brand new to star wars to rate and evaluate the films. of course, disney, the parent company of abc seven and lucasfilm, i do like a star wars movie. i don't know if i'm a wookie rookie, i am. >> i don't know where to start, so i haven't started. >> oh, you admitted that. me too. it's a lot. >> same here. >> wait a second. excuse me. >> all of us. >> what's happening here i know, shameful. wait. we're all. you haven't ever seen star wars movies? not one. no parts. what are you doing here? >> don't they like jump from. >> that's what i'm saying. it's too much. >> it's a lot to keep up to and fro, to and fro. >> oh, have you got your whole life chronological order >> robin: good morning america. campuses on edge coast to coast at some of the nation's leading colleges and universities.

overnight tensions escalating. more than 150 people arrested protesting at new york university, as protests amid the israel/hamas war spread to more schools. security heightened at columbia, dozens arrested at yale. students barricading themselves in california. plus protests in michigan, boston and more, with college commitment day for high school seniors just over a week away. >> george: the first witness in the first criminal trial of a former president. donald trump facing one time friend, supporter and former national enquirer publisher david pecker. what the jury will hear on day two. >> gio: disaster averted. what happened when four planes were across the runway as a passenger jet was about to take off. >> george: controversial survey of perspective jurors in the idaho college murders case. what it means for the case. >> robin: high demand. patients struggling with shortages of popular weight loss drugs.

what you should do if you can't find your medication? >> gio: flying bounce house. a twister-like wind topping the inflatable around like a toy. close to kids. the warning and key safety tips this morning. ♪ sweet dreams are made of this ♪ >> robin: nothing but net profit. >> how will she go for history? >> robin: caitlin clark ready to break a new record, the $28 million nike deal on the line. >> clark steps back, fires, you bet! >> robin: plus, are you ready for a grand slam morning? zendaya is here live in times square. and sweet dreams overnight. >> murray makes a move! [ cheers ] >> the lakers have won! >> robin: lebron and l.a. bested by that buzzer beater. plus -- >> another chance here!

he's got it! the knicks have the lead again. [ cheers ] >> robin: our gma knicks crew might be a little tired this morning. >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. >> robin: little bleary eyed this morning. good morning america. we had two big games go down to the final seconds overnight. some people stayed up late. happy to have gio with us. we do have a lot of news to get to. >> george: so much fun to watch you watch buzzer beaters. it really pumps you up. >> gio: i love it. >> george: is time running out on tik tok? selina wang will break that down for us on capitol hill. >> robin: we're going to begin with unrest in college campuses across the country. more than 150 people arrested protesting at nyu overnight. security heightened at columbia. stephanie ramos is there and joins us live. good morning to you, stephanie.

>> reporter: robin, good morning. it is the first day of passover, a major jewish holiday, and there is escalating campus tension here among jewish students ramping up pressure on the school's president to break up these demonstrations. overnight tensions boiling over as pro palestinian protests spread to more college campuses. >> you have been warned to leave the area. >> reporter: police in riot gear taking down tents at new york university arresting 150 people including students and faculty. the protesters engaging in a standoff with authorities after being told to vacate the venue. campuses on edge as mobilizations against the conflict persist at some of the nation's leading colleges and universities. at yale, at least 47 students were arrested during a protest. at the university of michigan a crowd supporting dozens of protesters who set up tents in the middle of campus.

in california, these students barricaded themselves in a building at california poly tech. boston, students from mit, tufts and emerson also set up pro palestinian encampments. security heightened at columbia university where student protesters pitched tents at the center of campus. the encampments still in place this morning. classes there going virtual monday. the university president authorized the nypd to make arrests last week. >> they informed us they had students who were trespassing. they asked us to come on to campus and we did. >> reporter: demonstrators demanding the institutions cut ties with companies with ties to jerusalem. one ph.d. student tells us she was one of the arrested and just wants her voice to be heard. >> we were all just sitting cross legged together in a circle and then the nypd came in and arrested us. immediately zip tied us with our

hands behind our backs. >> reporter: tensions have been mounting at university since the israel/hamas conflict began last october. many jewish students telling us they don't feel safe on campus. how has this been to you, the demonstrations over the last couple of days? >> it's not only mentally exhausting. i found it's been like physically affecting me. i got told israeli bodies are the nazi flag. >> reporter: new york's governor calling for dialogue. >> people need to find their humanity. have the conversations. talk to each other. >> reporter: columbia university announcing they are moving to hybrid learning. allowing students to decide whether they want to attend class in person or online. columbia's president facing growing calls from influential donors and aluminum including robert kraft who says he is reconsidering his support for the university. robin? >> robin: we appreciate your reporting. this is all coming with college

commitment day for high school seniors just over a week away, george. >> george: now opening statements in the first witness on the stand in donald trump's criminal trial in new york. first criminal trial ever for a former president. aaron katersky is at the courthouse. good morning, aaron. >> reporter: good morning, george. right from the start, prosecutors emphasized the significance of the case. they tied trump's alleged doctoring of business records to the 2016 election. today, the jury is going to hear how a supermarket tabloid became what prosecutors call the eyes and ears of the trump campaign. this morning david pecker former national enquirer publisher returns to the witness stand where he already testified about the tabloid's check book journalism. prosecutors said it paid for stories it never printed to help protect donald trump during the 2016 campaign. weeks before the election, prosecutors said the trump campaign was deeply concerned. the access hollywood tape had surfaced. trump overheard talking about grabbing women. >> i just start kissing them. it's like a magnet.

just kiss, i don't even wait. when you're a star they let you do it. >> reporter: they said the impact of that tape was immediate and explosive. prosecutors said when trump heard from pecker that stormy daniels had another story that could turn into a sex scandal he was adamant he did not want the story to come out. at trump's direction, prosecutors said his fixer, michael cohen, wired daniels $130,000. then, to hide the true nature of the payment, trump allegedly decided it should be recorded as legal services. all part of what prosecutors called a plan coordinated long running conspiracy to keep the voting public in the dark. it was election fraud, prosecutors said, pure and simple. trump said it was no such thing. >> it's a case as to bookkeeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law. this is a case where you pay a lawyer. there's a lawyer. they call it a legal expense. >> reporter: the defense said president trump is innocent. president trump did not commit

any crimes. defense attorney said michael cohen cannot be trusted. he is obsessed with president trump. he has a goal, an obsession with getting trump. the former president sat in court hunched forward, arms crossed on the table as pecker, who once called trump a personal friend, testified for the prosecution. pecker flashed a big smile and cackled at time, belying the gravity of the moment. the first witness in the first criminal trial of a former president. at times throughout the day trump closes his eye, a sign perhaps of disinterest or defiance or maybe just fatigue. he'll snap to when a lawyer nudges him with a note or when he hears something pointed. i imagine, george, this morning, he will be rapt as the judge considers whether to hold him in contempt for violating a gag order. >> george: thank you, aaron. let's bring in dan abrams and jon karl. we heard for the first time each side's full theory outline of the case. what stood out in the opening statements?

>> the big picture, right? the prosecutors are trying to make this as big as possible. this is a criminal conspiracy, according to prosecutors. this isn't just about falsifying business records. this is much bigger. this is donald trump working with david pecker and others to make sure this information doesn't come out in the 2016 election. from the defense perspective, they're doing just the opposite. they're trying to narrow this, trying to make this seem as small and inconsequential as possible. it's about some records here. they're also going to try to make this about michael cohen as much as possible. it is clear the defense's strategy is to say, this is about michael cohen. you can't believe michael cohen. prosecution is saying they can back up what michael cohen is saying with other witnesses and records. but the defense wants to make this case as much as possible ability michael cohen's credibility. >> pecker was the first witness.

fair to call him the star witness? >> absolutely. according to prosecutors, he's the one executing on all of this, right? he's the one deciding which stories get killed. he's part of the process, in talking about what's coming in. what do we have to worry about, etc? he becomes the executer for donald trump. so he becomes a critical witness and the heart of his testimony coming today. >> george: let's bring jon karl in. donald trump appeared to fall asleep for the fourth time yesterday. what did you make of his demeanor? >> he looks diminished and irritated to be there. you could see it in him. he comes out after the proceedings, talk to the cameras. his political advisers have said day after day he would use that moment to go on the offensive, hit his campaign themes. talk about how we're in this trial, we should be talking about the border, about crime. instead he comes out and has these complaints about how he's treated in court, the temperature in the courtroom. he doesn't look like a presidential candidate.

>> george: i want to follow up on that. do you think he wants to be sanctioned by the judge? >> i mean, look. i don't think that was the plan. he went out -- this is amazing. the hearing this morning is whether or not he should be held in contempt for violating the gag order. he violated it again yesterday afternoon. i don't think it was part of the plan. look, the violations will be punished by $1,000 per episode or he can be put in prison. nobody thinks he's going to be put in jail, so $1,000 and he gets to portray himself a victim, perhaps on some level he wants to be reprimanded. >> george: jon, thank you very much. gio? >> gio: a series of disturbing close calls at an airport. this time, four planes cleared to cross a runway at the same time a fifth was about to take off. ike ejochi has the latest. >> reporter: this morning another near disaster narrowly averted at one of the nation's busiest airports. faa investigators looking into an april 17th incident involving a swiss air flight headed to zurich.

the plane cleared for takeoff at jfk. >> swiss 17k heavy, left off. >> reporter: the pilot beginning to speed down the runway, hitting 40 miles per hour. the pilot then forced to abort after spotting four jets preparing to cross the same runway, putting them on a collision course. >> moving four aircraft across an active runway and one controller not talking to another indicates a specifically level of stress. >> reporter: this near miss came a day before another catastrophic close call at washington's reagan international airport. >> stop! stop! >> reporter: a jet blue flight cleared for takeoff forced to slam on its brakes after air traffic control noticed they cleared a southwest plane to taxi across the same runway. >> stop! stop! >> we stopped. we were cleared to cross runway 4. >> reporter: the two packed planes coming within 400 feet of each other. the faa acknowledging its staffing shortages, vowing to do more to reduce air traffic

controller fatigue. now, the faa is beginning to roll out new air field surveillance systems that minimize the risk of close calls on the runway. the incident here at jfk is still under investigation. george? >> george: thanks. to capitol hill where the senate is taking up the $95 billion foreign aid bill for ukraine and israel which also includes a ban on tik tok. senior white house correspondent selina wang has the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. in just a few hours the senate will start voting on that $95 billion aid package to israel, ukraine and taiwan. for america's allies, this could not come fast enough. $60 billion is going to ukraine. they've been running out of ammunition so this would resupply their defenses and help slow down russia's advances. president biden spoke to ukrainian president zelenskyy yesterday vowing to sign this bill into law as soon as possible. house speaker mike johnson, he put his job on the line to get this done, defying the far right wing of his party. but at least for now his job is safe with this legislation

expected to speed through the senate. >> george: what about the tik tok ban? >> reporter: yeah, george. so this legislation includes a ban on tik tok if byte dance its chinese parent company, doesn't sell in a year. this could be a very long and complicated process. tik tok, they are going to fight this in the courts. the chinese government could block any potential sale. even if this gets to the point where it is banned in the u.s., it's not just going to disappear off everyone's phones. instead it could die a slow death where the app is banned in the app store so new users can't join and existing users can't get their updates. but for now all your tik tok videos are safe. >> robin: this morning president biden taking his message about a woman's right to choose to florida exactly one week before the state's new law outlawing most abortions goes into effect. our chief white house correspondent mary bruce will be traveling today with the president. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the biden campaign is trying to seize this moment, blasting new

abortion restrictions across the country, urging donald trump did this as he boasts of appointing three of the supreme court justices who overturned roe. in tampa today president biden will hold his first major campaign on the issue one week before florida is set to ban most abortions after six weeks. so far vice president has been leading the charge on this issue. the president of course is a staunch defender of right to choose. as a catholic he's had a complicated evolution on the issue. the campaign knows this will be a defining issue for this campaign and they are eager to put it front and center. >> robin: thank you. safe travels today. now to caitlin clark. her first pro game ten days away, but she has a major nike deal on the line. lara gonna tell us more about it. >> lara: she sure does. good morning. caitlin clark was a marketing at the university of iowa business school. she probably knows a thing or

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bill thompson said the questions could prejudice the local jury pool taking particular issue with issues about the alleged stalking. >> we are back in the same situation, baiting people who may have no knowledge of this case with detailed information and detailed information some of which is completely false. >> reporter: he says the survey violated the court's gag order, prohibiting people to talk about the case. now the family of one of the victims tells me they think the defense team is using this survey as a ruse to try to get this trial moved out of the county. there is a change of venue hearing planned for june. robin? >> robin: kayna, thanks to you. now the frustrating shortages of some popular weight loss drugs that could last for self-months. janai norman is here. good morning, janai. >> janai: good morning to all of you. it shouldn't be a surprise because we know how popular they

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>> reporter: the twister-like wind also flipping their trampoline, their truck stopping it from rolling further. >> it cracked my windshield, my antenna. >> we have seen bounce houses on the move before. >> looks like a bouncey house flipped over. >> reporter: in 2022 there inflatable slide tipping in long island, hospitalize several children. wind dragging this bounce house more than 240 feet in 2019. in 2015, this one flew with children inside. luckily all survived. a university of georgia study tracking wind related bounce house incidents from 2000 to 2021 say they accounted for nearly 500 injuries and 28 deaths. >> the injuries can be varied. you can have more severe injuries. even though the bounce houses look cute and cuddly, if they're flying in the air and hit you, you can suffer a concussion or worse. >> reporter: okay.

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summer travel rush is just around the corner and the race to book those dream vacations is on. >> if you're looking to travel domestically within the united states you should be booking now for summer travel. >> reporter: airlines like delta projecting a record summer travel season. analysts say there was an explosion of budget air line routes. that means more competition, which means travellers could see more deals. another factor working in their favor, an easing of the post pandemic revenge travel trend. >> overall, prices are down from where they were when we just had that boom out of the pandemic. so things are more reasonable. >> reporter: like booking at hopper, predicts flights to europe will be down 10% from last year. before you say -- >> we'll always have paris. >> reporter: -- remember the olympics are there this summer. that means an uptick in air fare and hotel pricing during the games. however, if you're willing to wait, big savings can be yours. the points guy featuring deals from atlanta, dallas and charlotte to paris below $550.

>> these are from august through the fall. >> reporter: among hopper's most reasonably priced european destination, which also include amsterdam, prague, spain and ice land. keep in mind midweek travel and taking a trip during the so called shoulder season in september and october when kids are back in school. fares could drop then by 30%. when it comes to timing your purchase, the experts say prices dip 8 to 4 weeks before the outbound flight. after that month marker they say prices start to creep up. oh, yeah, the best flight for price and on time arrival, especially during the summer, the first flight of the day is a oh dark wakeup, i know. after way too many flight delays for afternoon summer thunderstorms, i say the early alarm clock is worth it, guys. >> robin: that's a good tip. transportation correspondent, how did she do? >> gio: really well. especially choosing different

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amid the israel/hamas war. more than 150 people were arrested protesting at nyu overnight. security heightened at columbia. let's go back to stephanie ramos there at columbia, who's there for us. good morning again, stephanie. >> reporter: robin, good morning. it is the first day of passover, a major jewish holiday. many jewish students we've spoken to at columbia told us they don't feel safe, don't feel comfortable because of these protests. these protests are taking place on college campuses. pro palestinian. here in new york, police seen taking down tent encampments arresting 150 people including students and faculty. protests in california, michigan and boston. campuses are on edge, as demonstrators against the conflict in gaza between israel and hamas persist at some of the nation's leading colleges and universities with at least 47 students getting arrested during a protest at yale university. security, of course, heightened

here at columbia university, where student demonstrators pitched tents at the center of campus. those encampments still in place this morning. columbia university though announcing they are moving to hybrid learning, allowing students to decide whether they want to attend classes in person or online. george? >> george: thanks. now opening statements and the first witness on the stand in donald trump's criminal trial. first criminal trial ever for a former president. want to go back to aaron. good morning, aaron. >> reporter: the hearing over whether trump violated the gag order by posting disparaging things about witnesses, michael cohen, stormy daniels, has just ended with the judge reserving decision. but the hearing turned tense. at one point the judge telling trump's defense attorney, you're losing all credibility with the court as blanche struggled to explain some of the social media posts that prosecutors say

violated the gag order. prosecutors said trump posted ten times. they said those posts posed a very real threat to the integrity of judicial proceedings. they disparaged cohen and daniels. prosecutors said trump could be testifying at trial. the defendant violated this order repeatedly and hasn't stopped, prosecutors said. they added he did it again on camera during remarks in the courthouse hallway when he called cohen a liar. the defense said there was no willful violation of the order, but prosecutors suggested trump is almost goading the judge into throwing him in jail over this. prosecutors are asking for a fine. robin? >> robin: aaron, thank you. now the arrest in that break-in at the home of the mayor of los angeles. the suspect is 29 years old and he once served time for attempted murder. trevor ault join us from l.a. with the latest. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. so there is still a law

enforcement presence here on the street. today investigators will present the case to prosecutor force potential charges against that suspect who they say smashed through a glass door to break into the mayor's home sunday morning. officials say that the mayor and some of her family members were home. l.a. times reports that suspect made his way up to the second floor, with the mayor hiding in a safe room and an alarm was activated so police were here within a few minutes. they arrested the 29-year-old. according to court documents he was previously convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, back in massachusetts, sentenced to five to seven years in prison. now here in los angeles, big question for authorities, what was the motive? was this a targeted attack or a random break-in? gio? >> gio: thank you very much. turning to the royals. prince louis turning 6 this morning. kensington palace just released this photo. look at that. it was photographed by his mom, princess kate at their home in windsor. we were told it was taken over the last several days. there has been a photo of the

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in a russian prison as she gets ready to release her new memoir called "coming home." she sat down with us ahead of an interview we'll have next week. we have for you now a preview. this is the first time you are sitting down like this to tell your story. february 15, 2022, the day you left home. things would never really be the same. brittney, are you ready? you reached down because you had been told to go through your bag. you felt the cartridge. what were you thinking when you felt that and had to bring it out? >> my life is over right here. >> robin: had you ever brought cannabis before into russia? >> no. >> robin: for people who say, come on. how did you not know that you had cartridges in your luggage. what do you say to skeptics?

you had just been told you're going to be nine years in a penal colony, one of the worst prisons in russia. >> i was just so scared. there was so much i didn't know. there was a huge knife sitting on the table. i was just like, no, this is going to be a ride. do what you got to do to survive. the mattress had a huge blood stain on it. i had no soap, no toilet paper. that was the moment where i just felt less than a human. >> robin: there were times that you felt like just ending it? >> yeah. just, i didn't think i could get through what i needed to get through. ♪ ♪ i feel glorious

glorious ♪ >> robin: i'll ask what your life is like right now. >> prisoner in russia wednesday night may 1st on abc. and stream on hulu. >> robin: we covered so many topics, including what life was like in prison, how she felt. at one point she was like, am i ever going to get home? especially when ukraine was invaded. we really got behind the scenes with folks to talk about that controversial swap, with the so-called merchant of death. merchant of death. >> george: victor booth. >> robin: he was called the merchant of death. she heard about the controversy, too. everyone wanted paul wheelan to be part of that exchange. she said she got on the plane thinking paul wheelan was going to be on that plane, too. when they were being released. when they closed the door on the plane she realized oh my god, he's not part of it.

but she and her wife have done remarkable work in a campaign called bringing our families home. it's an effort to free others held all across -- >> george: they are in this together. >> robin: they are in this together. she's heard how people were very upset. someone said to me -- >> george: that's not on her. >> robin: this is what someone said. i'm glad you said that. yes, you can be angry and upset that paul wheelan was not part of the deal. yes. you can be upset. but how can you be upset that an american was able to come home? you can have one with the other. you can see more of this special, the entire special airs wednesday, may 1st at 10 p.m., 9 central and streams the next day on hulu. >> lara: so emotional. >> george: so emotional. thanks, robin. now to earth week series power of us. an abc news investigation into where thousands of plastic bags earmarked to be recycled can end up.

chief national correspondent matt gutman has the story. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. every year millions of americans drop their plastic bags off at big box stores thinking they'll be recycled. but our year and a half long investigation led to some shocking revelations about where some of that plastic ends up. sometimes 9,000 miles away. led to some tough questions for america's biggest retailer. this morning our abc news investigation shining a light for the first time on how some of the plastic bags earmarked for recycling at wal-marts in the u.s. ended up 9,000 miles away southeast asia. >> it is irresponsible and unethical to be exporting plastic waste to other countries that do not have a recycling infrastructure set up to handle this. >> reporter: the plastic waste trade is part of a complex system that the u.n. says is too often plagued by illegality. as part of an 18 month investigation, we put trackers

into plastic bags ear marked for recycling and dropped them off at 46 major retail stores across the country. a majority of the bags ended up in landfills. but three of the 19 trackers dropped off at wal-mart stores ended up in southeast asia, two malaysia, not far from where one woman lives. >> we want to let people know we need your help. >> reporter: for over a year wal-mart said they were willing to talk but never made anyone available for an interview. so we decided to attend a conference where their chief sustainability officer was speaking. i'm matt gutman from abc news. how are you? >> good. >> reporter: we are doing a story about plastic that was ear marked -- plastic bags, earmarked for recycling by wal-mart and ended up as plastic waste in indonesia and malaysia. these are pictures of the facilities where your plastic ended up.

that's malaysia. >> i'd love to learn more about it. >> reporter: we have a room here. >> i have to go. i would love to talk about it. >> reporter: but after weeks of back and forth they declined to talk about it and declined to answer any of our questions about our trackers. instead they provided statement that said in part, we strive to do the right thing, noting while their program isn't perfect, it provides recycling access to millions of americans. they are committed to continuously improving their recycling including new contracts of proof that things are recycled as much as practical. our findings come as world leaders gather in canada this week. the latest round of negotiations on what could be a historic u.n. treaty on plastic pollution. but u.s. officials telling us so far they are unwilling to cap the production of new plastic. now, you can watch our full report trashed the secret life of plastic exports tonight on abc news live and streaming on hulu.

guys? >> george: important investigation. thank you, matt. ginger? >> ginger: we've got some renewable news. wind energy more than doubled in the last decade, but we've got a long way to go. pointing out some states that are leading. texas, california, kansas among many others. we're going to see that keep growing. just a check into the percentage of wind and solar. this doesn't have hydro power, as compared to all other forms of energy. let's get a check now closer to home.

>> robin: we're here with the stars of the highly anticipated drama "challengers." zendaya, josh o'connor and mike faist. they play tennis players caught in a love triangle. the movie is getting incredible reviews. can we say good morning to this trio! [ applause ] wow! >> lara: so happy to have you guys. >> robin: i'm glad we all got the green memo. we're all color coordinated. what a movie. it is intense. the chemistry, the music. it all -- you play tennis players, okay. i want to know here, in real life, you all went through intense train. >> we did. >> robin: in real life, who's gonna win? >> it's mike. it is mike. >> always mike. he's very humble about it. that's the reason he's pointing over here. >> very humble. keeps choosing zendaya. >> we're very much neck and neck. [ laughter ] >> lara: how did you like working with our friend brad gilbert? >> brad's the best.

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i mean, hello? do you know what i mean? fingers crossed that it wasn't too bad for them to watch, our tennis skills. >> lara: should we see a clip? >> yeah, let's do it. >> lara: let's take a little peek. >> i should go before my dad comes looking for me. i'll see you in school. >> are you on facebook? >> what? >> he's asking for your number. so am i. >> you both want my number? >> very much so, yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. i'm not a homewrecker. >> we don't live together. >> robin: game on. game on with these three. and so it begins. all right there, mike. [ laughter ] no, no, no. >> tennis match we are about to have, you and me? we can compete. >> lara: i would love it. she's really good, mike. >> robin: i'm all right. you all said it was like summer camp, the way you all prepared for that. and that it really helped with chemistry. >> definitely like tennis camp.

we had six weeks in boston prior to shooting of the three of us being there with brad and just playing tennis and with our physical trainer, brian, who was ex-trainer of the boston celtics. so we would spend four hours in the morning just training. we would spend the rest of the afternoon just being in rehearsal, in the studio with the director and the screenplay writer. we would just dive into the characters, dive into the work, dive into the script and build it from the ground up. >> lara: glad you said dive in. it's about a lot more than tennis. there's a really intense love story angle here. you said something funny, josh, about another title could be co-dependency. >> it is. the three of them have this kind of invisible pull between the three of them.

the whole film is really them dealing with the grief of not being together, then trying to find their way back together. they do it in dubious ways. >> robin: ooh, dubious. you got us hooked here. have you seen this meme? okay. you all -- >> uh-oh. >> robin: no, no, no, the women. >> yes, i have seen this. >> lara: so cool. >> robin: you, emma stone, kirsten dunst, spider-man. you have all gone on to play the role of a tennis player. what's the pipeline? >> i don't know. maybe we were saying t i don't know. i guess it worked out for all of them. so. >> and for you. >> yeah, i hope so. >> do you guys think you'll play after this? will you continue playing tennis? >> i can answer that. i haven't

played a single bit since we wrapped. i know, but i just i really am not very good. same. so i don't believe it for a second. >> without lucas direction and capturing us in this beautiful way, it doesn't look the same. >> the magic of editing, maybe. yeah, exactly. one one game that you are crushing is the fashion game. it has been so fun. we both love tennis. you've just killed it in every stop on this press tour again today, and, the met ball is coming. it is and are you one of the chairs this year? yeah i am, that's so fun. >> it's very. i haven't been to the met for, for quite a few years now, so i'm coming back a little bit nervous. but these guys i believe will be there. yes. so i'll have my, my crew with me, and, yeah, we'll, we'll keep each other company, but. yeah, it's exciting. >> it's your first time, you guys. right. so she's giving you some tips. my second. oh second. >> your story is actually very. >> i had a disaster because i was waiting for a long time. and the whole thing with the met is

the entrance and the photograph, and someone just said, go, go. and i did, and i didn't get a single photograph. i just went straight in, well learn, learn from the pro. okay. learn from the pro. i'll we'll look for you this time. promise? well, we can't wait to see you there. and we can't wait to see the challengers as in theaters nationwide. this friday. thank you all. thank you guys. thanks >> interrogations are a slow burn question after question, hour after hour. >> you can see the click, click, click, click. >> when he finally broke, it was surreal. the interrogation tapes tonight on abc >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> good morning everyone i'm kumasi aaron from abc seven morning is going to take a look at traffic now with amanda. >> good morning kumasi. we're going to start in oakland. you're seeing a live look of

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seven. >> all right. good morning to you tuesday. look at all the clouds from our east bay hills. camera top. vollmer peak where the temperatures are in the 50s for the most part. 55, palo alto, 57 in oakland and in the city here looking at temperatures once again in the 50s with the clouds stacked up, they will thin out throughout the day. and the wind, that south breeze still with us again , not as gusty except along the coast. there you'll have the gusty winds elsewhere. breezy inside the bay. temperatures in our inland valleys. much cooler. low 70s for you. mid 60s around the bay. kumasi. thanks, lisa. >> we'll have anotherher abc sen news update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest >> announcer: welcome back to gma live from times square. >> lara: does it get better than this? we just had zendaya and the boys on. we have a lot of excitement

here. we are hoping to get these guys home. according to the aspca, around 4 million shelter animals are adopted each year. we're trying to grow that number. take a look at this animal shelter that we're doing a story on. doing big things to save furry friends and give hundreds and hundreds of dogs new homes. >> we're gonna find you a great foreer home. >> lara: that's the goal for every animal living at associated humane society in newark, new jersey. it is one of the largest shelters in the state of new jersey, but they're running out of space. >> be happy. you with auntie terry. >> our ideal capacity is 150 dogs. we are currently at 250 which is two-thirds above where we would like to be. >> good boy. >> lara: overcrowding at animal shelters is a huge problem throughout the country. just last year it's estimated

6.5 million cats and dogs entered shelters. that's a 4% increase since 2021. >> surrenders are up drastically for two major reasons. one, the economy. people having to make difficult choices between feeding their families or pets. sometimes that involves making the difficult decision of parting with a family's pet. secondly, there is less access to affordable veterinary care. we are seeing an influx of animals in much poorer medical conditions. >> the problem is solvable. we just need to come together as a community for the health of the animal. >> lara: that's just what this community is doing. recruiting hundreds of volunteers to walk, foster and care for these animals as they await their forever homes. >> we see the dogs transform when they're adopted, when they're skipping out the door. you can see right away the joy they feel when they know they've been picked and they're outta here. >> lara: okay.

i know. i love you, too. i know. it's these sweet faces. >> oh, yeah. >> lara: that inspire the shelter volunteers to continue to pour as much love into these animals as possible. >> high five. good boy. >> lara: joining us now from associated humane society in new jersey we have jerry rosenthal, director of behavior an training don coltenback and nita talarico. volunteer coordinator. all of these volunteers, the staff. thank you guys for being here. god bless you. bless you. >> gio: is this burberry? >> lara: burberry is so cute. they all are. >> gio: nita, you started as a volunteer. now you lead the whole program. >> correct. >> gio: tell us what the job is like but how important are volunteers to this program? >> they are crucial. we house over 240 dogs.

it's so important to have volunteers that come weekly. some come three times a week to walk our dog, socialize with them, show them love, attention. bring them to outreach events. we do several events, bringing them to several locations in the hopes of getting them adopted. >> gio: don, tell us about some of the dogs we have here. >> burberry, the larger dog, burberry, lily pet and bella are rock stars as far as waiting to find their new home. >> lara: they all are. >> they've all been approved. >> lara: for people nervous about pit bulls, take a look at that shot. i mean, that's a lover. >> look how dangerous she is. [ laughter ] they are all kid approved. they all had great assessments. they are all dog friendly or we couldn't have them here. lily pet may be more energetic. if you like to go walking. she would be a great companion. you can see burberry and bella are ready to watch netflix and

chill. >> lara: i love that. how do you train and prepare these dogs so that they're ready? sorry. sorry. how do you get them ready to go home? >> that's a great question. >> lara: so that they're safe and happy and loving members of a family. >> when they come in, we give them a few days to adjust to their new surroundings. many dogs haven't been in enclosures like that before. through the assessment we determine what would best suit them as far as a home. and volunteers are everything. they get the dogs time out of enclosures. we set up a make shift agility course. just to teach them to follow command. lot of them have obedience. we'll use that to work with them. we'll give them mental stimulation. you can't replace time out of the enclosure. that's where our staff, volunteers do it. >> lara: i'm an all rescue all the time dog owner. i hate to say owner. mom. yeah yeah. it is true. you get them out of that enclosure. you can teach old dogs new tricks, i promise you that.

>> 100%. >> gio: jerry, you say you can donate time. but you can donate money. how you do all that? >> we are a private organization that's been around since 1906. in order to do what we do, in terms of care, the intake of the animals. most recently we were out last saturday night our officers were out for dog kennel that was on fire. we had to bring together the dogs are all safe. >> lara: gosh. oh gosh. thank you. >> we provide a service to the community. that's what we really are. we are a community shelter. >> lara: let me tell you what, jerry. we're so grateful for what you do. we're not alone. our friends at purina and pet finder were so inspired by what your shelter does that they want to give back in a very big way. so they're donating $10,000. [ applause ] thank you so much. there's the check.

whole bunch of dog food and toys. how does that look, burberry? get in there, guys. yes, yes! >> to get back to your question, we'd love to get people to come out. we are in newark. to adopt. if you can't adopt, be a foster, be a volunteer. >> lara: walk the dog. anything you can do. >> if you can support our organization go to ahs cares.org. >> lara: we will put it on our website as well. make sure we get as many eyes on this as possible. this is a beautiful senior. she's a stunning senior over here. dogs of all ages, of all kind. thank you guys. hope this money goes to really helping you continue to work that you do. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> lara: thank you. coming up, everybody, you're so welcome. the ultimate best selling author danielle steel, everybody. she's gonna tell us all about her new novel. there she is. new novel.

>> robin: welcome back. best selling author danielle steel has written more than 200 books over the course of her career. she is not slowing down. her new novel "only the brave" comes out next week. had a chance to sit down with her, talk about it and see what motivates her to keep writing. hello, danielle steel. >> hello, my favorite person. >> robin: wonderful to be in your presence. what is it that, thankfully, keeps you coming back to writing?

>> i don't know. i just can't get away from it. i have always got a book cooking somewhere. >> robin: you have 12 in the works. >> i have never worked this hard. in the last six months i have had long blocks of writing and nothing else. riding the wave. while it's coming in. >> robin: you should ride it. we're riding along with you. especially "only the brave." as many as you've written, you said this is one of your favorites. why? >> there's something about the people and relationships between them. it's become a lot of things that i like or interested in. i like that there are nuns in it. i love writing about world war ii. i like the relationship in her family and with the women in her life. it sang to me. >> robin: the main character is sophia, world war ii, as you eluded to. you have this way strong courageous women. you often write about them. what was it about sophia and her

journey that drew you in? >> i think the fact that she basically lost contact with her whole family and all her support system. the strength she finds within herself. i love the fact that she was saving children and she was kind of a quiet rebel. >> robin: there's something about children that tug at your heart but a of the beautiful children you have. >> i have a strong relationship with children. it interests me when i write an outline. they're just characters at first. i make a lot of notes on their personalities. then all of a sudden there's a turning point and they're real to me. i love them and i care about them and i know what they'll do and won't do. sometimes they surprise me. >> robin: you say sometimes they surprise me. you're doing the writing. >> there's always one surprise in a book, maybe sometimes more. >> robin: what's your secret to still having this joy in writing?

>> probably insanity. [ laughter ] i don't know. i feel very lucky because i have been allowed to do what i love doing for my whole life. >> robin: i have to say, i always look for themes. with this one, i felt it was follow your instincts. >> it's actually a message to me because it's something that comes to me and i think, that's what i want to say with this book. don't give up, or be courageous, or be yourself. messages we all need, and i need. >> robin: you are one of the most prolific writers of our generation. number one best seller. billion books sold. that's how we see you. >> do you know what's interesting though? i never take it for granted. every time i send a book, ire to my editor or my publisher, i'm terrified they're gonna hate it and i have lost my touch. and amazed when they love it and

so grateful. i think i'm fear driven and it pushes me always to try harder and work harder. i never have the total confidence that, oh, i can do this. >> robin: wow. we often learn from that. >> i don't know where it comes from. every time i think, ooh, okay. it keeps me humble. >> robin: a gift that keeps on gives. >> it's true. it really is. >> robin: and she is a gift. >> george: what a force. >> robin: her candor in talking about how she turns in a manuscript and she's like, i hope they like it. >> gio: it's danielle steel. they're gonna like it. >> robin: she's sold a billion world wide. i had dinner with her last year in paris. i'm telling you, do you know how you have that list, who would you want to go to dinner with?

put danielle steel on it. >> lara: she's on my list. >> robin: fascinating. >> lara: i know you have a real friendship. fun. >> robin: it cops out april 30. >> ginger: i love how her characters surprise her. >> robin: exactly. >> ginger: thank you for that. this week i got a chance to sit down with one of our gma producers and her best friend andi mitchell for their very fun podcast. they chat with different women about life lessons we've all learned from fictional moms that we love or love to hate. the episode is out now. you can listen wherever you get your podcast. let's get a check closer to home. >> robin: looking at him right now. coming up children's book author adam rubin and illustrator liniers are here to talk all about their new picture book "the truth about the couch."

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>> george: we are back now with adam rubin and award winning illustrator linier. they teamed up to produce "the truth about the couch." i should say first of all, this couch is functional, not comfortable. [ laughter ] >> striking, i would say, as far as look. >> george: tell us about the message. >> well, we were in chicago yesterday. we read this book to 500 people. kids were laughing, teachers were laughing. it's not a book that hits you over the head with the message. however, the election's coming up. kids are spending more time online. it's becoming more difficult to tell fact from fiction. this is an opportunity for families to have a discussion in a fun easy way. >> george: my kids are older but grew up completely captivated by

conspiracy theories. it would take hours to get them off them. >> it's easy to get wrapped up in the idea that you know something that nobody else knows. so we wanted to explore that in a very fun and safe way. books are a great place to have that vicarious thrill of danger without experiencing any sort of risk or threat. >> ginger: what is it about couches? >> that's what i asked adam. i know he sold a bunch of books about dragons. then i said, what's ours about? monsters? about couches. [ laughter ] the cool thing, the universe of a little kid is kind of small. the couch is this big elephant in their universe. right? big thing in their house. >> can be a floor, a pool. the most beloved piece of furniture. if someone says go to bed, that could be bad. if someone says go to the couch, could be fun. >> george: how does working with adam compare with working with lionel messi?

>> poorly. poorly for messi. >> george: oh, wow. >> yeah yeah yeah. no. i once painted with messi, for his foundation. they asked me to do a painting. i said, i have to paint with messi. he's not a great artist. >> george: oh, wow. >> you also played a soccer player. >> everybody takes photos of him. i said take a photo of me. >> messi is famous in argentina, but liniers -- >> yeah yeah yeah. >> george: tough act to follow. >> most humble people in argentina. >> george: dragons love tacos. what inspired that? >> i get asked a lot of time, do i like spicy food? yes, i love spicy food. let me set the record straight. what inspired the book is probably the second most popular

question. i always tell kids, pay attention to what's around you because things that happen when you're a child have a big impact on you when you're an adult. i remember so vividly when i was a kid my dad had this little statue on his shelf. he would collect things like that. one of them always looked like a dragon eating a taco to me. i remembered that 30 years later. he had inspired this book. it's funny how something that you see when you're small becomes something much bigger later on. >> george: sounds like a great memory. you've done so many covers. what's your favorite? >> i did one with the main character in "the new yorker." he's mansplaining the subway. [ laughter ] >> george: that's a good one. are you gonna work together again? >> we're having a lot of fun. yesterday somebody said you must know each other for years. we're pretty new friends. it's going well.

>> it's super fun. i do a comic strip. i do whatever i want. always nice to find someone where you can, you know, let's see their toys. come play with my weird toy, couches and dinosaurs and furniture. >> like two halves of a pretzel. we're both twisted in a similar way so it fits together well. >> george: it is clear you are having fun. thanks for coming in today. you can shop by going to our website or scan the qr code on your screen. we'll be right back. screen, wet back.

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