there could be many lines about the unforgettable footage but we won't go there. >> maybe trying to cool off. >> could be, with the heat burning up this country. good morning tuesday morning. we'll begin with the dangerous and wild weather for millions of americans on this last day of spring. >> take a look at today's expected high temperatures. 116 in las vegas. 119 in phoenix. both close to record highs. 122 in palm springs and that heat stretches all the way to northern california. 107 in sacramento. a deadly pileup on the new mexico/arizona border during a dust storm. 25 vehicles involved. the extreme weather causing problems coast to coast. overnight high heat well after sundown. nearly 100 degrees in phoenix at midnight. the extreme heat now impacting travel plans. nearly 50 flights out of phoenix's sky harbor airport already canceled today. smaller regional jets must be grounded when temperatures get above 118 degrees. the hot spot, death valley. where it could reach 124. and records could fall in the gambling mecca as well. visitors on the las vegas strip warned not to overexert themselves, and in southern california, generators used to keep the lights and ac on as the heat drains the power grid. in the east, the heat giving way to powerful storms. high winds bringing down trees. this time lapse showing the storm as it rolls over manhattan. in the south, a tropical storm watch from southeast texas to louisiana and bret becomes the earliest named storm ever for this part of the atlantic. that tropical storm bret, that is, that is out in the atlantic expected to become a hurricane before making landfall but it's worth watching. much more on its path from accuweather in minutes. turning to capitol hill, though, where senate democrats are protesting what they're calling secrecy surrounding the gop health care bill. they held up the floor with a marathon session overnight calling on republican leaders to give them enough time to read and debate the bill before a vote is expected next week. >> what are you afraid of? bring that bill out. >> people are literally in tears on the phone. they are scared and they are angry. >> the president of the united states called it mean. >> there have been no hearings on the legislation which is being crafted by a group of 13 republican senators and even some republicans are now warning against rushing a vote. a big test today for the republican party and president trump as voters head to the polls for a special election in georgia. the candidates spent more than $50 million making it the most expensive congressional race in history. 30-year-old democrat jon ossoff is hoping to flip a seat held by republicans for nearly 40 years. he's taking on karen handel, a republican endorsed by the president. and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are turning up the heat on north korea after the death of otto warmbier. >> yeah, the 22-year-old american student died yesterday. less than a week after he was returned to the u.s. suffering extensive brain damage after more than a year of captivity in north korea. abc's janai norman has the latest for us from washington. good morning, janai. >> reporter: kendis and diane, good morning to both of you. at least one top republican is calling what happened to otto warmbier murder. senator john mccain saying the u.s., quote, cannot and should not tolerate the murder of its citizens by hostile powers. he was the college junior turned north korean prisoner, otto warmbier was enrolled at the university of virginia when he traveled to the communist country and was captured on video stealing a propaganda poster. state media claiming he was working to defame north korea as a pawn of the u.s. government. despite his pleas for mercy, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. >> please save my life. please think of my family. >> reporter: that confession would be the last time otto's family would hear his voice. after 17 months he returned home but upon arrival otto was carried off a plane unable to walk, talk or respond to verbal commands. >> his neurological condition can be best described as a state of unresponsive wakefulness. >> reporter: doctors said they saw no evidence of physical beatings or of botulism which north korean officials claim otto contracted after taking a sleeping pill but the family isn't buying it. >> even if you believe their explanation of botulism and a sleeping pill causing the coma, and we don't, there's no excuse for any civilized nation to have kept his condition secret. >> reporter: and just six days later otto died. >> he was in very tough condition but he just passed away a little while ago. it is a brutal regime and we'll be able to handle it. >> reporter: and it's not clear yet what impact his death will have on the already tense situation between the united states and the rogue nuclear power. but at least one top republican wants to ban tourist travel to north korea following warmbier's death. diane and kendis. >> all right, janai norman there, thank you. and a shake-up may be coming soon to the white house press office. sources tell politico that press secretary sean spicer is on his way out and looking for his own replacement, possibly fox news host laura ingraham. spicer will reportedly take on a larger role behind the scenes. briefings have become more restricted lately. yesterday reporters were barred from recording any video or audio, and there's no briefing on today's white house schedule. we return our focus to the national weather. here's a look at today's forecast. >> good morning, diane, kendis. scorching heat for the southwest. a strong and stubborn high pressure system will open the door for unnecessary sunshine. i say unnecessary because we're looking at record highs challenged in vegas as well as phoenix into the one-teens to near 120. now, one good thing, the beaches will stay a little bit cooler, but heat exhaustion risk and elevated fire risk. on the other side of the gulf, we have this system that's continuing to develop right now, drenching storms from california all the way up towards new orleans. kendis, diane. still ahead, the new fees coming this holiday season from a major shipping company. plus, a man tries to drag a woman out of a store. the attempted kidnapping caught on camera. and a plane touches down with no front landing gear. see how the pilot pulled it off. you're looking at a fast-moving brush fire near big bear, california, that's now triggered voluntary evacuation orders. the holcombe fire has grown to 858 acres and is now threatening campgrounds and a lake as well as a local dump but no homes are at risk. we're finding out more about the suspect in yesterday's vehicle attack in paris along the famed champs-elysees. the 31-year-old man rammed a car packed with explosives into a police van but only had his vehicle burst into flames. a suspect died from the burns but no police or bystanders were injured. there's been no claim of responsibility, but the man was known to authorities with links to islamic extremist. meanwhile, police in wales have be for sunday's attack in north london. 47-year-old darren osborne is a married father of four who neighbors recently say voiced hatred toward muslims. he drove a truck into a group of worshippers outside a mosque injuring at least nine, investigators say there's no immediate evidence that osborne was an active member of any extremist organizations. also overseas, we have new information this morning on the investigation into that deadly collision involving the "uss fitzgerald." investigators say the other vessel, the acx crystal, sailed more than ten miles after the crash and then finally turned back to the scene. the japanese company that chartered the ship hasn't explained why it left the scene. seven americans died when the cargo ship pierced the steel hull of the destroyer flooding the compartment where those young men were sleeping. well, the president's 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the single engine plane touched down in bremerton, washington, without its front landing gear. it had to circle for about an hour to burn off fuel before the pilot brought the plane in. after sliding a few hundred feet, watch as all three people on board jumped right out. everyone is okay. >> nothing to see here. thanks for hanging around, firefighters. >> still don't know what happened with that landing gear. but, yeah, easy day for the firefighters on the scene. and check out this one in austria. one of the helicopter blades slams right into an airport building. people nearby raced off understandably so. the helicopter even caught fire off camera, but no one was hurt. the spectators weren't hurt. the pilot is okay and admits the dent was caused by what he calls a parking mistake. >> ah. i hate when that happens when you're trying to park, you know. >> like parallel parking. >> yeah, parallel parking is always tough. now to some sports. >> so let's get baseball highlights from our guys over at espn. >> hey, here's your sports. it's pretty late, isn't it? 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