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we had just a minute ago, an earlier stall in the right side of the toll plaza, just cleared. you've got about an 11 minute backup and it's pretty jammed at the richmond, san rafael bridge toll plaza, backed up past the richmond parkway. >> and number seven, a massive win for deadpool and wolverine. marvel's newest movie, shattered box office expectations, bringing in $205 million in the u.s. this weekend. and that is the highest debut of 2024. and the biggest debut for an r-rated film ever. disney, of course, the parent company of marvel and of abc seven doing so well. >> did you see it? anybody? no, i have not yet. >> robin: good morning america. the new wild fire evacuation orders, dangerous smoke and the air quality alert right now. out of control.
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the largest wild fire in california this year spreading rapidly. 100 homes and buildings destroyed in just five days. this morning what we know about the man arrested on suspected arson charges. >> george: race for the white house. less than 100 days until the final votes. vice president harris raises $200 million in just one week, as she searches for a running mate. donald trump tells supporters they won't have to vote any more if he's elected. we're breaking down the latest polls. israel threatens retaliation after deadly rocket attacks on lebanon killed a dozen children on a soccer field. >> robin: demanding justice for sonya massey. thousands gathering across the country for a day of mourning. >> george: abc news exclusive on the trump assassination attempt. >> you had no communication with the secret service at all on that saturday? >> george: what the local swat team says went wrong that day.
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>> rebecca: yacht versus orcas taken down by a pod of killer whales. the boat's owner describing the two-hour ordeal before help arrived. 40 hours lost at sea. how this couple managed to survive after being swept away by the current on a diving trip. ♪ baby we were born to run ♪ >> robin: or to fly. biles back on top with her and lee soaring into the all around individual finals. plus usa with two top butterfly spots in the pool, as kd and lebron rule the court. and sophia smith and the u.s. soccer squad dominating the field. and deadpool and wolverine taking the gold. >> i'm gonna need you to come with me right now. >> robin: fans running to the box office, and now gearing up for more. >> hi.
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i am -- >> robin: hold that thought. secret's out on robert downey jr.'s surprise announcement. and his marvel return. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> robin: that man knows how to make an entrance. >> rebecca: oh, yeah. >> robin: good morning america. good afternoon to lara in paris, who is tracking all things team usa. we'll check in with her in just a little bit. >> rebecca: we love paris, lara spencer. we also have a lot to get to including breaking news on president biden's new call for supreme court reforms this morning. the president is expected to speak later today on this. his proposal to limit presidential immunity. that is coming up. >> george: we begin with the wild fire emergency in california. the park fire that's the largest fire in the state this year, one of the largest in california history. thousands have been forced from their homes. dozens of homes and buildings
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have been destroyed. mola lenghi starts us off from the fire in chico, california. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is the cal fire command center for one of the biggest fires in california state history. thousands and thousands of firefighters are on the ground, racing to contain this massive blaze that has already destroyed dozens and dozens of homes and businesses. and this morning, it is threatening thousands more. this morning, california's largest fire of the year continuing its rapid spread, forcing new evacuations. naelia rossco already lost her home and business. >> we left everything behind. all of our personal buildings, enclosures, all of our supplies. >> reporter: the fire burning over 560 square miles with only 12% containment. >> whatever we had can be replaced. >> reporter: at least 100 homes and buildings have been destroyed in just five days. >> so here we are. >> reporter: like liz jenke, who had to leave her horse sanctuary.
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17 of the horses forced to stay alone. >> they aren't used to fending for themselves. they get fed every day. they are living in a 20 acre field. it was hard to watch them leave and run. >> reporter: 42-year-old ronnie stout being arrested on suspected arson for allegedly pushing this car, while it was on fire, down an embankment, sparking one of the fastest moving fires in history. the battle being fought on multiple fronts. from the air and on the ground, with over 4,700 personnel. officials expect it will take at least a month to knock down the fire. now fortunately at this point no reported injuries and no missing people. everyone accounted for up to this point. meanwhile that 42-year-old man who's been charged with suspected arson, robin, he is scheduled to be arraigned later today in court. >> robin: yes, he is. as you said, thankfully, no one
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has been injured. gonna bring in ginger for the forecast in the fire zone and the alerts from all of the smoke from the wild fires. >> ginger: that part of california is having their hottest and driest start to summer on record. there's a reason this is exploding so, so fast. we have a lot of that. they're not alone with the dry and hot. that's why we've got those air quality alerts from the cascades to the rockies. the wind gusts could go up to 30 + miles per hour. also the really low relative humidity. we're talking down to 4% for grand junction. anything that gets started is going to take off. there's a lot of fire concern out west. more than 850 active large fires in canada. most of the smoke into nevada is going to be near surface. that's really bad for air quality. even if you're not just a sensitive group. a quick look at the heat, excessive heat warnings for wichita, over to jonesboro, memphis also in there, and chico, by thursday, is back in the 100s. >> george: thank you. the latest on the race for the white house.
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vice president harris closing ground on former president trump after raising more than $200 million in her first week as a candidate. rachel scott is tracking the race from washington. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. we are less than 100 days out from the november election and this is an entirely different campaign. it's only been a week since president biden dropped out of the race, and now vice president kamala harris hoping to seize on that new momentum from democrats. this morning the 2024 race now kicking into high gear, with the november election less than 100 days away. >> we've got to fight. we are the under dogs in this race. >> reporter: vice president harris has only been in the race for a week, already raising $200 million. and her first big decision, choosing a running mate. harris is considering about a dozen democrats, from arizona senator mark kelly, to illinois governor. >> i had a great conversation with her. i pledged to her that no matter what the outcome of this process, that i'd be working hard for her. >> reporter: to pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and
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kentucky governor andy beshear, both hitting the campaign trail for harris. >> are you ready to beat donald trump? are you ready to beat j.d. vance? >> reporter: donald trump's running mate, senator j.d. vance facing backlash for comments he made 30 years ago. dispairaging harris and others for not having children. >> we are effectively run in this country, be it the democrats, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they made so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. >> reporter: vance offering up this explanation overnight. >> of course for a whole host reasons it's not going to work out for some people. we should pray for those people and have sympathy for them. i still think that means we should be pro family, generally speaking, as a party. i think our country has become particularly hard for parents, especially under the policies of kamala harris. >> reporter: after surviving an attempted assassination, former president trump said he's now backing away from his calls to tone down the
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rhetoric. >> they all say, i think he's changed. i think he's changed since two weeks ago. something affected him. no, i haven't changed. >> reporter: trump, who also spoke to a conservative christian event this weekend, told the crowd they won't have to vote any more if he's elected. >> christians, get out and vote! just this time! you won't have to do it anymore. four more years! >> reporter: democrats pouncing. the harris campaign saying democracy is under assault by donald trump. the trump campaign pushing back, insisting the former president was talking about the importance of faith and how he could unite the country. democrats clearly saw that differently. donald trump starting to sharpen his attacks against his new rival, kamala harris, mocking her laugh, calling her unhinged and extreme. vice president harris responding to those new attacks from both trump and senator vance, calling it all just plain weird, robin. >> robin: thanks to you. gonna bring in our political director and washington bureau chief rick klein to break down
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the latest polls for us. >> good morning, robin. as rachel said, this is an entirely different race than it was just a week ago. one thing is certain. it is close. we've had four major polls come out since president biden left the race. you have anything from a harris plus two to trump plus three. all within the margin of error. we've got initial battleground state polling that's encouraging for democrats. a tie in pennsylvania. trump up by a single point in wisconsin. that's better than joe biden was doing right before he left the race. he was trailing in the 538 polling average right before he left the race. it has been quite a honeymoon for vice president harris. just in the space of a week, so a week ago 35% of the country saw her favorably. now she is now the very rare politician viewed more favorably than unfavorably, at least for the moment. on the other side we saw the opposite happen from donald trump. coming out of the convention and that assassination attempt, we
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talked about a four year high in favorability. now it's down to the mid 30s where it's been for a long time. j.d. vance, this has not been a good week for him. the number of people who view him unfavorably jumped by eight points. look at that gap. 15 points under water overall, robin. >> robin: overall, rick, it does appear that with voters, they're more pleased with this current matchup than they were with the rematch with biden and trump. >> yeah. we've seen a big shift in that, robin. just a week ago 14% of the country said they were unfavorably inclined to support either one of the candidates. we call them the double haters. now that number is cut in half. and check this out. enthusiasm gap democrats worried about, at least for now, entirely erased. democrats enthusiastic about kamala harris' candidacy, just like republicans are for trump. this is a striking number. 49% of independents say they're enthusiastic about harris. compare that to trump and you see how it turns things on its head. robin? >> robin: thanks, rick, as always. rebecca? >> rebecca: overseas with fears of a wider war, as israel
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threatens retaliation after it says a hezbollah attack killed 12 children on a soccer field. matt rivers is on the scene with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. that blast site now closed to the public here in the golan heights as prime minister benjamin netanyahu has just arrived here. many angry with him, calling for him to come out and talk to him. netanyahu's visit not announced beforehand. the prime minister coming here to lay wreaths for the victims. abc news at that spot yesterday where the idf said a hezbollah rocket landed, killing 12 children that were playing soccer on that field. and now we await israel's response. its cabinet authorizing what authorities say will be a large scale attack. what that looks like and when we still do not know. lebanon's civil defense said several people were killed this morning in an israeli drone strike, but a larger response is still expected. secretary of state antony blinken speaking with israel's president earlier today, urging
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all sides of this conflict to deescalate. robin? >> robin: yes, indeed. matt, thanks to you. now the latest on the death of sonya massey, who was killed by a police officer in her own home. vigils were held across the country on sunday as her death was officially ruled a homicide. alex perez has the latest. >> we will not stop saying her name. >> reporter: this morning growing calls for justice in the police shooting of sonya massey, peaceful marches in more than 20 cities this weekend. demonstrators demanding massey's killing and the plight of black women never be forgotten. >> we will no longer stand for the disrespect. >> reporter: body camera video shows shawn grayson and his partner arriving at massey's home july 6th in spring field illinois after she reported a prowler. the encounter turns deadly when she goes to take a pot of boiling water off of the stove. >> away from my hot steaming water? >> yeah. >> oh. i rebuke you in the name of jesus.
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>> what stkph >> i rebuke you in the name of jesus. okay. i'm sorry. >> drop the pot! drop it! drop the pot! >> shots fired! shots fired! >> reporter: moments after the shooting deputy grayson explaining the situation to responding officers, who ask, where's the gun? >> where's the gun? >> no, she had boiling water and came at me with boiling water. >> you shot her? >> yeah. she said she was gonna rebuke me in the name of jesus and came at me with boiling water. >> reporter: records show grayson worked at six departments in four years, got two dui's and was discharged from the army for serious misconduct. and grayson was fired and charged with murder. he has pleaded noted guilty. he's also filed a grievance saying he was fired without just cause. george? >> george: thank you very much. gonna switch gears. time for gma summer games, packed with action after a stunning opening ceremony. lara is in paris with all the highlights. good morning, lara. >> lara: good morning, george. the fans here for the paris
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olympics were eager to see the u.s. women's gymnastics team compete. it was a star studded crowd, lady gaga, john legend, tom cruise, ariana grande. just to name some of the celebs to cheer on team usa. the athletes did not disappoint. this morning team usa chasing glory and gold, led by the goat, simone biles, dominating women's gymnastics, sticking perfect landings and executing stellar routines. biles and lee claiming their spots in the all around individual final, marking the first time two all around champions will go head to head. but this stumble by the 27-year-old veteran earlier during the warm-up kept onlookers on edge. wrapping her injury and compelling herself closer to olympic gold. coach, speaking of the injury,
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saying it was never in her mind to not compete. in the pool we go. american swimmer torhuske taking the gold beating her teammate by just .04 seconds. it was redemption for huske who missed making the podium in the tokyo olympics 2020 by .0001. a special moment of camaraderie, inviting walsh to join her at the podium during the medal ceremony as the national anthem played behind them. for the men, swimmer nick fink medaled taking home the silver tying the record in the 100 meter breast stroke final. the wins didn't stop there. lee keefer now a back to back gold medallist in foil fencing. her teammate taking silver, making history, becoming the first black fencer to win an olympic medal in an individual women's event for team usa. and on the court, lebron james
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and kevin durant leading the way, in usa's match against serbia. the team cruising to a 110-84 victory, starting their olympic run. all hot on the olympic trail to victory, women's soccer. team usa notching their second win over germany and claiming their spot in the quarter finals. what an amazing weekend here for team usa. guys, james longman has been zigzagging all over paris to catch some of the events. you just arrived coming from men's diving. do tell? >> it was extraordinary. tom daly was in action for gb. he and his partners got silver in the synchronized swimming. >> lara: i love to hear that and for tom daly. you saw simone biles up close. >> because her difficulty level is so high, she can make a couple mistakes and it doesn't matter. the thing about seeing these
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athletes in person, i was at the tokyo games, covid game, no one in the stands. this is so different. you can see smile on simone's face, the smiles of the other girls. it is just electric. they love the crowd and the crowd loves them. >> lara: that injury seemingly not going to be a problem for her. i want you to share, the other star of the olympics are the venues. >> i mean, just extraordinary. the fencing is in a vaulted beautiful 200-year-old building. we've got the beach volleyball at the foot of the eiffel tower. it's incredible. >> lara: so much more to come. we have 12 medals. today we've got some women's basketball, guys. we're here for it. for now, back to you. >> robin: you are there for it. i gotta say, guys, seeing the big smiles on the athletes' faces is priceless. matches your big smiles. thank you. we'll get back to you in a little bit. right now we're gonna tell you what's coming up. there was a couple lost at sea for almost 40 hours. you'll see their story only on gma. >> george: we have another exclusive with the pennsylvania swat team on patrol during the trump assassination attempt.
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we'll tell you what they say went wrong. first back to ginger. >> ginger: we saw many images coming in from dolly wood and around pigeon ford. they had 3 to 5 inches of rainfall quickly so flash flooding was an issue. they're going to have that elevated risk in parts of tennessee, kentucky, ohio, all the way down into alabama. all right. your local weather now in 30 seconds.
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>> don't just stand there, you ape, give me a hand up. nope. i'm actually okay, thank you very much. >> robin: it was so worth the wait. welcome back to gma. ryan reynolds and hugh jackman taking their friendship to the top of the weekend box office. deadpool and wolverine had a record setting opening. it wasn't the only big news from the marvel universe. that is coming up. >> george: following a lot of headlines including breaking news from president biden. he has a new call for supreme court reforms. in a washington post op ed, proposing a president appointed justice every two years for 18 years on the bench. president expected to speak later today on this and his proposal to limit presidential immunity. also overnight venezuela's president declared the winner in the country's presidential election. his opponents are preparing to dispute the results. secretary of state said there could be some troubling signs there. madero preside over the economy that led to the exodus to millions. he is now warning of a blood bath if he loses. >> rebecca: mckenna whitman made
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the first woman to play professional soccer in america. she made her debut overnight with the new jersey new york gotham fc, just one day after her 14th birthday. she's a replacement for players in the olympics, but she'll be around for awhile because she just signed a four year deal. a name to remember. we've got a lot more ahead, including a pod of orcas taking down a yacht in the mediterranean. what the owner is saying about that ordeal coming up. >> george: right now, the assassination attempt on former president trump. this morning we're hearing from the local swat team for the first time. senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky spoke with them. >> reporter: good morning, george. this pennsylvania swat team took up defensive positions for the president. they saw the shooter first, took steps they thought would have prevented the attempted assassination. now they're living with failure.
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>> i remember standing in the parking lot talking to one of the guys, and we just became part of history. not in a good way. >> reporter: the swat team from beaver county, pennsylvania, knew something about the scrawny young man seemed off. he can be seen in this video skulking around former president trump's rally. text messages between local snipers show they noticed thomas matthew crooks at 4:26 p.m., nearly two hours before the attempted assassination that would injure trump, kill a man and severely hurt two others. you see me go out with my rifle, one of the snipers texted, so he knows you guys are up there. by 5:14 p.m. they grew suspicious. >> he was looking up and down the building and just wandering around. just seemed out of place. >> reporter: greg nichols snapped these photos of shooter. >> i think we had a group text between the local snipers that were on the screen. i sent those pictures out to that group and advised them of what i noticed and what i'd seen. >> reporter: what do you think
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is transpiring once you send in what you sent in? >> i assumed there would be somebody coming out to, you know, speak with this individual, or find out what's going on. >> reporter: so how do you know if greg's concerns about crooks are being relayed properly? >> we don't. we have to assume that when he put that information out to command, that command took that information and did something with it. we don't know if they did. >> reporter: none of the concerns appears to have reached members of trump's secret service detail. the washington post reports they've complained they were never made aware of the warnings. in their first public comments about the assassination attempt, members of the beaver county swat team describe to abc news what they consider to be failures of planning and communication that would prove catastrophic. >> we were supposed to get a face to face briefing with the secret service snipers whenever they arrived and that never happened. so i think that was probably a pivotal point where i started thinking things were wrong,
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because that never happens. we had no communication with the secret service. >> reporter: you had no communication with the secret service at all on that saturday? >> none. not until after the shooting, i believe. >> reporter: and by then -- >> it was too late. >> usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: the secret service declined to respond directly, but told abc news the agency is committed to better understanding what happened and is offering complete cooperation with on going investigations. members of the beaver county swat team rushed to the shooter's rooftop. >> there's a ladder right here. >> reporter: as seen in footage from a helmet camera. >> we have access through that ladder. got up onto the roof. >> reporter: as you're scrambling onto that roof, you don't know for sure whether he's dead or alive or whether you'll encounter fire? >> at that point, no. >> reporter: are you prepared for a fire fight? >> we're prepared for anything.
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>> reporter: he encountered the shooter's bloody body 400 feet from the stage. the team believes it did everything it could have to thwart the attack but accepts its share of failure. >> i think we all failed that day. >> reporter: how so? >> life was lost. >> yeah. >> people died. if there's anything we could have done to stop that, we should have done it. >> reporter: we visited the swat team at its headquarters in western pennsylvania where they've been studying maps, satellite footage, even their own crude replica of the rally site. they're racing to learn everything they can because former president trump said he plans to hold another rally soon out there in western pennsylvania. >> george: that was interesting. >> robin: chilling. good reporting there, aaron. thank you. now to the killer whales that left a yacht at the bottom of the ocean and left a crew scrambling for their lives. eva pilgrim is here with that story.
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good morning, eva. >> good morning, robin. when robert powell saw the whale biting at his boat's rudders he knew he had two options. drive faster or cut the engine. he chose driving as fast as he could, but he couldn't outpace the whales. sinking ship. this $128,000 yacht taken down by a pod of orcas in the mediterranean. >> all of a sudden i felt a really loud bang on the back of the boat. i could feel sort of like a scraping. >> reporter: robert powell and his crew sailing from portugal to greece when he says at least five killer whales attacked his boat. >> they carried on attacking and biting the rudder. once the rudder was broken the ship started go around in circles. they went round us in circles and were swimming around and charging at the boat. >> reporter: the ordeal lasting
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two hours before help arrived. >> say good-bye to her. she's about to sink. >> reporter: powell thinks the whales, known for being incredibly intelligent creatures, knew exactly what they were doing. >> they knew the weakness of the boat. they knew where to hit it. >> reporter: there have been approximately 700 encounters in recent years near spain, portugal, france and morocco. like this one. the whale here making a play toy out of this boat's rudder. >> we lost both rudders. >> reporter: researchers finding this kind of behavior from orcas is targeted. in their minds teenage play. >> they come up with these purposeless, silly behaviors that look silly to us and are probably silly as far as they're concerned. >> when robert made the mayday call for help, the coast guard advised him to stay in the boat until it started take on water. thankfully the rescue boats arrived before that happened. he actually watched his boat
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this is the nightmare scenario. out in the open ocean, separated from the group, they can't find you, and suddenly you're all alone. that was the fate that befell nathan and kim maker, adrift for over a day and a half, finality setting in. but the coast guard was combing a 1,600 square mile area for the couple, and somehow they found them and saved them. this morning an oklahoma couple lucky to be alive, rescued at sea. experienced divers nathan and kim maker speaking exclusively to gma. the couple stranded for nearly 40 hours in the gulf of mexico. on wednesday when they were out on a diving trip, a member of their group lost her grip on what's called a downline, a rope divers hold on to to get to the calmer waters below. >> the current starts taking her away. >> reporter: nathan racing to save her. >> i was swimming with everything i had to get her back to the line. we got her to the line. i just was within arms reach. >> reporter: that woman making it back on board, but in the
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middle of the chaos, kim is knocked from the line. both she and nathan now swept away by the current. the boat reportedly searching for them, but they couldn't be found. >> the boat was getting smaller and smaller and smaller til it's completely out of sight. >> reporter: alone, fighting to stay alive. >> kim and i just kind of took inventory what we had on us. we tetlered ourselves together. >> reporter: alerted to their disappearance the coast guard launching a search. >> our body temperatures were dropping we needed to keep swimming or we probably would have frozen to death. he absolutely is the reason that we're alive. just keeping our spirits up. it would have been really easy to give up. >> reporter: they can see and hear the rescue planes in the distance. >> when that plane turned its nose towards us, kim hits sos and they saw us. >> just out of the corner of our eye, this big boat comes just screaming in. all of a sudden i can hear the voices of the coast guard guys.
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>> it sounds cheesey, but i believe we saw the hand of god that day. it was the hand of the coast guard. >> reporter: this photo of the exhausted couple taken only hours after the rescue. >> i think the biggest thing was just believe in each other. >> the makers were mostly physically okay. they thanked the coast guard for saving them. officers even gave them fresh clothes after the rescue. nathan and kim say they plan to dive again, but first they'll celebrate coast guard day, which is this sunday, august 4th. >> rebecca: what a celebration worth while. will, thank you. coming up next, the blockbuster announcement from robert downey jr. stay with us. with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ (man) yes! ♪ (vo) you've got your sunday obsession and we got you. now with verizon, get nfl sunday ticket from youtube tv on us and get every out-of-market sunday game.
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>> rebecca: we are back with the huge weekend at the box i was a for deadpool and wolverine with the biggest opening ever for an r rated movie. and robert downey jr. with a fantastic surprise for fans. trevor ault is here tracking all the blockbuster news. good morning, trevor. >> good morning, rebecca. even by marvel standards this is a gigantic opening weekend. record setting debut for deadpool and wolverine. the mcu announcing the return of a familiar face, turning from one of the most popular heroes to one of its most feared villains. this morning deadpool and wolverine tearing through the record books with the highest grossing r rated box office opening weekend in history. >> slow motion action sequence, who knows if you live or die. >> reporter: the film already
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this morning what we know about the man arrested on arson charges, dangerous smoke and the air quality alerts right now. >> robin: fantastic four. >> here we have anna grace, lisa marie. >> rebecca claire. and petra anne. >> robin: meet the incredible rare identical quadruplets making their tv debut. how parents are getting used to live with six little ones under one roof. >> rebecca: riding the retirement wave. with more americans reaching 65 yearly than ever before, what it means for the economy, and how it can help you land a job. >> robin: plus guess who's looking sharp in paris. lara going to duel school with one offensing's biggest american stars. >> lara: i'm sorry. i feel bad. >> it's okay. i haven't been hit in awhile. >> robin: teaching us what it means to go for the gold.
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of the largest in california history. thousands have been forced from their homes, dozens of homes and buildings have been destroyed. let's go back to mola lenghi. >> reporter: thousands of firefighters and more than 400 fire trucks on the ground here racing to contain, as you said, one of the largest wild fires in california history and the largest wild fire in the state so far. the rapidly moving park fire forcing new evacuations, burning over 560 square miles with only 12% containment so far this morning. at least 100 homes and buildings have been destroyed in just five day. the battle against the blaze being fought on multiple fronts, from the air and on the ground with over 4,700 personnel, 400 fire engines and at least 160 bull dozers working to contain the fire. a 42-year-old man has been arrested and charged with suspected arson. authorities say ronnie stout allegedly pushed a car down an
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embankment while it was on fire sparking this fast moving fire. stout is scheduled to be in court later this morning. guys, fortunately so far up to this point, no reported injuries, and everyone is accounted for according to officials. robin? >> robin: that is very fortunate. mola, thank you. now to president biden, with a new call for supreme court reforms. also a proposal to limit presidential immunity. our chief white house correspondent mary bruce, she has those details for us. good morning to you, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the president is calling for an overhaul to the supreme court writing in an op ed this morning that it is time to prevent the abuse of presidential power and restore the public's faith in our judicial system. the president saying what is happening now is not normal and that we stand in a breach. the president is calling on congress to establish term limits, arguing the current life time appointments give a president undue influence. instead he's proposing a
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president appoint a justice every two years for 18 year terms. he all wants to created an enforceable code of conduct on justices and is calling for a constitutional amendment to limit the broad presidential immunity the court backed last month. the president saying that means there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. now, the political reality is it is going to be very difficult. there's almost little chance of this being approved by this deeply divided congress, with just 99 days left until the election. but the white house is hoping this will shine a spotlight on recent decision and will inform voters as they make their decisions. we are told this morning that the vice president, kamala harris, is supportive of these changes. rebecca? >> rebecca: mary, thank you. we turn to a new study that finds a simple blood test was 90% accurate in determining if patients with memory problems had alzheimer's. eva pilgrim is back with more on that. >> good morning, rebecca. alzheimer's is a complex disease to accurately diagnose. but now a potential leap forward. a simple blood test.
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a new study out of sweden is showing promising results for detecting cognitive design that is due to alzheimer's by measuring for a specific protein in the blood. now, right now diagnosis isn't straight forward or simple which can lead to delays in treatment. but the blood test could change all of that and lead to earlier intervention. and the big potential positive, this type of test could really open up access to diagnosing alzheimer's with a simple in office test you can one day get with your primary care doctor. it's important to know this test still needs more research. it is not fda improved. it is a promising step forward, rebecca. >> rebecca: really hopeful for families who have to go through this. there's also news about another new blood test. this one is for colon cancer. >> yeah. the fda just approved a blood test called shield that can screen for colon cancer. the second leading cause of cancer deaths in this country. it's been commercially available but this will make it more widely available.
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>> george: we are back with our gma cover story. a texas couple who welcomed identical quadruplets. the children, who were born in may, are now home. the family is telling their story first on gma. erielle reshef has the story. >> the parents say they weren't trying to get pregnant. they didn't go through fertility treatments and multiples didn't run in their family. you can imagine the shock when at that first ultrasound they
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heard not one, but four heart beats. >> here we have hannah tkpwraeurbgs lisa marie. >> rebecca claire and petra anne. >> reporter: four bundles of miraculous joy. the sandu quadruplets. making their morning tv debut. all four healthy, identical girls now home, while mom mercedes and dad jonathan adjust to their new normal as a family of six under 4. >> the more time i spend with them and get to know their little personalities, i can kind of see which is which. i am still learning. >> reporter: the quads are a medical rarity, both because the couple conceived naturally with no fertility treatments and all four babies shared one placenta. mercedes said she was shocked when she first learned the news. >> there i am at the doctors office. i see on the screen multiple things. i'm like, that can't be right. there's no way.
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sure enough, they printed out one, two, three, four. there were four babies. >> if you ever had someone tell you they're expecting quadruplets, your brain can't really wrap around it. >> reporter: mercedes glad she had a standard pregnancy, but at just 29 weeks and three days, doctors at texas children hospital determining it was time for delivery. an emergency c section supported by their level 4 neo anyway tall intensive care unit. >> we heard them cry when they came out. it wasn't just crying oh the babies here. it was crying and their lungs are functioning. that was a heart warming moment. >> there's a whole host of other problems premature babies can have that we're always monitoring for. in this case the quads did very well. >> reporter: after a total of 86 days in the nicu, the final quad, rebecca, was discharged with no medical issues joining her three sisters and two older brothers happily awaiting them
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at home. >> i'm so happy with how loving they have been with them. really made this so much more special. >> the definition of beautiful chaos there. the little ones were born less than 3 pounds each. as for telling them apart their bassinets are labeled. the couple tries to line them up in birth order to learn who's who. all of the babies are healthy and doing well. robin? >> robin: beautiful chaos, that's right. erielle, thank you. now to what is being called the retirement wave. a whopping 4 million americans are expected to turn 65 every year for the next four years, and that can mean opportunity if you're in the job market. elizabeth schulze is here with details. 65, that's what many people, millions of adults, traditionally. so what does that mean for the economy? >> this will have ripple effects across the economy. lot of things at play here. demographics. the baby boomer generation is growing older. every day now until 2027, 11,000 people will turn 65.
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that is a record number. it's up from about 10,000 on average every day over the past decade. so what that means is that that will have a big impact on the people leaving the work force. not everyone is going to turn 65 and retire right away. but the big picture is there are more older americans leaving the work force than there are younger americans who are getting into the work force. >> robin: which means? >> that there's -- >> robin: lot of openings. >> exactly. if you are on the job hunt, there might be more options to choose from. so right now 8 million jobs overall that employers are trying to fill. that's more than the number of people who are trying to find jobs. it could stay that way for the next couple of years. the other big impact is it could mean higher salaries. if companies are struggling to fill the jobs they might have to offer higher wages. >> robin: what industries are we seeing and how can younger employees make it work. >> health care. doctors, nurses, home aides. one out of every four workers in
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the health care sector is 55 or older. the aging population means there will be more need. public services, education, also a big share of older workers. think about how those are the industries where there will be a lot of demand going forward. do you have skills that could translate and that could potentially mean higher earnings going forward, longer career longevity. >> robin: this was very enlightening. >> it's important. >> robin: elizabeth, thank you. rebecca. >> rebecca: it is time to send it over to our gold medal team at our summer games in paris. lara sharpened her fencing skills with one of america's biggest stars. lara is joining us from paris with james longman. hello, hello, guys. >> lara: hey, yeah. thank you very much. i don't know about sharpening up
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the skills. i enjoyed very much learning them though. i need you all to remember this name. miles watson who is upping the cool factor of the classic sport offensing. he showed me first hand while every other country should be on guard. it's really scary. i can't see your face. at 6' 5" i learned very quickly it's not easy to escape the foil of miles chamley-watson. born in london, the 34-year-old moved to new york when he was 7 and quickly found his second home at the new york fencing club. it all started because they were like, this kid's a little bit hyper. we're gonna make him do something after school to channel that energy. >> exactly. three olympics later i'm still loving it. fencing has become my passion. i turned it into my job now.
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>> lara: behind that mask, chamley-watson is also a fashion model. more important to him, he's a role model. i see a lot of youngsters here fencing. what does it mean to you to get kids involved in fencing? >> that's the biggest medal you can win, inspiring kids. whether they see me in competition or on tv, it's inspirational. i love seeing the kids. >> lara: is fencing a great way to get kids out of tough neighborhoods and into better circumstances? >> i think fencing is the best sport in the world. my goal is to take fencing from niche to main stream. >> lara: it's bound to happen if he brings home the gold, which he says is going to happen at this, his fourth olympics. what do you think makes you so good at fencing? >> i think, naturally, i think i'm gifted with my height and size. i'm kind of unconventional, crazy, you can say. >> lara: there's a move name for you. >> called the chamley-watson. if you turn your left shoulder
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to the referee, that's a yellow card. i said i'll stand still and wrap my arm around my head and my foil will hit you in your chest. >> lara: first time the refs saw that they must have been like no, no, no. >> they had to stop and watch the video because they had never seen it before. >> lara: what country will bring your toughest competition? >> historically italy one of the best in the world. france is good. japan. they're all tops in the world. it's gonna be a fun battle. >> lara: you feel like you have a chance at gold? >> 100%. >> lara: but how does he feel about teaching a total rookie? first lesson, putting on the gear. this is called ma jacket. >> this is your best friend. this is the foil. >> lara: it's not a sword, it's a foil? >> exactly. hold it. like this. place it here. >> lara: okay. >> grab it. >> lara: like the three musketeers, that's how they held
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their sword? >> definitely. >> lara: okay, wait. you versus darth vader. >> obi wan has taught you well. >> lara: you versus zoro. >> that would be close. this is how we score. >> lara: okay. finally time for a little jousting. >> perfect. you want to have the foil at my chest. and you're gonna want to use 500 milligrams of pressure to hit me in my chest. did you feel that? ow. >> lara: i'm sorry. i feel bad. >> that's okay. i haven't been hit in awhile. >> lara: very confidence. oh wow. this is cool. >> oh, no, that's trouble. >> lara: he was very patient.
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he's such a great guy. he's so talented. if it's not one of those sports that you automatically think about making appointment tv, please consider changing your tune. miles is a rock star with the foil. he show the world that signature move when he has his first match, guys, august 4th. do not miss it. >> james: you looked like you had so much fun. i missed out on the fencing. what's your favorite? >> lara: i really did love fencing. i also really loved that kayak cross. i'm most excited for tomorrow's event, olympic flea marketing. >> this was so much fun. you have not seen anything unless you have seen this lady in a flea market. i find it all overwhelming. there's a lot of stuff out there. no one better than this lady to show you around. >> lara: we're going for the gold tomorrow. >> robin: i thought you were kidding. you're serious about this, lara.
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you do break for a yard sale. thank you both. ginger, do you have a weather forecast for our two in paris? >> ginger: yes, i do. it's been so nice and relatively cool, with all that rain and stuff. but now they're heating up and heating up big time. longest stretch of 90 plus of the summer. hottest temperature tomorrow before a front with thunderstorms comes through. that's going to be something all of the different summer games are going to be looking at. we have our own heat here. little rock just north of them
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♪ early in the morning dawn of a >> robin: withlara on olympic duty, will you're always taking one for team. >> glad to be here. let's get right to it. how do we feel about funds on pop news? there's been a lot of marvellous news out of comic con in san diego. we've already covered deadpool and wolverine crushing the box office, and robert downey jr. with his return to marvel as dr. doom. and this next bit isn't just marvelous, it's fantastic. fantastic four, that is. you're following along. the first family of marvel making their debut together. they were all on stage to announce their new film will be called fantastic four first steps. first step in this movie is to film it. that starts today in london. and fans really won't have to wait long to see. it comes out july 25th of next
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year. that's fast especially for a super hero movie. we're looking forward to seeing that. finally here in the pop news world within the marvel universe, the russo brothers are returning to the avengers franchise to direct the fifth and sixth installments all about robert downey jr. as bad guy dr. doom. on set to hit theaters in '26 and '27. >> robin: gotta wait for that. >> everything in due time. not everything was fun and games at comic con. jennifer garner might be thinking about using the stairs. she was at her first ever comic con. she got stuck in an elevator. take a look at this. >> guys, we're stuck on this elevator. i could use a wolverine. i could use a deadpool. my worst fear realized that she was in there. >> jennifer garner was for an hour and 12 minutes. she
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documented it all on social media, seemed to have good fun with it. eventually, firefighters showed up to open the door. everyone got out safely. >> it's a long time here. long, long time. >> really long time. >> and finally this morning, just days after her stunning performance at the olympic opening ceremony, lady gaga met with the prime minister of france. and in the process had what may have been a parisian slip. she called her boyfriend her fiance. ooh la la. >> in fact, gaga has been with michael polansky for a long time, and when she introduced him to the pm at the summer games aquatic center, she referred to him as her fiance. >> no word from the couple as yet, if that's true. and the superstar has promoted her in entrepreneur tech investor to fiance, we don't know. but we do know that gaga caused an even bigger stir in paris when she was surrounded by fans. she played just a couple seconds from her upcoming album lg seven. this is that right there. truly, just a couple seconds judging by thatrillioneaction, everyone's going to love it and
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down memory lane with this family. welcome back to gma. we are celebrating the big impact of small businesses that give back to their communities with a national treasure. the family behind the world famous sylvia's soulful restaurant, they are here to share some of the most delicious dishes as well as the most secrets to success. it is wonderful, wonderful to see you. wonderful to see you all. just tell me, it's a family -- what does sylvia's mean to you all? >> it means the world to us. her legacy is huge. it spans all over the world. we have people coming in eating with us every day. it means everything. the fact that we can still keep feeding people after 63 years is importants. >> robin: all i cannot to touch anything. hello, my friend. >> good to see you. we go back so long. >> robin: we do. you're one of the co-owners with
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your siblings. what does it mean to have the family so involved? >> it's a blessing. we always say the restaurant is faith, family, community. so any time you step foot in there, we go with faith, family and community. you're family. >> robin: i know. >> you are family. >> robin: you remember when i was there with my mama. >> i picture it forever in my mind. it was such a blessed time. >> robin: so many can say that. newbie devon. newbie. you just recently joined. what took you so long? >> so i graduated 2019. took sometime to figure out exactly what i wanted to do. i worked a couple jobs in tech. i just remembered the story my dad always told me about howard hughes. how he took over his father's business and made it this global
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sensation. >> robin: okay. >> i'm just trying to follow in those same footsteps. [ applause ] >> robin: we're glad to have you with the family. >> thank you. >> robin: what is your earliest memory? >> my earliest memory of i guess i would say as early as i could hop up on the stool. you know? maybe 3, 4 years old, just sitting at the counter, watching my mother and my dad. watching the family. my siblings, older siblings working. we had -- we called it the breakfast club. the customers that would sit on the counter. every morning they had their favorite seats. they watched me grow up. i started in the business after college. >> robin: yeah, you did. you never left. >> i would peel potatoes, wash dishes. >> robin: had to start from the bottom. >> sure did. >> robin: marcus, being the executive chef that you are, just tell people the iconic
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dishes you have brought for us. >> well, of course, can't do it without bringing some fried chicken. everybody has their own variation on fried chicken. sylvia has been doing it her way for 62 years. we had to hit you with the fried chicken. got our macaroni and cheese. >> robin: you're making me weak here on the mac and cheese. >> yams. sweet candied yams. got your corn bread. some collard greens and smoked turkey. potato salad. our world famous ribs. >> robin: i love that, world famous. you're not going to divulge any secrets? >> i can tell you the main ingredient is love. [ applause ] >> robin: marcus, of course it is. there have been so many -- hello. so many, so many dignitary, celebrities, personalities that have walked through those doors for 62 years. is there one person in particular that really stood out? >> there's been a lot. i know one of the most recent, barack obama. that was a pleasure to have him.
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one of my favorites whens i was younger, tupac. >> robin: wow, wow. >> we've just had so many people come through. just had orders from wesley snipes. >> robin: you are a name dropper, you. you know what? you all have not on served great food, you have served this community. i know you're celebrating 62 years. >> 62 years. >> robin: you have done scholarships. you have free food. thursday you're having free breakfast for the community. >> every anniversary. >> robin: we are not the only ones recognizing this. i got to get this right. as part of its backing historic small restaurants program, american express, in partnership with the national trust for historic preservation wants to give back to all of you. we got a grant. i got to look for it. we got a grant. are you ready for this?
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$50,000! [ applause ] $50,000! right here. you all take it. come on. come on. you take it right here. >> oh my goodness. this is a blessing. >> robin: what does this mean to you? >> i just means we can just continue to keep feeding people. i'm glad american express contributed to that. >> robin: because they really understand a small business that gives back in a big big way. >> always better to give than to receive. >> yes, yes, yes. >> we will see you at sylvia's soon. >> robin: oh, absolutely. soon and often. coming up -- thank y'all again. the change that can make your lawn, that can help save the planet and save you some money. then james patterson and mike lupica are here. we are about to eat. come on back. let me at it.
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>> george: welcome back. with extreme weather events becoming more frequent, we are helping navigate this new reality and become climate ready. ginger is kicking it off with a simple step you can take at home. >> ginger: the grass we see on everyone's lawn is not supposed to be there, meaning it's not native.
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a perfectly manicured lawn used to be part of the american ideal. but it is costing us millions in maintenance and water and is hurting the planet. now there's a growing trend to ditch the turf and get back to nature. >> i don't want to mow it. i don't want to water it. there's a lot of lawn. i need to get rid of this. >> ginger: judy is ready for a change. >> i think it's time to let it go back to nature. >> ginger: she is taking out a big chunk of her lawn and putting native plants in instead. the group planet wild says judy's not alone. they have seen a surge of people wanting to get rid of the traditional lawn and replace it. they call it rewilding. >> there are between 40-60 million acres of lawn across america. it is being overwatered in a time when we need to be preserving it. >> ginger: we're talking about carbon sequestation.
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these plants without need any irrigation once they're established. i jumped into help. you want some of these here? >> yes. these are big blue stems so they get super huge. >> ginger: the lawn? dug out by hand before planting. lot of worms. this is good. >> yeah. that's great. >> ginger: to see what this might look like fully grown we go to jane balter's. she started rewilding her yard four years ago. what's the feeling when you look out over what you've created here? >> it's a sanctuary. something that was so lifeless has become so full of life. >> ginger: rewilding can also mean lower water bills and maintenance cost. less flooding during rain and it becomes a sanctuary for pollinaters. >> there were no birds nosh insects. >> ginger: here you've created a home. >> yes. >> ginger: for more than just
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you. >> yes, yes. >> ginger: so, robin, we did this a couple years ago. our neighbors were like, what are you doing? now that it's growing in, they are starting to see. just in the u.s. alone, we waste -- i don't want to say waste. we're a purpose for grass. i'm not a monster. my kids still have a place to play. we get rid of a lot of it. we have 9 million gallons of water a day just on grass. >> robin: how can people do this? is it something the every day person can do? >> ginger: absolutely. you can start small. give yourself a border. get some ground coverings that are native. do those low on the edge. then go low to immediate toupl high. you can plan your own areas. you would be amazed at how quickly this all comes back to life. the bird, the butterflies. >> robin: and it's beautiful. and so natural. >> ginger: it's the new ideal. that's what we're doing. now my neighbors are gonna like it. if you want to see more ways to save the plan etd while saving on your lawn watch my full climate ready report on abc news
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live primetime tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> robin: love your passion. >> ginger: thank you. team james patterson megamillion selling author and mike lupica, with 18 new york times best sellers. they're out with a new thriller called "hard to kill." welcome back. tell us about "hard to kill." >> you know, every once in awhile, with alex cross i had a character that jumps off the page. this is the first one since then with jane smith. she jumps off the page. that's what i think makes this novel particularly -- >> george: what makes her jump off the page? >> in her resilience. she's battling health issues and one of the worst clients in the history of clients.
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this guy rob jacobson. she just got him off a triple homicide wrap in book one. now he's up for another one in book 2. >> i don't think george wants you to be casting the show. >> we're casting. >> george: you already have rene zellweger. >> she chose the character. that was the thing. she liked the character and that's why she got involved. >> george, jim gets what he wants. he insisted not just someone who had won one academy award. he insisted on someone who had won two academy awards. >> george: give us some insight into how the writing process works. >> it doesn't. [ laughter ] >> i was saying to him the other day, what people don't understand is what big stupid fun we have writing. no. everybody ought to have as much fun doing this for a living as we do. >> george: are you in the same room? >> we talk, i'd say six times a day, seven days a week.
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>> george: seriously? >> yes. >> tragically. >> tragically is right. >> george: six times a day, seven days a week. >> you have writers here, right? they write a little bit. >> i don't think little is the word, george. it's always this. >> people act like this writer's thing is so -- every television show you have, there's a writers room, six or search writers. mike and i, this is the writers room. >> and on the golf course. and over dinner. i'll say, just one more thing, you know that thing we were going to do, how about we do that? it goes on all day. >> george: how did it start and when did you know? >> in a bar. [ laughter ] tragically. >> we met in a bar. i think i have told you this before, george. jimmy brussel always said the test of a good idea is whether or not it can last through a hangover. blessedly for me, after that night he still wanted to work with me. [ laughter ]
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>> it's a great relationship. it really is fun. the book, rare to me, the kind of book where want to keep reading but you don't want to it end. >> george: tell me about the book tour. i read somewhere that you -- >> oh god. >> george: you warm up the crowd? >> yes, we do. >> he came up with it. >> we go out ten minutes before and we say, you know, jim and mike will be out in ten minutes. but we're gonna warm you up. they're really shy. so let's practice our cheering, whatever. then they think they're funny, but they're really not. mike tells a joke and gets them laughing. then we come on. >> i would tell you this book tour's joke, but i can't. [ laughter ] >> george: morning television. >> yeah. >> george: you mentioned rene zellweger. what about viola davis? you're working with her as well? >> not on this book, but yes. we have a novel we're working
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on. it's very exciting for me. she's a great partner. not as good as mike, but she's excellent. >> george: guys, thanks for coming in. coming up the boys of the bus are here as they get ready to set out on their cross country road trip. are here, getting ready to set
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>> rebecca: we are back with the summer road trip of a life time for one group of massachusetts high school graduates. the boys with the bus are back and ready to ride. we first caught up with them as they got road trip ready to go cross country. here's a look at their journey. >> all i wanted was a bus and we got one. >> rebecca: it was the ultimate senior project that took the nation by storm. >> we turned this school bus into a fully decked rv. >> rebecca: a group of high school seniors from outside boston, with a little help from their friends. >> i turned the lights on. >> rebecca: transforming this
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tired old school bus ina tricked out rv for the summer road trip of a life time. >> something where we would be all together. >> we wanted to get our hands dirty and build something. >> pretty hard for a project. i don't think anyone has ever seen it before. >> reporter: the teens documenting their progress on social media, garnering more than 2 million followers. >> got our friends together for a project has been an important experience. >> it's not even just milton. people around the world are excited to see what we're doing. >> whit: these are the bunk beds? >> rebecca: our own whit johnson even stopping by to lend a hand. >> whit: first one's good. >> down here. >> rebecca: now, with diplomas secured, the boys are finally ready to hit the road. their first stop -- >> good morning america! we'll see you in times square! >> rebecca: yes! the boy with the bus are here with us now.
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you made it. congratulations. you're here in times square. you still have a long way to go, benjamin. one hour into the trip this morning you had a little snafu. >> actually, we got the plates for the bus four days ago. that was the start of it. then yesterday we said good-bye to our parents. we drive off. one hour in we stop the bus. turn on the ac. two minutes later the battery is dead. >> rebecca: oh, no. what did you do? >> we jumped the bus and we're back on the road. last night we stopped for a bit. this morning 3:30 a.m. we drive through new york. got these trucks on either side of us. we were pressed at the windows, just looking up at the builds. >> rebecca: when you saw the new york city sky line that had to be a great moment. justin, what was the hardest part of your preparation? >> hardest part of preparation? probably the roof deck. it took a really long time. >> rebecca: what are you doing up there? >> we have public table, seat, have a nice meal.
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it took a lot of work, but it's all done now. >> rebecca: ben was saying you have the smoothie maker on board. we could not let you take off without a few gifts from us at gma. first you need the bumper sticker, right? this is gonna get you all the right attention on the road. we also have some air fresheners because i don't think there's a shower inside that bus. here you go. you want to hang that in the window. the new car scent. our friends have taken notice of you. sonic drive-in has been so inspired by you guys and the fun you're having, they're giving each of you a $100 gift card. >> yeah. >> rebecca: so you're not going to just have smoothies on the road. plus they are throwing in $5,000 for the whole trip. i mean, this all just started as a fun senior act.
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