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experience as a kid when i saw goofy. >> just like absolutely lost my mind. >> core memories. >> yeah. got that signature. you know, when you had the book. >> oh, yeah. yeah. oh, my nieces just went last week and they did the whole book experience, like the autographs. yeah, i didn't know kids were still into that. >> yeah. just looked like a squiggle. >> the princess >> good morning america for our viewers in the west. tough new restrictions could be coming for the border. border battle. president biden considering taking executive action to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, as congressional republicans and donald trump killed a bipartisan security deal. no bars big trouble. at&t customers across the country waking up with zero service.
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the latest on the major outage. new fallout from the ruling in alabama that frozen embryos are children. why the state's biggest hospital says it's stopping all ivf treatment, and what some families are saying this morning. the boyfriend of the dual russian american citizen being detained by russia speaking out. >> she doesn't care about herself. she cares about everyone else. >> what happened when she initially got to russia? and what happened when she tried to come home? new midair scare. the fbi investigating after a plane was diverted because of an alleged bomb threat. authorities swarming the jet on the tarmac. plus the major shake-up at boeing. the head of the 737 max program out. where is wendy williams? an exclusive first look at the new documentary about the talk show queen capturing excessive drinking, fits of anger and moments of incoherence. >> some people will look at this and say this is exploitation. how could they do this?
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>> as we hear from wendy's family. >> i knew that every cylinder is not firing the way it should be. >> and why they said they've had little access to help her, only on gma this morning. tumblers tumble. >> i have entered my hydrated era. >> after the viral success of the stanley cup, now why some customers are suing. ♪ the eye of the tiger ♪ ♪ the thrill of the fight ♪ >> like father like son. meet the 4-year-old coach of the year. >> hi, coach. how you feeling about the game today? >> no, no. >> coach chris isn't messing around. and many eyes on charlie. tiger's son hitting the green right now, with his eye on a big prize. >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. >> good morning america. you got coach chris. you got charlie woods. they say your kids don't look at
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what you're doing. you're doing something, they're watching you. >> they are. >> both are good examples of that. >> good examples of that. also ahead this morning, it's been 30 years since americans have spent this much on food. rebecca jarvis is going to be along to tell us how to keep your bill low, and when we can expect relief as grocery costs remain stubbornly high. >> we're going to begin at the white house where president biden is considering executive action at the border to stem the flow of migrants after congressional republicans killed a bipartisan compromise on border security. chief white house correspondent mary bruce starts us off. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. i'm told this morning president biden is considering possibly taking executive action to impose tough new asylum restrictions including possibly barring migrants from seeking asylum if they cross illegally between u.s. ports of entry. i'm told the president is considering a wide range of options here, no final decision has been made. but this does come, of course, after republicans on the hill under pressure from donald trump tanked a bipartisan border deal that included significant new restrictions. as president biden is eager to show voters that he is taking
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this issue seriously. look, republicans have seized on the chaos at the border, turning it into a political liability for the president, upping the pressure on biden to act. if he does impose this executive order, it would echo a 2018 effort by then president trump to bar and block migrants. it's something democrats staunchly opposed at the time. it was blocked by the courts. if he does take this action it, too, would likely face legal challenges. but even so, litically, it would give the president an opportunity to show that he is doing something to address this crisis, while republicans mired in their own infighting have failed to do anything through legislation. >> thank you very much. michael? we turn to some at&t customers waking up with zero service. rebecca jarvis is here with the latest on the outage and the outrage. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning, michael. if your phone suddenly started
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showing no service, searching or sos in that upper right corner, now you know why. it started overnight while many of us were sleeping. a cellular outage across the country. thousands of users in cities including houston, chicago and san francisco reporting those issues. the number of reports of at&t outages peaked at 32,000 around 4:30 a.m. eastern this morning according to down detector, which tracks these outages. even some local police departments have reported outages to their 911 call centers, including the charlotte pd and the san francisco fire department. now, the good news here is that service is returning in some places. don't forget, even if your phone doesn't have service, you can complete sos calls and texts to emergency services so this is not exactly a danger, robin. at&t confirmed the outages saying we are working to restore service and we encourage the use of wi-fi calling until service is restored. robin? >> that is good to keep in mind, rebecca. thank you. overseas as we learn new details about the dual u.s. russia
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citizen that is accused of treason. foreign correspondent james longman is tracking the story for us from ukraine. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, robin. almost two years to the day since russia invaded ukraine and the situation for this country does not look good. putin's forces are on the march and ukraine is outmanned and outgunned. mean time, the boyfriend of an american woman who's been detained in russia has told abc news that she fears she could be stuck there for the rest of her life. this morning the boyfriend of the dual russian american citizen being detained by russia is speaking out. >> she's apologized to me, for putting me in this situation. she doesn't care about herself. she cares about everyone else. >> reporter: he told abc news he received a letter from carolina tuesday, the first time since she was detained and accused of treason.
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>> one day she wakes up and feels so motivated and so inspired and just so positive that she will see me. then one day she will wake up and say i have no hope and i believe i will be here for the rest of my life. >> reporter: he said she has not been worried about going to russia in january. she'd been excited to see her family. >> i didn't feel good about it. i said there's a war going on. i don't think this is a good idea. she said, oh, it's safe. i'm russian. they love me. i'm good. i can go home. >> reporter: but after landing, he said she was briefly held at the airport. authorities then released her but took her phone. weeks later, she told her boyfriend she was able to retrieve it. >> the morning of the 27th she said, babe, good news. they told me i can come get my phone. i just need to go in and see them and they will release everything to me. and she really seemed unworried, very happy. >> reporter: several hours
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later, chris learned from her father that she'd been detained. human rights group reporting she was detained for a public out burst and sentenced to 14 days in jail. but then they brought the treason charges that carry a prison sentence of up to 20 year, citing her donation of $51.80 to a ukrainian charity. meanwhile russian president vladamir putin promises to push further into ukraine and an estimate says ukraine's military shortages could become catastrophic by spring. two u.s. officials describe late march as a critical time if u.s. aid doesn't come through. a $60 billion package is currently stalled in the house after passing the senate. >> putin has used that delay to his advantage. he has expanded military operations. he has acquired territory he didn't hold two months ago. >> reporter: there is perhaps a general perception in the west
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that putin's forces want to sit on frozen battle lines in the east of ukraine an wait for a deal. that is not the case. ukrainian commanders say he wants to occupy more territory here. michael? >> all right, james. thank you very much for that. we're gonna turn now to the high tension in the middle east. overnight a deadly shooting broke out on a highway near jerusalem. marcus moore is there on the scene for us this morning. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: michael, good morning. that shooting happened right along this highway that goes up to a check point leading into jerusalem. israeli police saying that three gun men armed with automatic weapons opened fire on cars sitting in traffic. this happened during rush hour. images from the scene show cars riddled with bullet holes and shattered glass. we know that one person was killed, eight injured. the victims range in ages from 23-59 and include a 30-year-old woman who's pregnant. these are people caught defenseless in their cars. the three gun men have been identified as two brothers and a third man, all from bethlehem.
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police say they were killed by citizens and police. officials this morning have not released a motive, but just last week a gunman opened fire at a bus station south of tel aviv killing two people. this highlighted the heightened tension and the fear many people are feeling as the war in gaza continues. >> we can only imagine, marcus. thank you so much for your reporting. back here at home, fallout from alabama supreme court's ruling that frozen embryos are children. the state's biggest hospital said it is putting all ivf treatments on hold while soeurts out the court's decision. elizabeth schulze join us with those details. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the decision from alabama's supreme court is quickly reverberating across the state's healthcare system with a major hospital now stopping ivf treatments. families tell us they are confused, frustrated and shocked that desperately needed fertility options could soon no longer be available in the
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state. this morning ivf fertility treatments at alabama's biggest hospital grinding to a halt after that unprecedented rule lg by the state supreme court determining frozen embryos are children. the university of alabama at birmingham health systems saying in a statement, we must evaluate the potentials that our patients and our physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care for ivf treatments. >> i never thought it would get to this point. >> reporter: thousands of families like rebecca matthews. caught off guard. after multiple miscarriages they turned to ivf, freezing several embryos to maximize the likelihood of getting pregnant. >> without ivf we would not have our beautiful children. >> reporter: matthews says they don't know what will happen to their remaining frozen embryos stored at another alabama clinic. >> the thing that's scary for us is, if we choose to discard our embryo, could we be charged with something?
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is that a criminal offense now? is that murder? >> reporter: because alabama's high court ruled frozen embryos qualify as people, anyone who discards them, which is a normal part of the ivf process, could now face criminal charges. for doctors and clinics, it's a legal liability that could force them to close their door, a risk that reproductive rights advocates warn would be a ripple effect of the u.s. supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. >> nobody has the answers of how do you navigate this? >> reporter: matt clary and his wife froze their embryos and plan to start another round of ivf at a separate clinic in birmingham. now with so much uncertainty, they are contemplating if they need to go through the process in another state. >> what i'm really concerned about is could we legally retrieve our embryos? >> you don't know if you could move your embryos to another state without facing liability? >> yes. that's the limbo we're living in right now. >> reporter: legal experts say
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it's likely more clinics in alabama will pause treatments. groups in other states like florida are following alabama's lead, arguing that frozen embryos are children. this case could make its way up to the u.s. supreme court. >> elizabeth, thanks. nikki haley responded to the alabama ruling overnight. she also spoke to rachel scott about donald trump's comments on her husband and military families. rachel's on the trail in south carolina. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning to you. nikki haley has tried to walk a fine line on the issue of abortion and reproductive rights. now she's attempting to clarify her comments after signaling she backs the alabama supreme court decision. this morning nikki haley trying to clarify her comments on that alabama supreme court ruling on ivf after stating she believes embryos created through in vitro fertilization are babies. >> i didn't say i agreed with the alabama ruling. the question that i was asked
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is, do i believe an embryo is a baby. i do think if you look in the definition, an embryo is considered an unborn baby. so, yes, i believe, from my stance, that that is. >> reporter: asked about the far reaching consequences of the ruling for women in alabama, haley attempting to frame the conversation as a debate over parental rights. >> this case was based on and should be based on the right of those parents for their embryos and to make sure that they have the responsibility with the doctors on how those are handled. nothing more than that. >> reporter: but the decision does raise questions about when life begins. with the south carolina primary just two days away, nikki haley still far behind donald trump, ramping up her attacks on the former president. >> then you look at donald trump. there's nothing normal about mocking members of the military. there's nothing normal about paying 50 -- taking $50 million of campaign contributions and
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spending it on your own personal court cases. >> reporter: trump has mocked haley's husband who was serving a one year deployment overseas. he is a major in the army national guard. haley addressing trump's comments in an interview with eva pilgrim. >> we saw you fight back with him after he mentioned your husband and his deployment. that really ticked you off. >> i mean, look. it's not personal for me and michael. we can handle that. it's personal when you think of military families. they go through a lot. don't make light of that. to me veterans are off limits. don't talk about them, don't say anything, because every freedom donald trump has is because of the men and women in our military. and he would never know it. >> reporter: nikki haley has really ramped up her attacks on donald trump in the final stretch. the question now, is it too little too late? she's still trailing the former president by 30 points. this is her home state, robin. >> it is. all right, rachel. thank you. we're going to turn to the littlest scare in the air.
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a bomb threat forcing a cross country flight to be diverted. transportation correspondent gio benitez is at newark airport with those details. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that threat was allegedly left written in one of the lavatories. even the fbi is involved. this morning the fbi investigating after a plane diverted after an alleged bomb threat. a united airlines flight from newark to los angeles diverted to chicago. a source telling abc news the threat was found in one of the plane's bathrooms. >> when we landed they told us that somebody had written a bomb threat on a mirror in a bathroom. >> reporter: authorities swarming the plane on the tarmac. passengers getting off safely and loading onto buses. incidents on planes have been making headlines recently. a united flight diverted monday after the wing of the boeing 757 starting tearing apart midflight. then the report of a boeing 737 cargo plane fire. then the door plug flying off a 737 max 9 last month.
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now a major shake-up at boeing. the head of the 737 max program suddenly ousted and replaced. >> this will be an on going process as boeing looks at all their methodologies so that what happened never happens again. >> reporter: boeing has been facing extreme scrutiny after that door plug incident. the plug flying off an alaska airlines plane in mid air, but incredibly everyone survived. the ntsb believes four bolts to prevent the door plug from falling off were never reinstalled at boeing's factory in washington, triggering major questions about boeing's quality control. while some other recent incidents were likely maintenance incidents, even the boeing ceo admits the company has to earn the public's trust. >> boeing has faced questions for years after max planes crashed. >> reporter: that's right, robin. we, of course, remember those crashes back in 2018 and 2019.
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very sad. we're talking about 346 people who lost their lives. now, we went back and checked. we saw the head of the max program who was just ousted, he didn't start in that role until after those crash, but still there are so many questions for boeing, robin. >> so many questions that people want answers to. gio, thank you. coming up the documentary asking the question, where is wendy williams, as we hear from her family. we'll tell you some ways to help ease the pressure on your wallet when it comes to rising grocery prices. why the maker of the popular stanley cup is being sued. but first let's go to ginger. good morning, ginger. >> good morning. even after the rain stopped falling on the west coast, the land still moved. this is malibu canyon road. still closed this morning. they got the land slide out of there. they have to assess to see if the rocks will be stable. los angeles has now had 12.56 inches of rain this month alone. that is more than three times
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their normal. fourth wettest february on record. more rain coming. we've got some of the rain and mild stuff before more rain an snow upstate. we have more rain this weekend. your local weather in 30 seconds. meteorologist drew
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native plant, landscaping, common space and an activity courtyard. now let's go straight to gloria for a look at traffic. >> good morning. right now we are following a sigalert in petaluma. this is causing some major delays here. there's an overturned cement truck on northbound 101 past petaluma boulevard. it's also foggy for a lot of our drivers out there. this is a live look at our san rafael camera, and there is a fog advisory for the bay bridge. >> all right. thanks, gloria. meteorologist drew tuma has a quick look at the
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we're tracking the latest ahead of pop news. >> what an amazing comeback. that was really something. following a lot of headlines including tough new restrictions that could be coming to the border. president biden is considering executive action to stem the flow of migrants after congressional republicans killed a bipartisan compromise on border security. also right now an american sailor assigned to a war ship stationed in japan has been charged with espionage. officials say he passed classified information to a foreign national on multiple locations. the information is reportedly related to national security. if you haven't heard, panda diplomacy is back on. san diego zoo officials say they expect two panda bears to arrive as early as the end of summer if all permits and requirements are approved. it's been about five years since the new pandas and almost all the pandas in the u.s. were sent back in recent years as relations with china soured. we've got a lot more ahead including when people could expect relief when it comes to grocery prices. that is all coming up, robin.
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>> that relief cannot come soon enough. now an exclusive first look at a documentary asking the question, where is wendy williams? after years of concern about the talk show queen, deborah roberts sat down with a member of her family for answers about her physical, mental and financial struggles. we want to hear this conversation. >> robin, so many wendy williams fans will be paying close attention. what started as a documentary, which wendy williams hoped would spark the beginning of her triumphant return to tv, ended in a heart breaking expose of her mental and physical decline. a decline that involves a court appointed guardian going over her finance and health decisions. >> here's wendy! >> reporter: for 12 seasons she reigned supreme on her unflinching, unapologetic daytime gossip fest, "the wendy williams show" with that signature greeting. >> how you doing? how you doing? how you doing? >> reporter: no celebrity off limits.
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>> mariah, i don't know who you think you're fooling with this one. >> reporter: this morning the 59-year-old self-proclaimed queen of media is herself the hot topic in a jarring new life time documentary "where is wendy williams?" from the start, we witnessed an erratic and shockingly thin wendy. this documentary is hard to watch. >> i know. >> reporter: very hard to watch. >> i said i wasn't going to cry. i feel like i have cried enough over the last year and a half. what people are going to see is a broken woman who has had the world on her shoulders for so long and just cracked. >> reporter: alex finny, wendy's niece and god daughter, now breaking the family's silence. >> feel like i'm living in this secret bubble for a very long time. >> reporter: lifetime producers witnessing low moments with excessive drinking, fits of anger. >> go! bye! i have no idea where we are. >> reporter: and bouts of incoherence.
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>> do you know how many people love you? >> no, i don't. >> reporter: some people will look at this and say, this is exploitation. she's been exploited. how could they do this? >> right. but i will say this, first and foremost. my aunt is the executive producer of this documentary. and she said, now is the perfect time because i want to take ownership of my story. >> reporter: for many, wendy's story took a dramatic turn on halloween 2017 when she collapsed on her show. leading some to wonder whether wendy, who openly talked about her health struggles and battle with alcohol and substance abuse, was in trouble. her show went on. two years later, another set back. >> i have been living in a sober house. you know i have had a struggle with cocaine. >> reporter: then a messy divorce, bizarre behavior and long absences from the set followed. in early 2022, the wendy williams show was cancelled.
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>> from 6 years old, all i wanted was to be famous. >> reporter: months later those documentary cameras began rolling, with wendy hoping to reveal a career reboot. but that's not what producers found. >> did you have a liquid lunch? i came into your room and all of a sudden out of nowhere i happened to notice one of your specialty items. you think you're perfectly fine having as many drinks as you want? >> perfectly. >> okay. i'm just gonna put it downstairs to keep it cool. >> keep it there. >> okay. >> reporter: is she an alcoholic? >> in terms of alcoholic, i don't want to categorize her because i'm a nonmedical professional. what i can say is that my aunt has had some unhealthy habits when it's come to alcohol. >> reporter: they discovered a lonely, agitated woman. people will look at this documentary and wonder, where's your family? >> right. >> reporter: how come family's not there saving her? >> because family was shut out.
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>> we would take responsibility with regard to guardianship and personal needs to ensure that she was healthy. i'm not talking about her money. you put money over here. >> reporter: a new york judge appointed a guardian to manage her life and finances. that action coming after her bank, wells fargo, claimed in 2022 court document, that wendy was a victim of undue influence and financial exploitation. >> the court is going to look at the best interest of individual. it will be based on the evidence as presented. you have a family helping wendy williams. >> if it happens to me, it could happen to you. >> reporter: overnight wells fargo telling abc news this matter was conducted under seal. any claims against wells fargo have been dismissed. there was talk that wells fargo got involved in this because they thought either her son, kevin junior, or somebody, was taking advantage of her financially. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you know that to be true? >> i personally have not seen family taking advantage of my aunt's money.
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i haven't. >> have you ever taken money from your mother's account? >> not without her consent. >> reporter: family members insisting their biggest concern is wendy's well-being after noticing her apparent cognitive decline. during this filming at what point did you know something was seriously wrong? >> right off the bat when i saw her. she didn't have to say one thing. i knew that every cylinder is not firing the way it should. you are bigger than this. you are better than this. you are smarter than this. you are stronger than this. people around you getting paid, they're gonna tell you something to make you feel good. >> reporter: so who benefits from this documentary? is it family? is it managers around her who are going to benefit from this? >> i think that's a question i can't even answer. i know that i will say this. family benefitting from it, no. no. that's -- no. i just hope that the person that comes out of this victorious is my aunt.
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>> now what is it that you would like to have? >> i have already told you. >> tell me again. >> i want to be back on tv. >> reporter: your hopes for her? do you think that she has a prayer of actually resuming a career? >> i think that -- well, i know that, in talking with her, she does hope to resume a career. and my hope for her is that she does whatever she wants to do that makes her happy and that stays in the bounds of keeping her healthy. >> reporter: the family feeling exasperated, tells us wendy is in a treatment facility, though they don't know where. they say they have heard from her and she sounds much better. "where is wendy williams" premieres this saturday on life time. you can catch more of my conversation on "nightline" tomorrow, too. >> wow. where do you start with this, deborah?
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>> it's very, very difficult. but you know? the courts have basically separated wendy. so the family is not involved in her care, even those who really have her best interests at heart. so how do you deal with this when it is, you know, the state that is running her affairs? >> to say she's an executive producer when you can see in some ways she's not really in control. >> does she have the capacity to do that? but they say she sounds much better and she might be making a little bit of a recovery. so hopefully we will find out a little bit more later. but for this moment they just don't know where she is. >> great job by you. looking forward to watching that. coming up next american families battling their grocery bills. rebecca will tell us when we could see relief. we'll be right back with more gma. right back with more "gma." ♪ ♪ isease i hid from the camera. and i wanted to hide from the world.
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back on gma with american families battleling their grocery bills. rebecca is back on when people can expect relief and how you can still keep your billow. hey, rebecca. >> hey, michael. yeah, the good news is that prices are no longer surging at the grocery store, but the bad news is when you compare that bill to where it was two or three years ago, it's much higher. this morning rising food prices are taking a bigger bite out of household budgets according to the department of agriculture.
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it's been 30 years since americans have spent this much on food. in 1991, consumers spent 11.4% of their income on food. today data shows the figure is 11.3%. >> egg prices are back up again. meat products also saw big jumps. soda prices jumped a lot. things that we all enjoy, prices are still jumping. >> overall inflation has cooled in the last year, but grocery prices remain stubbornly high. experts blame several factors including increases in labor costs and record low cattle numbers driving up the cost of beef and steak. >> in some cases it's drawn demand. some cases limited supply. other cases weather events. >> reporter: the ceo of a popular snack company telling "the wall street journal" if you looked historically after periods of inflation, there's really no period you could point to where food prices go back down. grocery prices are up 1.2% from a year ago, and the cost of
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eating out is digging into people's budgets surging by more than 5%. but there is good news. analysts expect some relief in the coming months. >> while prices are rising for food, they're rising at a much slower rate than a year or two years ago. i would expect that to continue. >> now what can you do in the mean time? rethink what is is your cart. for example, citrus prices are up 1.2%, but apple prices are down 8.9% from a year ago. ground beef prices are climbing but fish prices are heading lower. so make some trades there, if you can. and you know i love an app. if you shop at the same grocery store regularly, make sure you're taking advantage of their rewards app. also using apps like i bought it. you can get cash back for your grocery purchases. there's also another great one called basket savings where you build your grocery list, you check prices at local grocery stores and then you can decide where to go on a given day.
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then, guys, there's a fun one. you shop alone. i get that's not always possible, but without the toddler and the hungry hands grabbing everything, you do save something. as a parent, i'm familiar with this. >> i miss those days. [ laughter ] >> those days were cheaper. prices weren't what they are right now. rebecca, thank you very much for that advice. always appreciate it. coming up next we have our play of the day on this thursday morning. day on this thursday morning. ♪ ♪
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>> great to have lara back with a heartwarming play of the day. >> yes, george indeed. good morning to you all. reggie best, he is the basketball coach for a local high school in tarboro north carolina. he may have someone coming for his job. watch reggie's 4-year-old son christopher steal the show on the sidelines. clearly loving helping his dad. this is a future coach for sure. after one recent game his mom did a post game interview. check this out, please. >> coach, how do you feel about the game today? >> no, i don't feel about the game. those 7 footers, they were dominating. >> dominating. >> they were dominating. that's right.
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christopher's video, they are racking up thousands of views on social media. one person saying what you're all thinking. thinking this kid is a future hall of famer. like, one of the coaches of all times. >> all the mannerisms. >> he does. >> he just adores his dad, looking up to him so much. >> like michael was saying you think they're not watching you, they are. >> every move you make. for better or worse. [ laughter ] >> we left that part out. thank you very much for that, lara. feels good story right there. coming up meet the 14-year-old on a mission to empower the nearly 400,000 kids in foster care and why the cause is so close to her heart. we'll be right back. the cause is so close to her heart. we'll be right back. so am i. because i'm at risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. come on. i already got a pneumonia vaccine, but i'm asking about the added protection of prevnar 20®. if you're 19 or older with certain chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, copd, or heart disease, or are 65 or older,
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abc7 oakland airport camera. we have sunshine over. okay but we do have that dense fog that gloria just mentioned. a dense fog advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. this morning for the valleys of the north bay, where visibility at times is down to zero miles. right now, temperatures. some of our coldest spots, like saint helena in the 30s, mainly in the 40s and 50s, around the bay shoreline. that sun is looking great from our tam cam. so that fog early on giving way to dry, partly cloudy skies and 50s and 60s. amanda. >> all right, thanks so much, drew. and if you're streaming with us on the abc seven bay area app, abc seven at seven continues next for everyone else, it is gma jackie edwards supports raising the cost of gasoline and banning new gas stations. >> jackie would voted to raise electricity rates 100% higher than the national average. can we afford jackie elward in the state senate? >> the showstopping bmw i4 is electricity in its most powerful form, a perfect fusion of iconic handling and cutting edge
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timothee chalamet and florence pugh, two super stars, on what everybody is saying is a great movie. >> it does seem that way. take a look at this. that's the moment when sean wang and his grandmothers found out his short film got nominated for an oscar. his movie is a love letter to those wonderful, wonderful women. he's here to tell us all about it. >> lot of excitement there. also ahead, we are covering the latest on the michelle troconis trial. first president biden is considering executive action on the border to stem the flow of migrants after congressional republicans deal the bipartisan compromise on border security. chief white house correspondent mary bruce is covering that story. good morning mary. >> reporter: good morning again, george. i am told president biden is considering taking executive action to impose new tough asylum restrictions including possibly barring migrants from seeking asylum if they cross illegally. the president, i'm told, is considering a wide range of options and no final decisions have been made. this comes after republicans on
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the hill, under pressure from donald trump, tanked that bipartisan border deal that included significant new restrictions. and if president biden is eager to show americans and voters that he is taking this issue seriously. if he imposes the executive action it would echo an effort by donald trump to stem migrants staunchly opposed by democrats at the time and blocked by the courts. this move by biden would also likely face legal challenges but politically it would allow the president the opportunity to show he is taking action to address this crisis, while republicans have failed up on the hill. robin? >> mary, thank you. alabama's biggest hospital putting all ivf treatment on hold while it sorts out the state's supreme court ruling that frozen embryos are children. let's go back to elizabeth schulze. good morning again, elizabeth. >> reporter: hey, good morning again, robin. the decision by alabama's supreme court is sending shock waves through the state and country with alabama's biggest hospital now pausing ivf fertility treatments. university of alabama birmingham
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health system saying in a statement, we must evaluate the potential that our patients and our physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care for ivf treatments. alabama's supreme court ruled that frozen embryos are children, which means that anyone who discards them could face criminal charges. discarding embryos that are unused is part of the typical process for clinics who are treating hundreds of thousands of families in the u.s. who turn to ivf every year to try to get pregnant. families in alabama who are going through ivf tell us they are frustrated an confused about what this ruling means. they say their doctors do not have answers. it is likely other clinics in alabama will pause treatments, while groups in other states like florida, are already trying to follow alabama's lead. michael? >> definitely has a ripple effect. thank you very much, elizabeth. now to the trial of the connecticut woman accused of conspireing with her former boyfriend in the murder of his estranged wife. the state resting after the
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mother of murdered woman took the stand. trevor ault has the story. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: this story's had many twists and turns. jennifer dulos has never been found. her estranged husband charged with her murder died by suicide. but his girlfriend, michelle troconis, is accused of helping him create an alibi after jennifer disappeared. this morning the prosecution resting its case against michelle troconis, the alleged accomplice and girlfriend of the connecticut father accused of killing his estranged wife, jennifer dulos. prosecutors calling jennifer's mother to the stand who testified about her love for her children. >> was jennifer always there for them? >> yes, she was always there for them. >> reporter: her 88-year-old mother has custody of all five kids. jennifer dulos disappeared in 2018, authorities declaring her legally dead four years later. her husband dying by suicide shortly after being charged with jennifer's murder. prosecutors say triconis was all
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involved, unveiling surveillance footage from after jennifer's disappearance showing her allegedly traveling miles from his home throwing away 30 bags of items around hartford. this shot showing a woman with him who prosecutors believe to be troconis bending out of that truck. troconis' attorney denies her involvement. >> something clearly was involved but bottom line is, i have yet to see anything that suggests that michelle troconis knew anything about what he was up to. >> reporter: and michelle's defense attorney can now call witnesses in the trial. the testimony though is expected to wrap up tomorrow or monday. michelle troconis' fate will be in the hands of the jury. >> thank you. coming up in our gma morning menu, you see them almost everywhere. now some customers are suing the company behind the stanley travel cups. also ahead the young teen helping kids in foster care feel seen and supported. lena ford is here to tell us why this mission means so much to
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lead. eva pilgrim has details. good morning, eva. >> good morning, george. these cups were a hot commodity. they keep your drink hot or cold for hours. some of the popular colors still hard to get your hands on. but some customers now saying they wouldn't have bought the popular cup if they had known the company uses lead in its process to make them. >> i have entered my hydrated era. >> reporter: they're the trending thermos turned social media must haves that had everyone clamoring to get their hands on one. >> this one matches my outfit so we're going to buy it. >> reporter: but this morning the parent company of the viral stanley tumblers is facing two lawsuits after stanley acknowledged part of the insulation at the bottom of the bottle that people do not make contact with does contain some lead. >> why are we using lead in the first place? >> reporter: in one of the lawsuits filed last week, mariana alleges the company engaged in a campaign of deceiving customers by failing to disclose the presence of lead
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in its tumbler products adding that the company knew or reasonably should have known about this lead issue for years but chose to conceal it from the public, presumably to avoid losing sales. >> when i discovered that lead was possibly in the stanley cup, i was really upset. i try to treat my body as well as possible. i wouldn't have bought any product that had lead in it, to my knowledge. i just thought, why is a company like this being so deceptive? >> reporter: last month after several customers say they performed at home tests with some allegedly testing positive for lead, stanley released a statement saying the materials used for the insulation seal at the bottom of the product does contain some lead but that it is covered with stainless steel and no lead is present on the surface of any stanley product that comes into contact with the consumer nor the contents of the product. as for the lawsuit, the company telling usa today it will vigorously defend itself against meritless claims. >> my trust has been shaken in
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the company, but i would like to see them not just with the stanley cups currently, but with all their product, make a commitment to being lead-free. >> reporter: mariana told us she has already thrown out her cup. she would like to see stanley make a 3.0 version of the cup that's lead-free and offer all customers a chance to exchange it for a nonlead one. >> that would be nice. >> sure would be. >> sure would be. [ laughter ] >> george, we're going to begin this morning with our friend jimmy kimmell, opening up about the next phase of his career, or maybe not his career. kimmell is gearing up for his fourth time hosting the oscars the late night host is telling "the l.a. times" he thinks his time may be coming to wind down as host of "jimmy kimmell live" after 21 years. he says, quote, i think this is my final contract. i still have a little more than two years left on it. that seems pretty good. seems like enough. on what he'll actually do when he leaves late night, he said he's not exactly sure but he has a lot of hobbies.
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i'm just naming a couple of them. he does have a lot of them. cooking. he also loves drawing. he says when his time comes, quote, he doesn't want to have regrets about all the things he never got to. one thing he is getting to, putting the finishing touches on his oscars hosting gig. we will have a special interview with jimmy ahead of hollywood's biggest night. the oscars happening sunday march 10th right here on abc. that's a big big thing. >> 21 years? >> 21 years. and he works really hard. >> he does. >> whatever he wants to do, i say, jimmy, go do it. also in the news apple doesn't fall far from the tiger. [ laughter ] is that how it goes? tiger woods' 15-year-old son charlie is playing in his first ever prequalifying round this morning, guys, for a pga tour event. charlie, of course, no stranger to playing in front of a crowd. last time we saw him compete was at the pnc family event in florida with his dad back in
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december. and the father/son duo, they have very similar styles. that will hopefully serve charlie well in today's round. charlie does play on his high school's team. they just took home the florida state championship trophy. we wish charlie the best of luck this morning as he competes for a spot in the classic pga event which takes place next weekend in palm beach. >> how would you like to be on a high school team playing against charlie woods? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> pressure must be pretty great for charlie woods. hopefully, it's so important in golf, too. >> seems like he can handle it though. >> he is so focused. wishing him all the best. hey, this morning elton john's good-bye peachtree road auction took off like a rocket man last night at christie's auction house. the first 49 items of more than 900 being offered from elton's 13,000 square foot in atlanta, almost all of them exceeded the preauction estimates, as we guessed they might.
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those prescription sunglasses that i tried on, yep, they were estimated to sell for between $2,000 and $3,000. they went for $22,000. >> wow. >> got the 2 right. >> the bentley. >> i was just about to tell you, robin. that had 22,000 miles on it. estimated to sell between $20,000 to $30,000. not a bad deal. but, it went for over $200,000. >> i'm out. >> yeah. that is just the beginning. today the second group of items, a lot of his collection of art, really beautiful pieces. specifically photography. that goes on the block today. more tomorrow and saturday at an online auction. all available for you to check out and shop christie's.com. i want to wrap it up. tory has deals and steals and it's skin care day. we want to make sure she has a lot of extra time. i promised you, tory, i'm giving you extra time. this one's for you, baby. >> all right.
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thank you, lara, as always, for that. now to one of the most anticipated movies of the year, dune part 2, follow-up to the 2021 academy award winning sci-fi blockbuster. maggie rulli had a chance to talk with two of its star, timothee chalamet an florence pugh. she's joining us from london. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning. last time we got to chat with timothee it was for wonka, a movie with a much different vibe. he actually filmed them back to back. he said the transition between the two was mind bending. but he said he was so ready to jump right back in to the world of dune. >> everything is clear. >> reporter: it's the sci-fi sequel the world's been waiting for. >> i will be fighting for him. fighting for my people. >> reporter: dune part 2 picks up right where the first one left off. what was it like to jump right back in? >> it was just a dream. like many people, i watched the first movie, you feel like the movie ends and your thought was
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interrupted. you really want to see where it goes. >> reporter: he's back with an all star cast. javier bardem, christopher walken and long time friend timothee chalamet and florence pugh. we saw you both together for the first time in little women. >> what are you doing? >> looking at you. we just felt natural. >> nothing that i don't know. >> like chattering. it's wonderful to be back with him. >> reporter: this time around timothee's character, the mythical hero, dives head first into romance. and nonstop action. can we talk about the riding? >> yes. >> that is so cool. >> that was one of my favorite parts of the movie. >> how many training did it take? >> it was a violent rig with wind and sand that would blast in my face, an industrial fan. it gave the impression that we were riding on a worm 8,000 years in the future.
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>> which you both did really cooly. very cool. >> really? >> reporter: he gives it his all in some brutal fight scenes. did you get injured? >> some days we were bruised and battered. >> it was so intense. and fast paced and just brilliant. >> reporter: florence plays a newcomer to the dune universe, daughter of the emperor. >> can't under estimate the power of faith. >> like i'm entering my queendom era but i have got some work to do. i like an elevated princess. >> reporter: what was it like entering the world of dune? >> oh my god, amazing. i literally fell in love with the movie. >> reporter: these two co-stars are ready to dish it out. >> who takes longer to get ready? >> florence. >> me? are you joking? >> reporter: who break first in the the love scene? >> timothee has a thing where he's about to break, he'll stomp on the ground and go, mm. mm. >> reporter: guys, that
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interview was such a blast. the two of them are just really great friends. florence even said she's such a huge fan of the first movie, getting to be on set for the second was like winning a competition. dune part 2 hits theaters next friday, march 1st. michael? >> cannot wait to see that. first one was incredible. i heard this one was great as well. thank you very much, maggie. now ginger. hey, ginger. >> hey, michael. winter's trying to skip out early. it ends next week but look. oklahoma city, those 83, record high. tulsa. bismark was warm. everybody will be warm in the middle of the nation in the coming days. by next week after a chill this weekend, the northeast will also see it. we'll go into the 50s. above average. washington, d.c. to 70. close to 70 in chicago. this is not a surprise. we've had a top five warmest winter on record. let's get a check now closer to home. meteorologist drew
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short, about two grandmas who you're going to fall in love with. we love you, tori. thank you. >> the new season of idol is a smash hit. >> oh, we are going to raise you up. in the top ten, right? >> that may be the winner of american idol. >> you make dreams come true. >> how long do i have to wait? gray's anatomy always live seven news starts right now. >> good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc seven mornings. >> it is all of a sudden gotten very foggy out there. how glorious. >> yeah, yeah, reggie, you're absolutely right. it's super foggy out there. if you're driving this morning, keep that in mind. your visibility may be limited. we are also following this crash that's over in los gatos and it's causing some major delays here. this is on northbound 17 before idlewild road. and speaking of that fog, reggie, check this out. this is a live look at our richmond san
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rafael bridge camera. you can barely see out there. there is a fog advisory for the bay bridge, so be very careful when you're driving. reggie >> thanks so much, gloria. we're going to check in with meteorologist drew tuma right after this overflow ing with ideas and energy. >> that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is easily the most impressive candidate known for her grilling of corporate executives with deep policy knowledge. katie porter's housing plan has been partizan friendly ideas to bring home building costs down and the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. let's shake up the senate with democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. >> when i think about black history, i think about preserving legacy. my family opened our first mcdonald's location in 1988, and now i'm a next generation owner operator, continuing that legacy over the past three decades, we have supported our local community in many ways through mentorship and volunteering efforts. we have contributed to the ronald mcdonald house, the boys and girls club of the peninsula, and
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other charitable causes. i want to be an example to other young black entrepreneurs and inspire the next generation to give back. i'm lauren and i'm creating black history at mcdonald's. >> katherine lybarger won higher wages for nursing assistants and janitors overtime pay for farm workers, and katherine is winning equal pay for more women. uber is so afraid of both overtime and equal pay. they're spending $1 million to try and beat katherine. katherine is endorsed by california's nurses and teachers equality california and california environmental voters. hey kelly and marcus coming up, we'll chat with cynthia nixon. >> plus, we'll have some chilly at 9 a.m. with chef kat ashmore. >> that's at nine on abc seven. >> kelly's very excited about that. chili will go outside this morning. it's our san jose camera where we do have sunshine but we have dense fog in other
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areas like the north bay valleys. a dense fog advisory is in effect through 10 a.m. this morning, because some areas we have zero miles visibility right now, temperatures. you can see we're mainly in the 40s and low 50s. as we get out the door now from our tam cam. it's a mixture of sun and clouds. we'll get more sunshine this afternoon. it's dry, 50s and 60s. reggie. thanks drew. >> another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always catch us on our news app and abc seven news.com. here's more gma welcome back to gma live from times square. >> we are here with the director of nai nai and wai po. welcome sean wang. welcome. good to see you. congratulations. >> thank you very much. thanks for having me. >> we showed earlier in the show the moment when you all learned -- there it is. tell us about that moment and why you decided to make the film. >> well, that moment, it's so crazy seeing it because i feel like that moment was just chaotic joy.
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sam, our producer, we were at sundance. we decided to fly home just to watch the nominations with my grandmothers in case we got nominated. even if we didn't, just wrap a bow on the journey together. as you can see, we got nominated. it was pretty intense. >> it's so great. you and i were just talking off camera, it is a small and personal project. in fact, nai nai and wai po are paternal and maternal grandmothers in cheese. these are yours. they live together ages 94 and 83. why did you decide to do this? it wasn't like a big studio project. this is an affair of the heart. >> yeah. i think it was such a small organic project that really came from the heart. the impetus was i had moved home in the spring of 2021, to move to los angeles to be closer to my collaborator. there they are. that experience of being home
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with them was the longest time i had been home with them since leaving. i got to really live with them, see them and experience the day to day routines with them. it was an experience i never really got to have. i knew it was special. i got to experience so much joy and silliness and laughter and infectious youthful energy that they bring out in me and i bring out in them. and that joy was kind of juxtaposed by a lot of anti-asian hate crime, sentiments happening in our country at the time. especially in the bay area where i grew up. kind of felt like that was happening in my back yard. it was an interesting like mix of emotions i was having of extreme anger and extreme joy with my grandmothers. and so i kind of just wanted to turn a camera on them and really make something that humanizes them, that was an anecdote to all the anger that i was seeing, all the things that were targeted at people like them in our community. help them feel seen in that way. >> let's give everybody a look.
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♪ ♪ >> ahhhhhhhhh! >> that will get everybody watching right there, no question about that. it is so intimate, up close and person. you said you shot it with the home video mentality? >> yeah. the home video mentality was the ethos of making the movie, you know? i think we like to say home videos at the ends of the day, they're not for anybody except the family, the person recording them. i think if you told us three years ago when we shot the movie
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that you take away the oscars, take away "good morning america" take away the film festival premieres. >> we don't want to take any of that away. [ laughter ] >> i think if you told us ten people are going to watch this, you, your family and -- >> two friends. >> yeah. i would have still made the movie. at the end of the day it's like a memento for me and my family. ten years from now if my grandmothers have passed away because that's the cycle of life, i have something to show my children, to sort of remember who they are. that to me is the most special. to share it with everybody at home. >> you can't help but smile watching it. did nai nai and wai po get the enormity of this achievement? >> they do. i mean, you know, they're immigrants from taiwan. but they know the oscars. they're stoked. they're gonna be fun. >> do you have any notes on the film?
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>> probably. >> no, no notes. i think they felt too seen when they first saw it. they were like, that was amazing but so many wrinkles. i was like, you guys are good. you guys are good. >> they have stylists now i understand for the red carpet. >> they do. high profile. we're gonna give them like a good hollywood core memory right. >> that's amazing. have you thought of how you'll celebrate and what the ladies will do? thinking in and out burger? >> that's a good question. we haven't gone that far yet. we'll do some thinking. >> we're rooting for you. >> we are. >> just a big smile, as i said. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> you can see it at disney + an hulu. coming up the author of fatal and fearless, navigating the world of healthcare is here live. i see my husband... the father of our girls. i see a public servant. a man who served under secretary clinton in the state department... where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo.
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back here on gma. next guest resourcefulness truly inspiring. kathy giusti is a two time cancer thriver who founded the myloma center after being diagnosed with it. she's written a book fatal to fearless, 12 steps to beating cancer in a broken medical system. it is good, good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> thank you for this. >> you're so welcome. >> reading it, and i know a bit of your story. it's part memoir, sharing your story. also like a playbook. let's start with your story being diagnosed almost 30 years
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ago. life changing. >> yes. i was diagnosed at the age of 37. at that time, they basically said you have multiple myeloma. and three years to live at best. robin, you an i both know. we remember these moments. i remember we were putting our christmas tree up, my husband paul and me thinking, we have everything going for us. we have two great jobs. we just bought our home. a beautiful 1-year-old little girl. then it comes crashing down. you don't know if you're going to see another christmas. i did start the multiple mylo cancer treatment center. now patients are living over a decade. i kind of beat the odds of multiple myeloma, but i had to beat the system to do it. you and i know the science is amazing. the system stinks. >> it really does. >> it does. >> it really does, in so many ways. you've learned so much. that's why you wanted to share what you learned with others.
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>> absolutely. i feel like in today's world if a patient and their care giver are not on their game, they're going to miss out on amazing science. so if you think about it, the medical system that we live in, it's so fragmented. for people like you an me, we have to figure out, surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists. we have to integrate them. then all of a sudden we have to say, what treatments are we moving toward? we only have 16 minutes on average with an oncologist. we have to know this information to ask the right questions. and then finally, the cost. in today's world, the patient is getting hit with higher deductible, higher out of pocket. you have to know your coverage and make sure you don't go bankrupt. it happens to a lot of patients. >> to many people. too many people. you give us your what to do. you start with when you're first diagnosed with cancer. you hear those words and you just go numb. so what should people do when
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they first hear that they have been diagnosed with cancer? >> first now think of how the world has changed. now we all see it on our patient portal. used to be we would wait for the doctor to call us. now the patient sees it before the doctor. their first instinct is to say, i'm going to look in my phone, go to the computer and start doing to research. perfectly fine, as long as they do it right. i really say in the book, google wisely. which means look on the portal. what is it that they're suspecting? put those key words into the computer and google based off that. but we are lucky that we have very credible places to go. so in the u.s., any of our cancer organizations are really good. cancer.org, cancer.net. cancer.gov. but then i always say this. people forget this part. find the patient advocacy group for your specific cancer. so myeloma there is, colo rectal cancer, prostate cancer
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foundation. these great third parties, patients forget to call them. so call and get the information. >> from your specific one. it's not one size fits all. cancers are so different so go to your particular one. >> yes. >> the treatment. what are the most important things people should do when it comes to treatment? >> three t's i always say. first is make sure you know your team. find an oncologist that sees the highest volume of patients that look like you. it may be in the community. may be a teaching hospital. it may be an nci designated cancer center. do what's right for you. second t is your test. yes, you will get tons of blood testing done. ask for genomic testing and biomarker testing and get your insurance company to cover it. that way you know your specific disease and the right treatment for you. when you get to treatment, you want to make sure it's precise and very focused on you. that's the key. and know what's the latest information in that treatment.
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>> and once the treatment is over, it's not over. >> it's not over. >> i was surprised. i know we talked about this. i was surprised. i thought i would be elated, thought i would be so happy. i went through a time of depression. >> so did i. we both did. >> what do you tell people after treatment the tips that you have? >> i always say it's okay to ring the bell, it's okay to high five your doctor. you just got through that chemo and it was really tough. but be kind to yourself. that is when depression hits. one in three patients will get depression. it's usually after you've had all of that treatment. part of that is because everybody wants you to move on and you're still healing. it's okay to heal. you're going to be okay. but the thing that we're really scared of is relapse. just know what are the odds of relapsing? make sure your doctor's really paying attention to it. make sure they're scanning and monitoring you very, very closely afterwards. the final thing is just know the
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genetic disposition of your cancer. because you may need to tell your family you have a brca gene or something like that. remember, prevention is the best way to avoid all of this. 42% of cancers can be prevented. >> oh, kathy, thank you very much. you know what? you're going to help so, so many families. >> i hope so, robin. it was great to see you. thank for having me. >> you got it. kathy's book is out now "fatal to fearless." go to our website and we'll tell you how to get it. ginger? >> thank you so much, robin. kayaking in death valley, that's not something you see that often. it's filled up before. it's more than a foot deep. it's sticking around longer than we thought. we've had this el nino pattern taking over. lot of people are asking, wait, does that mean the drought is over? remember this is a multi-decade drought and so it will take a lot more than that. also just so you know, we have two different basins. the sierra that fills and services the agriculture in northern california, the cities there.
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the ones needed to fill lake meade and lake powell, that comes from snow in the rockies. in the desert southwest. we had a good to years but you need like six to get past this. then not using any of that for the imperial valley. that's a look at the big picture. let's get a check closer to >> still sitting here with kathy sharing our war stories together. coming up we're going to meet the inspiring 14-year-old who is lifting up kids in the foster care system. you're going to want to know her story. come on back.
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children and teens in the u.s. foster care system, and you're about to meet a young woman who is lifting them up with positivity and love. empowering young minds and hearts, it's the motto of this 14-year-old's company. >> i want to change the world by spreading positivity. >> her georgia based business called positively lena sells her own books, art and fashion. a portion of the profits go to fund her charity called kinship family initiative. >> i have done this. this is for children in foster homes and shelters. >> she got the idea when she was just 6 years old after her mom and co-founder revealed that she, like many other children, grew up without parents. >> the first time my mom told me she was in kinship care i was shocked. i didn't know people could grow up without a mom and dad. >> i wanted her to be able to go into school knowing every family doesn't look like hers.
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i know that was something i struggled with when i was in school. >> i knew i could figure out a way to bring positivity. i know sometimes how difficult it can be if you don't have a mom or a dad. >> reporter: so her charity provides families with support, supplies and help while going through foster care or kinship care, which is when a child is placed with another family member. >> it's important to spread positivity to those in foster care and kinship care. everyone needs positivity. everyone needs that faith or person to always go to. i want to be able to provide that to someone. >> reporter: one of the things she provides are positivity pouches. bags filled with positive affirmation, bracelets and books to help bring foster kids joy. >> we are getting packages ready. we're packing. >> her selflessness inspiring her community to pitch in. >> today, guy, we will be
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packing positivity pouches. >> when you have people like lena, who you see her put manage the work. you see her doing the behind the scenes. she's not going to be an inspiration not only to her peers but us. >> once they're packed, lena delivers them to those that need it most. >> these are positivity pouches for the kids. >> this is awesome. i know they will appreciate it. sometimes it's difficult to stay positive when you are in circumstances that are unfamiliar. we have people who contribute with their time and talent in a positive way, it lifts them up, too. >> i feel so happy and thankful knowing that i'm able to do this and give back to others. >> i call lena a positivity princess because she is always sweet and kind. >> lena is leading the generation rising by showing that no matter your age, you can do it. >> i think it's important for my generation to give back because you never know what someone's going through. giving back can make their day an even make ours by seeing the smiles on their faces.
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>> it is great to have lena with us here in times square. give it up for lena, everybody. [ applause ] in that piece, positivity princess. i'm looking at your parents behind the scenes over there. they're emotional. they're crying. i know it's because they're so proud of you and what you're doing, as they should be. it's just not the positivity pouches that you give out. you give out birthday boxes as well. what's in the birthday boxes and why is that so important also? >> our birthday boxes contain everything you need to have a party. we also provide a box so they can have a special treat as well. we give them to kids in foster care so they can feel loved and special on their birthday. >> love and special on their birthday, which is important. you have the positivity pouches, the birthday boxes. you have to embrace your roots campaign. tell us about that. >> embrace your roots campaign i
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started when i was 13 years old, where we donate african-american hair supplies to kids in foster homes and shelters so they can feel confident in their hair and always love themselves. >> at 13, i'm just amazed at your age you are able to come up with these ideas and make them happen, implement them and just have the humanity and heart for someone outside of yourself. so impressive. we're impressed by your story. also myo organics heard about your story. they were so impressed that they decided they want to give you a little something for your embrace your roots campaign. bring it on out. turn around. these are just some of the items that they're going to donate to your nonprofit. how do you feel about that? >> thank you so much. >> that's gonna help you? >> that really is. >> that's not the end of it. you know, they were really, really impressed that they're going to donate $10,000, okay. >> thank you! >> to your kinship family initiative.
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here's a check right here. lena, you deserve it because you are showing love. you're showing compassion. you're uplifting people. that's the most important thing you can do in the world. you're definitely making the world a better place. >> thank you. >> your parents should be proud. mama, how are you feeling over there? >> thank you so much. >> you all good over there? that's all we needed right there. i love seeing the family together. thank you, lena, for all your contributions to society. >> thank you. >> amazing young lady, everybody. tomorrow day three of generation rising. we have a 16-year-old chef who's cooking up delicious food and life skills for his fellow teens. we will be right back. fellow t. we'll be right back. congrats. amazing. >> thank you so much.
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or so. temperatures in the 40s and in the 50s it is dry and the dry pattern has arrived. but we do have a dense fog advisory this morning again for the afternoon. it is bright, partly cloudy, no rain in the forecast today. in those temperatures, we'll get you into the 50s and 60s. >> thank you drew. it's time now for live with kelly and mark. we see you again on the air at 11 for midday. live until then. hope you have a great morning. it's live with kelly and mark >> today, tony, grammy and emmy award winner cynthia nixon. plus chilly is being made in the live kitchen. why? because it's kitchen. why? because it's national also, the co-hosts touch base with our amazing viewers on another edition of the inbox. all next on live. ♪♪

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