mona, andrew? >> thank you. >>> coming up, patriotic party ideas. >> and ideas for a festive spread. you're watching "world news now." you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. ♪ [male narrator] for as long as we've existed, boys & girls clubs has always been about coming together. to support the families of our communities and do whatever it takes to give every kid a chance at a great future. but we're going through a challenging time right now. and while we may not all be able to come together in the same physical ways, in othe

ramon andrea fischer known as "mona." mona was born to raymondy von fischer where she lived most of he adult life. mona graduated from balboa high school and was a teenager. when others were riding bikes, mona was driving and using her sister's i.d. to have a good time at nightclubs. in 1995, she married eddie travis from their union and they had two sons. lucky and raymond. and in 2001, she married edward burns who passed away in april, 2012. mona was a loving mother and daughter. she was a loyal sister, friend, and confidant to many. she was the god mother to so many had that family has lost count. she lost her nieces and nephews as if they were her own. mona worked as a ups driver and bridge toll collector for the san francisco bridge. she loved the daily interaction with people. unfortunately, due to hopkins lymphoma she was forced to stop working. she was a fighter both figurative and literally and wasn't going to let the disease beat her. she was reminded daily of what her friend once said "you can't win if you don'

>> mona is the big winner, but we all got it.e did it together. >> we did. >> the three of us together. i was so shocked. >> now that i actually see the trend i think i took the safe route. i think i cheated. >> did you? >> because you're supposed to flip outwards, you guys were doing it right, like that, but i flipped inwards. does that make sense? i thought you were crazy and now i'm like, oh, no, you flip outwards and give it two double pike turns. >> this should be an olympic sport. >> it really does. >> mona, you are the big winner. when we went individually you are the only one who got it. >> this moment right here, look, boom. >> that one. >> that one. >> team u.s.a. right there i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 p

mona, andrew? >> i can't wait to see that. >> i can't wait either, will. the new prediction about the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. just how long it could take before we see cases peak. hospitalizations, now even deaths on the rise. the new decision made by three big city school districts. plus, the push for covid vaccine booster shots and the white house reacts after china says it will not cooperate into the investigation into the origin of the virus in wuhan. >>> a new cluster of covid cases in tokyo just as the olympics gets under way today. how the opening ceremony will be unlike any other. what a top official told us about the possibility of canceling the games. the massive outage across the internet thursday even though it

we're back with sports, with mona.of this summer's hottest movies is teaching us all, we need to know about the heights. >> our special look behind the magic. will gass is here now. >> reporter: thee years ago, she was doing nails out of her parents' living room. in the bronx. now, she is the artist behind some of the most blinged out claws ever seen. we talked to her about this dream come true. the singing. the dancing. and the nails. the summer's hottest film, "in the heights," featuring the clawsome work of lisset robles. >> having my family watch and feeling proud of me. say you're famous now. >> reporter: only three years ago, lisset was living with her parents in the bronx, doing people's nails out of their living room, after being fed up with less than polished performances from her local salon. >> sometimes i would not get what i really wanted so i'm like, you know, i'm going to do my own nails. >> reporter: after going to school for nails, lisset started accepting clients. >> i like this. i like working with p

mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. >>> time now for a look at your friday weather. the southeast is bracing for more flooding today as rounds of wet weather are expected to inundate parts of the region. people near boulder are still cleaning up from this week's mud slides. storms are forming on the radar in colorado and new mexico. tucson, arizona, could get up to 3 inches of rain through sunday. looking at today's highs, 90s from dallas where thunderstorms are possible. mostly 80s in the rt hoininneapolis. 80s in s 89 in miami. and 85 in los angeles. that's a look at the country's weather. >>> coming up, new research on how coffee affects your brain. >>> but first what could have been a major tragedy, a giant video screen collapses at a stadium just before a festival. what we're learning. >>> and the investigation into whether someone tried to burn down beyonce's house. what authorities found inside. narrator: covid-19 has changed how we show up and show out with our family. now it's time to take the first step that lets us get back to talking smack with a side of

. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, mona. during the select committee's first hearing yesterday, four police officers detailed the violence they endured while protecting the capitol, and now lawmakers could be next to testify. some of the police officers who defended the u.s. capitol on january 6th making it clear tuesday they want to know what role elected officials may have played in the riot. >> i need you guys to address if anyone in power had a role in this. >> reporter: at the first public hearing, members of the house select committee investigating the attack heard from four officers, one of them insisting the rioters and those who sent the pro-trump mob to the capitol should be punished. >> if a hit man is hired and he kills somebody, the hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hit man go to jail, but the person who hired them does. there was an attack carried out on january 6th, and a hit man sent them. i want you to get to the bottom of that. >> reporter: another officer getting candid about the violence he enco

mona? >> thank you. >>> there's news from nasa overnight. a massive asteroid has narrowly missed earth. nasa was tracking the space rock that squeaked by earth at a distance as close as 2.8 million miles. it was as big as the taj mahal. and one of the pyramids in egypt. where is bruce willis when you need him? i guess we didn't need him this time. that was armageddon. >> we didn't need him. that scene when he sacrifices himself in place of ben affleck. don't want to close my eyes. not the aerosmith. >> we didn't need them this time. >> we didn't. >>> coming up, team usa collecting a slew of medals in tokyo. >>> and later, the "star wars" fan who turned an entire floor of his home into a galaxy far, far away. you're watching "world news now." of ♪ ♪ >>> a live look at tokyo, where team usa is busy racking up the medals. >> our own will ganss is here with more on that. >> reporter: good morning, andrew and mona. women's skateboarding getting under way for the first time. two 13-year-olds from japan and brazil winning gold and silver in the str

victor, mona? >> we will be rooting for her.nts be so proud of her. >> there is an image >>> right now on "america this morning," trail of destruction. a tornado ravaging a aniaghborh >> that is so scary. there is a tornado coming towards us right now. >> cars tossed like toys at a dealership and multiple homes damaged. the new video coming in and where the weather threat is today. >>> the troubling new report detailing a possible new phase in the pandemic. the cdc declaring the war has changed because of the delta variant reportedly saying the variant is likely as infectious as ebola and the common cold. our experts weighing in. plus, the new

mona?ike, thank you. >>> and breaking overnight, an 11-hour standoff in texas has ended with a police officer dead and a suspec in custody. authorities in lovelin near lubbock say a man barricaded himself inside of a home. they say he opened fire at responding officers, killing the s.w.a.t. team commander and wounding four other officers. the 22-year-old suspect is now being treated at the hospital. >>> new details overnight about a riot inside a jail in los angeles county. at least ten people were injured. officials say it started when one inmate assaulted a deputy. that's when other inmates joined in, throwing punches before officers pepper-sprayed them. >>> now to the extreme weather emergency in the west. the wildfires are spreading. the drought is expanding. and another heat wave is on the way. even if you don't live in the west, all americans will soon feel the effects of these extreme conditions. this morning the west bracing for more record heat. temperatures in some parts of the ro

mona, victor? >> andrea, thank you. >>> now t last season's freshman of the year in men's college basketball now has another title. first pi cunningham was taken first overall last night by the detroit pistons. in march he helped oklahoma state reach the second round of the ncaa tournament. the 19-year-ol is still trying to get a handle on being the first overall pick. >> it's still crazy, to be in the moment. like words can't really explain the emotions. i mean, it's everything. >> and in other nba news this is pns reporting that washington has traded former league mvp russell westbrook to the lakers in a multiplayer deal. >>> coming up, the first roller coaster at sea. >>> also ahead, the surprising discovery about dogs. how they know when you're lying to them. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. no once-d

. >> reporter: good morning, mona. president biden is calling this attack on voting rights the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. this as several states look to enact restrictive voting laws. president biden speaking in philadelphia about the ongoing republican effort to enact restrictive voting rights. >> to deny free and fair elections is the most un-american thing, the most un-democratic and most unpatriotic and sadly not unprecedented. >> reporter: the president saving restricts that in more than 16 states are painful an denying women and minorities the right to vote. >> have you no shame? >> reporter: biden calling it 21st century jim crow attacking republicans for leaning on lies that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud calling the effort the most significant test to our democracy since the civil war. >> the confederates back then never breached the capitol as insurrectionists did on january 6th. >> reporter: the senate passing their version. it calls for a ban on 24-hour polling loc

. >> reporter: good morning, mona. only a small percentage of people, 100 out of about 13 million, developed that rare nerve condition. still, even those affected say to get the shot. this morning, a new warning about johnson & johnson's single shot vaccine. federal officials warning the shot may increase the risk of guillian-barre syndrome, a rare nerve condition where the body's immune system attacks nerve cells causing muscle weakness and in extreme cases paralysis. >> loss of sensation in my legs. it felt like my legs were going to give out, and then the following day i couldn't walk at all. >> reporter: tom gorman developed the rare condition just a few weeks after getting his j&j vaccine. he's 1 of about 100 cases currently under investigation by the cdc. out of the nearly 13 million people who got the shot. it's extremely rare, and it affects mostly men aged 50 and older, about two weeks after vaccination. nevertheless, officials stressing the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks. >> i'm not anti-vac

mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. >>> and get this, coffee prices are on the rise again. they just hit a six-year high because of bad weather in brazil hurting the crop there. prices have climbed 30% this month alone. >>> coming up, the $100 million discovery in someone's backyard. >>> but first the bombshell at the olympics overnight, simone biles drops out of the team competition citing her mental health. we talk to an expert about the is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zone? lowering your a1c with once-weeozempic® can help you get back in it. oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. in adults also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. ozempic® helped me get back in my type 2 diabetes zone. ozempic® isn't for people with

andrew, mona? >> chris, thank you. >>> so billionaire richard branson says his life-long dream has come true. after he completed a successful and historic space flight, aboard his own rocket. >> like willie wonka, and the glass elevator, branson and five others blasted off aboard the virgin galactic space ship unity traveling more than a miles from earth and at one point during the 45-minute trip they unbuckled their seatbelts and enjoyed being weightless. >> after the rockets successful touchdown, branson spoke with our own gio benitez. >> everything i dreamt about since i was a kid came true and more today. and we did it. got those wings. >> i love that for them. jeff bezos is the next billionaire in line, taking his rocket for a ride to space. set to launch a week from tomorrow. and amazon founder, the amazon founder will be joined by an unnamed bidder who paid $28 million for that 11-minute spac. >> if it's lik flight, out of those 11 minutes, i think you're only weightless for two, three, four

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mona? victor? >> good thing i'm not sleeping tonight anyway. >> right. that would have been -- i mean, i'm so glad if this leads to, you know -- >> closure. >> answers? >> it would be great. that would be the most awkward ride home. that kid -- >> yeah. >> i might have sold the kid, too. not going to lie. >> we have the chills here. >>> reunited after seven decades. the amazing story that started wiinor w ined rhtere, right >>> and later, the hero grandma that caught a toddler just in the nick of time. "that happened." that happened. you're watching "world news now." do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy q

mona, victor? >> our thanks to andrea. it kind of just shows how covid has complicated a lot of things. disney forced to release it on streaming and the box office because of the pandemic. so -- >> lawsuit aside, really good movie. i watched it on disney plus. and having the convenience of streaming it at home, pretty great. >> definitely. a lot of people opted for that. >> worth the price. >>> coming up, going for the gold. suni lee is beinicnewestoln gir. how she managed to grab the ld e hey roadtokyo. most amazing anniversary present what a man from oregon did to what a man from oregon did to surprise his wife. [female narrator] a message for children: it's hard to be stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calling a someone you love who's stuck inside, you're giving them a smile... and they need it! when you wash your hands- for like the hundredth time today... you're keeping your family safe

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mona, andrew. >> i think he will be the first alternate for the speed rock climbing. you think? will ganss. >> i think so, too. he looked the part. we'll have to find out next week. but i'm excites. surfing. >> look, these are competitive sports. we've seen it in x games and ps. now, just bringing it to the c gold medal. >> one day shopping will be there. >> yeah. >>> coming up, the 6-year-old who really loves southwest airlines. >> so much so, he got the birthday party of his dreams. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. >>> time, now,

in the world to come, us—based norwegian film—maker mona fastvold captures an intense romantic relationshipleak, unforgiving backdrop of 19th—century frontier life. when the day is done, my mind turns to her, and i think... "why are we to be separated?" adapted from a story byjim shepard, who shares screenwriting credits with ron hansen, the film follows the fortunes — or misfortunes — of two couples living on remote farms in schoharie county. it's a tough existence, with narrator abigail, played by katherine waterston, recording the daily grind in her diary — a monotone document of a life filled with hardship, tinged with grief, and notably lacking in love. until, that is, abigail's neighbour, tallie, played by vanessa kirby, arrives on her doorstep, stirring long—dormant emotions. soon, the pair have become inseparable — to the disapproval of their husbands, both of whom seem to swing between anger and disappointment at the respective marriages. the winner of the queer lion at the 2020 venice film festival, the world to come has been called a female version of brokeback mountain — althoug

mona, andrew?> andrea, thank you. >>> coming up, getting kicked, punched, and thrown off a roof. >> it is all in a day's work, inside the biggest stunt school in the world. why a growing number of women are training to take those tumbles for hollywood stars. you're watching "world news now." [female narrator] a message for children: it's hard to be stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calling a someone you love who's stuck inside, you're giving them a smile... and they need it! when you wash your hands- for like the hundredth time today... you're keeping your family safe. and by being brave... you're helping us all be brave. we know it's not easy... but helping will make everything go back to normal again as soon as possible. you're part of a big family of helpers around the world. and you're making a big difference. find ways to help children feel safe at unicefusa.or

mona? >> megan, thank you. >>> quick thinking helped a slow-moving mammal on florida's gulf coast. a sea turtle received a bunch of helping hands on sunday. a lifeguard noticed it was trapped by a fishing pole and hook line. good samaritans helped set the animal free. it swam safely off into the gulf of mexico. >>> coming up, the surprise upset this morning in tokyo. how the 17-year-old now nicknamed the alaskan assassin just swam her way to a gold medal. >>> and later, "wait, what?" the man caught on camera giving a bear a belly rub. you're watching "world news now." belly [female narrator] a message for children: it's hard to be stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calling a someone you love who's stuck inside, you're giving them a smile... and they need it! when you wash your hands- for like the hundredth time today... you're keeping your family safe. and by being brave... you're helping us all be brave. we know it's not easy... but helping will mak

in the world to come, us—based norwegian film—maker mona fastvold captures an intense romantic relationship—century frontier life. when the day is done, my mind turns to her, and i think... "why are we to be separated?" adapted from a story byjim shepard, who shares screenwriting credits with ron hansen, the film follows the fortunes — or misfortunes — of two couples living on remote farms in schoharie county. it's a tough existence, with narrator abigail, played by katherine waterston, recording the daily grind in her diary — a monotone document of a life filled with hardship, tinged with grief, and notably lacking in love. until, that is, abigail's neighbour, tallie, played by vanessa kirby, arrives on her doorstep, stirring long—dormant emotions. soon, the pair have become inseparable — to the disapproval of their husbands, both of whom seem to swing between anger and disappointment at the respective marriages. the winner of the queer lion at the 2020 venice film festival, the world to come has been called a female version of brokeback mountain — although in truth, the two films have ver

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mona? andrew? >> andrea, thank you. >>> it's that time of year again when bears seem to be looking for food in some pretty strange places. so this guy, in the tie-dye shirt, wanted to get a bear out of his car as soon as possible. he opened the door, while another guy made as much noise as he could. the bear took off. the guy said the bear did so much damage, that the car broke down on the way home. and it looks like nobody was injured. that's probably most important. >> my god. this is like a chaotic scene that i can only imagine. that's some quick thinking, right? >> maybe the bear just wanted to see what tunes they had for their road trip. >> a lot of psychedelic tunes there. >>> coming up, getting up close and personal with a great white shark. that's later in "that's wild." >>> but, first, dating gone wild. why so many people are looking for threesomes. isn't this a family show? that's next on "world news now." [female narrator] a message for children: it's hard to be stuck at home right now..

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we knew we were going into the museum, but we did not know we were going to be next to the mona lisa.> visitors can see photography, also the dreamlike experience as seen by the stars as well as an expired -- inspired experience by nature. organizers say the goal of the festival is to take visitors on a journey. >> everything has started up again after what was a long hiatus. we feel there is a desire from the book and artists and our team. we are shappy. >> the dream was brought back to life by the artists thanks to their work and our passion to share their work with the public . we have the audience we dreamed of, so we are really happy. >> as night falls, cairo comes to paris. choreographer olivier dubois along with six dancers share what he calls a dance of fire and a cry of revolt from a young generation of egyptians. >> it was once home to paris' commodities exchange. now it houses a businessman's vast contemporary art collection. he has amassed over 10,000 works from 400 artists. they are now displayed in a building recently restored. ♪ >> open to the sky, open to new experimen

ramon andrea fischer known as "mona." mona was born to raymondy von fischer where she lived most of he adult life. mona graduated from balboa high school and was a teenager. when others were riding bikes, mona was driving and using her sister's i.d. to have a good time at nightclubs. in 1995, she married eddie travis from their union and they had two sons. lucky and raymond. and in 2001, she married edward burns who passed away in april, 2012. mona was a loving mother and daughter. she was a loyal sister, friend, and confidant to many. she was the god mother to so many had that family has lost count. she lost her nieces and nephews as if they were her own. mona worked as a ups driver and bridge toll collector for the san francisco bridge. she loved the daily interaction with people. unfortunately, due to hopkins lymphoma she was forced to stop working. she was a fighter both figurative and literally and wasn't going to let the disease beat her. she was reminded daily of what her friend once said "you can't win if you don'

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so, um, i went to school with tina and mona. mona was a year ahead of me. tina was in my class. and tina and i, we have been best friends since nursery school and we speak, every day, about this issue and other issues. and we have been try -- she has been trying. she wept to tony's today to ship seafood to me. so anyway, that's another story, for a longer conversation. but um, i got to tell you, i love speaking to you. i am so sorry, what happened to your son. and i just want you, if you can, betty, can you just give a message to folks out there, please, please? >> i may not, in what i did, i was doing it for my family and friends. but if it reaches other people, not those who are diehards who will never get the vaccine. but to those people, who are straddling the fence, then i hope this message make them fall over on the right side, which is to get the vaccine. >> can we put -- if we have, can we put betty's son's picture back up, please? his name is brandon. and he died -- how old was brandon? >> brandon was 46. he would have been 47, august 27th. 22nd, i'm sorry. august 22nd.

during louis xiv's day, this building in versailles even housed the mona lisa. the new buyer turned its former picture gallery into dull apartments. this conversion, he says, has completely destroyed the building's character. >> they puin new flos, and chped the space up into sepate rooms, marring th overall impression. in our eyes, it's truly a scandal. >> and it's no isolated case either. across france, the state is engaging real estate agents to sell away its historical buildings, as it lacks the funds to maintain them itself. this former prefecture has changed hands. as has this old hospital. such sales brought some 500 million euros to the state's coffers in 2019. ♪ regional and local governments are also dissing theirrchitectur heirlooms. the forme chartreuse du glandier monastery belongedo the city a sanitorium. now it's been auctioned off to an investor from bordeaux. the man who brokered the deal thks the ste did the right thg. >> money's tight and loans are the man wexpensive.d the deal if the bldings aren't in use and have no political significance, i

a mona operator, please arrive in the early 1500. who is it? for me? the venice resists in all the military efforts of spain, france of austria, and the holy c mission. patricians decided to do got a favor and to build a ghetto and venice to keep the news here. it did on a fairly good. so there is a y e. see here the old ghetto was to control the jews who were considered foreigners. already from the mid 16 hundreds, another 5000 jews came here. which was the most there ever was in widow. after that you'll things slowly started to decline this on the see. many are there today, i'll just say goal for the 2nd world war there were 1200 jews here. 204 were deported. and after the war there were 1000 gaily me today there are 400 of song capital. so you feel more anti semitism today? than you used to not remote they say no, i don't feel any anti semitism here. but of course there are problems with the conflict in the middle east. we all but relation here are fine. was it by the end of this week, i have nothing official to arm that you did, but it's not a prob

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mona is off. we begin with some stunning scenes overnight from surfside, florida. part of the collapsed condo building that had been standing is now just a pile of rubble. >> the demolition happening quickly late last night, explosive flashes and moments later a huge plume of dust. now the difficult work of searching for victims can resume and crews will possibly be able to get access to areas they haven't gotten to yet. overnight crews demolishing the remaining structure of the partially collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. residents in the area told to close their windows and stay inside as the demolition team uses a technique called energetic felling to bring the tower down. the blast starting from the bottom of the structure and within seconds the building crumbled to the ground appearing to fall away from the existing rubble where 121 people are still unaccounted for. >> gravity will pull it almost straight -- everything straight down, but it will have a little tilt to it where the material wants to stay away from the collapsed part so they can conti

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mona is off. we begin with tropical storm elsa slamming the southeastern coast of the u.s.h flooding rains and damaging tordo. a navy base was ong the areas hit d reported. >> at this hour the storm is barreling north headed for the carolinas, the mid-atlantic and eventually to ned. overnight elsa turning deadly after the tropical storm spawned this tornado in florida. >> there's a tornado right ucng down along a highway in jacksonville where the damage is described as widespread. police say a falling tree killed a driver as heavy rain and wind hit the city. >> this poor gentleman was just driving, probably heading home and tree came down and hit his car. >> reporter: another large tree slamming into an apartment building. this man was looking out his window when the winds picked up. >> all of a sudden i see my chairs pick up and go to the right and then all of a sudden they went to the left about five seconds later and everything starting going to the left. i heard a train which they say you always a train. i heard the train. >> reporter: hours later : elsa producing anoth

mona is off. >> i'm andrew dymburt, and we begin with the big travel rush. the holiday weekend, traffic on the roads and at the airports is expected to exceed prepandemic levels. >> one expert warns today could look more like the day before thanksgiving than early july. this morning, millions across the country are preparing to celebrate america's independence and america's re-opening. the travel rush already off to a rocky start as airlines cancel flights due to bad weather and a post-pandemic worker shortage. american airlines canceled 13 flight this week reportedly because they had no crew to fly the planes frustrating this travel who missed her connecting flight. >> i'm tired. i'm cranky. i'm hungry. >> reporter: southwest canceled or delayed thousands of flights across the country last weekend partially blaming bad weather and also a pilot shortage. pilots blamed the airlines for not being prepared after laying of thousands of employees during the pandemic, even while getting billions of dollars in covid relief funds from the government. >> 12 to 15 mon

mona is off. >> i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with extreme weather from coast to coast. here in the northeast tropical storm elsa is hitting the busy i-95 corridor just in time for the morning commute and only hours after another storm triggered extreme flooding in new york city unleashing waist high water in underground subway stations and forcing some drivers to abandon their cars on the highway. >>> in the west this morning, the opposite problem, no rain. the historic drought is now expanding. one town in california has run out of water, and this weekend the temperature in death valley could approach 130 degrees. >> abc's reena roy begins our coverage from new york. reena, good morning. >> reporter: andrew, good morning to you. as you said, the heaviest rain here in new york city is expected to hit just in time for the morning commute just hours after another storm triggered flash flooding and left the ground soaked setting the stage for what could now be a possibly dangerous morning. this morning, elsa is powering up the east coast producing heavy rain, gusty winds a