Viewing sites and the lucky few getting a birdseye view. Im super excited for this flight. Whit plus, the famed photographer hitching a ride with David Copperfield hoping to snap another magical shot of this rare celestial show. Gio sixmonth mark. Since hamas attacked israel killing more than a thousand people, taking hundreds hostage. The protests in israel overnight and the toll on gaza, a deepening humanitarian crisis, plus, hopes for new ceasefire talks, and Martha Raddatz with a preview of her exclusive interview with world central kitchen founder, jose andres. Janai new overnight. President biden set to make a major announcement on student debt relief. What it could mean for millions of americans struggling to pay off their college loans. Katies young and she just dont care whit celebrating country. Our cmt awards preview, whos taking the stage tonight . Shes in love whit as Country Music honors its own, and with beyonces new album a chart topper this aint texas whit the big question, could she saddle up for the show . The last dance gio and last dance. Her three is good gio the ncaa Womens Basketball championship tipping off just hours from now. Undefeated South Carolina taking on iowa and Caitlin Clark. Whos got the edge . Plus, the victories on the mens side overnight setting up a final showdown. Come on, baby dance, dance, dance come on, baby gio starting off with the queen of disco. Good morning, america. So good to see you. How about uconn, huh, hoping for that backtoback National Championship. Janai yes. I expected you more to talk about donna summer but, yeah, yeah to that too. Gio its a busy sunday here and the news just in about powerball. Someone waking up the newest billionaire this morning. Whit yes. Even if it wasnt you, still another way to get some cash, why walmart may be paying you money. Well have details on that ahead. Janai and you can still keep winning, because tomorrows total Solar Eclipse, humans have been tracking and predicting eclipses for thousands of years. It is a breathtaking and even overwhelming thing to see the sun just vanish in the middle of the day. Somara theodore is in the path of totality at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where tens of thousands of people will gather tomorrow. Tomorrow, somara, i cant even get my words straight. Were so excited about this. Somara oh, my goodness. Janai, here in indianapolis, the energy is palpable. Folks are already filling the streets, the hotels, the restaurants, all in hopes of seeing this total Solar Eclipse, and its not just the city of indianapolis that will get a view of this celestial, beautiful, spectacular event, were seeing a lot of cities gearing up. This morning, just one day to go, and millions of americans are on the move, hitting the road, and the skies to get their view of the total Solar Eclipse. Millions expected to travel. The economic boom for those states in the path of totality could reach billions. In the skies, the faa issuing a travel warning anticipating high volume of traffic. They expect over 44,000 flights alone. Cathy green flying from atlanta to buffalo to catch the celestial event at niagara falls. This is the spot, and Everybody Knows it. This is the spot. If you really want to see it, this is where you go. Reporter in vermont, seven ski areas fall within the eclipses path with hotels having to waitlist thousands. Jay peak calling it their event the whiteout. We took our first reservations for the eclipse almost four years ago, so theres been a lot of interest for an awfully long period of time, and we have been sold out for a year. Reporter cities and towns along the route of totality are expecting huge crowds and traffic. In texas, 1 of the 13 states in totality, the department of transportation warning about congestion and distracted driving. We dont want anybody to be parking on the shoulder. Dont be wearing your glasses. Reporter in indianapolis, the governor calling a state of emergency in anticipation of the massive crowds. The Biggest Issue is going to be traffic. We think it will back up on the interstates. Reporter and here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, nearly 50,000 expected to arrive. Officials saying theyre ready. Please come prepared, and please come patient. Somara and, you know, one of the most critical components to the great viewing of a total Solar Eclipse is the weather. Here in indianapolis, temperatures will actually be in the 70s around that time, and were expecting some clearing, so thats good news, not the case, though, for our friends down in texas, so go ahead and lets start at the beginning of the path. It drives through mexico, and then we anticipate it to hit del rio, right . As it makes its way into dallas, thats when we start to see a lot more cloud coverage. Well be keeping our fingers crossed for a break in the clouds, but theres a threat for severe weather. We could see a few tornadoes in the afternoon. Timing on those storms, theyre popping up after about 3 00, 4 00 in the afternoon, so after the eclipse has actually taken place, we could see more cloud coverage, then this rides up through arkansas and into carbondale, indiana, and right into cleveland, this is the area where we start to see more clearing. Conditions look more primed, and then passing through niagara falls, we may see a few decent clouds. Whoevers in vermont, they will get a spectacular sighting. Gio, i cant wait till you get here. Gio i know. Hopping on a flight right after the show to see you there in indy. Thank you, somara. See you soon. Now were going to turn to the ongoing aftershocks from fridays rare east coast earthquake. Believe it or not, there have been more than two dozen of them. Abcs reena roy is here with more. Good morning, reena. So many people in the northeast were already unsettled when the earthquake hit, because as you said, this is not common here, and then came the aftershocks. There was at least one as recently as saturday morning, and that was just one of more than 30 since that quake on friday. But, look, these are not uncommon. Experts say they can happen for weeks, even months, or years following an earthquake. That 4. 8 magnitude quake striking near whitehouse station, new jersey, in the morning friday for about 30 seconds near the epicenter, and it was felt as far south as washington, d. C. , and up to maine. Experts estimating about 42 Million People might have felt it, and that magnitude is not really large enough to cause any major damage, thankfully, but, of course, as we know, large enough to be strongly felt, and that is true especially here in the east. Just an interesting little tidbit of science here, experts say earthquake shaking actually travels through the earths crust more efficiently here in the east than it does out west, whit. Whit yeah, we know that shaking was widespread up and down the east coast. Thank you so much, reena. We appreciate it. We do move overseas now to israel as people there and in gaza mark six months of devastating war and Britt Clennett is live in israel near the gaza border with more. Britt, good morning. Reporter good morning, whit. Yeah, im at the kibbutz of kfar aza. One of those scenes of devastating attacks six months ago. Dozens of people were killed here, 18 of them were taken hostage. Five of them still remain as outrage grows to bring them home and talks resume in egypt. This morning, massive crowds of angry protesters in tel aviv voicing their frustration that its been half a year since 250 hostages were taken captive in gaza in a wave of horrific attacks that killed 1,200 people. About 130 of the hostages are believed to be in gaza. The idf saying more than 250 of its soldiers have been killed since the gaza invasion began. Demonstrations coming as a new round of negotiations are under way today with cia director bill burns in egypt, a hamas delegation arriving today. Gadi moses is held in gaza. Its too much to wait six months for your loved ones for your family. Its tough. Reporter the Israeli Military say that more than 30 hostages are already dead. Just yesterday the idf says it retrieved the body of 47yearold elad katzir. This is a family friend of the katzirs and her fatherinlaw was also taken hostage from a kibbutz near oz on october 7th. I dont know what to do. I know when he was a young teenage. What is your message for biden . What do you want him to do . Keep pushing. Keep pushing. Do it. Do more. Please. Please, we ask you to help us. Reporter since the october 7th attack, an Israeli Military campaign in gaza to destroy hamas capabilities has soared to over 33,000 dead according to the hamasrun health ministry. Millions of palestinians have been displaced, entire cities reduced to rubble, and a deepening humanitarian crisis has upended the gaza strip risking famine and starvation, and israel remains on high alert amid threats from iran that it will retaliate for a bombing of its consulate in syria. The u. S. Warning that a significant attack could happen at any moment. Janai. Janai we are watching for that potential. Britt, thank you so much. And lets bring in abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz. Martha, so great to have you with us this morning. Six months of war, and theres been a major shift by President Biden in terms of his rhetoric about the toll on civilians. Whats at stake for biden, especially with the reelection . Well, janai, as youve heard month after month, the Biden Administration has tried to get the israelis, benjamin netanyahu, to reduce those civilian casualties in gaza and to increase humanitarian aid, and he really pushed for it this week again and again and basically said to netanyahu, if you dont do this, if you do not, if we do not see progress, it will have consequences. The president didnt outline what those consequences would be. He would not say. The white house would not say specifically whether it would involve military aid or weapons transfers to israel, but this is, as you said, a significant, a significant move for the white house, and, of course, President Biden, as you said, does face reelection, and he is getting criticized by muslim communities, by progressive democrats over and over, and this is exactly the kind of thing they have been demanding, janai. Janai and, martha, the push for more aid certainly wasnt helped by the israeli strike last monday that killed seven aid workers with the world central kitchen. You have a great exclusive interview coming up on this week this morning with the organizations founder. Lets take a listen to that. This is not anymore about the seven men and women of world central kitchen that perished in this unfortunate event. This is happening for too long. Its been six months of targeting anything that moves. This doesnt seem a war against terror. This doesnt seem anymore about a war about defending israel. This really at this point seems its a war against humanity itself. Janai a war against humanity itself. Martha, jose andres not mincing words there. How are the aid workers deaths going to affect israel over the long term . I think obviously they already have, and thats why President Biden had that stern talk with netanyahu, but what the white house will do is watch and watch this carefully, and they want to see actual progress there, and they say they will mark that progress. We dont know whether theres a deadline. We dont know great details. Were going to talk to john kirby as well today, but those deaths have clearly resonated throughout the world, janai. Janai absolutely, looking forward to that conversation. Martha, thank you. Tune in to this week later for more of marthas exclusive interview with world central kitchen founder jose andres and White House NationalSecurity Communications adviser john kirby responds, that is all coming up this morning on this week. Gio. Gio all right, janai, some important conversations there. And were going to turn now to President Bidens new attempt at a largescale Student Loan Forgiveness Program and were expecting an announcement tomorrow, and maryalice parks is at the white house with what were hearing. Good morning, maryalice. Reporter gio, good morning. This was a campaign promise, and last summer after the Supreme Court struck down President Bidens First Student loan forgiveness plan, the president vowed to keep working on it, and the white house has been busy. Over the last several months they have rolled out several programs offering relief to people like public servants, for example, some lowincome borrowers, but we are now learning that this week the president plans to announce another largescale program that could potentially impact millions of borrowers. We do not have many details yet, but we know that the department of education has been working on a new rule to potentially help people who have been holding debt for decades, those who might be able to show different kinds of Financial Hardship or perhaps those whose debt now because of interest has ballooned beyond what they originally took out. Now, my sources tell me that the white house thinks that this more targeted approach where borrowers have to fall into specific categories to get relief should provide better legal footing if this is also challenged. Now, the president plans to make this announcement in madison, wisconsin. Whit, that is obviously a crucial battleground state ahead of november, whit. Whit sure is. Well stand by for more details. Maryalice, thank you. To the Campaign Trial now, and overnight donald trump raked in a record amount of money to add to his Campaign War Chest holding an exclusive fundraiser at maralago. President biden and the democrats also building on their fundraising efforts. Abcs jay obrien has details. Jay, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning. Overnight the Trump Campaign saying that that fundraiser raked in an estimated 50 million at maralago. It was also only the second political appearance of this campaign for former first lady melania trump. This was the republican response to that massive democratic fundraiser where President Biden, former president s obama and clinton brought in a smaller 26 million last week, but democrats still far outpacing republicans when it comes to the overall size of their Campaign War Chest, whit. Whit jay, we know that Congress Gets back from a twoweek recess, and theres a lot to urgently get to. Walk us through whats coming up here. Reporter whit, the house still hasnt taken up aid for ukraine, which cleared the Senate Months ago. The white house also signaling its going to urgently press congress to appropriate funds for a new Francis Scott key bridge in baltimore, and the senates work this week could be briefly delayed when they take up that constitutionally required trial of the house gop impeachment of Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas. Senators expected to either move to quickly dismiss those charges or to refer this trial to a committee, janai. Janai right, jay, thank you for that. Now, to the Class Action Lawsuit against walmart, the company agreeing to pay 45 million to settle that lawsuit. Abcs Alexis Christoforous is here with what it could mean for some consumers and possibly some money back in their pockets, alexis, good morning. Reporter you got that right. Good morning, janai. If you bought groceries at walmart in recent years, the retail giant may owe you up to 500 bucks. Heres the deal, walmart is paying 45 million to settle a Class Action Lawsuit claiming the retail giant overcharged customers for certain groceries bought in store from october 19th, 2018, to january 19th of this year, and the lawsuit accuses them of falsely inflating product weight, mislabeling some products and overcharging for certain clearance items including meat, poultry, pork and seafood sold by weight, as well as for some bagged citrus fruit. Walmart denies the allegations but agreed to the settlement telling abc news, we believe a settlement is in the best interest of both parties. Now, if you believe youre eligible, and you have your receipts, you could be entitled to 2 of the total cost for each product up to 500. If you dont keep grocery receipts from five years ago, dont worry, you can still receive up to 25. You may also be able to retrieve receipts from walmarts website, and you can file a claim on the settlement administrators website. That deadline to file, june 5th, gio. Gio everybody looking for those receipts. Whit yeah, right. [ laughter ] good luck on the receipt hunt. Janai yeah. Gio thank you, alexis. All right, time now for the weather. Somara theodore is in indianapolis ahead of the eclipse. Somara, we said that im going to be joining you there. Please tell me its looking good. Somara oh, its looking good for us, gio. I got the hookup with mother nature, so dont worry. [ laughter ] all right. Where it wasnt looking so good was in kansas and nebraska yesterday. Take a look at this video, out of belleville, kansas. This is nemaha central. You wonder why they call it the home of the thunder. Look at that lightning. Spectacular, illuminating show in the sky and we also saw very powerful wind with this storm. This is seneca, kansas. The dirt getting whipped around there. At least 40 wind reports came out yesterday because of those thunders