somara, tell us all about the grub. >> somara: oh, i can't -- we're about to get into it.e formidable little leaguers and, of course, the illustrious chef, chef jason eksterowicz, working with me all morning. nonetheless, you know, i think it's so awesome that you made a decision to really incorporate the borough o came to the food here. can you tell us about the decision. >> absolutely. we all know covid hit the city pretty hard. it was a real thought process with the mets on how we can bolster back the community, and one of the great ways is -- we've got a captive audience. 45,000 people coming, crazy, hungry. so how do we give them that platform? so what we did is paired up with a lot of small local businesses and we do rotating stints throughout the ballpark. >> somara: wow. you guys do a really good contribution, right, you're making sure you give back to the community as well with these. >> in one area of our ballpark we're giving back in partnership with coca-cola and aramark and the new york mets, 5% of profits to local charities. >> somara: that's amazing. not to

hey, somara. >> somara: great one.tracking storms, lots of lightning with these storms, so it's electrifying video that we have in boston, massachusetts, right here. this was yesterday. heavy rain fell there, as well as fenway park. as a result, they had to postpone the game. heavy rain flooding down the stairs and the threat for severe weather still looms but luckily not in the northeast. we do have a threat for storms in parts of kansas. that's a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's going on closer >> somara: the good news, >> somara: the good news, the game is on today taking on the mets, so we're back in play. >> whit: there you go, play ball. thanks so much. appreciate it, somara. >>> speaking of sports of a different kind here, overnight the u.s. women's national soccer team kicking off their quest for a third straight world cup championship with a win against vietnam. abc's maggie rulli is in auckland with the highlights. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. yeah, what

somara theodore is here.have been saying we wanted that heat, it is headed our way. >> somara: that's right. to the east coast, and this heat dome is relentless. take a look right now. areas like dallas-fort worth still in the hot zone, but if you look farther east, raleigh, north carolina, on tuesday, july 4th, it'll feel like 103 degrees. new orleans still in the hot zone with this triple -- sorry. triple-digit temperatures for heat index values, and then on the west coast, you're looking at major heat as well. up into portland, 97 degrees on july 4th. that could be a record-breaker and while we're not in the triple digits, this part of the country, they're not as likely to see ac in homes. it's important that folks are staying cool. gio? >> gio: stay safe and stay hydrated. somara, thank you. >>> now to that frightening bout of severe turbulence on a hawaiian airlines flight. several flight attendants and passengers injured. three people hospitalized. abc's jaclyn lee joins us with more. good morning, jacl

somara theodore joining us with the latest. somara, good morning. >> somara: good morning, whit. one area hit really hard, our nation's capital. take a look at the damage, we have trees down. impassable roads. washington, d.c., saw wind gusts as high as 84 miles per hour. you can see trees completely uprooted, falling across cars, coming through windshields. really a dangerous situation, and it wasn't just the dmv that saw these strong winds. we saw 375 wind reports in kansas. we had wind gusts as high as 90 miles per hour, and these were from two different systems. also, four tornado reports and we can't neglect the heat. take a look at the area hard-hit by the heat today. a little different from the story we have been talking about, but we do have heat advisories stretching from texas to florida. triple-digit heat index values through the afternoon, feeling like 106 in tampa, and as we look at the next couple of days, we're remaining in the triple digits as far as how it's going to feel. dallas, 106 starting work tomorrow. new orleans, 109 for your monday. miami, feeling like 1

somara, good morning. >> somara: good morning.south and the clouds are bringing copious amounts of rain to the north. take a look at this video from pennsylvania, rain inundating roadways. we're in for more with flood watches going into effect from the carolinas to new england as we head through your sunday. a lot of these flood watches already kicking into high gear, and here's a look at the totals. notice where the hot spots are in areas like new hampshire, vermont, even parts of massachusetts. we could see up to half a foot of rain. areas like new york are also under a flood watch, that includes parts of pennsylvania as well, and timing this out, a lot of this hitting during that critical time frame for sunday plans during the evening and into your monday morning commute. that's a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's going on closer to home. >> somara: and, folks, you know, my friends, you guys, we have plans for our sunday here in new york. we're also under that flood watch as well, so keep that in mind if

somara theodore is here with the forecast. somara, good morning. >> somara: good morning, janai.s not moving out of the southwest, that much i can tell you. palm springs, for the next four days they're looking at 110 or higher. phoenix still soaring to around 116 this afternoon, but look what's happening. we start to see that ridge push farther northward. this is an area that was unseasonably cool. just a week ago, we saw temperatures in the 60s and 70s, but now in fargo, nearing 100 degrees by wednesday, and lincoln, nebraska 100 for the start of the workweek, even kansas city, missouri, around 100 degrees on tuesday, and so that heat continues as we head through the week and as we look at this long forecast from july 28th to august 1st, you can really see much of the country is going to be above average. cities like new york into the northeast will be in the upper 90s. that's a look at the weather. janai, back to you. >> janai: all right, somara, thank you. tune into "this week" later this morning with a climate and crisis. martha raddatz speaks with washington governor jay ins

somara theodore back there in new york. hey, somara. >> somara: hey, good morning, gio. they have a wildfire there that was sparked by lightning during a thunderstorm. it's been raging for three days, and it's 0% contained. it's also been really hot and dry. speaking of which, that heat continues for phoenix, 110 days -- i'm sorry -- 110 degrees or higher for 29 days in a row. el paso, 100 degrees or higher for 43 days in a row, and look what happens next in el paso, they might actually start to break that heat wave with temperatures today possibly falling under 100. even in phoenix, arizona, we could start to break that record on monday with temperatures around 108 as monsoon season kicks up, and we get that moisture in there. >> somar >> somara: and, you know, guys, i'm looking at this record in el paso where they've been spending a numerous amount of time over 100 degrees, and it's really difficult to fathom that the mid-90s will be considered a relief for them. >> whit: exactly. i'm looking at the 90s while janai is at the beyonce concert too. sweating it out. oh, yo

good morning, somara. >> somara: good morning, gio., it's the longevity of the heat that's the real concern here. the impacts are far-reaching from heat-related illnesses to the grid capacity and just simple daily life. this morning, 90 million americans are bracing for another brutally hot day with heat alerts spanning from coast to coast. skyrocketing temperatures in texas causing an uptick in heat-related illness as record energy use is putting a strain on the power grid. the extreme heat not only in texas, phoenix seeing 15 consecutive days of 110 plus degree temperatures. u.p.s. drivers gear up for possible strikes as conditions become more extreme. volunteers staffing this outreach tent offering help to the city's most vulnerable as phoenix sees a rise in heat-related deaths. in nevada temperatures in las vegas over the coming days forecast near the city's all-time record of 117 degrees. >> the last thing i want to do is pass out. >> reporter: in florida it's so hot, the boardwalk here in hollywood, nearly empty as people stay in

somara, good morning. >> somara: good morning, janai.t we're looking at is unprecedented, and as i've said in times before, heat is the number one weather-related killers. unfortunately, we're in for more record-breaking heat from coast to coast. this morning, dangerous heat beating down across the southwest. 15 million americans under heat alerts. on friday, earth hitting its hottest temperature ever, the fourth day in a row the planet hit a record with no sign of backing off. in the southwest, the scorching heat unrelenting with more record-breaking temperatures expected in the week ahead. phoenix in the triple digits, the pavement reaching nearly 150 degrees. in california's death valley, a 65-year-old man dying in his car when temperatures there hit 126 degrees. the searing heat stretching to florida where abc's victor oquendo got a look at tools firefighters use in the dangerous heat. >> reporter: the city of miami fire department has a number of tools at their disposal when fighting a large fire under a heat advisory. this is their

somara is in a steamy phoenix. hey, somara. >> somara: wildfire smoke continues to be an issue.linois, right now they're ranked second worst air quality among major cities. if you look at this map, you've got 900 active fires burning in canada at the moment. and with those winds they're driving them down into the lower 48. timing this out, we're seeing some of the worst smoke in areas like dakotas this morning and south of minneapolis, even a plume there in chicago as we saw in the live shot. then, as we head into the ebbing, the worst of it moves into the ohio valley, as far south as tennessee and places like kentucky. tomorrow, we start ■tosee that wildfire smoke setting up in upstate new york and pennsylvania. then we've got to keep a close eye out west experiencing fires >> somara: arizona i stated red flag warnings for states like washington and oregon right now. >> whit: just adding >> whit: just adding to the fire danger and heat and everything on top of it. all right, somara, thank you so much. we appreciate it. coming up here on "good morning america," how a looming u.p

somara, good morning to you. >> somara: good morning, will.ne-third of americans this morning are waking up to extreme heat for the risk for severe weather. we're looking at triple-digit heat indexes for new orleans into atlanta. it's really important that folks are staying hydrated out that way especially with the holiday weekend moving in. now, as we head towards the west coast they're dealing with triple-digit heat, palm springs, 114 degrees on monday, phoenix around 116 on monday. a lot of this heat only fueling the threat for severe weather, so we have these storms that will be erupting through parts of the midwest. areas like st. louis at the highest risk for damaging winds, hail and the threat for an isolated tornado then tomorrow for your sunday, we start to see this threat shift farther east. we could see strong storms if you're hitting the roads, interstates i-65, i-70 as well. keep that in mind if you plan on traveling. gio. >> gio: we now turn to the growing fallout after the supreme court ruling striking down president biden's stu

somara, good morning, once again. >> somara: good morning, so this unwavering heat is sending scorching temperatures into states like washington. take a look at yakima, today they are expected to reach a high of 101 degrees, in phoenix, they could be looking at their sixth morning with overnight lows at 91 degrees or higher. the heat not letting up. excessive warnings and advisories continuing. not just that, we're also keeping a close eye on severe weather threat and threat for flooding coming up. we'll have all of that and more. we'll talk about how that will be impacting areas like vermont, which was already hard hit earlier in the week. they could be in for another 2 to 4 inches. we'll talk about that in full detail for now. back to you all. >> janai: so much happening in the weather, not just the u.s. across the pond much of europe is sweltering under dangerous temperatures. abc's patrick reevell joins us live from london. patrick, good morning. >> reporter: most of europe is baking under extraordinary severe heat waves with warnings we could see the hottest temperature ever record

good morning. >> somara: good morning.ays to beat the heat today. triple-digit heat index values for much of the southeast up into the mid-atlantic and one in southern florida and macon, georgia, 99 for a feels like today there and actual air temperatures in the triple digits out west. excel excessive heat warnings in southern california, temperatures could be from 115 to 120 degrees through next weekend. all this heat around, definitely helping to fuel some of the storms. we have a severe weather threat, oklahoma, tonight we could see storms rolling through. the biggest threat will be damaging winds but an isolated tornado can't be ruled out from pueblo through oklahoma city and then tomorrow, this threat shifts to the east. so heads-up in montgomery, alabama, albany frances: good saturday morning, i am francis dinglasan. oakland comes easy six. san jose, 70. our warmest spots will be near 80 degrees. tomorrow will be similar to today, here is the accuweather 7 dave cast. if you like things warm, it is going to heat up to

hey, somara. >> somara: good morning. so this heat is not leaving the headlines.breaking heat. el paso, how are y'all doing? it's been 36 days and temperatures over 100 degrees and the southwest not letting up. take a look at the next couple of days. we're anticipating triple-digit temperatures through tuesday in palm spring, las vegas, phoenix still hot at 116 degrees today. heat index throughout the southeast in the triple digits including miami where they've had 41 straight days of temperatures feeling like 100 degrees or above and then we have something shifting here. this heat expanding into the midwest. it felt like the 70s just about a week ago. now we'll see areas like lincoln reaching high temperatures of 101 degrees on monday, minneapolis in the upper 90s by wednesday. that's a look at the weather across the country. le >> janai: all right. now we're talking about taking your summer glow up to the next level. it's time for "deals & steals" and skin care products from all the small businesses that you love to support starting out by pointing your phone ca

somara, those weather maps are all lit up. >> reporter: yes they are, lindsey. in fact, we saw three inches of rain today fall in coney island. and with such a large amount of rain falling in such a short amount of time, we have flood alerts now extended through parts of the northeast. flash flood warnings, as well as flood watches from connecticut into areas like massachusetts. and more robust storms are bringing the threat for severe weather to the midwest. many of these storms will be occurring at night, and this could impact fourth of july fireworks and other festivities. areas like omaha, sioux city, they could see damages winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes. tomorrow, folks are going to be hitting the road, heading home, and looking at a threat of severe weather shifting into areas like oklahoma city. finally, the heat -- it has been relentless. record-breaking heat could reach as far north as areas like seattle and portland. and we have the triple-digit heat index values for the south through much of the week. really no relief in sight. linsey? >> li

. >>> now over to somara theodore here with a check of the holiday weekend forecast. >> somara: goodorning, gio. a lot going on out there from storms to major heat and to my friends at home, did you know heat is the number one weather-related killer in the u.s.? you have to stay really hydrate the out there today. we have heat index forecasts entire state of mississippi under an excessive heat warning. atlanta feeling like 103 degrees out there. relentless heat out west, actual air temperatures today that have prompted these heat advisories and excessive heat warning. palm springs, 116. phoenix, 112 and then a lot of this heat fueling the storms, those storms erupting in st. louis. if you're hitting the interstates you may be running into thunderstorms, damaging winds along with hail and then this shifts a little farther to the east as we head into your sunday. that's a look at the weather across frances: good morning, is getting caught today so be prepared. and then areas in the triple digits and well above average around the bay. san francisco, 73. oakland, 82. mild at the beaches

are being targeted by putting pot shops in poorest communities, like we see with payday stores and somarang with marijuana. not seeing social justice. no, it's been a huge boom to shareholders and a lot of people pretend to care about civil rights and social justice and they just want to smoke weed. reality is, we're paying huge price for this. >> trey: before i let you go, i think marijuana is schedule one, which struck me as pretty high issue higher on the schedule than cocaine. what is smart way to control and manage this drug? you nor i advocate putting people in prison for using marijuana, we don't want it legalized and normalized. >> that is right, you can't would you being down the street in new york without smelling it and seeing it in your face. the underground market would go away, we were told there would be legitimate shops. the demand has increased and drug dealers like to keep up with demand and they are doing that. we have not seen a decrease. i don't want to see people in prison or give them a criminal record. not talking about criminalizing anybody, reality is we need awa

>> linsey: somara, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, israel pushing forward with its largest military operation there in more than two tech kalds. the violence spilling over. at least eight people injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv. and the new move by israel tonight. here e's ab kr'sbc's marcus moo. >> reporter: tonight, the largest israeli raid on the west bank in decades entering a new phase. for a second day, the israeli military launching drone strikes targeting what they say is "terrorist infrastructure" in this refugee camp outside of the city of jenin. ""the electricity was out" this woman said, "they struck our house, the situation is bad." palestinian health authorities say at least 11 have been killed. with more than 100 others injured. thousands of civilians fleeing, many to a local hospital, where israeli forces fired tear gas. leaving the busy emergency room, "unusable," according to doctors without borders. at least five of the dead have been claimed by terrorist organizations. jenin at the center of the escalating tension in the region, and now th