good morning, america. breaking overnight. shooting at ft. hood. [ sirens ] a gunman opens fire at america's largest army post. emergency crews race to the scene. four dead, 16 wounded. now new details about the shooter. an american soldier and the hero police officer who confronted him. breaking now, tornado warnings up at this hour in the midwest. 30 million people in the path of severe spring weather. golf ball-sized hail. people being asked to take shelter right now. ginger with the latest this morning. safety alert. take a look at this. razor blades turning up taped to jungle gyms and monkey bars at children's playgrounds, injuring toddlers. the warning from police right now. ♪ somebody is watching me is your breakfast making eyes at you? the hidden weapon in the cereal

aisle that could be enticing your child and you to leap after the lucky charms? is the secret finally revealed? good morning, america. here is what we know right now about the second mass shooting at ft. hood in five years. one of the largest army posts in america. this time the shooter identified as an iraqi war veteran being treated for mental illness. >> his name is army specialist ivan lopez. he served four months in iraq in 2011 and had been seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress. investigators now focusing on whether an argument on the army post triggered the shooting. >> reports in that he was wearing fatigues. in the end, he was face to face with a female police officer. she stood her ground. that's when he shot himself. let's get right to the scene of

the shooting. alex perez is live at ft. hood. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, george. this shooting bringing back chilling memories for those here back in 2009. the gunman we are told worked as a military truck driver and had not yet been diagnosed with ptsd. [ take shelter immediately ] this was the loudspeaker announcement that blared through ft. hood late wednesday afternoon warning the base's residents to take shelter. >> i heard gunshots. at that point i was scared. >> reporter: a soldier now identified as specialist ivan lopez had opened fire just after 4:25 p.m. reportedly after an argument on the base. >> it is believed that he walked into one of the unit buildings, opened fire, got into a vehicle, fired from a vehicle, got out of the vehicle, walked into another building and opened fire again. >> reporter: those two buildings, a medical brigade unit and the transportation battalion. >> at that point we began to witness soldiers from across the street at the transportation unit fleeing. there is a barbed wire fence

about seven foot, seven and a half foot high and they were leaping over it. >> reporter: lopez dressed in army fatigues, uses a handgun to kill three people. 16 others are injured and rushed to area hospitals. >> they've had a variety of injuries we've been treating ranging from gunshot wounds that involved extremities, abdomen, chest and neck. >> reporter: at 4:45 p.m. about 20 minutes after the rampage began, the ordeal comes to a violent end. lopez taking his own life after a female police officer confronts him in a parking lot. >> he was approaching her at about 20 feet. put his hands up, then reached under his jacket, pulled out the nine mill and she pulled out her weapon and then she engaged and then he put the weapon to his head and he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: president obama speaking to the nation as scant information trickled in.

>> i want to just assure all of us that we're going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> reporter: finally at 9:52 p.m. the base is given the all clear but fear remains. just five years ago, ft. hood was the scene of the worst mass shooting on a military base in u.s. history when army psychiatrist nidal hasan killed 13 people and wounded 30 others. and it was also a female officer who stopped the gunman back in 2009. we are expecting to learn more about how exactly things unfolded here during a press briefing later this afternoon. robin. >> all right, alex. a lot of information coming out overnight about the shooter. abc's pierre thomas has that part of our coverage. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the suspect was apparently suffering from serious mental health issues and sources tell me that likely played a key role in yesterday's tragic shooting spree. while the motive for the shooting is unclear, military

officials are describing the suspect as a man in turmoil this morning. possibly suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. >> he was undergoing behavioral health and psychiatric treatment for depression and anxiety. he was on medication. >> reporter: ivan lopez had told officials he suffered from a traumatic brain injury but the military had not been able to confirm that. >> he was not a wounded warrior. he was not wounded in action to our records. no purple heart. >> reporter: lopez, an active duty soldier and truck driver had served in iraq for four months in 2011 and had only come to ft. hood in february. his neighbor told us he had moved near the base just three weeks ago with whom she believes are his wife and daughter, a toddler. >> i noticed his wife coming out of the apartment and she was hysterical. >> reporter: authorities say lopez bought the 45 caliber smith & wesson handgun used in the shootings at a local gun store in recent days. because he was not officially determined to be mentally ill by a court, the purchase was perfectly legal but the shooting on the heels of the 2009 mass

murders at ft. hood again raises questions about base security. >> if you have a weapon and you're on base it's supposed to be registered on base. we'll have to re-examine all those programs and see if there were any gaps. >> reporter: sources tell us they're investigating whether a dispute on or near the base may have started the mayhem. a key question this morning, did this man clearly suffering from mental health issues fall through the cracks and were there enough red flags to stop him from buying a gun? george. >> a lot to investigate there. okay, pierre, thanks. this violence painful at ft. hood where they're still dealing from the fallout in that 2009 shooting. let's get more on this from abc's martha raddatz. martha, the big question everyone asking, how could this happen again? >> reporter: george, these are very different cases. first of all, you had nidal hasan who said he thought the u.s. military was waging a war against islam. and this where you had a soldier

suffering from depression, anxiety and being looked at for posttraumatic stress. this much more resembles a case in may of 2009 in baghdad where a soldier getting mental health treatment opened fire in a mental health facility there in baghdad and he killed five. so it's very similar to that one. >> martha, we know these problems of posttraumatic stress so prevalent for veterans, one in five veterans of those wars may have ptsd of the iraq and afghanistan wars. >> reporter: exactly and this also may be a real wake-up call for the military, as you said, one in five service members suffer from posttraumatic stress syndrome or other mental health issues. but it is very important to stress, george, that violence against others is not rampant among those who suffer ptsd. they are trying to destigmatize this but this may be a big wake-up call for the military. >> it sure is. okay, martha, thanks very much. okay, george. now to those breaking tornado warnings in the midwest. people being asked to take shelter right now. and ginger, i know you've been tracking it for us.

>> already been a violent morning. st. louis, a reported tornado just outside the city. we're watching this storms. it's been a very violent 24 hours. more than 120 severe weather reports, including that reported tornado. and we want to show you the other issue. the heavy rains. there were flash flood warnings all over missouri. water rescues just outside kansas city, or not too far from there. and then that hail. the hail that not only sounds like this as you're trying to get through, but it punctures through the windshield. golf-ball sized hail and that possible again today. here is the area we're most concerned about. going up from houston to cincinnati, back to des moines and then this red area. that's the heart of it. laser focus from st. louis down to memphis, little rock, all parts of southern missouri and even as far south as northern louisiana. i'm so concerned about the damaging wind potential, the hail especially and the isolated tornados that we will be heading out starting in memphis and driving into the storms. we'll of course bring you the very latest as we get there and

have it all tomorrow on "gma." robin? all right, ginger, thank you. the other top stories, we turn to amy for that. amy? good morning, everyone. and we begin with another major earthquake overnight in chile. the 7.6 magnitude aftershock rattled buildings. sent items flying off shelves and thousands of koeal stall residents were forced to evacuate for the second-straight night. this time, however, no reports of any major damage. a tsunami warning was canceled for the same area impacted by tuesday's massive 8.2 earthquake which destroyed boats and cars, ignited fires and killed at least six people. also happening overnight, a delta air lines flight from atlanta had to make an emergency landing at jfk airport here in new york because of possible hydraulic problems. it landed safely, but while taxiing the plane rolled off the tarmac onto the grass. there were 118 passengers on board but no one was injured. and an urgent warning about the security of your debit card. if federal authorities are warning banks about a string of

cyberattacks targeting atms. hackers are installing malware on bank computer networks and changing atm settings to withdraw more money than you even have in your account. in one case, the thieves managed to withdraw $40 million from 12 accounts. smaller banks have been their favorite targets. well, history at the vatican this morning as pope francis welcomes queen elizabeth for a rare, private meeting. abc's hamish macdonald is there with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: amy, this is a historic moment. queen elizabeth is now sitting down in the vatican with pope francis. it's their first meeting but her fifth time here in rome to meet with the pope. but by far the most informal of all those occasions by far. it's not a state visit. she is not wearing a black vail. it's a casual conversation. inside the pope's study, the duke is there. a translator, but nobody else. and remember, at 87 years of age, she is traveling much less these days. it's her first trip out of the uk in just the last three years.

amy? there was a flight frightening scene at a railroad crossing in houston, texas. the driver of an suv, look at it there, with two children inside apparently just couldn't wait. he drove around those crossing gates but he didn't make it as you saw. it was slammed by that oncoming train. both children and the two adults who were inside that jeep were taken to the hospital. amazingly they are all expected to be okay. >> all right. finally, heated up about this one. a big debate raging among parents who struggle every day to balance work and family, should a star baseball player take time off for the birth of his child? how is that a question? that's my first one. daniel murphy of the new york mets did that. he missed the first two games of the season to be with his wife and his newborn son. players are absolutely allowed to take paternity leave but that is not stopping some fans and sports radio hosts from going on the attack.

>> why do you have to take a week off? that i don't understand or five days off. i really don't -- to be honest, i don't get it. you're a major league baseball player. you can hire a nurse. >> whoa. >> another sports radio analyst boomer esaison suggested that they should have scheduled a cesarean section before the season. by the way, people, is this -- how is this up for debate? >> george? >> suggesting someone take a potentially dangerous surgery they don't need to accommodate a baseball season. >> do you care to -- >> you expect me to go in the face of that? >> oh, my gosh. >> this is the most special moment of your life. >> they have 160 some games, don't they? >> yeah. >> really. >> i am so -- i mean there are no words. >> yes. >> all right. >> well, we heard a lot of them, though. we'll turn now to a safety alert for parents. it's a scary trend at playgrounds across the country. sick pranksters are taping

razor blades to jungle gyms and monkey bars. the latest in a park outside philadelphia. and abc's ron claiborne has the story. >> reporter: this morning, instead of slips and falls at the neighborhood park, parents are now being asked to watch out for a more sinister danger, razor blades hidden in the playground. >> i want to go to the park. >> reporter: 2-year-old madden jenks was on his dad's shoulders at this illinois park last week when he reached for the monkey bars. >> he said ouch. jason put him down because he thought maybe it was hurting his hands, the coldness of the bar so he put him down and then he started bleeding. >> reporter: the toddler had cut his finger on a blade. >> we looked and there was razor blades were everywhere. >> reporter: on the monkey bars, rock climbing wall, the fire pole, even the bottom of the slide. someone had glued a dozen straight edge razor blades all over the playground equipment. a dangerous prank that just happened again, this time at a park outside philadelphia. >> i just don't know why anyone would do that. >> reporter: on tuesday,

brookhaven, pennsylvania, police removed several blades that had been duct taped to playground equipment. no one was hurt. but police are now warning parents to check all park gear before letting children play on it. sadly, cases like these have occurred before in cities across the country. like in san diego last september, authorities there used metal detectors to find razors that had been placed blade side up in the grass. >> open. >> reporter: as for little madden, luckily he's going to be okay. >> it could have been horrible. it could have sliced his hand open completely. >> reporter: for "good morning america," ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> i'm so glad he's going to be okay. but are you kidding me? come on people. now a story that could change the way you think about your breakfast right now. a new study finding those cartoon characters on cereal boxes could be enticing your kids at the grocery store and not in a way you might think. abc's mara schiavocampo has the

details. >> reporter: here's looking at you, kids. that's the finding from a new cornell university study revealing a possible secret weapon in marketing children's cereal. the characters on the box may be using their eyes to beckon your kids at the grocery store. researchers say they found that far beyond the reach of their saturday morning tv home turf, tony the tiger -- >> they're gggreat! >> reporter: -- and lucky the leprechaun -- ♪ they're magically delicious >> reporter: -- and their colorful friends may be using eye contact to entice kids in the aisle. >> simply seeing eyes, even if it's a cartoon character draws a lot more attention. >> reporter: food marketing researcher brian wansink and his team looked at 57 different boxes of kids cereal. and when they followed the eyes of of toucan sam, they had eyes angled downward aimed squarely kids high 48 inches and under. >> trust level goes up about 18% if you make eye contact with

anything and this is even simply a picture on a box but also increases your likelihood to want to purchase the cereal. >> reporter: as part of the same study, scientists handed out two different versions of the boxes containing this iconic breakfast treat to college students and found that the students reported feeling 28% more connected to this version of the box's rabbit than this one with his eyes averted. wansink says while the lingering gaze may be a coincidence, most are depicted staring excitedly at their bowl of cereal, the effect is still capable of creating powerful urges. for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> that's a surprising one. okay. so who doesn't have those days where you just don't want to go to work? >> like this morning. >> i bet you didn't. >> but one florida guy had a problem. his wife would not let him call in sick. that's him right there. abc's john muller tells us what happened next. >> how can i help you? >> yes, ma'am, i need a sheriff in brandon.

>> reporter: it sounded like a chilling ordeal. 31-year-old dwayne yeager calling 911 just after 7:00 a.m. monday morning to report his home had been broken into and ransacked while he was out for just 45 minutes. >> i come back, my door is wide open. my windows to my son's bedroom are wide open. my tvs are laying on the ground. >> reporter: the problem, police say it all turned out to be an elaborate ferris bueller style ruse. >> taking the day off. now get dressed and come over. >> reporter: allegedly perpetrated by yeager to get out of work and there appears to be proof. police say this surveillance video from a neighbor's home shows yeager pulling up to his own home. a few moments later that open window he told 911 about opens. shortly after that, yeager re-emerges, moments before placing that 911 call. >> i called y'all right away. >> reporter: when questioned further police say he admitted he staged the whole thing because of a bad case of the monday morning blues. >> he confessed this case was done because he didn't want to go to work. his wife was adamant about going and he just simply didn't want

to go. >> reporter: yeager now charged with a first degree misdemeanor for providing false information to law enforcement, which if he's convicted could result in a fine and even up to a year in jail. now ironically yeager works as a fabricator and what a fabrication he is now charged with. can you believe that? free this morning after paying $500 bail but the man who didn't want to face his wife will soon face a judge. >> he still has to face his wife. >> that too. a double whammy. >> what about the cat ate my homework? it was so much simpler. >> a migraine. bad anchovies on your pizza. >> you know. >> thanks, john. >> thank you. return to ginger. i cannot believe your headline. >> i know. the snow. we have to talk about it. it will maybe be interesting to you as to where it started. come with me and see what happened here. mt. laguna, closer to san diego had a funnel cloud spotted. pretty amazing weather for that area of the country but now that storm is on the move and we've got winter storm warnings and advisories all throughout

colorado, denver could pick up a couple inches to up to a half foot in some spots then the big warnings up to the north of duluth, could pick up a foot or more and minneapolis. a little spring snow for you. your local forecast is coming up in 30 seconds. first the warm cities brought to you by nasacort. s part of the country. light rain scattered throughout

tomorrow and highs are going to soar this weekend. below average once again today. upper 50s to low to mid 60s. milder tonight. little moisture and cloud cover. mid 40s to around 50 degrees. accuweather seven-day forecast, by tomorrow evening the wet weathe >> so i told you how concerned i am about this part of the country. it moves east as we go into the end of the week and the weekend and i'll have all the details coming up. >> you'll be heading out later today? >> yes. >> you need to be careful. >> i will. >> promise, ginger. coming up on "gma," the high stakes trial of the aspen socialite accused of killing her ex. her fate in the hands of the jury. also ahead, shocking video from a grade school bus. why was this driver mocking a crying child. growing outrage. and the father who wanted to teach his teenager a lesson by moving her stuff into the driveway. today the dad and daughter are speaking out. and is your brand-name makeup safe or is a knockoff

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encouraging other children to chime in. there is so many anger over why she did not lose her job. >> understandably so. what really happens in this shocking video of a college student being struck by a police officer after a college basketball game. well, she is now speaking out with her side ofexclusive. also coming up, so many adults trying the hugely popular juice cleansing craze. well, now it's taking off with some kids. we're taking a closer look at how safe it really is or isn't for them. >> we'll weigh in. roo it to the latest on that trial of a socialite accused of killing her ex-husband with a car bomb at his country club. closing arguments finished. the case in the hands of the jury. abc's ryan owens tracking the latest for us in tucson, arizona. >> all rice, please. >> reporter: this morning it's all up to the jury to decide. is pamela phillips a gold digging murderer or a sweet socialite falsely accused? the 56-year-old who lived in

aspen and vacationed around the world flashed her trademark smile during closing arguments wednesday. >> it is time to hold pamela responsible. >> this is not about pam phillips being a gold digger. >> reporter: phillips faces life in prison if convicted of masterminding the murder of her ex-husband. real estate develop gary triano. prosecutors say she paid a hit man $400,000 to plant a car bomb at this tucson country club back in 1996. >> i remember saying to him, oh, my gosh. she really did it. >> reporter: prosecutors reminded the jury of their star witness who testified phillips told her about a plan to have triano killed for millions in life insurance. >> she said that she should just hire a hit man, have him taken out. >> reporter: the state also played phone calls between phillips and the convicted hit man. her former boyfriend, ron young. >> when you sit in a women's prison for murder, you know, you

are going to be really sad. >> i'm going to be back at four. >> no, you are going to be in prison for murder. >> reporter: young who is already serving life for his murder was only trying to extort money from pam phillips and neither phillips nor young had anything to do with the ex-husband's murder. >> please tell the state to go after the people who did this by acquitting my client. >> reporter: phillips pleaded not guilty. later today the jury could decide if they believe her. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >> and we're going to turn to that disturbing video of a texas school bus driver caught on camera mocking a crying girl even encouraging other children to taunt her too. it's an exclusive from our affiliate kfat. >> good morning. that outrageous video is sparking a firestorm among parents and this morning abc news learning the bus driver is now off the job.

you're watching video from inside an elementary school bus near san antonio, texas, right before spring break. that's the bus driver on the left. listen to what that driver yells at the young girl crying. >> cry baby. >> reporter: listen again. >> cry baby. >> reporter: you heard that right. the bus driver calls the girl a cry baby. but it doesn't end there. listen as the floresville south elementary school bus driver urges the other kids on the bus to join in and mock the girl. >> ready? cry, cry, cry. i want my mama. >> reporter: the video was just obtained by abc station ksat and it's sending shock waves through the community. one student reportedly saying a sign in the bus even reads no bullying. this morning mothers of kids on

that bus are speaking out. >> i can't believe they would allow this. >> reporter: this mother didn't want to show her face but she is furious. >> she treated the children as if she were a child herself bullying the child. >> reporter: the superintendent agrees telling abc news overnight that the bus driver in question is no longer employed by the school district. >> cry baby. >> i was very concerned with that and it's definitely not appropriate. >> cry, cry. >> reporter: the school's pta also sounding off this morning saying in a statement "the video is of great concern to everyone who has watched it." and after that incident the superintendent took matters into her own hands boarding the bus herself unannounced to let the kids know they should always tell adults whether they've been mistreated. all of us shaking our heads this morning. >> i cannot believe that. thanks, gio. >> thanks a lot, gio. now to the young woman

struck by an arizona police officer sent flying over a metal bench during a riot after arizona's ncaa loss last weekend. the officer under investigation by the tucson police and the woman in that video speaking out exclusively on "gma" this morning. abc's cecilia vega has her story. >> reporter: it is the disturbing march madness video gone viral. a tucson officer ramming an unsuspecting student knocking her down during last weekend's riot police were called in to quell after the university of arizona's defeat. watch again. the officer slams the young woman sending her flying over a bench. this morning in an abc news exclusive, christina is speaking out for the first time and showing off the injury she says she got when that officer pummeled her for what she says was no apparent reason. >> he hit me with kind of his whole body but had a baton so he

kind of used that as his force. i was blindsided. >> reporter: she says she was with friends walking on a sidewalk back to their car after saturday's game. she says she did not cross police lines and was never told she could not be in the area. >> next thing i know i was just like on a bench like my feet up in the air and i didn't really know what exactly just happened. >> reporter: she was not arrested. tucson police say the officer, 18-year veteran sergeant joel mann has received so many threats the department has since changed his assignment for his safety. police telling abc news, internal affairs is now investigating the video. along with more than 100 hours of footage captured by police themselves and that the department will thoroughly investigate this incident to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the department's response to the entire incident." while authorities say they've been in contact with christina, she says she hasn't heard a word from police.

>> what happened to me i consider is excessive force. >> reporter: the one thing christina says she wants now, an apology. for "good morning america," cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> every time you see that piece of video -- now to the weather again. another check with ginger. >> some folks in missouri are waking up with feet of water covering the roads. flash flood warnings and regular flood warnings throughout the midwest and southern great lakes. look, it goes into ohio as those strong storms move through this morning. you'll see a lot of rain and we're talking inches of rain as we give you an idea here of what's going to happen right along the warm front that's become somewhat stationary. you'll get anywhere from 1 to 2 inches in parts of illinois up through northern india btediana comes quickly. more flash flood warnings and here it is. severe storms move to the east. tomorrow, we talked about that heart. arkansas, missouri today but go from cleveland all the way down to almost new orleans and that

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back now at 7:43 with that georgia dad getting national attention for taking drastic action to get his teenage daughter to clean her room. so frustrated was he he moved all her stuff into the driveway and now he's speaking out. abc's steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: craig slickenmeyer says he was fed up telling his 17-year-old daughter to clean up her messy room so he says he cleaned house himself moving all her stuff outside with this makeshift sign. hailey, room moved to driveway.

kleenex time? we're tired of being ignored. >> i was on my way home from school on the bus and sent me a text message with a picture and i thought he was i had kg at first and when i arrived home i was completely shocked. >> reporter: she admits she could have listened more and cleaned up better but points out dad is a soldier and their home isn't the army. >> we got talking and working through it and decided i would take a better initiative to work on cleaning my room. >> reporter: her father says he's proud of his daughter and wasn't trying to embarrass her, she is an honor student after all. >> you know, she's a regular teenager, just does her homework and wants to hang out with her friends. >> reporter: on facebook thousands of parents weighing in but most taking notes. more parents should do this instead of being afraid of hurting their feelings and the way he punishes his daughter is his business. >> end up being a good thing. i'm pretty sure she knows where i'm coming from. >> reporter: we were there when she and her family moved her

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country including new orleans. >> absolutely. >> thank you anthony mackie for that. a look inside. becky worley and our "gma" salon. her hair is clean and shiny after yesterday's investigation. today she has a new one, important one about the makeup you're buying online and she's going to tell you how to be sure you're getting the real thing. >> how do you get an appointment at that salon? >> i love the expression. she said people on the street kept asking her, have you washed your hair yet? yes, she has. also ahead, brittany daniel please stay around for this, because she is an overcomer. her first television interview opening up about her fight against a life-threatening diagnosis and how she beat it. she is an actress. she walked away from her show, people didn't know where she had gone. she kept it quiet but she wants to share and she's full of such gratitude this morning. >> right. >> we are so looking forward to that. then so many people are trying juice cleanses, but they're actually catching on

with children now. the experts are weighing in on just how safe that is for kids and teens, so we asked. would you let your child do a cleanse? vote on our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! >> all right. then mario batali will reveal how you can cook a dinner tonight for under $2 a person. plus, huge "deals & steals" just ahead. up to 80% off today. but first let's get some news from amy. we begin with hard questions being asked this morning after another shooting rampage at ft. hood, texas. sources telling us the gunman is army specialist ivan lopez, a 34-year-old who served in iraq and suffered from mental health issues. investigators are looking into whether an argument on the base sparked this attack. three military members were killed. 16 others injured before lopez eventually turned the gun on himself. he had recently purchased the legal 45 caliber handgun used in the shooting. among the questions that need to be answered, whether there were

enough red flags about his condition to stop him from buying that weapon. a powerful 7.6 aftershock jolted chile rattling thousands of people one day after that 8.2 magnitude quake killed six people. a new tsunami warning forced evacuations along the coast today but there were no injuries reported. this morning, malaysia's prime minister promised the search for flight 370 will not stop until answers are found. he visited today with crews searching for that missing plane. the fbi says nothing suspicious was found on the pilot's flight simulator and all passengers on the plane have been cleared of suspicion. well, just in time for allergy season a new pill may replace the weekly shots many people have to get at the doctor's office. the fda just approved oralair. it will only help certain grass pollens and like the shot it takes months to build up your resistance, a lot less painful though. police in southern florida are searching for four bandits who staged a brazen smash and grab at this jewelry store.

the thieves charged in just before closing. employees were ordered to the floor. they grabbed everything in sight stuffing it into their bags. again, thankfully no one was injured. finally, former president bill clinton isn't ruling out a possible alien invasion here on earth. he visited jimmy kimmel last night and revealed he did in fact look into the possibility when he was president even ordering his aides to research area 51. >> if we were visited someday i wouldn't be surprised. i just hope that it's not like "independence day." >> you and bill o'reilly would be hiding in a bunker together. >> yeah. bill o'reilly, every mean thing he said about me, i don't care. look at that. >> after checking out all the reports about ufos in new mexico, he admitted there's no actual evidence of current alien activity. but he said that alien invasion might be a good thing because it would unit us all.

i'm curious, george, was it the common topic of conversation in the white house? >> not common. but, i mean there was a little research into area 51. it's true. >> people want to know. >> we know he said he didn't find any. for now. "pop news" is coming up. i can't wait to see how you'll top that one. let's get weather from ginger. >> yeah, i have plenty of questions about area 51 but not a question that there is a wonderful crowd here. what is your name? >> mackenzie. >> she said i couldn't wait to meet you and say hello to america. >> good morning, america. >> let's get straight to the forecast and start in north georgia. atlanta, because i promised you some nice weather. that will be a nice day for this part of the country but, again, it's that heat that will be fueling what i'll show you in a moment. look at all the nice numbers, 80 for houston. even though they're in that severe weather area. 65, d.c. and close to 70 in cincinnati but revealing right here the violent storms that come along with the heat of spring and the cold behind it. you can see that tornado threat area isolated hail or actually

more than isolated, definitely hail and damaging wind possible today. watch your local abc stations for the very latest. light rain scattered throughout tomorrow and highs are going to soar this weekend. below average once again today. upper 50s to low to mid 60s. milder tonight. little moisture and cloud cover. mid 40s to around 50 degrees. accuweather seven-day forecast, by tomorrow evening the wet weather is over. >> well, i would have said hello even if you weren't gingers but saying hello to gingers from wisconsin this morning. >> here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." the big named bromance heating up all over the big apple.

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are stuck in the snow enjoying it. the dog facing it head on giving them a great ride on the toboggan. maybe santa claus will come back. >> minnesota in spring. >> a great time. >> all's well. all's well. >> kids enjoying it. >> yep. >> just so happy it's thursday. good morning, everybody. let's do some "pop news." shall we. our favorite british import, sirs patrick stewart and ian mckellen, hello, mcmillan, i'm just making this up. you know who i'm talking about. they're celebrating the end of their broadway run with amazing photos of their big apple bromance. they're tight and want you to know about it and took the city by storm with the statue of liberty, coney island, you name it, they did it. they bid broadway good-bye with a shadowy shot as well as the

curtains close on their simultaneous performances in "waiting for godot" and "no man's land." meryl streep in the news. she took the time yesterday to go to umass lowell campus to raise money for scholarships. $230,000 and shared insight with the students. she said when asked she enjoyed working with robert redford in "out of africa" and i quote, "way too much." she told students whatever is different about them, weird is exactly what makes them special. so don't try to change it. that's a great piece of advice. her next goal is to become a musician. she's taking bass guitar lessons in the middle of filming something new and in it she plays a rock star. >> rock out. >> she can sing. >> no doubt she will win a grammy. and the award goes to -- >> heard that a time or too. then finally in "pop news," superman set to swing into

theaters near you. "amazing spider-man 2." did i say superman? >> yes. >> spiderman. did i mention it's thursday? spider-man -- "the amazing spider-man 2" with mini-me in an evian ad. this is for a baby and me campaign. this is just adorable. dance moves. viewed almost a million times since yesterday. everybody loves their spidey and mini spidey. ♪ >> oh. >> isn't he cute? >> nice smile. >> go spidey. >> as we wait. for "the amazing spider-man 2" in theaters may 2nd. and that is "pop news." >> all right, lara. >> baby spider-man. whoo! >> finished strong as always. bring it on home. talking about all morning kids and diets. really caught our eye. we've all heard of cleansing for many adults, a good tool to lose

weight and get healthy but an article in the new york post revealed a startling new twist. kids cleansing and reena ninan has the details. ♪ >> reporter: cleansing, a red hot celebrity pastime. superstar couple beyonce and jay-z did a vegan cleanse no animal products. recently and salma hayek calls juice cleansing her meditation. but what about a cleanse for your kids and teens? >> i feel a little weak, much weaker than normal and a little tired. but i'm not hungry. >> reporter: 17-year-old emmy heyman is in the middle of a five-day blueprint juice cleanse with her mom drinking six a day. >> i don't think it's the most nutritious thing to do. i think it's very much like flushing out toxins. >> reporter: mom joanne says she's only allowing it because she believes emmy is done growing, has a healthy relationship with food and set it up as a challenge. do you worry juicing is so extreme and she's just a teenager. >> if i thought there were negative health risks i wouldn't let her do it. for five days it's an experiment.

it's not a huge life event. >> reporter: still, experts are concerned. >> cleansing is extreme. you know, it's fine if a child wants to have a cup of kale juice with their luchl, but kids have nutrient needs. they need protein and coliseum for development. >> reporter: at 1 kendall took cues from her 21-year-old brother. he dropped 22 pounds with a fresh fruit and veggie diet. >> i was always healthy but i wanted to do something more. >> reporter: she says she's done a two-week cleanse twice in her short life completely cutting sugar, carbs, dairy and meat. >> we did it as a family in a very healthy light, using fresh fruits and vegetables. this is something they can do as a lifestyle. total lifestyle change. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> of course, she recommends if children use their juices they should do under the supervision of a medical professional. let's go to the poll. would you let your child do a cleanse? 5% said yes.

95% said no. no surprise to our senior medical contributor dr. jen ashton. we'll get to the kids in a second. just talk about clenss in general for adults? >> for adults, you guy, doctors myself include tend to be very skeptical about the health benefits of a cleanse. there's very little data. they tend to be very high in sugar. you're not getting fiber. you're not getting protein and their claims to be effective in terms of weight loss is all lean muscle mass. so that's not the weight you want to lose. >> so what would you recommend for parents who are thinking about this for their children? thinking it's a good thing. >> look, i would rather see a child or a teenager drink a fresh green juice than a soda, no question. but i think that the key with this as in so many other things is moderation. so we juice it our household but we make that green juice and serve it alongside the scrambled eggs so with a healthy balanced meal. >> and they actually drink it in your house. i tried.

i tried to hard. i bribe them. >> i was always told growing up you shouldn't drink your calories so it flies in the face of that. >> 100%, amy, that is absolutely correct. and with kids, or teenagers, you don't want them drinking their nutrition but eating it. it takes longer to digest and have to ask yourself, there is a distinction between nutrition and this concept of a cleanse and that's what needs to be reconciled. when you're talking about teenagers and kids, we have a saying in medicine, kids are not little adults. so just because it's okay for us to do something does not mean it's safe or okay for kids. >> that's what i was going to ask you. she said she's fully grown but to me it seems like an emotional thing too where you want kids to not sort of get the idea that, oh, i should drink it and plant seeds of self-doubt or -- >> now, look, i think all moms want to do what's best for their kids and this mom no different. teenager, extreme behavior when talking about something like eating potentially -- >> very slippery.

>> too risky. >> hey, thank you. quick shout-out to your daughter. >> national championship girls hockey national champion. >> go, colonials. yay! whoo. time for another dirty little secrets rf beauty. all this week we've been revealing ways to help you look your best. this morning our becky worley, always looking good, checking out online beauty bargains and what you might be sacrificing for the savings. ♪ >> reporter: makeup is expensive so to find a deal many are going online buying brand name products through third party vendors on ebay, amazon an other sites. but a growing trend, those brand names bought online may actually be knockoffs. dermatologists say these products may contain potentially dangerous amounts of chemicals or heavy metals like lead that can harm the skin. >> all these products look real online but how do you know?

i ordered a bunch of cosmetics online from third party vendors selling brand name products and compared them to the same items i bought at authorized retail stores. the first red flag, my purchase from this outlet site which says it sells authentic mac makeup for a fraction of the cost. >> the bill came from beijing, china. many of the items i purchased online looked a little off. >> this is supposed to be a matte shade. that looks awfully shiny. the color is definitely different. look at this imperfection above the "r." two stood out. this mac foundation from the outlet site. there's a sticker that's printed on the box here. feels lighter. this mirror is cracked. and this benefit, they're real mascara i purchased on ebay for $6 less than the retail cost. different eyes, they're green. they're brown. see the printing over here is just imperfect so we sent the mascara and foundation online to

nsf labs to see if they were comparable to the ones in the stores. guess what, they weren't. the mascara wasn't the same as the authentic. although the lab says the differences were slight, most staggering, the lead found in the knockoff mac foundation. the authentic product had 0.27 micrograms per gram. the knockoff we purchased, 260 micrograms per gram of lead. almost a thousand times as much. >> this equates to 26 times the allowable level of lead in cosmetics produced in canada. currently there are no set levels for lead or other heavy metals for cosmetics in the u.s. >> reporter: dermatologists say the trace amount of lead in the authentic foundation isn't concerning. but the amount in the knockoff compact is. lead can be absorbed through the skin. it's not quite as direct as ingesting it but depending on the content some knockoffs can potentially cause serious reactions. >> they can permanently scar you

if you get a reaction on your skin that is severe enough. >> reporter: the fda leads it up to cosmetic companies to test the safety of their products. knockoffs aren't required to be tested at all. >> if they're not regulated or sold by a retailer that's designated to sell these products then you really don't know what you're getting. >> the mac outlet site didn't return our repeated calls and the corporate offices from both benefit and mac urged their customers to purchase from authorized retailers and ebay and amazon say they take this seriously and even restricted the seller of that mascara we bought and they say they will refund your purchase if it's not as described. >> good. >> it's really hard to tell. >> okay. you're going to put me to the test. >> knockoff or real. you choose, which one. >> just by the packaging? >> just by the packaging. >> i'd say this is real and this is the knockoff. >> completely wrong. >> and that's the point. you cannot tell. you have to buy from an authorized retailer. >> okay, how is that?

>> completely wrong? >> i love you, man. >> oh, wow. >> you got to purchase from the store. we got to do it. hard to get a bargain online and know you're getting the real thing. >> that's true. you're the real deal. all right. lara, amy. >> your hair looks fabulous. >> thank you. >> all right, it's time to say hello to spring. hello, gorgeous spring. we have some great "deals & steals" for easter, plus so much more thanks to our tory johnson. i mean, these are huge, up to 80%. but you have to log on right away. let's get started. >> go to our website. we want to mention you can get these bargains. they fly off the shelves first. >> it's not easter without peeps, right. i love these t-shirts that say imagine world peeps, adorable. we're giving george this big one to take home to his girls. george, right, this for your girls. yes? a huge assortment from peeps starting at just $4 slashed in half so really just starting at 2 bucks. >> these are great. >> amazing, lots of fun stuff.

then keeping this easter theme, easter baskets. >> thank you. >> what i love about these, these are from personal creations, kate and duff right here. six different liners you can choose from, embroidered names up to ten characters, ava and andy for you too. normally $30, slashed in half, 15 bucks. all ready to go. >> that was not mine. jump right in there. >> okay. next up, i love this from a bakery in michigan. one of my favorite bakeries, lara has already done a little quality control. you get a dozen -- yeah, go ahead. go for it. >> strawberry, chocolate, yikes, easter seeps really, really beautiful dozen you'll get. >> get online right now. >> run, don't walk. >> $35 originally, 17.50 from just baked in michigan. all right, then for a different type of candy, this is eye candy, quite frankly.

amelia rose earrings, the cabo collection as well as the brand-new honeycomb collection, super light as amy you were just talking to me about. >> light. >> lara had difficult choosing what colors and that's what fun about pastel colors for easter and spring is that you can -- you don't have to choose. >> how good is the deal? >> the deal is amazing. >> both gold plated and sterling silver starting at $49 slashed by over 60%. 19 bucks. >> wow. >> so amazing to stock up from one of my favorite designers. last but not least some arm candy. >> these are gorgeous in so gorgeous. talking about these for you, your girls, really applicable to all age, so fun, really fun to stack a bunch of them together which is what i love most about these kind of bracelets. crosses, crystal, leather, all kinds of pieces for you to choose from, they're adjustable for all sorts of arms. >> yes. >> normally -- >> george is liking this for his girls. >> yes. >> okay. forget the peeps. he'll take the arm candy. normally these start at $45 but

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good morning. i'm eric thomas. san jose police are investigating that city's 11th homicide of the year. a man was found shot to death on lanai near dixie drive. keith jackson, the man called the central figure in the racketeering conspiracy is due back in court in san francisco for a bail hearing. the magistrate agreed to release the 39-year-old if he could post adequate property or bond. here is the traffic with leyla. all right, eric. slowing on westbound highway 4 as you come up to 680, due to a crash blocking middle lanes. talk about backups we'll see the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic there as you head away

from the maze. it will take you 25 minutes to make it away from the maze into san francisco. eric? >> leyla, thank you. when we come back, meteor

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clouds. one to three degrees we invited real "gma" fans to tell us why they wake up with -- >> good morning, america. >> they never expected we'd thank them in person. >> i love lara spencer. she reminds me of one of my friends. >> i'd love to be one of your friend. >> oh, my god. what a surprise. you're awesome. >> you're awesome. >> good morning, america. ♪ we're really happy. on monday, that man right there will be here. we cannot wait for pharrell williams to join us live on monday for a blow-out spring concert taking over times square. he's going to be on the roof. he'll be down here on broadway. >> yes. >> all over times square. you don't want to miss that. >> also coming up right here,

"captain america" star anthony mackie is with us. he's in our social square doing a little selfie action and we're going to talk to him in just a moment, george. >> that looks good. mario batali is here, ow friend from "the chew." wanted it to be warmer. first time outside in the spring. >> the warmth come from the burners and from our hearts. >> there you go. i love that. this is really important today. everything here can be cooked for $1.40 a serving. that is a significant number. >> yes, it is because that's what the top end of the supplemental nutrition assistance program is which is the food program which is under fire a little bit right now but the bottom line is, you can make it on a $1.40 a portion and i can make you something delicious but it takes a lot of time and effort and at the end of the day it's not that you're allowed to have another cappuccino or slice of pizza. this is barely enough to get by. you can make it pretty good but

the real message is go out and help your local food banks and donate your time. when the chips are down, americans come through so this is the time when the chips are down and we got to look at it as an opportunity to really bond and put ourselves together. >> you're doing that with your annual gala. the can do. >> i've been involved for 12 years. i'm on the board and we'll probably raise a million dollar. >> fantastic. let's get to this chicken? we take chicken thighs inexpensive. when you're shopping on a very serious budget you have to carefully buy everything. we're taking brown sugar, black pepper, cumin, some salt and a little bit of oregano and we'll saute these chicken thighs which are the least expensive and in my opinion the most delicious. >> look at this beautiful browning. >> we turn them over. then that already looks pretty good but for less than a dollar, i'll take a can of tomato paste and cilantro and water and throw

that in and kind of creates -- you guys like that. >> i love these people. we create a smothered chicken in a sauce that is so delicious the beauty of this, if you overcook it by a few minutes or have to let it rest waiting for someone to come home the thighs will not dry out. >> the thighs have so much favor. >> we take canned beans and i've sauteed them with some onions, i'll add canned black beans which are a great value. i'll throw in a little bit of water, a touch of chili flakes and bring them up to a boil. >> they're a good part of holding on to the protein. you cook them for about 15 minutes while this is going on, you boil up some regular long grain rice, rice and beans is an excellent combination of star much and carbohydrates that bring something together to make i delicious. we have the chicken cooked in the sauce, the sauce a little bit left over to make it magnificent.

>> the sauce. >> right on top like so. we take a little side with onions and cilantro, put it over the top. a squeeze of lemon, there you have a dinner for $1.40. >> that is fantastic. get the recipe and learn more about the food bank from new york at our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! ginger, you got to give us some weather. >> i have to clean my teeth. right after the food. the forecast and talk about what's happening here. we have an idea of the twitter photos because, hey, the pictures coming out of the storms while violent can sometimes be beautiful. this one, though, showing that large hail and then the cumulonimbus clouds in kansas. oh, marie, thank you for sending that one and the rain. this is what we've been talking about throughout the morning. this is the heavy rain, flash flooding, seeing big issues in missouri. kentucky could see that today. southern indiana, all on the lookout for more floods possible. we'll be storm chasing right after this taking off for the

good morning. i'm mike nicco. mostly cloudy. dry today. cooler than average. mid 50s to 60s at the coast. slight chance of scattered light rain tomorrow and then warmer than average t >> all right. gladiato gladiators, we have an exclusive sneak peek of "scandal." >> abby, turn on your tv. now, now, now. >> jeanine locke who had a sexual relationship with president grant is now an author. in her upcoming memoir set to be released. miss locke claims she was taken for granted. >> i don't want to hurt the president. in fact, i want the world to know what a special man fitz grant is, a strong satisfying, impressive man. >> oh, so any "scandal" fans

here? a couple. a couple back there. if you want to see more of that clip go to our website and watch the entire episode right here on abc, 10:00, 9:00 central. lara. >> thank you so much, ginger. from "the hurt locker" to "million dollar baby" this guy is on fire. thank you for that selfie, by the way. >> that's a selfie out there. that's the one. >> you are literally flying high. >> yes, yes. >> kicking booty. >> much boot-tee. >> we welcome anthony mackie. >> good to be here. >> you and i were talking about the big concern with the wings. >> i didn't want to look like a pigeon because on set the wings weren't that big. they were about that long. every time i flew it was more like this and it was very nerve-racking. >> it was? >> yeah, don't want to be a pheasant. >> what about all the wires and the high-flying act that you really had get into. >> those are the little wings, pheasant wings. it was great. it was painful.

there's nothing in the human nature that prepares you to fly and land so landing is the hard part. just trying no the to run into stuff. >> do you have a fear of heightsy did you have to get over anything. >> no, certified skydiver. boom. 25 jumps under this belt. look at that. usually trapped to some fat dude but i jumped. >> here's a picture, what does it mean to be part of the "captain america" franchise? >> it's amazing. marvel is a studio that puts out great products so when you're an actor and know the studio will put owout a great product you can relax. >> samuel l. jackson. >> one of my closest friends, i love him to death and takes care of all the young arcs in the marvel universe. >> let's see how well he takes care of you. >> sam jackson. >> a question from one of your fans. >> do i press here? >> yes. >> are you ever going to pay me the money you owe me? >> your friend. >> unfair question. first of all, sam, i don't owe

you money. all right. you owe me money for the back nine. i owe money but i wasn't betting you. that's why you don't play golf with sam jackson. it's really not fair. it's really not fair. >> the camaraderie -- >> it's too much. >> how is your game, by the what i. >> it's pretty good. i'm a 12 handicap. millennium tiger woods. that's who i am. >> let's get out there. >> you play? i do. >> what are you doing tomorrow? >> we'll discuss. >> uh-huh. i'll take some lunch money. >> i'll be instagramsing you. "captain america: the winter soldier" opens with anthony and samuel and opens nationwide tomorrow. check it out. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. >> friday. >> coming up, actress brittany daniel sharing her story of beating cancer coming up on "good morning america." >> i'm from minneapolis. >> i'm jennifer from minneapolis.

good morning, america. >> i'm harris. >> we're from murfreesboro, tennessee. good morning, america. >> yay! >> hi, i'm stacy and this is kyra, we're celebrating spring break in new york. anncr: at jennie-o w where evea where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

♪ actress brittany daniel is back on the b.e.t. hit "the game" after a two-year hiatus.

now the star is revealing why she took the time away from the show. she was facing a life-threatening diagnosis of cancer. she joins us today in her first television interview to talk about her illness and how she overcame it. would you please welcome an overcomer here to "good morning america"? yes. >> thank you. >> brittany, i've been looking forward to seeing you. first of all, how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm doing great. i'm in remission for the last two years. i'm totally healthy and i'm doing really good. thank you. >> it was stage 4 non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> yes. stage 4 and i have survived it and i'm so blessed beyond bef e belief. it's amazing. >> you have decided no you to step forward. how did you first realize that something wasn't quite right with you? >> you know, i think that's a huge thing to learn is that you got to listen to your body. i just knew something wasn't right. i was having pain in my low back

but everybody has low back pain. but i just -- i sensed something was wrong but it kept persisting. i also started getting flu-like symptoms. i had swollen lymph nodes and so i got a series of testing, scans, mris, things like that and the doctors ended up finding that i had stage 4 lymphoma. >> and no history of it in your family. >> it's not a genetic thing so, yeah, it was a surprise. finding out in your mid-0s that you have cancer. but my family just rallied behind me and totally supported me. i could not have gotten through this without them. there is no way. >> you have a twin sister many of us know from the movie you were in and you live with her and your mother came and helped as well. >> i moved in with my twin sister just outside of l.a. >> ah. >> yes, my mom moved out from florida and for a year and a half my mom and my sister nursed me back to health. my brother flew out from florida

and helped out a lot too and we just got through it together. and i didn't talk about it for a couple of years. >> it's a personal journey if you want to discuss it or not so why did you decide now that you wanted to let people know? >> i just felt for personal reasons i felt like, you know, this is something that, you know, i went through a lot of depression after even when i found out that i was cancer-free i think some people don't know that but you can go through depression after going through cancer because of all the medication, it affects your hormones, i went think a lot of sadness so went through many stages and pulled through that and for me i think i'm in the final stages of this emotional healing and i feel like now i need to talk about this. i feel like i need to reach out. i need strength from all sources and i want to be able to share my story for myself and i really want to be able to help other people. i would watch shows like this when i was going through this. and i want anybody watching to

know that it is absolutely possible to get through something like this so for me i feel deep in my soul that i want to be able to reach out to people and go, it's possible. i was bald, i was 30 pounds lighter than this and it is possible to get through something like this and i hope that if i can speak about it i can give somebody else hope so i want to speak out about it. >> it's part of your healing process. still a part of your recovery. i just want to hug you when you're -- i mean, i'm just so happy. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm so grateful you wanted to share this. >> thank you. >> and there is somebody that's watching. you know, amy and i she's walking the journey and we were talking about how people think you'll be euphoric when you get to the other side of it. >> yes. >> and it's -- it's till difficult. >> it's a journey. >> i'm still going through it but i mean honestly it was the hardest thing i have ever been through but there has been beautiful things that have come out of it too. >> you've learned so much more about yourself. >> oh, my gosh. absolutely. >> and your character kelly,

she's back. >> yes. >> kelly is back. >> she went on a world travel for a couple of years and is back on the show. >> yes, i am back and i'm so grateful to b.e.t. because i mean i thought i was gone literally. i thought i was gone. brittany was gong, kelly was gone and so grateful to be back on the show and stirring up some trouble unintentionally stirring up trouble but stepping on toes and i'm back and it's a pretty exciting season and so blessed to be back on the show. >> thank you. you are a blessing and you are back. >> thank you. >> all back. >> thank you. >> brittany, all the about he to you going forward. we'll be right back. thank you. it's so important for people to

♪ started with a whisper >> you know it has been quite a week here on "good morning america." and we were so excited to announce on monday amy robach was joining us full time as the news anchor. josh's official announcement was

yesterday. he, man, thank you, josh, for all the wonderful things, very, very gracious. he's leaving us to join -- to join nbc sports. i can say it now and you know we're so sad to see him go. i know you are sad to see him go but he is returning to his roots in sports and we want to take a few minutes now to look back on some of our favorite josh moments. >> good morning to all of you. we are stepping in with this breaking news. >> want to give an official welcome to josh elliott. >> the stories of survival. you can see here the damage quite severe. >> have seen here as the world still reacts to the selection of pope francis. >> look at my field producer. >> yep, that's me. >> that's elizabeth vargas. >> this is elizabeth's cue. let me tell you. >> this is a kinkajou joan as a very, very active morning fellow. come here, honey. >> oh, no. oh, no.

>> oh, no. >> yes. it happened. >> are you ready, matey? today international talk like a pirate day. shiver me timbers. ♪ >> oh! >> go. here in new york, tomorrow night, also featuring josh. >> on your shoulder. >> congratulations. >> i'm honored. an emotional reunion between service members and their loved ones. >> here with me i have sarina, josh's little girl. >> if there is a baby in the audience -- >> how are you? >> good. >> good. say hi, america. >> no. >> no. can you please spell for me the word archipelago.

>> can you use it in a sentence? >> look at that archipelago. >> the whole thing about this is really the aroma. smell that. >> oh. you literally walked right into that. >> rain shower this weekend as max pointed out -- >> i'm just staying warm. >> name that game show tune. ♪ uh, you either need medical attention or you have an answer. and our winner, george. >> go nowhere. >> announcer: right then, here's the "play of the day." >> never so darned cute. yeah. >> activate. ♪ sweet caroline good types never seem so good so good so good so good ♪

>> oh, that was so good. >> good times for josh. >> so good. >> nbc sports right now. >> he's handing out chocolate to the children already. watch your babies over there. >> we didn't include that moment when he -- right when he started to shoot that hockey puck. >> i know. >> 10, 20, 30 -- >> yeah, but will he have the skinny mike with him at nbc sports? will he bring the skinny mike? will we see that. >> the skinny mike is safe. it's yours. he named it the josh. >> good luck, josh. >> in case you can't tell, we love you. we're happy for you. >> we miss you. >> all the best. we'll be right back. m, creamy greek yogu new mixim, creamy greek yogurt. with two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires.

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good morning. i'm eric thomas. oakland a's welcome the seattle mariners to the o.co tonight. mike is here with the forecast. >> back to normal after yesterday's day-night doubleheader. 55 degrees. following to 51 by the end of the game. mostly cloudy, though. fog is beginning to lift. three miles visibility in santa rosa. well below average today with the cloud hanging around, low to mid 60s. accuweather seven-day forecast, drizzle tonight. scattered light rain tomorrow and warmer than average this weekend. leyla? your drive into east palo alto along 101, an accident involve i involving two vehicles, blocking

the lane at marsh road. your drive could slow down as you get closer to the high rise due to a >> it's "live with kelly and michael." today, one of the stars of the series "resurrection" omar eppes. d from the comedy "veep" ana chlumski. plus your comments and questions when the hosts open up the inbox. all next on "live." [captioning made possibllevisio] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪