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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. on this deejay friday and you're picking our friday deejay soundtrack. oh, my god. roeoh, my god! >> look and listen to this incredible video as massive hailstones break through the ceiling of this walmart. shoppers scrambling for safety. time now almost up to find those black boxes from the vanished jumbo jet sitting at the bottom of the ocean. two ships are starting their desperate underwater hunt right now. the battery set to run out this weekend. the power of a picture. a single snapshot posted to facebook by a mom saved this little girl from a rare disease. how social media led to an eye-opening diagnosis that doctors had missed. i'm retiring. >> it's no joke. late night legend david letterman revealing he's stepping down after years of
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cracking up america in a surprise signoff before a stunned audience. his punch line with paul and the top ten reasons everyone will miss him. and good morning, america. here this friday with amy, lara and ryan smith. welcome to you. >> thank you very much. >> boy, that was a surprise from dave letterman last night. came out right at the start of the show after more than three decades saying it is time. he is going to retire next year, and what a mark he has made on our culture. >> he's changed the landscape of late night. i mean, what are we going to do without those stupid human and stupid pet tricks? >> right. >> the top ten lists. it's going to be so different. >> thank you very much. >> we'll hear from our jimmy dim el about this latest shakeup in late night. that's coming up. let's get to the breaking the
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tornado warnings. and warnings across the south. still out this morning. ginger zee is in the middle of storm zone in little rock. good morning, ginger. >> those storms blasted through here just hours ago. and now i want to take you live to the pictures from earlier this morning in texas. you can see the roof damage, pretty extreme, all the way up through parts of missouri and illinois. now the storms have moved to the east and we have the radar picture from earlier where you can see the tornado watches, the boxes, all the way from kentucky to texas. today will be another severe weather day in what has already been a very long night of severe weather. >> reporter: from texas to missouri. at least eight reported twisters. this was the scene outside mckinney, texas, just moments after a suspected tornado ripped through homes and pulverized trees. a family near farmersville had to be rescued from their
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demolished home. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: in denton, texas, listen to this frightening scene inside a walmart. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. the ceiling. >> oh, my god. >> let's go. >> reporter: as hail the size of softballs ripped through the store's skylights. >> oh! oh, my god. oh! >> reporter: people panicking hiding under shelves. >> go this way. he wants us to go this way. >> reporter: running for their lives, an aerial view capturing the damage. the cars in the parking lot didn't stand a chance. shattered glass everywhere. >> i don't even know what to do with the glass. do i just sweep it off? >> reporter: in denton, the hail
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in this home raining down from the roof and piling up there on the front porch. and take a look at this. an ominous backdrop for a minor league baseball game in frisco, texas. and this was the scene outside st. louis, missouri, after an ef-1 tornado ripped through a suburban neighborhood splintering trees, demolishing cars. at least 275 severe weather reports, and that's just in the last 24 hours, more to come as we showed you. you want to show you the area that needs to be concerned, the southern great lakes to the gulf coast. heavy rains, lightning, something we'll look for as we go through the next 12 hours and then we'll start to release. but it's going to be unsettled in the northeast, which for you, has been not so much in the last couple of days. we'll talk about that in the your nation's weather. amy? >> we will be checking back in with you throughout the broadcast, of course. now to the latest on the shooting at ft. hood. this morning we're learning more about specialist ivan lopez, that's the man who went on that
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deadly rampage. abc's david muir is live ott ft. hood with the very latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: amy, good morning. the question authorities here art ft. hood are asking now is whether or not there was a confrontation of some kind in the moments before that shooting began. this morning, authorities believe the soldier who went on a shooting rampage at ft. hood this week might have had an argument beforehand. >> there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers. >> reporter: but so far there's no proof say authorities. 34-year-old ivan lopez targeted individual soldiers when he opened fire. [ sirens ] >> reporter: meantime, a new window into the chaos, the emergency response as the 911 calls began pouring in. >> all units, we have a shooter. currently on ft. hood. some people are escaping through windows. >> reporter: when the casualty numbers begin to mount. >> they are going to need to escort for blood. >> is it a patient or is it a blood run? >> it's going to be a blood run. >> reporter: sergeant timothy owens' mother says her son is among the dead. >> very terrible that they had
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to shoot my son. he was a good person. >> reporter: as for lopez, authorities here on the base acknowledge he had mental health issues and had last been seen by a psychiatrist a month ago for anxiety and depression. but the pentagon insists there were never any warnings this was coming. >> no indication on the record of that examination that there was any sign of likely violence either to himself or to others. >> reporter: in fact, a lieutenant colonel at ft. bliss where lopez was stationed before now revealing he was a good soldier, a rifleman who had only been reassigned recently because of health problems, though he would not say what kind. >> he wanted to stay in the army and the army said he was a good enough soldier to stay in. >> reporter: when he and his family moved to ft. hood just recently neighbors telling us they seemed content. >> reporter: so you actually saw them and they looked happy? >> yes, they seemed happy. >> reporter: but back home in his native puerto rico a family spokesman telling abc news lopez had been, quote, very upset over
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his mother's death from a heart attack and had been angry about the army's short leave so that he could mourn her. and that family spokes penn back in puerto rico said they had no idea that ivan lopez was seeking help for mental illness. amy and george? >> all right, david, i mean, sometimes you just don't get the answer. it's so sad but you don't get to know why. >> our heart goes out to those families. to the latest on the confounding search for flight 370 after almost four weeks nothing has been found. the black boxes are ticking down. only days left before the batteries go dead. abc's david kerley has been tracking this. searchers using a technology which may be the last best hope. >> it is, george. this is the news this morning. two of those towed ping locators are being dragged through the water listening for the last possible pings or ticks from those pingers on the black boxes. how do they know where to tow these high-tech listening devices without finding debris? well, they really don't. the head of the search says they're taking their best guess. of where the wreckage may be.
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it's a 150-mile area inside one of these air search yaerts. just 150 miles, very small. the rush is on because the 30 days on those batteries hits on sunday, george. time is ticking. >> and is there any give on that deadline at all? >> yeah, it's -- the batteries are guaranteed to last for 30 days then they start to fade kind of like a flashlight when the batteries go. the signal is going to dim so they'll have to be even closer and have to be within a mile or two at this point. they'll have to be closer after that 30-day mark, george. okay, david, thanks very much. today's other top headlines from ryan smith. >> good morning. all right, we begin with breaking news overseas. reporter and a photographer for the associated press attacked in afghanistan. one of them killed. the other injured. both women are veteran journalists and abc's muhammad lila is there with the latest. muhammad? >> reporter: ryan, a tragic morning here. those two fe neal journal lists both shot at point-blank range. anja niedringhaus and kathy gannon were visiting a police
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station when an afghan police man opened fire shouting "god is great" after he mercifully shot them in the backseat of a car. anja was killed instantly and kathy was rushed to a hospital. the attack comes can as the taliban is ramping up ahead of tomorrow's key election. ryan, i asked kathy why she keeps risking her life. she told me that there are still so many stories that need to be told. ryan? >> thank you. turning to the economy. company hired workers at a solid pace in march creating 192,000 jobs. it wasn't enough to lower the unemployment rate for 6.7%. and the fda has approved an ant dote that could save the lives of thousands of people who overdose on heroin and painkillers. a handheld device that injects the correct dose of naloxone while waiting for medical care. critics say it could encourage addicts.
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in florida a woman lost control of her car plowing into this drugstore. barely avoiding customers there. the car finally stopped in the middle of the store and thankfully no one was seriously hurt. and new hope for scientists trying to find evidence of life beyond earth. they've discovered a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of one of saturn's moons and more sophisticated research is now needed to see if that ocean could actually sustain life. >> how about that? >> yes. and finally, you know, with everything going on these days we all forget appointments once in a while, right or show up in the wrong place. but that doesn't usually happen when you're a u.s. senator. >> i heard about this. this is funny. >> oh, boy. >> indiana senator dan coats walked into a hearing on capitol hill. started talking about the defense budget. okay. no one knew what he was talking about because he was in the wrong room. at the wrong hearing. >> oh, senator, i can relate. >> oh, he didn't realize it until that moment right there. staffer hands him a note. take a look. >> oh, gosh. >> i got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing. >> oh, okay.
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>> i've got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. >> that would explain why i didn't know anything about this letter. good for you for having a sense of humor. the senator later joked maybe the russians are messing with his schedule. how about that? >> i like a little honesty. a little humility. >> yeah. >> good thinking by that staffer. get that note up there. >> it was a tuesday, ryan. >> exactly. >> thank you very much, ryan. to the ceo of a big named tech organization forced to step down. mozilla maker of the firefox browser out of a job. after outrage over his stance on gay marriage. abc's linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: within 24 hours of brendan eich's promotion to ceo of mozilla last week, open rebellion. employees publicly criticizing a 2008 donation he made to pass prop 8, california's anti-gay marriage bill that was later overturned by the u.s. supreme court. one of them tweeting "i've
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waited too long to say this. i'm an employee of mozilla and i'm asking brendan eich to step down at ceo." at first, eich protested back telling cnet on tuesday, "i don't think it's good for my integrity or mozilla's integrity to be pressured into changing a position." but then a powerful game changer. this week online dating site okcupid launching a digital boycott blocking access to millions of customers who tried to logon to the site using mozilla's popular web browser firefox. >> it was a very powerful move for okcupid and pretty unexpected because of their i think 3 billion monthly page views 12% of that comes from firefox so for them to take that stand and say, hey, we don't want you using firefox, that was big and that got a lot of attention. >> reporter: eich appeared to bow under the pressure thursday handing in his resignation and saying "our mission is bigger than any one of us and under the present circumstances i cannot
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be an effective leader." while he didn't address the okcupid boycott directly the online dating site feels triumphant telling abc news overnight it's a great feeling to know that okcupid's principled business stand is making a real difference in the world." mozilla has apologized to its users saying it didn't move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. amy, george and lara, it's remarkable how one company's online popularity here essentially gave it the clout to force out another company's ceo. >> it is surprising. thank you. >> thank you so much. we turn to a startling home invasion and a 13-year-old girl whose quick thinking saved her and her little sister. it was all caught on 911 tape and abc's gio benitez has the story. >> there's men trying to break into our house and we are home alone. >> reporter: horror and heroism. this is the incredible 911 call made by 13-year-old kylee as she and her 8-year-old sister found themselves home alone with two
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alleged intruders. >> they were banging at the door. >> which door? at my front door. >> reporter: the girls hiding in their bedroom closets as police say robert paul and amy holtz kicked in the door of their utah home and started ransacking it. >> they're now in the house. >> okay, where are they at, upstairs? >> yeah. >> i was having a hard time breathing because i was crying so much. >> reporter: kylee said she broke down but managed to keep calm while on the phone with 911 >> how many does it sound like, can you tell? >> two. >> okay. can you hear them talking? >> yeah. >> i knew my sister was in the closet and if he catches me he's going to catch her too so i had to think of her, not just myself. and so that's probably what made me keep my cool. >> reporter: incredibly both kylee and audrey remained hidden until police arrived, just as the suspects were fleeing the scene. they were arrested on burglary, theft and drug charges and yet to enter a plea. >> they went and trashed my bedroom. my wife and i's bedroom.
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i'm so proud of my oldest and even my youngest for what they did. >> reporter: as for little audrey, she's thankful for the quick thinking of her big sister. >> i'm grateful that she saved me and that the robbers did not turn around. >> oh, we're thankful too. the two suspects are behind bars and stood no chance against kylee who said she learned how to handle the situation from her grandpa, parents and school. george, amy? . >> boy, she learned her lessons. what an impressive girl. >> so mature. so responsible. >> that was great. and lara, you have a big story. >> i do. i do. such mixed feelings about this. but it is huge and stunning indeed. it is already shaking up the late night tv landscape. david letterman announcing he is retiring this morning. and fans are shocked that the longest serving late night host is, in fact, calling it quits. ♪ it started out like the windup to a good joke.
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>> i said, when this show stops being fun, i will retire ten years later. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but then the punch line made it clear this was serious. >> i'm retiring. >> this is really -- >> yeah. >> this is -- you actually did this? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: david letterman announcing his plans to move on after 32 years of late night laughs. >> we don't have the timing of this precisely down. it will be i think at least a year or so but sometime in the not too distant future. >> reporter: his impending departure marking the end of an era defined by his signature top ten list. >> and the number one fun fact about gardening. >> with enough care and effort, you can grow your own barack-oli. >> wow, look at this. >> reporter: his guests ranging from wild animals. >> smells ike an orange. >> reporter: to world leaders and everything in between. ♪
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>> reporter: there were tender moments as well. letterman, the first late night comic to return to the air after 9/11. >> we've lost 5,000 fellow new yorkers and you can feel it. >> reporter: even bouncing back after emergency quintuple bypass surgery in 2000. >> wait till you hear what happened to me. >> welcome to taco bell. what do you want? >> reporter: now after more than 4,000 shows his surprise announcement is shocking fans who love him including abc's own late night comedian jimmy kimmel who tweeted "david letterman is the best there is and ever was." >> everybody at home, thank you very much. >> reporter: but in the midst of this bittersweet moment that signature letterman humor still shines through. >> what this means now is that paul and i can be married. [ laughter ] >> reporter: a laugh and a standing ovation as the question now becomes, who will replace him? all right now, i think everybody is just going to miss him so
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much and so much reaction on twitter this morning to letterman's retirement. ellen degeneres said "david letterman announcing he's retiring in 2015. it's been 31 incredible years. television won't be the same without you, dave." lena dunham tweeted "i love letterman but am really excited about what this could mean for the diversification of late night. trying not to be a pessimist." ricky gervais, "cheers to letterman. a kingmaker and probably the man most to blame for inflicting me on america. see you soon." and finally, we love this one, actor, comedian, albert brooks "david letterman, announces that he will retire next year. cbs frantically looking for someone named jimmy." george, amy, ryan, what do you think? sad, right? >> i know. from some of the others, jon stewart or colbert. >> he influenced so many. boy, that is going to be some fight to fill that seat. >> it is going to be interesting to watch over the next year. down to ginger again and, all of a sudden you're dealing with weather down there heading up north.
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>> yeah, george. you had 67 degrees, the warmest temperature so far this year but it will become a lot more unsettled. let me tell you, cold behind. you can see as the low pressure system closingen in o the northeast. as we go into the weekend, showers and snow up along the canadian border but most folks will see the rain and then turning colder behind it, way colder. wind cls chills this morning are anywhere from the 20s and teens. places in the 70s now dropped to the feels like 30s. i can tell you from experience it's much colder. your weekend get away is coming up now.
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it wasn't just rain and storms. we'll look at spring snow next. george and any? coming up on "gma," the man on trial for shooting someone trying to steal his car. why he says it was self-defense. also ahead, the power of a picture. how this single snapshot on
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>> no doubt about that, robin off today. amy here, lara here and ryan smith. welcome to everyone. we have a lot to get to. this is a remarkable story about a picture posted on facebook by a mom just saying, hey, here's my little girl thinking nothing of it but this picture saved her daughter from a rare disease, the doctors had misdiagnosed it and they didn't even see it but her friend did. because of that picture. this is new. it's called fight church. pastors taking on pastors in aggressive boxing matches. why they say tough guys need jesus too. >> i cannot wait to hear about that. this is truly something. we'll begin with that complicated manslaughter case out of washington state. gale gerlach is on trial for shooting an unarmed man. here is the twist. a man was trying to steal his car at the time. will they find the shooting justified? dan abrams after this from neal karlinsky.
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>> reporter: it was an otherwise normal morning in march last year when gale gerlach ran outside his spokane, washington, home to see his suv being stolen by 25-year-old brendan kaluza-graham, shown here on his mother's facebook page. >> i just -- a guy just stole my truck. >> reporter: the reason gerlach is on trial this morning and not the car thief is what he failed to mention for another 45 seconds into that 911 call. he'd shot the thief killing him. >> okay, where did the vehicle crash? >> couple blocks south of my house here. on lee street. i don't know where he went. i don't know if he's still going or what. he leaned back. he pointed at me. i don't know what he pointed at but it scared me to death. >> reporter: gellach claims he fired in self defense, not as a form of vigilante justice. >> he's not caring about the suv anymore. he sees something far more important than that. he sees this. >> reporter: prosecutors aren't buying it trying him on
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a charge of manslaughter for killing the suspect with a single shot. >> this one in a million shot hit its target but could have hit anything else. not just the shot itself, but the car. >> reporter: a key point for prosecutors is that they allege gerlach couldn't have seen the driver who was unarmed point anything through smoked windows and 60 feet away. >> you'll see that mr. kaluza-graham was not turned facing mr. gerlach as mr. gerlach described but was, in fact, shot directly in the back of the head as he was facing forward. >> reporter: the question of whether gerlach feared for his life not just the theft of his car is critical. he pleaded not guilty. if convicted he faces up to ten years in prison. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> okay, let's talk about this with abc's chief legal affairs anchor, dan abrams. really sort through this because this is a tricky case. >> it is because as a legal matter, this self-defense claim is pretty weak, right? the idea the guy is driving away in his car.
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it's a dirty car, all sorts of stuff in the back of the truck which probably prevented him at least the prosecutors say from actually seeing what the guy was doing who was driving the car. so the notion that he actually saw him turn around, point his finger or thinking he had a gun is unlikely. so where does that leave us? it's still a really hard case to get a conviction. so despite the fact that it is a legal matter, the self-defense claim may be weak, the fact that he stole the car and that this guy is shooting after a guy who stole his car in spokane, washington, is going to lead it to be tough to get 12 jurors to convict beyond a reasonable doubt. >> that's why you say it's interesting, in some way the prosecution has already done its most important work. >> jury selection, a case where it's all about jury selection. to some degree the evidence is pretty self-explanatory. we know what happened. there's not a lot of debate about what happened apart from whether someone was turning around. the issue here is who is on that jury and prosecutors are going to tell these jurors, you must
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adhere to the letter of the law and yet what the defense wants is people who are going to say, yeah, you know, i can adhere to the letter of the law but this guy stole his car, you know, so i think it's going to be really hard to have found 12 jurors who are willing to put aside the fact that the car was stolen and just look at this sort of in a vacuum which makes this a much tougher case for prosecutors than might otherwise be. >> only takes one jury. >> that's right. >> to hang him. >> dan abrams. >> thanks, guys. now to a story about the power of social media and how facebook helped save a little girl's eyesight after her mom posted a snapshot of her 3-year-old daughter. abc's mara schiavocampo is in social square and has the story. mara. >> reporter: good morning, amy. you said it. the power of social media on full display. that picture got more than just a few likes, it also helped that mom get crucial medical advice catching a rare eye disorder in just the nick of time. when tara taylor posted this photo of her daughter on facebook, she had no idea that
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simple action would change her daughter's life. >> facebook ironically has been such a blessing in our life. >> reporter: the picture of 3-year-old rylee got some "she's so cute" posts but her friend stacy carter noticed more than her adorable smile. she saw this white glow in rylee's left eye. stacy said her friend's son had an eye disease with the same symptoms. >> immediately, you know, sent her a message saying, hey, it could be nothing or, you know, there could be something really wrong with rylee's eye. >> it was in the evening. doctors' offices were closed. we just kind of felt helpless there was nothing we could do. >> we were a little scared just because, you know, we didn't know what it was. >> reporter: sure enough her keen-eyed friend was right and doctors confirmed she was going blind in her left eye from something called coats' disease. >> coats' disease is a rare eye disease that's caused by an abnormal leaking of blood vessels behind the eye which can cause blindness. >> reporter: doctors say rylee's
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case was advanced but after two surgeries they've seen some improvement in her vision and if the disease was spotted any later rylee likely would be permanently blind in her left eye. tara says she was shocked because there were no warning signs. >> we never noticed any symptoms that would indicate that we should go to the eye doctor. she actually can sit very far from the tv. she will look at her books. she does every activity that her sister does and no differently. >> we're back from school. >> reporter: the family thankful that sharing on facebook led to an eye-opening discovery. and here in the social square this time line shows just how quickly this developed from the time tara posted that picture to the time she got that medical tip, just one hour. they went to the doctor the next day and, you know, doctors say that something like this normally isn't diagnosed until it starts to affect both eyes. amy, george. >> that is incredible. it looks like a flash. i wouldn't have noticed that as
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a mom. i would have thought it was my flashbulb in my daughter's eye. >> good for her. one hour they got it solved. back to ginger down in little rock. that line of storms still marching across the nation, but the northern part add snow. that's right n minnesota, parts of wisconsin, even iowa this morning it's snowing. but you can see this video just north of minneapolis, anywhere from 2 to 7 inches. some people with over a foot of snow out of this system. the spring snow there but now we want to look at the southwest. it will be milder, more settled and we will warm up in the next couple of days. that's for southern california but northern california going to see showers. sacramento to redding, portland and seattle. you can see all your high temperatures there good friday morning. we have rain out there for the morning commute, scattered showers the rest of the afternoon. near 60s at the coast.
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we're back now at 7:43 with a startling new story about christian pastors mixing their faith with fighting taking part in the aggressive cage matches against each other. they insist that faith and fighting go together. but not everyone agrees. abc's dan harris has our story. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is pastor versus pastor. >> tonight, we got to fight and we'll talk about jesus tomorrow when we go to church. >> reporter: the new movie "fight church" raises this unusual question. >> can you love your neighbor as yourself and at the same time knee him in the face as hard as you can? >> reporter: it's a documentary about pastors who practice mixed martial arts with their parishioners. >> when preston came up with the idea of having a fight club in the church, it was an easy thing to say yes to.
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tough guys need jesus too. >> just a couple of god-fearing men punching each other in the face. >> reporter: as you might imagine, this is extremely controversial. jesus, after all, preached nonviolence, turning the other cheek. >> of which i'm a part, we love one another and this ain't love. >> jesus never checked out. he finished what he came to do. >> reporter: but pastor paul burris featured in the movie defends his unlikely evangelizing technique. >> we don't fight out of meanness. we have no hate or bitterness in our hearts. >> reporter: some of the biggest names in mixed martial arts are featured in the film. >> i wouldn't be in the position i am today if i wasn't a christian. >> mainstream christianity has feminized men. >> if we raise our boys to be men, these kind of problems go away. >> reporter: despite the critic, the pastors of "fight church" stand by their mission. >> we've been able to reach and help an awful lot of people that never would have walked into a normal church service but will come over and do fitness training with you or come over
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and do some jujitsu. >> for "good morning america," dan harris, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to dan. >> the documentary "fight church" premieres april 24th at the independent film festival of boston. >> i don't know what to think about it. >> jesus came -- jesus finished what he came to do. that's the best one. >> that's a corner man. >> i don't know. makes me want to see it. >> indeed, indeed. coming up here, sitcom star valerie bertinelli is speaking out about her recent weight gain. why she's saying women need to give each other a break. >> amen. and controversy over "golf digest." that's wayne gretzky's daughter and it's raising a lot of eyebrows. >> she's a golfer. what? the "play of the day" will have you hitting rewind. stay with us. >> oh. >> that's a clue. i don't know what it means. ♪ how do you like me now >> oh. >> that's a clue. i don't know what it means. ♪ how do you like me now we work with leading employers to learn what you need to learn
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>> announcer: right then, here's the "play of the day." i think this one is supposed to make everyone feel a little better about their morning because we all have tough mornings but probably not as tough as this fedex delivery guy. there he is pulling down the block. no big deal. you see the dogs. they're very excited. it's like the ice cream truck for kids. so he goes out of frame. there's a security camera there. you want to know what's happening? the dogs are watching it all. if you follow the dogs, oh, wow. >> oh, no, oh, no. >> yeah. >> this video just popped up overnight. we don't know what went wrong. i'm guessing there was no emergency brake -- he left it in reverse. it's just a guess. >> chasing it. >> just a guess. >> the dogs are going crazy. >> yeah. that's a tough one for everyone and the dogs, i love it. they're like, whoa, there it goes. >> it's still going. >> yeah, it is. it didn't stop until something stopped it, i fear. this popped up over night. over 100,000 views overnight. >> as bad as it gets for a fedex guy.
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good morning. i'm eric. the rain returned this morning. it's causing headaches for people across the bay. pg&e is working to restore power after trees took down power lines near craigmont and euclid avenues. some areas already clearing out. from the roof cam, you see downtown san francisco with sunshine. still showing rain moving through the heart of the bay and into the east bay and south bay right now. after 9:00, scattered showers moving through the north bay, that will be around through the afternoon hours. it's in the east bay we have a few problems.
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in times square this morning. we show you the social square and michelle williams of destiny's child and nick lachey and they have an exclusive announcement from michele and brandon just ahead. first our control room this morning, playing a little get lucky. getting everybody moving. we do say good morning, america. robin off today. >> and we have a big talker coming up. big talker. major league backlash over paternity leave. a baseball star was publicly slammed for taking time off. it was just two games after the birth of his first child. he's now speaking out. we want to know what you think. you clearly know what i think. should all men be offered paternity leave? go to our website to weigh in right now. >> you did not hold back yesterday. >> i'm just not totally clear on what your position is. no, really, we were going that's crazy about it. >> all day yesterday. >> a lot to say about that. it takes two. meet the twin sisters taking
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their bond to a whole new level. they haven't been apart for more than 30 minutes in the last 15 years. wow. that is sisterly bonds. >> they're soul mates they said. >> that's beautiful. >> nick lachey in "gma's" social square. first he'll take one question on that social spot right there. what do you got? >> who's your favorite player past or present? my favorite cincinnati red fan is mr. pete rose. charlie hustle. >> pete rose. >> pete rose. charlie hustle. >> all right. ryan, you must be a reds fan, as well. >> he's a former philly. let's go right to this. we begin with those powerful storms across the middle of the country that ginger has been showing us all the way from texas to missouri. at least eighth twisters overnight. one family had to be rescued from their demolished home. the storms had walmart shoppers running for cover. check this out. softball-sized hail crashed through the store's skylight and
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shattered car windows in the parking lot. you see in those pictures we'll be back with ginger in arkansas in just a moment. new details this morning about the army soldier who went on a shooting rampage at ft. hood on wednesday. authorities believe 34-year-old ivan lopez may have argued with another soldier just before the shooting. and a family member in his native puerto rico says lopez was upset that he was granted only a two-day leave to attend his mother's funeral. and encouraging news about the economy. the labor department says 192,000 jobs created last month. that's in line with what wall street is expecting. but not enough to lower the unemployment rate, 6.7%. the private sector has recovered all jobs lost, but the government is still losing jobs. and we're talking about gridlock in washington, but members of both parties have passed a new $126 million bill to fund cancer research, and it's all thanks to a 10-year-old
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girl. before she lost her battle with brain cancer last year, miller posted a video on youtube urging congress to stop talking and start doing to find a cure for kids with cancer. the funding bill passed on thursday and bears her name. her family couldn't be prouder. now turn to the sports world. outrage and frustration about the up coming golf magazine. there it is, paulina gretzky. she's not a golfer. >> no. >> can you believe it? but she is holding a golf club. her fiance is a pro golfer. women golfers are accusing the magazine of using sex to sell magazines.
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>> sex to sell magazines? that's a first. >> can you believe it. finally, a lesson that a little girl is never going to forget. she dropped her iphone down a storm drain and this happened. she tried to go down and retrieve it, she got stuck up to her waist. >> she doesn't look like a little girl. >> relatively young woman. three fire fighters had to rescue her. she wasn't hurt. she laughed is off. she's a little older than a little girl. i understood. her mom is never going to forget it and planning to bring the pictures to the wedding. remember when this happened? you went down the drain? >> rehearsal dinner. >> relatively young. >> youngish. >> you're not going to give him a break, are you? >> not if i can help it. back to ginger in little rock this morning. i see a little sun, ginger.
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>> the storm are through, sandwiched between here and atlanta. that's where i'd like to begin. just clouds for now. temperatures in the low to mid 60s to start your day. you're going to see the storms move in. not as strong as they were. rain will start after the noon hour. now the rainfall, and near the gulf it's the heaviest. some places picking up 2 to 3 inches. and leave you with who has a shot at severe weather today, damaging wind, hail
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>> and i'm actually tearing up here. the wind is pretty strong. we're seeing wind gusts anywhere from 25 to 30 miles per hour in the region. behind the storms you still have the wind. amy and george. >> and, lara, hi, ginger, keep up the great work out there. >> all right. >> thank you so much. here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." first up in "pop news," "mad men" stars proing -- proving, well, they're all real hams. and valerie bertinelli speaking out about her recent weight gain. why she says women need to give each other a break. and a superstar sharing affordable style secrets and how you can dazzle for a deal. all that, plus it's deejay friday here in times square. ♪ "good morning america's morning menu" is brought to you by centrum silver multivitamins for the most amazing parts of you.
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eucalyptus leaves. >> holding up the camera right there with his arm. >> he is. >> look at this selfie. >> is that your australian accent? >> no, a whole new song. >> koala. >> that was me trying to be hip. >> okay. let's get "pop news." australian accent will be later in the show. there's a tease for you. let's begin "pop news." happy friday, everybody. we begin with this. show cuba gooding the money. the star of "lee daniels' the butler" in the pacific palisades for just under $10 million. not too shabby considered he paid 3 million when he purchased it in 2000. he did do major renovations including building a roller hockey rink. that is his absolute favorite sport. the mansion also boasts a terrific gym for boxing, a state-of-the-art theater, five fireplaces, six-car garage, wine cellar and two laundry rooms. >> okay. >> wow. >> not available anymore. >> ah. >> cuba had a good run. >> it continues to go. what do you give a man like
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the pope who has access to everything but wants nothing? queen elizabeth thought a bottle of whiskey might do the trick. from balmoral where she has a home and threw in some jams and drinks from her royal estate. the two met for the very first time yesterday at the vatican. the pontiff had a gift for her, as well. actually it was for her great grandson, prince george, a little stone globe with a cross for his upcoming trip to australia and new zealand. >> ah. >> that's something. finally we have proof that the man who plays don draper is a total hamm. jon hamm and the others posed for a series of selfies on the award-winning series showing it's not all serious business. tv guide gave cameras to elisabeth moss and christina hendricks so they could snap behind the scenes picts and as
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you can see everybody went for it including john slattery, he's just the best. >> yes. >> i don't know what he is wearing. i'm guessing it's a rain hat from the series. you can see the final season starting april 13th. so looking forward to that. >> looking forward though that. now to this big controversy for the baseball season. who would have thought it was going to be about paternity leave? well, it is. daniel murphy of new york and the mets have stirred up debate by choosing to miss the first couple of games of the season to be in the delivery room for the birth of his first baby boy. paula faris has the fallout. >> reporter: gone are the days of "mad men" when there was no such thing as paternity leave. >> you go down the hall to the right. >> in the 21st century, it is much more common. even prince william taking two weeks for the birth of his son prince george but when mets player daniel murphy missed two games at the start of this season for the birth of his first child -- >> having me helped a lot and vice versa to take the load off. >> reporter: what resulted was a major controversy on sports radio.
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even though players are allowed three days of paid paternity leave. >> major league baseball player you can hire a nurse. i mean, are you going to sit there and look at your wife in the hospital bed for two days? >> 24 hours, you stay there. baby is good. have you a good support system for the mom and the baby, you get your [ bleep ] back to your team and play baseball. >> reporter: football great boomer esaison took it a step further. >> i would have said c-section before the season starts, i need to be at opening day. >> reporter: some taking to social media in support of murphy. one person tweeting "good for daniel murphy for putting fatherhood before the game." another saying "boomer, you should be ashamed of yourself." well, paternity leave is mandatory in parts of europe, only 14% of american companies offer any form of paid paternity leave. among them, yahoo! bank of america and facebook, offering as much as 16 weeks. but murphy who can be seen here with his wife tory in her facebook profile picture only spent two days an paternity leave. >> murphy hasn't had a whole lot
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of sleep the last few days. noah was born on monday. >> reporter: with this latest curveball thrown his way murphy still scored a run on the field and at home. >> murphy will come into the game's first home run. >> awesome part of being a parent. you get that choice. my wife and i discussed it and we felt the best thing for our family was to me to try to stay. >> reporter: for "good morning america," paula faris, abc news, new york. >> succeeding in a lot of ways. to our "gma" flash poll right now. we asked you should all men be offered paternity leave? not a close one today. 92%, no, only 8%. talk about this with ericka souter. editor of the stirred.com. welcome back, ericka. do you agree? >> i do. these macho sports guys are respecting a trend we're seeing in fathers across the country. they want to be involved in every aspect of parenting and want to be there with their wives. they want to be more supportive.
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>> wives want them there. we're not talking about six weeks. we're talking about three days. >> three days. >> and the comments were so outrageous especially the cesarean one where it was suggested she should have made it convenient for the baseball schedule. that's a dangerous and not an elective surgery. >> absolutely and shows the uphill battle these progressive dads face when they want to be move involved. some want to drag them back to that caveman mentality. call me and tell me when the baby's here, i'll buy some cigars. that is gone. we don't need that anymore. women don't need that anymore. >> amen. i'm glad it's gone. >> couldn't agree more. i took paternity leave and i got to tell you, baseball is for now. your family is for life. >> that's right. >> you never know what happens in that delivery room, right? >> that's right. >> you might be needed as a father. >> you never want to say i should have been there. >> you're always needed in the delivery room. >> that's right. >> i was surprised that a lot of dads agree with that. i actually polled, you know, dads and asked them what do you think about this? oh, it's the season that's important but, no, they felt like it's your first kid. i want to be there. >> i lucked out. our first daughter ellie was supposed to be born the day i was anchoring for the first
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time. she was a very cop ative girl. see came a week early. >> i hope you're getting embraced in the locker room from his colleagues. >> you know, he knows where he works. he's expecting some ribbing. but he stands by what his decision and he's very happy with it and i think that makes for a stronger marriage. very supportive of his wife. she wanted him there and there's nothing that could go wong with that in terms of their family life. >> played well when he came back. >> yeah. there you go. >> yeah. he certainly didn't look tired. thank you so much, ericka. also this morning, valerie bertinelli is speaking out about her weight gain and speaking up for other women just like her. after losing 40 pounds she says, yeah, a few extra pounds are back and so what? she wants to take the shame away from weight gain. abc's reena ninan is here with the story. good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning, lara. that's right. she's taking on fat shaming, tired of the unwanted pressure on women. valerie bertinelli said she
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stopped stressing over her weight gain, but she's determined to get back in shape. >> i have lost 40 pounds. >> reporter: slim and trim. >> i'm not saying i look like i did back then, but i feel good in my skinny jeans again. >> reporter: actress valerie bertinelli very publicly showing off her 40-pound weight loss thanks to jenny craig back in 2009. even famously posing in a bikini on the cover of "people" magazine just weeks before her 49th birthday. and now after pictures recently surfaced of a curvier bertinelli, she's speaking out once again, this time fighting back against fat shaming. >> why do i feel so much shame? because the cameras are on me. because the paparazzi can't wait to get a picture of me looking like i have gained a few pounds. it's like we have to take the shame out of it. >> i know. >> i ate an entire can of frosting last night, thinking, oh, what does it matter. oh, my god, i ate an entire can. >> reporter: the "hot in cleveland" star revealing on "the talk" she put on the weight three months ago after breaking
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her foot. >> my doctor even said do not get your heart rate up. >> reporter: while she admits seeing the weight creeping up was painful she also says she's learned to give herself a break. >> it started to panic me at a certain point. i thought, no, wait a minute. this is my body. i'm almost 54. i broke my foot. i haven't been able to move. >> i think even in her own mind she's comparing herself to what she was before and she probably wants to get back to that so society doesn't help at all that they're looking at her and going, you gained weight, you gained weight. >> it's hard enough -- >> reporter: the former "one day at a time" actress is heading back to the gym and working on shedding the pounds. one thing she won't lose the confidence to be who she is at any weight. a lesson she's now hoping women everywhere will heed. >> we all need to give each other a break, especially women. >> yay! >> boy, is she right. amen to that you're right, bertinelli refuses to starve herself into a smaller size.
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she's reportedly set a goal back in bikini shape by this summer. >> i'm sure she'll keep it and for her body type. she's such a down to earth remarkable woman. i'm so glad she's speaking out about it. >> i am too. please, let her do it on her time. her schedule. women be nice to other women. >> good for her for standing up. >> these weigh vocal about it. not letting this one go. >> all right. >> we support her. you go, girl. now to the story of twins who spent almost all of their time together. amy and becky say they feel like one person in two bodies and abc's abbie boudreau has their very unique story. ♪ >> reporter: amy and becky glass take being twins to a whole new level. they live together. get dressed together. in identically coordinated outfits. you have two of everything. but in opposite colors? >> our shoes, we each have our own pair of shoes because you can't share those. >> reporter: at 46 years old
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they even share a bedroom. >> so that's mine and that's becky's. >> every time i wake up we're usually like -- i missed you while i was sleeping. >> reporter: in the past 15 years they've never spent more than 30 minutes apart. don't you ever get sick of each other? >> no. >> hi, guys. >> the pair appeared on "my strange addiction." their addiction, each other. are you dating anyone? >> you know, we date and we have fun. >> if we date honestly we both go out on the date together with one guy. >> reporter: it's something that can take their dates by surprise. >> i mean either one of you have been married. >> no, we're kind of married to each other. >> we were never interested in, like, being married because we have like, our soulmate already. >> i think it's because we have our soul mate already. >> they share a perk.
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a cell phone and they don't ever want to change. >> so we're like one person in two bodies. >> reporter: working out together. even eating identically. >> two noodles. >> okay. >> okay. >> and then do a bite, bite a one fry. >> why is it so important to do everything together? >> well, first of all, we love it. >> we love it. >> we really do. we think we're the funnest people on our planet. >> on your planet. what do you think about your friends being concerned that what if something happens to one of you, would you be able to even survive? >> we have a deal with god just so -- >> we're going together. >> would you consider yourself a little neurotic? >> people that don't know us might think that. >> it only makes sense. >> like a well-oiled machine. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> i mean, the same date. the same purse. you have twins. >> i have twins. this is all due respect a little scary. interesting. they like to spend time together. our twins are 3 months and always try to get them together and they could care less about each other. >> maybe they'll be each other's soul mates one day. >> i don't care.
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>> you think you have a strange addiction, go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! for more information on the show. coming up, actress and fashion icon eva mendes is sharing her secrets for staying stylish on a budget. we have a special performance from the cast of "jesus christ superstar" and they have a big announcement coming up, as well. >> before we go to break, nick lachey is in the house. just going to run back here. hi, nick. how are you? good to see you. you look so dapper. >> thank you. >> we wondered if you would answer another question from our viewers. >> absolutely. >> pull the slot. >> all right. what do we got this time? how's life with your bundle of joy? oh, the sibling question. wow. well, every day is fantastic with my little man. he's an angel. love him and, yes, at some point we will definitely give him a sibling. >> pretty delicious. give vanessa our love. please? >> of course, of course. >> motherhood suits her well. >> fantastic mother and couldn't be happier with our little guy. >> thanks for answering our viewers' questions.
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we have time for one more? no? we'll be right back. we will be right back. deejay friday. are you ready to dance? >> i'm not a big dancer. i'm more of a singer. ♪
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good morning. imeric thomas. a fire at the administrative offices of children's hospital oakland is called suspicious. it broke out just after 2:30 this morning. the damage is minor and nobody was hurt. get ready to pay more to cross the golden gate bridge on monday. it goes up to $6 for fast track users, or $7 for everybody else. the bridge district says it would face a $142 million shortfall if it didn't increase the tolls. we have the traffic this morning. >> eric, there's a 15-minute delay on the sfo direction. eastbound 580, an accident blocking one lane. it is causing a bit of slowing.
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bumper-to-bumper traffic in the westbound direction.
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good morning. you see the steadier rain moving through the east bay and soo the south bay. that will be out here in about a half an hour. up north, scattered showers that will linger until the afternoon hours.
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this evening, going to be dry all the way through thursda ♪ jesus christ superstar are you what they say you are? ♪ jesus christ superstar do you think you're what they say you are ♪ >> all right! >> michelle williams from destiny's child in "jesus christ superstar." we have a big announcement coming up this morning about the collaboration. you heard it first on "gma." they're all excited about it. >> so good and we also have dj prostyle. if that wasn't enough, so many of you are voting on twitter what song you want to hear him play and you picked selena gomez's "slow down."
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a landslide. start off your spring. it's available for you at goodmorningamerica.com at yahoo! download it right now. >> nick lachey is in "gma's" social square if you hadn't seen, snapping a selfie at our twitter mirror. he's here this morning sharing a personal story with us. we're looking forward to talking to him. >> yeah, looking forward to that. right now, eva mendes makes heads tur on the red carpet. she's always just so stunning. well now the actress and fashion icon is giving us a look at her spring collection and have you looking glam and for not a lot of money. abc's sara haines is here with that. sara, it's really pretty. >> you and amy are styling and ends up design is a natural extension for eva as well. she's always been putting outfits together and experimenting with bold piece and caught up with her to see the new collection but shared some beauty tips. ♪ >> reporter: she's one of the most beautiful women in the
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world. and the most stylish. now eva mendes adds designer to her list of accomplish manies. >> such a classic summer dress. easy. >> too high? >> oh. >> this is definitely a relation. >> oh, yeah, this is my beautiful sister janet. >> reporter: modeled by her family and friend. >> this is my best friend. this is my beautiful niece samantha. >> has she always been this fashion forward. >> yes, always. amazing style. ♪ >> reporter: she gave us the first look at her spring collection for new yo york & company. we we all know you as an actress. how do you get too dying. >> i was fortunate enough to have new york & company to approach me with this opportunity that i honestly didn't think i was ready for. i didn't even -- i was like, are you sure? me? i wasn't sure i had anything to offer and i'm so happy. it's been the most amazing creative experience.
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>> reporter: the affordable line is full of feminine trend, bold accessories and dresses that accent wait a woman's curves. the inspiration, golden era hollywood stars. >> gina lollobrigida and sophie ya lauren. >> reporter: it's full of pieces you can mix and match, jackets, jumpsuits and even -- >> lady, don't be scared. this is something i've loved since high school and it's a body suit. >> reporter: and jewelry inspired by mendes' own vintage collection. >> i feel like we're in a scene from "pretty woman" right now. >> big mistake. huge. >> happy anniversary, darling. >> the designer also shared a few of her beauty secrets. >> i think a great beauty tip for me that i actually earn willed from my mother is hair. she always believed that if your hair is down, you can get away with having no makeup or mediocre outfit.
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>> reporter: another tip, don't be afraid to cinch those curves. >> i love creating a waist with whatever you have, you know, just having that great look that you love. >> who is the woman you're dressing? >> oh, the modern-day woman who wears many, many hats but who always wants to look feminine and wants to make the most out of her wardrobe for a very affordable price. >> now, eva was extremely modest about this but i think this might be the hat she wears most farrelly out of being a model, an actress, a designer, she didn't even think of it as skill. i just don't think i'm a designer but she did it so naturally. >> wow. >> she's so good at everything she does. >> thank you so much, sara. let's go to ginger in little rock and we want to get one final check on the weather. ginger, good morning. >> all right, good morning to you. you can see the sunshine just bouncing off the buildings here, the little rock skyline behind me so the storms are actually well to our east. it's been rough all the way from here to minnesota and that's where we want to begin. with our twitter photos, you can
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send them at any point. some places in minnesota, pars of michigan and wisconsin starting in ashland, wisconsin, with 11 inches of fresh snow. there you go, southern arkansas from warren, one of our katv viewers accepting thattage daed picture in not too far from here. cleanup as the sunshine is out. it is cool but look who is going to warm up. los angeles, check out the four-day forecast to 90 by the time we start the next workweek. phoenix, you'll warm up quite a bit too. a little more mild and a little cooler. good friday morning. we have rain out there for the morning commute, scattered showers the rest of the afternoon. near 60s at the coast. the seven-day forecast, that's it, warm sunshine tomorrow through next week. >> all that weather brought to you by hotels.com and, amy, i cannot wait to get back to new
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york and monday to dance with pharrell? we will all be dancing, ginger. right now we're dancing, especially "captain america" fans. the marvel hero is back. "captain america: the winter soldier" is in theaters right now and here is the man behind "the winter soldier." thanks for being with us. you have been on a whirlwind tour. we want to start because we're here on our instagram wall and have a question for you from a fan. >> oh, yes. >> i think you might recognize him. >> do i have to touch this? >> who is your favorite superhero in the marvel comic book universe. >> not you. not you. knew what i was thinking. >> ready for that. we actually have several other fans too. look at that little smirk on his face. he had fun on the set. you and anthony were real-life superheroes yesterday.
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>> we were. >> you met with military children. tell me about that. it was so heart-warming to see you guys give these kids the thrill of their life. >> it's always exciting when you have face-to-face interaction with fans and especially they were seeing the movie and coming out. you know, these kids, i don't know. they just make your day. they make you feel so grateful about the fact that this is our job that we get to go and shoot a movie and then share with everybody. >> their mops and dads are superheroes too. >> right, of course. we filmed a message to their fathers overseas. >> your role, we have so many other fans who would like to ask questions but what is it like to be the bad guy in a popular -- is it fun to be the bad guy? >> yeah, of course. >> i think that it is. >> want to raise eyebrows. no, of course. it's super fun and this has been an interesting character because he kind of goes on both sides. starts out on the good side and ends up on the bad side, so to speak and may go back to the
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other side. >> do you have a dark side, sebastian? did you pull in your inner dark side. >> i don't think so but i know many people do. so it's tough. i guess so. >> you looked after them. you know what, was it hard training for the fight scene? this is an action-packed film. >> absolutely. no, i still wake up today feeling sort of -- >> a little sore. >> pain. >> how about a walk over here? >> if i still can. >> we'll go to facebook and you've been on broadway twice. major tv roles, correct and the mad hatter on abc on "once upon a time." are you thinking about coming back to "once upon a time". >> my favorite answer this entire press tour, i don't know. i really koepts. i have no idea. i'm really great fans -- you know, i'm a great fan of the show and those guys and had an awesome time on it. i don't know. it remains to be seen. >> you're loved by all, evil or good. thank you so much, sebastian for stopping by. "captain america: the winter soldier" opening nationwide today. don't miss it and coming up, you may have heard of this guy, nick
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lachey. he is here live. stay with us.
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we invited real "gma" fans to tell us why they wake up with -- >> good morning, america. >> but they never expected we'd thank them in person. ♪ if you feel >> it could be hailing, storming, no matter what the weather, we love ginger. >> good morning, america. we love you, ginger. >> i love you too.
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>> oh. >> good morning, america. ♪ this is going to be -- a special celebrity auction begins today raising upon and awareness for autism speaks and the man right here who is part of it all, mr. nick lachey. thanks for being with us. >> it's my pleasure. >> answering questions all morning long. this is something autism speaks is something near and dear to your heart. >> yeah, i mean the work they do in terms of research -- there's just so many questions where autism is concerned and new research just came out, 1 in 68 kids will be diagnosed with autism. my younger brother zach is one of those. he has asberger's and has had that since he was 7 years old and we've been inspired by his courage and strength and now partnering with lindt in terms of this auction and auctioning off bunnies to raise upon for autism speaks. a great project to be with. >> just to sit here and talk about it and also to get involved. how can our viewers do that. >> go to lindtgoldbunny.com and
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bid on bunnies signed by blake shelton, seth meyers, kelly clarkson. i signed some, as well. all goes to autism research. it goes to autism speaks, as well. two ways to raise money. >> you're a paid spokesperson for lindt dog it. it's all about raising awareness. >> when you see firsthand how it affects the life of someone, my brother, especially, certainly he's been an inspiration to me but seen how hard and how challenging it's been for him so anything i can do to help him and other kids out there. >> the studies, its so staggering. >> 1 in 68. >> guarantee every single person out there, it's affecting you. autism is affecting each and every one of us. everything we can do to help. >> absolutely. >> another cause, we learned something else near and dear to
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your heart is your little boy. congratulations to you and vanes vanessa. i have known her for years and years. tell me about life as a dad. >> it's more magical than i could have ever imagined. every single day is a new milestone, a new moment. really is the best thing that's ever happened to me. >> who does he look more like? >> i think he's starting to look very much a hybrid of both of us. great. the more he looks like his mom the better off he'll be. >> you kind of can't go wrong either way. look at you two. >> such a personality he gets from her. great age, talking, walking, getting into everything. a lot of personality. >> how hands-on are you? we talk about it all the time. you saw our story about in baseball, the player that -- >> yeah, yeah, yeah, i couldn't imagine not being there for the birth of my son. so i certainly respect what he's going through. but you know, i'm working in new york across the street. i don't get to spend my mornings
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with him anymore but see him in the afternoon and spend some good time together in central park running around the city. >> the vh-1's "big morning buzz live" and having cam got you prepared for it. >> i was used to getting up early with him. i get up a little earlier now but he was a great preparation for the early morning tv schedule. >> what do you think? do you mind the viewers are weighing in big time. can we do one more. >> absolutely. >> one more question with nick lachey. come on over to social. you want to -- >> pulling the lever again. >> i think so. do you guys want to do the instagram or -- >> okay, social slots. >> big winner, big winner. >> i never had luck with these things. do you have any plans to make solo music again? well, absolutely. actually working on a new project now, another solo project, did a little project with 98 degrees last year. back in the studio working on another solo project. >> i love it. great news. thank you very much for asking. >> good question. >> thank you, autism speaks and
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tell everybody one pore time where can they help. >> lindtgoldbunny.com and bid on all these fantastic bunnies that celebs have signed to raise money for a worthy cause. >> hi, vanessa. hi cam. coming up here, "jesus christ superstar"'s michelle williams, brandon boyd with a big announcement and an incredible performance. stay with us on "gma." i'm taking off, but, uh, don't worry. i'm gonna leave the tv on for you. and if anything happens, don't forget about the new xfinity my account app. you can troubleshoot technical issues here. if you make an appointment, you can check out the status here. you can pay the bill, too. but don't worry about that right now. okay. how do i look? ♪
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a couple music superstars. michelle williams rose to fame, of course, from destiny's child and done so much more. and brandon boyd. from incue bus. we've been teasing this all morning. you have a big announcement. >> we are so excited to announce we are going on a huge 50-city tour starting june 9th in new orleans. we're so excited. "jesus christ superstar," it's an arena spectacular. >> this is something brand new. ticks go on sale next week, brandon, but this is a complete reinvention.
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>> completely new and it's incredible. an incredible show. so excited to be a part of it. >> entire remix. rock shows. >> how did you guys get together? >> well, we got together for the show and i was so honored when they mentioned who i would be performing with. this is something like no other. we got so many people. jay z -- jc from nsync. brittany porter of the uk. the uk jesus. we are very excited. >> you'll get a lot of people to come out once you sing this song. "jesus christ superstar." >> thanks, george. ♪ ♪ every time i look at you i don't understand ♪ ♪ why you let the things you did get so out of hand ♪
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♪ you'd have managed better if you had a plan ♪ ♪ why do you choose such a barkward time in such a strange land ♪ ♪ if you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation ♪ ♪ israel in 4 bc had no mass communication don't you get me wrong ♪ ♪ i only wanna know ♪ only wanna snow ♪ whoa only wanna snow ♪ jesus christ jesus christ who are you what have you sacrificed ♪ ♪ jesus christ jesus christ who are you what have you sacrificed ♪ ♪ jesus christ superstar do you think you're what they say you are ♪ ♪ jesus christ superstar do you
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think you're what they say you are ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tell me what you think about your friends at the top who'd you think besides yourself's the pick of the crop ♪ ♪ buddha was he where it's all is he where you are ♪ ♪ could muhammad move a mountain or was it just pr ♪ ♪ did you mean to die like that was that a mistake ♪ ♪ or did you know your messy at the time would be a record breaker ♪ don't you get me wrong don't you get me wrong don't you get me wrong now ♪ ♪ only wanna snow ♪ only what nano now ♪ jesus christ jesus christ who are you what have you sacrificed
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♪ jesus christ jesus christ who are you what have you sacrificed ♪ ♪ jesus christ superstar do you think you're what they say you are ♪ ♪ jesus christ superstar do you think you're what they say you are ♪ ♪ i only wanna know i only wanna snow ♪ ♪ come on now ♪ only wanna know now ♪ are you what they say you are ♪ ♪ [ applause ]
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monday morning this is going to make you happy. ♪ because i'm happy pharrell williams live. he stops in times square. the happiest morning event of the season monday only on, pharrell, tell them. >> good morning, america. >> "good morning america" brought to you by panera bread. find your favorite at panerabread.com. >> a natural back there. ryan.
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>> come on. >> he's part of the cast now. >> you just made his weekend. >> thank you very much. "jesus christ superstar," ticks on sale next week and thank dj prostyle for joining us for iheartradio. the free digital radio service. always love having him here on our deejay friday. >> maybe you heard but on monday here on "gma," pharrell is here live so come on down here and join us in times square. >> let's get happy, everybody. have a wonderful weekend. enjoy it and thank you for "jesus christ superstar."
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i'm eric thomas. rain returns to the bay area overnight. more changes on the way. >> rain just more scattered in nature. this is the way it will be the rest of the day. scattered light showers. you can see the second wave moving into the north bay right now. so keep an umbrella handy. know you'll need the sunglasses from time to time. low to mid-60s. 10 to 15, maybe 20 degrees warmer by monday. b.a.r.t. recovering from an earlier problem. we also have the serious accident involving a big rig. and a few other vehicles at elsero boulevard, leaving us
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