up to local health officials. >> gio benitez. thank you. >>> when we come back, track

here is geo benitez. >> reporter: the charred wreckage captured on camera after it crashed into a tree and burst into flames. two men inside were killed. the tesla's high energy battery reigniting over and over again. firefighters trying to put the fire out for four hours with nearly 30,000 gallons of water. the fire eventually put itself out. now to the question, was the tesla running on auto pilot? firefighters found the men in the front passenger seat and the backseat. police telling abc news there is no indication that anybody anyone was in the driver's seat. the men adjust dropped their wives off at home and wanted to take the tesla out for a test drive. evidence at the scene allegedly showing it was going very that's. three hours before the crash, elon musk tweeting tesla with auto pilot engaged now approaching ten times lower chance of accident than average vehicle. and we've reached out to tesla for comment but have not heard back. police are trying to figure out what exactly caused this crash in the first place. gee know benitez abc news new york. >>> the san joaquin sheriff's

abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: it's a selfie like we have never seen before, the mars roverhe left is the mars' helicopter ingenuity. perseverance sending back pictures of ingenuity testing its blades. showing what it could look like as ingenuity becomes the first helicopter to ever take flight on another planet. >> this is one of the earlier test builds of one of the blades. >> wow. oh my gosh. >> see? >> this is, like, paper. >> exactly. yet it is strong enough for you to spin it through this very thin atmosphere at 2,400 revolutions per minute. >> reporter: this is the project manager for nasa's mars helicopter. >> this is what you are seeing from the top, the antenna to the rotor system, and everything it has to lift has to weigh less than four pounds. >> reporter: ingenuity will have to fly entirely on its own with almost no atmosphere after surviving dangerously cold nights, negative 130 degrees. if it works, it'll set the scen capturing epic images. >> there will of course, be the first ever images ever taken from an aerial vantage point on, you know, from a flying cr

the suspect is identified, as i say to say to benitez. he was taken into custody at his residence, where authorities also found 27 used glass, methamphetamines, smoking pipes andsuspecting suspected meth. he's facing several charges, including child endangerment, because the two children we're also inside the home were the meth where the meth were located. university of san francisco is investigating after a noose was found hanging from a campus housing balcony. the usada excuse me, the u. s. f. department of public safety says it received a report about the news from students on tuesday. this didn't who admitted to hanging the noose was immediately removed from university housing, school officials say, as they learn more about the incident. further action may be taken, the school released a statement reading in part. usf condemns all acts of racism, including artifacts and weapons that express the legacy of hatred, violence and racism. the city of late hell's fire two veteran police lieutenants and suspended a third lieutenant michael ni

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, mystery surrounding a deadly crash near houston involving ala model "s." the charred wreckage captured o tree and burst into flames. two men inside were killed. the tesla's high-energy battery reigniting over and over again. firefighters trying to put the fire out for more than four hours, with more than 30,000 gallons of water. it eventualily put itself out. now tonight, the question, was the tesla running on autopilot? firefighters found the men in the front passenger's seat and the backseat. police telling abc news there's no indication anyone was in the driver's seat. authorities say the men had just dropped their wives off at home and wanted to take the tesla out for a test drive. evidence at the scene allegedly showing it was going very fast. just three hours before the crash, tesla founder elon musk tweeting, "tesla with autopilot engaged now approaching ten times lower chance of accident than average vehicle." and linsey, we've reached out to tesla for comment, but have not heard back. and police are still trying to figure out exactly

gio benitez on the helicopter taking flight on mars. >> reporter: tonight, the rover "perseverance" capturinger "ingenuity." making history as the first powered aircraft ever to fly on another planet. cheers from mission control as the first images rolled in. >> this morning, our dream came true. >> reporter: "ingenuity" flew for 40 seconds, up to ten feet in the martian atmosphere, which is so thin the craft had to weigh less than four pounds. "ingenuity" project manager mimi aung showing me one of its blades. wow! oh, my gosh! this is like paper. >> exactly. yet, it is strong enough for you to spin it through this very thin atmosphere at 2,400 revolutions per minute. >> reporter: mimi calling this their "wright brothers" moment on mars. and david, nasa plans to fly "ingenuity" four more times. they hope to go higher and farther. david? >> four more times. can't wait, gio, thank you. and thank you at home. we'll see you tomorrow. i'm david muir. good night. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7 news. >> for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, he begged, george

here's abc's gio benitez tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new attention on this video captured just 12 minutes after that friday morning spacex launch. look closely, as part of the falcon-9 rocket separates from the spacex crew dragon carrying four astronauts, some kind of object appears to fly right between them. look again in slow motion. the incident under scrutiny after officials reported a scare in space over a different incident more than six hours into the flight, just as the astronauts were getting to bed. mission control telling them to put those pressurized suits back on over fears of a possible collision with space junk. the u.s. space command later saying there was no threat. but what exactly was that object seen early in the flight? sources tonight telling us it appears to be ice from the liquid oxygen in that rocket, likely posing no danger. >> great to be back in space again. >> reporter: the astronauts giving a tour from space. >> coming up on madagascar. >> reporter: and ultimately arriving safely at the international space station over the weekend. and david, spacex w

with your "gma first look", i am gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> apple is holding its first producth and they are calling it spring loaded. it will be a ipad pro with a faster processor and 5g. it has a bluetooth locator that helps you find things like your keys, wallet and laptop. it starts at 10:00 this morning on apple's website, youtube channel and tv. >>> san francisco is not expected to look like this for 4-20 today. hippy hill has been canceled and crews put up fences around the robin williams meadow in golden bay park. >>> hair raising home improvements. disneyland's haunted mansion is invailing its ghostly landscape for the dearly departed pets, new draperies, carpet and fresh wallpaper can be seen in and around the estate and one of the original paintings from the portrait gallery is making a return with new special effects. the haunted mansion spent the last year undergoing renovations. >>> just in time for earth day, disney announces new plastic- free packaging. the plastic dolls will be packaged in 100% recyclable paper now. it is available in disney world and disney st

abc's gio benitez has reaction. >> reporter: call it the cruising comeback.resident and ceo of virgin voyages says they are ready to get sailing in america. >> americans like to travel, they deserve it, they need to get out there. >> reporter: the cruise industry was shut down over a year ago when the pandemic hit. now bookings are soaring. >> virtually every cruise partner we talk with is seeing exceptional bookings for 2022 and crossbody. >> reporter: but possible rough legal waters. companies in florida previously ban from the requiring vaccines. >> the jurisdiction from the cdc regarding rules and regulations have to be sorted out. >> reporter: at 7:00 a.m., we will have a live report from pout miami the best time to book tickets to lock-in prices. >>> firefighters contra costa county were treated to a furry surprise. a woman and her son pulled up to the station and told them there was a cat stuck in the car engine. an animal services officer had to be called out. when he loosened the engine splash cover he noticed five newborn kittens hiding inside. i ca

gio benitez is back with that. hey again, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael.ng animals of the sea. orcas, they're some of the most fierce and majestic animals on our planet. they're also among the most intelligent giants swimming in our oceans. in national geographic's "secrets of the whales" explorer and renown photographer brian skerry captures some of the social rituals these whales have been practicing for centuries. >> only now are we beginning to understand their secrets. >> reporter: narrated by sigourney weaver and executive produced by james cameron. the docu-series follows five species of whales, including belugas who seem to give individual names to one another. this baby beluga shares its mother's call. here a lost narwhal swims amid a pod of beluga whales. >> the first time we saw the narwhal we wondered, oh, what kind of weird beluga have we seen? >> it's not in a good position. >> reporter: the young narwhal won't survive unless it acclimates to the new sounds and is fully accepted by the belugas. if they adopt it, it will be the first long-term

abc's transportation correspondent gio benitez is at newark airport along with easter holiday travelersning again to you, gio. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning again. yeah, this could be the busiest travel weekend since the pandemic began. for weeks now we have been seeing extremely busy airports. now, the cdc is saying that fully vaccinated americans can travel at low risk to themselves while wearing masks but still recommending against nonessential travel. now, here's what you need to know. if flying domestically the cdc says you do not need to get tested before or after travel or self-quarantine. but if flying internationally, your destination may require a test, and you still need to show a negative test before boarding a flight back to america. again, this guidance is only for those who have been fully vaccinated. guys. >> all right, gio, some good news there but still reason for caution. >>> coming up that "bridgerton" stunner. breakout star rege-jean page will not be returning as the duke of hastings. what it means for the hit show's second season. >>> and "deals & steals," to

abc's transportation correspondent gio benitez is at newark airport where the holiday rush is alreadygood morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning. yeah, the airline industry is applauding this new guidance. and so are the millions of americans getting vaccinated. this morning, hope is in the air but with some caution. the holiday travel rush is on d could see the most travelers since the pandemic began. now with word that more than 100 million americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, the cdc issuing new guidance saying fully vaccinated americans can travel at low risk to themselves while wearing masks and social distancing. if flying domestically the cdc says you do not need to get tested before or after travel or self-quarantine. but if flying internationally, your destination may require a test, and you still need to show a negative test before boarding a flight back to america. cdc director dr. rochelle walensky still advocating against nonessential travel. >> while we believe that fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk to themselves, cdc is not r

international space station after docking there just hours ago, and abc's transportation correspondent gio benitez is covering the story from miami. gio, good morning to you.p>> re morning. yeah, we all watched that launch in awe yesterday. especially here in florida. now, these new images are coming in, and we are hearing from those astronauts in space. >> spacex on the big loop. soft capture confirmed. >> reporter: this morning, contact after more than 23 hours traveling through space -- >> maximum dynamic pressure. >> "endeavour" arriving. >> reporter: -- the four astronaut aboard the crew dragon reaching the international space station. the crew already on the iss welcoming their new members. for the next week they'll be in tight quarters, 11 astronauts on board at the same time. the crew on the iss even building extra beds. >> and liftoff. >> reporter: the launch friday was picture perfect. lighting up the skies up and down the east coast. >> invasion. >> it's a ufo. >> reporter: but the flight wasn't without drama. space junk threatened the ship. the crew scrambling to get back inside their

. >> among the first witnesses, wendy's heartbroken mother, miriam benitez.erpreter, the mother said she was shocked when she learned the couple had taken life insurance policies out on one another just before their marriage. >> translator: i did not feel good. i expressed to her, why insurance, they're not even married, they didn't have children. why insurance? >> on the stand, detective maria medero said she zeroed in on that insurance policy when she questioned escoto a day after the murder. >> i told him if he couldn't muster up a tear for his wife of four days to muster up a tear for the million dollars he's never going to see. >> what was his reaction? >> that lack of emotion, was it indifference to wendy or a disregard for women in general? detectives say escoto was a man with a history of mooching off girlfriends. this former lover testified she supported escoto for years. >> how much money did you give him a month? >> approximately maybe $1,500. >> go figure, the state said. but for whatever reason women threw gifts at escoto. one bought him the duca

our transportation correspondent gio benitez was right there at cape canaveral.put you on the spot. i saw you earlier right before liftoff on our overnight show. i don't think i've ever seen a bigger smile from you, my friend. >> reporter: listen, it's just too exciting. when you see that it is just something you feel in your bones, okay. the sound is just incredible. i got to tell you, cecilia, this launch was a stunner, just lighting up that predawn sky here at the kennedy space center. now those four astronauts are on that long journey to the international space station. >> and liftoff, godspeed, endeavor and crew-2. >> reporter: this morning a spectacular predawn launch carrying four astronauts into space aboard a spacex crew dragon. >> now making their way to the one and only international space station. >> reporter: a flawless launch. you can see the space capsule flying through the air. >> stage one throttle up. >> reporter: then there was the breathtaking sight in the sky after the rockets separated from the dragon looking like a pulsing hallow. -- halo.

gio benitez has a look at what it means for passenger safety. >> reporter: this morning, signs pre-pandemicelta announcing it will join the other major airlines and no longer keep that middle seat empty starting may 1st. >> we're seeing the demand come back coupled with vaccination rates starting to really soar in our country so with all the demand we're seeing we thought it was the right time to open them up. >> reporter: while some passengers don't like that idea -- >> i try my best to get upgrades, but that's a problem. >> i wish they kept this policy of separating people. it feels safer because you're staying on the plane for several hours. >> reporter: other travelers like mark freeman says the vaccine makes the difference. >> i don't worry as much because i'm vaccinated already but still concerning because i know there are variants out there but i guess being vaccinated gives me a little protection. >> reporter: less than a year ago planes were parked in the desert unused, now most of these are back in the air. traveler numbers quickly approaching prepandemic levels. united airlines'

transportation correspondent gio benitez is at newark airport with all the details.michael, good morning. yeah, americans are showing huge interest right now in booking international trips. in fact, online searches for those flights are just soaring right now, and now this headline from the eu. this morning, word that americans could once again be taking off for destinations across the atlantic as early as this summer. "the new york times" reporting vaccinated americans will be allowed to visit places like paris, barcelona and rome again after the pandemic closed borders over a year ago. the head of the european union telling "the times," all 27 member states will accept unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are approved by e.m.a. many european economies rely on international tourism. eu officials now seeing vaccines as the solution. >> the summer travel season in europe is essentially akin to black friday and cyber monday for retailers in the united states where they make the disproportionate amount of their money from these few summer mon

looming gas shortage this summer as many families across the country get ready to hit the road and gio benitezan ahead. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. yeah, this gas station behind me has plenty of gas, and so do most of them across the country right now, but come this summer some experts say that some stations may be seeing delays. this morning, a warning from the tanker truck industry saying some stations may run out of gas this summer and not because of a gas shortage, instead a trucker shortage. >> last year during the pandemic, many of the drivers were tired or they went to different industries and that created a shortage. >> reporter: according to trucking trade group, national tank truck carriers up to a quarter of all tank trucks in the country that carry gas are parked because they don't have the drivers. so far it's only affected some stations in las vegas and northwest arkansas, but come this summer, experts say we may see shortages in vacation hot spots. >> what we're looking at is this summer in terms of this happening most likely in spots that are very

transportation correspondent gio benitez is at laguardia airport with those details. reporter: amy, good morning. the better business bureau is telling us that they're seeing more of these websites and they're sounding the alarm because your information could be at risk. this morning, as millions take to the skies with more and more people traveling, an urgent warning from the better business bureau saying some fraudulent websites are either impersonating government websites or are claiming to process your tsa precheck or global entry applications only to instead access your personal information and money. >> the bbb has noticed a real uptick in government impostor sites that look like global entry or one of the other trusted programs. >> reporter: tsa precheck lets you go through shorter and faster security lines. global entry expedites border crossings when traveling internationally. both programs are managed by the department of homeland security. but according to the bbb, the problematic websites on line are charging top dollar to allegedly help process your appli

transportion por correspondent gio benitez is tracking the story.orge, good morning. the internet lighting up with questions over this video. did the object come from the rocket or from somewhere else? this morning, some possible answers. this morning, a potential close call caught on camera, a mysterious object captured on tape flying very close to the spacex crew dragon with four astronauts on board. >> ignition and liftoff. >> reporter: take a look at this video. just 12 minutes after the astronauts left planet earth friday morning part of the falcon 9 rocket separates from the dragon. that's when some kind of object flies between the two. take a closer look in slow motion. but what exactly was that object seen early in the flight? sources telling us it appears to be ice from the liquid oxygen in that rocket. but this morning, no official confirmation on what it was. >> the thing that makes me think that that is just most likely a piece of ice is that it happened right at the time where they were going -- while they were inserted into orbit. >> l

our transportation correspondent gio benitez joins us from newark airport with more, and why one major seats once again. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, amy. good morning to you. yeah. this was a record-breaking travel weekend for the pandemic. millions of people flying across the country, and as you said, at least one major u.s. airline overwhelmed. over the weekend, packed airports and packed planes as more than 5 million people took to the skies since thursday for the holiday. friday, breaking a pandemic record. tsa screening nearly 1.6 million people. this on the same day the cdc said fully vaccinated americans can travel at low risk to themselves while recommending against nonessential travel. >> while we believe in fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk to themselves, cdc is not recommending travel at this time due to the rising number of cases. >> reporter: airlines are feeling the crush of travelers. delta announcing it's facing a pilot shortage, leading them to cancel about 100 flights sunday, and even temporarily open those middle seats on planes to accommodate p

picking up as more americans get vaccinated seeing new video of battles on board over masks and gio benitez: hey, george, good morning. yeah, more than 6 million people were screened at u.s. airports this holiday weekend and the numbers are only going up but we're also seeing tense moments go viral. this morning, as a record number of travelers return to the skies, we're also seeing videos like this. >> you're a liar. you're a liar. >> reporter: tense moments captured on camera. a southwest flight attendant telling this passenger to get off the plane after apparently refusing to wear her mask. [ applause ] >> reporter: passengers cheer and applaud as the woman is kicked off the flight. the flight attendant even does a dance and on this spirit airlines flight from orlando to atlantic city monday. >> what did i do? >> i told you noncompliance, you will have to get off. >> reporter: a family of four told to get off. a pregnant mother seen in this video clip wearing a mask with a 2-year-old child eating yogurt on her lap and a 7-year-old with special needs next to her. the flight attendant appe

transportation correspondent gio benitez is at the manhattan cruise terminal with more for us. reporter: hey, robin, good morning. yeah, travel is definitely picking up. nearly 10 million people took to the skies just last week. now, some destinations are looking to the future with vaccines. this morning, the maldives, the tourist mecca known for its crystal clear turquoise waters, now wants to be known as the three vs -- visit, vaccinate, vacation. offering vaccines to visitors. 1.7 million people visited the maldives in 2019. that fell to under 500,000 last year. now, they are hoping people will stay for several weeks to get two doses of the vaccine while staying at one of the 500 resorts and guest houses open right now. the offer won't kick in until all of its residents are vaccinated. right now, more than half of the country has received the vaccine. and other destinations have the same idea, even in the u.s. nevada has already vaccinated move than 57,000 visitors. and alaska proposing to start offering vaccines in june at four major airports to anyone visiting. >> you come

gio benitez is at port miami with the latest.ise ship here as we come on the air. every year nearly 6 million passengers come through this port, but this past year it's been pretty empty except for this. take a look at our drone camera right now. there are four ships here at port miami right now. only crew members are on board getting those ships ready. this morning the cruise industry in america is about to make a big comeback. the cdc now telling cruise lines they can sail from u.s. ports starting in mid-july if 98% of the crew and 95% of the passengers are vaccinated. tom mcalpin is president of the virgin voyages. he says they're ready to get sailing in america. >> they need to get out there and they love cruising. cruising has high satisfaction rates. great value for money and super excited we see a path forward to begin sailing later this summer. >> reporter: the cruise industry was shut down over a year ago when the pandemic hit, and now booking is soaring. >> virtually every cruise line partner we talk with is seeing exce