and gio benitez back with us tonight. gio, the cdc tonight asking for an appeal. the doj just before we came on the air filed notice already that they will appeal. but of course, we have millions watching tonight. in the meantime, bottom line, does anything change for americans planning to travel in the coming days? >> reporter: so, david, at this point, nothing changes until this is decided by a federal appeals court. and let me read to you what the cdc is saying tonight, just before we came on the air, that it believes this is a lawful order, well within the cdc's legal authority to protect public health, david. >> all right, gio benitez tig. gio, thank you. >>> and as we've been reporting here, the biden administration carefully weighing this decision. they had said they would wait for the cdc and of course now they've heard. the cdc issuing a statement today, saying they want the appeal, they want their authority preserved if there's another threatening chapter of this virus down the road. so, let's bring in our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega ton

gio joins us from newark airport tonight. gio, i mentioned at the top tonight that there is late word this evening, the biden administration will appeal this if the cdc believes it's still needed. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. and it is a big if. that decision, that announcement, coming down just moments ago from the department of justice. we do not know what the cdc will decide or when, but we do know that the cdc is concerned about that rise in cases, and that's why they asked for that two-week extension to begin with, david. >> gio benitez leading us off tonight. gio, thank you. >>> and of course the other major headline as we're on the air tonight, the war in ukraine. russia now declaring that its new offensive is now under way. russia's effort to seize the eastern part of ukraine. there are new images tonight of russia's intensifying attacks in the east. the deadly attack on the front line town of kramatorsk. ukraine's second-largest city, kharkiv tonight, again under fierce and deadly fire. and all eyes tonigh

whit. >>> gio, now to the war in ukraine. ukrainian forces regaining control of multiple towns and new videos posted online show air strikes at a fuel depot in russian territory. officials in moscow saying the attacks were carried out by ukraine as the u.s. and allies coordinate to send more weapons and aid to the region. abc's terry moran is on the ground in lviv with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, whit. this morning, russia continues redeploying more forces from those battlefields right around the capital city of kyiv after those fierce ukrainian counterattacks there. ukrainian officials tell us those russian units are heading east where a major battle is shaping up as president zelenskyy pleads for more heavy weapons to fight it. this morning, the fallout from that daring surprise attack on a fuel depot inside russia. online video show missiles apprarently fired from two helicopters slamming into fuel tanks near the russian city of belgorod 20 miles from the ukrainian border. flying low and fast, the helicopters ma

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: some airlines say they're cutting flights this summer. more than 600 canceled flights. jetblue now cutting at least 8% to 10% of flights, during the busy summer travel period. alaska airlines 2% because of pilot shortages. this as airfare jumped 40%. since the start of the year and will rise another 10% by the end of may. >> a tremendous amount of demand from travelers who have not been able to travel the last two spring and summer seasons. and the second factor is jet fuel. >> reporter: jet fuel prices are also up 40% since the beginning of the year, 76% since this time last year. but scott cox who monitors cheap flight prices says not all hope is lost. >> we are still seeing an abundance of cheap flights even as they're creeping back up. >> reporter: why is this happening? well, many pilots retired during the pandemic, and then, of course, you had that rebound in travel. that fast rebound. now airlines are scrambling to try to find new pilots to hire and train. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> time to book those flights now. >>> comi

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kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gio.he first cherry blossom trees were planted more than a century ago. it's a gorgeous sight. the cherry blossoms peak bloom was days ago. despite cold temperatures and bad weather, many are hanging on. those iconic cherry blossoms decorating d.c.'s tidal basin. attracting tens of millions of people from around the world. >> once a year just walking through it, it's so magical. >> reporter: 110 years ago the mayor of tokyo, japan, gifted more than 3,000 cherry blossoms to the u.s. capital. >> we signed the treaty of peace and these trees have become a living symbol of friendship between japan and the united states and even become an iconic part of the spring in washington, d.c. >> reporter: the scenic backdrop perfect for special moments. >> we just got engaged. >> the cherry blossoms are great here. >> we just celebrated our two-year anniversary. >> reporter: the spokesman for the japanese embassy in the u.s. moved by the massive and diverse crowds. >> i felt a sense of unity because eve

good moring, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you again.fficially gone now and what's interesting is even within some families we're seeing some people wear the mask and some aren't. >> masks are no longer required on u.s. domestic flights. >> reporter: this morning, a sight we haven't seen in more than a year. >> masks now optional. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: travelers maskless on planes and walking through airports after a major reversal. a federal judge in florida striking down the mask mandate on public transportation. the biden administration saying masks are no longer required on planes, trains, buses and transportation hubs. >> we've made it this far. it's like why take the extra risk if we don't have to. >> it's fantastic news. >> if you want to play that game, you know, go ahead but i'm going to keep the mask on. >> reporter: the judge appointed by former president trump saying the mandate exceeds the cdc's statutory authority and violates the procedures required for agency rulemaking. now, united, american, delta, southw

our transportation correspondent gio benitez is back with that for us.l of these children survived. this morning, dramatic new video from inside a school bus during a terrifying crash. 23 students on board the bus in albuquerque back in february. a mustang which police say was racing hitting the bus' rear tire and causing it to flip over. the children are violently thrown from one side to the other. seven were sent to the hospital. >> those children on that bus could have died because people were literally just having fun in their sports car. that should never be acceptable. >> reporter: of course, school bus crashes can turn deadly. recent accidents leading the ntsb to recommend three-point seat belts for all school buses to be worn over the lap and shoulder. "gma" watching a crash demonstration back in 2017 showing what a side impact could do. watch as some of the dummies without the seat belts go flying out the window. those with three-point seat belts stay put and don't appear to hit hard surfaces. >> if we talk about these very severe, yet rare cras

good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning to you. now, the majority of the people here are not wearing a mask, but if the cdc says they are necessary and the department of justice gets involved, well, that may have to change. this morning, so many travelers across the country tossing the masks. >> i think it's wonderful, in fact, i'm ecstatic. >> reporter: but now, the department of justice saying not so fast, confirming it will appeal a federal judge's ruling to strike down the mask mandate if the cdc believes that mandate is still necessary. the cdc saying overnight that it recommends masks during travel and that it will assess the need for a mask requirement. ♪ wear your mask ♪ >> reporter: in the meantime, passengers left to weigh the risks. >> are you going to wear a mask on the plane or are you going to keep it off? >> i'm probably going to keep it off but just kind of check things out. if someone is coughing, maybe i'll put it on. >> so it's situational for you? >> right. >> reporter: major confusion especially in new york. yo

>> gio, thank you. >>> all the millions traveling this weekend will be watching the weather. tonight, a new storm moving into the west as parts of the south are bracing for severe weather. let's go to ginger zee. ginger, track it all out for us. >> reporter: southern missouri and northern arkansas are under right now. and it's very windy in the great lakes. you go west, and you see the new storm. the sierras should pick up 15 inches of snow. the bay area, some rain. 5 1/2 feet of snow fell in oregon this week, and they'll get more. easter sunday, mobile, shreveport, jackson, mississippi, need to be on the lookout for severe weather. >> thank you. >>> and late today, the white house announcing plans to open up public lands to oil and gas drilling. raising the federal royalties that companies pay to drill for the first time in a century. the move ordered by a louisiana court comes as president biden tries to bring down gas prices. but it also contradicts his commitment to reducing the use of fossil fuels. >>> and twitter's board of directors trying to block elon musk's bid. as

good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning to you. yeah, it's been a busy morning at newark already and that's because today is one of the busiest travel days in the spring break period. let's check in with the airlines first, though. united alone telling us that today and monday those are going to be the busiest days. the airline expecting more than 400,000 customers each day, 70% more passengers than last year. delta telling us that saturdays right now have a lot less air traffic so a good time to fly. now, on the roads, this holiday weekend it is tough to predict, but it is best to get on the road before 11:00 a.m. or later at night. in the afternoon, you may get stuck in traffic. tomorrow may be the best day to drive. and then gas prices, the national average right now, $4.05 a gallon, down 27 cents from a month ago but up over a dollar from this time last year. now, remember, if you are traveling internationally, you need to get that negative covid test a day before coming back home. cecelia? >> good information, thanks. >>> we t

here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, one of spring's busiest travel weekends now under way. today and monday are expected to be the busiest travel days nationwide. united alone with more than 400,000 passengers a day. delta with nearly half a million. >> i think it will be one of the busiest passover easter weekends we have seen in recent history, perhaps the past three or four, even five years. >> reporter: airfare also up by 40% for domestic flights just since january. this comes after several weekends of mass cancellations blamed on weather and pilot shortages. in fact, the southwest airlines pilots union writing to the ceo, saying pilots are so exhausted, it's the company's number one safety threat. in a statement, southwest saying weather and airspace delays led to fatigue in march, and that calls from pilots too tired to fly are a result of the system working as designed. >> this is the industry certainly paying a price for perhaps underestimating how quickly travel would rebound after covid. >> reporter: and now, with the ba.2 subvariant fueling a fresh covid wave, fe

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gio benitez joins us to tell us how they finally dislodged it.d morning, gio. >> reporter: michael, good morning. it was not easy and it was not quick. we actually can't see it from here, but that's a good thing, i promise, because that means the ship is moving. it was a monumental effort to free it. this morning, after 35 days stuck in the chesapeake bay, the cargo ship "ever forward" is back on the move. in new images from the u.s. coast guard, the "ever forward" finally sailing again after they refloated the thousand-foot ship with nearly 5,000 containers on board. it was a massive effort. crews dredging to a depth of 43 feet, removing 500 containers to lessen the weight. five tugboats pushing and pulling along with two pulling barges. >> they were also trying to take advantage of the full moon and the spring tide that comes with that full moon, and what that means is that there was a higher than normal high tide which would have helped float it a little bit. >> reporter: the "ever forward" was moving from baltimore to norfolk when it got stuc

good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. yeah, you're right.lines are predicting this wildly busy summer. in fact, we may see packed planes like never before. let's go ahead and take a look at these ticket sales right now because delta is telling us march was its best sales month in history. even though it had 10% fewer seats in the air than back in 2019, united forecasting the highest quarterly sales in their history and american says demand is as strong as we've ever seen it. all of this despite the higher fares you mentioned, but there's also a massive pilot shortage right now. united's ceo says u.s. airlines want to add about 13,000 pilots this year but the truth is america only produces 5,000 to 7,000 pilots a year. that's a big challenge ahead. meanwhile airlines are seeing a big trend right now. it turns out first class is soaring in popularity. people are willing to pay for first class like never before. those seats are selling faster than they did before the pandemic. now, without a doubt this could be one of the busiest travel seasons

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good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning.are seeing those gas prices start to creep back up. let's take a look at the nation average right now. $4.15 a gallon. we had been seeing the gas prices go down and even stabilize over the past month. but now just over the past few days, it's been slowly getting more expensive. so what's really going on here? again, right now it looks like those concerns over russian oil are affecting that oil market. and those concerns, they're being felt all around the world, no doubt about it. we may be seeing even higher gas prices as we head into the busy summer months but this really is one of those wait and see situations because so much can change so quickly. t.j.? >> as we have seen. gio, thank you as always. >>> let's head to vegas now, shall we? the nfl draft is happening in vegas. you want to go, don't you, george? yes, the nfl's marquee off-season event is kicking off tonight. our kaylee hartung is there. she got to chat with the commissioner, roger goodell, kaylee, good morning to you. >>

between mountain bikers, joggers, snow showers, and gio crashers the animals barely get any quiet time. if large pearly ter such as the links and wolf join them, then the animals won't be able to settle down in the forest at all. but doesn't the links belong in the woods to you? i'm only when there's ross out on fool. this isn't the old black forest. we'd love either. we now have a different black forest on august of the art and feel fault. i would worry about species diversity. lever predators don't just live and love and life feel they survive on other animals all in stylish at for us, lot higher dish. i'll always saddling ourselves with something we won't be able to control where we have no chance to look. i was struggling to harm the some guns under the cleft of odin. the influence that the links has on the behavior of the road deer and ultimately on hunting is a major issue for the hunters. i mean half now says there have been no reliable studies. so but you have to view the statistics with a sense of proportion. a length eat around 50 rodeo each year. researcher say in burden vot

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she has an appointment with bio gio mo, follow just martin klein. hans, he and his team are researching how see waters find their way in land via estuaries and rivers. did geological structures of the netherlands were created this way 500000000 years ago. from the results klein, hans concludes that humans have no option but to move out of the endangered regions and yield to the water. the dutch will tell you that the solution is that we are very powerful and water management and engineering. we need to build back in big a directional batch. and that's mostly rubbish. actually, what really needs to happen is that we stop climate change as soon as possible because that's the cause of it all. and it's not that not just a mega lunch. we need to worry about on the rest of the plans. and one 3rd of the world's population is living in low rowing areas. river flood, plains, coastal areas deltas. and all those areas are going to be in big trouble. martin klein han sees only one solution. the rapid phasing out of fossil fuels like oil and coal way, his words boast to climate activists, martina do

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good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning.s supposed to be just like any other traffic stop, a car driving at night, had its headlights off so naturally police pull that car over. what happens next had everyone scratching their heads. this morning, a sign of the times captured on camera. at first it looks like a normal traffic stop until -- >> ain't nobody in it. >> reporter: watch closely. police look for a driver or any sign of human life in the car, but it turns out it's a driverless car. fully autonomous. now watch as the officer steps away. the car appears to drive off. crossing an intersection before stopping again. police were able to reach cruise which manually took control of the car that's being used in a test of a driverless ride share program in san francisco. crews telling abc news the car was not trying to speed off but that our av yielded to the police vehicle, then pulled over to the nearest safe location for the traffic stop as intended. an officer contacted cruise personnel and no citation was issued. >> the

good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning. of airlines, and the troubles aren't over just yet. over the weekend, jetblue and spirit airlines canceling more than 500 flights and you'll remember just last week they were among the airlines canceling thousands of flights. this time the airlines blame bad weather and staffing issues so you had thousands of passengers just strra bl's presi n employees saying, we are letting you and our customers down, and that is not consistent with what we stand for. we are working around the clock to address some of the most difficult operating conditions we have ever faced as a company. she also says, jetblue will cut flights for the rest of april to reduce those last-minute cancellations, but they are also reducing flights this summer by at least 8% to 10%, so you've got to plan early. plan ahead because so many people are obviously going to be traveling for the summer, guys. >> always good advice there, gio. thank you very much. michael? >>> all right, coming up later, we have the new alert abo

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now crossed the 5% threshold at concern, it's at 6.2% and last month that number was 2.2%. >> okay, gioch. >>> let's bring in the white house covid coordinator, dr. ashish jha. dr. jha, thanks for joining us this morning. what do you make about the ba.2 uptick? >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me back. yes, so we know from data from uk and israel that ba.2 is much more contagious than ba.1. the original omicron variant. our vaccines still work, not any more severe, but it is still spreading across our country so we want to watch it carefully and monitor where it goes. i'm hoping it does not lead to a major surge in infections but we've got to really watch that very, very carefully. >> you've always said the key metric is hospitalizations. stable or dropping across the country, but some uptick in some areas. how concerning is that? >> yeah, so, first of all, as you said, hospitalization levels right now are at the lowest level of the pandemic. that's the good news, but they are starting to tick up in places with a lot of ba.2 so we've got to watch that, again, if that bec

gio, thank you so much. >>> we do want to turn to the nba playoffs.phis down by 11 points going into the fourth quarter and then this happened. >> the winner takes a 3-2 lead in this opening round series.mo! a ja breaker. >> that young fella there is ja morant, and if you don't know him, you need to know him. superstar for the memphis grizzlies taking on minnesota. they were having a rough three quarters. that changed everything. goes into the fourth against minnesota. they are up 3-2 now but had a superstar fourth quarter but that was the highlight. >> that was. >> thank you, t.j. >>> coming up, the latest on the evidence released in the "rust" onset shooting investigation. new details on the text messages sent by alec baldwin. >>> and the contentious courtroom battle between johnny depp and ex-wife amber heard as she gets ready to take the st stand. >>> but, first, good morning there, ginger. >> good morning to you. the heart of the cold settles in by tomorrow morning. you have been warned. look at the numbers. it feels like the teens or 20s. big fr

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i guess gio the aim behind doin this updated version of thomas's testimony iss' to ensure all generations -- it is not just future generations, it is all generations, that this event never happens again. we have thomas'se voice and experiences to hopefully help in those experiences. i l say this sadly because of t events happening in ukraine at the moment. i hope that gives you a sense the book behind the book, the process of putting a book like this together. thank you very much for listening in. >> thank you so much, charlie and yifat. before we move into audience q and a, i had the opportunity to talkig to thomas with yifat, an yifat recorded a few his answers. i am only going to play two right now before we move into sort the live q and a. but i think this will also answer some of the questions that have been coming through throughout the program. so this first slide is really about what happened to thomas's friend yifat mentioned that he had made -- you know, he was with a group of other children in the camp. so i asked him what happened tot them. can you hear that? no? okay. hold on

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ren gio. >> yes. >> chair williams. >> yes. thank you. we are adjourned at 2:15 p.m. have a great day. >> thank you very much. >> hi, you are watching san francisco rising. focused on reimagines our city. our guest is debbie rafael director of san francisco department of environment to talk about climate action plan. welcome. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. >> thank you, too. i have seen the climate action plan. it is a very detailed document that might be a little incontinue dating to digest is there a simple way to summit up? >> you are right. this is a science-based document. we are very, very proud of the rigor. over 150 implementable actions to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. i think i can summarize everything in the plan in four words. zero 80-100 roots. that is all you need to know and think about when you think about your own climate action plan. let me explain a little bit more. zero. zero waste. landfill incineration. zero toxics. cutting down what you buy altogether. that is really how we are going to reduce emissions upstream from all of the