mola, good morning, again. >> reporter: well, good morning, janai.just two vaccine sites here in manhattan. that's despite demand for the vaccine far outpacing supply and the biden administration just days ago declaring this a public health emergency. the fda now looking for ways to stretch its current supply and more than a month after the country's first case of monkeypox, cases are now topping 7,000 throughout the country. the cdc says nearly 1.7 million people in the u.s. are now eligible for the vaccine. now, so far about 600,000 doses have gone out nationwide with 1.1 million total expected in the coming weeks. still, guys, that is not enough. so now the fda looking at a new approach that could potentially lead to a fivefold increase in the u.s. supply of the vaccine. basically they would give doses in smaller, shallower injections under the skin allowing up to five doses per vial. it's a strategy that still needs to be tested in clinical trials in a process that could take weeks, if not months. but experts saying the studies at this point are

good morning, janai. heavy fire overnight and continuing this morning with israeli forces striking gaza and injuring dozens of people, killing at least ten, including a senior commander from a militant group known as islamic jihad. now, just hours after those israeli strikes, palestinian militants did retaliate by sending over 100 rockets into israel. israel's iron dome intercepted most of them, but the concern here is that this back and forth could signal that the two sides are inching closer towards a new war. israel's prime minister yair lapid, he was elected in november, he's eager to prove himself. he said these new strikes were in response to what he is calling a concrete threat from terror groups. he says israel is not interested in any kind of broader conflict, but that at the same time, israel would not shy away from a new conflict, and israel's defense minister is saying that this conflict could be a lengthy one. the white house weighing in all of this saying -- urging for restraint, calling on

janai?ines, thank you so much. >>> turning back stateside, our top story this morning and the latest on the search of donald trump's mar-a-lago residence and the fallout. the fbi issuing an intelligence bulletin citing raising threats against government officials. abc's maryalice parks joins us now live from the justice department in washington with more on what we're learning about the search. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning. when the federal judge unsealed the search warrant of mar-a-lago, it raised a lot of questions about the department of justice's investigation. this morning, we're learning new details about the months building up to that search warrant. overnight, new details about the lead-up to that unprecedented execution of a search warrant at former president trump's residence. a lawyer for president trump signed a statement in june saying that all classified documents at mar-a-lago had been turned over to federal investigators, but fast forward to last

okay, janai, thank you. >>> and one more note on this. dr. ashish jha will be discussing the outbreak on "gma" first thing tomorrow morning. >>> overseas now, and wnba star brittney griner convicted today on drug charges in russia. a judge sentencing her to nine years in a penal colony. griner detained in russia for more than five months, found guilty of intentionally smuggling vape cartridges of hashish oil into the country. she addressed the judge before the verdict was announced, holding a photo of her team in russia, telling the judge she, quote, made an honest mistake. president biden calling her sentence unacceptable. and the administration is again urging russia to accept its prisoner proposal. here's abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: this is the moment brittney griner learned her fate. standing in a cage in a russian courtroom, hearing she's been sentenced to nine years in a russian prison camp. earlier, griner emotional, saying she takes responsibility for illegally bringing vape cartridges containing ca

janai norman explains in today's "gma" first look. janai: every parent's worst nightmare. go to pick up kid after the first day of school and you find out your child isn't there. one north carolina mom says that happened to her. >> immediately i am like, why was he put on the bus? i never signed him up to be a bus rider. janai: her son was back home, locked out. she would not find his location for another two hours. >> the principal assured me because he is six, he's not allowed on the bus. the bus driver said there's no kids on the bus. maybe he fell asleep. the bus driver said i dropped that kid off. janai: coming up at 7:00 a.m., details on where the seven-year-old turned up safely, and the technology some districts are implement him keep this from happening. with your "gma" first look, i'm janai norman, abc news, new york. kumasi: some high school students interested in taking advanced placement courses will have more options this fall. there is a first offering for ap african-american studies. the senior vice president of ap has said the course will introduce a new ge

ja janai? >> all right, zohreen. >>> we'll stay in washington and bring in rick klein and ask him about that. trump at cpac last night, as zohreen said, rumored 2024 other candidates weren't there, this came after the president he endorsed won key primaries. what if anything does this signal for republicans moving forward? >> so striking to see these trump-backed and in many cases election-denying candidates winning up and down the ballot in battleground states. including just this past week in arizona and michigan. a congressman lost his re-election race in the primary. we'll have major tests coming up in a couple of day now, wisconsin, another place you have trump on one side and pence on the other side. pence lost round one. but what's going to be interesting now is to see how this really translates into the fall, because trump has shown an ability to elevate people that the voters like in these states, the maga movement is extremely strong inside republican primary politics. that's not the

hey, brittany. >> hey, janai.king about rain and storms most of the morning but out west focus is fire danger. here's a look at the four corners fire in western idaho. so far it's only 18% contained. it's burned about 9,000 acres and critical fire danger continues today. so we have those red flag warnings now for portions of the northern basin, also the intermountain west. that combination of low humidity, and also gusty winds, really isn't going to help conditions. but there is some good news as it relates to the drought in texas. the exceptional drought area has been cut in half, thanks to some tropical rain that fell earlier in the week. but it is still going to be very hot, but temperatures are seasonable, so maybe you're used to this type of weather. austin 96 degrees, also san antonio 95, and dallas up to 94 degrees. the humidity when you factor in the heat index numbers, that is going to make it feel more like the triple digits. so it's going to be hot again tomorrow, but as we head into next week at least

terry, good morning to you. >> reporter: that's right, janai. good morning. know, there is a lot of talk these days about whether or not pope francis is going to resign. he's 85. he's got knee problems. he's talked about it, but the past two days here show that this is a man for now still very much in charge of the catholic church. this morning, pope francis in a hard hat and using his wheelchair traveling 60 miles north of rome to this city devastated by an earthquake in 2009 and still rebuilding. this trip a sign of francis' determination to carry on in his papal ministry despite his physical struggles, and it comes one day after the pope created 20 new cardinals. ♪ from all over the world, part of francis' drive to create a truly global and diverse church. >> i totally agree with pope francis, what the church needs is more compassion and being inclusive. >> reporter: one american among the new cardinals, san diego's archbishop robert mcelroy. >> what a wonderful thing he did of the generation and a new mission or an enhanced mission. >> reporter: mcelroy,

good morning, janai. >> reporter: michael, good morning. vaccine is available here but getting a shot isn't that easy. there are more than 1.1 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine currently available in the u.s. but demand is high and the supply just isn't enough for even the americans at highest risk of contracting the virus, so while many are welcoming this public health emergency declaration, others say it's too little too late. more than a month after the country's first case of monkeypox and amid calls to do more, the administration declaring a public health emergency as cases nationwide top 7,000 this morning. >> we're prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every american to take monkeypox seriously. >> reporter: the move will free up additional resources for vaccines and treatments as the cases double almost weekly. >> now i'm seeing an incredibly long wait time for patients who are trying to get access to a range of appointments. >> reporter: but critics calling the response so far in

janai norman has the story. janai, good morning. >> hey, whit.ting set to air at the venice film festival in a few weeks but that's almost a footnote. that film "don't worry darling" was what she was promoting, what she was talking about on stage when she was served those custody papers and now she's talking about that moment. this morning, actress, director olivia wilde opening up for the first time about her bitter custody battle with former fiance jason sudeikis. >> this is for me is right now? >> reporter: on the cover of "variety" talking about this moment in april. >> is it a script? oh, okay, got it. thank you. >> reporter: the 38-year-old filmmaker caught off guard but remaining composed on stage at cinemacon discussing her upcoming film when she was suddenly handed a manila envelope containing legal papers filed by her ex. wilde telling "variety," it was my workplace, and at any other workplace, it would be seen as an attack. it was really upsetting. there was a huge breach in security, which is really scary. adding, i hated that this na

. >> reporter: good morning, janai. fighting is raging on near europe's largest power plant.ears are growing that a disaster could break out. ukraine is warning that russia wants to disconnect the plant and redirect the power to its own. but russia now planning to cut off gas to europe again, for three days, putting pressure on european countries that really rely on that energy. french president emmanuel macron had a phone call with putin. they agreed to an independent inspection of the plant as soon as possible. but this as the situation at the plant looks more worrying by the day. we spoke to the mayor of where the plant is located. he said radiation levels are normal but internet lines are jammed making it hard to get information on what's going on there. hundreds of ukrainians are fleeing russian-occupied areas around that plant. we spoke to many families that are exhausted and so relieved to finally reach unoccupied ukrainian territory. guys? >> britt clennett there for us. >>> coming up on the "morning menu," it's getting harder the make ends meet. what you can do to ex

janai?at's something a lot of people are asking about. maryalice parks, thanks so much. >>> now joining us is legal contributor channa lloyd from the cochran firm. good morning to you. let's start with that idea of former president trump saying that he declassified everything. is that legitimate at all, and in light of what's in this affidavit, do you think that trump and those in his inner circle should be concerned? >> well, here's a few things, let's talk about the declassification process. it's a very significant lengthy process that has to be undergone in order to declassify, so that we'll see a lot more information coming out about that and about that process. now, regarding those close to trump's inner circle, we have to remember that the statutes that they're alleging always start with whoever, whoever conceals these documents, whoever destroys these documents. so anyone involved in the process of moving these documents, storing these documents is definitely and should be concerned.

janai norman has the story. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning, george.s biggest stars and including one of music's hottest acts, but more than that, it centers on child custody amid a breakup and has now spilled over into the public spotlight. one side saying intentionally. a victory this morning for actress olivia wilde amid a bitter custody battle with ex-fiance jason sudeikis. >> people are saying there's something wrong with us. not the way i see it. >> reporter: "people" magazine reporting a judge siding with wilde dismissing the custody petition filed by the "ted lasso" star agreeing that their case should be heard in los angeles and not in new york where sudeikis considered home for the family throughout the years. >> this is for me? right now? >> reporter: the petition has been at the center of headlines after the actress and director was served the legal papers publicly seen here in this video while on stage during a presentation at cinemacon in las vegas in april. >> is this a script? oh, okay. got it. thank you. >>> wilde completely caught off

janai norman is here with that. hey, janai. >> hey, guys, good morning.e working. you can see why his nickname is tank. the kid is tough. now those continuing to cheer him on as he heals. this morning, little league baseball player easton oliverson speaking out for the first time on his road to recovery. >> hi, everyone. this is easton. thank you for all of your prayers. please keep praying for me as i continue to get better. >> reporter: 12-year-old easton was set to play for his home state of utah as they competed for the little league world series in pennsylvania. but on the eve of the series, he fell from his bunk bed fracturing his skull. then he was rushed to a nearby hospital. since then easton's road to recovery has been a tough one but his family says he's making great progress. after spending two weeks at a pennsylvania hospital, he's now at a hospital back in his home state. >> he has one of the strongest physically and mentally -- one of the strongest in that regards, boys, i've ever seen and just so proud of him and grateful for him for his w

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eventually even jefferson realized that janai was a bad deal. janai got wind of the fact that he was about to get his head cut off and he retired to jamaica long island. >> and married to governor's daughter! >> correct. >> i knew neither of those things. [laughs] >> there is one topic that we barely touched on a few different times tonight. we have not explored it closely enough we do have an audience question coming in to help us explore that. brian hilton is asking, by george washington's last will and testament be a final farewell as a different kind. or an addendum to the final guest, particularly in respect to the issue of slavery. >> john, first thoughts? >> i explicitly say in my book that his last will and have meant should be considered as a colder to the farewell address. >> brian otto read your book. [laughs] >> yeah, maybe. by all means if he hasn't he should. to washington's discredit, certainly by contemporary perspectives, the four well address a silent on the issue slavery. washington, in his last will in testament which could b

janai? >> em, thank you for that update. >>> turning to a judge in virginia, who sentenced a i isis national to eight concurrent sentences without parole. he was captured in syria in 2018. he's believed to be responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of four americans. >> let this sentencing make clear to all who dare to kidnap, torture or kill any american citizen abroad, that u.s. justice will find you wherever you are. >> the convictions revolve around the deaths of journalists james foley and steven sotloff and aid workers. >>> now, to the crisis at the border. more buses carrying asylum seekers in texas, arriving in new york, as other cities are seeing an influx. mola lenghi joins us with the details. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, eva. new york city, one of several cities across the country racing to accommodate the migrants showing up on doorsteps. officials promising housing for families and public schooling for migrant children. it's a challenge that officials in bor

janai norman has more for us. good morning, janai. >> good morning, robin.n post production almost finished and already anticipated by fans. so to scrap it now is nearly unprecedented in hollywood. with the cost of nearly $100 million and a cast including michael keaton reprising his role as batman -- >> i'm batman. >> reporter: -- and j.k. simmons as batgirl's father -- >> how many of you are there? >> reporter: -- "batgirl" was positioned as a major release for warner brothers discovery. but this morning, the studio announcing that despite the hefty price tag, "batgirl" will never see the light of day. even though it's finished production, the studio pulling the film completely. it won't be seen in theaters or on television. warner brothers discovery saying in a statement, the decision to not release "batgirl" reflects our leadership's strategic shift as it relates to the dc universe and hbo max. sources tell "variety" that "batgirl" was made before discovery merged with warner brothers. >> number two. >> reporter: since the merger, the company's priority

janai. >> aaron, thank you so much. a lot of talk about the former president. turning now to the current president, this morning president biden celebrating a major victory, congressional passage of a sweeping climate and health care bill. all that's needed now is his signature. abc's faith abubey has more. >> reporter: this morning a major legislative win for president biden and democrats as the president's core agenda heads to his desk for his signature. days after the senate passed the friday.on reduction act, house president biden watching on television with a big grin. republicans say despite the bill's name, it will worsen inflation. however, democrats were touting the $700 billion package as a giant win for the american people. it allocates $375 billion over ten years toward combatting climate change, the largest investment in clean energy in u.s. history. >> it will really reduce the amount of energy that we use and reduce costs for homeowners as well. >> reporter: democrats say the bill will reduce the federal deficit by $300 billion and pays for itsel

janai? >> she has already been through so much. morgan, thank you so much for that report. trevor?ketches are tough to look at with her so distraught. >>> we want to turn to a real estate reality check. with inflation still so high, there is a possible sign of hope for aspiring homeowners. our alex presha caught up with the power brokers behind selling the oc to learn a little bit more. take a look. >> reporter: fluctuating gas prices, increasing food costs and rising inflation have been major concerns for consumers this summer. as speculation about an upcoming recession is making americans nervous, brokers and experts are now saying the market is shifting across the country along all price points. from the west coast -- >> demand's down significantly. i mean, we feel it. >> reporter: -- to the east coast -- >> things have started to slow down. >> reporter: -- we're with brokers and buyers as they navigate the changing landscape. >> people would pay whatever it took to get the property they wanted. now we're seeing reason kind of flow back into the buyers' mind-sets and they're bec

this is against the interest of afghanistan. janai anger's. an education means denying of gunnison growth and progress. are they here to serve the afghan people and make them progress towards well being in economic prosperity and stand on our on fit or do, do we want our country to be downtrodden in need? poor in desperate which one is it that we want the u. s. kilt arcade, a leader, i am, and as thou are here in a drone strike, the target. how is this in an area where a lot of taliban representatives live? is afghan has done once again becoming a sponsor of global terror. of gast, i never was a sponsor for global term of kennesaw was a victim of globe, returned the afghan to floor, the greatest victims of terrors. the afghan people commiserate very strongly fair and strong to would all the victims of terrorism around the world. because we have suffered more african people commiserate deeply with the victims of september 11th tragedy because we were the victims. first afghans are victims of terrorism and also unfortunately victims of the fight

the w's forget her sugar reports, janai as deputy house minister, pavlov, tonya worked for years to rebuild ukraine's health care system in his new job. he documents it's destruction. this used to be the chinese cardiac center until it was totally destroyed by a russian airstrike. that strike is one of more than 180 hospital attacks. cofton, nope, and his team have documented i see the systemic read that an open destruction of health care as a part of civilian livelihood because it's not only about health care, it's all types of cellular objects or be systemic or targeted. dash can video caught the moment when age rush and bombs hit the residential area, leaving a crater right next to the cardiac center. the attack it 47 people that day. the city was under constant selling, a resident tells us tomorrow, excavators had to take the grave. there were so many victims that they had to bury them in the body backs. pavlov, tanya and his small n g o collect witness accounts, photos of damage, and remnants of weapons they held the evidence can be used in future litigation. they just work on cases wh

janai norman is at the u.s. open site in queens.ing, janai. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. this stadium has been the backdrop of so many of serena williams' show-stopping performances. this is where she won her first of 23 grand slam titles in 1999, just 17 years old. fast forward and the first match is now set in what is expected to be the last tournament for serena in this year's u.s. open. on monday she will face off against danka kovinic of montenegro, the first time ever and this is all anyone will be talking about. serena's announcement earlier this month that she will be evolving away from tennis, sending ticket sales soaring, and of course we've seen those images of the six-time u.s. open champ practicing for one of the most highly anticipated matches of her career, and she has won so many of them here at arthur ashe stadium, but it's been a rough go as of late. she lost five of her last six matches, one of the greatest athletes of our time who spent more than 300 weeks ranked at number one now currently at number 41

and then where there is no rain falling in the sun's out that allows the temperature and janai to shoot up to $36.00 degrees. also, high temperature is across the yangtze river valley. so shanghai, yep. i think you're going to do it on monday. get up to 40 degrees once again. tropical storm has raced away from tokyo. there it is right there. the remnants of it mostly con conditions. 34 degrees, but then we've got this slug of rain across the korean peninsula, pouring into northern sections of hon. you so more rain for flight hit areas of sol . we also had flooding in northern, in central horseshoe, where more than half a 1000000 people were displaced from their homes in temper tokyo. now that the sun's back outs, we've got more days above 35 degrees. ok, got to run the new voices, heating up the airway. lot of chinese listener can really hear what they really think in their own country. shifting power, vacate the rise of citizens. journalism has changed everything. how do you happen? it's happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative fairly quickly. the

i will be clear that we don't have data on janay owes and monkeypox. smallpox and other vaccines that you can give a smaller dose of the vaccine if you administer it in a different way, and it creates an equivalent immune response and so therefore, quite likely equivalent protection. we're take ago ing a little bita leap here in recognition of the severity of the epidemic right now. >> absolutely. i was just reading up on this with not really understanding it too well, that experts are saying that to administer this one-fifth dose, you actually administer it >> that's right. normally, when you get a shot, including the current version of the monkeypox shots, it goes deep into your arm, it goes into the fat and maybe even the muscle. the way we would be administering the one-fifth dose is more how you get a tb test. it goes just under the layer of the skin and deposits just a very small amount right there which actually hyped up the immune response a little faster. there's a really good set of data from a wide set of vaccines not just for smallpox but a

janai says it sends an important message. >> people need to understand that the way they have operated their entire lives, that is no longer going to fly. kumasi: we also reached out to goose and gander for additional comment, but did not receive a response. reggie: happening today, san francisco will offer more monkeypox vaccines. santa clara is the third county to reach a triple digit number of cases. and now has 100. san francisco has by far the most in the bay area with 600. solano county is now in the orange tear on the map with 21 reported cases. we have everything you need to know. you can find it on our website, abc7news.com. the white house says newly updated covid-19 booster shots could be available in the next three weeks. the boosters are tailored to target the dominant strain of coronavirus. the fda and cdc still have to authorize those shots. kumasi: a flex alert will be in effect today from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m.. during that time you are asked to avoid using major appliances your dishwasher, washer or dryer , turn off all unnecessary lights, and set your thermostat to 78 deg

liz: janai norman joins us to tell us what is coming up on good morning america.eporter: january 2019 newly elected school board mission or gabriela lopez honored her parents by taking the oath in spanish. >> coming up on gma, overnight former president trump's team request for an exide expert -- for an outward expert to review the evidence. how the intelligence committee looks into the potential risks for national security. the nfl rookie facing rape allegations involving an underage girl. the claims against him and two college teammate. we are hearing from the player this morning as well as the girls lawyer. and the countdown is on for nasa's big lots tomorrow. how america is set to make history in space again with the artemis one. that is all ahead here on gma. liz: back to that other story, it has been more than six months since three san francisco school board members were recalled by voters. it was the first time for that in the history of the school district. recently one of them, gabriela lopez, announced she is running again for a position on the board. e

janai. >> all right, kenneth, thank you. >>> turning now to the crypto craze that's leading a lot ofeople to jump on the bandwagon, but the government is making sure you know the risks. abc's deirdre bolton is here with more on how the fdic is taking action. >> reporter: so, on friday, the fdic issued a letter to five crypto companies demanding they stop making false claims about deposit insurance, so there's the list of five, it issued a cease and desist letter. making misleading statements whether assets have federal deposit insurance support. so by law, fdic only insures banking deposits such as cash. so the list of what it doesn't include, well, bonds, stocks, mutual funds, commodities or crypto assets. and of course that's the key here. the head of one company tweeted out, we didn't mean to mislead anyone, we didn't suggest that the company has this kind of crypto that benefit from fdic insurance. by the way, interest in crypto continues to grow despite recent losses, big selloffs. according to bankrate.com, nearly 60 million americans own some form of cryptocurrency last year.

. >> thank you so much, janai. >>> coming up next, you're looking live at what's being called the spanishirst time in decades. our james longman is there. james, tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: yeah, hi, michael. this is the dolmen of guadalperal, the spanish stonehenge. these are some 7,000 years old. we're not meant to see them. they're meant to be below the water, but there is a massive drought in europe at the moment. that's why they've been exposed. all this coming right up on "good morning america." for a new kind of diamond. one that's made, not mined. and is as unique and beautiful as you and me. the "i have arrived" diamond. the "we can have it all" diamond. the "yes, i look amazing" diamond. the diamond for every side of you. bold and brilliant. diamonds by pandora. exquisitely beautiful, lab-created diamonds. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire age is just a number. and mine's unliste

being praised around the world as she plans to step away from the sport and janai norman has more.nk it's fair but something's got to give. >> something's got to give. she's a mom and athlete but since this news broke yesterday ticket demand skyrocketing. 13,000 u.s. open tickets were sold on tuesday alone, some $35 opening night seats being resold for as high as $7,000 a pop. i'm still trying to get media passes all to try to see one of the greatest to ever play, play for a final time. this morning, tennis fans reacting to the news of serena williams stepping off the tennis curt clamoring to get tickets to the u.s. open where serena will hang up her racket. williams not looking back and instead ahead posting a photo of her "vogue" cover to instagram writing, the countdown has begun. i have to focus on being a mom, my spiritual goals and finally discovering a different but just as exciting serena. i'm gonna relish these next few weeks. inside this month's "vogue" serena telling the magazine, i've never liked the word retirement. it doesn't feel like a modern word to me. maybe the b