matt gutman and senior meteorologist rob marciano on the worsening situation. >>> was iran planning to kidnap an american citizen here in new york city? tonight, four iranian operatives charged. federal prosecutors on the plan to capture the woman, whisk her away to venezuela and then bring her back to iran. martha raddatz reporting. >>> the major nfl star charged. what we've learned. >>> breaking news involving britney spears tonight and her fight to control her own finances. what the judge has just decided. >>> and your health tonight. the new study on walking and your mind. researchers on how long, how far to help your memory. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. the fbi under fire in the larry nassar case. what's just been uncovered. also, severe storms, reports of a tornado on the ground at this hour. but we are going to begin tonight with the difficult audio in the tragedy that gripped this nation. for the first time, we're hearing the calls to 911 right after the collapse of that condominium building in surfside, florida. newly

>> all right, matt gutman with us tonight. thank you, matt. >>> now to the growing concern over the tokyo olympics amid this coronavirus. there is news tonight involving members of the usa men's basketball team. at least one will be unable to participate in the games. james longman from tokyo tonight. >> reporter: tonight, olympic dreams over for at least one u.s. men's basketball player, as covid restrictions ahead of the games hit home. washington wizards' bradley beal will not be going to tokyo. >> bradley beal! >> reporter: and has been placed under health and safety protocols as the team practices in las vegas. jerami grant of the detroit pistons also put under protocols, officials say only as an abundance of caution. and it's not clear if he'll get to participate. officials aren't saying if they tested positive for covid, but the coach today said beal was devastated by the news, although the team does still plan to compete. >> our goal overall is trying to get everybody safely to tokyo. and at the same time, prepare a ba

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here's matt gutman. >> reporter: this morning's gma first look. covid-19 surge. the new concerns for kids as the delta variant spreads across the country. some school district are set to open as early as next week. in arizona's chandler unified school district, school is in session on we and the state has made it illegal to mandate masks. >> i think we will have some students opting to wear masks some not opting to wear masks, and i think every one will be accepting. >> reporter: for an educator had has two school age children, one of whom is immunocompromised, it's not choice. >> we need to have a mask mandate back again. i am very nervous. my children will be wearing masks when they return. >> reporter: coming up on 7:00 a.m., more on what the coming school year will look like as vaccination rates lag in some parts of the u.s., and what you need to know with your gma first look, i am mat gutman abc news, los angeles. >>> with the delta variant sundaying, some san francisco teens are of the group max the vax and they gathered outside a visitation valley get vacc

cnn's patrick gutman is in cuba.ght, and how that fits in with what you're seeing and witnessing there during these protests. >> reporter: absolutely. some of these videos are chilling. i can tell you from our vantage point, we have seen heavily armed police and certainly heard from the many cubans i know of police going into the neighborhood sometimes late at night looking for people they say had thrown rocks at police, and it's just important to point out that there really is no middle ground for the cuban government when it comes to people who call for change. fidel castro said if you're within the system, that's fine. but if you're without the system, then you're just -- there's nothing for you. and we've seen that from the government saying these thousands of people who took to the streets in really unprecedented protests are the employ of the u.s. government or they're traitors. so there really is no dialogue going on. what's going on is a very harsh crackdown. and you heard cuban officials for the last several

matt gutman is on the scene. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. health officials say there are still about 100 million unvaccinated americans who are still potentially vulnerable to the virus. that as we're seeing hot spots pop up across the country. here in l.a. county, the positivity rate has spiked 1,200% just over the past month prompting that indoor mask mandate which means anybody coming to a restaurant, mall or theater will have to wear a mask even if they are vaccinated. this morning that concerning milestone. los angeles county mandating masks indoors effective immediately, even for people who are vaccinated. that as the county reporting its highest infection numbers since early march. it's not just there. the highly contagious delta variant tearing across the country. arkansas, missouri, florida and nevada now labeled as high transmission states and breakthrough cases are growing. overnight the yankees forced to postpone their game against the red sox after three yankees pitchers tested positive, all of them fully vaccinated. >> certainl

abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman on the investigation. >> reporter: tonight, those coast guard boats and helicopters plucking those two pilots from the water moments after their 737 cargo jet crash-landed into the ocean off the coast of oahu in the middle of the night and sank. the plane taking off from honolulu at 1:33 a.m., en route to maui. just three minutes into the flight the first engine goes. >> we've lost number one engine, and we're coming straight to the airport. >> reporter: five minutes later a dangerous situation becomes potentially deadly. engine too. na lose the other - it's running very hot. >> reporter: they alert the tower they're going down. >> it doesn't look -- look good out here. you might want to let the coast guard know as well. >> reporter: the plane crashes in the open ocean. >> it is extremely rare for both engines to fail on an airliner. the ntsb is going to look for something catastrophic, something mechanical that would have affected both engines at the same time. >> reporter: tonight, one pilot in critical condition, the other, in serious c

residents being told to cut down on water and this evening, the adages of the dangerously low here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, that heat wave has california -- the governor declaring a state of emergency in 50 of 58 counties asking people to cut water use by 15%. >> not only on residences, but industrial and commercial and agricultural. >> reporter: 95% of california designated as a severe drought, last year at this time, it was 21%. in tulare county wells running dry. from those taps, little or no running water. >> you can't cool down, you can't take a proper shower, nothing. >> reporter: across the west lake powell, lake mead and folsom lake at record lows. lake piru is considered one of the best preserved lakes, but it's only at 20% capacity. >> and this is one of the main reservoirs here in too much of the of the work on - downstream. >> reporter: fueling fires, this one roaring north of sacramento forcing new evacuations today. so far this year wildfires burning more than twice the acreage of last year's record fire season. lakes rervoirs i piru is at le fifth of its typical surfac

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, embattled nfl cornerback richard sherman released from jailhile facing charges. the former super bowl champ and five-time probowler known as a vocal force on the field. >> i need officers to my house now. my husband is drunk and belligerent. >> reporter: what would be a 6 1/2-hour ordeal began with this frantic 911 call by his wife. >> he's trying to leave now in the house. he's being aggressive. he's wrestling with my uncle. he's threatening to kill himself. >> reporter: ashley moss said she wassen harmed. her greater concerned? >> and he's saying that if the police show up -- that please don't shoot, is what i'm asking. >> reporter: sherman eventually driving away from their home. and in the coming hours, police say, he would crash into a construction barrier, then abandon the car and walk to his in-laws home, allegedly trying to force his way in, ramming the door with his shoulder. police responding to the scene and trying to apprehend sherman. but they say he was not cooperative. >> he tried to grab a gun from a deputy and was threatening

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, that heat wave has california authorities announcing flex alerts over concern about power failures. this as the nation's most populous state, like much of the west, is mired in a historic drought. the governor declaring a state of emergency in 50 of 58 counties asking folks to cut water use by 15%. >> not only on residences, but industrial, commercial operations, and agricultural. >> reporter: 95% of california is designated as in a severe drought. last year at this time, it was 21%. in tulare county, wells running dry. from those taps, little or no water. >> you can't cool down, you can't take a proper shower, nothing. >> reporter: across the west in lake powell in utah, lake mead in nevada, and folsom lake in california at record lows. lake piru is considered one of the best-preserved lakes, but it's only at 20% capacity. >> and this is one of the main reservoirs here in ventura county that we rely on to do much of the of the work downstream. >> reporter: fueling fires, this one roaring north of sacramento forcing new evacuations today. so far th

. >>> i'm patrick gutman in havana where covid cases and deaths have surged here despite the cuban government'sdling the pandemic. certainly it does not help that the historic protests and pro-government demonstrations have taken place over the last few weeks. the government is actually arrested some protesters, saying they violated covid protocols but then held their own large pro-government demonstrations to show that the support of the people is still with them. the government is sitting here with their own vaccines but it likely will be weeks or months more before we see a dip in the covid numbers. >> our thanks to all of our reporters around the globe. >>> so, next, the gruesome murder of a woman and her dog in a popular atlanta park. it underscores the surge in violent crime and what is happening in cities across the country. get outta here. everybody's a skeptic. wright brothers? more like, yeah right, brothers! get outta here! it's not crazy. it's a scramble. just crack an egg. my plaque psoriasis... ...the itching ...the burning. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. my psoriatic a

patrick gutman is with us this morning. good morning to you, patrick.nt? most importantly, what do sanctions like this mean on the ground for the majority of the cuban people? >> reporter: of course. and the cuban government is shrugging this off. they have had 60 years of sanctions and it's not like the officials were sanctioned, the defense minister, elite special forces unit we have seen in the streets ever since the protests. it's not like they have assets that can be seized in the u.s. or anywhere else. it seems mostly symbolic for the moment. but the biden administration did say yesterday when the sanctions were announced this is, quote, just the beginning. the united states will continue to sanction individuals responsible for oppression of the cuban people. and, you know, it really is remarkable that when joe biden was running for president, he was talking about lifting some sanctions, following in the footsteps of president obama, of course, reestablished diplomatic relations with cuba. and now he's taken a full 180 following these protests and

matt gutman has that. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin.se have been out for several days trying to corral this fire but the terrain is incredibly rugged and steep. fire officials here say fires this season have been burning hotter, faster, sooner than anything they have ever seen and right now, this morning, across the west, there are 14,000 firefighters on the fire lines. across the west this morning, blistering heat and drought conditions leading to more than five dozen wildfires. in madeira county, a state of emergency, nearly 10,000 acres burned, dozens of homes under evacuation orders as firefighters try to control the so-called river fire's progress. just seven months into the year, and we've already seen over 30,000 separate wildfires. fires in california already burning twice as much land as was scorched by this time last year. over 2 million acres have burned. oregon's so-called bootleg fire destroying over 200,000 acres. officials saying it won't be fully contained until the end of november. and in washington state -- >> cop goin

matt gutman with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, cecelia., you see them across california, every reservoir is below its average. 95% of the state is in severe drought. last year this time it was only 20%. governor newsom signing that executive order asking californians to reduce their water use by 15%. that's voluntary. it's all happening as california is about to be walloped by its worst heat wave of the season. much of california is going to see 110 degrees or more over the next several days. cecelia? >> matt, thank you. >>> we turn to the latest on the coronavirus. pfizer says a booster shot could give extra protection in the fight against the fight but the cdc and fda are saying not so fast. this as the delta variant is now raising new concerns. trevor ault has all the details. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. yeah, pfizer released booster shot plans and a lot of vaccinated americans started thinking about how quickly they'd have to roll up sleeves once again. the cdc and fda took the air out of this announcement

. >> hi there, my name is joanna gutman. i live around the corner at sanchez and hancock.ive in the area and i've been a homeowner since 2007 with a couple short breaks in the middle. i go on this block practically daily whether it's going from delores park or whether to visit my sister in mission and i'm calling in to say i'm a really big fan of this project and i strongly encourage you to approve it without delay. and we need multiple places that work for many different types. when i was a little bit younger, i would have loved to live on my own, but that wasn't affordable to me in this neighborhood which i love and really that kind of harassing landlords and even though i was past the age of having all of that make sense for me, this type of housing just would have been so fantastic. now i'm due to have a baby in september. to be closer to her future grandchild. condos here are way more expensive and it's just not affordable. my mom's not low income, but she just can't afford it. this would be so perfect for her as she ages. she needs less space. she doesn't need to kee