whit? >> all right, trevor, thank you. >>> now that holiday weekend storm threatening 50 million americans from washington to new york to boston. also tropical moisture for parts of the gulf, rough surf on the texas coast, and a waterspout off the coast of south carolina as a new tropical disturbance brews in the atlantic. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, whit. with these tropical troubles and these thunderstorms really starting to feel like july, we have a severe thunderstorm watch up that remains up for d.c. and baltimore over the next couple of hours. still bubbling up there. the two tropical disturbances, one over lake charles, louisiana, we have a flood watch well. downpours will continue through the overnight period. that front draping across the great lakes, that's what's going to be moving into the northeast tomorrow. we have this heat and humidity building as well. so the i-95 corridor, d.c., philly, new york, all the way up

whit? >> ian, thank you. >>> now, to the war in ukraine and a rare look at an elite group of american veterans, some former special force, medics, now operating near the front lines. our cameras with them as they prepare for a top secret mission. abc's foreign correspondent james longman is in ukraine. >> reporter: hi, guys. tonight, an elite group of u.s. veterans take us inside a life-saving mission in ukraine. darkhorse is a group of former u.s. special operations personnel. they include special forces and navy s.e.a.l.s and they're here in ukraine to provide expert medical support. so this is the operational command center in the bunker under the house. everything here can be stripped out at a moment's notice if they feed to get out quickly. and the intelligence they're discussing here has been fed to them by ukrainians. then, they're off, heading off towards the front line. back at base, a colleague monitors the mission and waits for news. >> you get into that, like, that expectant fat

whit? >> all right, mola, our thanks to you tonight. >>> we turn now to the holiday rush and the nightmare for many travelers this fourth of july weekend. thousands of flights delayed again today. earlier a security scare at new york's jfk airport forced over 1,000 people out of terminal 4. the incident was later cleared. across the country frustration mounting on what is expected to be the busiest travel day of this record weekend. abc's phil lipof is at laguardia airport in new york. >> reporter: tonight, americans trying to get to family and friends this holiday weekend are finding it more difficult by the day. >> my flight got canceled, but i didn't find out until i got to the gate. >> reporter: at airports across the country, tsa screening more than two million passengers a day since friday -- numbers not seen since the pandemic began. and passengers are feeling it. >> we got delayed on our first flight and we had to switch flights. and we're hoping it doesn't happen again because we h

i'm whit johnson in for david. tonight the july 4th holiday weekend is officially under way and some travelers are already being knocked off course. temporary ground stops in place at this hour at some of the nation's busiest airports and a ripple effect nationwide. more than 4,000 flights delayed over 500 canceled. it comes as a near record number of americans are on the move despite the pandemic aftershocks, high gas price, fewer flights and staffing shortages. a record 42 million people are expected to take to the highways, even though gas prices are the highest they've ever been on the fourth of july averaging $4.84 a gallon. prices so high near los angeles, hundreds of cars lining up in compton for a gas giveaway. fearing disruptions in air travel the tsa has a thousand extra agents on standby and delta is sending corporate employees to help at multiple airports but the map shows the reach of those airport ground stops from atlanta to new york to chicago, some of those ground delays until midnight tonight. and

whit?> mary, thank you. >>> we turn now to the dramatic move by the january 6th committee to subpoena documents from the secret service. the committee demanding the agency turn over those deleted text messages from january 5th and 6th. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us now. maryalice, we're learning tonight this marks the first time the january 6th committee has issued a subpoena to an executive branch agency. >> reporter: that's right, and you can sense the committee's frustration that it came to this. in a letter yesterday, chairman benny thompson outline a letter to the secret service how they were asked several times and now the committee is not waiting around. they want the record by tuesday. they're worried evidence could be lost. these text messages could shed light on president trump's movements that day and possibly reveal more about those allegations that he wanted to go with rioters to the capitol and that he was told they were armed. now, the secret servic

whit? >> lama, thank you. >>> we're getting late word elon musk is bailing out of his $44 billion deal to buy twitter. musk writing he didn't get the information he requested about fake or spam accounts on the platform. twitter now threatening to sue him to complete the deal he's walking away from. let's get to abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. rebecca, what does all this mean now? >> reporter: even before the ink was dried on the deal, musk was hinting at having second thoughts. now we're setting up for a long court battle. twitter's board responding tonight on twitter, saying the board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon by musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. "we are confident we will prevail in the delaware court of chancery." i've spoke to a handful of analysts, including dan ives, a wall street analyst at webb bush securities, and he believes the chances of a deal getting done between twitter an

whit? >> really puts these fires into perspective. alex, thank you. >>> tonight, more than 85 million americans are under heat alerts, adn the rising temperatures proving deadly. officials in south dakota say a 22-year-old hiker died in badlands national park after running out of water. major cities in the northeast seeing their hottest weekend of the year. new york opening up cooling centers to help residents without air-conditioning find some relief. the heat fueling severe storms in some parts of the country. let's get to abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. and rob, we could hit some new records, as well. >> reporter: yeah, whit, we already did in some spots. albany hit 97 degrees. that's a record. but tomorrow across the northeast it's going to be even worse. i think maybe over a dozen records will be set. here are some of the numbers, with the humidity what things will feel like. boston, 100, philly, 105. 104 in d.c. northeast measures in the shade without the humidity, 98 in d.c.

whit? >> rob, thank you. >>> next tonight for the first time since before the war in ukraine, secretary of state antony blinken talking today with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. the u.s. increasing pressure on the kremlin for a prisoner exchange, calling for release of americans britney greener and paul whelan. sources telling abc news, in return for convicted russian arms dealer, viktor bout. here's abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, the lines of communication are open. secretary of state antony blinken today announcing he spoke with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov about the u.s. offer to bring home former marine paul whelan and wnba star brittney griner. >> we had a frank and direct conversation. i pressed the kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth. >> reporter: it's the first time the two have spoken since russia launched its war in ukraine. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the call coming just hours af

whit? >> all right, terry, thank you. >>> and after a week of high stakes meetings with allies overseas, president biden also turning his focus to the supreme court, blasting the decision overturning roe v. wade, accusing the justices of destabilizing america. tonight, at least 12 states have ceased nearly all abortion services, but just today, courts in florida and kentucky temporarily halting significant new limits in those states. abc's chief white house correspondent cecilia vega reporting from madrid tonight. >> reporter: on the world stage for the last day of this high stakes summit -- >> good afternoon, everyone. >> reporter: -- president biden today turning his attention back home, blasting the supreme court and what he called its outrageous behavior. the historic ruling overturning roe v. wade now prompting a major shift for the president. he wants congress to pass abortion rights protections at the federal level and says he now supports carving out an exception to senate rules tha

whit? >> a lot of summer plans at stake. greg, thank you. >>> tonight, the world's richest man, elon musk, preparing to walk away from his bid to buy twitter. with billions on the line and the social media giant's value plummeting, a protracted legal battle is now shaping up. here's abc's economics correspondent, deirdre bolton. >> reporter: tonight, get ready for a $44 billion legal battle between one of the world's richest men and twitter's board. >> it's very difficult to end this agreement between musk and twitter. if it's a scale of 1 to 10, i might say an 8. >> reporter: with billions of dollars on the line, commitments from banks, a binding merger agreement, and a $1 billion break-up fee, the stakes are high. >> i think elon musk would love to be able to pay a billion dollars and walk away from this deal, but he's not allowed to do that because he agreed to purchase the company in the merger agreement. >> reporter: musk claims that twitter did not provide enough iformation about the number of fake accounts on the soci

whit? >> all right, alex, thank you. >>> and one more note on this, the highland park community preparing to say good-bye to the victims of the july 4th shooting. services will be held for three of the seven victims tomorrow. fnerals for stephen straus and nicolas toledo and a memorial service for beloved former preschool teacher jacki sundheim. >>> next here, the major international headline involving one of america's closest allies and one of ukraine's biggest supporters. british prime minister boris johnson resigning today, ending his scandal-plagued time in office. johnson speaking in front of 10 downing street, abandoned by most of his cabinet and his own party. defiant just 24 hours ago, now accepting his fate. here's abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell in london. >> reporter: ravaged by scandal and a growing revolt in his own party, after days of resisting calls for him to go, today, boris johnson finally accepted his time has run out. >> i want you to know how sad i am to

whit? >> mary, thank you. joining us now, dr. anthony fauci, chief medical adviser to the president. thanks so much for speaking with us tonight. first on president biden and his covid diagnosis, we learned toot that he did have an elevated temperature for a period of time, a loose cough and runny nose. is there anything about his condition that gives you reason for concern? >> well, right now, no. as a matter of fact, he's better today than he was yesterday. it's entirely understandable and predictable that when you have infection, even a mild infection, you're going to have a runny nose, a bit of a cough. the fact that he has a low grade temperature, which responded very well to tylenol, brought the temperature right down, he was involved in activities today virtually, so as a matter of fact, given the fact that he's vaccinated, doubly boosted, on a very good anti-viral, we fully expect he'll do well. and as a matter of fact, the first 24 hours is indicating that he is actually feeling so

whit? >> lama, thank you. >>> we're getting word elon musk is bailing out of his $44 billion deal to buy twitter. twitter threatening to sue him to complete the deal he's walking away from. let's get to rebecca jarvis. what does this mean now? >> reporter: even before the ink was dried on the deal, musk was hinting at having second thoughts. now we're set up for a long court battle. twitter's board saying on twitter, the board is committed to closing the transaction and plans to pursue legal action to force the merger agreement. we are confident we're prevail in the delaware court. i've spoke to a handful of analysts, including dan bush, and he believes the chances of a deal getting done between twitter and musk at this point are slim to none. he expects musk will ultimately pay back the $1 billion breakup fee he agreed to. there may be more fees and the stock will fall on monday. >> expensive breakup. >>> next tonight president biden responding to mounting pressure to protect abortion righ

whit? >> it really would. all right. lama, thank you. >>> now to the economy. a new report shows consumer spending beat expectations for the month of june, but this comes as inflation surges with growing fears about a possible recession. abc's economics correspondent deidre bolton is here now with the latest. deidre, good morning. >> good morning, whit. on friday the government report showed that u.s. consumer spending increased more than forecast as americans paid more in june for goods and services. many say this isn't the bright spot, though, that it looks like since americans are more or less being forced to spend more on basics as prices rise. also on friday, another key measure of inflation that the fed watches closely. it's called the pce. it set a fresh 40-year high as an inflation marker. so these data points are really part of the push and the pull in the argument as to whether or not we're in a recession. in addition to concerns about inflation and how aggressive the fed will be

whit?> christine, thank you. >>> meantime in uvalde, texas, a school official is stepping down, school district police chief pete arredondo has resigned his position on the uvalde city council. after much consideration it's in the best on interest of the community to step down as a member of the city council for district 3 to minimize further distractions. he has been under intense public scrutiny for his role in the police response to the shooting on may 24th. >>> time now for a check of the weather. sam champion is in miami for us, and some difficult spots, severe weather for the fourth of july. >> yeah. as a matter of fact, whit, we're about to get a little shower to move across biscayne bay here. let's talk about where the fireworks really were happening in the sky. some rain, heading to our big national park for this holiday. that beautiful rainbow over the park. but look at this, in mount rushmore, you get that lightning line in front of the fireworks right here. that's an amazing sho

thank you, whit. harris on the small screen making a comeback. >> "uncoupled," this is a new series, it's a rom-com starring nph in a relationship for 17 years and his partner leaves him so he has to dive back into the dating world. the tag line is newly single, forgot how to mingle. a lot of mishaps ensue as he dives back into the dating world and tries to figure it all out. nph talked to "people" about how he loved this character and it's more true to life to him than maybe most of the roles he's ever had, so you can stream that on netflix now. >> we're all married here. could you imagine having to date right now? >> no, absolutely -- it's honestly -- it's like an anxieta >> start athe am party and en go tt'um one, date one, foam party. >> finally a cult classic all about youth. it's turning 30. how has that aged? >> "death becomes her," it's wild that it's 30. we got meryl streep, goldie hawn and to be honest i forgot bruce willis was in this. robert zemeckis. can't be cult classic horror without t

whit?et's check out the situation on the nation's roads. despite gas prices ticking down slightly, they're still the highest they have ever been on the fourth of july. that's not stopping millions of americans from taking holiday road trips. stephanie ramos is in new jersey with more. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. as millions take to the airports, millions more are headed back on the roads this morning. aaa is predicting a new record for car travel this weekend with 42 million people expected to have hit the roads. the group says the busiest places to drive this weekend are los angeles, new york, seattle, atlanta, and boston with travel at peak times. more than double the usual trip, but good news is that today isn't as busy on the roads for those looking to jump start their drive home. experts say leave early to beat any possible traffic, and despite the record-high gas prices, they're not keeping americans from the roads. gas prices are actually down slightly t

whit. >>> joining us now is abc chiefs global affairs correspondent martha raddatz.osting "this week" later on this morning. martha, good morning to you. so let's start right there with the january 6th committee vice chair liz cheney. you traveled to her home state of wyoming speaking with voters there, what are they saying not only about cheney and former president trump and whether these hearings have had any impact on his popularity. >> whit, some sort of effect on his popularity. we drove for about eight hours around wyoming and actually knocked on doors. i saw someone flying a trump flag he didn't watch the hearings. although he had strong opinions about them. but others said they would not vote for donald trump again because of what happened on january 6th. now of course liz cheny's seat there is at risk, and there are a lot of people who said they would no longer vote for liz cheney because of her role in the january 6th hearings, but many others said they would, including some democrats who say they would vote for her in the primary, whit. >> interesting. whi

danielle, good morning once again. >> good morning, whit.g. i want to get to some flooding video. this is incredible flooding video. this is right out of arizona. just outside of flagstaff, you can see this area was actually burned by wildfires, so it had very dry conditions, and then you put in some heavy showers, and there's what you get. now, our next video is actually out of alaska. a couple was on their way to a wedding, take a look, the road out in front of them washed away, literally falling down into that wewater. yes, they were able to take a different direction. they were still able to get married, so that is the good news with that. now, i want to talk about the heavy rain as we head into the weekend. there will be a stationary front over the ohio river valley. and that's going to bring anywhere from 1 to 4 >> and speaking of some showers, there's about a 20% chance of having a shower in brooklyn, but i think we should be dry. so if you want to come out for the race, it's going to be a lot of fun this afternoon. back to you. >> al

. >> reporter: good morning, whit.s that americans love celebrating the fourth of july more than they hate high gas prices. we have that record 42 million people expected to drive through the holiday according to aaa and it's possible with all those cancellations and delays that we've seen at airports lately, a lot of people are much more willing to instead just tough it out through traffic. they are, of course, going to be shelling out a pretty penny to fill up the tank. gas prices on average now are $4.84 a gallon. that's a bit of a dip from the all-time high but it is still a lot lower than what it was last year, $3.11. now, if you're going to be driving today, you want to finish watching "gma" this morning at 9:00 and then get on the road quickly. your best times to avoid heavy traffic will be a departure before 10:00 a.m. or you can wait all the way until after 9:00 p.m. the worst traffic window is enormous today between noon and 9. tomorrow you have a little more of a cushion and take off before noon or after 7 a

maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. from the president's doctors in the white house is that the president is doing better, that his symptoms had improved. yesterday his doctor said he had fatigue, a runny nose, loose cough. we were told the president was given some tylenol thursday after his temperature rose a bit to 99.4, not quite a fever. but all the rest of his vital signs, we are told, in the normal range. reporters there, like you said, saw him briefly virtually as he met remotely with some of his advisers. you could hear his voice was a little raspy. he did clear his throat a few times and he did cough as one of his other advisers was speaking. he has been taking that antiviral treatment, paxlovid. he will continue to do that, and dr. ashish jha, the white house covid response coordinator, said that a couple of times since testing positive the president has also used an albuterol inhaler that he had. now, the white house says they have contacted 17 people including senior staff and members of congress who are con

whit? >> all right, alex, thank you. >>> next this morning, elon musk says he's terminating his megadeal to buy twitter, but the social media company's board tngs stanhere w-e him in courtd now? >> well, just get ready for a long, painful, protracted legal battle between one of the world's richest men and twitter's board. elon musk who runs tesla and spacex sending a letter to the social media company on friday saying he's ending his $44 billion plan to buy the company. twitter's response basically, see you in court. so brett taylor, here's what he tweeted out, the chairman of twitter's board of directors, long story short, saying we are going to win this in the delaware court of chancery. one wedge issue, twitter reporting fewer than 5% of its users were fake or spam focused. but musk says that number may not be accurate and says the statements are either false or materially misleading. legal experts say this is going to be an elongated somewhat painful court battle, and for musk there is

whit johnson leading us off, thank you.'s get right to rob marciano and, rob, we were talking about this before. whit mentioned again, three days of above 90 degrees for a heat wave and in several major cities including in new york city, you believe this could be six to seven days of this? >> yeah, last time we did this was about a decade ago and i think the major cities in the northeast will see this sort of stretch, but the heat is only expanding across much of the country through the heartland and through the southern plains. they've had it really bad, and, that continues. warnings are up there. oklahoma, you haven't seen this sort of heat as a state ever. dallas, austin, you set records again today and the warnings remain up through memphis and southern indiana and on the corners, the southwest remains hot and across the northeast i-95 corridor, the next three days are looking like this mid-90s, boston nearing 100 degrees in philadelphia. we do have a front that's spawning severe weather across ohio. this is a weak fron

whit? >> all right.th, thank you. >>> next this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner under way in a russian courtroom as the frustration over her detention grows. it's now been 135 days since griner was arrested at a moscow airport. abc's lama hasan joins us with the latest. lama, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, whit. basketball star brittney griner is spending this holiday weekend which is meant to be all about freedom in detention as her trial that is expected to last several months gets under way. this morning, brittney griner fighting for her freedom on the first day of her criminal trial, the seven-time wnba all-time star shackled and surrounded by security. she was escorted to the courtroom to hear her charges behind closed doors. >> she is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances, and she asked me to convey that she is in good spirits and is keeping up the faith. >> reporter: at griner's pretrial on monday, the judge extended her detention a

. >> reporter: whit, good morning.ay is day two of what will be at least five days of the president isolating. the big message from the president's doctors and the white house team is that the president's symptoms have been improving. his doctors yesterday said he still had fatigue, a runny nose and loose cough, reporters saw him briefly virtually as he met with some advisers remotely and you could hear that his voice was a little raspy. he did clear his throat a few times. you could hear him cough when one of his other advisers was speaking. we are told that thursday the president was given tie len ol after his temperature rose a bit to 99.4, not quite a fever, but all the rest of his vital signs were in the normal range. he's been taking paxlovid, like you said, and will continue to do that. dr. ashish jha, the white house covid response coordinator, said that a couple of times since testing positive, the president has also used an albuterol inhaler he had. the white house says they have contacted 17 people including

. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. the president's doctor said he has no symptoms, that he's continuing to do quite well. the president had planned to go to wilmington today, on to michigan on tuesday, both those trips have been called off, instead the president will go back into isolation and continue to work from home from the residence here at the white house. in a rebound case following his treatment of paxlovid, president biden testing positive for covid-19 again. >> tested positive this morning. working from home the next couple of days. i'm feeling fine. everything's good. i got work do. >> reporter: the president's doctor kevin o'connor writing saturday that biden has no symptoms and that there is no reason to reinitiate treatment at this time. the president first tested positive for covid-19 back on july 21st and began taking the antiviral pill paxlovid given to people with mild or moderate symptoms that are considered high risk. this rebound case came after the president tested negative for four straight days

whit?elwyn, thank you. >>> turning now to the latest on the covid pandemic as 80% of americans are living in counties with a high or medium community risk level. the summer surge reaching the white house where president biden is being treated for covid this weekend. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us now with more. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the white house chief of staff told us the president was on the phone yesterday on conference calls. today's day three of president biden's isolation. he'll test after day five. realistically, wednesday's the first day we could see him back at work in person if he tested negative. now his doctor says that he's continuing to feel better, that his symptoms yesterday were a sore throat, runny nose, loose cough and all vital signs were normal. no shortness of breath. in a written statement his doctor said the president most likely contracted that ba.5 variant which is surging across the country right now.

whit? >> really a stunning case.for us, thank you. >>> now to president biden looking to protect abortion rights with an executive order. abc's alex presha joins us with details. alex, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit. president biden has faced pressure to protect abortion rights since that leaked supreme court draft hinted that the high court was poised to overturn roe. he signed this executive order, which expands access to medication abortion and emergency contraception. it safeguards patient privacy. it protects mobile clinics used to offer care to out-of-state patients and bolsters legal efforts to protect the rights to travel out of state for abortions. health and human services secretary xavier becerra has 30 days to develop a game plan. the white house says this is just a step in their process, but some abortion rights advocates say it should have come sooner and doesn't do enough. anti-abortion rights activists say it won't change much to date. at least 14 states have nearly stopped all abortion services

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whit pressing spokesman john kirby. >> but was it worth it? >> think about so many national interests here in this region. you're not going to advance those interests if you just stay at home and try to phone it in. you have to actually go and speak to leaders and be on the ground to try to make a difference. >> reporter: the president says he brought up khashoggi at the very top of the meeting. >> i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent -— inconsistent with who we are and who i am. >> reporter: but khashoggi's fiance tweeting, "the blood of m.b.s.'s next victim is on your

whit? >> will carr, thank you. >>> now to the grief and shock in japan after the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe as he was giving a speech. abc's bob woodruff is in tokyo with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, whit. while this investigation into the assassination of shinzo abe is stepping up, his body is now inside his home in tokyo. his body and his widow were carried by motorcade almost 300 miles from the hospital in nara. it's very common to have this here in japan. in nara, mourners brought flowers to a makeshift memorial close to where the shooting took place. u.s. secretary of state blinken will head toward tokyo to pay respect to abe. as for the suspect arrested at the scene, the 41-year-old, police say he has confessed to the murder. inside his home they have found many homemade guns that they say are similar to this one found at the murder site. japanese authorities say there were security problems, a 90-member task force now investigating any security lapses

whit johnson from new york and rob marciano timing it out. >>> tonight, president biden on climatch nchin pulliissupport, what can the president really do? what the president said today and terry moran on that. >>> the primetime hearing tomorrow night from the january 6th committee. tonight we learn who the american people will hear from including former white house counsel pat cipollone, who has been asked about conversations within the cabinet involving the 25th amendment which would remove a sitting president and what cipollone warned the president. jonathan karl tonight with new reporting. >>> in washington today the emotional appeal from ukraine's first lady addressing lawmakers on the hill. the images of the children she brought with her, the standing ovation and after u.s. intelligence warned of what putin could be planning next, what we're now hearing tonight from russia's foreign minister. rachel scott on the hill. >>> it was the story that made national headlines. the turpin children, authorities say trapped in their home for years, some chained to beds. tonight allegations of t

we appreciate it. >> eva, over to you. >> thanks, whit. >>> now to disney's "wish," the brand-new ship made port after her maiden voyage, and ike ejiochi has been sailing the high seas all week for "gma." i've been dying to say this, ahoy, ike. >> reporter: ahoy, eva. yeah, that's right. we just docked right back here at port canaveral after a three-night trip aboard the disney "wish," a ship full of innovation and industry firsts. this morning, the disney "wish," disney cruise line's newest and biggest vessel returning from its christening voyage to the bahamas. this massive 1,100-foot cruise ship can hold up to 4,000 passengers. housed inside, over 1,200 staterooms. >> to go from this basic idea to the concept and see all the imagineers hard at work for all these years, and now to see it actually borne in front of our eyes getting ready for our first guest is a moment i won't forget. >> reporter: disney's ceo bob chapek says he's been involved in the development of the disney "wish" since 2015. biggest franchises in disney like marvel, "star wars," and even a special "frozen" themed

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that's the highest in nearly 41 t backuto whit hey, whit, good morng ai>> repo.er hitting 9.1% compared to last year. higher than economists expected. many say the federal reserve will now get even more aggressive to try to offset rising prices with another supersize rate hike later this month. here's the real impact on americans. the average household spending $493 more per month for the same goods they bought a year ago according to moody's analytics. grocery prices rising at their fastest pace since 1979 up more than 12%. in june, for example, a dozen eggs cost $2.71, up from $1.64 a year ago. a gallon of milk, $4.15 last month, up from $3.56. but there are some hopeful signs, gas prices are starting to come down. that trend was not reflected in this june report and they're expected to drop even further in the coming weeks. guys? >> okay, whit, thanks very much. >>> coming up on our "gma morning menu," exploring victoria's secret, a new look at what helped bring the multibillion dollar business. >>> also, singer christina perri sharing her story of pregnancy l

amy. >> all right, whit.n the 2020 election. this morning prosecutors in georgia targeted 16 republicans who participated in efforts to overturn the election in that state. back to steve osunsami in atlanta. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, to you, george. court documents show the fulton county district attorney here in georgia has notified the 16 people who signed an unofficial document that had it been taken seriously would have handed georgia's presidential victory in 2020 to the former president and she's told them that they are now targets of an investigation. up until this point they thought they were just witnesses. the so-called fake electors are accused of trying to help president trump overturn the 2020 election here in georgia. there's an ongoing special grand jury looking into the matter here and it's not just prosecutors looking into the actions of the former president and his supporters, the justice department is also taking a closer look. they're looking into allegations that tru

has ended his trip to canada by meeting survivors of abuse at 4 my residential schools in e collar whit. he asked for their forgiveness and thanked those who were brave enough to share their stories. the pontiff visited canada to apologize for decades of abuse committed at church from schools or indigenous children. chris axa will smith has posted a new apology. she comedian chris rock for slapping him. al smith said he was deeply, we're remorseful for the incident. he struck rock at the oscars ceremony in march after rock made a comment about smith's wife li, 16 people have died and many are still missing. after record flash flooding in the us state of kentucky to rent a rainfall washed away roads and hundreds of houses and some of the poorest communities in the united states. authorities are warning that rescue efforts, and the search for victims could take weeks. in a flash, st, stoned to sludge, after unprecedented rain hit the mountainous region of eastern kentucky. little was left above water including its residence. we had a swim out and it was good. it was over my head, so yeah,

. >> while president biden first proposed a package work $3 trillion call big whit -- build back betterruggled when senator manchin opposed some of the spending. he came out on wednesday opposing supporting a pervak version -- wednesday supporting a pervak version --paed back version. >> there is a saying about negotiations in congress. it goes no, no, yes. it was a time crunch. the is health care provisions. if they did not enact something, insurance rates would have gone up. they tried to lower the cost of prescription drugs through the health care program. there was pressure to get something climate related. i think my cvs calling was right. there were sweeteners for joe manchin. $300 billion of deficit reduction. he wants to say we will fight inflation by lowering the deficit. almost half of that is going to deficit reduction and i think that is what got joe manchin on board. >> where do we go from here? >> there are procedural hurdles before a senate vote. chuck schumer hopes for a vote next week. they have to hold all 50 democrats together. kyrsten sinema is a moderate likeoe manc

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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized whit whit i want to begin i do not agree with everything in this bill but the committee passed a bill worthy of your support and i command chairman smith and ranking member rogers for navigating a markup that was 16:12 and debate of 900 amendments. the house armed services agreed to increase our national security top line by over $35 billion, accounting for the damaging impacts on inflation and the rising threats tay we face today. i am proud of the decisive bipartisan vote of 57-1 that passed this bill out of committee. unfortunately this national security bipartisan effort is in peril. the rules committee has harmful provisions that speaker pelosi would like to attach to the backs of our servicemembers in support of our service and national security. i specifically hope during our floor debate we can move to exclude these harmful riders. as to the committee mark, we started with he anemic budget request that in the sea power portfolio requested eight ships and retirement of 24 ships. many of these ships well before the end of their expect

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whit johnson is outside of that building with more.d morning, whit. >> reporter: amy, good morning. ivana trump was a fixture here in new york city, even after her marriage to the man she nicknamed the donald. she went on to launch successful businesses in jewelry, a clothing line. she leaves behind three children and ten grandchildren. this morning, the trump family mourning the loss of the former president's first wife, ivana, and the mother of their three children, don jr., ivanka, and eric, the youngest seen leaving her manhattan apartment thursday afternoon. >> it's a very sad day, guys, a very sad day. >> reporter: authorities responding to that upper east side apartment at about 12:40 p.m. yesterday. sources tell abc news a doorman found the 73-year-old unresponsive at the bottom of a staircase and called 911 reporting a cardiac arrest. she was pronounced dead at the scene. former president trump announcing the death of his ex-wife on social media saying, in part, she was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman who led a great

johannesburg, william mayday is an associate professor at the school of governments at the university of whit waters round. thank you all for joining us. can i ask you 1st dakota is tarboe and becky, right. when he says south africa's ready to explode? no good german babies. she does a 3rd is no government but loosened system. so with this girl a girl, she rides. busy for today a good just said is, oh, don't say it's d n 2 days. so why don't a less did you manage it or move press that's great. strong. ok, thank you. ok. so let's see. what do you think south africa are ready to explode? isn't baker? says certainly i hold the view that the n c, like any of the liberation movement, have come to a point where they've mismanaged the economy, leading lines and lines of unemployed south africans law. literally, we live in a country where the majority of citizens are living below the poverty line. and youth unemployment now constitutes close to about 2 thirds or 2 thirds of young people get cannot find a job. so given those fits of circumstances without the prospects of tomorrow prison, ambiguous cor

the whit house says the president now feels well enough to start physical exercise. president biden continue to isolate himself today in accordance with cdc guidelines. they did participate in meetings virtually. >> in the south bay, a male driver died in a crash after his car collided with a concrete barrier along interstate 80 in san jose. it happened early this morning around 2 o'clock in the area of chocolate and o'toole avenues. police say the driver was dead at the scene is name hasn't been released. the fatal crashes the 30 nights of 2022. in san jose, san francisco police are looking for 2 suspects who are responsible for shooting and killing a man yesterday afternoon happened in the area of john mclaren park around noon when officers arrived on the scene. they say the man was dead. police have not released any information on the victim. happening now, the san francisco board of supervisors are meeting in a discussion to decide whether or not police officers should be allowed to use live stream private security cameras for investigations. sfp d's proposal wou