thursday night while hitchhiking home. the difficult process of rescuing a trapped cave explorer is well under way in the bavarian alps but it s not yet over. joanna westhauser, 3300 feet underground when he suffered head injuries in a rock fall more than a week ago. rescuers have to maneuver his stretcher through a series of narrow tunnels and shafts. doctors say that, so far, he is doing well. all right. general motors issued another major recall. this time affecting an additional 3 million cars. the latest recall causes a similar problem to, caused by a similar problem linked to an earlier recall that was linked to 13 deaths. the ignition switches in some chevy impalas, cadillacs and five other models can slip out of position if there is too much weight on the key chain. the defect is being blamed for six injuries. details about that unruely airline passenger that forced a jetblue flight to be diverted to detroit.
for walking, unplayable, it s unpassable. reporter: mary bruce, abc news. the volatile storm system now moving to the east. millions of americans will get an early, unpleasant taste of summer today. that s right. our coverage continues with accuweather with the latest from meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. good morning. a mild air mass continues to build across the nation s mid-section onto the east. the fringes of the air mass, dangerous storms fire from the dakotas across the great lakes. watch out here, twin cities into chicago, on towards detroit. gusty winds. large hail, not quite the tornado threat we saw yesterday. isolated tornadoes not out of the question. on into the southwest. between cooler air moving into california, nevada, and going to see gusty winds with that. high fire danger once again in the four corners. back to you. jim, thank you so much. that wildfire that destroyed three homes near bakersfield, california, is now 50% contained. evacuation o