Another group trying to get home, the burners. Burning man festival goers are starting their exodus after the deadly storm kept them stuck in the mud. One quick choice may have protected a maui neighborhood from last months devastating fires. Weigh sp he we speak to the man who put out the flame and the man whose home he saved. Carlos alcaraz is on track to bring home his second straight title and today is National Cheese pizza day. Everything you need to know about the cheesy holiday tuesday september 5. Early today starts right now good morning, im Jessica Layton glad to be with you, im Frances Rivera this years Labor Day Travel rush was complicated by serious accidents on the highway, including a tragic crash in georgia. Our kathy park has the details reporter serious traffic accidents adding to logjams on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year in connecticut, a tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline rolled over and went up in flames sunday night, shutting down the interstate for hours. While in the suburbs of atlanta tragedy when three cars wrecked on i85. Police say one vehicle went over a wall and dropped from roughly 50 feet. Five people were found deceased at the scene and three additional were transported to area hospitals in stable condition. Reporter these scenes playing out with millions on the move, in the air and on the roads. It can be stressful at times. Reporter bumper to bumper traffic slowing down the post holiday rush home. From the beaches in maryland to the great smokey mountains in tennessee. The kausers from detroit say theyre looking at at least eight hours of drive time. In somethi just something you have to deal with when you go on vacation get home and start School Tomorrow were prepared. We got the music ready they fueling up with food. Well be good. Reporter the airports packed as well with more than 2 million traveling each day around the holiday weekend, a 11 increase over last year traveling has been so much more exhausting than it used to be our thanks to kathy for that re report the white house confirmed that jill biden has tested positive for covid she is 72 years old and this is the second time she tested positive she first tested positive after the president teed positive last year. The first lady is is experienci only mild symptoms right now thousands of festivals began their longawaited exodus from the burning man festival this view from above shows a sea of cars finally making the journey home our liz kroits is on the ground at burning man reporter with thousands urgently waiting to leave, signs the exodus has begun from. Were making it out reporter the weather drying up festival goers known as burners finally getting the go ahead to get out. All right you made it out. I know it imso grateful reporter the traffic backing up by early morning. The rush visible for miles around camp theres still pockets of mud like this wet and sticky its what officials are worried about as burners begin their exodus the chaos began friday, an unusual summer storm turning the annual desert campout into a muddy mess more than 70,000 trapped the local sheriff probing the death of one person during the rain event the cause still under investigation, but organizers say it was not storm related people aring if to need to be patient. Reporter following calls to shelter in place and conserve supplies, the ceo telling attendees to remain calm. We do not see this as an evacuation situation reporter it is a tradition going back nearly 40 years, celebrating art, music and community. Its one for the ages, thats for sure reporter with the line to leave taking hours some finding it hard to get out there was a taxi that could take us out by the meter and it would be 500 or more. Reporter the harrowing conditions you could smell burning record and mud reporter putting the most selfr selfreliant to the test it has been a slow crawl for thousands leaving burning shelt. An injured driver pulled to safety after spending five days trapped at the bottom of a ravine if southern california. You can see the crew working to pull that man and his truck to safety the rescue happened over the weekend. Accord together Kern Fire Department the driver had been stuck since last tuesday officials did not release any details about how the man is doing. They are still investigating the crash. Now to shocking sexual allegations. Eight members of a pageant are speaking out they said they were pressured to undergo surprise bodychecks one was asked to take off all her clothes and photos were taken of her she said she felt like she could not object to the po ses the new yorkbased ms. Universe ties organization has cut ties with the indonesian franchise. The only of the ms. Universe pageant denied any bodychecks defense minister Sergei Shoigu seemed to confirm that moscow has proposed naval drills that would include china it comes as the New York Times reports that kim jong un will meet with Vladimir Putin later this month what do we know about the potential joint exercises . Reporter well, good morning, frances. Russias news agency quoting show shoigu as saying of course these are discussed. Why not, these are our neighbors, and theres an old russian saying that you dont choose your neighbors. Its better to live with your neighbors in peace and harmony following his visit to north korea this summer. And this comes based on intelligence that north korea and russia are actively negotiating for an arms deal and that these are advancing, and thats following this visit, saying putin and north koreas leader had exchanged letters and that highlevel discussions could follow and this would point to the New York Times report that the north Korean Leader would be traveling to russia to the town of vladivostok for a meeting with putin he has met him here before, a few years ago. And opting to travel by armored train, like his father, in fears of flying and safety over flying to russia, so, and an easy way for him to travel by rail. But any arms deal between the two countries would be in direct violation of a number of u. N. Security Council Resolutions but would point to russias shortage of ammunition in their war with ukraine, following their full invasion of the country there. So well see how these things progress a visit that could elevate the relationship and their alliance chapman, thank you now to spain where at least three people are dead and three others missing after torrential rain flooded several regions there, including the capital, madrid one of the victims got trapped in an elevator emergency crews had to use helicopters to rescue people trapped on their roofs the record downpour turned streets into rivers and hail was reported in many areas the extreme weather has passed, but there is still widespread devastation in its wake. And here in the oust another round of dangerous recordbreaking heat is set to stretch across the country meteorologist Michelle Grossmann is here tracking how high those temperatures could get today hi, michelle hi there, guys, great to see you. We are looking at temperatures soaring into the upper 90s you factor in the humidity, its going to feel like over 100 degrees. 42 million americans impacted by heat alerts. Where you see the orange, those are heat advisories. We have some in the southern plains, but throughout the northeast we have lots were looking at temperatures soaring into 90s once again. It was a hot tday yesterday. Its going to feel like 100 degrees once you factor in the humidity even grand rapids, 91. We could break more than 80 records. Tomorrow were going to keep the heat in place stretching into new england. Temperatures into the 90s. D. C. 99. Its going to feel like over 100 degrees, feeling like 103 tomorrow and 97 in Cape Hatteras by the weekend, 82 o degrees 101 in dallas. You factor in the humidity, its going to feel much warmer than that thats a look at your tuesday forecast back to you. Were back ifn 60 seconds wit a gender reveal that went horribly wrong horribly wrong honey. Honey. Dayquil severe honey. Powerful cold and flu symptom relief with a honeylicious taste. Because life doesnt stop for a cold. 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We tried to get out of neighborhood but were blocked by cars reporter along the way they spot a flash of fire in the bushes. Oh, my god, its there in the bushes what . The fire in the [ bleep ] bushes reporter steve leaps to put out the flames threatening a complete strangers house. Steven come on were going get stuck reporter were you thinking this is crazy, and its going to cost us our lives . Yes reporter what did his actions end up doing i think he saved that area of the neighborhood reporter the pickerings barely survived without emergency sirens or even a text to warn them i havent paeersonally heardf a single notification anybody received in all of my social network period reporter out of how many people youve talked to . Hundreds. Reporter hundreds. Maui county response is under investigation, though they claim they warned people through tixes and police loudspeakers in neighborhoods. Always better safe than sorry. Reporter beltran spent time as a Senior Safety official. I would have said full evacuation reporter this the morning . In the morning. Knowing the winds are this high. Theyre super high prepare for the worst. And then hope for less all right road to recovery looks long for jessica and steven. One of their maui diving shops went up in flames along with about a million and a half dollars worth of inventory having to say that we have nothing and hold your hand out and ask for help is really humbling and hard. Reporter still, theres a soulful Silver Lining across town in the smith household, where drew smith recognized something familiar on social yooid. Honey, come in here, look at this theres a guy saving a house i said oh, my god, its our neighborhood then we started looking, were like, this is our house reporter smith says hes putting the pickerings in his will as for steven and jessica, they have their lives and their love. 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