good morning, america. new overnight, what investigators are learning as they comb through the wreckage of that fiery fatal crash between a tractor-trailer and a bus filled with students. as parents reunite with survivors. tense standoff. federal agents clash with armed militias, rallying in support of a rancher who owes the government more than $1 million. >> back up. >> why there's fear, now, that the violence could soon escalate. caught on camera. a daring daylight jewelry heist. thieves, targeting the trendy store known for famous clients like selena gomez and beyonce. what they made off with. and the obamas out on the town.

the first couple's big date night in the big apple. a play, starring denzel washington. and what was on the menu and who was at the guest list at this trendy watering hole? good morning, everybody. lots to get to this morning, including this, the latest doings of the duke and duchess of cambridge, enchanting crowds in new zealand. with kate holding her own little tea party earlier today. and conjuring images of and comparisons to princess diana. >> and turns out, william weighed in on kate's wardrobe, as well. an interesting note. on a much more serious note this morning, the sentence is in for the woman who killed her boyfriend with her 5 1/2-inch stiletto high-heel. her reaction in court straight ahead. we do begin with a search for answers. what caused that california highway horror that left ten people dead? the ntsb examining the scene,

where a tractor-trailer crossed the center divider and slammed into a bus full of high school students. both bursting into flames. bazi kanani has the latest from chico, california. bazi, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. several of the teenage victims of the crash are still recovering at local hospitals this morning. and we're now hearing from more of the survivors about their terrifying experience. aeroseveral crash investigators want to hear from them, too. emotional reunions. survivors' families relieved this morning to be with their teenagers again. after narrowly escaping a fiery death in a tour bus. >> just saw a very, very large explosion. and fireball. >> reporter: the flames devouring a fedex tractor-trailer that plowed across a median thursday, slamming into the bus, that was taking more than 40 high school seniors and their chaperons to

visit humboldt state university in northern california. this student say the day began with laughter on the bus. >> playing music. playing games. it was just a great time on the bus. >> reporter: the fun, interrupted violently, four hours from their destination. >> all of a sudden, people started screaming. as i look up, the bus driver slams on the brakes. and it's a loud screeching noise. i'll never forget it. the fedex truck was on fire. my first instinct was, i have to get out of here. >> reporter: students scrambling to escape the bus. jumping through windows. a nearby resident who ran to the scene was horrified to see some of them on fire. is it hard for you to look at that? >> yeah because i see people in there. >> reporter: ten people were killed in the crash, including both drivers. ntsb investigators are trying to understand why the truck driver lost control. >> we would appreciate hearing from anyone who witnessed something that would be helpful. >> reporter: investigators, now hoping to salvage important clues from the wreckage.

but the extensive damage is making that difficult. ntsb investigators said they would not speculate about the cause of the crash. whether it was likely human error or mechanical. but another driver involved in the collision said she saw the truck already on fire as it came across the median. investigators will take her account into consideration. they say it could be months before they determine the cause. dan? >> so many questions. so many families looking for answers this morning. bazi, thank you. now, to the new videotape of a real wild west showdown. federal agents clashing with protesters, some from armed militia groups, who are arriving, now, from all over the country, to support a rancher in nevada, whose 20-year tax fight with the government is now coming to a real boil. abc's john muller is on the story. good morning. this videotape is really intense. >> reporter: pretty intense stuff.

you're right. you can call it high noontime near bunkerville, nevada. protesters see it as a freedom fight. the feds say it's about unpaid grazing fees and trespassing. one thing is clear, though, the situation, very tense. armed with tasers and dogs, federal agents from the bureau of land management clash with protesters. >> back up. >> reporter: it's a turf war that's been brewing for years. finally boiling over and caught on this cell phone video wednesday. the bureau of land management confirmed that two protesters were detained wednesday and another one arrested just days before. all have been released. >> i just saw federal agents throw my aunt on the ground. >> reporter: on the surface, it's all about cows. the bureau of land management is removing cattle owned by rancher cliven bundy because they say he, quote, owes the american people in excess of $1 million and refuses to abide by the law of the land, despite many opportunities over the last 20 years to do so. bundy claims state's rights. saying his cattle have grazed here for decades. >> i have no contract with the

united states government. i pay grazing fees. that's what blm is supposed to be. it's land managers. and they were managing my ranch out of business. so, i refuse to pay. >> reporter: the bad blood has sparked a roadside protest movement that's growing by day and night. with people well beyond nevada driving for hours to join in. bonding by campfires. they say they're fighting for something way bigger than cows. >> it's about the freedom of america. we the people, we have to stand up. we have to stand up and fight. >> reporter: now, the bureau of land management maintains this is a matter of fairness. they say thousands of law-abiding ranchers do pay their grazing fees every year. as for local protest leaders, they have urged protesters not to wear camouflage and to keep any weapons they bring inside their vehicles. guys? >> thanks, john. appreciate it. we're going to stay on this story. this morning, u.s. navy ship is joining the hunt for flight 370 over the indian motion. the australian prime minister saying the search zone is condensed, the underwater signals, he believes are from

the plane's black boxes, are fading and fading fast. abc's clayton sandell has more, now, from perth, australia. clayton, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. this morning, officials tell us they are no longer hearing any credible signals from what they believe are emergency black box beacons. if that doesn't change, they say they will soon the have to give up part of the search. overnight, 14 ships and 10 airplanes spent another day in a frustrating search for clues. they are desperate to hear more of those underwater pings from beacons that would lead them to the airplane's cockpit voice and data recorders. but those fading signals have not been heard since tuesday. are you optimistic we will find these black boxes? >> we will do our best. >> reporter: now, the u.s. navy captain in charge of this underwater probe says, without new leads, they are forced to use plan "b." >> when the time is right, we'll say, yes, the beacons have probably stopped transmitting.

and it's time to switch to the short range. >> reporter: and that may be a few days away. >> yes. >> reporter: the next step in the search is using powerful sonar on this underwater drone to create images of the sea floor, as much as 15,000 feet down. hoping the wreckage will appear among a pitch-black alien landscape of plains, canyons and mountains. >> we've gotten some encouraging detections. but we're not going to be convinced we have found the aircraft until we can look at a picture and say, that is malaysian air 370. >> reporter: when or if the plane's black boxes are located, a remotely-operated vehicle like this will bring them up. >> the r.v. will go down. and it will comb through the debris field, looking for the black boxes and any other items that investigators need to help identify the cause of the crash. >> reporter: this morning, more resources are heading this way. the u.s. navy is sending a resupply ship with more gas and more food. it's a sign of just how long

they plan on being here. we are told that the search could go on for months, even years. dan? bianna? >> it's been well over a month. and so much more challenging without the signals they can detect. >> absolutely. five weeks. >> we will stay on this story throughout the week here on "gma." there's other headlines developing overnight. for that, we turn over to ron. >> hi, bianna and dan. sara haines. good morning to you. we begin in kansas city, missouri, where someone has been randomly shooting at cars and drivers for several weeks. as michelle franzen reports this morning, the search for the gunman is now intensifying. >> reporter: this morning, police have stepped up the hunt for a possible serial shooter in kansas city, missouri. linked, authorities say, to at least 13 random shootings, targeting drivers on highways. federal investigators have joined the search. but so far, no suspects. >> till somebody's apprehended and will have resources out there. >> reporter: the shootings dot

areas of interstates 435 and 470, near exits and interchanges. key clues, experts say, that could help close in on the shooter. >> each time it occurs, they get a little more information. a car description. a better description of the individual. he'll make a mistake, maybe. and somebody will get a tag number. >> reporter: police say three people have been injured by gunfire so far, with injuries to arms and legs. and take a look at the cars. bullet holes show the damage. and close calls for drivers like thomas farland. >> something hit the car. didn't know what it was. pulled over my first opportunity. that's when i saw the bullet hole. >> reporter: drivers on-edge, knowing the shooter could strike again. >> it's really scary to think that somebody is out here doing it with no regard for what can happen. >> reporter: in addition to patrols, police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. for "good morning america," michelle franzen, abc news, new york. and a student at the pittsburgh area high school where a fellow student allegedly

went on a stabbing spree this week, says the night before the attack, he was ridiculed in a facebook posting. investigators are looking into the possibility the suspect, 16-year-old alex hribal, was bullied. but say, so far there's no evidence of that. and now, the fellow student is coming forward, saying she saw a screen shot of the facebook posting, since removed, in which alex was called, quote/unquote, rat face and other derisive names. this comes as three other teenagers who were more seriously injured remain in the hospital in intensive care. and the tax filing deadline is just days away, in case you forgot. and this morning, we're getting a look at the tax returns of president obama and the first lady. it seems the president's annual income has been plummeting since he took office five years ago. in 2013, the president and first lady filed jointly, earned over $481,000. a huge drop from 2009 when the president raked in over $500,000.

most came from the president's royalties in books. the decline in book sales, to claim for the drop in income. reminder, tax day is this coming tuesday. i went for an extension. the phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe at hillary clinton in las vegas has been released. allison michelle earnst was given a misdemeanor of disorderly conduct. she faces a year in the county lockup. if convicted. she was arrested for allegedly hurling a shoe at clinton who was attending a conference at a hotel casino there in vegas. and finally, looking at an extremely rare sight. those are twin horses, just six days old, already racing around. and beating the odds in hera, oklahoma. 1 in 10,000 horse pregnancies result in twins. once they're born, doctors say only about 20% of those twin horses survive. these colts were named, honor this and honor that. pretty good names. >> so cute. i just feel for the mother. >> yeah. the horses are larger. they can handle a large colt

like that. >> thanks, ron. >> thanks, ron. now, to the ritzy jewelry store to the stars who is counting its losses after a brazen daylight heist. >> the store, which counts selena gomez and beyonce, among its clients, was hit up by a robber posing as a shopper. and it was all caught on camera. abc's marci gonzalez is here with this story. hey, marci. >> reporter: when the man walked into the madison avenue shop around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, the manager says she just assumed he was a wealthy or celebrity client. never imagining he would attack her and eventually walk out with about $60,000 worth of jewelry. this morning, police are on the search for a brazen thief who ripped off a ritzy new york jewelry store to the stars. margo manhattan's customers include selena gomez, queen latifah, and beyonce, who wore one of the store's signature pieces in her music video, "glow." ♪ but an ordinary day turned out to be anything but, when a

customer stopped in on friday afternoon. >> we let him in. and he posed as a shopper. he was here for quite a while. >> reporter: that man, seen here on store surveillance cameras, spent 20 minutes shopping. even getting help from the store manager. but this shopping trip turned violent. look as the man places the manager in a chokehold in a back room. allegedly telling her he had a taser. tying her up and leaving her on the floor as he cleaned out the safe. and it didn't end there. the man going on a shopping spree. nabbing some of the store's most-prized pieces, including this $45,000 18 karat white gold and amethyst necklace. and these $500 interlocking rings. he took the whole collection. margo manhattan's owner will be re-evaluating security. stepping up from the security puppy currently in the store. >> that's why i tell my gm and

assistants, if they want the stuff, give them the stuff. your life's more important than anything else. >> reporter: and we're told the manager who was attacked is okay. but the owner says she takes that point she just made really seriously, especially after someone was killed in another jewelry store robbery a few years ago just ten blocks away. >> hopefully that footage will lead authorities to him. >> thanks, marci. >> it wasn't the dog's fault. >> absolutely. >> that was a cute dog. we're going to turn to the royal road trip rolling on down under. prince william and duchess kate and, of course, the scene-stealing baby, prince george, getting rave reviews on their barn storming tour of new zealand. and cecilia vega is following along. >> reporter: good morning to you. new zealand is in the middle of royal mania, as you can see behind me here. and yes, will and kate have been touring this country like a-list celebrities. but really, there's some serious work to be done here, too. it was a day for the duchess to mingle with princesses. >> hey. >> hi. >> you look fancy. >> reporter: this morning, kate middleton made her first solo stop during this three-week tour

down under, visiting a children's hospice in new zealand. the future queen of england, seldom heard publicly, overheard chatting with kids, having a tea party. >> what are you doing here? you're having a tea party? can i sit down and join you? >> reporter: talking paintings. >> and i think it's very. what's your name? hi, duke. >> reporter: and mingling royal-style, with mad hatter characters. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: caring for sick children, highlighting the work of children's hospices, is a cause close to kate's heart. and it is also a legacy left by princess diana, whose charity work with sick children earned her the unofficial title, queen of hearts. the images from one generation to the next, nearly identical. but royal watchers say, not all the comparisons are fair. >> comparisons of diana and kate are inevitable. however, they are actually very, very different. she's much more self-assured

than diana was. and she also does want to do things differently. >> reporter: this couple, not so united a day earlier, when kate crushed the future king in two sailing races. but after their solo stops this morning, the duke and duchess reunited to tour a cycling arena. the real star of the show, baby george, stayed behind with the royal nanny. but his parents did receive a gift to bring home. a miniature bike and helmet, fit for a prince. now, the royals travel to australia next week. so much of the trip has been about fashion. today, a woman told kate she liked her in the green jacket she was wearing. kate said, while she likes that jacket, too, her husband thought that jacket was too bright. so, even the prince joining in on the chorus of people talking about kate's clothes. >> see? will should have spoke to me first. never do that. never do that. >> she trumped him by still wearing it, right? >> yeah, i admire that. i wish the audience could have heard the comments on the set

during the piece. bianna saying, i love her hair. >> she has great hair. >> and ron saying, what did she say? i can't understand a word she's saying. >> i can't understand what she's saying. their language, though. my problem. >> we translated for him. >> well said, ron claiborne, thank you. >> you got it. >> amusement, this morning. now, the first couple, mixing business with pleasure. the president was in new york city for a speech. and he turned it into an opportunity for a date. a big date night with the first lady. sara haines followed them around town. bird dogging them. >> oh, moment-to-moment. like any great night out in the big apple, it had to include two things that new york city does best. fabulous food and the great white way. big city lights. five-star dining. a night on broadway. seemed like the perfect night away from the office. president barack obama and first lady michelle obama, did just that. >> hello, new york. i love you back. >> reporter: the first couple visiting for al sharpton's

national action network convention, where obama talked about the americans' right to vote. and at one point, seemingly straying from his speech, reminiscing about the times he was questioned about his own birth certificate. >> and just to be clear, i know where my birth certificate is. but a lot of people don't. you remember that? that was crazy. >> reporter: after the conference, obama knew he couldn't come to new york without having some extra fun. and voila. friday night became date night. what was on the menu for the night? the obamas started at maialino, a trendy new york city italian restaurant, where their menu included, spaghetti alla vongola. and pollo alla diavola. here they met up with friends, including former nfl wide receiver, ahmad rashad. up next, broadway. >> i got to change my life. >> reporter: the couple enjoyed an all-access performance of "a raisin in the sun." during intermission, they got to meet and greet the cast. and after the show, denzel washington sent a special message, by tipping his hat to

the president. in true new york city fashion, it was a fun night out, which didn't get the couple home until around 1:00 a.m. and i'd like to apologize now for my pronunciation. i struggled a bit with that. >> with the menu items? >> the menu items. >> diavola. >> pollo -- yeah. >> yeah. >> yes. the way you say it. >> i'll order that. now, time for a check of the weather. and we are happy to welcome meteorologist bill kelly, who is with us this weekend from our abc station in columbus, ohio, wsyx. welcome back, bill. you're healthy this week. >> my goal was to not be sick while i was here like last time. i don't remember much of it. good morning, everyone. we're going to start you out in portions of the midwest, where we're talking about some rainfall today, measured in inches. especially in wisconsin and michigan. i want to take you livto chicago. a beautiful shot this morning. yesterday, you folks were at 70 degrees.

it was the first time this year. the first time in all six months that you've had 70s. again, you're going to be there today. unfortunately, it is going to come at a cost. i want to show you. we're looking at the possibility of some storms. basically, from kansas, through nebraska, through iowa and into parts here of the upper midwest and into illinois. it looks like damaging winds could be the biggest threat. maybe a little hail. we'll keep our eyes on that. on the flip side, it's that transition season. new winter threat. i hate to say it to you guys. this is not today. tomorrow. five to ten inches of snow. denver into the 70s today. tomorrow, several inches of snow. get out and enjoy. dry for the west. phoenix 90 degrees. sacramento, at 76.

>> what you don't realize at home, is i stand over here. and they say get on in. ron and i are doing this. like a little wrestling match. >> could you understand what he was saying during the broadcast? >> most of it. >> we need outtakes of what happens behind the scenes here. >> it would be fun. >> last time bill was here, he had typhoid, i believe. right? >> i wasn't that well. >> and he also snuggled up to you. >> yeah. >> appreciate it. >> on his game this morning. great to have you back. >> thank you. coming up, after a quick break, the woman known as the stiletto killer, now learning her fate. she stabbed her boyfriend to death with her 5 1/2-inch heel of her shoe. she's finding out how much time she's going to spend in prison. on a lighter note, supersammie. we're tasting the ultimate

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♪ sing for the tears sing with me, just for today ♪ ♪ maybe tomorrow the good lord takes you away ♪ gives you chills. aerosmith honoring its hometown, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the boston marathon bombings. a brand-new take on their signature song. chilling to listen to that now. >> "dream on." the hometown boys, speaking as a bostonian. anniversary on tuesday. a big day for the city. coming up this morning, we're going to take you to one of the creepiest places on the earth. and it's not because of that guy right there. >> you look like a stud. >> they call it snake island. it's home to a huge population of venomous pit vipers. and also, a mystery. why are people coming to this

place and stealing the snakes? >> fascinating story. we're going to begin this half hour with the so-called stiletto murderer, fighting to stay out of prison for her life. the houston mother who asked the same jury who convicted her to show her some mercy, now. >> she claimed a high heel was the only thing she had to defend herself against an abusive boyfriend. now, the jury has spoken. it seems clear they did not buy her story. abc's ryan smith has more on their sentencing decision. >> we, the jury, having found the defendant guilty of murder -- >> reporter: murder with a stiletto. walking ana trujillo into prison for life. stunned and crying, as the houston jury took a few hours to sentence the 45-year-old mother of two, for killing boyfriend stefan andersson, by stabbing him with a shoe's 5 1/2-inch heel, 25 times. >> i hit him with my shoe. and now, she's bleeding. >> reporter: the jury seemingly unmoved by trujillo's pleas for mercy. >> she is crazy. but scary crazy.

>> anything less than a life verdict is unacceptable. >> reporter: just days earlier, andersson's ex-wife, hoping for the maximum penalty when we spoke to her at the courthouse. >> if ever a case deserved the death penalty, this is it. >> reporter: trujillo testified in the penalty phase for over five hours. at one point, grappling with her attorney, to show her version of the deadly night. to the end, she steadfastly denied murdering her lover, claiming it was self-defense. >> the prosecution succeeded in convincing this jury that she was the aggressor. not the victim. and jurors were quick to come back and say, we think she's responsible. >> reporter: 30 years before eligibility for parole, where she will be 75 years old, trujillo won't be walking on pumps anytime soon. andersson's family, pleased with the jury's decision, but anxious to put it behind them.

for "good morning america," ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> an intense case. our thanks to ryan's reporting on that story. now, we're going to get another look at the morning's top stories. once again, over to ron. >> hi, again, dan and bianna. sara. everyone. in the news, federal investigators are working to salvage important clues from the deadly head-on collision in northern california that killed ten people. a fedex tractor-trailer plowed across the median, slammed head-on into the bus carrying 40 high school seniors and their chaperons on their way to visit a college. overseas, a u.s. navy ship is joining the intense search in the indian ocean for any clues from the missing malaysian airliner. australian authorities say the search zone has been condensed. but underwater pings have been fading. in pakistan, attempted murder charges against a 9-month-old boy, they have been dropped. he and 30 others were accused at throwing stones at police

officers over a confrontation over electricity and gas supplies. "wheel of fortune" turned into wheel of misfortune. for one contestants. julian bats had a chance to win 1 million bucks. all he had to do was read the fully solved puzzle. it was an epic failure. he lost because he pronounced achilles, achilles. and then, he gets a second chance. a chance to win a car. keep that in mind, with the subject being person. and he guessed car. it's supposed to be a person. instead of a man. >> that would be a bad day for him. >> not the day you want one. >> not good. he got a $10 gift certificate somewhere. >> bad day. let's cheer it up in here. and check the forecast with meteorologist bill kelly, from our station in columbus, ohio, wsyx. good morning, bill. >> it makes my mispronunciation

of cities minor compared to that. 75 degrees today in washington. it's a beautiful day to get out. the cherry blossom festival. check this out. the great news that the blooms have actually started blooming. the last couple of weeks, they've just been the buds. get out and enjoy it. 1 million people descend on washington, d.c. over the course of a couple of weeks. it's the last weekend for that. other temperatures over the east and west. 74 in philly. 73 in pittsburgh. want to say good morning to the buckeye state. 75 in columbus. abc 6, shoutout to you guys. that's where i work right now. great day to get out and enjoy central ohio. cooling air. working its way on down. minneapolis, 67. we talk about mid-40s tomorrow. 76 in chicago. 62 by the time we get into the day tomorrow. across the country, some severe weather up to the north. otherwise, things are mild.

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always one to take on a daring and potentially deadly assignment, but this guy to my left wound up at what could be the most dangerous place on earth. >> they call it snake island. it's off the coast of brazil. and it's crawling with venomous pit vipers that are now at the center of a mystery. there it is. looming into view. snake island. normally, it's illegal to visit. but we found one guy who has a permit. rogerio is a man on a mission. so, even though we don't see snakes right now, you're saying there are snakes here? >> oh, yeah. we have to find them. >> reporter: scientists estimate that almost anywhere you step foot, a gruesome death is lurking no more than three feet away.

they are a formidable beast of prey, whose fast-acting venom will literally burn through your flesh and cause you to bleed to death. one of the riskier on-camera things i've done. if one of these things bit us, we have six hours to get off the island and to a hospital. >> up to. >> reporter: up to? >> yeah. >> reporter: so, we could die in 2:45. >> yeah. probably. >> reporter: for centuries, the sea has put a distance between the killer snakes and the rest of us. but now, rogerio is convinced somebody is actually stealing the snakes from the island. it's scary just filming the snakes. i want extra pay today. it's hard to imagine who would be crazy enough to steal them. why would you steal a snake? >> the pet market. >> reporter: people keep these at pets? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: he says illegal buyers will pay upwards of $15,000 for a single snake. and there's another reason for the steep price tag, their venom, that is used to create

valuable pharmaceuticals. >> can make medicine from that. make lots of money. >> reporter: he tells us a single gram can sometimes cost more than a gram of gold on the black market, which has made rogerio fiercely protective of this precious. >> if you lose the species, you are losing the chance to save human life. >> i was nervous. and i got really nervous when he said, up to six hours. >> right. that's important. i hope you told your mom and your wife not to watch the show today. >> i didn't. this is the time when i get angry e-mails. >> exactly. >> i'm hyperventilating for you. >> sara, you go hunting for stakes. >> everybody has their role. if we can make sara hyperventilate, it's a good story. great show coming up tonight. "nightline" prime at 10:00 eastern, right here on abc. that story about the snakes and much more at 10:00.

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all right. time, now, for a check of "pop news." and over to sara. you have good stuff this morning. >> that song we can't hear enough of. aerosmith's steven tyler and joe perry giving an incredible performance of their hit song, "dream on." the legendary rockers teamed up with the southern california chorus, for a special version of the song, ahead of the anniversary of the boston marathon bombings.

the hometown heroes spoke to espn's chris connelly on why they think "dream on" has been such an anthem for the survivors. >> it's almost like it was written for this unfortunate event. >> for more, tune in for "e: 60 presents" this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. on abc. and time to shake it like a polaroid picture. outkast is reunited. andre 3000 and big boi took part of the coachella festival in california. performing plenty of their old hits, including -- i can't perform the names of these songs or italian. "hey, ya" and "miss jackson." they're heading out on the road for an international tour. and now, what dan has been waiting for all morning. every pet owner knows the times when you just need to get something done.

but your pet has other ideas. maybe a snuggle. this is tony, shredding his epic guitar solo. but his cat is not having it. the cunning cat avoids tony's attempt to nudge him off. but then, he takes it to the next level, goes in with his teeth. we're going to have to go in and bite. here we go. we got a bite. >> that's a love bite. >> it's a love bite. >> heavy metal has been known to rile cats up. >> yes. >> studies have been done for generations. >> you have a friend that plays the guitar, i want to bite their hands. my friends don't play that well. we wanted to share this photo of dan's cat, ruby. busted binge-watching "the real housewives of new york." and looking guilty. we want to see photos of your guilty pet. we might use it on the show. >> i feel guilty that i have a cat that does that.

>> he's owning it. i don't know if guilty is there. >> the pose wasn't the guilty part. surprisingly. it was the choice of tv. >> i've known to watch an episode or two. and you waited for this food all morning. it's national grilled cheese day. it's the perfect opportunity to try a $200 grilled cheese, made by chef john delosh. it's all the italian stuff getting me. >> it doesn't look like a grilled cheese. >> there's truffle cheese, kobe beef, double smoked bacon and black truffles. and i have nominated ron to try to fit that in his mouth. >> they give you a fork and a knife. >> i have to get it on my suit. >> it's too big. >> keep it here. we'll come back with the gentlemen's verdict on "gma." they love it. bill kelly. >> oh, my gosh.

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news. good morning everyone. it is 8:00a.m. with the weather. you see some of the gray skies behind me with a live shot looking towards the bay. we will see more sunshine in some of the more interior areas, currently in the 50s