Good monday morning to you, im devin dwyer. Im reena ninan. We begin with Severe Weather swooping down on the west coast and across the south. A tornado maybe to blame for this wild scene in eastern tennessee. A homeowner captured the dangerous storm on camera last night. And southern california, a freak storm took aim at two popular tourist areas. Lightning claimed the life of a man on venice beach and injured 13 other people. Susan saulny has the story. Reporter a california beach day turned chaotic, then deadly in a flash. A rare summertime storm unleashed bolts of lightning on the oceanfront of los angeles, making direct hits on venice beach, crowded with swimmers and surfers on a sunday afternoon. It sounded like a sonic boom. Like a all hell broke loose. Reporter throngs of people scrambled for safety, some stuck lying face down in the sand. Others were rattled. Life guards rushed to help the victims, performing cpr, looking for missing swimmers. Another scuba diver pulled out, resuscitated him. First responders took nine people to hospitals. For one victim, it was too late. The los angeles coroner confirmed that a 20yearold man died from his injuries. Off the coast, jolts hit catalina island, injuring a golfer. Extreme weather also took a tool in the midsection of the country and along the atlantic coast. Looks like a war zone to me. Reporter damaging winds in lexington, kentucky, took down trees. 20,000 homes and business in the dark after this sight over louisvilles ballpark. In claiborne county, tennessee, a devastating amount of debris. And they remain in harms way. Thunderstorms are expected to be severe across the ohio valley and through the Midatlantic States this morning. Lightning continues to be a serious concern. Susan saulny, abc, washington. And hot, dry weather challenging fire crews in northern california. Battling two major fires there. They face another day of triple digit temperatures and gusty winds. The sand fire, east of sacramento, destroyed ten homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. The sheriff came to the door, and said you have to evacuate. Now. I have my stuff loaded, trucks pointed out the driveway. All i can do is preventing at this point. The other is burning Near Yosemite National Park and has forced evacuations in two communities nearby. It has not affected anything in the park itself. A live update from yosemite coming up on good morning america. And millions of people bracing for another day of stormy weather. Wacky weather. Meteorologist jim dickey is tracking it all. Hi, jim, good morning to you. Good morning. An unseasonably warm air mass filter into the east, causing plenty of trouble across the country. Produced severe thunderstorms all throughout weekend. Across the midwest, the ohio valley. Now as it noses to the eastern seaboard. Low pressure into new england. Thats going to produce widespread, heavy rain, drenching thunderstorms. Not expecting the Severe Weather event of the last few days. But flooding will be a concern, raining heavily at times. The cooler air filters all the way into the southeast, along the systems cold front. We will see storms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail. And on to the southwest, moisture into the four corners, widespread thunderstorms into the afternoon and evening. Back to you. Thanks so much, jim. Strong words overnight from the u. N. Security council, calling for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire in the war between israel and hamas. Said a ceasefire would allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to gaza. The palestinians and the israelis both criticized the statement. The pace of fighting seems to have slowed this morning there. The Israeli Military says it hasnt carried out any attacks in gaza since 9 30 p. M. Last night. It says troops are pressing on with efforts to destroy the crossborder tunnels constructed by hamas for attacks inside israel. A day at the beach for a father and daughter took a tragic turn when a small plane made a crash landing. Heres where it came down, the pilot telling a nearby control tower he would not make it to the airport, picking the beach instead. The father was killed, and the little girl critically injured when the aircraft came down right at the waters edge. This teenager was nearby. Not something you see every day, thats for sure. I was not expecting to come to the beach and see a plane on the ground. The propeller was bent pretty bad and the dents on the wings and stuff. And the tragedy does not end there, the mans wife suffered cardiac arrest after the accident and was taken to the hospital. The Costa Concordia finished its final journey and is now tied up in an italian port. This time lapse footage shows the end of the fiveday journey to an italian port from where it capsized off the italian coast in 2012. Other over the next two years, it will be demolished and the parts sold. 32 people died when the ship hit a reef and capsized. Theres a deal in the works on capitol hill to fix the Veterans Health care system. Top lawmakers have scheduled a News Conference later today to reveal more details about the plan. The v. A. Has been rocked by reports of patients dying awaiting treatment. And theres mounting evidence that workers falsified or omitted appointment schedules to mask frequent long delays. A major newspaper this morning is throwing its weight behind legalizing pot. The New York Times is calling for an end to the federal ban on marijuana, which it says it far less dangerous than alcohol. The editorial says there are far more arrests for marijuana more for illegal drugs, rather. And a disproportionate amount of young, black men are caught up in it. Marijuana was criminalized in 1980. Now to a followup on a story we had on friday. An American Flag found at a flea market. There were messages to a soldier Lance Corporal fred marciel written by his fellow soldiers. Lanie brown bought the flag and knew she had to get in to see maciels family. Over the weekend she did just that. Our family feels honored to be the ones chosen to find this flag and return it to you. She paid just 5 for the flag. The soldiers mother says shell have it with her for the rest of her life. What a great story. Love that one. Yes, indeed. New this morning, why taking a daily dose of asprin to prevent a heart attack can be doing more harm than good. And lost in the wilderness, an olympians family is found after missing for more than 24 hours. How jolly ranchers candy led to their rescue. Plus growing concerns over the Ebola Outbreak overseas now that two americans have been infected. Y ranchers candy led to their rescue. And the ebola virus, two americans have been infected. Y a tiffany ask yourself what your children or cigarettes. For as long as i can remember, my mother smoked. 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Meanwhile, the stock markets hoping for a rebound from fridays slide, the dow dropped 123 points on friday and begins trading this morning below the 17,000 mark for the first time in nearly three weeks. Fridays selloff was triggered by concerns about Consumer Spending after cautious comments from amazon and visa. It was beauty over brawn this weekend at the box office. Lucy, with Scarlett Johansson ingests a drug that gives her extraordinary ability. In its opening weekend, it more than covered its costs taking in 44 million. Hercules was a distant second at 29 million. Dawn of the planet of the apes slipped to third with 16. And youll soon be able to choose your hotel room from your cell phone smartphone. This week hilton is announcing new technology to allow guests to open the doors to those rooms using their phones. Some of the features roll out later this year. Others next year. Other Major Hotel Chains are developing their own technology upgrades. 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For the first time, hearing the extraordinary exchange between an air Traffic Controller and a pilot. Usually we think of those as polite and professional conversations. Not in this case. This was posted by liveatc. Net, from atlantas heartsfield Jackson Airport on friday. It captures the moment an faa controller tells the pilot of the delta flight 2242 hes on the wrong taxiway. Well taxi up there anyway we. I dont like your attitude. Im not giving attitude, just trying to correct you. You didnt tell us how to get there, next time you can tell us how to do that. Delta is looking into the incident, and the airline values courtesy and professionalism. Two american aid workers have the highly contagious ebola virus working in africa. One person was identified as the nurse, the other, a doctor. They were treating ebola patients at a clinic in liberia when they got sick. Abcs dr. Richard besser described the typical treatment. Theres no medicine to fight the virus, or vaccine, but give you fluids if youre dehydrated and medicine for your fever. Those things can help. Last week a father died from ebola, Patrick Sawyer fell ill. He was on a flight from liberia to nigeria. A daily dose of asprin to ward off heart attacks may be doing millions of americans more harm than good. That according to a new study, a gene variation in one in four adults can make them twice as likely to suffer a heart attack when combined with asprin. The study emphasizes the the potential importance of customizing therapies based on junior genetic profile. And the colorado rockies, making good on a massive spelling mistake. Over the weekend, the team handed out 15,000 tshirts with the name tulowizki, thats for the allstar shortstop. But the problem is the second t in his name was missing. The team is remaking the shirts with the name correctly spelled. Fans who got the mistake can turn it in for new ones later in the season. Now for highlights. Nascar on an indycar track. Heres our man on espn. Good morning, america. Welcome to sportscenter. Im steve levy. And jeff gordon celebrated in style. Kissing more bricks. 17 laps to go. Jeff gordon able to clear kasey kayne off the restart, on the outside, to take the race lead. The crew chief loves the move, the maneuver. Final lap, gordon would not look back, wins his second race of the season. Fifth alltime at indianapolis motor speedway. Ties michael schumacher, five wins in a major race at indy. Kiss the bricks and then some. Looks like a makeout session. Meanwhile, espns sunday night baseball, jake peavy, giants debut, taking on the dodgers. The pitch gets away, and gonzalez is thrown out at first by buster posy. But gordon able to score. Thats how the dodgers tied it. Next batter, ramirez. And puig scores. 32, l. A. 43 in the bottom of the ninth, jansen in to throw the gas to brandon crawford. He strikes out the side, dodgers sweep the giants, and up by a game and a half in the west. For more, check out a live sportscenter from studio excellent at 9 00 a. M. Time on espn. Have a great day. Up next in the pulse, wonder womans new look. Plus the internet abuzz over the weekend with the release of the new hunger games trailer. Stay tuned for that. And multiple choice, come to walgreens for help finding the one thats right for you. Like centrum. Select products are now just 9. 99 with card. At the corner of happy and healthy. Your eyes. Even 10 miles away. They can see the light of a single candle. Look after them. With centrum silver. Multivitamins for your eyes, heart and brain. Now with a new easytoswallow coating. Domo arigato mr. Roboto welcome back, time now for the pulse, and start with a south Korean Baseball Team with the answer to the empty seats. They have a lot of them. The eagles have installed a section full of robot fans that can be programmed remotely by humans. 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We have midtoupper level clouds and sun and clouds and humid and isolated thunderstorm is possible. 83 to 95 inland and 64 to 70 at the coast and San Francisco and 75 to 86 around the bay. We start off with a sigalert if live more westbound 580 at greenville road involving an overturned big rig with two lanes blocked. They are going to reopen all lanes between 7 00 and 8 00 this morning and that means you find an alternate way to get to work or give yourself plenty of center time coming from the Altamont Pass where you will be on the brakes with spectator slowing eastbound direction. This is what it is doing to the travel time 41 minutes to head from tracy to dublin and highway four, 101, still clear. We will keep our eye on 580 and give yourself extra time. It is causing the jamup. The race to clear the overturned big rig before rush hour hits high gear. Amy hollyfield is in the scene with additional details. How often do you see the underside of of an 18 wheeler flipped over down the embankment. The truck was carrying produce. It spilled bananas down the embankment. The Tow Truck Company is working to clean up the produce. The hazardous fuel crew there was an accident at 2 00 this morning and neil was hurt. Someone fell asleep at the wheel and hit a car and as the driver was trying to use the light to warn people of the disabled car the 18wheeler bump into the disabled car and tumbled over. No one was hurt. Everyone is okay. That is the go news. We have quite a backup. Two lanes are shut