. >> reporter: it's become a heart breaking lesson for this arizona father. he and his wife fernanda were both unvaccinated and both got infected. fernanda died in the hospital. >> from what i have experienced, i don't want to go through this again. i do not. i don't take anything for granted. life is precious. >> reporter: a new abc news/ipsos poll says six out of ten americans are worried they or someone they know will become infected with covid. the fears are higher among those partially vaccinated by more >> interesting statistic. trevor ault, thank you. joining us now is the chairman of the cdc's advisory committee on immunization dr. jose romero. he's also the secretary of health for the state of arkansas. thanks so much for being with us this morning, doctor. i want to start with the situation on the ground right now in arkansas. how does it look? >> well, thank you very much for having me. we're seeing an increasing number of cases. as you mentioned in your intro, we've crossed the 2,000 mark of new cases this weekend. it's the first time it's happene

arizona cardinals wide receiver deandre hopkins in a since deleted tweet, writing, never thought i would say this but being put in a position to hurt my team because i don't want to partake in the vaccine is making me question my future in the nfl. and tampa bay buccaneers running back leonard fournette tweeting, vaccine, i can't do it. but the players union reminded the players that the same basic writing, the only difference is the nfl's decision to impose additional penalties on clubs which are responsible for the outbreak and the availability of proven vaccines, so this touches on a couple different levels. of course, the safety of these players, the health of the league, but also the bottom line. matt. >> zachary, thank you. a polarizing topic around the league. benjamin watson, former nfl player, now the vice president of the nfl players association joins us now. benjamin, the nfl isn't mandating vaccines, but it's put out a stern message if teams spread the virus and you haven't gotten the shot, so what are the players saying about this? >> well, i think we've heard a lot about wh

citizen on the count of race n this case the court found in a 6-3 ruling that two arizona voting laws don't meet that criteria for discrimination, those laws invalidate ballots cast in the wrong precincts. something called ballot harvesting. now democrats argued the laws disappropriately hurt many minority voters. again, though, it's a win for republicans who insisted the measures are race neutral and afford equal opportunity for all voters. 14 states have enacted 22 new restretive voting laws so far this year, with an unprecedented 389 proposed restrictions being put forward in 48 states. let's get to terry moran covering the supreme court for us for years. terry, walk us through this decision and the political imply cases moving forward. >> that's right, whit. let's start with that. this is a major decision on voting rights in america in part because the last thing you just described, in the name of election security, to change voting laws, to restrict access to the vote in order to protect against voter fraud, very little of which has been found. in this case, justice samuel alito

. >>> and a deadly bee attack in arizona. one man was killed and five others injured when a massive swarm of bees came at them. three firefighters were among those hurt. one stung about 60 times. most of the bees have now been removed. authorities say the bees came from a 100-pound hive nearby. >> should also stay 100 yards away from that. >>> this morning, it is also time for -- [ air horn" ] >> that is the clarion call of new jersey's own janai norman here with the best in weekend entertainment in "binge this." what's happening? >> hey, yes. time for "binge this" from new jersey's very own, all aboard for a fun-packed adventure through the jungle. a-listers dwayne johnson and emily blunt bring their undeniable chemistry and team up in "jungle cruise" based on disneyland's classic boat ride. the basic premise here is that blunt's character arrives in the amazon and enlists a skipper, played by johnson, as a guide on her quest to find an ancient tree but, of course, things don't exactly go according to plan. "the jungle cruis

monsoon storms sweeping arizona. >> oh, my god. >> carrying cars down streets. firefighters rescuing a family trapped on the roof of their car. and flames raging on the west coast. nearly 70 wildfires burning. now, the new threat targets the heartland. ginger tracking it all. >>> alarming rise. positive covid cases in america nearly doubling since mid-june. hospitals saying they're seeing younger patients get sicker as concern grows for kids with the delta variant spiking. the cdc director joins us live. >>> this morning, chilling 911 calls from the surfside condo collapse revealing the chaos inside. >> yes, i'm in champlain towers. something is going on here. you've got to get us out of here. >> as a new investigation reveals warning signs about the building as early as 1996. >>> breakthrough for britney. a judge granting the superstar's request to hire her own attorney as she calls for her father to be charged with conservatorship abuse. her tearful new testimony, what's next and her new message to fans overnight. >>> also this morning, roughly 2 million passp

then you go to arizona, south of flagstaff. a 16-year-old girl was in that car, she called 911. said water was knee level. then within a couple of minutes it was rising so quickly it went up to eight feet. the rescuers tried to get to her. she is still missing. this is why we say don't go in a car into the water. this is going to keep happening. this was advertised as of last week, the flash floods, they'll keep happening. as you can see here, this is in utah. it's all because we get the shift of wind and the water comes down. the water very quickly filling those neighborhoods. you never know what happens underneath the roads either. they could quickly disintegrate. today, the flash flood watches, anywhere from las vegas to los angeles, san diego valley and mountains, apple valley, all could see flash flooding. you get dry lightning in new oregon and that starts new floods. unfortunately, the monsoon doing major damage. >>> we're going to go to washington now and the committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection. house speaker nancy pelosi under fire from the gop leaders

fewer tools in their arsenal after the supreme court voted to uphold restrictive voting measures in arizona that advocates called discriminatory on the basis of race. so we know that the president is going to speak out about this. he has plans to go to philadelphia and speak about voting rights. it remains to be seen if public pressure is enough to make any changes in any of these states or in washington. >> speaking of joe biden, the binews oadimir, the ssn present, andd a these kind of hack attacks that have been emanating allegedly from russia and focusing on american entities and american companies. i gu i hear this is how much teeth -- how much -- are there any teeth in these threats? how much leverage do we have? >> right. well, the main line of response has been sanctions. the white house has indicated and signaled that the response might go beyond that. they stopped short of telling us exactly what their plans and actions are. they say some of the actions will be more visible, the others more covert. but we don't know exactly what's going to happen, so they say that thor's going to

to arizona. flash flooding and debris flows. this is just outside of tucson. in northern parts of flagstaff, the governor issued a state of emergency because of the flood damage there. we flipped the switch from heat in the southwest to the monsoon and some flash flood and debris flow may have caused this train derailment in iron county, utah. also lightning. we talked about the flooding rains, 5, 6 inches. this lightning strike pretty vivid stuff, boom. 50,000 degrees fahrenheit, five times hotter than the surface of the sun, dangerous stuff, and it will definitely toast your bagel. 94 in philadelphia today but cooling down to at least a little bit more palatable, seasonable stuff as we g good morning to you. a sunny start in san jose, about 80 today. clouds peeling back to the coast and a bit warm erin land with highs near 90 and the e e >>> this weather report has been sponsored by boar's head. a little boar's head, swiss on a toasted bagel. >> i was going to say like, did you say we'll toast your bagel? >> i couldn't think of any other analogy. >> weather

kayna whitworth is live from chandler, arizona. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. the kids here are among the first in the nation to head back to school. so students here are among the first in the nation to head back into the classroom and they're doing it with no mask mandate. this as covid cases in the u.s. are the highest they've been in two months. overnight a new study raising questions about the efficacy of the johnson & johnson vaccine, suggesting that the one-shot vaccine could be less effective against the highly contagious delta variant. the authors concluding that 13 million americans who received johnson & johnson might need a booster shot. in a statement johnson & johnson saying these results do not speak to the full nature of immune protection. the company also saying earlier peer reviewed studies conducted over an eight-month period show the vaccine generated strong persistent activity against the rapidly spreading delta variant. george speaking to dr. ashish jha earlier this morning about the j

thankfully arizona is going to get a considerable amount even this week so the next five days a little in utah. you can see it there in new mexico but not so much for nevada and california. your local weather in 30 seconds. first tuesday trivia sponsored b caesars rewards. >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. more clouds around the bay which will lead to average temperatures. expect the clouds to to to drizzle. i'm watching monsoon moisture. 60s at the coast and san francisco. 80s in the north bay and southbound. 90s in the eastbound. temperatures >>> coming up, we are live from texas. michael and gio are there. we'll be right back. we don't follow the herd. never have. never will. because those who build the future aren't found in a pack. they forge the way forward - on a path of their own. and, just when you think the dust has settled, we're here... to kick it right back up again. the all-new, all-electric 2021 mustang mach-e is here. ♪ ♪ our strength, our power, our purpose... starts within. so let's start there. with collagen, that supports our body from th

there will be flash flood free in new mexico but not so in arizona. pictures out of miami, arizona, a wash, yes, it's meant to capture the water but it was rapids coming over and going into the buildings on the side. they had one to two inches per hour. you'll see more today in the areas highlighted there. that's a big picture. let's get a chec >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. we made it to friday, our last hot day inland. a few clouds at the coast. those will spread with areas of fog and mist but we're going to get into a quieter pattern and nothing extreme in the seven- day. low to mid-60s coast and san francisco. mid-80s around the bay. 80s and 90s inland. >>> now to the duchess of york, sarah ferguson out with a new novel called "her heart for a comass" and maggie rulli has more. >> i wish i had some apples for you. >> oh. he likes you. look at that. >> reporter: when i meet up with the duchess of york, she tells me to call her sarah. >> you're a bit of a show-off. you got the camera. >> reporter: we saddle up. >> lady mar

>> so let's give a warm welcome to registered nurse mary cupp joining us from scottsdale, arizona. good morning to you, mary. >> good morning, everybody. >> well, so great to see you. we know you're a big suns fan so we have a special message for you. >> how are you doing, mary cupp? this is mikal bridges. >> hey! >> hopefully you're not busy tonight. we got tickets for game one of the finals. hope you can make it. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's right. and there's your husband. he has the tickets. you have two tickets to game one and don't worry, we've taken care of everything with your boss. child care is taken care of. >> that is so amazing. thank you. so how excited are you to go to game one? >> that's awesome. very exciting. thank you so much. it's such an honor. >> and we take it you'll take your husband with you. >> you know, i guess so. [ laughter ] are you going too? >> i had to put you on the spot since he's sitting there holding the ticket. mary, thank you for all you've done. we know it's been a tough year and you made it easier for so many people out there and we send you ou

nationwide only a quarter of kids 12 to 15 are fully immunized and arizona's chandler unified district school back in session wednesday and the state has made it illegal to mandate masks. >> i think we'll have some students opting to wear masks and some not opting to wear masks and i think everybody will be very accepting of those personal choices. >> reporter: educator katie nash has two school-aged children, one of them is immunocompromised. >> we need to have a mask mandate back again. i am very nervous. my children will be wearing masks when they return. >> reporter: her daughters want their classmates to wear masks. >> i don't want to get sick. >> me neither. >> reporter: of course, people are still getting sick even if they are vaccinated. the silver lining, if there is one, the vast majority of those so-called breakthrough infections, the symptoms have been relatively mild but still business owners across the country are concerned of additional lockdowns just as they're getting back on their feet, george. >> that's right, matt. cdc is set to meet on booster shots? >> reporter: t

more than 30,000 strikes over central arizona. that was over phoenix there. they come with thunderstorms too. that's why you have flash flooding through new mexico and parts of utah too. let's get the weekend forecast sponsored by target. >>> good morning. we made it to friday. lots of sunshine and surging warped today. as the weekend progresses, temperatures will drop and clouds increase. human next week with a slight chance of storm on tuesday. low 70s to low 80s around the bay. 80s inland until you get to the east bay. 90s there. my accuweather 7-day forecast, >>> we're glad you're with us on this friday morning. we'll be right back. dear stranger. you don't know me... and i don't know you. i don't know that you still dream of getting the band back together. or, that your first love was cricket. i don't know that you fought for your country. that you're going to name your child 'miracle' or, that despite them calling you “chicken legs”, you made it all the way to the top. what i do know? peloton, pick up your pace. breathe. is that in the 22nd minute,

arizona hit with flash floods and those rivers of mud after wildfires created massive burn scars. the scorched earth unable to absorb all the area's seasonal monsoon rains. you officials are saying they're seeing fire behavior they have never been trained for. what they're saying, it's because of these dry fuels and this historic drought on the west coast. this year, california's only gotten a quarter of the rainfall it normally gets. stuff like this ends up being explosive when fire actually hits it. >> that certainly does put it into perspective. matt, thank you. >>> we'll check in with ginger in d.c. for a forecast of that dangerous weather all around the country. good morning, ginger.oomoin r. unely nobuan wildfi the higst they've got and we're getting into the heart of it, so dry and hot is an understatement. under that ridge is where we see the problems, red flag warnings all the way up the cascades into idaho, and remember, if you're nearly a thousand miles away your air quality can suffer from the fires. winds today will gust as high as 35 miles per hour. relative humidity

in arizona the chandler unified school district returns wednesday with masks optional. >> make them optional for the summer school and then upcoming school year, but we'll have very strong protocols in place. those include awareness of illnesses and things like social distancing up to 3 feet and no large group gatherings in the meantime. >> reporter: and so far the vaccines have been given under emergency use authorization, but dr. anthony fauci says he expects the pfizer vaccine to likely receive full approval in august, though he's still not expecting children to get their shots until the winter. >> and joining us now is the director of the national institutes of health, dr. francis khan. thanks so much for being with us. let's start with a look at the vaccination rate right now. less than 50% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. we're about to begin the second school year of this pandemic and still children under 12 aren't being vaccinated, so i think a lot of parents are wondering how safe is it for students, teachers and their families as they go back to school? >> well, going ba

parts of northern california and oregon, and the threat of lightning could spark more wildfires, and in arizona heavy rain and strong winds and hail could come crashing down triggering flash flood warnings. and in the northeast several tornadoes touched down. this pennsylvania town was hard hit by an ef-3 tornado with wind speeds up to 140 miles per hour. but much quieter this weekend across the northeast. eva. >> i think a lot are grateful for that. brittany, thank you for that. >>> now to millions of americans with their homes at risk. the moratorium on evictions is about to expire, and congress went on recess without passing an extension. abc's alex presha is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: good morning, eva. emotions here on capitol hill are still very raw, and even as the sun came up this morning, there was a group of lawmakers, including cori bush, who slept on the capitol steps as a sign of solidarity but the fact of the matter is right now there is not much known what if anything can be done about this eviction moratorium expiring. this morning,

utah, arizona, new brush fire there burning and in washington state, a new fire as well. this is east of the cascades where we have a really high fire danger today. and you say, okay, is it the heat? the heat is subsiding to what is more normal hot july, but, yes, the all-time heat exponentially took out -- zapped the water out of anything. the water vapor. you can see it there, from spokane down to los angeles, we have red flag warnings, george, all the way back to wyoming. >> and ginger, is there any connection between the drought in the west and the flooding in the east? >> absolutely a connection. that ridge that's been in place and so stubborn out in the west, what goes up must come down. it dips and it brings us the rain showers, the thunderstorms, the damaging winds, and that's exactly what we saw yesterday again in pennsylvania. so this is just outside of philadelphia. bucks county, 6 to 10 inches in just a couple of hours. you know what that does to the roads? fills them with water. people had high water rescues. we got a lot of people out of the water. if it fee

utah, though, right here because not only do you get a view of utah to the north, to the south we see arizona and to the west, the setting sun, nevada. it is pretty cool. >> reporter: guys, i mean, how gorgeous is that? i cannot believe that this was work for the past couple of days. i'm still pinching myself that this is my job. i mean, i'll come back every day if you'll have me. >> well, ashan, we definitely want you every day but not there. you don't get that lucky on assignments all the time. you got to get to the airport. you're taking us to indiana tomorrow for "rise & shine" so get going. >> i bet it'll be just as lovely. >> reporter: that's right. as soon as i get off with y'all i'm booking it right to the airport and see you live from indianapolis. >> we'll see you tomorrow, ashan, thank you so much. as we said, welcome to the show. >>> chef michael symon will bring back a twist to a it's a new day. and it's coming at you fast. it could be the day your workforce doubles or the day your visitors quadruple. with comcast business you'll be ready with the flexibility to control multiple

i was on the floor of the house helping to defend the voters of arizona to a challenge to their electors while you were out trying to keep a violent mob from invading the capitol. i really do want to thank you for your tremendous courage and stamina and heroism. not just for myself, i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in this capitol, not only the staff to the members of congress, but the food service workers present, clerical staff. you saved them as well. so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol, but the time that you kept them out really made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. it made a tremendous difference for our country. officer dunn, i did hear you about the need for additional help. i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources, the mental health unit has the resources that officers need. i'll make that pledge to you right now. i would like to ask sergeant gonell, everyone knew you were figh