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affecting the start of the school year for some. here's abc's jacqueline lee. >> reporter: tonight, the cdc says a new covid-19 booster should be available to millions of americans in just a few weeks. president biden today requesting additional funding. >> it is recommended that everybody get it, no matter what they got before. >> reporter: spikes in cases already spoiling the start of the school year for at least two districts in texas and kentucky, temporarily closing this week or moving to remote learning. and mask mandates returning where infections are clustered, including morris brown college in atlanta and entertainment company lionsgate outside los angeles. covid hospitalizations are up, rising more than 21% the week of august 12th, the fifth week in a row, according to the cdc, but still three times lower than this time last year. health officials are urging people to get the updated booster shots when available, emphasizing immunity decreases over time and the covid-19 virus
disguised wearing a wig. >> he ended up taking her into his own van and putting some zip ties on her and took her hostage. >> reporter: police say wilhoit restrained the woman and held her overnight at lake mead park. the next day, authorities say the woman passed that note to a stranger at a gas station, saying she was in a blue honda van going toward las vegas. >> you know, a lot of us might have just looked at this person like she was crazy, and thank goodness this customer took her seriously and the customer called 911. >> reporter: mary, deputies say she is traumatize. they also say they found several guns in his car. he has not been charged but he's being held on suspicion of multiple charges, including kidnapping. mary? >> mary: remarkable rescue. zohreen, thank you. next tonight, the cdc with new guidance on how fast updated covid boosters may be available as a new omicron variant raises concerns. covid cases on the rise,
thing relatively under control, you go up the next block and the whole row of houses is completely engulfed. how does that hit you? >> that was my oh shoot moment. that's when i was like, okay, this is something else. and i think we kind of immediately switched to trying to evacuate as many people as we could. >> reporter: maui county also filing a lawsuit against the company claiming negligence. a spokesperson saying we're disappointed maui chose this path as the investigation is still unfolding. mary? >> mary: mola, thank you. now to the deadly crash of a marine fighter jet just outside of san diego. the pilot was killed during a late night training flight. here's abc's will carr. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. military investigating this fatal fa-18 hornet fighter jet crash near san diego. >> plane crash incident on the east of the base. >> reporter: emergency calls coming in just before midnight as the aircraft was conducting a training flight at the marine corps air station miramar base. nearly 80 emergency personnel
children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. >> reporter: close to a quarter of a million people traveling to washington that day from across the country, by bus, train, car, and plane, carrying signs demanding equal rights, integrated schools, equal housing and an end to racial bias. another speaker that day, a young john lewis. >> we march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of. hundreds and thousands of our brothers are not here, for they are receiving no awareness at all. ♪ >> reporter: those stirring speeches, the thousands who protested capturing the nation's attention, helping to bring about passage of the civil rights act and voting
today, the kremlin calling accusations it had prigozhin killed "absolute lies." and mary, some positive news for ukraine on the battlefield. the ukrainian military saying it has broken through the first line of russian defense in a key and fierce battle in the south. mary? >> mary: some welcome news for ukraine tonight. tom, thank you. back here at home now, a harrowing rescue in arizona. the victim claiming she'd been kidnapped by a man posing as a ride share driver. she was able to pass a note to someone at a gas station asking for help. here's zohreen shah. >> reporter: tonight, the extraordinary rescue. authorities say a woman kidnapped by a fake ride share driver slipped this chilling note to a stranger, "help. call 9-1-1." >> it is a crazy story, but one that we wanted to tell specifically because of what the victim did for herself to help herself. >> reporter: authorities say jacob wilhoit abducted the woman from a phoenix-area car dealership monday morning. her mother reported her missing with wilhoit named a person of interest. he knew the victim but was
which may worsen kidney problems. need to get your a1c down? you may pay as little as $10 per prescription. finally tonight, one of the most significant events of the 20th century, the march on washington 60 years ago, and a dream many say is not realized. >> reporter: they called it the march on washington for jobs and freedom. thousands gathering in front of the lincoln memorial to hear reverend dr. martin luther king witnessing what would become a defining moment in the fight for equality. king telling the crowd -- >> i have a dream my four
back outside grand rapids -- >> we just grabbed the dogs and took cover. >> reporter: zach comer and his wife just back from a grocery run, riding out a different twister in their truck. >> my wife said, "oh, my god." and the telephone lines, everything was just completely uprooted and gone. and then our truck started to shake, and we just kind of covered up, hoping that it would be okay. >> reporter: they're okay, but their neighborhood and much of the region facing a big clean-up ahead. >> mary: let's get right to rob tracking the storms and two tropical systems with eyes on the coast. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, mary. the only good news with the storms we had the past couple nights was it did dampen the heat, but not for everybody. we still have excessive warnings for indianapolis, kansas city, little rock. dallas, you saw a temperature of 110 today. hasn't been that warm since 2011. these are the hurricane hunters that flew into tropical storm franklin last night. tough job. lightning all over the place. this is important to get crucial