>> gio benitez in toronto for us. gio, thank you. >>> next tonight, the real concern up and down the east coast this evening, and over the next couple of days, over the potential for, quote, life-threatening floods from the rains. the flash flood watch tonight already for 35 million americans. rain stalled along the already water-logged east coast. a super soaker with damaging winds in gainesville, florida. and a tough morning commute in parts of pennsylvania. this street turned into a river there. and in the west tonight, we're also following the heat and the fires. more than 3,000 homes and businesses now listed as threatened by that fire burning near yosemite. so, let's get to chief meteorologist ginger zee, she's live tonight near the george washington bridge here in new york. ginger, good evening. >> reporter: david, the national weather service is using that heavy wording of the potential for life-threatening flooding, because there are spots in virginia that got more than nine inches of rain over the weekend an

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: the fbi joining the intense search in a small iowa town to track down missing college student mollie tibbetts. investigating the possibility that she may have been abducted. >> for a 20-year-old to got missing and completely kind of fall off the grid, it's obviously a very suspicious and very serious matter. >> reporter: volunteers already combed the area where she was last seen running a week ago today. agents now zeroing in on her digital footprint. authorities say fitbit is providing information in the case in response to a search warrant. tibbetts' boyfriend dalton jack said she always wore her fitness tracker. he said he began to worry when he realized that she hadn't read his messages and hadn't shown up for work. >> she didn't call and i was like, well, that's not like her.

gio is in toronto tonight. and officials not ruling out terror, as i mentioned. and you just got a statement from the family of the alleged shooter? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. the shooting happened right behind me here. now, for the first time, as you say, we're hearing from the suspect's family. they say that the shooter suffered from severe mental health issues. david? >> gioyou. >>> next tonight, the real concern up and down the east coast this evening, and over the next couple of days over the potential for, quote, life-threatening floods from the rains. the flash flood watch tonight already for 35 million americans, rain stalled along the already water logged east coast. a super soaker with damaging ones in gainesville, florida, and a tough morning commute in parts of pennsylvania. and in the west tonight, we're also following the heat and the fires. more than 3,000 homes and businesses now listed as threatened by that fire burning near yosemite. so, let's get to chief meteorologist ginger zee, live tonight near the george washington bridge here

>> gio, our thanks to you. >>> let's get right to ginger zee. tracking it all for us. >> impressive rain fall. reagan international, 2.63 inches of rain in 42 minutes. look at the line, still blowing through. almost in plymouth, massachusetts. still raining in atlantic city, new jersey. but we'll dry out and cool down, something the west can only hope to do. as we're in the peak of the heat today and tomorrow, where the wildfires are raging so viciously. reno, going for 103 tomorrow. redding, 111. >> and more than 40 fires burning across the west at this hour. the ferguson fire, doubling in size again in the past 24 hours. helicopters have been able to make water drops. now that the hazy skies have cleared. the body of a fallen firefighter has been recovered. carried out. firefighters and residents lining up to pay their respects. >>> we move on tonight. the high-speed shootout in las vegas. an officer under fire, chasing two suspects. shooting through the windshield with people on the streets. here's matt gutman with the images. >> reporter: it

>> gio, thank you. >>> let's get right to abc chief meteorologist ginger zee. she's along the george washington bridge. and ginger, this heat is not letting up. >> reporter: tom, the sweltering heat goes all the way to burlington, vermont, where they broke a record today at 97. look at these heat advisories, from maine down to north carolina. the numbers don't go anywhere the next couple of days. the heat indexes, 104, washington, 102, little rock. and tuesday, the numbers soar. 102 in memphis. this slides east even more and that means new york city, for example, would be close to a seven-day stretch of 90-plus, if we do that, it will be a one in 33-year event. tom? >> we'll track that. ginger, thank you. >>> now to the supreme court showdown. president trump promising one week from today he will announce his nominee to succeed retiring justice anthony kennedy. the president revealing he interviewed four potential nominees today and plans to meet with two or three more before making his decision. abc's kyra phillips is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: p

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tom. >> gio, thank you. >>> overseas now, the race against time to save a soccer coach and his young players, trapped in a cave in northern thailand. the desperate search and the new reason for hope tonight. abc's james longman is there. >> reporter: hope is growing in thailand tonight, more than a week after a soccer coach and his team went missing. less rain is allowing rescuers to go deeper into the flooded tunnels where the group is believed to have vanished. as soldiers stage practice runs of what a rescue operation might look like, engineers today doubling the number of pumps bringing out water. 60 of them now working to clear the cave. and this is the aim. there are four known caverns immediately inside the complex. the fourth is believed to be higher than the water level, and where they hope the team is stranded. if the rain holds, that's where rescuers want to get to tomorrow, although it's a lot further inside. but every possibility is being explored in this massive operation that includes a u.s. military search and rescue team. all over these mountains, small groups of sco

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good morning to you, gio. >> reporter: good morning.hildren die from this every single day and when it happens it is quick. it is silent and as you're about to see it can happen without you even knowing. it looks like any other summer r. parents enjoying the barbecue but somewhere in this pool five different swimmers are about to simulate that they're drowning and we're wondering if these moms and dads can spot them. drowning can happen in just seconds and it's often difficult to spot. it's happening to someone in this public pool right now. can you spot it? there she is. fortunately a lifeguard spots her and makes the rescue but it's in residential pools where lifeguards usually aren't present that the majority of drownings take place. safety experts say part of the reason distracted parents talking on their phones grilling, socializing and supervising other children with no water watcher, a person with eyes on the water at all times. so we've invited this group of parents to a pool party assigning them tanks like running that grill an

gio gives up the three runs over five. four walks coming back to bite him.13th inning bottom of the inning. justin miller facing andrew nap. after a 4 1/2 hour game this a walkoffn.ome philli win 4-3. nats have now lost five of their last six games. a one up in baltimore. oriole finishing the series the heat didn't stop with the weathe oriole heating up. bird down a run. man on for machado. he welcomed the angels to manny land. it's gone. 21st home run of the season. and orioles take a 2-1 ead. later in the inning, mark trumbo comes up with a trumbo jumbo. knocks this one oppositeield that'sgone. solo shot for him. birds exorcism in the fourth. they'r done. neithe was trumbo. in fifth. anothe one. crushe by trumbo. left.time to second homer of the day. oriole hit four home runs on they it 8-2.ig >>> now the quicken under. tiger woods finished 11 under now. >> all right. thank you,r. please stay hydrated out there. >> that's right. weathe arert tom with heat adviso effect from noon to going another scorcher. please safe out there. that's news for now. thank j

gio looking to get the win streak started. the marlins with the bases early. the d5-3ble play.ge. that's right. next half inning. ro delivs a base hit. remember it comesd to score. we go to the eighth. to the infield. and pinch-hitter daniel murphy slidesut to center. so they waste golden opportunities. ninth inning. this is -- it is. a walk-off homer. my 's a winning streak, friends. that's when the second in a row, 3-2, the final. do you feel better? that's the way you start your weekend. the wizards getting the summer league slate started. troy brown jr. with his first nba action. the drive and the runner. that was nice. and then, are you ready for this? ho about contact can hurt sometimes. still finishes. that's the way to do it. as he has more of his tricks to show off, a little off the glass. he made one yr in oregon. finished with 13 points. there's a lot of basketball left. the world cup quarterfinals. the firen half,ds it in., rafaelhe glancing header. 1-0 france. ance wins it 2-0 over uruguay. that meansrance plays against five-time champion brazil and belgium. up 1-0

gio benitez has more. >> reporter: tonight the fbi joining the intense search in a small iowa town tock down missing college student mollie tibbetts, investigating the possibility that she may have been abducted. >> for a 20-year-old to go missing and completely fall off the grid, it's obviously a very suspicious and very serious matter. >> reporter: volunteers already combed the area where she was last seen running a week ago today. agents now zeroing in on her digital footprint. authorities say fit bit is providing information in the case, in response to a search warrant. tibbetts' boyfriend dalton jack, said she always wore her fitness tracker. he said he began to worry when he realized she hadn't read his messages and hadn't shown up for work. >> she didn't call in, and i'm like, that's not like her. >> reporter: the sheriff saying jack is at work when his girlfriend disappeared, is not a suspect. her family tonight, holding on to hope. >> whatever situation she's in, it's not like she's going to sit there and give up. >> reporter: investigators are following up a number of tips,

gio is here with more on this important story. >> yeah, lara, it is serious. die every year from heat stroke. experts say it can be prevented. in fact, it's already happened this year alone. this mom is tangible solutions right now. for more high school athletes across the country, team practices for the upcoming season very already begun and some cases tragic headlines of some collapsing and even dieing from heat stroke in practice. in the last five years, seven heat stroke deaths. most of these athletes were high school students. >> often times heat ailments aren't diagnosed correctly. they might think they have an injury or concussion because they're confused. >> reporter: the university of maryland is currently investigating whether it played a role in the death of jordan mcnair following a team workout last month. penn state football player tyler heinz died of heat stroke after conditioning drills. last year, 16-year-old zach martin died of heat stroke after collapsing during football practice in florida. >> our children are dying from this and it doesn't

abc's gio benitez is there in toronto with the latest. gio, any word on a motive yet?yes, cecelia, no known motive just yet and that intense investigation underway right now. i want to show you where we are. this is actually where the shooter actually went up and down the street shooting at different businesses. you can see right here this is one of those cafes boarded up, the glass blown out, and we have right here a small memorial. 13 injured. two dead. a 10-year-old little girl and an 18-year-old young woman. now, we have a photo right now of that young woman. that 18-year-old, her name is reese fallon. a recent high school graduate who planned to study nursing. this morning we're also learning more about that shooter. police say you can see him on surveillance video. he's 29-year-old faisal hussain. of course, police and everyone else here, cecilia, is still asking that big question. why? >> yeah, that certainly is the question right now. the shooter's family is speaking out talking about his mental illness. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, cecilia. they actually s

gio benitez is here with that story. good morniground and the shooti ended it all.r i need something to be done because this is not right. >> reporter: brittany jacobs was sitting in her boyfriend's idling car when she says 47-year-old michael drejka approached to say she illegally parked in a handicapped spot. 2 marquis mcglockton, had ghone inside to buy snacks. you can see mcglockton walk out of the store. he sees and hears the argument, runs over and pushes drejka to the ground. >> he's pushing this man away from his girl, you know, telling him to get away. >> reporter: but that's when the irreversible happens. drejka takes out a gun and shoots mcglockton. mcglockton holding his chest runs back into the store. jacobs and the children watching from the car. >> he collapsed in front of my son and within 30 minutes he was gone. >> reporter: mcglockton was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. this morning, there are reports that drejka, the shooter, has been known to have angry encounters over parking. >> here he said he'll shoot me. >> reporter: the

abc's gio benitez joins us with more.t one of the winners. >> reporter: not one of the winners. but you know what, i would be here anyway, cecilia. listen, one person, you're talking about one person with that $522 million jackpot. $308 million if they take that cash payout. now we don't know would won it but we know who they bought it and it was over in california, san jose, california, over at ernie's liquors and this is the fifth largest jackpot in mega millions history. now lottery officials say the odds of winninkpot are 1 in nearly 303 million. it just underscores how lucky that person is. >> lucky, indeed but there are other lucky people out there. not just this one mega ticket holder. >> reporter: oh, yeah. about 3 million people. in fact, more than 3 million winning tickets are out there right now with prizes ranging from $2 to $1 million, so check that right now. i checked it. didn't happen. >> sorry, gio. >> i'm always on the lower end. i won $2. >> it's something. >> we'll be right back. (vo) i was born during

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the powerful line of storms slamming the northeast at the height of the evening commute. >> the drenching downpours have just been unbelievable. the atmosphere is just so soupy, so juicy and it's just been wrung out by this cold front right here. >> reporter: major roadways like the fdr drive in new york city engulfed. more than 20 cars stranded on the george washington parkway. water up to the doors. first responders using boats to rescue more than 40 people including this family. rain drenching the field at nationals park, site of tonight's all-star game. in new england, cars crawling through flooded streets in framingham, oxford, and worcester, massachusetts. up to three inches of rain in an hour turning subways into waterparks from new york to d.c. manhole covers rattling in d.c. and arlington. the storms packed with dangerous lightning lighting up the capitol. and this funnel cloud spotted on new york's skyline. the storms forcing ground stops at multiple airports. this is fdr drive, one of the major thoroughfares. it was shut down for over an

any suggestions, gio?> reporter: look, right now the biggest thing you can do can focus on the a/c. because the less you use it, the more you're going to save, right? but you don't want to have the windows open during your drive because that's going to cause a lot of stress on the car. and you're going to end up spending a lot more on gas. >> so if i have max a/c on with windows down i'm doing a lot of things wrong. >> thank you. >> sounds like you have experience. >> i do have experience in doing a lot of things wrong. >>> now to another holiday concern as millions of americans hit the beach, sharks, the latest scare, you're looking at it. it happened in a popular vacation spot. south carolina's myrtle beach, and a girl injured in an attack. the aftermath caught on cell phone video. this comes amid dozens of shark siteings on both coasts ahead of the fourth of july holiday. abc's whit johnson is on the story. whit, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. the woman who shot this video says she

abc's gio benitez is in miami with the details. hey, gio. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning.rs. in fact, this one right here expired almost a year ago and there it was right there on the store shelves ready for us to buy. pay close attention because this morning "gma investigates." sprays, lotions, sticks, the sunscreen options are endless including the range of spf numbers. but there's another important number you should be looking for. an expiration date. >> we remind people to put it on but we honestly don't remind them often enough to check to make sure that it's a product that's still effective. >> reporter: the fda says sunscreen usually expires three years after it's manufactured. sometimes even less. because it can physically change and chemicals break down making it less effective. >> if you are leaving it out in the sun it won't last as long, maybe not even the three years. >> reporter: "gma investigates" hitting the beach in point pleasant, new jersey, with dermatologist and abc contributor dr. mark to spot check expiration dates. >> this expired three years ago. >

gio benitez is there in point pleasant with the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin. don't think about. and 1,000 people end up in the e.r. every year because of flyaway umbrellas. and wait until you see these videos because they show just how dangerous this can be. watch as witnesses capture beach umbrellas out of control. these volleyball players in ontario, canada, stunned as umbrellas around them take flight. and in ocean city, maryland, in 2015, a bystander filming as the wind picks up these umbrellas and turns them into projectiles. the videos wild. the situations incredibly dangerous. >> could we have fire to the woman with the umbrella? they need something to cut it. >> don't remove that till triborough gets there. >> 10-4. we're not planning on it. >> good. >> reporter: just this monday in seaside heights, new jersey, a 67-year-old tourist from london struck by a flying umbrella. one of its spokes piercing her ankle. >> i was there. there was an emt in jersey who beat me to it. we were both there. he had a med kit, put a tourniquet like to hold the bleeding.

good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning.'re about to see one of the first videos capturing a reunion between a mother and her daughter. this, after a judge ruled that the government must reunite families by the end of the month. >> oh. >> reporter: this morning, a tearful reunion for a mother and her 8-year-old daughter. [ sobbing ] >> reporter: 55 days they reportedly spent apart. the little girl taken from her mom after they crossed the border. citing abuse and domestic violence in their native guatemala. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: even bystanders in the room tearing up in this video airing on cnn. this, as cameras capture more of those rare family reunions. hhs now saying there are even more children separated than first reported. 3,000 children remaining in the government's care. that number considerably higher than the roughly 2,000 previously reported by hhs. secretary alex azar revealing the new numbers yesterday during a call with reporters describing this situation as unprecedented and promising th

. >> reporter: abc's gio benitez witnessing firsthand how fast a car heats up. his body temperature going from 98.3 to 105 in just 30 minutes. 18 children dying in hot cars so far this year alone. >> it can get so hot so quick in those cars. rob, we know summer has already started. but we're talking about extreme heat here. >> reporter: you have to retreat to the shade. these numbers are startling. 109 in albany. 108 in hartford. baltimore, 105. new york, 102. chicago numbers only coming down because of storms coming through the area, fed by some of the heat and humidity. which will hold for the next several days. tomorrow's numbers will be similar to today. d.c., new york, wilmington, seeing record numbers. 90s through the holiday, for some cities, it will be the longest stretch of heat in nearly ten years. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> next tonight, authorities investigating a deadly boat explosion. the boat packed with americans in the bahamas when the engine ignited. a frantic race to abandon ship. the boat completely destroyed by the fire. one woman would not

here is gio benitez. >> reporter: a miraculous rescue at a florida pool.3 years old, saved because two first responders happened to be vacationing there from new york. >> i heard the parents, mother screaming. jumped up, jumped in the pool, pulled her out. we both started cpr. >> reporter: police say the girl's mom was gathering family to leave the pool when she lost sight of the girl. just this spring in myrtle beach, another incident. a boy's foot got stuck in a suction line and he was trapped under water for several minutes before rescuers could pull him out. he survived. what should you do? when someone's in the pool, make sure you have a designated water watcher, because experts say adults tend to think someone else is watching swimmers in the pool. gio benitez, washington township, new jersey. >> so important to keep an eye on the kids. in this case, police think the 3-year-old slipped into the pool. she is afraid of water and doesn't normally go near the pool. she was unconscious when they pulled her out, but they were able to revive her. >> it's a

gio benitez put a group of unsuspecting parents to the test. >> reporter: drowning can happen in secondsult to spot. it's happening to someone in this public pool right now. can you spot it? there she is. fortunately a lifeguard spots her and makes the rescue. but it's in a residential pool where lifeguards usually aren't present where the majority of drownings take place. the reason? parents distracted, talking on the phone, supervising with no water watcher. we asked these parents to attend this pool party. those swimmers are actually trained lifeguards and swim instructors from swim gym swim schools skilled in mimicking a drowning. i observed some parents checking the water, but mostly, they're focused on their assignments and the party. and after 30 minutes, our swim instructor, kelly, begins simulating a drowning, struggling to keep her head above water, and just like the real thing barely makes a sound. more than a minute goes by. she's still struggling and nobody's looking. we're looking at two and a half minutes and nobody notices a thing. after more than four minutes, she simula

from donald trump's perspectives, he didn't well -- political 's a gio risk. perspective, obviously they don't work on four-year political cycles so you could argue that there's a limit to how negatively they can respond. hough see how midterm goes for trump but nevertheless we are going to have this very egg in kentucky it would per sursing for while so yerks yes, erked be looking if peters of weakness to add risk with you be sure you do that over a sustained president of time. cone either: you ape lewd told indonesia. i want to ask you about a philippines. you have demakes on the wail up stay d. the in mini industry came out and sentially stopped higher markets. would you be touching fill off-season poop -- philippine debt at this time in time? >> i have to be honest. this has been one of our structural weights for several years. you have had the country shifting back to a currents count department of sit position. you have seen them prove in investment growth so there will be a growth dividend down the line but there is not the kind environment. obviously y

gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> slept through it. >> nothing. >> did it last for a hot minute?ike a never-ending thunder strike. after a while, i was wondering, is that actually thunder? answer, yes, it was. >> sounds awesome. must have looked great. >> meanwhile, kendis is making thunder sounds. that is not the only problem weather in the country. >> you have hot, dry conditions fueling dozens of wildfires. the fire near yosemite park has burned more than 13,000 acres. >> thunderstorms kick off from rapid city down to omaha in the form of severe storms. bracing for damaging wind, flash flooding, travel delays and tornados from omaha, to kansas city. now for the southwest, the heat expands again, suppressing this rain that's been helping out. and we're looking for heat to kick in for the northwest. by late july it's going to get hotter and drier. this problem isn't going to stop. it's going to get worse by the end of the month. >> paul is always delivering us good news. thanks a lot for that, paul. >>> let's turn now to president trump who is walking back his remarks that stunn

when we read said gio's name in the newspaper we knew it was time to abandon all hope since then we only refer to them as devils murderers and swine as the scene of the when i see else. who sees is the law it is of course painful to look through the log book its pages demonstrate how much these people who wanted to change the country suffered. but it is also about our relatives and about revealing parts of our history like little and yes it's a lot of money yes but there was this thought and at the same time we have first hand proof in the form of a document we can take to a judge and say here is the proof what more do you need to. get. thanks to the d r e only town and we were able to bring the first legal actions but the military denied everything and the judges were still afraid not one person was found guilty but then in two thousand and five an incredibly important discovery was made not only with you on the peer to peer i think the public prosecutor's office for human rights decided to have this building investigated and delegation arrived and came down here just like we are doing

good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning. it's just incredible.ail looking more like a rag doll in the air. she eventually passed out making a crash landing and this morning her family is saying it's a miracle she survived. she is the survivor of that heart-stopping parasailing accident captured on tape. this morning 24-year-old katie malone is out of the hospital. >> happy to be out and gist get back to everyday life and move forward. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time exclusively with abc news about that terrifying experience. >> when i was up there flipping around and stuff, i was able to hold myself and carry my weight and brace myself. >> here we go, katie. >> reporter: on vacation in puerta vallarta celebrating her birthday when she took off for that parasailing adventure. moments later the tether connecting her to the boat coming loose. you can see her flying uncontrollably through the air for 45 terrifying minutes. >> when i was going down fast that's when i started spinning in circles and got sick so then i just, you know, start

her. >> a miracle. >> it is. >> just amazing. >> so glad it's a happy ending. >> thank you so much, gioto that new show getting buzz and a lot of backlash. comedian sacha baron cohen's "who is america?" premiering last night showing the actor pranking political figures on both sides of the aisle and, amy, you have more. >> that's right, michael. the sarah palin incident which will appear in a later incident ally got a talkingre but miere could be more explosive. cohen disguised as an israeli anti-terror expert gets guns rights advocates to endorse a l. >> i needed to find politicians who would fight for the second amendment right of toddlers to bear firearms at preschool. >> reporter: overnight, in that first episode "who is america?," comedian sacha baron cohen pulling no punches and sparing no one. >> i stopped in south carolina to dine with a couple who suffer from white privilege. >> reporter: the prankster in full disguise debuting four new characters interviewing unsuspecting subjects, famous and not. from this gun rights activist apparently fooled into participating in a fake fir

gio benitez is here with more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning. he made the comments while sitting down in an interview about his new i promise school for at-risk kids in ohio. don lemon asking james about balancing sports with math and science and that's when james took on the president. overnight lebron james accusing president trump of trying to divide americans. >> i believe our president is kind of trying to divide us. but i think -- >> kind of? >> yeah. is. is. i don't want to say kind of. he's dividing us. and what i noticed over the last few months that he's kind of used sport to kind of divide us. and that's something that i can't relate to. >> reporter: james telling cnn that sports should help bring us together. >> i know that sport was the first time i ever was around someone white, you know, and i got an opportunity to see them and learn about them. and they got an opportunity to learn about me, and we became very good friends. >> reporter: james has been a vocal critic of the president in the past which prompted this reaction from fo

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with your "gma" first look, i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> tesla's ceo elon musk is apologizingor calling a british diver involved in the thailand cave rescue a pedophile. musk addressed the issue in tweets saying he had spoken in anger on sunday and started when a dv accused musk and spacex engineers of orchestrating a pr stunt sending a small submarine to help divers rescue the soccer team from a flooded cave. musk says the diver's criticism upset him, but he should have not branded the diver a pedophile. the diver is reportedly considering legal action. >>> now on to a new breakfast food that looks like scrambled eggs but we will let you in on a secret, take a look here, it didn't come from a chicken. they were created by just, a san francisco food research start-up. the company isolated the protein from beans and found it resembled egg protein created something that resembled and tastes like real eggs. >> we don't manipulate the bean, we don't practice any genetic modification of it. we grow it, mill it, take the protein out, combine it with other simple ingredients, throw i

. >> reporter: gio benitez witnessing firsthand how fast a car heats up. his body temperature going from 98.3 to 105 in 30 minutes. 18 children dying in hot cars so far this year. >> as you can see he's joining the free the knee campaign. it will be a scorcher for much of the country. >> and paul williams has the forecast. morning paul. >> good morning maggie, kendis. the real feel, between 100 and 110, that's how hot it's going to feel in the afternoon from noon up to about 5:00 with reduced air quality throughout the northeast. there will be spotty showers along the ohio valley region. sweltering in texas, over towards memphis and dry heat for us in vegas as well as phoenix, with temperatures near 100, maggie, kendis? >> thanks, paul. and abc news has confirmed that u.s. and north korean officials have held their first face-to-face meeting since last month's summit between president trump and kim jong un. the talks took place sunday in the demilitarized zone. meanwhile, john bolton says the u.s. has a plan for north korea to get rid of its nuclear weapon

. >> reporter: abc news correspondent gio benitez saw how quickly it can turn dangerous. >> 105 jr. >n dying in hot cars. >> reporter: pushing lawmakers to act asking for all cars to be built with a child alert system, signaling drivers when a passenger remains in the backseat after a car is turned off. >> what people don't realize how quickly children's temperature rise. they heat up three to five types faster than an adult. >> reporter: in the meantime, some pushing for simple solutions like primary children's hospital in salt lake city, utah. offering all new parents a so-called baby safety snap. >> it's a bright yellow lanyard with a metal clip installed that you store -- clipped into the car seat and it's just a great visual reminder when you put your child in the car seat you put the lanyard around your neck, when you arrive at your destiny nation the bright yellow wlan yard will help you remember there's a child if you have forgotten. >> reporter: kidsincars.org have simple tips like putting something you won't forget like your cell phone or purse in the backseat with your chil