clayton sandell. reporter: dangerous storms in texas today made a deadly strike. at a houston soccer game, spectators taking shelter under this tree were hit by lightning. two people were killed. a third, sent to the hospital. storm clouds are soaking parts of texas, arizona and washington state. flooding roads, leaving homeowners with a soggy mess. when we woke up at 1:00, came out here, the water was already up here. we had exactly one hour to get everything up. reporter: from too much water to not enough, where it is desperately needed. sunday brought no day of rest for an army of nearly 2,000 firefighters near sacramento, california. the 2,200 acre robbers fire is forcing evacuations, threatening nearly 200 homes. this is definitely one of the more remote fires and some of the steepest slopes that i ve seen a fire burn in. reporter: tonight, there is red flag fire weather in five states and heat advisories across a huge swath, from south dakota to the great lake
wreck. also this half hour, extreme weather turns deadly in one city. the lightning strike that killed two men playing soccer in a storm. later, a beauty pageant breakthrough. i love this. the contestant who broke a barrier and inspired a lot of people along the way. that is a very inspirational story. yes, it is. first, we ll talk about the upcoming olympics. today s supposed to be the busiest day of arrrrivals for t athletes, plenty of them moving straight into london s olympic village when opens today. but organizers are scrambling for answers following a report about lax security at london s heathrow airport. here s abc s kyra raud yeah. she s there. reporter: the or the from the observer newspaper is damning. suspects on the terror watch list waved through immigration. inexperienced officers blamed for repeatedly failing to catch them. all in the last few days. with 500,000 people expected to attend the games, british immigration brought in new recru recr
cousins. and jennifer lopez. the superstar speaks out about her stunning decision to leave american idol in a massive shakeup. but is it really a done deal? i don t know. i don t know that it s even done yet. i don t know. that exclusive interview only on gma. right on us this morning. she doesn t know yet. i didn t know that. i thought it was pretty much a done deal but we ll find out from j. lo herself. everyone is back here. boy, i had a lot of material yesterday. on this week. what a wild week in the presidential race. mitt romney demanding an apology from president obama. president obama laughed that off. we ll hear from both sides today. also a travel nightmare that turned into revolt after passengers were stranded for three days at an airport in china. their fury caught on tape as they staged a protest on board their united flight to the u.s. let s say it got ugly. can t blame them for that. also can t blame bruce springsteen and paul mccartney
it was quite lively. also a travel nightmare that turned into revolt after passengers were stranded for three days at an airport in china. their fury caught on tape as they staged a protest on board their united flight to the u.s. let s say it got ugly. can t blame them for that. also can t blame bruce springsteen and paul mccartney for being angry. they were on the stage for the first time ever. belting it out for a cheering crowd and get this, someone pulled the plug. no one could hear a word. we ll talk about that later. and the midwest bracing for more scorching high temperatures after deadly thunderstorms tore through parts of the country this weekend. our extreme weather team, of course, tracking it all. and, of course, sam is going to kick off our coverage. good morning, sam. good morning. we re in the middle of starting the fourth heat wave so far. those numbers began in the midwest yesterday. numbers this morning are already in the 80s in places like minn
her stunning decision to leave american idol in a massive shakeup. but is it really a done deal? i don t know. i don t know that it s even done yet. i don t know. that exclusive interview only on gma. right on us this morning. she doesn t know yet. i didn t know that. i thought it was pretty much a done deal but we ll find out from j. lo herself. everyone is back here. boy, i had a lot of material yesterday. on this week. what a wild week in the presidential race. mitt romney demanding an apology from president obama. president obama laughed that off. we ll hear from both sides today. also a travel nightmare that turned into revolt after passengers were stranded for three days at an airport in china. their fury caught on tape as they staged a protest on board their united flight to the u.s. let s say it got ugly. can t blame them for that. also can t blame bruce springsteen and paul mccartney for being angry. they were on the stage for the first time e