MAKES A, RIGHT LOCKS IN OTHER 20 FEET. TURNS LEFT, INTO A SCHOOL ROOM. INTO A CLASSROOM. THAT HAS DOORS OPEN IN THE MIDDLE. >> TEN YEAR OLD GEMMA LOPEZ WAS IN THE CLASSROOM DOWN THE HALL. >> WHEN DID YOU NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG? >> WELL WHENEVER THE BULLET CAME THROUGH THE WALL. SO I TURN BUT IT CAME OUT UNDER THE TABLE. >> AND HAD YOU PRACTICED LOCKDOWN? GILES >> YES, SINCE KINDERGARTEN DIDN'T OR PRE-K. >> BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO LOCKDOWN? >> NO. I HEARD OFFICERS YELLING AT THE SHOOTER. >> WHAT DID YOU HEAR THEM YELLING? >> TO PUT THE FIREARM DOWN. AND THEN, THE SHOOTER SAID, LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE. AND THEN HE STARTED SHOOTING. >> JENNA'S BEST FRIEND, MARY GARCIA, KILLED. >> AUTHORITIES SAY FOUR MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTER ENTERED THE BUILDING LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INSIDE THE TRUCK FIRE. THEY WERE TREATED AND CALLED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. STARTING TO FILL IN THE COMMOTION WAS JESSE ORTIZ, WHO LIVES ACROSS THE. STREET HIS VIDEOS EXCLUSIVE TO ABC NEWS, SHOWS OFFICERS TAKING COVER BEHIND A VEHICLE. >> DID YOU TELL THEM TO GO? AND >> I WAS YELLING LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO IN? WHY DON'T YOU KNOW? IN >> THE VIDEO THEN SHOWS A TEAM GOING IN, BUT THEY HELD OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. POLICE SAY TO FOCUS ON EVACUATING OTHER CHILDREN FROM THE SCHOOL. >> APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LATER, U.S. BORDER PATROL, TACTICAL TEAMS ARRIVE, THEY MAKE ENTRY. SHOOT AND KILL THE SUSPECT. >> AS ARCHIE IS KEPT FILMING, THE CHAOS WAS UNFOLDING IN THE STREET. >> PARENTS CLASSIC WITH POLICE, WITH ENRAGED TO SEE SO MANY OFFICERS STANDING OUTSIDE WHILE THEIR CHILDREN WERE TRAPPED EE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN COPS DOING NOTHING. >> DIANE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECENTLY DOUBLING ITS FUNDING FOR SECURITY. IT ADDED EXTRA OFFICERS. NOW REMEMBER, THEY GET DRILLED FOR JUST SUCH AN INCIDENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. BUT INVESTIGATORS TELL ME THE MOST BASIC MEASURES MEANT TO SLOW DOWN AND ATTACKER, WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED. THINGS LIKE CALLING IT THE LOCKDOWN EARLY, AND JUST KEEPING THE OUTSIDE DOORS OF THE BUILDING LOCKED. AND RAISES QUESTIONS WHETHER ANY SUCH MEASURES WERE CAN ACTUALLY STOP A LONE WOLF ATTACK, OR ARMED WITH AN AR STYLE RIFLE, WHO IS WILLING TO DIE FROM ENTERING A BUILDING LIKE. THAT DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, MATT GUTMAN, THANKS FOR. THAT AND I WANNA GO BACK TO PHILIP OFF IN UVALDE FOR MORE. PHIL, HOW ARE OFFICIALS EXPLAINING WHY OFFICERS WERE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING FOR ALMOST AN HOUR, KNOWING THAT AGAIN WAS INSIDE WITH THESE KIDS? >> WELL, IN THE LATEST NEWS CONFERENCE THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, THEY SAID THAT TWO OFFICERS TOOK FIRE FROM THIS GUNMAN AFTER HE SPENT 12 MINUTES SHOOTING OUTSIDE AT THE SCHOOL. THEY TOOK FIRE FROM HIM, THEY BACKED OFF AND CALLED FOR BODY ARMOR AND CALLED FOR SQUAD TEAMS AND CALLED FOR NEGOTIATORS AS THE SHOOTER WENT INTO THE SCHOOL, TURNED DOWN A COUPLE DIFFERENT HALL WAYS, AND WOUND UP IN THOSE ADJOINING CLASSROOMS AS HE DID BUT HE DIDN'T SHOT AND KILLED 21 PEOPLE. SO, THEY ARE EXPLAINING THAT THEY NEEDED HELP, AND THEY CALLED FOR HELP. WHAT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN INTO YOU, AND WHEN ALL OF US HERE AT THE MEDIA ASKS DESPERATELY YESTERDAY BUT DID REALLY GET AN ANSWER TO, IS WIDEN THOSE OFFICERS WHO TOOK FIRE GO INTO THAT SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY. BECAUSE THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE PROTOCOL SINCE COLUMBINE 23 YEARS AGO. >> AND HOW ARE THEY EXPLAINING HOW MUCH THIS STORY HAS CHANGED, PHIL? NOT ONLY ABOUT THE TIMING THAT YOU DESCRIBED, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE UNLOCKED TOUR AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY OR OFFICER WHO INITIALLY SAID TRIED TO STOP THE SHOOTER, BUT ACTUALLY WAS THERE? WELL >>, DIANE, YOU ARE RIGHT. THAT IS SOMETHING GOVERNOR OF IT IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO. BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO IN THE BEGINNING GAVE THOSE DETAILS. HE SAID VERY CLEARLY THAT AN OFFICER IN THE PARKING LOT, AND YESTERDAY THE FOLKS WERE GIVING US THE NEWS CONFERENCE IN TAKING CARE OF THIS CASTIGATION, SAID ABSOLUTELY. NOT THAT THERE WAS NO RESEARCH OFFICER IN THAT PARKING LOT, AND THE DOOR THAT HE ENTERED WAS UNLOCKED AFTER HE SPENT 12 MINUTES SHOOTING AT THE SCHOOL FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEN HOPPED OVER A FENCE, THEN WALKED THROUGH AN UNLOCKED DOOR. THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF DETAILS HERE THAT ARE VERY DISTURBING. NOT ONLY TO THE COUNTRY WATCHING THIS, EVERYBODY HAS A CHILD INTO SCHOOL, BUT ESPECIALLY TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS JUST LOST 21 PEOPLE. 19 OF THEM CHILDREN, DIANE. >> UNIMAGINABLE. AND, PHIL MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE TOLD NBC NEWS THAT THE SHOOTER SENT THEM DISTURBING MESSAGES ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE MASSACRE. ONCE WE KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE IS? NOW >> WELL, WE FIRST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST THE MORNING OF. JUST THAT HE HAD SENT THESE THREE CHECKS THE WARNING OF. AND THOSE THREE TAX WENT TO ONE PERSON, AND THE FIRST ONE WAS I AM GOING TO SHOOT MY GRANDMOTHER, THE SECOND ONE WAS I SHOT MY GRANDMOTHER, AND THE THIRD ONE WAS I AM GOING TO SHOOT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT WAS AND I THINK THE 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTER GOT TO THE SCHOOL. BUT IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING, HE DID SEND US POLICE ARE TELLING, US IT'S A VERY CONCERNING MESSAGES. WHAT IS A PICTURE OF A GUN ON THE FLOOR. OTHERS TO A YOUNG WOMAN HE MET ONLINE IN GERMANY. SO THEY WERE RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS SHOOTING. >> AND IN A STRANGE COINCIDENCE, WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THAT THE SHOOTER'S MOTHER ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE SAME BUSINESS WHERE HE BOUGHT THESE GUNS. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? WILL >> THEY, AND WE HAVE DONE SOME INVESTIGATING INTO THIS, AND PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHO DON'T HAVE STORIES LIKE THIS MIGHT FIND IT ODD. BUT HERE IN TEXAS IT IS NOT. IT IS A PART GUN STORE AND PART RESTAURANT. IT IS ONE STORY TOGETHER. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS, HIS MOTHER AT ONE POINT, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN WORKS AT THE STORE, NOT IN THE GUN PORTION OF IT BUT OVER ON THE RESTAURANT SIDE OF HIM. AND WE DON'T KNOW SHE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM GETTING THESE WEAPONS. IT IS JUST SORT OF A STRANGE CAREER COINCIDENCE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING HERE FOR A FEW DAYS NOW, IT IS A SMALL TOWN. AND NOT A TON OF BUSINESSES HERE. >> SO, PHIL AND NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING SOME MORE DETAILS AND MORE CLARIFICATION ON HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED, WHERE DOES INVESTIGATION FOCUS ON NOW? >> I THINK THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE FOCUSING ON. COULD IT HAVE BEEN STOPPED? AND THAT IS A REALLY BIG, IT IS A LOADED QUESTION. IT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, BUT IT IS A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT. NEED ALL THE FACTS. YESTERDAY LONG FORSMAN WAS SAYING WE HAVE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTER OUTSIDE, AND INSIDE THE BUILDING WE ARE GOING FOR IT BY FRAME TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN A LOOK AT THE ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS. WHY THOSE OFFICERS WHO TOOK FIRE DIDN'T GO RIGHT BACK IN, WHY THEY TOOK COVER. THAT IS GOING TO BE WHERE THE INVESTIGATION FOCUSES. THAT IS THE QUESTION EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW, DIANE. I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE ALSO LEARNING SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE CHILDREN, AND THE TEACHERS, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. AND UNFORTUNATELY, AND THIS IS REALLY HARD TO REPORT BY, UNFORTUNATELY THE TRAGEDIES JUST KEEP COMING. THIS WAS ALMOST HARD TO HEAR, IT IS HARD TO HEAR. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF THE TEACHERS WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED HERE ON TUESDAY, DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK YESTERDAY. 48 HOURS AFTER HIS WIFE WAS MURDERED, LEAVING BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN. ABC'S MARIA REVEAL HIS IS HERE IN UVALDE AND AS WE CAN WITH THE FAMILIES WHO EVEN THROUGH THEIR GRIEF WANT TO SHARE STORIES OF THOSE THEY HAVE LOST. >> WHEN HE WON IN THE CLASSROOM, HE SAID YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. HE JUST SAID YOU SHOULDN'T. >> A CHILLING ACCOUNT FOR THE FIRST TIME OF WHAT WENT ON INSIDE THAT CLASSROOM. WE ARE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, INTO TEACHERS WERE FATALLY SHOT. >> I WAS PLAYING DEAD, EMOTIONALLY. >> TEN YEAR OLD SON WHILE SALINAS, ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVORS WITH CLASS, NOW RECOVERY AFTER AN INJURY TO HIS LEG. >> HE SHOT MY, TEACHER AND THEN HE SHOT THE. KIDS I THINK HE WAS AIMING AT ME, LIKE THE THING, AND THEN HE LIKE, I GUESS ONE OF THE CHAIRS WHERE THERE SO IT BLOCKED IT AND THE PIECES WHEN IN MY LEG. >> MOST OF HIS FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES, NOT MAKING IT OUT ALIVE. >> I KIND OF DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING TO SCHOOL AND I FEEL HURT AND SOMETIMES THAT NIGHT I HAVE NIGHTMARES TOO. >> ALSO INSIDE THAT CLASSROOM, TEN YEAR OLD TEST MODEL. >> TEST ADORED HER BIG SISTER FAITH, LOVED MAKING TIKTOK. AND KEPT PEOPLE LAUGHING. >> SHE PUT A SMILE ON EVERYBODY 'S FACE, EVERY TIME SHE WAS DANCING. SHE ALWAYS HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE EVER. >> IF YOU HEAD TO THE SUN RODEO IS ALSO ONE OF THE VICTIMS. >> I LAST PIECE OF MY HEART. >> THE MOTHER FOR CENTRAL HELIO WAS LOVING, HAPPY, AND LIKED TO HELP. OTHERS >> I THINK ABOUT, HIM WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT CLASSROOM. THAT HE WAS IN. HE WAS CRYING OUT FOR ME OR SOMETHING. I'M JUST, LIKE WHAT WAS HIS LAST WHEN HE SAW LAST. >> AND ALI GARCIA, SHE WAS KNOWN TO LOVE AND COUNT OH AND HER ABSOLUTELY, THE NOW-DELETED THOUGH WHO SAID EVERY TIME SHE SAW HER GRANDDAUGHTER, SHE WOULD RUN TO HER AND GIVE HER DOGS. >> SHE WOULD, SAY A GRANDMA I LOVE. YOU >> AND ALSO BEING REMEMBERED, NO VIA GRAVEL AND ALEXANDER RUBIO OR LEXI WASN'T ALL A HONOR STUDENT. HER MOTHER, CALLING HER BEAUTIFUL AND SMART. SHARING AND FACEBOOK WE TOLD HER WE LEFT HER AND WOULD PICK HER UP AFTER SCHOOL. WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOODBYE. UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY COMPOUNDED JUST IS AFTER TEACHER GARCIA WAS GUNNED DOWN, HER HUSBAND JOE GARCIA DYING OF A HEART ATTACK. THE TWO WERE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. ONE OF HIS FINAL MOMENTS, LAYING FLOWERS AT THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE'S MEMORIAL. THEY NOW LEAVE BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN, SEEN HERE AT A MASS FOR THE FAMILY HELD IN THE PASTORS EMBRACE. >> SEVERAL OF THE VICTIMS ARE STILL RECOVERING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. ONE FAMILY TELLING ME AS THEIR SON GRADUALLY STARTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SHARE. BUT AS A PARENT, IT IS EXCRUCIATING TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR CHILD WENT THROUGH ON THAT AWFUL DAY. DIANE. >> I'M SURE, IS MARIA VERITY, OUR THANK. YOU AND SCENES OF SCHOOLS CROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOW WALKING AT A CLASSROOM PROTEST AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE. AND LAWMAKERS REFUSAL TO IMPLEMENT BROADLY SUPPORTED GUN LEGISLATION. AND ABC NEWS WASHINGTON POST FOUND THAT 98% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. AND 86% PERCENT PER SUPPORT RED FLAG LAWS THAT WOULD ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TEMPORARILY CONFISCATE GUNS FROM PEOPLE TEMPTED TO BE DANGEROUS. SOME REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'RE WILLING TO TALK TO DEMOCRATS JUST FIND OUT IF BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS ARE WITHIN. REACH RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. >> AFTER 30 YEARS OF CONGRESSIONAL INACTION ON GUN CONTROL, REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, GIVEN THE GREENLIGHT ON BIPARTISAN TALKS, ENCOURAGING TEXAS SENATOR JOHN CORNYN TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS TO FIND COMMON GROUND. >> I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE SAME OLD TIRED TALKING POINTS. I'M ACTUALLY INTERESTED AND WHAT WE CAN DO, TO MAKE THE TERRIBLE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN UVALDE LESS LIKELY IN THE FUTURE. >> CORINN RETURNING TO WASHINGTON, JUST BACK FROM THE TRAGEDY IN UVALDE, SO YOU WITH DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY. HIS HOME STATE OF CONNECTICUT ROCKED BY THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE. >> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT WE MAKE PROGRESS ON, BACKGROUND CHECKS, RED FLAG LAWS, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. >> THOSE ISSUES BACKED BY THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS, NEARLY 90% SUPPORT BACKGROUND CHECKS. MANY REPUBLICANS AREN'T BUDGING. >> THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT SOME TYPE OF ACTION WHEN IT COMES TO GUN REFORM. IS YOUR PARTY WRONG ON THIS? ARE YOU WRONG? ON THIS >> WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT SOLUTIONS [INAUDIBLE] . >> BUT IF THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY BACKGROUND? CHECKS >> MA'AM, I REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE A POINT OF. YOU [INAUDIBLE] . >> IT IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SIR. >> REPUBLICAN SENATOR RICK SCOTT ENDED OUR INTERVIEW. >> OKAY, AGAIN LET ME FINISH ARE YOU GONNA DO? IT OKAY YOU DO. IT >> AND SENATOR TED CRUZ PRESSED BY A REPORTER IN TEXAS. THE DEMOCRAT'S REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL NONE OF THAT WOULD'VE. STOPPED IT >> WIDE IS IT'S ONLY HAPPEN IN YOUR COUNTRY, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD CAN'T FATHOM. WHY ONLY IN AMERICA? WHY IS THIS AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM SO AWFUL? >> I'M SORRY YOU THINK AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS AWFUL. >> I THINK THIS ASPECT OF. HIM >> YOU, NOAH YOU GOT YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA. AND GOD LOVE. YOU >> SENATOR, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO NOT THINK THAT GUNS ARE THE? PROBLEM >> BACK IN WASHINGTON, WITH GUN LEGISLATION UP IN THE AIR, SENATORS LEFT TOWN FOR RECESS. >> SENATOR, GRAHAM ARE THERE ENOUGH REPUBLICANS TO GET IT PASSED? >> SEVERAL PROTESTS ARE PLANNED OUTSIDE OF THE NRA CONVENTION TODAY. TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT PULLED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT SENATOR TED CRUZ, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, STILL EXPECTED TO SPEAK TODAY. AND AT THE REQUEST OF SECRET SERVICE, NO CHANCE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE AS TRUMP ADDRESSES THE CONVENTION. DIANE. >> ALL, RIGHT RACHEL SCOTT IN HOUSTON. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF THE DAY'S OTHER TOP STORIES, STAY WITH US. � � � WELCOME. BACK TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AND TODAY IS PREDICTED TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERSTATES TO DO THAT. AAA PREDICTS A NEARLY 35 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE HITTING THE ROAD. NBC'S VICTOR CAN-DO IS IN MIAMI, WITH WHITE DRIVERS COULD FACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HI, VICTOR. >> TODAY'S EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WORST DAYS TO TRAVEL. ACCORDING TO AAA, SOME 35 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL BY AUTOMOBILE THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE BUSIEST METRO AREAS BEING, ATLANTA BOSTON, AND CHICAGO. THE WORST TIMES TO DRIVE OUR AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. ROUGHLY BETWEEN ONE TO 7 PM. DRIVERS IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY COULD EXPERIENCE DOUBLED A TRAVEL TIME COMPARED TO A NORMAL TRIP. NO, THAT TIME THE DRIVE, THOSE ARE THE OFF PEAK HOURS. EARLY MORNING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR GAS AS A RECORDS HIGH. $6.66 A GALLON. SO TRY TO USE -- TO FIND THE BEST PLACES TO FEEL. UP >> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR CAN-DO, THANK YOU. MORE THAN 12 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE TO THE SKIES BETWEEN NOW AND MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY. IT MACY'S TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ IS IN LAGUARDIA WITH MORE AND WITH THE AIRPORTS WILL BE LIKE TODAY AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. HI GIO BENITEZ. >> WE'VE BEEN SEEING LOTS OF TRAVELERS ALL MORNING LONG, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING TOO MANY CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS JUST JUST YET. MORE THAN 12 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED AT U.S. AIRPORTS BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY AND THIS WILL BE A RECORD LOOKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL WEEKEND, PERHAPS EVEN MORE THAN 2019 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. NOW, THE BEST WAYS TO FLY ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. TODAY YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY FIND CROWDED AIRPORTS. LET'S LOOK AT THE WORST TIME TO FLY NOW, STARTING WITH THE BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD, JACKSON, IN ATLANTA. WE ARE BENT NOW, IT IS IN TONIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 5 PM. AT THIS POINT THE BEST ADVICE IS TO GET TO THE AIRPORT EARLY AND BE READY. DIANE? >> ALL RIGHT, GIO BENITEZ, GOOD ADVICE. THANK. YOU COMING UP, LATEST ON THE MONKEYPOX OUTBREAKS IN THE U.S.. AND THE TRIBUTES NOWNE SUNDAY MG NEWS SHOW VERSUS THE COMPETITION. >> WELCOME TO THIS WEEK. � � � WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED AFTER A HOUSE EXPLODED NEAR PHILADELPHIA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. TWO OTHER PEOPLE ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW ONGOING INTO WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. THERE ARE NOW AT LEAST NINE PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASES OF MONKEYPOX IN SEVEN STATES IN THE U.S.. INCLUDING ONE PRESUMED CASE IN VIRGINIA. CDC DIRECTOR DOCTOR ROCHELLE WALENSKY SAYS THAT NOT ALL PATIENTS TRAVELED ABROAD. MEANING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME COMMUNITY. SPREAD PUBLIC OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NO GREAT RISK TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, FROM MONKEYPOX. BUT AT ALL POSSIBLE CASES SHOULD BE REPORTED TO A DOCTOR, QUICKLY. AND LEADERS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION PUBLISHED 205-PAGE LIST ON THURSDAY OF HUNDREDS OF MINISTERS ANOTHER CHURCH WORKERS IN WHOM IT DESCRIBED AS ACT AS CREDIBLY ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE. THE RELEASE COMES IN THE WAKE OF AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ABOUT HOW THE DENOMINATIONS HANDLING OF ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE HEADING TO THE NBA FINALS AFTER ELIMINATING THE DALLAS MAVERICKS. THE WIND MEANS THAT STEPH CURRY IS HEADING TO HIS SIXTH FINALLY NATE YEARS. HE RECEIVED THE INAUGURAL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, AND THE FIRST MAGIC JOHNSON TROPHY. JEFF BRIDGES AND HIS WIFE ARE NOW OPENING UP ABOUT THE OSCAR WINNER'S LIFE THREATENING HEALTH SCARE. THE ACTOR SAYS THAT THE COMBINATION OF CHEMO TREATMENT AND COVID NEARLY KILLED HIM. BUT HE ADDS THAT HE IS COMING TO THE OTHER SIDE WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE. AERIAL RUSSIA HAS THEIR STORY. >> FROM HIS OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCE IN CRAZY HEART. >> WE ALL KNEW THE TROUBLE WE WOULD GET INTO. >> YEAH, BIG TROUBLE. >> TO HIS ICONIC ROLE IN THE BIG LEBOWSKI. JEFF BRIDGES IS A MASTER ONSCREEN. BUT NOW, THE 72-YEAR-OLD STAR IS OPENING UP TO PEOPLE MAGAZINE ABOUT THESE BEHIND THE SCENES HEALTH CRISIS. A NEARLY FATAL BOUT WITH COVID, WHILE UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR LYMPHOMA. >> THE COVID MADE MY CANCEL LOOK LIKE NOTHING, MAN. BECAUSE THE CHEMO WIPED OUT MY IMMUNE SYSTEM. I HAD NOTHING TO FIGHT IT. I HAD THE KIND OF COVID COVID WHERE YOU CAN'T BREATHE WELL. SO IF I HAD TO ROLL OVER IN BRAD'S, I COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT CALLING THE NURSE TO HELP ME WITH THE OXYGEN. >> BRIDGES, BEDRIDDEN IN THE HOSPITAL, I'M SURE IF HE WOULD SURVIVE. >> I WAS CLOSE TO DYING. MY DOCTOR WAS SAYING, JEFF, YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT MAN. YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WAS IN SURRENDER MODE. >> BUT FIGHT HE DID. AND FINALLY, HE RECOVERED. NOW, HE IS EMBRACING THE FUTURE. GRATEFUL FOR THE JOURNEY. >> LOVE IS THE DEAL. LOVE THE GIFT THAT YOU ARE BEING GIVEN. LOVE THIS COVID. PIECES THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE ARE CONNECTED, MAN. WHO WOULD, THINK YES, I WOULD LOVE SOME CANCER? IT GIVE ME A LITTLE GUT DOSE OF COVID? IT REALLY HEIGHTENED MY APPRECIATION OF LIFE AND THE WAY I HAD EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE. >> AND WE APPRECIATE HIM SHARING HIS STORY. THANK YOU TO AERIAL RUSSIA FOR THAT. APPLE'S ARE POURING IN FOR RAY LIOTTA, WHO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. LOOKING BACK AT HIS ICONIC ROLES. >> AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER. >> AS A REAL LIFE LIFE OBSCURE HENRY HILL, RAY LIOTTA IMPECCABLY PORTRAYED A CRIME UP-AND-COMER WHO CRAVE THAT WISEGUY SWAGGER. ALONG WITH ROBERT DE NIRO AND JOE PESCI IN MARTIN SCORSESE'S GOOD FELLAS. HIS PASSAGE INTO MAFIOSO PRIVILEGE WE SHOWN IN THE FIRST STAGE WITH RAIN BRONCO. HE STRAINS, AND THEN HE KISSED ME. LIODICE MEME WORTHY INTENSITY ENOUGH TO MAKE EVEN LAUGHTER NERVOUS. THE 1990 FILM WOULD EARN LIOTTA MAIN MAN STATUS. HE THOUGHT OF HIS WORK AS SHOELESS JOE JACKSON IN THE MOVIE FIELD OF DREAMS. HIS COSTAR KEVIN COSTNER REMEMBERING LIODICE INCREDIBLE LEGACY. THIS INCREDIBLE REAL MOMENT CAUGHT ON SCREEN. SCORES OF FILMS WOULD FOLLOW BEFORE RADIOED IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DIED IN HIS SLEEP AT AGE 87 THURSDAY, WHILE ON LOCATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. NEWS OF HIS UNTIMELY PASSING SPURRING MORE TRIBUTES FROM HIS COLLEAGUES. LORRAINE BROOK O WRITING, WHEN SHE ASKED WHAT HER FAVORITE PART OF MAKING GOOD FELLAS WAS, HER ANSWER IS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME, RIGHT LIOTTA. >> JENNIFER LOPEZ POSTING PHOTOS AND RECALLING THEIR COLLABORATION ON THE TV SERIES SHADES OF BLUE, WRITING, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR TIME TOGETHER FONDLY. WE WILL REMEMBER RADIO THAT WAY AS WELL. DIANE? >> WE SURE. WILL CHRIS, CONNALLY THANK. YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I AM DIANE MACEDO. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.