Suv. How police finally brought him down. Im having the best week of my life. The king of parody is now a king of pop. Weird al skyrockets to the top of the charts for the first time in his career. Its blowing his mind why Everyone Wants to have mandatory fun. That kind of wrap is just the best we do say good morning, america. And weird al, how do you like me now . Number one. You never know whats going to pop. You have no idea but, boy, his heart is so good. No question about that. We have a lot to get to. Right to that breaking news, another passenger jet disappears, this time in africa. Abcs david kerley is tracking the latest. Reporter it has been a grim week in aviation with what appears to be another tragedy. Heres what we know at this point this morning from africa. An air algerie flight from burkina faso, algeria lost contact from controllers and disappeared from radar. It was operated by a Spanish Company for air algiers and on board, a total of 116 people. The breakdown, 110 passengers and a crew of 6. The jet was 50 minutes into its flight when contact was lost. It was flying basically as you saw a south to north route from that small african nation to algiers, the capital of algeria. It was a redhigh. A french Weather Channel is suggesting the jetliner on its flight of about four hours may have run into a violent thunderstorm as we see, george, this actually is near the country of mali and that is a conflict zone. There is an al qaeda affiliate there. Its unlikely that al qaeda affiliate had the missiles that could hit a passenger jet. Youre right because this would have been flying at altitude, 33,000. They do have shoulderlaunched missiles but thats when an aircraft is near the ground landing or taking off so unlikely very early to say this but unlike it was a missile. Its missing for about ten something hours. Any explanation but a crash. Could it still be flying . Reporter its really unlikely, george. You wouldnt want to carry that much fuel. Youd carry an extra hour so for the fourhour flight youd probably have five hours of fuel on board. We are ten hours after this redeye disappeared so its unlikely it could still be flying anywhere. A lot to be learned coming in from africa. I know youre tracking it. David, thanks very much. Difficult time in aviation. To the extreme weather. Severe storms from coast to coast and scorching temperatures hitting records out west. Ginger has the very latest for us. Good morning, ginger. Good morning, robin. At least 230 Severe Weather reports in the places that are always hot breaking record high temps. Striking from Newark Airport in new jersey to albuquerque, new mexico, lightning, gusting wind, rain and scorching heat. Skies opening up over yankee stadium. The infield is just a mess. Reporter downpours forcing crews to roll out the tarps quickly, one person getting stuck underneath. And caramel, indiana, three homes catching fire after this Lightning Strike while at the famed Saratoga Springs racetrack in new york, spectators clearing out just before lightning demolished this tree. Just exploded like somebody put some dynamite or something in it and just blew it up. Reporter in phoenix, extra hot. The temps soaring to 114. Tying a record for the day. It is unbearable. Its like a sauna. Reporter so hot our abc affiliate decided to forgo an oven cooking chocolate chip cookies outside. The hottest spot to thermal, california. Temps rocketing to 119 degrees. And today phoenix will get to 113 just shy of a record. Look at some of the other scorching numbers there in the southwest. Plenty of tripledigit heat. Palm spring, 116. The other thing i needed to tell you about with the Severe Weather, of course, strong storms possible along that front in the southeast, so look for damaging wind possibilities there and hail. But back, another storm coming up in parts of the rockies just east of them, minot, bismarck and pierre all right there. Ill have much more in the nations weather. Back to george and robin. We turn to a botched execution in arizona. The convicted killer should have died quickly. Instead dragged out for almost two hours, the latest execution raising questions about lethal injections and Pierre Thomas is here with the details. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. The state of arizona sought to execute an inmate but had a hell of a time doing it. To stomach it was an unconstitutional spectacle. To others, poetic justice. It should have taken about ten minutes to execute Joseph Rudolph wood using a controversial lethal cocktail of drugs. Instead it took an hour and 57 minutes, so long his attorneys filed an emergency appeal with the u. S. Supreme court. During his execution, claiming he was gasping and snorting, struggling to breathe. Some of the witnesses wering showed. It was tough for everybody in the room. At a certain point you wondered if he ever was going to die. Reporter it follows botched executions in oklahoma where the use of these drugs has been challenged. He was put to death for the murders of gene and dietz dietz , he shot in close range. Family victims had no sympathy for how he died. You dont know what excruciating is. Whats excruciating is seeing your dad lying there in a pool of blood. Seeing your sister lying in a pool of blood. Thats excruciating. This man deserved it. Its not just about him. Its about other people that suffered that are still suffering. He smiled and laughed at us and then went to sleep. Reporter arizonas governor said while the execution took longer than she would have liked tate doctors said the inmate did not suffer. She has ordered a review. Robin. All right, pierre, thank you. Now to that bizarre rampage in colorado. All caught on camera. A heavily armed man terrorizing a city. Carjacking several vehicles before police were finally able to take down the suspect. Abcs Clayton Sandell has that story. Reporter this is the bizarre crime spree caught on camera that put a city on edge. Male way long gun and a female. Theyre just on the north side of the road. Reporter take a look at this man. Armed with a rifle and a handgun terrorizing the Lookout Mountain area west of denver wednesday afternoon. He and an alleged female accomplice seen here climbing down an embankment toward the highway. Police say they just carjacked two different people including bush suters coworker. Pulled out a machine gun and started shooting at him so he dove in the bushes. Reporter after crashing both stolen vehicles, the two then headed off on foot. We do have shots fired. They do have the high ground on us. Reporter you can see the woman who turns out to be a juvenile is arrested. But the man tries making a getaway in these dump trucks. That doesnt work so he walks into this house, a couple inside. Then watch this. He comes blasting through the closed garage door in their suv, driving until it gets stuck right next to that interstate. Hes pointing a gun at cars. Reporter but watch as motorcyclist deputy, he keeps moving toward another car until that deputy makes the tackle. Got him down on the ground middle of the highway. Reporter with the help of two Good Samaritans holding the suspect down it all comes to a dramatic end. No one injured. For good morning america, Clayton Sandell, abc news, denver. Wow, and as he said thankfully no one was injured. Now to amy with the other top stories. Good morning, amy. All right, robin. Good morning to you. We begin with news breaking overnight affecting air travelers. The faa has lifted its ban on flights into israel. Individual airlines can now decide whether to resume their flights. Sirens did ring out though in tel aviv warning of rocket fire even as the Prime Minister was meeting with the British Foreign minister. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted five rockets. Secretary of state john kerry is reporting some progress in ceasefire negotiations, but israeli tanks and warplanes are still pounding gaza where more than 700 civilians have reportedly been killed. The u. N. Is investigating possible israeli war crimes. Well, the black boxes from Malaysia Airlines flight 17 are now in the hands of british experts. Officials say they were not tampered with. A rebel leader in Eastern Ukraine denies that his fighters have the kind of missile that u. S. Intelligence officials believe brought down that plane. But the white house says the downing of two ukrainian fighter planes just yesterday shows prorussian rebels continue to pose a major threat to aircraft. Meantime, one mayor in the netherlands has called for dutch officials to deport russian president Vladimir Putins daughter who lives in holland. That country suffered the most casualties on flight 17. But the mayor later apologized for those remarks. Well, the new York City PoliceDepartment Says up to 1,000 reports of suspects being placed in illegal choke holds may now have to be reviewed after the controversial death of a suspect last week. This new video is fueling more controversial. It shows officers struggling with a man accused of not paying for the subway. Apparently placing him in a choke hold. Nypd Officials Say the entire force may have to be retrained. And new video this morning of a massive fire tearing through this oil refinery in mexico forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. This is the third accident at this plant this year. Nine workers have been injured. And a wild scene as this giraffe, yes, thats a giraffe got loose from a circus in mexico and then started running down the road towards cars. His name is bingo. He got loose because a circus worker left his door open but you know what, bingo decideded he had enough of that busy road and stuck his neck out far enough and he returned back to the circus and no one was injured. Yay. Finally, we all know our military heroes have strength most of us dont possess. Well, that was really obvious on wall street late yesterday. Take a look at this. The nations newest medal of honor recipient ryan pitts was ringing the closing bell, he pounds the gavel, one, two, oh, look at his face, its hilarious. Whoops. He did not realize his own strength. He had that look on his face like do i have to pay for that . I didnt mean to do that. Thats it. Thank you, amy. Appreciate that. Now to the explosive start to the trial of a man who fatally shot an unarmed young woman on his porch. Theodore wafer claims he thought Renisha Mcbride was breaking foo his home in the wee hours of the morning and abcs alex perez has that story. Reporter theodore wafers trial beginning with emotional and at times theatrical opening arguments wednesday. Boom, boom, boom. Front door. He gets on the ground. Crawling. In fear. Reporter Defense Attorneys arguing waver feared for his life when he shot and killed 19yearold Renisha Mcbride through the screen door of his suburban detroit home last november. But the prosecution said otherwise. The investigation will show you that there was no signs of any attempted breaking into this house. Reporter investigators say mcbride was drunk and had injured herself in a car accident when she stumbled on to his porch in the middle of the night pounding on the door looking for help. This is the door he shot through. Is that going to keep anybody out . No. Reporter at the center of the trial a michigan law that allows a person to use deadly force to defend themselves this their own home if they believe theyre in danger of death or great bodily harm. Prosecutors argue mcbride was unarmed and posed no threat to him. The screen door that she was shot through was still locked at the time that the police got there. Reporter mcbrides death has divided this community. All justice for reporter some comparing it to the death of trayvon martin. Are you familiar with that picture . Yes. Reporter on the witness stand her emotional mother. What is that a photograph of . My daughter. Reporter breaking down. Wafer has pleaded not guilty. At this point its still unclear if he will testify. This trial expected to last ten days. George. Okay, alex, thanks very much. We turn now to how an angry dads tweet got his family kicked off their plane. Duff watson was upset by the way his kids were treated when they boarded the swaes flight and showed it and paid the price and ryan owens has the story. Could i maybe get that headset please . Reporter complaining to the airlines got adam sandler tased in anger management. Do not raise your voice. I wasnt raising my voice. Calm down. Im calm oh reporter these days passengers are more likely to spew their frustration on social media. But watch what you tweet. Just ask duff watson. Very upset. Very embarrassed. Reporter on sunday watson and his 6 and 9yearolds were traveling home to minneapolis on Southwest Airlines from denver. Dad trafs a lot so he is an alist passenger. They get to board first. His kids may be adorable but they arent alist so when they tried to board with him he said the gate agent wouldnt have it. I said real nice way to treat an alist and ill be sure to tweet about it. Something to the effect of, wow, rudest agent in denver. Not happy. Reporter as soon as they settled into their seats they were asked to get off the plane. He says the agent felt the tweet was a threat. She said im going to call the cops. I thought something bad was going to happen like my dad being in jail. Reporter nobody was arrested but watson says the agent would not let the family reboard until he deleted the tweet. He did. There were no threats made. Reporter dallas based southwest sent a statement acknowledging a conversation about the Airlines Family boarding procedures escalated. But watson says southwest lost a loyal customer. This dad may be alist but he says southwest is now on his nofly list. For good morning america, ryan owens, abc news, dallas. The power of the gate agent. I mean, they have a lot of power. Wow. I guess no punches from southwest according to that piece. A 50 voucher, i think. Oh, no. Im just saying thats what i dont think hell be flying any time soon. You never know who is reading your tweets. You have no idea. That is the truth. Got a weird story for us. Yeah, you know, after more than 30 years of making music weird al yankovic has done something hes never done before, the perfect ending to an incredible comeback story. It might be crazy wearing stripes with plaids reporter the number one album in the country. Because im reporter belongs to weird al yankov yankovic. Mandatory mandatory, the 14th album from the master of mock and roll debuted in the billboard 200 top spot. Word crimes reporter beating out jason mraz and the singer of fancy. Around your bedroom resurface your patio reporter and nobody is more surprised than the weird one himself. Kind of blowing my mind. Ive been doing the same thing for 0 years and all of a sudden im having the best week of my life. Reporter first making the top ten list in 2006 white and nerdy. Becoming lady gaga propelled him to number nine. Doesnt mean im crazy reporter now weird als first number one may be his last album. Album number 14. This is the end of the line. Reporter dont worry, the accordion master behind eat it and amish paradise. Isnt giving up yet. Just singles maybe or possibly eps but as soon as i come up with an idea i can put it out. Reporter the king of parody now an official king of pop. How could he . Hes so creative and, you know, hes going to go to singles now. I used to love eat it. Eat it your hips so wide and mine are too better watch your mouth ill sit on you how could you not love weird al. Congratulations. Congratulations. 30 years into it. Excellent. Just when you think we know everything about you, michael strahan. Itunes, robin. Itll be on later this afternoon, everybody. Looking forward to that. Lets go up to ginger now in the secret place for our Favorite Places and its a little drier here than in most of the northeast, ginger. Yes, absolutely and i have to put my two cents in. I loved amish paradise, michael. Well keep that. Check the forecast throughout the northeast. That would be drying out, yes, after the front and you will see some windy conditions behind it. Certainly much cooler. You know who else is pretty chilly this morning parts of the great lakes and midwest waking up in some parts to the 50s and low 60s. But, of course, things will become more julylike eventually. Well be talking about all of that, first to your local forecast and the hottest cities brought to you by neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair. Reporter good morning, everybody, david murphy here with an update from accuweather, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan showing you showers centered in south jersey and delaware. Every now and then, southeastern pennsylvania picks up some, too. No lightning out there this morning and fairly cloudy over the airport with sunny breaks, temperatures in the 70s. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast this is a day of improvement. Clouds and a shower in the morning. Increased sunshine during the afternoon. Lowering humidity, high of 84. 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