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Calls to close the beaches right now. Holy guacamole. The recipe sparking the great guacamole debate. Peas or no peas going so far it crossed the party line even getting president obama and jeb bush to agree. Why so many are saying no to this new recipea. And good morning, america. Boy, youd never know whats going to light up the internet is now the debate over guacamole. Where do you stand, peas or no peas . Something tells me we have a taste test in our future. We will decide right here. But we want to begin with that breaking news that Freight Train carrying toxic chemicals catching fire in maryville, tennessee, forcing thousands from their homes. Abcs david kerley is in washington with the latest. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. Talking one railcar but fire and Officials Say this chemical involved has led them to tell 5,000 people they need to evacuate get out of their homes and get away from that area. It is a toxic cloud on the move this morning near a tennessee town. One csx car caught fire in the middle of the night on a trip to georgia. I started hearing brakes being pulled. It sounded like brakes a lot of smoke and so i thought maybe something was going on. Reporter just one car involved but the chemical burning used to make plastics is toxic. So in a twomile area firefighters are going door to door telling people to move away. Based on the chemical flume and the direction it was heading theyve had to expand evacuation area and our command post even had to relocate because it was in danger of being exposed. Reporter nearly two dozen First Responders have been or are being taken to hospitals for decontamination as a precaution. Now, this chemical is a crylonitrile. So far no serious injuries reported. Thanks very much. Well turn to that extreme weather across the country, tornadoes, flooding record heat ahead of the holiday. Ginger watching it all. No injuries or deaths reported overnight but look at this stunning video. Plenty of up close video from this tornado in lees summit missouri. South and east of kansas city, one of the spots from coast to coast, california to montana to florida with more than 100 severe storm reports. We have to start in missouri. Check this out. It took the whole building. Reporter ripping through a kansas city suburb sirens blaring. A tornado passing right over busy highways. Look at the vortices. Reporter spitting out debris. Exploding transformers sending sparks flying. As soon as we saw the rotation we knew it was time to leave. Reporter and for good reason threatening storms looming over busy neighborhoods. Floodwater wiping out parked cars. One now parked on top of a tree. Ferocious storms whipping through maryland tuesday. Look at the boats on this dock. Trees yanked from the ground landing on houses and decks. The roof on this gas station collapsing. Farther west the sky filled with lightning. No mercy from Mother Nature ahead of this Holiday Weekend. The culprit from those storms and now this afternoon and evening will be this stationary front and low pressure system sliding right across it so we have to include amarillo Oklahoma City all the way through Northern Arkansas and up to louisville and nashville all included with the damaging wind of course, we know it can do make tornadoes. We just saw that and you could see large hail. So this going into your afternoon and evening tonight when everyone is traveling. Yes and the weather wont slow people down a bit, ginger. Busy Holiday Travel weekend. A Record Number of americans expected to head out for the long weekend. Hitting the highways airports alex perez is at Ohare Airport in chicago for us. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. We are already seeing some big lines here at the airport. That long Holiday Weekend so many have been waiting for is finally here and its going to be a busy one. This morning, more than 41 million americans preparing to head out of town for the big weekend. Aaa estimating nearly 85 of those travelers are going to be hitting the roads. The big draw after five months of rising gas prices appeared to have peaked for the season. The national average, 2. 78, thats nearly an entire buck cheaper than it was on the fourth of july last year. Making filling up before your holiday road trip a lot less painful. The economy is certainly turning around. People are more secure in their jobs. But also we cant ignore those gas prices theyre the lowest weve seen in five years. Reporter if youre headed to the airport, you wont be alone. Air travel also up 3. 2 Million People expected to get on a plane this weekend. Tsa already seeing increasing numbers screening about 2 million passengers a day up from the normal 1. 7 million. And while its usually severe storms that create delays out west theyre facing a different problem. Airport crews coping with recordbreaking tripledigit heat. The heat in some cases so intense its grounding planes. Extreme heat means that the air is thinner, there are fewer air molecules to power the engine and lift the airplane off the ground to take off in. Reporter and travel experts say they havent seen this many gearing up to take a trip on the fourth of july since 2007. George. Been a while. Thanks very much. Law enforcement on high alert this long Holiday Weekend. The fbi and Homeland Security concerned about a possible terror attack warning everyone to be vigilant in the wake of those attacks overseas. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas tracking it from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning, george. One day after that wave of isis attacks at security checkpoints in egypt killing 53 soldiers were hours away from a Holiday Weekend that have u. S. Law enforcement locked in. We spoke to officials at a number of Police Departments across the country who said they were stepping up high security for this independence day. Fbi and intelligence officials are working full tilt. Authorizes are on edge because recently every day isis is using social media to encourage thousands world much wide to attack wherever they are. Last week there were attacks not only in egypt but also kuwait and tunisia and that proves that the followers are listening. No specific threat has been identified but holiday revelers can expect to see armies of police this fourth of july. There will be a lot of s. W. A. T. Teams lurking in the shadows that they wont see, george. And, pierre we know these social media messages are hitting home here in the u. S. Which makes Law Enforcements job so difficult. So many people to sift through. Reporter yes, they are. Isis has hundreds if not thousands of followers here in the u. S. Imagine trying to figure out who is young and misguided and who is actually dangerous, george. Such a difficult task. Okay, pierre thanks very much. It really is. George. Thank you. To the latest shark encounter, the seventh in the waters off North Carolina in the past month. A 67yearold man recovering in the hospital this morning after being bitten. Now there are some calls to close the beaches there for the busy Holiday Weekend. And abcs phillip mena is in the outer banks with more. Good morning, phillip. Reporter robin, good morning. Fourth of july weekend is nearly here and the beaches will fill up but after another shark attack this time right here off of this beach, many are wondering if its even safe to head into the water. This morning yet another victim recovering from a vicious mauling along a North Carolina beach. Authorities say Andrew Costello was swimming in waist deep water and attacked by a six or sevenfoot shark wednesday. He bumped into the shark and thats when the shark bit him and pulled him under. Reporter the 67yearold sustaining injuries to his hip, legs and hands. Airlifted to a local hospital. This after 12yearold kiesen weekly attacked in South Carolina while wading in kneedeep water tuesday. The shark leaving this bite mark on his leg. I felt just a twinge of pain in my leg and i, like looked back and saw the shark swimming away. He raised his swimming suit and there was bite marks and starting to bleed down his leg. Reporter if youre keeping count, ten attacks off the coast of the carolinas in just the last three weeks. Seven of them here in North Carolina. Weve got a perfect storm under way of a variety of environmental, biological and Human Factors that have enhanced the opportunity of the two getting together. Reporter so far no one has died in an attack but the series of lifethreatening close calls alarming enough for some to call for communities to consider closing the beaches. So far we havent heard about any beaches being closed. But the more people who head down here and into the water, the higher the risk of someone else being attacked. Robin. All right, phillip, thank you. Amy with the other top stories starting with a disaster at sea. Just learning that some americans were on board a ferry that capsized in the philippines in heavy surf this morning with nearly 200 people on board. At least 36 are confirmed dead and dozens more are missing. One picture showing the ferry nearly submerged. Three americans are among the survivor some of whom were saved by local fishermen. Back here in this country the Major Airlines are beginning to turn over information to government investigators looking into whether theyre colluding to keep airfares high by limping the number of seat as valuable. United, delta, american and southwest control 80 of the u. S. Market but deny working together insisting they compete to keep seats full. The Justice Department is demanding all documents on capacity in the last five years. This deadly plane crash, a transasia flight before plugging into the water killing 43 back in february. Well, investigators now say the pilot mistakenly shut down the planes only working engine just seconds before that crash. Here at home dramatic video from georgia as two young women jump from the window of a burning apartment, look at that. They are now recovering from their injuries 12 apartments were damaged in the fire. Thankfully everyone made it out in time. And turning to politics Hillary Clinton is in the money. Her Campaign Says she raised a record 45 million in just three months. But her top democratic opponent has some momentum. Bernie sanders drawing the largest crowd of the Campaign Season so far last night. Nearly 10,000 supporters in wisconsin. And finally, i dont want to burst your bubble but it looks like bubble wrap i am is losing its pop. The maker of the notoriously fun packaging material oh i remember that oh yeah rolling out a new version that isnt going to burst when you press it or stomp on it. Why . Exactly, i know. The wall street journal reporting its all in a move to save space so bubble wrap can be sold in sheets to reduce shipping costs. Bubble wrap in its popable form been around since 1957 but say its popularity has fallen flat recently not in my house. No. Every time. I know. Its the best part of the package. Of all the things you could fix. Yeah. They are just a fun you looked stricken when you heard that. I was upset. It is upsetting. A lull in the studio. How do you feel at home . Never too old. Well all find out now. We move on because we have this woman who took down the Confederate Flag from the Capitol Grounds with her own hands climbing the flagpole before being hauled off in handcuffs. This morning shes speaking out for the first time to our linsey davis. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, george. Bree newsome is an activist and filmmaker but most recently regarded as a hero. Some revering her as a modern day rosa parks. Still others say shes a criminal and charged with a crime punishable by up to three years in jail. Maam, maam, get off the pole. Reporter this morning, the woman who made headlines for climbing a 30foot pole and removing the controversial Confederate Flag from South Carolinas statehouse is speaking out calling it a defiant act of civil disobedience. Im coming down. Im prepared to be arrested. I felt strongly we needed that moment to say enough is enough. We want an end to the hate. Reporter 30yearold Brittany Bree newsome was arrested with james tyson both charged with defacing a monument. The flags presence becoming a hotly contested issue in the wake of the mass shooting in charleston after photos surfaced of the gunman would killed nine posing with a Confederate Flag. How much longer do we want to go forward like this . Isnt it time to reconciles ourselves with the past and move forward into a Better Future where everyone has reall rights. Reporter she descended the pole quoting scripture. The lord is my shepherd i shall not want. Reporter online the freebree trending and Michael Moore saying he would pay her legal fees. Ava duvernay saying she is a superhero. Jesse jackson saying we thank god she had the courage to take the flag down. Raising more than 122,000 for her legal expenses. Are you surprised how big this has gotten. The majority of people in this nation are good and want peace. We want to eliminate racism. We want to have more equality. Reporter within an hour of you taking the flag down two black workers were ordered to put it back up. So were you able to accomplish what you set out to do . Absolutely. Because you have seen a lot of people have been inspired by that moment. Reporter newsome and dyson both maintain their innocence saying they did not deface the monument. South Carolina House minority leader tomorrow rutherford says he plans to vote for the flag to come down also now representing newsome. A vote on the flag is expected next week guys. Could come at the beginning of the week. Thanks. Move on. What a game last night. Indeed george this morning you can call team usa the avengers because well they have a score to settle. We now know theyll be playing japan in the world cup final, the team that beat them for that title four years ago. Abcs paula faris is here with more on the story. Good morning, paula. Reporter good morning, lara. You know we are going to see something that has never before happened in womens world cup history. A championship game repeat rematch. The u. S. Team learning they will have a chance to avenge their heartbreak from four years ago. Goal. Reporter theyre back in the finals and this time with a score to settle. Thats it. The usa is going in the finds. Reporter after shutting out the mighty german ss, team usa touching down in vancouver learning theyve earned a rematch and a chance at revenge four years in the making. Japan has done it again. Reporter theyll be facing the reigning champ, japan, the country that dealt them that devastating times loss in the last world cup. The japanese cinderella squad winning in penalty kicks earning its place in this finals however against a tough england club on wednesday. She played it and did it go in the goal . Reporter after england devastatingly kicked the ball into their own goal in the final moments of extra time. Absolute depression for england. Reporter theyll face a dominant u. S. Team in the finals. And this time around the entire nation believing the u. S. Will win. All usa, usa. Reporter and the oddsmakers are favoring the u. S. By as much as 67 but want to say if you have english friends today you might want to give them a hug. Photos have gone viral of that stunning moment when english player Laura Bassett scored on her own goal with less than two minutes to play you guys. So many tweeting sympathy for her, in fact almost 200,000 about game time spiking right at the moment of that goal. You know its okay to lose but to lose on an own goal with less than two minutes to play its heartbreaking. Yeah. I cant believe that picture i know. You feel so bad. You do. But we all party at my place on sunday. Big screen. Ill bring the guacamole. No peas. Dont bring the guacamole. Going to show us fresno. You can see it our friends at abc 30 in fresno sent is this video this morning we have lightning coming with the heat. But its a dry thunderstorm. It only sparks wildfire. The heat is on, look at the heat advisories sacramento valley. Seattle could get close to a record at 91. Lets goat to the holiday spots brought to you by macys. Reporter hi, everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather, a couple of early sprinkles and showers coming over southern delaware and theres additional stuff to the west and thunderstorm developing toward baltimore heading toward south jersey and delaware mainly this morning. We have cloud cover thickening up, a little bit of sun breaking it through more humid in in the south. High of 84. Showers at times in south jersey and delaware, and perhaps some in our neck of the woods in philadelphia. Wow. Were not alone. No never are. It does look bad. Thank you, ginger. Much more ahead. The former cnn anchor Lynne Russell and her husband caught in a deadly shootout. What she says happened at their motel. Terrifying home invasion. Two teenage girls hiding in the cabinet calling 911. The intruder just inches away. Gma investigates. Can you really win at those arcade games . David beckham is right. That is confusing. 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Sometimes we deal with rides for about an hour, some speeds logo, cottman speeds slowing at cottman. University city, the haz mat situation has cleared. We have an accident that cleared on easton road. But theres trouble with the missing had an hole cover in abington on old york road. Lets look outside across old city its a Beautiful Day to head to Independence Mall where it is wawa hoagie day they will be handing out 6inch sandwiches for free. David. Reporter one of my favorite days, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan showing we have showers and thunderstorms south of baltimore pushing toward the east. Cape may county might pick up a light sprinkle or shower in the next 15 minutes to 30 minutes. 70 degrees in philadelphia. Not all that humid here, muggier south in the region. Most of the showers and thunderstorms will be in south jersey and delaware, although some could clip philadelphia, as well. Tomorrow, clouds and sun, 82 mainly dry spotty thunderstorm possible on the 4th but not a washout. G. M. A. Looks at popular games and the chances you have of winning. Well see you in 30. Good morning, america. Right now, hazmat teams on the scene in tennessee after a Freight Train carrying toxic chemicals catches fire. 5,000 people forced to flee their homes. Nearly two dozen First Responders treated. Also right now, were tracking that extreme weather heading into the Holiday Weekend. Six reported tornadoes touching down in the midwest. And the record heat grounding some planes. A Record Number of americans expected to travel this july 4th weekend. Nearly 42 Million People planning to hit the highways and airports. We do say good morning, america, on this thursday morning and were going to take a look at this. Rob marciano new york harbor near the statue of liberty trying something called flyboarding. Whoa. Well its a type of jetpack that helps you get major air. We didnt see it there but hes going to show us how its done ahead. A little more practice coming up. Good job, rob. Nice try, rob. Are we going to look again . There you go. He got a little air. And a belly flop. Keep practicing. Better than most of us. Indeed. That is coming up. We begin with the wild story involving former cnn anchor Lynne Russell. You remember her. She and her husband involved in a firefight in a motel in new mexico shooting and killing a man who they say were holding her at gunpoint in her room. Aditi roy has the story. Reporter this morning a former news anchor is telling her own tale of survival. Its something that ill really never forget. Reporter after she says she and her husband got into a gunfight with an alleged robber in that hotel room. Lynne russell a former anchor for Cnn Headline News says she and her husband. This is chuck de caro reporter a former Investigative Reporter green beret and consultant to the pentagon stopped at this motel six in albuquerque with their dog tuesday night during a Cross Country road trip. Russell says she left their room to get something from her car and that when she came back there was an armed man waiting near the door. He gave me a good shove and i was airborne and into the room. About that time my husband came out of the shower and found his wife being held at gunpoint. The guy was standing there with this big. 40caliber weapon and so we engaged in some conversation to try to get him to at least not level the gun at us. Reporter russell says as she and her husband who both dr. Conceal carry licenses were trying to calm the gunman she managed to slip her personal handbegun to de caro. The suspect grabbed her husbands briefcase and started shooting. De caro fired back. The alleged robber killed in the parking lot. De caro was hit three times. This morning hes recovering in a hospital with non nonlifethreatening injuries. Police still investigateing. We dont know whats the motive was. Well trying to piece everything together and find out what happened. Reporter this morning russell grateful for her husbands quick actions. Hes my hero. He saved my life. He placed his in jeopardy and he saved my life. Reporter for good morning america, aditi roy, abc news san francisco. Thats quite a story. Something tells me we havent heard the last of this one. I think we may hear more. We may. To a ter nying home invasion. Two teenage sisters home alone when two men broke in. They hid in a cabinet. Their fear captured on their 911 call. Ryan owens has their story. Theyre in the house. Please hurry. Reporter if they are frantic voice is a little muffled heres a look at why. Were in the very back in my parents bedroom bathroom. Please hurry. Reporter the 16yearold girl is calling 911 from inside her parents bathroom linen closet closet. Her 13yearold sister stuffed right next to her. Theyre in the house . Are they in the house . Yes, yes they are in the house. Reporter the two sisters were home alone monday morning when they looked out this kitchen window and noticed two men trying to break into their nashville, tennessee, house. I want you to be very quiet, okay . Im on the line with you. I have help on the way. Theyre getting closer. Theyre getting closer to the bathroom. Yes. Reporter they arrested these two men both with lengthy criminal records. One of them locked himself in the same bathroom inches away from the girls before cops slapped the handcuffs on him. Thats when i thought hes going to open this cabinet and something is going to happen. Reporter this morning the teenagers still afraid to show their faces. Im most glad that i could help capture two guys that could have done worse. Okay were here were back here. Back here. Reporter a tiny bathroom closet barely big enough to hold these two teen crime fighters. For good morning america, ryan owens, abc news, dallas. Wow, such quick thinking by those young girls. Sure was. We move on to the dramatic rescue of a california woman missing for two days. She disappeared on her way home from a run finally found trapped in her car after driving over the side of a cliff. Kendis gibson has the story. Reporter this morning an incredible story of survival. Her first words were i didnt think anybody was going to find me. Reporter watch as they lift Jenifer Duron up the steep embankment bringing to an end her terrifying 48hour ordeal. Duron vanishing on the way home from a run. Her family reported her missing un unaware her vehicle was sitting 70 feet down at the bottom of this canyon stuck for two days and two long nights in her damaged suv with no food or water. I think from the time she was down there was wondering if anybody would see her. Reporter you could see why she went two days without being discovered. So quiet and her vehicle was at the bottom of this canyon. Her rescue coming wednesday morning as a woman walking her dog hears screams coming from below and alerts the authorizes. Rescuers shocked to find duron alert and talking as they raised her to the surface. Luckily a bystander notifyied. Us. Reporter shes recovering from minor injuries. Were very happy that the patient we brought up was transported to the hospital. Reporter her family grateful shes found. The family has been through an ordeal looking for her searching. Were relieved that we found her and that shes in good condition. Reporter kendis gibson, abc news, los angeles. Wow. So glad she was gotten there. We move on to ginger right now and got a lot of flooding in missouri. Fear weather and the tornado we showed you at the top of the show. You had two inches of rain in 40 minutes in parts of missouri. Now the southern half of missouri through kentucky. We have flood watches in kentucky including bowling green. There will be a considerable amount of rain going through the next several days taking you through the start of the Holiday Weekend. We have a stationary front storms roll over it and you get rain from little rock to huntsville alabama. Remember to watch out for the flood watching. Turn around dont drawn. Reporter all right ginger, some of the showers are clipping our area today. Most of the action will be south of philadelphia, but philadelphia itself could get clipped a little bit. 4 84 is todays high. Places missouri then you had idaho and right there in lyle. Beautiful. Really pretty. What is it called. A buck moon because the bucks just start to get antlers and thunder moon because of all the thunderstorms. Thank goodness i looked that up before i came here. Youre always prepared ginger. Never worry about that. 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To make sure new jerseys division of Consumer Affairs inspects every single game in the state at least once a year. Gma investigates tagging along with their team for surprise inspections. First up the balloon game. What are the things that would make it unfair. Make sure the tip is pointed and sharp. Reporter though the inspector identifies one issue immediately. I see a couple of balloons that arent up to par that need to be inflated. Reporter ov a basketball will fit through the rim. Plenty of room around it. Check that rim. She if its level. Reporter this game also getting the seal of approval. Yeah this is a good game. Reporter last up the claw game which can be the most frustrating of all trapping that coveted prize even after the player grabs it. The inspector tests the tension on this game and its fine. But the claw right next to it not so much. The inspector telling us the claws grip is too weak to hold the prize. Is there a way to increase the claw strength on this . I dont know how to do it. Reporter so the game is shut down on the spot. This employee telling abc news when prizes are changed they may sometimes forget to adjust the tension. The Arcade Company casino pier telling us, we were surprised of this violation and are immediately correcting the issue caused by the crane in question. Still, new jerseys attorney general says his office doesnt play when it comes to game violations. What are you trying to ensure for the consumer . Fairness. Of course everybody cant win every time but dont want them to unfairly lose. Reporter for good morning america, Mara Schiavocampo abc news new jersey. And the owner of that claw game tells us they have fixed the problem. Inspectors are expected to return there today to determine if the game can be reopened and well waiting to find out. I long for that pink teddy bear. I remember once elliott actually got something out of the claw after spending never seen it. We were all surprised we couldnt believe it. Yeah. Shocking. So worth the a lot more than 50. I like to see those tickets come out and get a spider ring. I like whackamole because even when you lose you win. Yes. Learning so much about you all. Yes. Hopefully youre interested in this america. We do have a lot more coming up. The dishwashing wars. So many cups battling over how to do it right and well have your answer definitive answer ahead. And in the speed feed, the guacamole recipe rocking the nation. Should we really give peas a chance . Just give peas a chance. Thats beautiful. Thank you. All we are saying give peas a chance so this is the. Celebrity section. That means just the bonus size for our customers. We love petsmart because they treat us like the stars we are. These are deals that, you know, petsmart provides. For celebrities for everyone okay were at about. 17 followers, sooo. 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Ali had a lot of watermelon. But we digress. Amy. Yeah, you know you guys just talk amongst yourselves and ill be talking about the talk of twitter. More than 63,000 tweets about the great guacamole debate. The New York Times posted a recipe suggesting makers add green peas for sweetness and color. Well the internet cried sacrilege as the world quickly wound its way around the web. This mom post inging go offline for three hours to take your kids to the dentist and return to a pea guacamole world. Someone hold me because im scared. She wasnt alone. Even the president chiming in not buying peas in guacamole, the president said onion, garlic hot peppers, classic. In a rare moment of partisan unity, we asked gop candidate jeb bush who found Common Ground emailing abc news about the added new ingredient saying i have not nor will i start now. And this i think sups it up. Leave guacamole alone, new york. Were going to test it out now. You have the classic guacamole and the peas added version so guy, dive in and tell me what you think. You didnt have to ask us twice. Weve been diving and i dont mind the peas. Yes, i cant really taste them. So shocking. I prefer no peas. [ laughter ] mamas, dont let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Dont let em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Boys . Mamas, dont let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Stop less. Go more. The passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 highway miles per tank. Hurry in and you can get 0 apr plus a 1,000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 passat tdi clean diesel models. Hurry into lowes and find big Summer Savings for this 4th of july, like 4 bags of stagreen garden soil for only 10. Plus get 20 off neverkink hoses. Dont miss out on summers best savings at lowes. This allergy season, will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather. Well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38 more than allergy medicines alone. 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If youre going to an early start to the holiday its looking like a perfect beach day at least in the morning. Reporter only for a little while. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing showers beginning to creep across delaware bay inland cape may county. And west of delaware. Showers on the way. 72 in philadelphia. Not all that muggy here. A little more so farther south. 84 is the high. The day will give way to thicker clouds and during the majority of the day well see passing showers and thunderstorms. Mostly in south jersey and delaware although philadelphia cant rule out getting clipped a little bit. Saturday, 82 not a bad day. Saturday, 81 is the high, theres a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, but not a washout. Time for deals and steals on g. M. A. Well see you back here in 30. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. And one of the biggest travel weekends of the year. Are the four Biggest Airlines in america working together to illegal drive up the price of your ticket your Summer Travel alert this morning. I know you lie nick jonas knockout. The pop superstar lashes out at one of the biggest Fitness Companies in america, an escalating war of words its the final countdown kitchen wars. Its the sudsy issue thats got couples up in arms. Is loading utensils into a dishwasher becoming a knife through the heart of your marriage . Were dishing out a diagnosis to settle the great dishwasher debate for good as we say [ cheers and applause ] and we are getting you ready for the Holiday Weekend with our cool it down countdown. Look at rob marciano out there in new york harbor getting airborne. Whoa. He was airborne. That cant be rob. Otherwise, he has it down quickly. Did pretty well right there. Well go back and get to amy right now. Oh. Because we do have some breaking news and amy, you have the morning rundown. Police responding to the Washington Navy yard. Thats right. There is word that police in washington are responding to reports of an active shooter at the d. C. Navy yard. Park police confirming they are responding again to reports but have not yet confirmed there is in fact a shooter. No casualties known at this time. This is though the same navy yard where 12 people were killed back in 2013 when the gunman opened fire. Abcs Pierre Thomas is watching from washington. Pierre what do we know right now . Reporter amy, so far Law Enforcement officials are checking into this again, no confirmed that there actually is a shooter. Law enforcement officials are concerned obviously. You can see that they have a heavy Police Presence down there at the Washington Navy yard. Given all the concerns leading up to the fourth of july holiday celebrations Law Enforcement officials are taking no chances, theyre going to check this out. Were speaking to federal Law Enforcement sources who are descending on the scene, as well. Again, they want to go through this and find out precisely whats going on. As you said no reports of casualties at this point. All right, Pierre Thomas we know youll keep our eye on that situation and we of course will keep you updated on abc news throughout the morning and day. Also breaking this morning, 5,000 people evacuated from their homes overnight after a train hauling a chemical used to make plastics caught fire near knoxville, tennessee. A twomile area has been evacuated because of the toxic fumes. At least a dozen First Responders have been rushed to the hospital for decontamination but no serious injuries have been reported. And now to the latest shark attack in North Carolina as millions of americans head to the beach for the july 4th weekend. A 68yearold man was bitten multiple times wednesday as he swam in Shallow Water in the outer banks. The seventh shark attack in that tate in less than a month. In South Carolina, a boy is recovering after a shark left a row of teeth marks on his leg. So far local officials are resisting calls to shut down beaches. And it is an end of an era for our favorite Childrens Program of all time maria, one of the most recognizable characters on sesame street has announced she will not be returning next season. The actress who played her for 44 years is retiring. Sonia monzano an Award Winning writer and fans are taking to twitter to share their very best wishes for maria. You know she started back in 1971 on the show as a teenager. She won 15 daytime emmys. She be missed. She is such a part of my childhood and so many others. But we wish her well. Time for her to take a rest i bet. 44 years. 44 years. What a great career. She helped a lot of kids. She did. Thank you, amy. Over to lara in the social square. Thank you very much george. Heres whats coming up on our gma morning menu. We begin with nick jonas taking on a fitness giant. What they said that has him fired up and firing back right now. And then a little dishwashing drama. So many cups battling over the best way to wash those dishes. Now our expert has the real way to get it right. Tim mcgraws huge heart, huge move. What hes doing thats changed so many veterans lives. All that and fourth of july deals steals live on good morning america. Here in times square. Hi, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hi. How are you . Hi. Hey, guys. Gmas morning menu brought to you by advil. Advil, fast and strong on tough pain. Because baby youre a firework the medicine in advil is their 1 choice for pain relief. More than the medicines in tylenol or aleve. Use the medicine that pharmacists use most for themselves. Relief doesnt get any better than this. Advil. energetic rock music dad . Can my team sleep over . Uhhh. Uhhh. 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The pop star calling out the Fitness Company over a tweet about diabetes. Neither side is backing down and abcs reena ninan has the story. Reporter this morning nick jonas facing off against a lead fitness group, crossfit. Standing up for a cause that hits close to home. Crossfit tweeting this pic of a cocacola bought with the caption open diabetes along with a quote from george Greg Glassman saying make sure you pour some out for your dead homies. The 22yearolds singer who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 13 firing back saying this is not cool. Please no one understand the difference between type one and type two diabetes before making ignorant comments. Sensitivity to all diseases and proper education on the cause and daytoday battle is important. Type one diabetes we tend to see diagnosed in younger individuals, sometimes even children reflects an inability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin. Type two diabetes which we tend to see in older adults it tends to be associated with increased weight or obesity. Reporter crossfits ceo telling abc news this is about the scourge of type 2 diabetes and its underlying causes. His sponsor, cocacola is a significant contributor to the diabetes epidemic both with product and marketing spend. Overnight a rep for jonas responding nick has never had a deal or sponsorship with cocacola. This is a company desperate for publicity but its bizarre they try to achieve it behind such a thoughtless tweet. Jonas an advocate since his diagnosis and currently a spokesman for the Glucose Monitoring system he uses even testifying in a 2009 hearing on capitol hill about the disease. It has not been easy but Diabetes Technology has really helped me to manage my diabetes. Hes always wanted to empower his fans many of whom might be dealing with this disease. Reporter medical experts saying the conversation is an important one to have. I think or hope that the intention was to motivate people to live a healthier lifestyle but in reality it came out as blaming people who are living with a chronic and potentially very serious illness. Reporter and id also like to add part of crossfits response was so aggressive hmm, we cant say it on air. It was pretty powerful and reached out to cocacola and confirmed jonas is not a paid spokesman and adding they recognize the importance of physical activity and moderation. It was a short response but a powerful one. It certainly was. Yes. Use your imagination. We learned a lot in the whole experience. Yes, definitely. Im speaking to our dr. Jen ashton and saying for anyone with diabetes your blood sugar level is going too high or too low is such a risk. That was my dad. Critical and i think its important he said, hey, know the difference between one and two. Yes. And thats why he was speaking out like that. Reena, thank you. Thank you. Up next in heath hee. Dishwasher wars. I didnt know this was a war about this. Wow. We have some dirty dishes from the guacamole we ate before and now were final countdown. Repurposing. We got to get them clean. But did you know that nearly half of all americans surveyed say they are argue over the proper way to fill a dishwasher and a story we found in wall street journal said theyre all doing it wrong. Ginger, enlighten us. I know im doing it wrong. Should the dishes go on the top rack . What about forks, spoons and knives face up or face down . Nearly everyone has an opinion on how you should do the dishes including my husband but if you want to prove youre right, get ready for a fight. Its the heavyduty debate soaking countless couples. How to load one of your homes most used appliances the dishwasher. I definitely have to rearrange things when he does it. Its double the work. Reporter stephanie says its a sudsy issue she and her husband face every night. I do the dishes better. I do the dishes correctly. Reporter they are not alone. A recent study found the dish much washer is a battleground for more than 40 of americans. Whats wrong with the way i did it. Reporter fighting over whether to point the knives up or down. Prerinse versus no prerinse. Speed cycle, half theenergy. Reporter where to place more delicate items like glass and plastic. Like that . No. Loading utensils into a dishwasher becoming a knife through the heart of your marriage. Reporter appliance maker bosch capitalizing on the feud in this marketing parody. In the film rachel getting married it was all about speed. And to get them perfectly clean when it comes to the dishes my husband and i ben are far from a matching set. Boom look at that. Color coordinating. Reporter no matter how you tack them this may be the cleanest mess ever to hit the kitchen. This is the best dishwasher and hes the one that keeps this place together. Im like mr. Clean without the gorgeous pectoral muscles. And hes got a little more hair. The biggest argue many couples have about washing dishes whether to prerinse them or not. Of those who argue over dishwashing, 61 disagree on whether you should hand clean your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher and thats my problem. Isnt it the dishwashers job and ben, he cleans it before it goes in. You and ben, most adorable couple ever. Lets just put it out there. Bottom of it joining us lifestyle expert chi lan lieu. To prerinse or not to prerinse is the question. Lets just squash the debate once and for all. The number one dishing etiquette, do not prerinse. Thats because dishwashers are so much more advanced. Take a look here. Now, dishwashers are equipped with these intelligent sensors all the way around that seek out all of that dirt and muck in your dishes. So thats great. Not only that but detergents now are so advanced they contain all these enzymes that dissolve the food. You dont need to prerinse at all. Tick those dirty dishes in there and let your dishwasher do the business. Dont wastewater. And saving time because you dont have another chore to do. Win win. All right. I didnt realize there are different personalities. We saw that a little bit with ben and ginger. What is that all about. Ge commissioned a survey about people that use their dishwashers and realized there are three personalities that always come up. Now, the first one theyre called the protecters. These people are so interesting. It has to do with just utensils. They always load the dishwasher with all the utensils facing down so when you grab it you only touch the handles, nothing that you would eat with. Now, when it comes to the second type and that an organizer they dont care how the dishwasher is loaded as long as its using every single inch appropriately. Amen. Is that you . Just get in there. Im more of a curator and like my tall dishes with the tall the bowls with the bowls and like it looking good coming in and coming out. I think shes on your team. Show us the proper way. We got dirty guacamole dishes here. We need to get these clean and dont rinse these, guys of the lea tart with the top rack. A lot of couples argue go this. You want to do your glasses, as well as your plasticware face down on the top because the pressure of the water is not so harsh up here. That means your glasses wont get a scratch as if you loaded them in the bottom. All right. When it comes to utensils dont be afraid to mix it up. Forks and spoons mix it up in there with the knives facing down. Have you ever noticed how spoons and forks nest in the drawer. You are dont want that to happen in the dishwasher. Put the knives down because you dont want to cut yourselves. Exactly. What else . When it comes to your cast iron and nonstick cookware dont use the dishwasher. For stainless steel pots and pans throw it this there, not prerinse rinse, of course and close it up. Good to go. When youre ready to run it try not to always use normal. I am guilty of that for sure. But theres so many different cycles. When youre doing like those caked on casserole dishes or baking pans use the heavy and the pots and pans mode. When youre going to do something delicate like china and glassware you can run them in the dishwasher. Use the delicate mode. Run it during the middle of the day energy saver. Try using Energy Saving mode or eco mode because youre lighter on the environment which is always a wonderful thing. See, i read the note. Yeah robin. There you go, girl. I have no credibility in this debate. I filled two dishwashers in the last year but oh thats incredible, george. Being honest about it but i dont see the harm in rinsing before. Oatmeal. You have to prerinse because i have a lot of kids that like oatmeal all crusty. Its the enzymes. They latch on and dissolve it. I dont have those ensigns in my dishwasher then. It takes my elbow grease. Im with you. I like a little mini rinse. Im just saying. [ laughter ] splitting it up. Im going to follow your advice. Thank you, thank you very much. Back outside to ginger. Yes, i knew it wasnt a prerinse. Im here with jean from houston. All she wants to say good morning, america lets start with the forecast. In louisville its a rainy place, north of the front its cold and so not like july. Look at chicago going to the upper 60s for the high. Thats the big picture. Lets get a which can closer to home. Reporter well, ginger we have a little bit of precipitation moving into the region. We have thunderstorms coming off eastern maryland some of this is coming over the delaware bay and might make it up to philadelphia over the next couple of hours maybe snoorn than sooner than that. We have increasing clouds and showers in south jersey and delaware clipping the i95 corridor occasionally. 82 tomorrow. Pop news. I know. Twice in a year. Hes very honest. Yes, he is. I told him you were talking and i said, you have a good life. We all do. Yes, we do. We are blessed. Ali, you are the best. In pop news this morning, we are feeling the music, megastar love this morning. Gearing up for gavin degraws performance in just a few minutes and a Country Music superstar also feeling the love this morning. Tim mcgraw giving away 36 mortgagefree hopes to veterans this summer working with Operation Home front and chase bank and mcgraw is handing over the keys to one deserving family each city on his shotgun tour. Mcgraw has a long history of supporting our servicemen and women. Hes already given away more than 100 homes to date. It comes from the heart with him. It really does. Thank you, tim mcgraw. I love that story. How is this for the mother of all movie casts . Julia roberts, Kate Hudson Jennifer Aniston and a little Jason Sudeikis to top it off. All expected to star in Garry Marshall ensemble called mothers day. The third of marshalls Holiday Themed ensemble comedies. New years day. Valentines day and new years eve. The interintersection of several moms as mothers day approaches and fourth time julia worked with marshall and, of course her breakout hit, pretty woman. We love you, garry. If i forget to tell you, i had a great time today. The line from pretty woman. It was like o. Oh, i had a great time today. Is she leaving . No. [ laughter ] ah. Also in pop news an investigation, everybody, listen up. We do have new evidence this morning supporting the case for why were all really just overgrown toddlers. If youre feeling a little crabby this afternoon around 1 00 do yourself a favor. Everyone around you, frankly, take a little nap. According to researchers from the university of michigan and our pop News Team Even a little afternoon siesta is proven to help grownup ss handle frustration so much better. A supercomplicated design one group, the fortunate group broke it up with a nap. Others were made to watch an hour long boring documentary in the midst of doing this. The nappers were willing to keep at the task for twice as long as their tired and frustrated counterparts. I believe it. When your temper starts to boil please enjoy a nap. Where did you get the actors who are like this . Did you see those pictures. Part of the pop news team, amy. I like it. I could be in a mood. I take this not you, robin. Im telling you. Take about a 20 25minute nap . Right at that time too. Yes, key. So, everybody, just take a second if you can. If you can. Your bosses wont mind. Tell them we said so. No actually dont. Please dont. Then finally, you have to see this to believe it especially you, ginger. A zebra who is willing to sing for thats my cue to roll it. His supper. No. Watch. Watch. You got something to say. I love you no. Mr. Ed. Okay maybe its just a funny dad with really good timing. Watch. Watch. No gray area here. This one is just black and white. Oh. Nice nice that was good. [ applause ] very good. Thats a drop the mike moment. You win. All right, well try to move on, lara because this morning we are going to improve the backyard challenge. Two dyi experts going headtohead right now and had them start earlier and go out to jesse palmer to see how theyre doing right now thats right amy, the competition is going so strong right now and heres the goal. To create the ultimate fourth of july picnic table display. First i want to show you a look of what these tables looked like before. Now, both of our competitors have had tons of supplies from our gma warehouse to choose from. We have two fierce diy competitors here first tyler wisler has 50,000 followers on pinterest which is impressive. A ton of great design ideas and making use of the jeans and denim. Im trying. Jeans are something that everybody has around the house that nobody fits into anymore so why not make use of them. Throw in the bandannas, trying to get votes. Hey, doesnt hurt right . Hes going up against Jenni Radosevich. An internet superstar taking normal everyday items turing them into home decorment you can smell the fumes. Already making a mess. Very patriotic. It looks great so far. Youre painting stars on the ground, i see, a little spray paint in the morning. Smells good over here. This is amazing. The big reveal its coming up ahead. You wont want to miss it. That is up a wheelhouse. Lara was taking notes. I was, i wrote denim. Also ahead on gma this morning, look at that. Our rob marciano hanging out by lady liberty right now look at him go. Hes airborne. One of the coolest ways to beat the summer heat. Its called flyboarding. Hes been practicing whoa. He was practicing all morning long. Well see how high and how long he can fly in just a few minutes. I believe in rob. He can do it. Okay. This is day two. I wish i was there. This is day two. Good morning weve got breaking news coming to us from washington, d. C. Police and s. W. A. T teams are reporting to a shooter at the washington, d. C. Navy yard on active lockdown. We heard a press officer calling it a potential incident. No reports of a casualties, this is the same navy yard where 1 people were killed in 2013. Reports of a shooter at the navy yard in washington d. C. Well bring you details as soon as they come in. 8 27 im Tamala Edwards lets look at traffic with karen rogers. Reporter good morning, were seeing overall lighter volume, so many people have off for the 4th. I95 northbound traffic approaching the commodor barry bridge. Usually we would be jammed sold, but not bad now. 17 Miles Per Hour from the betsy ross bridge to girard, 55 at cottman, not that bad. 21 on the schuylkill expressway from the boulevard to gladwyn. We have a disable train washington avenue at grays ferry. At 250th street. Watch for that. Now lets finds out what to expect with accuweather and go over to david murphy good morning. Reporter clouds are getting thicker, tam. Clouds and showers coming into new castle county, delaware and southern Chester County and heavier stuff west of dover and some of it crossing the delaware bay toward cape may county. 72 and dry in philadelphia, a tad humid not too bad. This afternoons high, 84. Sun and increasing clouds and were looking at showers most of us them will be in south jersey and delaware, the city of philadelphia and i95 could get clipped. Well see you back here in 30. Its the final countdown the countdown. [ cheers and applause ] welcome back everyone to gmament a lot of fun ahead. Jesse, oh that great design that you were in the middle of. Yeah no doubt about it. You can spell it out here cant you . A lot of paint. Wake you up. Its all part of our backyard bash challenge. Thats rye. We have two diy experts and assistants going headtohead trying to design the ultimate fourth of july picnic display. Time is running ow. You see them going. Big reveal Just Moments Away but right now while they work inside to amy. We have our own big reveal right now. Tory johnson and this mornings deals steals celebrates july 4th in style and all starting at 5 are made in america. There you go. Made in america. Speak of the american theme we can begin with these awesome pillows. I love this. Interest a Company Called southern sass and whats amazing they are inspired by the old travel road maps so theres all kinds of beautiful all artist designed by an artist in mississippi. The company is based also in mississippi so all the production is done there. 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You gave sup heartwarming speech as well telling everyone to call their mom and dad and i was just reading right here. Your kids are actually musicians. Yeah and actually both percussionists yeah. No kidding. Yeah yeah my daughter plays the drum set more and my son plays in the l. A. Youth orchestra among others. We just got we were in prague yesterday chasing my sons Youth Orchestra around on their european tour. Both percussion ifs, never got the no no. Try to keep it mellow at home. Thats pretty good. And tell us about what happens to someone when they have you know, youre one of these overnight sensations after a 20year career. Yeah. Everything explodes. It really does ramp up exponentially and i certainly had no complaints before. You know ive been very blessed and in my life and in my career and now its more and more opportunities and the coolest thing now is people come to me with this nice script and they want me to be the first guy to attach and go well shoot in atlanta or texas or romania and i go man, id love to do it but id rather be home with my wife and kids so im going to hold out for something in l. A. All right, well shoot it in l. A. Bam. Thats not bad. I also know you just finished a foreword for a new book close to your heart called a short walk home. David cry is a guy i met through mutual friends in new orleans a while back and he runs a foundation called the ald foundation agreen leuko leukodystrophy is a horrible devastating disease that hes afflicted by and that is generally fatal in young boys when it attacks them and its just a memoir of his experience with his stepson and what he and his wife went through and its heartbreaking but its a very very uplifting story and the book just came out two days ago actually. Touched your heart. We look forward to that and terminator genisys in theaters right now. Thanks for coming on. Thank you. Out to ginger. Oh lets get started out you know what j. K. Simmons, you dont have to ask me for a compliment for whiplash. I loved that movie. We love waking up o in seattle its another hot one we can see Mount Rainier it hadnt had a break to hide because its sunny and hot. 91 in seattle. Las vegas above 105, 18 days, the longest stretch in june. Reporter its like seattle has our summer heat so far ginger. We have showers and thunderstorms in Eastern Shore of maryland. They are pushing toward the east. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows 84 for the high increasing clouds and showers and perhaps a thunderstorm mainly south. As always. I love that little whatever were doing right there. Our cool it down countdown. Sing it new edition much weve been checking in with rob marciano in new york harbor all morning. Hes been practicing flyboarding. All right, rob, show us what you got. He can show us. We just cant hear him. All right. I think what hes trying to say is it goes high in the air. Looks like hes going to go try it right now. Yes, hes got i believe hes standing it looked like he was in deep water. There he goes. Oh, oh. Oh oh. He got it. Come on come on come on. It looks like fun. Not bad. Thats really good. Oh. Hes back. Whoa. That was a little close to the other guy. This is the beauty of live television. I keep thinking he doesnt give up. He does not give up george, youre right about that. I dont think that guy should be so close to him. Im hes practicing his dives. Yeah. All right. And the beauty of live tv as you see it it might be breaking up just a little bit. But you know what again, he will not give up oh, well. Okay. Were glad that he cooled it down for us in a way that is so unbelievable. In new york harbor. Statue of liberty in the backdrop and rob going way high in the air and, yes, another perfect 10. Thank you for the playbyplay lara. We want to thank the coast guard, also thanking brian of connecticut flyboards for helping out this morning and new york media boat. They provide adventure sightseeing tours here in new york city. Good job, rob. All right. Good job, buddy. The big reveal from our backyard bash challenge coming up next. One word, denim. 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This has been creative mayhem all morning with tyler and jenni going headtohead and had access to a warehouse full of supplies you could find at your local Home Improvement store and were able to use tools you could probably find in your own garage and basically what they did is took just a very plain picnic table and turned it into something epic. I think everybody will be very very impressed when you see what these two have done. However, only one can take home the trophy. Our audience in times square here will be actually making the call which is really fun and now the final results. Tyler, youre up first. Lets get one last look. The before. Drum roll, please. District drum roll ] this is the before and tyler show us the after. Tahdah. Wow very nice. Well oh come on. There we go. So guys its up to you, everybody here in times square. You guys are the judges. We want to know tyler, why you think you should be the winner and what youve created here with some pretty basic Household Items to celebrate the fourth. Well you know the biggest thing about the fourth of july is its a oneoff party. Only doing it once a year, not a reason to break the bank. Go into your closet and garage and get stuff you can use. Old jeans, i mean who wouldnt think of using denim, placemat little holders. Super cute. Really cute. You put the pant legs and spread them out and turned them into place mats. And throw them away afterwards and youre good. Funny. Thats great. Anything else that our viewers can take away from this. I love pipe cleaners. Pipe cleaners are amazing. This was like a two second thing but kids love this. They do. So does this kid. Well hey. All right, so tyler, awesome. Congratulations. Thank you very much. I love it. Reusable recyclable. Reusable recyclable and so many ideas came off pinterest. Its there for us to use. So theres tyler, now lets see jenni, the before plain table. The after. Drum roll please. [ drum roll ] open that wall. Open it guys. Wow, very nice. And she throws beads. I got to bribe the audience a little bit. I like the paint. Oh, thanks. I wanted a big impact so decided to spray paint the entire or paint the entire table and kind of love how it turned out and then we wanted to do some plants in the front and that way people can take those home at the end of the day so they have a little takeaway. Really cute. Yes. Cute too. I like the napkin olders using denim. To wrap for the place holders. So thats it. Now its up to the audience. Time to cast their votes, guys and all the audience have the cool gadgets that can tally the votes instantaneously. Take a close look at both of these designs, use your gadget cast your votes right now and the results, there they are, showing on the jumbotron. Wow. Yes. I hate to say it tyler, but jenni with a fourth of july land landslide. Thank you, audience for participating. We all win. Great ideas from both tyler and jenni. We thank you. You get a trophy. I believe we constructed this trophy using household eyes we found in my drawer at the desk. Thank you so much. Check out our website for more ideas. Thanks jesse for helping me. Needtobreathe, gavin degraw performing live. Dont go anywhere. Congrat, jenni. Gmas improve charge is brought to you by lowes. Lowes, never stop improving. Are you ready to rock . How about you at home . Great to have Grammy Nominated rock band needtobreathe here with us. Their latest album is rivers in the wasteland. They teamed up with rocker gavin degraw who killed it opening for shania the other night. Yeah you did. Yeah you did. He is here on their new single. They are together with brother. Great to have you guys here. [ cheers and applause ] ooh ooh ramblers in the wilderness we cant find what we need we get a little restless from the searching get a little worn down in between like a bull chasing the matador is the man left to his own schemes Everybody Needs someone beside em shining like a lighthouse from the sea brother let me be your shelter ill never leave you all alone i can be the one you call when youre low brother let me be your fortress when the night winds are driving on be the one to light the way bring you home face down in the desert now theres a cage locked around my heart i found a way to drop the keys where my failures were now my hands cant reach that far i aint made for a rivalry i could never take the world alone i know that in my weakness i am strong but its your love that brings me home hey brother let me be your shelter ill never leave you all alone i can be the one you call when youre low brother let me be your fortress when the night winds are driving on be the one to light the way bring you home and when you call and need me near sayin whered you go brother im right here and on those days when the sky begins to fall youre the blood of my blood we can get through it all brother let me be your shelter ill never leave you all alone i can be the one you call when youre low brother let me be your fortress when the night winds are driving on be the one to light the way bring you home hey brother let me be your shelter ill never leave you all alone i can be the one you call when youre low brother let me be your fortress when the night winds are driving on be the one to light the way bring you home be the one to light the way bring you home hey [ applause ] we are breathless after hearing needtobreathe, brother, gavin, thank you. Have a wonderful day, everybody. We are. Good morning the action cam at the National Constitution center early this morning for hoagie day as part of the wawa welcome america festival. 150 associates formed an Assembly Line to build a 5ton hoagie. You can get yours for free at Independence Mall. This is dedicated to our soldiers and hometown heros. Lets go over to karen rogers good morning. Reporter this is the schuylkill expressway not jammed at all looking good on the the schuylkill expressway. We had an update on the travel time, 18 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine. Normally we would be seeing 35 to 40 minute ride. No delay at all. I95 southbound traffic at cottman moving just fine, some days you might get nearly an hour, today a 17 minute ride on the blue route and the schuylkill. Lets head outside to talk to david murphy about the weather. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live double scan showing showers inching up i95. Steadier stuff highlighted in yellow. The temperatures is at 73 degrees in philadelphia. Not particularly humid more humid the closer you get to the coast. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows a high of 84. Early morning sunshine quickly giving way to uncreased clouds and showers and thunderstorms around. Most of the action today tam will be in south jersey and delaware, but obviously some might clip philadelphia, as well. Coming up on action news at noon, we continue to follow developing news, authorities are responding to reports of a shooter at the washington, d. C. Navy yard that complex on lockdown. No reports of casualties so far well bring you the latest when it comes in. Well send you now to live with kelly and michael. Announcer its live with kelly and michael. Today from the drama under the dome, Marg Helgenberger and one of the stars of once upon a time, jennifer morrison. Plus, another day, another challenge, another prize for someone in our audience as we continue our Stars Stripes celebration games, all next on live [captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] now here are your Emmy Awardwinning cohosts, kelly ripa and michael strahan. [cheering] singer . Now we got bad blood, now we got problems and i dont think we can solve kelly whoo singer you made a deep cut and now we got bad blood. [michael humming] kelly thank you. Mi