it's love, your way. good morning, america. breaking now, flood emergency. after the twisters, the deluge. two feet of rain drowning out entire towns. >> and you can hear the skies roaring. >> lightning and flash flooding make for a wet, wild and deadly night. new tornadoes touching down, as brand new images stream in of the devastation. ginger zee is right there. an emotional day. an emotional four days. >> just hours after l.a. clippers' owner donald sterling's lifetime ban and one of the biggest penalties in sports history, his team scores big. and the woman in the middle of it all speaks out in a bizarre rant. we'll speak to a fellow team owner in a live exclusive. tale of the tape. the video of a school bus packed with kids careening off the road. the driver saying she was trying to swat a bee. but was she texting, putting the kids in danger? do or do not.

there is no try. >> the big three, back from a galaxy far, far away. the "star wars" cast revealed, in the photo that's going galactic gangbusters overnight. why the force is strong with this one. >> yoo-hoo! and good morning, america. after that massive twister outbreak, the danger, now, is flooding across the south. at least one dead overnight. look at these pictures right here. you see a hummer submerged in florida, almost totally submerged. fast food restaurants in north carolina completely surrounded by water. >> all this as the cleanup is just beginning in 12 states. you're looking at drone footage showing severe damage at an apartment complex in alabama. we want to get right to our extreme team. ginger is standing by. we want to get to gio benitez in

pensacola, where flash floods are taking a toll. good morning to you, gio. >> reporter: good morning, lara. good morning, george. this is quite an incredible storm. take a look behind me. this car here has been sort of floating around all night long. and take a look at that burger king because the water is inside, table-height. this is a true flood emergency here. overnight, flash flooding from alabama to north carolina, to the florida panhandle. in pensacola, florida, one person drowned when their car was submerged in floodwaters. in mobile, alabama, an elderly woman was rescued from a flooded car. crews waded through water to carry her to higher ground. in this neighborhood, lawns replaced by lakes. and roads turned into rivers. and you can just hear the skies roaring, as this storm just pounds the pensacola area. more than 60,000 lightning strikes hitting here in just the past hour. this is the view inside suzanne's home. she and her family forced

upstairs to wait out the storm. in north carolina, this van almost completely submerged in a flooded parking lot. other cars creeping along and stalling out. the same area that was ravaged by four tornadoes earlier in the day. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> this car has been tossed. >> reporter: this morning, families in alabama still digging through the rubble, from two twisters monday. stunning before and after pictures reveal the destruction. this drone video shows what's left of an apartment complex. and amid the heartbreak, an incredible tale of heroism. 21-year-old john servati, on the swim team at the university of alabama, was taking shelter in his basement with his girlfriend, when a retaining wall fell. he was able to hold the wall back just long enough for his girlfriend to escape before it collapsed and killed him. now, i want you to think about this number. we're talking about two feet of rain in just one day. two feet.

locals here tell us they have never seen anything like it. lara? >> gio, thank you. let's get to ginger zee, she's in kimberly, alabama, just north of birmingham, in the midst of severe devastation from those tornadoes. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, lara. here we are. this was the kimberly fire department. you see the fire hoses behind me. and if you look over here, just little remnants. it was a two-story building. now, it's nothing. they're not responding to fires, that's for sure. you can see the firemen's lockers. and all of it just soaked from the rains of last night. the flash flooding, i want to bring you down to the gulf, where we have the flash flood emergencies in effect and the warnings. and the watches that go from georgia, through the mid atlantic, as far north as massachusetts. this is huge deal today. number one threat is absolutely flooding, up and down the east coast. look at the rain totals you might be seeing. anywhere from four to even four-plus inches in that yellow

area, all the way up. d.c., look out for that. and the potential for severe weather, damaging wind, and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. much more coming up in the nation's weather. lara? george? >> that's a big area. okay. ginger, thanks. we're going to get the latest on l.a. clippers' owner don sterling and the racist comments that rocked basketball. the nba commissioner has responded with force, banning sterling for life. and there's a strange rant from the women involved. that's strange one. ryan smith is tracking it all from los angeles. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: after commissioner silver's game-changing decision, earning him near-universal praise, the clippers got back to business, winning the game. and the woman at the center of the controversy, speaking out in strange fashion. tuesday night, the l.a. clippers got back to what they do best, playing basketball. pulling out a win just hours after the team's owner, donald sterling, was handed one of the staunchest punishments in nba history for racist comments he

made in a taped conversation with his alleged ex-girlfriend, v. stiviano. >> don't come to my games. don't bring black people and don't come. >> reporter: nba commissioner adam silver handing down the league's verdict. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life, from any association with the clippers' organization. >> reporter: sterling will also be fined $2.5 million. the league maximum. silver is also pressuring nba team owners to force sterling to sell the clippers. a decision that 75% of those owners would have to approve. 31-year-old stiviano, who denied she released the tapes, broke her silence in a bizarre rant overnight about her political ambitions and civil rights. >> one day, i will become president of the united states of america. and i would change the legislation and laws. >> reporter: earlier in the day, she was seen roller skating. her attorney released a statement saying she was, quote, very saddened by the nba decision to ban sterling for life. and she was, quote, never wanted

any harm to donald. she is devastated that this got out. her attorney insisting that stiviano and sterling never had a romantic relationship. the clippers' organization celebrated both their win and the decision. >> it was a great day for everyone. for the nba. and we're happy about moving forward. >> reporter: miami heat's lebron james showing his support on twitter. writing, quote, thank you for protecting our beautiful and powerful league. great leader. fans i spoke with agreed. do you think he made the right decision? >> absolutely. my gosh. and i'm glad it happened right away. >> reporter: and so, crisis averted. in fact the golden state warriors, the team the clippers pete, were planning on walking off the court right after tipoff as a sign of protest. since sterling got the maximum punishment, those plans were

scrapped. as for sterling's wife, shelly, she was at the game last night. but she wasn't in her courtside seat. she was up in a suite, flanked by bodyguards and left after the game. george. one of the owners that will vote on the punishment. the owner of the sacramento kings. you have tweeted your support. are you confident your fellow owners agree? >> the owners i know, george, are all color-blind. and they found this behavior was outrageous. i would be surprised if it isn't a unanimous vote. >> unanimous? 29-0. >> i believe so. i would be very surprised if that was not the case. >> how quickly can you all act? >> the commissioner has shown he can act very quickly. he acted quickly, decisively and definitively. he will have a committee, perhaps, look at the matter. and make a recommendation to the whole board. >> is this going to take days? weeks? >> i would defer to the commissioner on that. but i'm very proud of the way he's acted. and he hasn't wasted any time. >> he came out so powerfully, as you pointed out. but are you worried about the precedent this might set? some of your fellow owners, like mark cuban supports what the

commissioner did, did raise the prospect that put actions that started out as private into play. and that could be terrible for other owners. >> there's only 30 of these platforms. and it's a huge privilege and honor to own an nba basketball team. and we really are just custodians. the team belongs to the fans, to the players, to the city. i'm perfectly okay there being a higher standard for us owners. >> what about mr. sterling right now? he hasn't responded since the commissioner came out. before, he seemed to indicate the team was not for sale. what if he fights and takes this to court? >> i would say, mr. sterling, do the right thing now. apologize to magic johnson. apologize to the nba, the fans, the black community, the world at large, and respect the wishes of the nba. put the team up for sale, take some of the profits and donate them to a good cause. >> you worked with him as an owner. do you think he'll do that? >> i have belief in people.

and i think that he's not going to be able to sit at the games. he's been an owner for a long time. the team is having its best run ever. and he's not going to be able to watch that. he would be the most scorned man in the stands. so, i think this is the time for him to step up and do the right thing. >> the game comes out stronger? >> i believe the game comes out stronger. i believe that basketball is the game of the 21st century. it's a global game. and this just makes it all the better. >> mr. ranaadive, thank you very much for your time this morning. let's go to amy with the day's top stories. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with a breaking story overnight, fueling new debate over the death penalty. executions were halted in oklahoma after a lethal injection went horribly wrong and was compared to torture. abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, is here to explain exactly what happened. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, amy. there's no delicate way to put this. the state of oklahoma was trying to execute a man and it did not go as planned.

clayton lockett was one of two inmates oklahoma had slated for execution on tuesday night. but the second man was granted a stay after lockett's execution went terribly wrong. the 38-year-old was brought into the death chamber. the execution began at 6:23 began, when the first drug in a deadly cocktail of three drugs, never before used in oklahoma was administered. ten minutes later, he was declared unconscious. >> a few minutes later, he began convulsing. lifting his head and chest off the gurney. even mumbling a few times. >> reporter: as they administered the remaining two drugs, there was a problem with lockett's vein. >> there was concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effects. >> reporter: the blinds were lowered so witnesses could not see what was happening. >> it was my decision to stop the execution. >> reporter: at approximately 7:06 p.m., lockett died. >> the inmate suffered what appears to be a massive heart attack. >> reporter: lockett was convicted of shooting a

19-year-old woman with a sawed-off shotgun and watching as accomplices buried her alive. in a statement before the execution, the family of the murder victim, stephanie newman, wrote what a wonderful person she was. they were glad the day of justice had finally come. no word on their reaction to the problems with the execution. amy? >> pierre thomas, with the latest from washington. thank you. a federal judge had thrown out wisconsin's voter i.d. law, that would have required state-issued i.d.s at the polls. the judge ruled the law places an unfair burden on poor and minority voters. an ex-con near seattle is under arrest. accused of plotting to bomb a walmart and two gas stations. the fbi says larry gillette wanted to use the bombings to divert police so he could go on a bank robbing spree. undercover agents said they sold him a fake bomb. and they arrested him when he tried to set it off. also in washington, a school bus driver is out of a job after veering into a ditch with dozens of children on board. she says she was trying to swat a bee at the time. but newly released video from inside that school bus captured her looking down, possibly texting.

fortunately no one was seriously injured. and a big headline about the economy. new figures show china will overtake the u.s. as the world's largest economy this year, five years earlier than expected. and trouble for twitter today. the stock plummeted more than 10% overnight, since hitting a high of $75 back in december. the stock has lost half its value. investors are worried about a lack of new users. and finally, most people have to wait years and years to get their dream job. but not for this 3-year-old. tyren johnson out of detroit. he wants to be a firefighter. you can see, look at that, he already is one. he was named honorary fire fighter for the day. got to spray the fire hose. tyren had a heart transplant recently. and the make-a-wish foundation arranged this special day for him. but like all fire fighters, tyren is tough. he's recovering remarkably well from the transplant. and the fire chief has invited him back in 16 years to join the squad full-time.

he said his favorite part of the day is getting to ride home in the fire truck. what a brave little boy. so happy he was honored for his bravery. >> absolutely. >> pretty good with that hose too. >> i think he's got a career. >> thank you, amy. we turn, now, to an incredible story of survival. it's a great ending to a story that had all the makings of a nightmare. a family of three set out for a short hike. but things went wrong fast. and it turned into three long nights in the wild. >> reporter: this morning, a south carolina family is relieved and finally home after spending 60 hours lost in the south carolina wilderness. >> i guess i did very good because i kept everybody alive for three days. >> reporter: 43-year-old j.r. kimbler and his two kids, 10-year-old dakota and 6-year-old jade, set out for a nature hike in congaree national park saturday, when they found themselves lost in the 27,000-acre park. with no food, water or supplies, kimbler sent a text for help. that was just before his cell

phone died. >> i had to be strong for them. that's what i kept thinking. if i start crying or freaking out, it will make it ten-times worst for them. >> reporter: that text set out a desperate hunt for the missing family. 80 people scouring the park. it was by foot, boat and helicopter. while they were forced to drink dirty rain water collected in puddles and even tried eating wild turkey eggs. they were finally found tuesday morning by a passing park ranger. >> i eventually got what i thought was a human voice. >> reporter: the family was dehydrated but okay. and kimbler able to have a sense of humor about the whole ordeal. when asked where he's headed for the next weekend adventure -- >> somewhere indoors. next time i'm going to google it first. >> reporter: it would be hard to get lost in a skating rink for three nights, that's for sure. all three were taken to the hospital for observation. they're out and doing fine this morning. >> thank god for the wild turkey eggs. >> yeah, right? >> right. thank you. big news for "star wars" fans right now.

our first look at the cast for the upcoming blockbuster, episode vii for all you keeping count. you might see familiar faces there. there's some new ones, too. and nick watt has more on how it all came together. >> i can't hold them off forever. now what? >> some rescue. >> reporter: the big three are back. harrison ford, mark hamill, carrie fisher. >> what the hell are you doing? >> somebody has to save our skin. >> reporter: they're returning to the galaxy far, far away. reprising their roles in a tale set 30 years after the end of "return of the jedi." >> i'm not going to leave you here. i have to save you. >> reporter: that ended with han solo and princess leia kissing. here's the cast and crew at pinewood studios where shooting will commence in a couple of weeks. there's ford. now and then. and carrie fisher. will the hairstyle return? and mark hamill is all grown up. then, he was 25. now, he's 62. >> when 900 years old you reach,

look as good, you will not. >> reporter: also featuring in episode vii, adam driver, the brooding guy from "girls." also, oscar isaac, the star of "inside llewyn davis." and little-known brits. j.j. abrams released a written statement. it is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant, new performers come together. everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud. >> do or do not. there is no try. >> reporter: the release date for the movie, produced by our parent company, disney, is, i'm afraid, far, far away. december next year. may the force be with you. during the wait. >> i'll return. i promise. >> reporter: for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> so, a long time to wait. but the reaction, already coming in. dan abrams has that at social square. >> so many people weighing in on the big "star wars" news. the photo of the cast going viral. andy greenwald tweets, the best

thing about the "star wars" cast photos is the only one studying the script is a guy who plays a barking teddy bear. referring to chewbacca. and jason ward, the saddest part of the "star wars" table read cast photo? they made kenny baker sit inside r2 in the corner. kenny bake we are -- of course, the 79-year-old actor that played r2-d2. got a lot of peoples coming up as well, popping up overnight. this one, i have no idea who half of these people are. and if you're my age, you don't know who a lot of these people are, either. back to you guys. >> that's part of the charm of it all. meet a lot of new people. >> so exciting. i love they got everybody together. this is big. >> huge. >> all right. >> we have a while to wait. we're going to get to ginger. there's a heat wave out west. and ginger is going to report on that from kimberly, alabama.

hey, ginger. >> good morning, george. we've been talking so much about the east side of the nation because we've been kind of inundated, not only with the flash flooding and severe weather, but there's a big headline out west that i want to get to. and that would be the heat wave. you're looking at san diego, with a 91-degree high. that could break a record today. los angeles could, too, at 97. look at the 80s, all the way up to even seattle. they could be almost as warm as tucson, that means. that's a look at that dry and hot weather. it's cold elsewhere. right now, we have to get to your hot cities. brought to you by macy's.

good wednesday morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. sunshine near record warmth again today, a cooler sea breeze friday through the weekend, some unsettled weather next week, which could lead to at least a chance of rain right now. temperatures today, look at this, mid-70s to mid-80s along the coast into san francisco. upper 80s to low 90s around the bay shore. we'll have low to mid-90s inland. good news tonight, it will cool into the mid-50s to low 60s. accuweather seve and coming up on "gma," victim or vigilante? the town split over the murder charges for a montana man after a home invasion. did he lay a trap for the intruder? amanda knox back in the headlines after hundreds of pages of documents are released from the italian court explaining why they convicted her and what she's saying now. and prince harry back on the market. what was really behind the breakup with his long-time girlfriend. and don't go anywhere.

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good morning. i'm eric thomas. two-pointing news in the south bay, three people looking for new places to live after an early morning fire raced through their home. it broke out on north 8th street near downtown san jose. firefighters had kicked the door in to get in.

nobody was hurt. in san leandro, three people with recovering from chemical burns that happened an an explosion at a homeless encampment near spring lake drive. investigators are trying to figure out what caused that explosion. a check on midweek traffic. here's leyla gulen. >> as you're heading into east palo alto, southbound side of 101 at university avenue, crash involving a mini cooper cause some big problems, southbound side causing delays as you head out of redwood city. northbound traffic looking quite slow. drive time traffic tracy to dublin, 43 minutes, 680 southbound to dublin, mission boulevard south, loading up san jose, pretty quiet. >> when we come back, meteorologist mike nicco has that hot bay area forecast

good morning. it's pretty comfortable outside but about 11 degrees warmer than yesterday from 49 in napa to 61 in san francisco and mountain view, 62 in oakland. the way it looks from the east bay should say lower lanes, emeryville, near record highs with

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[ cheers and applause ] there is robin, making the rounds in l.a., part of her book tour. you see her on kimmel last night. also, dancing into "ellen" in the afternoon. there they are. a little hug right there. and looking forward to having her back tomorrow. she's having some fun there. >> we know robin can dance. >> yeah, she can. >> she shimmied down into that chair. >> she's got moves. coming up in this half hour, a town dramatically split over the murder charges for a montana man after a home invasion. did he lay a trap for the intruder? and why his lawyer is saying it was self-defense. plus, there's shocking, new details about the amanda knox murder trial. the italian court releasing

hundreds of pages of documents, releasing a new theory about what happened with her roommate. and what amanda knox is saying. prince harry splitting with his girlfriend of nearly two years. is he the most eligible bachelor in the world? first, we begin with the montana homeowner charged with deliberately killing a teenager he claimed was a burglar. prosecutors say he set a trap, fully intending to take someone's life. abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: it's the controversy splitting missoula, montana. is marcus karma an vigilante? they were at home with their 10-year-old son. just after midnight, motion sen sens and this camera on a baby monitor alerted them to an intruder in the garage. the couple was terrified because

of two recent break-ins. karma told police he grabbed his shotgun and hearing threatening noises from inside the dark garage, fired hour shots. >> it's easy in retrospect, to second-guess what he could have done. but at that moment, he felt he had no choice. >> reporter: inside, a german foreign exchange student and soccer player. police say there's no evidence he was connected to any of the previous burglaries. >> he was an outgoing kid. once you got to know him, he was a friend, for sure. >> reporter: in a twist, karma is charged with deliberate homicide because prosecutors and police believe the couple set a trap. in court documents police say, that night, the couple left their garage door wide-open, setting up that camera, with flaiger allegedly telling police, she left behind a purse, quote, so they would take it. prosecutors also say karma, a u.s. forest service firefighter,

was heard saying days before that he had been waiting up nights to shoot some kid. >> my client didn't want to just kill some kid like that. that was not his intent. and he feels terrible about this. >> reporter: karma plans to plead not guilty. this morning, one life is gone. and another, if convicted, could face life in prison. for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> clayton, thank you. and dan abrams is here, putting on his legal expert hat. let's talk about this. is it legal to essentially set bait for a burglar? >> it's legal to have sensors outside your home. it's legal to have cameras. it's legal to leave your garage open and have expensive stuff in your garage. it's not legal to bait someone to your home to then try to kill them. remember, the defense here is self-defense. as we talked about in other cases, it has to be reasonable and necessary. meaning, necessary, even to prevent the felony from occurring. he doesn't have to have felt he

was physically in danger. he has to have felt at least it was necessary because you're talking about in his own home, to stop the felony from occurring to shoot him. and that's where it's going to be tough for the defense. >> reasonable and necessary. you heard this before, recently in a very high-profile case. one in minnesota, byron smith, he was found guilty using a similar defense. >> and the difference there was, in that case, he literally executed the second victim. in the sense that one person was coming down the stairs. then, someone else comes down the stairs. shoots her. and as she's dying, he walks up and shoots her under the chin. this case is a little tougher for prosecutors because the defendant is going to say, this is my garage. it was dark in my garage. i didn't know what was happening. i was in fear for my life. and that's what the jury's going to have to evaluate. was he really in fear? was what he did reasonable and necessary? and again, as i said in a

previous case, jury selection becomes so important in this case, as to who you have on that jury because a lot of people feel really strongly when you say someone breaks into my house, what are my rights? you have to be asking those prospective jurors a lot of questions whether they can evaluate the evidence fairly. >> we'll be watching this case. we're going to get the latest on the royal breakup. prince harry has split from his long-time girlfriend. and lama hasan has the details from buckingham palace. >> reporter: good morning, george. after being together for two years, prince harry and cressida bonas are calling it quits. the world's most eligible bachelor is back on the market. >> they decided to go their separate ways. they're both very sad. and for the immediate future, she wants to focus on her career. >> reporter: royal sources tell abc news, the couple are still

the best of friends and the split is amicable. cressida was his first long-time girlfriend since his split with the long-time love chelsy davy. the never-ending speculation of an impending wedding. and cressida being a princess in waiting became too much to handle. >> there's no going back when you marry into the royal family. cressida found the idea of life in the spotlight difficult. >> reporter: the couple were introduced by harry's cousin, princess eugenie. the relationship first played out in private. shortly after harry's last tour of afghanistan, harry and cressida were caught hugging on a ski vacation. signaling to the world they were an item. recently, the relationship grew even more serious. the two even attending events publicly together. just last month, the couple were seen embracing at wembley stadium and at a rugby match. if history is any indication, this may not be the last time we

see cressida. william and kate also broke up several times before they finally got engaged. while prince harry will be in memphis, attending his best mate's wedding this weekend, he will be in the u.s. all you lovely american girls out there, you may have a shot at nabbing a prince. george? >> everybody is going to memphis right now. let's go to ginger. she's in kimberly, alabama, with the weather. >> remember, george, this is the firestation. there were four people here when the tornado hit. they went into this area where they thought would be the most safe. ten seconds later, they walk out. and this two-story building where the fire trucks used to be, gone. it is just completely gone. all the way. the roof is just yards over in a different yard over this way. and this is the type of pile of rubble you're seeing all throughout the midsouth and southeast. and now, our whole focus is going into the flash flooding.

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] we're back, now, at 7:42, with new developments in the amanda knox case. an italian court revealing hundreds of pages of documents why it found knox guilty. reversing a lower court decision that had thrown out her conviction. abc's neal karlinsky has hr story. >> reporter: in a 137-page court finding, the italian court lays

out a new explanation for meredith kercher's murder. saying amanda knox killed her roommate after a mounting quarrel, that may have culminated with knox stealing 300 euros from her. there is reliable evidence that multiple killers were involved, including knox and her then-boyfriend, raffaele sollecito. >> there's no physical evidence whatsoever of amanda knox in the room where meredith kercher was killed. >> reporter: the court finds the crime scene was cleaned to cover up their involvement. there's no explanation how knox could have cleaned up her own dna, while leaving behind the dna of a third man, rudy guede, who is serving time for the murder. in a statement following the ruling, knox said, i am innocent. and the recent motivation document does not and cannot change the fact of my innocence. in january, knox spoke with robin about her conviction.

>> i really expected so much better from the italian justice system. they found me innocent before. how can they say that it's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt? >> we heard you say you would not go willingly, amanda. they would have to catch you first and you'd go kicking and screaming? >> yeah. i'm going to fight this until the very end. >> reporter: knox's parents, who devoted their life savings to fighting their daughter's case told us, they will never give in. >> just took an enormous financial toll on you, as well as emotional. how are you in those regards right now? are you able to maintain this fight? >> we'll find a way. >> reporter: next up, one last appeal to italy's highest court. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. let's go to dan abrams about this. the motivation document, does it change anything? anything new here? >> not really. it's an explanation of why they ruled the way they did. it's interesting that the court seems to have a theory about exactly what happened.

>> very different from what we expected. >> and how it happened. initially prosecutors presented this theory of a possible sex game gone wrong. now, it seems the court is saying, we don't buy that. we're not considering that. instead, we think this was a fight that escalated. but how they put that knife into amanda knox's hand, i just don't know. >> her dna. >> there were multiple assail t assailants, based on the fact there was more than one knife used, et cetera. okay. but how do you get that knife into amanda knox's hand, i don't know. >> she has one more appeal. i find it hard to believe if she is convicted again, that the united states will extradite her. >> the italian supreme court is going to evaluate it. if they uphold it, that's when the extradition fight begins. and george stephanopoulos, being a political guy, says this is going to be part-political, part-legal. and there's no way politicly they're going to extradite. the legal experts say they don't know how the u.s. doesn't extradite. but it starts with politics,

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>> hear the cheers outside in the rain the minute those guys headed out there. and nick carter and jordan knight, signing autographs, taking a few selfies right now. and they are here to make a big announcement. can't wait for that. >> such a huge fan base. and "gma" is swimming with the sharks. it's amy's turn, headed in to face the judges. and amy, you're doggone ready. >> yes. this is brody. he inspired my product. and regardless of whether or not they liked it or not, you know, how can you say no to that face? apparently they could. >> babies and animals. >> let's just see how brody did. but he is a little messy sometimes walking on the streets of new york. so, i had a product trying to create some friendliness in my apartment. also ahead, taco bell revealing what's in their beef.

it's come out overnight. one of the most-searched headlines online. we're going to have the answer, just ahead. but now that amy has passed brody off, she can do the news. >> that's right. good morning, everyone. we begin with another day of wild weather that's slamming the south, this time, unleashing drenching downpours and widespread flooding across florida, the panhandle, alabama, the carolinas. in pensacola, up to two feet of rain fell in the past 24 hours. we know at least one person drowned in their submerged car. rescuers waded through rising waters to save so many others. floodwaters filled homes so fast, people had to retreat to their attics. this is the very same system that triggered more than 130 reported tornadoes since sunday, claiming 35 lives. ginger's forecast is in just a moment. oklahoma halted all executions overnight after a lethal injection went horribly wrong. clayton lockett was given the first of a new three-drug combination and then started thrashing on the gurney.

the execution was then called off but lockett later died of a heart attack. a passing to note of the movie industry. british actor bob hoskins has died. he was best known for his role in "who framed roger rabbit?" but starred in most recently "snow white and the huntsman." he died after fighting a battle with pneumonia. he was 71 years old. and there's no timeline when nba owners will vote on forcing donald sterling to sell the l.a. clippers. the team won last night, putting the distraction for sterling's lifetime ban aside. three-quarters of the league's owners must approve the commissioner's plan to force sterling to sell his team. this morning, the owner of the sacramento kings told george he expects that vote to be unanimous. and a heroic rescue outside san diego. a man was passed inside that burning car after that crash, when a police officer who happened to be wearing a body

camera, ran into action, and pulled him out. as the flames became more intense. the driver is okay. but he now faces dui charges. and finally, half of the mystery surrounding that epic $414 million megamillions jackpot has been solved. a couple has come forward to collect their half of the jackpot. the check written out to a trust fund they started. they had no idea they had won anything until they saw the grocery store they bought their ticket was on the news the next morning. and they thought, let me check that ticket. now, they're enjoying their lump sum payment of $115 million. it always pays to watch the news in the morning. >> indeed. good moral of the story. "pop news" is coming up. but for now, we're going to go back to ginger in kimberly, alabama, with the weather. >> this morning, flash flooding is our headline. i want to take you straight to this photo that caught my eye on twitter. this is from gulf breeze,

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the coast into san francisco. upper 80s to low 90s around the bay shore. we'll have low to mid-90s inland. good news tonight, it will cool into the mid-50s to low 60s. >> the rule, again this morning, if you encounter any of the deep flash flooding from panama city over into tallahassee, don't go into it. don't drive into it. that's how people lose their lives. let's head back to george and lara. here's what else is coming up on our "gma morning menu." bralettes for young girls and the teenager cashing in big on that trend. and then, a "mean girl" milestone. why high school's hottest clique is still making fetch happen. and amy enters "the shark tank." is the idea a dog? or do the sharks take the bait? it's all coming up live on "good morning america" from times square. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is jim.

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stars" right here. i mean, look at that. it's almost hard to believe they're actually doing what they're doing. >> that's awesome. >> look at his feet. look. >> that looks like the video's been sped up. >> i know. that's actually george as a child. home video. >> yeah, right. not going to happen. >> not at all. >> they were fantastic. >> that was a great story, amy. >> tough to top, dan. >> can you do it? >> i don't know if i can top it. but speaking of moves, let's say, guess who popped up on late-night last night. our own robin roberts. hit up jimmy kimmel last night to talk about her new book, "everybody's got something." jimmy learns he helped robin in ways he probably couldn't have imagined. >> i have to say, my sleep pattern was a little different. i got to watch you live instead of dvr. and it was wonderful to see you. and laughter is the best medicine. >> is it accurate to say that i saved your life? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> of course. it was all jimmy. all jimmy.

>> that's good. >> we couldn't be more proud of robin. can't wait until she's back here tomorrow. >> yes. >> with the scoop on her trip. >> whirlwind trip. billy crystal and meg ryan reuniting nearly 25 years after the release of their classic rom-com, that's apparently short for romantic comedy, "when harry met sally." they were on stage celebrating rob reiner. and they discussed that legendary scene that i'm not allowed to talk about on morning television. but i knew lara -- i put it into the script. but maybe lara can. >> thank you. teeing me up. >> i'll have what she's having. reiner's mom delivered that line. >> we know what follows. we can just leave it there. >> everybody out there, you know what we're talking about, right? >> wink, wink. yeah. when you think burrito, you probably think beans, meat, huge tortilla. and you probably think of it

being consumed by a human. ah. what we have been missing. this culinary craftsman carefully and lovingly prepared these tiny burritos for a hamster. apparently the little man loves them, apart from the -- he did complain about the cilantro. but now -- >> got any guac? >> he'll have to hit the hamster wheel for an extra 20 minutes today. >> that's pretty good. >> i mean, look at that. it looks like a snake consuming a whole animal. >> oh, wow. >> chopped up into little pieces. >> beautiful, dan. >> what will they think of next? >> just love when you pop. >> right? i love popping it. let's move to a new trend that's burning up our "heat index." increasing numbers of girls as young as 4 years old, are professing that their parents buy them tiny-sized bras called

bralettes. a teen noticed and is cashing in big. designing her own line of undergarments. paula faris has the story. >> reporter: lingerie can be racy. but 18-year-old megan thinks young girls need a bra that's not so revealing. >> i was shopping for bras for my little sister, margaret. and couldn't find anything she could fit into. >> reporter: she founded yellowberry, a company for girls ages 11 to 15, offering them comfortable and modest options. >> you know, girls need to have an option. they need to have an alternative bra to buy to fit them and their growing bodies. >> reporter: megan's start-up joins the latest fashion craze for tweens, known as the bra cami or bralette. it looks a lot like a sports bra. at mainstream stores like zara and old navy, the bralettes are flying off of shelves.

with some stores selling them to fit a 4-year-old. this modest option is sparking debate online. one mom writing, it's inappropriate for her daughter, who is 5. there will be no bralette. her father thinks bikinis are too much for little girls. >> when you use the word bra, it evokes images of a sexually mature woman. and that makes us very uncomfortable. >> reporter: jil garcia says it's nothing more than a fashion statement. and says it helps the increasing number of girls who are developing earlier, feel less insecure. >> a lot of the fashion is becoming off the shoulder. or lower back, or a bigger arm hole. and i wanted to create something that gives girls a sense of comfort. >> reporter: a style that young girls can be comfortable with. for "good morning america," paula faris, abc news, new york. >> what do you guys think? >> i think for the older girls, like 10 and up, i understand there's a level of discomfort when you're growing into your new body. but young ones, i don't know.

i feel a little iffy on it. >> it's the word bra, right? >> it looks like a sports bra. >> when you call it a bra, it feels different. >> that's the only issue. >> i think every parent makes their own decision based on how they feel about their daughter. at the end of the day, whatever makes the little girl feel comfortable. >> it's not lingerie. >> it is not. thankfully. coming up next in our "heat index," new questions about the stars of the hit reality show, "chrisley knows best." the high-end living family, is now facing financial trouble. and mara schiavocampo is here with all of the details. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning. they've been called the kardashians of the south. the show focusing on todd chrisley, his wife and their children. but a bankruptcy filing is causing people to wonder about all that wealth they display on the screen. "crisley knows best" is a mix of traditional family values.

>> you don't drop it like it's hot. >> reporter: and a luxe georgia lifestyle. >> our main home is 30,000 square feet. >> reporter: at the center of it all, todd chrisley, who is willing to show it off. this morning, new questions about how much of their reality show's glitz and glamour is actually real. >> the fact they may not appear to be who they really are, i don't think that's going to hurt ratings or keep people from watching. >> reporter: court documents show chrisley filed for bankruptcy in 2012, listing his assets at $3.5 million, with debts at $49.5 million. and he claimed his personal property just $70,000, including just $100 cash on hand at a property listed in florida. and while on the show, chrisley claims to have the costly closet. >> in a year, we probably spend $300,000, sometimes more, just on clothing. >> reporter: in the court

documents, he estimates the value of his, quote, wearing apparel, at just $650, listed at that same florida address. according to radar online, that bankruptcy filing is now coming into question after the trustee handling the case accused the reality star of failing to reveal the full contents of his designer wardrobe. in a statement, chrisley says the show is, quote, an accurate representation of our life. >> as fun as it is to watch them spend lavishly, their personalities keep viewers from coming back. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a reality star's bankruptcy filing has raised eyebrows. last month, teresa giudice and her husband, pleaded guilty to fraud charges including bankruptcy fraud. the couple will be sentenced in july. a life of luxury -- >> i have to go. they don't. >> reporter: some are now questioning. now, the show's season finale got 1.5 million viewers. usa says it will return for a second season. and the family say they are excited to come back.

but new questions about how real reality tv is. >> exactly. reality tv. >> all reality tv isn't true? oh, no. stop it. >> dan is shocked. one of the topics in our "heat index" including this. a brand-new study overnight. it's all about your kids. researchers from the university of california in san diego find that children want to feel good about doing chores and do want to pitch in. but the way to get them to do it. we've been doing it wrong, lara. it's how you address them. referring to them, especially the younger ones as helpers. don't ask them to help out. call them helpers. then, they can kind of own it. it yields better results to getting them to pitch in with all of the things around the house. >> i do that, as well. >> did i mention bribery? >> we have earned chores and certain chores you have to do. if you do your chores, you get the allowance at the end of the week. if they don't, we start deducting dollars. and that's motivating, as well. losing money.

>> you're good at disciplining. we have that idea. but we don't follow. >> do we call that briber or bribery? >> i think it's earning a dollar. >> as working mothers -- >> i need some help. >> yeah. you got to do it. yeah. i'm glad to hear that. also in our new "heat index," we move to taco bell, answering a question first posed by rival food chain, wendy's, where's the beef? we now know it's in the tacos and chalupas. at least 88%. 88% is beef. what's in the other 12%? this story, so spicy it's number one on abcnews.com. taco bell now answering that question. they're posting ingredients on their website. they include oats. that sounds fine. a sugar. and they admit all of these have weird names. but they're fda-approved. they're safe. they're things you eat all the time. a couple others they listed, because there are quite a few.

there is that 12%. a binding thing for the beef. less is more, by the way. i want to throw that out there. >> the transparency is nice. people are going and know what they're getting. that's great for taco bell to step up and do that. >> people are clearly interested. >> there's trash-talking going on. the other guys are saying, what have you got? what have you got? >> i love myself a chalupa. >> i do, too. that crunch wrap situation. anyway, there's -- wow. >> lara really likes them. >> i have a thought bubble. everyone is in pink because on wednesdays we wear pink. what is that from? >> "mean girls." >> it is the ten-year anniversary, if you can believe that. and it's one of the top twitter trends overnight, representing the movie with lindsay lohan, rachel mcadams, and tina fey and amy poehler.

and a decade later, that's so fetch is still happening. that is one of the buzziest topics around. "mean girls" was released into girl world. let's keep the mean on the screen and out of our schools. and i think that was what was so great about the movie because it really brought up this social difficulty that so many girls face in middle school and high school. people were talking about it. and the movie really brought it to light, in an entertaining way. but it's something to remember. >> i think we talk about it a lot because of this movie. what story apart from prince harry breaking up with his girlfriend, do you want to know more about? george clooney's engagement, of course. come on. brand-new pictures of the ring. george gave amal alamuddin. in a "people" magazine exclusive. clooney slipped the ring on her finger on april 22nd. followed up with a celebratory dinner in l.a. the next day.

the ring, an emerald cut diamond, estimated at over seven carats, which mr. clooney helped design. that's a lot of veggies in there. >> elegant. i love the cut. just saying. >> one more thing in the "heat index" this morning. remember this picture that went viral of a woman handing dinner to what looks like a homeless man? it's actually richard gere. and she had no idea. now, she's speaking out about her side of the story. she's the french tourist whose kindhearted gesture captured the world's attention. for a very you nik unique reason. >> i gave my doggy bag to a homeless. and the homeless is richard gere. >> reporter: paris native karin

gombeau said she was visiting new york's little italy last week when she saw a man sifting through the garbage. assuming he was homeless, she gave him her leftover pizza. having no idea that he's actually an officer and a gentleman. hollywood megastar, richard gere. it turns out gombeau had stumbled on to the set of gere's new movie, in which gere plays a homeless person. in french gombeau told us, gere asked her what she was offering him. when she said chicken barbecue pizza, he thanked her. and said god bless, never revealing his a-list identity. she had no idea, until she saw the picture of her encounter in the media. >> i see myself on the tv. and i think what did i do? i don't believe this. >> reporter: gombeau, who is a fan of the movie "chicago." ♪ says her encounter with the undercover leading man proves he's in the right business. >> he's a very good actor. it's amazing experience. it's crazy. >> it's crazy. how did she just walk on the

set, too? kind of amazing. what a great story. >> that's a great new york story. another great story coming up here. it's amy's turn in "the shark tank." can't wait for that. and "spider-man" star, dane dehaan is here, live.

good morning. i'm kristen sze. in the south bay, three people are looking for new places to live after an early morning house fire raced through their home. it broke out on north 8th street near downtown san jose. firefighters had to kick in the door to get in. no one was hurt. in san leandro, three people are recovering from chemical burns after an explosion that happened last night at a homeless encampment. investigators are trying to determine what caused the explosion. for a morning update on your commute with leyla gulen. >> good news in san francisco, the sigalert has canceled southbound along 280 coming up ocean avenue. you don't see any slowing there.

northbound traffic still pretty busy. eastbound side of 580 at 680 as you make your drive into dublin, heavy backups due to an earlier crash blocking one lane. kristen? >> leyla, thank you. we'll check out the holt forecast with meteorologist mike nicco right after this.

good morning. temperatures off their lows, 70s in antioch and concord already, most of us in the low to mid-60s, santa rosa a little behind at 57. look how beautiful it looks from the east bay hills.

temperatures today about 2 to 6 degrees warmer than yesterday. the heat peaked in many areas close to the coast she is going to the music. that slow-motion confident strut by amy robach, as she gets ready to go into "the shark tank." you were abashed by all that, amy? >> yes. our audience is definitely ready. george, you went tuesday. and you know how tough it can be. i'm looking forward, or so it says, to sharing my experience with you. >> i love your idea. and also coming up this morning, we have "spider-man" star, dane dehaan, here live. he's at our twitter. and a couple boy band

superstars. if you could hear how loud the cheers are outside for nick carter and jordan knight. nick and jordan are here with a big, exclusive announcement. >> that whole crowd erupted. you were trying to do the news. >> it was distracting, to say the least. there's a lot of fans out there. now, we're going to get to amy. day two of "gma" swims with the sharks. all pitching a new product to the star entrepreneurs of "shark tank." i dove in with my dad-tionary. did okay. got a final score of 16 from the sharks. i had to work on barbara a little bit. she was not pleased with my performance. >> don't worry. george, i knew i was up next. so, i was headed into a tough room, of course. and when the moment came, things got a little tougher. >> meet the sharks. mark cuban, entrepreneur, media mogul and owner of the dallas

mavericks. barbara corcoran, real estate mogul. kevin o'leary, venture capitalist and software mogul. lori greiner, entrepreneur, queen of qvc and author of "invent it, sell it, bank it." daymond john, founder and ceo of fubu, fashion and branding mogul. next into the shark tank, amy robach. >> you know me as news anchor. after the studio, my second job begins. the job of mom. here's two of the five, eva and anna. and i have number six here. yes. hey, brody. and here's a little unknown fact about me. i am a clean freak. >> cleans the house, like, all the time. >> she's a clean freak. >> so, when walking my little

man, brody, here, anything that's gross, he wants to investigate. brody, gross. i don't even want to know. >> he loves water, and poop. >> you have dirty little paws. after every walk, i use wipes to scrub and clean his paws. this is the streets of new york right there. what's an easier alternative to wipes? it's paw pit stop, an anti-bacterial welcome mat, cleans your pet's paws at your front door. >> it's something i think every household could use. >> it truly is a paw-fech product to give us dog owners peace of mind. hello, guys. i'm amy robach. and i'm going to get right to it. in order to explain, i need to show you, this is poor little niko. he got really muddy on his walk. >> oh, no.

oh, no. oh. i mean, i think anyone who has a dog, this has happened. we would rather cuddle with a cute, little thing like this. we have hurricane. and ashley's going to bring, a clean, little puppy. there's 83 million dog owners. so, i have come up with the paw pit stop matt. this is a photo type. it will be more sophisticated when we take it to market. but the dog comes on here and it gets all of the dirt off of the paws. why would the dog sit there? we have a little treat right there. you can rip it off and throw it away. it's biodegradable. and you put your new one for the next time you take your dog out. two sizes. one for big dogs. one for little dogs. once you buy the initial product, if you like it, which i know you are, you have to keep buying the refills. >> do they take over the wee wee pad? >> he's asking, because i think this dog made that mistake.

>> the wee wee pad, he steps in it. >> that would not be good. >> how much would somebody pay for that? >> relatively inexpensive. it's a one-time purchase. maybe $29.99 for the big one. >> consumables is very good. you're right on the money for having to replace and buy something again. >> how many of the 83 million people care as much as you do? >> how many people care about having the dust off their floors. >> isn't the challenge getting the dog from there to there? if you don't get him right to the paw pit stop, it's not effective. >> i would have the paw pit stop right next to the door. i would get him on there right away. i'm talking about convenience here. and getting things relatively clean. >> why don't you just throw out the dog? there you go. >> your by line has to change. you should change it to mess outside, clean inside.

>> true. you want the positive to be reenforced. i like that. >> will the sharks bite? they will score the idea from 1 to 5. >> to get everybody to use it the way it needs to be done, is a challenge. i'm giving it a 3. >> i give it a 3. >> there's a reason they call me mr. wonderful. i always tell the truth. >> oh, no. >> are you giving me a zero? >> amy -- >> oh. >> it's a dog. it's a dog. and it howls at the moon. i hate it. i'm sorry. >> i don't agree at all. i'm going to give you a 3. i think the concept the good. i think you have to flush it out fuller. >> i like the idea. i think people spend money on their kids and their pets. but i have two little dachshunds. they're always getting in trouble. if that was in the house, if i wasn't at home, it would look like there was a ticker tape parade. >> they're tough. they had good ideas.

this is a prototype. so, the design can evolve. i think the concept is still a good one. >> they didn't like our design. they didn't like it. >> you really built it up backstage of like -- >> that hurt. that stung. i thought i was going to get a zero. >> i think it's a great thing. >> i know that i'll just keep wiping his paws until we come up with the prototype. >> can you do different colors? like a plaid? >> not a bad idea. it is a door mat for their dogs. >> and anybody who walked their dogs on the streets of new york, knows what's on the bottom of these paws. >> let's look at the numbers. final score, 13. for the paw pit stop. >> now, the overall standings. amy, joining the ranks with george. george, you're in the lead. congratulations. >> thank you.

>> whoa. >> enjoy it while it's there. >> it is stressful in there. >> it is. and the show is fantastic. now, we all know what they go through. we want to know what you think, our viewers. you've seen the products. you get the vote for which you like best of ours. and on behalf of the winners, our sponsor, dell, will donate $20,000 to two nonprofits to help small businesses and entrepreneurs. >> like our product ideas. nearly 7,000 likes for dad-tionary so far. not so bad. >> want to thank our friends at "fast company." helped our team get ready to greet the sharks, as well. >> and ginger's turn tomorrow. be sure to tune in on friday. lara goes behind the scenes of the hit show, revealing what happens after the deals are

made. that's friday at 10:00, 9:00 strl, here on abc. can't wait for that. meantime, let's get a final check of the weather and ginger who is in kimberly, alabama. >> as i stand here in the tornado damage, pockets of this damage all over the midsouth and south now drenched. and the flash flooding is where we want to go next. that rainfall that we're most concerned about today, you're seeing the numbers there. anywhere in yellow could see three to four inches. in purple, it's a wide swath of one to two. and just north of washington, d.c., into parts of pennsylvania, that's where another target hits again late tonight, into tomorrow. the worst of it. the heaviest of it. and i think we will see some flash flooding there, too. there's flood watches up and down. i want to leave you with a look across the nation that includes a severe storm potential, good morning. i'm mike nicco. check out these near record high temperature, 76 to 81 at the coast, l 3 to 91 around the bay, and low to mid-90s inland.

accuweather seven-day forecast, 20 degrees cooler by sunday. >> all that weather brought to you by kay jewelers. amy? >> thank you. and coming up,

action there from "the amazing spider-man 2." don't worry. spidey is okay. but he has to confront the green goblin, played by dane dehaan, who plays one of peter parker's oldest friends. take a look. >> you ever figure out why your parents bailed? >> my dad left a briefcase. that's all i got. a briefcase full of junk. whatever. i don't know. i try not to think about it. >> how's that working out for you? >> perfectly. >> nice form. >> just a wrist. just all in the wrist, buddy. >> and dane dehaan joins us now. thanks for coming in this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> it's such a rich part. you play the long, lost friend that becomes the mortal enemy. >> it's the biggest arc of a character i'll ever have in a movie. who i start out in the beginning and what i end up as in the end

is so extreme. >> and there's a rich history to spider-man. when you tackle a classic character like the green goblin, how do you go about it? >> i think it's important to honor the green goblin and harry osbourne as they've always been because they existed for 50 years. to honor who they are in the spider-man universe. but what's exciting is you get to give the world a new harry osbourne and a new green goblin in the modern day. >> were you a big fan as a kid? >> i love superheros. i think i started acting by dressing up as superheros. as spider-man, superman, ninja turtles. that's where it began for me. and now i do it as a living is crazy. >> amanda has a question that's related. she was on facebook. do you catch yourself acting like your character at any time? >> well, sometimes when we're filming, because we film for like 14 hours a day. so, we're literally these

characters more than we are ourselves. so, sometimes subconsciously, it creeps into my everyday behavior. but i try really hard to separate my personal life from my professional life. >> that makes a lot of sense. >> definitely. >> emma stone and garfield were talking about the chemistry between them. but you had it with your fellow villain, jamie foxx. i love what he said about you. he said, that dude, he brings the pain. >> jamie's amazing. and he was such a support through this whole process. from my first day of shooting. to my first day of filming was my biggest scene in the movie. and jamie foxx is up in this rig, just staring down at me. >> high pressure. your first scene is the biggest one? >> i know. it's insane. i was so nervous. yeah. jamie, he was up in this rig. and he was just screaming and shouting and rooting me on the whole way through. >> was it fun to play the bad guy? >> yeah, it was. i just really like acting. you know, this part is so

complicated. it was so much fun to, you know, sink my teeth in it. >> and it's kind of a big leap for you. you really made your mark, up until now, in the smaller, independent films. did it feel different as you're working on it? >> yeah. well, you know. it's the biggest movie i've made by at least $150 million. so, there's a big -- like, i've made movies in 24 days before. and this movie, we had six months. there's just -- it's a great luxury to make a movie of this size and to have huge sets to take your time and make sure you're exploring every option you can. >> you did a great job with it. thanks a lot for coming in. "the amazing spider-man 2" opens nationwide on friday.

you may have noticed a lot of cheering outside our windows this morning. because of these guys. so many of us grow up singing

along with nick carter from the backstreet boys. jordan knight, from new kids on the block. combined sales 160 million albums. i think they're pop superstars. here to make an announcement on "good morning america." how does that feel to have so many fans so excited? >> they're out there in the rain. every time they show up, it feels amazing. everybody dreams to have a fan base like that. >> i think we should give them great news. >> well, the news is, me and nick have combined our talents. >> superpowers. >> our superpowers. and we are now a new group. >> group? >> duo. >> nick and knight. >> nick and knight. >> we recorded a whole new album. and we're doing a tour starting september 15th. >> how do the prospective fans feel about it? >> they're supportive. always supportive. we try to fit the schedule between the past couple years.

we're almost done with the album. >> that's awesome. i love to see the superpowers combine. how would you describe your sound as nick & knight? >> i would like to say it's a bunch of our -- the pop, rock, you know. he's r&b. urban. all mixed together, to create nick & knight. >> a lot of our viewers are checking in with us on social media. would you mind answering a couple of their questions. >> would you spin the special slot? >> all right. i'll go first. okay. that came down easier than i thought. >> this one is actually for nick. how was the wedding and the honeymoon? >> it was great. i took lauren, my fiancee, now my wife, down to key west. we had a very limited amount of time because i'm on tour with backstreet. i owe her another honeymoon. we went down to key west and had a fantastic time. >> congratulations. let's pull it one more time. >> okay.

>> oh, no. you want to take that one? >> both, right? boxer-briefs. >> well, there you go. there you go. >> what did you just say? that wasn't an option. what is an option is catching these guys on tour. can you tell everybody about that really quick? >> the tour starts september 15th. it's 39-city tour. you can catch a song, you can preorder the album on nickandknight.com. >> and walk outside and say hello to the fans. they're going to be on "good morning america." i want to get the date. it's september 2nd. that's when the album is being released. and would you do us a favor, as we go to break? say hello to your fans. [ screaming ]

woah, this kitchen looks beautiful. hey mom! welcome home! it's bigger! it's great, right? give him the tour. let me show you! quartz countertop, soft-close drawers, farm sink, under cabinet lighting, look at this spice rack. where's my room? right there where it's always been!

we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. just slide right in! because your kitchbig, ikea has it all.

thanks to nick and jordan for that. and the fans outside for them. tomorrow, it's thursday. great edition of "deals & steals" coming up. and ginger enters "the shark tank." >> in the meantime, everybody, have a terrific wednesday. we'll talk to you tomorrow. "gma live!" is next.

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good morning. i'm kristen sze. it should be a warm night at at&t park tonight when the san francisco giants close out their series with the padries. all right. let's hope the giants are just as hot, mike. >> those bats running warm. 73 degrees at 7:15shgs dropping down to about 67 by the ends of the game. record highs are possible today. the best bet richmond at 90, 84 in san francisco, 91 in san jose, santa rosa 93, concord, 91. let's talk about what's going to happen in your accuweather seven-day forecast. be about 20 degrees cooler by sunday. leyla? big delays on eighth street, plain old train traffic, trains number 5 and 7. 5, 30 minutes late, 7, 16 minutes late. earlier footage monterey road at

live oak, earlier accident blocked all lanes. all lanes now reopen. >> thanks a lot. announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, the lovely and talented lucy lui. and the green goblin himself, dane dehaan. plus, your comments and questions on another edition of the "inbox." all next on "live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪