ABC11 Eyewitness News - Eyewitness News at 9am - June 28, 2026

Episode Date: June 28, 2026

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Right now, live coverage from your local news leader, breaking stories from overnight and this morning, and your first alert forecast. Here's what's happening where you live. This is ABC 11 eyewitness news. Good morning, Carolina. I'm Bianca Holman. It's Sunday, June 28th, this morning on eyewitness news. We've got some breaking news out of Samson County, several people shot, one deputy injured in a crash, new video showing the aftermath overnight. We've got all the latest straight ahead. In Confederate flag controversy at an event in Washington, D.C., involving North Carolina, the incident sparking outrage nationwide. We have the details and Governor Stein's response.

And it's another first alert day. Much of our area bracing for possible strong storms ahead of a brutal heat wave coming later on this week. Right now, let's go ahead and take a live look outside at the Raleigh skyline. If you haven't stepped outside to maybe let the pups out, go on your morning walk or just, you know, grab a cup of coffee. Yeah. We definitely still need the rain, Steve, though. Yeah. Some communities got an ice soaking yesterday.

A lot didn't get much. We had rain. It was fun, but my rain gauge said 1500s when it was all said. Barely anything. But the yard was happy. Okay, absolutely. Listen, now, it gets similar today, right? We're gonna get some storms around a level one risk for most of us.

Just updated by SPC, some areas to our south up to a level two risk today. And also a flooding risk. Out of four, we're up talking a level two in spots because there's so much moisture in the air. Any thunderstorm that gets going could really bring some locally heavy downpours. 89 for high today. Partly sunny again. That risk of some afternoon

and evening thunderstorms will be with us. 90 as average. Yesterday we topped out at 92. Not quite getting there for today, but we got three tenths of an inch yesterday at the airport. You see the areas that really picked up significant rain, mainly our northeastern counties. Widespread areas picked up an inch of rain,

but many areas kind of missed out. It'll be a similar setup as we go through the day today. You notice the skies are going to get dark, though, if you're out and about, keeping on to the skies. those rain chances are going to ramp up late afternoon into the early evening hours. Latest run of the high resolution rapid refresh model shows some storms coming in late afternoon evening. Again, some areas are going to miss out and don't take this literally.

Just know there will be some storms around. Right now we're standing at a pretty warm 77 out there with some clouds. A west breeze at 6 at dew point at 70. It's sticky. 75 Roanoke Rapids, 77 Smithfield and Fayetteville at 79. Speaking of Fayetteville, wrapping up their series today there with the shorebirds. if you're going to watch the woodpeckers. Don't be surprised if you have a delay or two,

there could be some thunderstorms around. This is really going to be a hot week. One of the hotter weeks we've had in a long time. More on that coming up in a few minutes. All right, Steve, we'll see you in a moment. We're in the Breaking News Center this morning with details on a shooting in Sampton County. It happened overnight during a party

at a mobile home on Faison Highway. Now, this is new video. Just into our newsroom. You can see officers out there combing the scene looking for clues with that yellow tape still up. Now, one deputy responding to the shooting was also injured in a car crash after a driver sped away from the shooting scene. We're told Sandsom Regional Hospital also briefly went into lockdown.

So stay with us throughout the morning for all the latest details. In Harnett County, one woman is dead and another is behind bars after a deadly stabbing. It happened just after 9 o'clock yesterday morning on Dunroven Lane and Broadway. According to the sheriff's office, deputies found Victoria Young with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to the hospital where she died. 47-year-old Lisa Ace Vito has been charged with. murder. She's being held in the Harnett County Detention Center without bond. A video display at a North Carolina exhibit at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.

was taken down Friday after briefly showing this, a Confederate flag, drawing criticism from state leaders. The image appeared on a video board inside the North Carolina Pavilion on the National Mall. Organizers said the video was removed later after they became aware of the issue. And a statement, a spokesperson for the exhibit told our news gathering partners at Spectrum News 1, the image was not approved. Displays at the booth included the current North Carolina flag, but one video reportedly showed a split image featuring both the current flag and the Confederate flag.

The state of North Carolina did not sponsor a booth at the fair sighting cost. Instead, the exhibit was funded by private sponsors. Governor Josh Stein's office also responded calling the display unacceptable. Meanwhile, celebrating America's 250th. Fort Bragg hosting its annual red, white and boom fest Saturday, Thousands of people gathering to honor all the men and women who served our country. ABC 11's Penelope Lopez was there for all the pun. She takes us inside. Here in Fayetteville, despite chances of storms, thousands came to Fort Bragg, hoping to see a great show.

I'm hoping the weather stays at least like this, so we can watch the fray later on. I don't want torrential downpour, but I'm okay with sprinkles. The annual Red, White, and Boone Festival filled the main parade field with soldiers, veterans and their families, including U.S. Army Garrison Commander Mixon, who is retiring this year after 31 years in service. This event is no charge of them, so, I mean, this is a great deal. This is a great deal for them. Every year before the 4th of July weekend, Fort Bragg puts on this event. A huge morale boost. You know, we do a lot of hard training on Fort Bragg. That's our history

and a lot of deployments, obviously. But when we can have events like this, it's just, it's a great deal for everyone. look to the sky to see if the weather would hold, they saw the all-veteran parachute team starting off the day. Your local grocery store. You are walking down the frozen food section, and then this banger comes on. With bands like Hoopestank and the Fray playing the heads, you didn't know you knew. People sang and danced along.

Huba Stank and the fireworks. I will cry if they're not, but I'm okay. Hube-Sank is also a good cool. While they waited and hoped. But number one is the fireworks. It's my favorite holiday. It's my favorite events. Fireworks.

That's my number one. For the showstopper, the fireworks fill the sky over Fayetteville. And it's not just about the fireworks and the music. It's about what really matters, honoring those who served. Reporting Apple Bragg, I'm Penelope Lopez, ABC 11. Eyewitnesses. Penelope, thank you. Overseas tensions rising over the Iran War.

A week after world leaders announced a peace deal. The U.S. military announcing new strikes on Iran in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping. The U.S. hit military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and other targets. It was in response to an Iranian drone striking a tanker Saturday morning. President Trump says he'll nominate a former state trooper, Oakh, from Oklahoma, to lead. immigration and customs enforcement. Today, Trump announcing Lance Schoyer as his choice to lead the agency. Schroyer also is a Marine veteran. The president said in a social media post that Schwer is a proven leader and has firsthand experience getting illegal immigrants off the streets.

Cruz racing against the clock in Venezuela trying to find people buried beneath the rubble as one North Carolina group steps up to help earthquake victims will have the latest on the response effort straight ahead. Plus, all the highlights from the NHL draft, how the Carolina hurricanes fared, as several key players face injuries. But first, to check outside, Steve. Okay, thank you very much, Sarah. And listen, if you're stepping outside right now, we're fine.

There were some showers in the mountains. They've been kind of waning as they get closer to us. But later today, watch out for some showers and thunderstorm. Some of those will be strong to severe. All the details after the break. This episode is brought to you by Accenture. When your advertising operations fall out of sync, everything else follows. Spotify and Accenture are working together to reinvent the rhythm of ad sales,

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It is a level one risk for most of us. Higher probability farther north. Decent chance around the triangle, but even in the sand hills, a decent chance we're gonna get some showers of thunderstorms later on for today. Got some clouds moving through right now. Upstream, you see in the rain that's been kind of waning

as it gets closer to us, but an upper level disturbance will help spark more showers or storms. So nothing out there for now. You've got quite a few hours to go before that changes. Once we get later afternoon hours, those probabilities are gonna be going up.

So if you're heading to the pool, the morning and early afternoon, should be okay. 77 into North Hills right. now with some clouds and a west breeze at six dew point at 70 it's sticky widespread low to mid 70s out there upper 70s and Fayetteville and clinton right now already at 82 degrees big time thunderstorms again we'll be around the area today and just to our north looking around mini apples with very heavy rain and what you're seeing there in montana and idaho

idaho there in the bitter roots that's some snow at higher elevations northern tier will have severe weather we will too with a level one and just now a level two wrist just to our south we'll be watch it for those stronger storms later on. So far all the major hubs looking just fine. Got you seven to eight a few minutes. Bianca. All right Steve, we'll see in a moment. The death toll rising of Venezuela after two earthquakes rattled the region last week. Nearly 1,500 people have died in the devastating disaster and crews are racing to rescue people buried underneath the debris. Marcus Moore reports from London. The utter devastation can be seen from above. The back-to-back earthquakes brought down buildings and a pancake collapse. Floors stacked on top

of one another, leaving little room for survival. Time is against us, and we know that there are still tens of thousands of people missing, and we know from reports, even from within the ruins, that people are trapped in the rubble, even sending messages, text messages from to their relatives and friends. So the situation is really dire. A UN official says there are likely 50,000 still unaccounted for rescue teams working with dogs to navigate the rubble and help search for survivors. Venezuelans digging by hand, hoping to find missing loved ones.

There are some miracles unfolding. This 18-day-old baby boy named Juan is pulled from the rubble of the building that collapsed on top of him, rescued along with his mother, then placed in his father's arms. First responders carefully cleaning and examining newborn was trapped from over than 32 hours. And this child pulled from the rubble in La Guayda, the epicenter of the destruction. But there is heartbreak as well. Venezuelan soccer player Hector Kike Beyo sharing photos and an emotional message on Instagram, that his wife Andrea died in the quake trying to protect their daughter who was rescued.

Beyo writing, how do I explain to your daughter that you lost your life to save hers? Genesis Garcia, a teacher from Louisiana, was on vacation with her family. She's now helping on the front lines, getting medicine, food, and baby formula to those in need. We just started getting organized in the city to collect the items that we need the most. The first U.S. aid plane now on the ground in Venezuela. with 79 American service members, six canines, and 70,000 pounds of equipment in tow. Marcus Moore, ABC News, London. Marcus, thank you.

Volunteers from North Carolina responding to the crisis in Venezuela, Samaritans purse send more than 100,000 pounds of supplies, including an emergency field hospital to the country. Their group is also sending disaster response team members to help. Raleigh police intensifying their investigation into a bad crash near downtown. We've got an update coming up. our next half hour. Plus a full recap of Out Raleigh Pride, all the highlights from the big weekend celebrating the LGBTQ Plus community. We are local. One day, you're negotiating with suppliers. The next,

you're installing a shelf in the back room. Running a business means moving in many directions all the time. TD's new small business banking accounts are built for how your business moves. It's how we're making banking more human. News. ABC 11 eyewitness news continues now. The Carolina Hurricanes adding six players to their prospect pool. The canes selecting the new players during round two of the NHL draft yesterday. This includes three forwards, one defensemen, and two goaltenders in the final six rounds. The news comes after general manager Eric Atulski gave an update on a few players with injuries headed into the all season. The biggest one is forward Seth Jarvis.

He recently had shoulder surgery and will miss anywhere between four to six months of action. He's a major piece of the canes. the overtime winner in game two of this year Stanley Cup final and is now expected to miss an early portion of next season. The other update we got from the team, Forward Eric Robinson, recently had knee surgery and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Tulski says despite winning it all, they're still trying to get better. There's still a lot of room to improve. I think the team, when it was playing its best, was incredibly hard to beat. And down the stretch and into the playoffs, they were playing very, very well.

but there's still, there's always room to improve. There's all these spots we can get better. Our goal is to build a team that is good enough that even when we're not playing our best, even when we have some injuries, we still can win the cup. So if you love cats and the Carolina Hurricanes, this story is especially for you. Meet the cany cats, cania cats. There we go. The Animal Protection Society of Durham has named some of them, some of the cats after several canes.

players. They've got a little Brandon Bussie, Sebastian Ajo, and Andrei Cevetchnikov, and even Stormy, the Ice Pig. You can see the little guys pictured with the mini Stanley Cups in honor of our hockey champions and some of the cats are up for adoption. Others are in foster care. The APS of Durham says the cats are ready to play. I love to see that. So hopefully they get adopted or some other foster family, Steve. You'd that be good. It's always good. Yeah, Trust me, I have plenty of cats. Otherwise I'd be helping out myself.

Outside right now, we see the clouds that are moving overhead. It's warm and sticky out there. It is a first alert day. We could get some stronger thunderstorms later on, isolated severe. But like yesterday, we could have some really impressive heavy downpours in spots. So we'll be watching for that. Seasily hot over the next few days, up around 90 or so for highs. But starting Wednesday, here comes a really impressive heat wave.

And it's going to last for days. Matter of fact, this dangerous heat's going to last all the way through the holiday weekend. The core of that upper level high is right over the top of us. That sinking air compresses and heats up and we really get hot near 100 on Wednesday and maybe 100 or higher all the way through the weekend. Even the following Monday will likely be in the high 90s. So what quite a stretch of heat and the feels like temperatures are going to be up there in that danger zone Thursday all the way through probably Monday where you get around 105 for a couple of hours. That would be a heat advisory. But if you get up to 110 for a couple of hours, that's an

extreme heat warning and we only do that on average once every couple of years and we could get two of those this week alone. Early evening or early afternoon into the afternoon, even evening hours, I'll get it out. A level one risk, but we do have a level two risk farther to the south, including like Pinehurst and down around Fayetteville as well for some really gusty winds. So if you have plans to be out today, once you get around three, four, five o'clock, just be aware, keep an eye to the sky. There could be some thunderstorms that are going to be moving on him. Latest high resolution rapid refresh model shows some scattered convection going on as we get late afternoon into the early evening hours. And with this, we can get really heavy downpours. Don't take this literal for the position and timing.

Just know there's going to be storms around a lot like yesterday. And if you get under one frequent lightning, heavy rainfall and really impressive gusty winds, we had quite a few reports yesterday of some tree damage. Limbs are down, things of that nature. 77 into North Hills, the temperature dew point is 70 with a west. breeze at six widespread temperatures in the 70s, although Clinton right now at 82 degrees. If you're out this evening, it's the early evening hours. We'll have some thunderstorms. I think later evening those chances should be coming down, at least around the triangle.

As we go into Tuesday, partly sunny, very warm near getting up there with our numbers. Potential record or close to it as we get into Wednesday are going to watch this area of low pressure, which is out here going to be developing. The hurricane center gives it right now about a 20% chance of development. So we'll watch that closely. Up in the mountains, there's showers and thunderstorms going on now. So afternoon might tamper down a little bit. And the beaches have a decent chance at rain too.

So if you're heading, no matter where you're going, we're going to have some thunderstorms for today. 80s for highs, even lower 80s in our northern counties, lower 90s around Fayetteville. Tonight, low temperatures, upper 60s and low 70s, becoming partly cloudy, big old moon out there for tonight. First of our 7th, 8th, then, 91 on Monday, just a stray storm around,

less humid on Tuesday, but look at the heat that's coming our way. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, the 4th of July could be the hottest fourth ever on record if we get up to 102 degrees. And that feels like temperatures floating with 110. All right. So it's Tuesday, Wednesday, the pick of the week? Yeah, I wouldn't say Tuesday. A little less humid, not mad at all, but it gets bad after that. Be prepared. All right, Steve, thank you. Now is a great time to go ahead and download the ABC 11 mobile app. We're going to send all these headlines to your devices. And you can also check out the first alert Doppler net and the 7-A forecast at any time. Wildfires out west flash flooding in Kentucky.

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are bringing home gold and inspiring others along the way. Check out the hardware. It's pretty big. Weight County athlete Rio Bird is showing off one of four gold medals. She won this week at the 26th Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota. All four gold medals together, it's very heavy. For Rio, that's saying something. The 22-year-old competes in powerlifting, including the bench press, deadlift, squat, and combination events.

I usually like work out for like three times a week. That training paid off. Rio won team North Carolina's first medals of the game. early in the week and set two personal records in the process. Were you surprised at how well you have done? Are you nervous? What are you feeling? I mean, I've done something like this before back in North Carolina,

and honestly, I am pretty surprised. Rio is one of 36 athletes and seven unified partners competing for Team North Carolina in Minneapolis. Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities providing year-round training and competition for more than 5 million participants. If you have a kid with a disability, the Special Olympics is the perfect place for them to compete, find their purpose, and overcome amazing challenges. North Carolina's success didn't stop there. The Durham County cheer team also took home gold in the Unified Small Team Level 1 division featuring athletes with and without intellectual disabilities competing together.

This is the first cheer team from Special Olympics NC to attend a USA. games and Rio says she's been proud to cheer on her teammates. This experience has been pretty amazing. With the games now winding down, Rio's looking forward to returning home and finding the perfect place to display her medals. I'm probably going to buy myself a nice display for them. But she hopes her biggest win is inspiring others to take a chance on themselves too. Just go for it. You might surprise yourself. Amber Repenta, ABC 11, eyewitness news. I love that encouragement. And here's the final medal account from the games. Our local athletes bringing home 29 gold medals, eight silver, 26 bronze, five placed in fourth, sixth and fifth place, one in six, two in seventh,

and two in eighth. Congratulations to them all. Oh, coming up, Uber announcing stricter rules for drivers, the new rules the company's enforcing for anyone hoping to drive with them, plus a major Hyundai recall underway. We're going to tell you why. And as we head to break, here goes a live look at the downtown Durham. Looking pretty good. right now, but again, had that umbrella handy. We've got some storms rolling in. We are Local News. ABC 11, eyewitness news continues next.

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I'm Bianca Holman. You're watching eyewitness news right now on ABC11 and wherever you stream. The details of the top stories and all the day's news is just ahead. But first let's go ahead and check it with meteorologist Steve Stewart. It's the first alert day. So it's kind of same thing as yesterday afternoon and evening storms. It is. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we're going to get some scattered hit or miss storms.

But the areas that get them could have some really heavy rainfall and also some gusty winds as well. It's a level one risk for most of us. But down in the sand hills, it's up to a level two. And that includes parts of Cumberland County and a level two out of four for some flooding because the rainfall. Again, the rates are going to be so impressive that we could get some runoff issues and have some. minor flooding as we go throughout the afternoon. 89 for high temperature today. If the thunderstorm start a little sooner,

maybe won't get quite to that number. And conversely, if it gets a little bit later in the day, we could get a degree or two hotter. But generally, we're gonna be really close to the average high, which is 90. Got three tenths of an inch yesterday out at RDU. Many areas, I'm in North Raleigh, we picked up about 1,500s,

but you do see some many areas picked up widespread upwards of an inch of rainfall with some of those heavier downpours. It's kind of a similar setup today. It's later in the afternoon. We'll keep an eye to the sky for those thunderstorms. If you have a round of golf, keep an eye on those dark clouds as we get later on. Here's the latest high-resolution rapid refresh model.

Show some storms a little bit later coming into play into the evening hours. And then once we get past 9, 10 o'clock, things are starting to quiet down. And this could be our last chance at meaningful rainfall for quite a while. 77 into North Hills with a west breeze at 6 miles an hour. Widespread 70s near 80 in Fayetteville, 82 right now down in Clinton. Down in Fayetteville, by the way, if you are going to go see the woodpeckers, there might be a delay. There could be a thunderstorm around. First pitch today at 5 o'clock.

This is brutal heat coming our way this week. More on that coming up in just a few minutes. All right, Steve, thank you. We're monitoring dangerous weather conditions all across parts of the country in Utah. Firefighters battling several fires with red flag warnings across seven states out west. You can see some of that video here. Meantime, at least four people have died in Kentucky amid flash flooding. ABC's Alison Kosick has the details.

In Utah, dangerous fast-moving wildfires are destroying homes and forcing evacuations. The cottonwood fire, the largest in the country, expanding. In Beaver, Utah, this ring camera capturing the moment flying embers and flames surrounded cabins and trees. Within seconds, completely surrounding kind of the trees around my cabin, I've never seen any. like that. I didn't know fire could do that. Southwest of Salt Lake City, the Maple Peak and Cherry fires merging into one. Firefighters making progress on the iron fire running parallel to the Cherry Fire. The iron fire on the first initial attack was all by their volunteer fire department.

And they are the reason that town is still there. At a public meeting on the fires, officials briefing residents. The fire gets into that extreme behavior, what we call it, we can't have crew's right on the line. It's just too intense, too extreme. There's no way we can do that. So we're back off the line a little bit. In Kentucky, Governor Andy Bashir declaring a state of emergency following relentless rain and flash flooding. Drivers urged to stay off roads. It's going to be dangerous to drive. We've already had at least one motorist swept away and killed by flash flooding. In Bullitt County near Louisville, some residents urged to evacuate after the heavy rains caused a dam to

fail. And in Richmond, south of Lexington, significant flash flooding impacting the city. Residents there urged to seek higher ground. Alison Kosick, ABC News, New York. Allison, thank you. Developing back here in our area, three people are recovering after a bad crash south of downtown Raleigh. It happened yesterday morning near South Saunders Street and Pinnmark Drive. Authorities say three people were rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It's unclear what caused the crash. or less than a week away from America's 250th birthday celebration, and we've got them all planned across the country and right here in the triangle. And with celebration comes fireworks, of course,

including a big show at Dick's Park. Others may be tempted to let off some fireworks at home. If so, fire officials are sharing some tips. Like one of the time, never really light a failed fireworks. If you are doing fireworks, make sure you keep a bucket of water or a hose line with you. Make sure you watch your children. People think sparklers are really safe, and they're actually not. They burn over 1,200 degrees. Officials tell us North Carolina average is about 192 injuries related to fireworks, with more than 70% of those occurring in July.

And with Fourth of July next weekend, Dick's Park bringing back its big fireworks show for America's 250th birthday. Gates open at 6, and the fund runs well into the night. In addition to the fireworks, you can expect some music, a crows. station lawn games and food and drinks. Eyewitness news. We're a proud sponsor, a presenting sponsor, and you can watch it all right here from your home, your couch or bed on ABC 11. Out Raleigh, wrapping up after several days of fun in downtown Raleigh, thousands attended the big event, supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ plus community.

John Dowding has the highlights. It's incredible. You know, I definitely love seeing the support. It feels good. Rainbows and messages of support filled Fayetteville Street Saturday as thousands showed up for a weekend celebrating the LGBTQ Plus community. I'm here for the pride. Out Raleigh, making a return to downtown Raleigh, as thousands from across Central Carolina found ways to show off their pride. It's giving pride.

Thank you. That's the goal. That's the goal. ABC 11 even joining in on the celebration as thousands came out to echo one message. I like being myself and I'm seeing everybody out here being in. that says and being who you are, not for somebody has to be judged. Those we spoke to say the annual celebration creates a safe space for those in a community who continue fighting for a seat at the table. It's so important to have a space where we can just be ourselves and come together as gay, queer individuals and be ourselves with each other and have like-minded individuals that we can

fill ourselves with in the room. Those we spoke to say pride is a yearly celebration of how far the community has come and And also say it shows how much more work there is to do. There's still obviously work to do, especially with everything that's going politically, but regardless, you know that we will show up and he will be there. In Raleigh, I'm John Dowding. ABC 11, eyewitness news. All right, Swifties, we are on Wedding Watch coming up.

The new clues emerging about the possible Swift and Kelsey wedding happening next weekend. Plus hear from some of the stars from The Bear about the show's final season. But first, good morning, Steve. Hey, good morning there, Bianca. Good morning, everybody. Things are quiet right now. We'll probably get some showers and thunderstorms developing a little bit later on, similar to yesterday. And if you get some, we're talking some heavy downpours and gusty winds.

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Back everybody. A first alert day today for the potential for some stronger thunderstorms later on for today. Far the north, a pretty good bet you're going to get some storms around. And we'll keep that risk going into sand hills as well as we'll get some afternoon and evening storms hit and mist. These showers have been waning and we knew that would be the case. It's a bit later today, but the clouds have moved in and maybe the clouds will keep us a little bit more stable. If we get more breaks in the clouds, then we're going to see the instability really rocket up. Meantime, we're looking quiet out there on Doppler. The chance of rain is really going to be later today.

Those numbers climbing to the high 80s, then we'll get the thunderstorms, and obviously that's going to cool us down fairly quickly. 77 into North Hills with a dew point is 70. It's sticky out there. Wide spread low to mid-70s with upper 70s and the 70s and the, the sand hills and Clinton right now at 82 degrees. So scattered showers and thunderstorms here locally across the Carolinas and Virginia. But big time rain there, Minneapolis and thunderstorms as well. And looking up there, that is snow and the bitter roots up there in Montana and into Idaho at

higher elevations. That's not that uncommon. It does happen in June. There's our risk for severe weather level two in the sand hills for today. We'll talk more about that coming up. So far all the major hubs, no delays. Got you seven to eight a few minutes. All right, Steve, we'll see in a moment. Hyundai recalling more than 96,000 vehicles over a software issue that may cause the instrument panel display to go blank and not show critical safety information. As a result, it could increase the chance of a crash and the recall. It covers certain Tucson, Tucson hybrid and Tucson plug-in hybrids. The model years are 2025 to 2026. And according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there have been no confirmed reports of any crashes due to the issue. Owners will be notified by mail in late August. The software for the panel display will be updated for free.

Uber enacting stricter background checks for drivers, and so they're going to start implementing this, the list of criminal offenses that permanently disqualifies someone from being a driver in the U.S. Uber will not allow people with prior convictions for violent felonies, sexual crimes, and stalking, and strangulation at any times in their lives to be drivers. The stricter background checks also apply to couriers for the Uber. delivery service. This comes as the company faces lawsuits from passengers who claim they were sexually assaulted during Uber rides. The bear is heading towards its final service with the cast celebrating

the well-earned sendoff. And on the red carpets, Roxy Diaz spoke with some of the stars about saying goodbye. It's no last day. We're out of time. I'm not giving up. We're going to keep operating. It's better sweet. It's sad. I was like when I went home after, It was like, I was like kind of rocked for like a month. I never felt like that before. The finale is called the original beef of Chicago land. Without spoiling anything, emotionally, what does that mean for you guys going back home to the beginning? That's deep.

I haven't even thought of that. We're embracing what got us there. Mm-hmm. You know, cherishing what got us this far. The characters of the kitchen are the people that have always been there. like Karmie showed up and passed through. Like, so you're just coming, you're like staying with all the characters that would have been there already. He was just like a movement through the season.

Everything's either going to be okay. No, stop. Or not. Five seasons later, do either of you guys' characters actually know their worth? I think so. That's the whole thing. I think we're getting sent off on a beautiful, confident, bright ship. I think we found it.

I think I found it. I don't know. Lina, what do you think? Yeah, I think I found it too. I think that's been, that's the point, like, the evolution of these characters. It starts with a spark, and then you see where that spark leads them. Five years later, I think they know who they are and where they're going. I look at you all, and I love you so much.

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And from basketball to books, the New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson, taking his talents to a new level. We're going to fill you in after the break. And as we head to break, here goes a live look into downtown Raleigh. We are local news. ABC 11 eyewitness news continues now.

It's been one week since Toy Story 5 hit theaters, and since then the Disney Pixar film has held the top box office spot. But there's a little interesting fact here. An East Carolina professor helped to bring the soundtrack to the film to life. Scott Sutherland, a tuba professor at ECU, was one of two tuba players featured on the soundtrack for the movie. He says his latest work will now be part of the movie franchise that has shaped childhood memories for generations. The idea of always giving back, always helping to shape the next generation musicians is in my blood.

And it's something that I will never, ever give up. Now, this isn't Sutherland's first Hollywood role. He played the tuba on several major Hollywood scores like Pearl Harbor and Indiana Jones. New possible clues about the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey Wedding in New York City. Officials telling ABC News an event company has filed a permit requesting closure of the street outside Madison Square Garden from July 2nd to July 4th. A potential sign for planning for a Swift Kelsey wedding reportedly. taking place July 3rd. The officials have said the permit application

also requested permission for an exterior canopy that could be used to conceal comings and goings and listed the size of the event between 500 and 99 people. The event company declined to comment, so did representatives for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey. Well, NBA star Jaylen Brunson has announced a children's book on the heels of his championship title

with the New York Knicks title, Jaylin, plays it all. The publisher says the book encourages kids to find out what they're good at by trying new things. Jaylen plays it all goes on sale August of 2027. Trying new things. Steve, what if somebody is going to the green to maybe hit some balls for the golf course? You can do whatever you want today. Just be aware that later on we'll get some thunderstorms around. Not everyone gets these storms, but the ones that do are going to have some gusty winds and some really heavy downpours. So isolated severe, you might see some off in the distance too if you don't get some of your house.

Hopefully you get some rain, but just not this severe wind. Seasonally hot the next few days, so if you're going to be out of the pool, it's just summer weather, and temperatures up around 90 or so, and then things change on midweek. Temperatures are really going to heat up. This is a brutal heat wave that starts Wednesday and really goes up. I mean, we're going to see this core of the high pressure really building in across the southern Ohio Valley and right to our north. This is sinking, compressing air, and it really heats up.

And we can be close to 100 on Wednesday and then add 100 or higher all the way through the weekend even next Monday will be in the higher 90s and the feels like temperature is going to be way up there as well in that danger zone day after day this is really going to wear on you really difficult to cool down at night because some of the lows could be generally speaking upper 70s a few of the morning so very hot 105 for two consecutive hours would be a heat advisory but what we don't see that often maybe once every couple of years is an extreme heat warning where the feels like temperature is at one 10 or higher for a couple of hours we We might see a couple of these this week alone. So it's a level one risk for most. It's a level two down around from Fayetteville and points off to the south and west. For some strong storms, it'll be scattered. The coverage at 30-50 percent, straight-line wind damage like yesterday and brief heavy downpours of rainfall. So if you're going to be out today, just be aware once we get later in the afternoon and keep an eye to the sky for some of those thunderstorms that could be developing and rolling by your area.

Again, I stress not everyone gets rain, but the areas that do. Watch out for those heavier downpours. Late afternoon, early evening, don't take this position and timing. Literally just know there'll be some scattered storms around with really impressive downpours. Late evening hours, things should start to quiet down. Right now we're seeing the clouds out there, 80 degrees. The dew point is 71. It is sticky out there with widespread numbers in the upper 70s.

Clinton, the warm spot at 82. If you're out this evening, the early evening is the best time for a shower or thunderstorm. Later evening hours, those chances are going to be. coming down. As we look to Tuesday, we'll see a few clouds and about 93, a little bit less humid with that flow coming in from the north and east. Then as we go into Wednesday, feels like temperature 100 to 104, really close to advisory criteria. And then after that, it's going to be even hotter. We'll keep an eye on this wave below pressure that's going to develop along the front. Right now, the hurricane center giving it about a 20% chance of development over the next seven days.

Mountains getting showers and thunderstorms, most of which is happening now. And the beaches could be a little active as well with some scattered showers and thunderstorms. We'll get the storms later today. Some of those could be severe lower 80s north, lower 90s in the sand hills. Tonight in evening storm, otherwise turning partly cloudy, the big bright moon in the sky tonight. First alert seven day then. Stray storm tomorrow, not bad. Tuesday, little less humid than Wednesday.

The heat wave begins. Thursday could have a record high temperature. Same thing Friday. It may be a record for the 4th of July. So this is the potential of the hottest 4th of July on record at 102 degrees and still hot next Sunday. Oh, goodness. Things are climbing. Steve, thank you.

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We thought it was sort of an interesting way of looking at America, because when you think about all of those things that people do come to Disney for, They're for nostalgic experiences. Therefore, futuristic experiences. So we use that as a backdrop to talk about our country and all of those things that make us so special. Disney celebrates America. The pursuit of happiness airs Monday, June 29th on ABC 11 and streams the next day on Disney Plus. Still to come, breaking news out of Samson County, everything we know about a shooting that happened at a party overnight. Plus, it's a first alert day.

We're bracing for another round of possible strong storms headed. into this dangerous heat wave coming up this week and as we head to break. Here goes a live look into downtown Durham. We are local news. ABC 11 eyewitness news continues next.

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