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With escalating tensions in the region, weve got Team Coverage of the story from israel to washington. Janai new questions this morning. How was israel caught off guard, and was there any american intelligence as gma gets reaction from the white house and capitol hill. Linsey heightened security in the u. S. Patrols ramped up at sensitive sites. Homeland security monitoring the situation. Plus, the travel disruptions. Airlines take action, Cutting Service to and from israel. Gio frost and freeze alerts. Plunging temperatures in the east. The coldest air of the season reaching as far south as florida. Whats in store for the week ahead. Linsey wrongful arrest suit. Why a man says misuse of facial Recognition Technology led to him spending nearly a week in jail. Are people of color more likely to be misidentified . Gio relief at the pump. Drivers pleasantly surprised by falling gas prices at the gas pump, but it could all be shortlived. Janai return to maui. The western part of the island reopening to tourists just two months after those devastating wildfires, but is it too soon . Linsey lottery fever. The giant Powerball Jackpot is growing with no winner overnight. What its worth now. Go go go big or go home gio and clash of the superteams. The wnba finals tipping off today. The new york liberty going up against the las vegas aces. The story lines to watch in this big matchup. Go big or go home janai good morning, america. Thank you for starting your sunday with us. We are so grateful to have linsey with us in for whit this morning, but we do have a lot to get to as we continue covering the volatile situation in israel unfolding as we came on the air yesterday. Overnight, israel responding, leveling buildings in gaza, striking more than 400 targets in retaliation for the coordinated attack by hamas that caught the country completely off guard. Soldiers today also battling with hamas fighters in the street. Hamas striking new targets in israel, including a hospital. Gio the number of casualties escalating overnight. The Israeli Health ministry telling gma just moments ago, more than 600 people were killed, including 44 meanwhile, the palestinian Health Ministry reports that 313 people were killed in gaza with nearly 2,000 wounded. Gaza thrown into darkness overnight. Israel saying it will stop supplying electricity, fuel, and goods to gaza. Linsey the world is watching this situation closely. President biden is reiterating his support for israel saying it was rock solid and that the u. S. Will make sure israel has the help its citizens say it needs. Security stepped up at sensitive sites here in the u. S. The Empire State Building lit up in the colors of the israeli flag overnight. In a show of solidarity. We have Team Coverage from israel to washington, and we begin with James Longman in tel aviv. Good morning, james. Reporter yeah, good morning, linsey. Im at a strike site in central tel aviv where a hamas rocket hit late last night. You can see the building is entirely destroyed. Debris crushing the cars on this street and this just does not happen in central tel aviv. These streets should be packed with people. It is the weekend, but this is a country now at war, and the fighting is continuing in six locations close to the gaza strip where the Israeli Defense forces are trying to clear out those hamas militants that caused so much carnage. This morning, israel launching its offensive front against Palestinian Militant Group hamas after a deadly and widespread attack on israeli soil. President netanyahu saying the first stage is ending by the destruction of the vast majority of the enemy forces that infiltrated our territory. Saturday morning, thousands waking up to sirens and explosions. More than 500 israelis are dead. At least 2,000 injured in the complex hamas military operation that took the nation by surprise, by air, land, and sea. Israeli officials reporting that at least 30 policemen were killed in the fighting with hamasaffiliated gunmen. Overnight, israels answer to hamas terror illuminates the night sky as strikes rain down on the gaza strip. Another air strike flattening this gaza high rise. Israel says its targeting hamas command locations. The palestinian Health Ministry says more than 300 palestinians have been killed and nearly 2,000 others injured. These scenes are only a glimpse of what may come as israel prepares its fuller response. Hamas video shows armed Palestinian Militants crossing into israel on foot and by motor bike. Near the border, militants runing on foot with hostages. Armed fighters firing shots into israeli camps. Bodies line the street, some shot in their cars. Above, a barrage of rockets from gaza. The sky streaked with smoke. The idf says more than 2,000 hamas rockets were fired towards israel. Plumes of black smoke coming from israeli neighborhoods. Cars on fire after a rocket struck this parking lot. A hospital suffering a direct hit. Emergency exits crushed. Water spraying from pipes. The scale of the war thats already taken place is something that we havent seen before. Reporter volunteer ems workers saying they treated 1,000 people yesterday alone. One of the things that were facing now even after just one day due to the scale of the operation is a shortage of medical supplies already. Weve already emptied out our entire logistics headquarters. Reporter at least 50 israeli hostages have been freed by Security Forces overnight, but officials believe dozens of israelis, soldiers and civilians, are being held hostage in gaza. A husband and father of two says his wife and children who are seen here in this video were kidnapped. The nightmare came true, and we didnt we didnt expect that it would be in such power, you know. We never thought that so many terrorists can pass the border. So many terrorists can do such damage. Reporter the destruction devastating, unlike anything israel has seen in more than 50 years. Questions now mounting about how this massive attack was not detected by Israeli Intelligence. An attack of this complexity would have required massive amounts of logistical movement, would have required operational planning. All of these things should have been picked up by some form of intelligence. Reporter when hamas took control of gaza in 2007, israel enforced a permanent blockade. Tensions have escalated ever since, including a bloody 11day war in 2021 over the competing claims to the holy sites of temple mount. What happens next . Weve seen these massive air strikes, but will there be a ground assault . We know that Israeli Forces are amassing on the gaza border, but were talking about 2 Million People in one of the most densely populated places on earth. Its not simple, and what about the regional ramifications . Weve heard about a Border Exchange between hezbollah and the israelis in the north now. So theres a wide implication here, but make no mistake, we have not seen the beginning of israels true response yet, guys. Janai and the impact on people. And the lack of medical supplies even as the fighting continues. Whats it feel like on the ground right now . As you said, its a weekend, but people arent just out and about. Reporter janai, its pure sadness. I have been here four times i think this year because we have been watching some of this escalating violence. I have to say more in the west bank, this came as a complete surprise and shock, but were looking at these videos. Young women, elderly people being taken on the backs of motorbikes into gaza. People are just beyond shocked. They cannot believe this has happened and they want a resolution quickly, but as with most things in this part of the world, resolutions dont happen quickly. Janai. Janai so many questions as to how an attack of this magnitude could have gone undetected. James, we appreciate you. Stay safe. Israel is the closest ally the United States has in the middle east. President biden has offered american support. The United States stands with israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. Well make sure that they have the help their citizens need, and they can continue to defend themselves. Janai abcs maryalice parks joins us live from the white house. Maryalice, good morning to you. The president calling the u. S. Support of israel rock solid and unwavering. Reporter janai, good morning. President biden with those unflinching statements of support saying that israel has the right to defend itself, and that the United States stands ready to help israel do just that. Now, in addition to talking to israels Prime Minister netanyahu yesterday, the president said he also spoke with jordans king abdullah. Were told that secretary of state blinken spoke with leaders of ten countries across the region and in europe. The cia director canceled a trip to be here in washington focused on this. One immediate concern for this white house i am told was trying to make sure the violence did not spread. Now we heard the president warn any other actors, potentially iran, who might be hostile to israel to not escalate in this moment. He said the world is watching. Now the white house has not said what exactly israel is asking for. If anything yet in terms of additional support, the pentagon saying that in the next few days though, it will be working to ensure that israel has what it needs. Now we imagine there will be a conversation about resupplying their iron dome Missile Defense system. Moving forward, the president has also promised even more intelligence sharing, especially in this moment where it looks like there could have been such an intelligence failure, and a lot of questions this morning swirling about irans possible direct role, and what this could mean for this white houses work and priority to try to get saudi arabia to recognize and normalize diplomatic relationships with israel. Linsey . Linsey yeah, the white house doubling down on its support there. Maryalice, thank you. Now i want to bring in abc news contributor steve ganyard, a former defense and state department official. Steve, thank you so much. First, lets just talk about all this logistical movement, the preparation here. You have hamas paragliding in, going over land and sea, coordinating all at the same time. How long do you imagine that preparations were in the works for . Months, if not years, linsey. The complexity of this operation is extraordinary. We had seen hamas do these kinds of attacks individually, but we had never seen them coordinated in the way that we did in the past couple of days. I think whats also amazing is the Operational Security that would have been required here. There were probably thousands of hamas fighters that were involved in the preparation and the practice and the actual execution, but the israelis didnt pick up on any of it. One thing that may have aided them is social media apps like imessage, like whatsapp, like signal that offer end to end encryption and will allow the hamas fighters to have encrypted communications between each other that would be very difficult for intelligence agencies to pick up. Linsey and you say that israel didnt pick up on it. Given that, is there real concern about the missed signs and missed intel here . Yeah. This is a stunning strategic intelligence failure on israels part. They havent seen anything like this, a failure like this since the 73 war. Theyll have to go back and look at, what did they miss . Was there complacency involved . It was a holiday weekend. Were people thinking more about going to parties and celebrations than they were about the threat . But stunning, the u. S. Obviously had no intelligence either, so all the intelligence agencies, especially the vaunted Israeli Intelligence agencies are going to have to go back and look at what happened and fix it. Linsey steve, what are the implications here domestically . Are there concerns as to what this could mean in terms of u. S. Intelligence gaps in the region and beyond . Linsey, remember that gaza is a 25mile strip, a couple of miles wide. Its right on the Israeli Border and so this is really israels backyard. The u. S. Focuses more on strategic intelligence. Iran, syria, other parts of the region. So this is not the focus of u. S. Intelligence, but there should have been something because the u. S. And Israeli Intelligence cooperate so closely. Both intelligence agencies are going to have to figure out why they didnt pick up on this. Linsey we have been hearing a lot of conversations about iran potentially. Is there a concern of other nation states backing hamas or assisting them in this . Yeah. I think this is whats really interesting. If you step back to the regional perspective, remember that the u. S. , saudi arabia, and israel have been in talks that have been proceeding quite well in the past few days to create a security relationship where the u. S. Or where israel and saudi arabia would recognize each other. The intent here at least on the u. S. Side is to create a united face against iran. So iran uses hamas in gaza to attack israel as a proxy to derail those talks. So brilliant, diabolical move on irans part to get their strategic what they were trying to achieve strategically done using the proxy of hamas and hamas will pay the price. Linsey steve, thank you so much. Always appreciate your time and insight. Gio . Gio all right, linsey. Were going to speak with the Israeli Defense forces in our next half hour here on gma about that intelligence failure. Of course, there is much response coming from around the world now on this hamas attack on israel. Abcs lama hasan joins us now from london with that side of the story. Good morning, lama. Reporter yeah, good morning to you, gio. Well, as you can imagine, reaction has been flooding in and it has been unwavering. Western countries condemning hamas massive attack on israel just like the United States. Staunch allies saying they stand firmly with israel from germany to france and the uk all issuing strong messages of support calling the attack an act of terror saying that israel has a right to defend itself, demanding the violence stop immediately. Neighboring arab countries, egypt, saudi arabia, and qatar all urging for calm. Now as you know, this centuries old conflict in the middle east has two sides. There are other countries who support hamas actions, celebrations on the streets of iran for example, tens of thousands showing up, waving the palestinian flag. Similar scenes in yemen and kuwait. Iran saying they congratulate the palestinian fighters and in solidarity with hamas, Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah, just across the border in southern lebanon, firing a number of guided rockets at three Israeli Military positions. So the question now, will this trigger widespread violence in the region . Janai . Janai that is a concern. Lama, thank you very much. Also a concern for officials, the possible implications here at home. Officials say they are closely monitoring the situation for any threats. Abcs Morgan Norwood joins us now live from new york. Good morning to you, morgan. Reporter good morning to you, janai, and were certainly seeing that heightened security presence here at the consulate general of israel, officers walking around. Police crews are circling the building, even k9 units doing a sweep. This morning, were learning that the nypd counterterrorism division, theyre ramping up patrols across the city, and so many Law Enforcement agencies from coast to coast are doing the same, on alert this morning. So far there have not been any credible threats, but the department of Homeland Security says it is monitoring that situation in israel. We know new york is an area of concern. The nypd is sending officers to synagogues, jewish institutions and on University Campuses especially those where there have been previous clashes between jewish students and students supporting the palestinians. On the west coast, the lapd, Beverly Hills Police Department also stepping up patrols around jewish organizations and we also know that officials are keeping a close eye on the dark corners of the web for any potential extremism and online rhetoric that could promote and incite violence. Janai . Janai morgan, were already seeing travel disruptions for airlines into and out of israel . Reporter yeah, thats right. Multiple and Major Airlines here in the u. S. Have already canceled flights to and from tel aviv. That includes united, american, and delta. Delta airlines though promising to work with u. S. Officials to bring u. S. Citizens who want to return home. Bottom line, janai, all of this is a sign that the conflict in israel is intensifying and only certain to grow. Janai . Janai all right, morgan. Thank you for that update and as the situation continues unfolding, we will have more on the situation in israel and gaza in our next hour, and later on this week, George Stephanopoulos interviews secretary of state antony blinken. Plus, george has the latest on the House Speaker fight with one of the republicans who voted to oust Kevin Mccarthy and colorados ken buck as well as Democratic Caucus chair pete aguilar. Linsey. Linsey now to the political chaos at the capitol. House republicans heading back to d. C. This week in an attempt to elect a new speaker. Abcs em nguyen is on the capitol hill with the very latest. Good morning, em. Reporter good morning, linsey. In the wake of the conflict in israel, we know that some house lawmakers are urging members to come back to the hill and vote on a House Speaker as soon as possible because without a speaker, no legislative business can move forward. Its expected to be a chaotic week ahead despite the Senate Schedule to be out of town. The house gop are set to meet behind closed doors on monday followed by a Candidate Forum on tuesday and a potential vote on the floor by wednesday. At this time, theres no indication the republican conference is coalescing around any one committee, but we do that house judiciary chair jim jordan and majority leader Steve Scalise have both launched bids for the top job. Former President Donald Trump officially throwing his support behind jordan. Mccarthy made it clear he would not run for the position again after he made history as the first speaker ever ousted. The stunning effort led by hardline republican matt gaetz and now many gop members are taking aim at that Florida Republican trying to dismiss the speaker at a time in which Congress Needs to pass a spending bill before they can avert a Government Shutdown midnovember. Gio . Gio all right, em, thank you so much. Well turn to gas prices now and the surprising drop in pain at the pump. Abcs Alexis Christoforous joins us now with a look at why and how long this break might last good morning, alexis. Reporter good morning, gio. Drivers have been enjoying some welcome relief at the gas pump. According to aaa, the National Average for a gallon of regular is 3. 70, 12 cents less than a week ago, and 17 cents less than a year ago. In some states, its far cheaper like georgia, south carolina, and texas where drivers are filling up for less than 3. 25 a gallon. Whats driving the drop . A dramatic slide in the price of crude oil falling 10 a barrel in just a week over fears higher Interest Rates will hurt global oil demand. New Government Data already showing u. S. Demand for gas at a 25year low. At the same time, supplies are up as Hurricane Season has so far spared Oil Infrastructure along the gulf coast. Some analysts even predicting gas prices could dip below 3 a gallon in dozens of states by halloween, but it may be too soon to know how long these lower prices will last, especially amid renewed instability in the middle east and predictions of a very busy Holiday Travel season. Linsey . Linsey some much needed good news, alexis. Thank you for that. Now, this morning, police in vermont are on the hunt for a suspect, they describe him as armed and dangerous. Hes responsible for the death of a beloved university professor, who was found shot in the head. The medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide. Time now for the weather and Somara Theodore. Very chilly out there this morning. Look at that dance. I love how you got just in that, like, i feel it. The magic of tv. Somara we have the chilly air moving in, and the rain moving out. Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. We still saw 1 to 4 inches of rain out there yesterday. The good thing about the rain is we get a nice little rainbow. Queens, new york, saw this double rainbow. Was there a pot of gold at the end . No, but weve got a pot of cold weather coming up. Last of the rain moving through new england. That chilly air surges through the south. Its sweater weather, and waking up this morning in asheville in the mid to upper 30s. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Lets see whats g somara and thats your local forecast. Back to you all, gio. Gio all right, somara, thank you. The Third Largest Powerball Jackpot in history is up for grabs. Nobody matched all of last nights numbers so now mondays drawing is estimated to be worth more than 1. 5 billion. Thats a 679. 8 million cash prize before tax. Just to remind everyone once again, the odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292. 2 million. Linsey i think its time to pool our money, guys. Janai yeah . You want to share it . Stick around. Well be right back here on good morning america. 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Hey, welcomeinsey and welco gma on this sunday morning as we continue to cover the volatile situation in israel. Overnight, israel leveling buildings in gaza, striking more than 400 targets in retaliation for the surprise coordinated attacks by hamas. Lets go back over to James Longman whos in tel aviv for us. James, good morning again. Reporter good morning, linsey. Im still at this strike site in central tel aviv which was hit last night. You just do no not see devastation like this in central tel aviv. People here are not used to this. This is now a country in a state of war, and fighting continues down close to the borders where hamas militants infiltrated. Shocking scenes of people being gunned down when they were out on their morning routines, barricaded in their homes, desperate for help, and a hostage situation also ongoing both here in israel, but also in gaza. Men, women, children, the elderly. Some of the images absolutely horrific. Those people being taken on the backs of the motorbikes and cars driven into gaza, and that is now going to further complicate israels response because yes, there have been air strikes overnight, some 250 palestinians have been killed, but will israel move in with a ground force . Weve seen Israel Forces on the border with gaza, but that could further destabilize this entire region. Weve seen skirmishes just this morning between hezbollah and israel in the north. So what will israel do next . That is the big question, but this is just the beginning of their response. Gio . Gio all right, James Longman, thank you for your reporting. Lets go ahead and bring in Lieutenant Colonel jonathan conricus, spokesperson for the Israeli Defense forces, joining us now from central israel. Lieutenant colonel, thank you so much for joining us here. We know the past 24 hours have been very, very difficult. Whats the situation on the ground right now . It is another extremely difficult day in israel. We have begun the process of naming and counting the dead, both soldiers and civilians, and we are talking about unprecedented numbers, numbers that, you know, up until two days ago seemed totally fictional and unimaginable. Were talking about close to 300 israelis killed and around 1,900 israelis wounded. These are wartime figures and this attack done by hamas was an unprecedented attack. In its scope, its barbarity, its cruelty, and the sheer joy these terrorists expressed when they were leading and marching off israeli civilians from their homes into the gaza strip in order to take captive. Whats going on now is that we are still routing out and making sure that all of israel is cleared of Hamas Terrorists. Over the night, we have been striking hamas targets. We have been going from door to door inside israeli communities to make sure that each and every community is safe and clear and there are still attacks by Hamas Terrorists that are trying to approach the fence, trying to get into israel, trying to swim or to use boats and beach into israel and continued attempts by uavs and other weapons that the hamas is using. Gio and this looks like its far from over. We have seen those striking images, sir, of people being kidnapped in israel. What can you tell us about the hostage situation . Do you know how many people are still being held . The number is confidential and it is an extremely sensitive situation, but i can say that the number is substantial. Some of them presumed dead, some of them probably alive. Some of them military personnel and some of them civilians. The unprecedented nature of our situation calls for an unprecedented response on israels behalf, and that is what weve started to do. Weve struck quite a lot of hamas military targets in gaza already, and we are preparing to expand that military activity and strike further targets. Gio an unprecedented situation under way right now, and many are wondering, sir, how could this happen . Israel has one of the most sophisticated Defense Systems in the world, yet this is being called the most serious intelligence and security failure in israel in 50 years. Why didnt israel see this coming . Those are very valid questions, and many in israel are asking them and demanding answers and rightfully so. Once the fighting is done, we the idea will unveil itself to hard reckoning of what happened and why it happened. Gio john conricus, thank you so much for joining us on good morning america. Please do stay safe. Thank you. Thank you. Janai important conversation and questions. Great job, gio. Its time now for a check of the weather and Somara Theodore is here. That looks beautiful behind you. Somara doesnt it . It looks great. This is a great shot here. We have moose frolicking in the wild. This is steamboat springs, california. Oh so peaceful. You see the fall foliage there, but its anything but fall out west. Thats definitely feeling like summer. Look at this heat wave. We have this ridge building here, influx of heat. Temperatures today in the 90s in fresno. Even close to records farther north in areas like eugene. Rain will be moving on shore though. Well see things cool down, and as we head to tuesday, its looking pretty soggy for the somara and thats your local forecast. I kind of wish we had the heat here on the east coast. Dont you guys miss it . Wasnt it so nice at the end of last week . Linsey its totally different now, but i see you followed your advice. Sweater weather. Youve got the sweater dress. Somara sweater weather. Janai fall foliage . Somara i cannot say that word. Linsey you could say autumnal. Somara linsey, dont put me on the spot like this. Linsey thats why im here. 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And i told him that i had a warrant out of Jefferson Parish and i said, where is that . I had never heard of that county. Reporter reid spent the next six days behind bars. The 28yearold now suing the officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office who he says erroneously identified him. The aclu says reid is among at least five black plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against Law Enforcement in recent years saying they were misidentified by the technology. Disturbingly, it makes more mistakes when trying to identify darker skinned people. Reporter the first lawsuit of its kind came from a 2020 incident seen in this footage showing Detroit Police mistakenly identifying and arresting 43yearold Robert Williams as a shoplifting suspect allegedly because of an error using the departments facial Recognition Software. I was being arrested in my driveway in front of my wife and kids, and they dont have any information. Reporter Detroit Police telling abc news they used all available resources to detect and solve crimes, but that the department has recently adopted new policy to prohibit the use of facial recognition photos in lineups. Em nguyen, abc news, washington. Janai our thanks to em. Now as part of our 808 project, honoring august 8th when those wildfires ripped through parts of maui, west maui is welcoming back tourists following that devastating wildfire that burned the town of lahaina to the ground. While some applaud the move, others say its too soon. Abcs mola lenghi joins us live from maui right now. Mola, good morning. Reporter good morning, janai. Yeah, tourism is of course, hawaiis top industry, employing the most number of people here, but for so many folks who are still trying to grieve over the loss of a loved one in the fire or still trying to comprehend the loss of a home or business, for them, it is just too soon to reopen. West maui is back in business, reopening to tourists exactly two months after the wildfire that killed 97 people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes and businesses. The governor felt that 60 days was the date. There were too many businesses that and im talking big businesses hotels would have gone bankrupt if they couldnt open. Reporter the struggling hotels and restaurants eager to welcome back the tourists that fuel hawaiis economic engine. Dexter recites is the manager at the hula grill just outside lahaina. He lost his home in the fire, still hes ready to come back to work. I do want to come back. Its some type of normalcy. I love seeing people and talking to people in general. Reporter the refocus on tourism is happening. As the focus is still on homes in lahaina that are still in ruins. 66 people still unaccounted for. So this is my home here to the right. Reporter as he picks up the pieces, Miguel Ceballos insists victims need more time, not tourists. Its just started and they want us to go back in. Reporter toni katayama lost her thirdgeneration family home. Im not ready to say, you know, get the question. Did your home burn down, you know, over and over and over again. Reporter more than 16,000 people seem to agree, signing a petition to delay the reopening of west maui. Nicole ellison, her mom, kids, and dogs are among more than 7,600 displaced people the red cross has housed in 40 hotels, but now they say theyre being forced out as those hotels make room for expected tourists. Were just sitting in limbo for days upon weeks. Reporter well, west maui reopening today again, of course, but theyre not expecting a flood of tourists. Instead, it will likely be a gradual process before the numbers fully recover. According to the states tourism agency, 11 million are lost every single day here since maui has been closed, gio. Gio wow. 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That would be the new york liberty against the las vegas aces in a best of five series and espn basketball analyst Monica Mcnutt is here with a look at the matchup to break this all down. Thank you for being with us. What makes this such a dynamic final . Janai, the star power in this one. I was looking at stats that our Sports Information groups sent out this morning, youve got four players on each team that have averaged 15 points or better in this postseason, right . Thats the first time that has happened in wnba finals history. Beyond that, youve got five number one picks that are available. It would be six including Candace Parker who is not healthy and wont make it, and then youve got last years mvp, twotime mvp and twotime defensive player of the year aja wilson versus this years mvp Breanna Stewart along with her teammate Jonquel Jones who was an mvp in 2021 as well. There are five mvp awards, five number one picks and the matchup of these two teams, it is the battle of the superteams that we all hoped to see when they firmed up their rosters coming into this season. Janai oh, my gosh. With all that star power, who are i mean, can you even say who are, like, the top two players . Whos the top player on each team to watch out for . If were going to go each team, youve got to go with the two mvps, most recent and current. That would be aja wilson, whos been dominant in this postseason. She had a stretch in which she scored three 30point games which had not been done in postseason before. As the young ladies say, aja is that girl. You could also say the same the same of Breanna Stewart whos been is she its been a little bit of up and down she was back to her mvp form. Shes been top ten in blocks this season, top five in scoring. Shes been all over the place for this new york liberty squad, and they have affectionately called the city and the team stew york city because shes from the new york area and returned to the liberty this year. Janai we love that. Is there a team that needs to win game one to be able to take this series . All right, its a best of five series. Janai its starting in vegas. It is starting in vegas. I believe the liberty need to get game one. I think the liberty have four games to come up with those three victories to be the finals champions. Janai yeah. If it goes games five and it is back in vegas, the crowd at Michelob Ultra arena. Listen. The crowd at Barclays Center is also intense, but if its game five in vegas, as tightly contested as this series between these two teams have been, i like the chances for the aces. The liberty have four games to get three in my mind. If it goes five, it goes to the aces. 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Berkeleys been honoring Indigenous Peoples day since 1992, and its now recognized in 70 other cities across the country. Lets get a check on the weather now with meteorologist lisa argen. All right. Good morning to you. Racing almost all of the 90s today. A look from mount tam. You can see the marine layer back 57 downtown 59. In oakland, it is 65. In san jose, much cooler today. San francisco , maybe 70 degrees. You can see the fog here, 52. Santa rosa, 59 in napa. And our 24 hour temperature change, eight degrees cooler downtown, but well be about 17 degrees cooler over in oakland. You had a high of 92 yesterday, 75 today, dense fog advisory along the peninsula through about 10 00. Cant see anything at all. The Golden Gate Bridge down to Half Moon Bay. Look at the numbers. Comfortable for today but the fog increases and itll be right along the coast today for the blue angels mid 60s Half Moon Bay 80 in fremont look for maybe 90in our inland valleys. 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