good morning, america. extreme weather happening now. >> it's coming right at us, you guys. >> tornadoes tearing up the midwest. dozens reported. entire main streets ripped apart. this incredible video showing the relentless winds. >> oh, there goes the roof. >> and spring snow. more than a foot near denver while a fast-moving fire destroys at least 100 homes in texas. breaking right now, the very first reported images of those kidnapped schoolgirls. the terror group reportedly requesting a prisoner exchange with the government. the video just coming in at this hour. l.a. clippers owner donald sterling speaking out apologizing for the racist remarks that could cost him his team. his estranged wife speaks out to barbara walters in an abc

news exclusive for the first time. >> it was just degrading and it made me sick. making history. michael sam, now the first openly-gay player drafted by the nfl. look at him get the news. the backlash that blew up over the celebration that was sealed with a kiss. we do say good morning, america. we hope you had a wonderful mother's day weekend. it is a busy, busy monday morning. we are covering a number of breaking stories including that relentless severe weather, dozens of reported tornadoes causing serious damage over the weekend. big slice of the country but first the brand-new video of the kidnapped young girls in nigeria. it appears to show 130 of the victims huddled together wearing muslim headdresses reciting parts of the koran. hamish macdonald is there with all of the details. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, the video runs 17 minutes long and features the leader of boko haram claiming to be with some of the missing schoolgirls. they are dressed in full-length head scarves. he says they've been converted to islam and that the group would swap them in exchange for prisoners. abc news can confirm there is a specific group they want held in the west of the country but for nigeria's government that's extremely problematic. they have already said that they will eliminate boko haram. i can report to you, the search has widened and it is very clear that some of the girls may no longer be inside nigeria. >> this is tricky for the nigerian government, but are they trying to pursue the negotiations? >> reporter: they absolutely are trying to pursue some negotiations. the president's office has said to us they don't know if they're talking to the right cells within boko haram. and also that there's a hard-core center of the group which they believe might not even be possible to negotiate with. they're so violent. and they are drugged up. george.

>> hamish, thanks very much. we hope the girls are alive. thank you. >> chilling to see that video. now to the relentless severe weather. tornadoes ripping through the nation's heartland causing heavy damage. abc's ryan owens was in hard-hit sutton, nebraska, for us. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning. look at this. this could be main street usa in any small town in america. but would you look at this one? here's the corner grocery store right here. it's not just the awning that's down, but take a look up there, some significant structural damage to the roof. remarkably, with all of this destruction, no one in this state was killed or even seriously injured. >> violent tornado there forming. >> reporter: nebraska is in the heart of tornado alley -- >> it's coming right at us, guys! >> reporter: and it took a direct hit. >> go! >> reporter: 15 tornadoes reported in this one state. >> there's another one. >> reporter: in just three hours sunday night. this twister did the most

damage to the small town of sutton. here's what its iconic main street looked like before the touchdown and here it is this morning. >> it was very quick. it went over real fast. >> reporter: the series of tornadoes along with straight-line winds of over 70 miles an hour -- >> right down there, it's on the ground. >> reporter: uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and tossed this semi to the side of the highway. >> that's a tornado! >> reporter: all capping off a weekend of treacherous weather. >> oh, no, oh, there goes the roof. oh. oh, no. >> reporter: watch how quickly this ef-2 tornado decimates rooftops in missouri saturday. its massive debris field littering the skies. 120 mile her hour winds destroying this silo. >> oh, no. the whole town is in it. >> reporter: to the west in colorado, mother nature delivering a mother's day whiteout. up to a foot of snow in the rockies. icy conditions causing several pileups near denver where

officials have 70 plows working on the roads just to prepare for this morning's commute. so how is that everybody here in nebraska managed to make it out alive? emergency managers say it comes down to the early warning system. people were warned for days ahead of time, plus you heard the sirens going off. and one more thing, they happened around dinner time when it was still light out so people could still see the threat. >> yeah, that and the fact that they did listen to those warnings. ryan, thank you very much. we'll check in now with ginger. more severe weather in the forecast. >> right, here's your warning for today. it's a large area, too. we're talking from cleveland along that warm front back through parts of wisconsin all the way down again through arkansas, missouri, even as far south as san antonio. so we're all in that orange area. it's this afternoon and evening when you're going to be looking for the strong winds, large hail, even a few tornados possible. and then we have to talk about what happens behind it and that

would be some much colder air. >> yeah. and i also want to talk about those fires in the panhandle of texas. >> right, and just northeast of amarillo. they had 700 people evacuated. 100 homes destroyed in a place called fritch. you're seeing the video there. fortunately this morning, the colder air, that higher humidity has taken over and we're seeing the fires start to subside. great news but comes along with snow in denver this morning. i have a lot of headlines coming up in your nation's weather. >> you do. thanks. the other news headlines we say good morning to amy. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with another story breaking overnight. sure to escalate tensions in the standoff with russia this morning, pro-russia separatists in eastern ukraine declaring victory in this weekend's referendum on independence. a vote marred by deadly violence when ukrainian troops opened fire on voters. russian president vladimir putin is not commenting yet on the vote but the russian government said it respects the will of the people and is calling for dialogue. here at home defense secretary chuck hagel says he is open to reviewing the military's

ban on transgender troops. speaking on abc's "this week," he told our martha raddatz every qualified american should have the opportunity to serve in the military. he stopped short of saying the ban could be or should be overturned. history in the nation's capital today. after 32 months the washington monument is finally re-opening to visitors. the 555-foot tower had been covered by scaffolding for more than two years while crews repaired cracks in the stone caused by the earthquake that rocked the capital in august of 2011, sending panicked tourists scrambling down the stairs. in the meantime, down below, a growing controversy this morning. in the hopes of growing thicker greener grass, the national park service has established new rules limiting events and games in certain areas of the mall. and another landmark was the site of a dramatic rescue. this is the iconic sydney opera house and there you see a man who climbed it by himself, no ropes, no harness, 20 stories in all. when he got to the top, he

opened a beer, but police say he had a few too many beers before making that climb so it took him about an hour and some help to actually get down. and finally, video proof of just how distracted many of us are these days thanks to cell phone cameras. thousands of people gathered to watch this historic train arriving in wyoming. see the person we have circled wearing black at the far right taking pictures when a second train starts pulling in. got plenty of time to get out of the way. not moving too fast, but this person is so intent on getting that video, didn't budge from the tracks, still standing. someone had to take him out. i mean, you can hear the noise of the train. people were yelling saying, get out of the way. and here's my favorite part. see, you pull him out, doesn't budge, still shooting video. doesn't even say, like, oh, my gosh, that was a close call. thank you for saving my life. nope. just still videoing the whole thing. >> locked in, in the zone. >> unbelievable. >> that is scary stuff. >> so, hello.

>> yeah. thank you amy. we turn to new developments in the drama surrounding the l.a. clippers. while his team staged an incredible in the playoffs sunday, donald sterling was speaking out for the first time since being banned from the nba for life for those racist remarks. >> i'm a good man who made a mistake and i'm apologizing and i'm asking for forgiveness. am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years? i mean, i love my league. i love my partners. am i entitled to one mistake? it's a terrible mistake and i'll never do it again. >> now the future of the clippers lies not only in the hands of donald sterling, but with his 79-year-old wife, shelly, who owns half of the team. our barbara walters went one-on-one with her. she's here now with this exclusive interview. welcome. she had to get a lot off her chest. >> she does because people have accused her of being a racist. remember, she does own 50% of the team and she said she never made any racist statement and she said i have no fear. i am not a racist.

but she wants to hang on to that team. take a look. mrs. sterling, you owned 50% of the l.a. clippers. there are reports that the nba wants to oust you completely as a team owner. you will fight that decision? >> i will fight that decision. >> what does the team mean to you? >> it means a lot. and it's my passion and i love it and it's my legacy to my family. >> let's start at the beginning of this story. your husband made racist remarks that were recorded on tape. is donald sterling a racist? >> i have never heard him say racial things. it was horrible when i heard it. i mean, it was just degrading, and it made me sick to hear it. but as far as a racist i don't really think he is a racist. >> have you discussed these remarks at all with your husband? >> he saw the tape and he said, i don't remember saying that.

i don't remember ever saying those things. >> what did you think then? >> that's when i thought he has dementia. >> really? >> yeah. >> let's go back a little bit. you and your husband were high school sweethearts. you have been married for 60 years. do you like your husband? >> do i like him or do i love him? i don't love him. i pity him and i feel sorry for him. >> what is your relationship today with your husband? >> we're estranged. we've been estranged for about a year. >> why not divorce your husband? >> i've been thinking about it. i filed these divorce papers. i signed them. i was all ready to file. my attorney and my financial adviser said now is not the time. >> what was the last straw that made you say after all these years i'm out of here? >> this last few weeks was the worst because of all the things

that happened and i just couldn't take anymore. >> there have in the past been women in your husband's life. how do you feel about that? >> i always thought that maybe it would go away. i'm very strong. but i was very weak in marriage. >> the other woman in his life is named v. stiviano. nearly 50 years his junior she was often seen by his side at clippers games. you're suing the woman who is his companion. >> right. >> why are you suing her? >> donald bought her three cars, a ferrari, two bentleys, a range rover, jewelry, many things, and i felt i wanted my 50% back. >> how are you? we talk about your husband. this is a mess. how are you? >> i'm fine. and i will be strong.

>> you'll be strong to do what? to fight what? >> i think half the team is mine and i'll fight for it. i think what she stole from my half, i will get back. >> well, boy, it's clear she wants to keep that team, barbara. i was struck by what she said about donald sterling. she believes he's suffering from dementia. you spoke with him last week. did you have any impression of that? >> i won't use the word of dementia. i'm not a doctor. i did find him very vague and confused and repeated certain things. so i can see that somebody could get that impression. >> okay. barbara, thanks very much. you have a big week ahead. we can't wait to have you back in the next half hour. a lot of performances -- >> that's not me -- that's barbara wawa. >> you sure it wasn't you? >> we'll see you in a little bit. >> thank you, barbara. there it is. but now to the latest on the deadly hot air balloon accident. it was in the skies over virginia. it burst into flames after hitting a power line and the

remains of the third and final victim finally recovered. an investigation is now under way to find out what happened. abc's david kerley has that story for us. >> reporter: this morning, remembrances for ginny doyle and natalie lewis. colleagues at the university of richmond who snapped these pictures before their balloon ride. it started fine. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: but as the balloon tried to land friday evening -- >> you could hear them screaming "please, dear god, sweet jesus, help us. we're going to die." >> reporter: touching power lines in virginia, the gondola ignited and the additional heat sent the balloon skyward. we learned two on board jumped or fell out of the basket. this morning the bodies have been recovered. doyle was an assistant women's basketball coach for the past 15 years. lewis ran the team's operations. at the university, a moment of silence at graduation ceremonies. >> we're not over -- >> reporter: the pilot, daniel kirk, said on his website he had flown balloons for over 20 years.

reports from other pilots at the scene suggest he did everything he koicould to release the hot , but with the fire it kept rising. there was an explosion and the balloon and basket separated. it's not the first time balloons have hit power lines. donte' stallworth was electrocuted. >> the shock felt like it was maybe two or three seconds, but the longest two or three seconds of my life. >> reporter: in the u.s. there were only five fatalities in the past dozen years but federal safety officials have recently suggested additional safety systems and design changes for balloons. >> if you're going to take people for hire i think it's a legitimate question to ask is the commercial ballooning industry too lightly regulated? >> reporter: ntsb investigators are still on the scene this morning. they're looking for additional wreckage to determine exactly what happened. and help inform any calls for possible new regulations. robin. >> we'll see. all right. david, thanks very much. okay, we turn to history in the nfl. michael sam drafted by the st. louis rams becoming the first openly gay player drafted. there is the emotional moment

when he got the word with his boyfriend. but sam almost wasn't picked, and he's now using that as motivation. abc's mara schiavocampo is in the social square with his story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, that announcement is not only making history, it is getting a lot of attention. take a look at sam's jersey for sale online. the nfl says it's already a top seller, but not everyone is celebrating the news. it's sports history sealed with a kiss and this morning, a little controversy. former university of missouri football player michael sam celebrating with his boyfriend, moments after learning he was drafted by the st. louis rams. becoming the first openly gay player in the nfl. >> the st. louis rams select michael sam. >> reporter: sam was eighth to last pick saturday taken in the seventh round ending months of speculation about whether he would even be selected at all. while the defensive end was initially elated, he quickly turned to monday morning quarterbacking about getting picked so late, writing on the

rams' twitter account saturday, "from the last season alone, i should have been in the first three rounds." >> michael is really focused on the big picture. michael's focusing on getting ready to go to st. louis and to becoming a ram. >> reporter: many congratulated sam on the announcement from president obama to sam's fellow athletes. >> i think it's a great day for the nfl. >> reporter: came to tell the world that i'm an openly proud gay man. >> reporter: after coming out in february he recently told robin he hoped to be an inspiration to other gay athletes. >> i think i could be a beacon for those people, a light. and i can be comfortable in my own skin and be like michael sam. >> reporter: not everyone on the sidelines was cheering about how openly he celebrated with his boyfriend. miami dolphins defensiveback don jones tweeting, "horrible." that post has been deleted. jones fined and temporarily excused from team activities. but some say it shows sam will continue facing pushback off the

field. >> these tweets tell us it's not going to be an easy road for michael sam, but i do think he'll be welcomed in st. louis. >> reporter: now, jones has apologized for his inappropriate comments and lots of people have taken to social media. the st. louis rams facebook page has been lighting up. thousands of people clicking "like" to show their enthusiasm for the team's choice and sam's own tweet has gotten thousands and thousands of retweets and favorites. robin, george. >> mara, thank you very much. and he's the first s.e.c. defensive player of the year not to go in the first round since 2006, but he did have a poor combine. he did do well in the one-on-one workouts. it doesn't matter when you go, it's where you go and he's in a great situation right now. and this is going to fuel his desire to prove the critics wrong about his ability. >> no question. and in st. louis he also has the luxury in some ways of having a big line in front of him so he can develop over time. >> very good, george. you're really watching that in there. all right.

i like that. all right. now -- i'm in awe this morning. >> surprised you this morning. >> you certainly did because that was right on. >> let's go to ginger now. it's summertime here. >> if i come up with sports stats, you know something is up. just to warn you guys. high pressure system i can tell you and other statistics rotates clockwise and this air rotating in and you get more of that south to southeasterly flow and southwesterly flow and goes down the mountain. santa anas are going to happen. it'll be close to 100, the hottest this year in los angeles. san francisco even close to 90. we'll talk about a whole lot more coming up. first we have to get the local forecast brought to you by walgreens.

>> and we'll have more from ginger coming up. also coming up on "gma," the desperate search for the fire chief charged with killing his fiance. on the run and considered armed

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some of the world's best cyclists return to the bay area in the third leg of the amgen tour of california. the race continues today with stage two. it resumes tomorrow in san jose and goes to mt. diablo. leyla gulen, how does the commute look? >> if anyone's about to head out the door and you need to make it out of san francisco via the golden gate bridge, we have an injury crash involving four to five vehicles northbound 101 at the tolls so you can see it causing slowing through the presidio. as we take you into the east bay northbound at the nimitz, we have a crash blocking two lanes leaving us with pretty heavy traffic before you reach 980. >> thanks a lot. more about the heavy waeft will wave with meteorolog

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nothing brings in the viewers like seeing a celebrity reduced to tears. you may think, oh, i'm really feeling bad for them but all i'm thinking is ca-ching. >> barbara walters having so much fun on "saturday night live." the first time on "saturday night live" after 50 years in broadcasting poking a lot of fun at herself and spilling secrets about how she does her work. we say good morning america. >> going back to gilda radner, five have played her since then in 1975. >> when you get made fun of on "snl" you've arrived. >> that's right. also, a fire chief on the run accused of the death of his fiancee. a massive manhunt this morning as police try to track him down. also ahead on "gma," investigates a theft ring caught on camera.

it's startling video. it shows thieves stealing from people who were at the grocery store. what you need to know to protect yourself. >> and we're seeing double this morning. we've got our mini-mes coming in. we haven't even seen them yet. we've done this before. we have done the adult version. this is kid version. george's mini double, very comfortable ever -- i might add, in his dressing room. amy's is about to fill up her shoes. >> there you go. >> so cute. >> we'll have this small reveal a little later in the show. we have doubles for all of us. >> i haven't seen my double. >> i haven't seen mine either. >> looking forward to that. a lot to get to including the manhunt for a california fire chief charged with killing his fiancee on the run likely in mountains he knows very well. abc's bazi kanani has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, the 12th day of a massive california man hunt for this man, 55-year-old orville "mo kwts

fleming, a once esteemed fire battalion chief turned murder suspect on the run. deputies now combing the vast california wildlands where they say fleming may be hiding, armed and using his special set of keys to access gated roads and trails. >> we know that he's educated, that he is -- people have characterized him as intelligent. >> reporter: fleming disappeared may 1st after his 26-year-old fiancee sarah douglas was found strangled and stabbed to death in their sacramento home. his fire department truck was found just a few miles from the crime scene, abandoned, reportedly with blood on the steering wheel. investigators say fleming may have hitched a ride with an escort he contacted through a website. >> most likely scenario is somebody picked him up in a vehicle. >> reporter: douglas' family describes the couple's relationship as combative. they said douglas considered leaving fleming just days before her murder. stephanie douglas was on the

phone with her sister late that night and heard arguing. >> she screamed and it was a shocking scream. >> reporter: meanwhile, fleming's estranged wife told kxtv he sent text messages begging to reunite two days before the murder. >> he was saying i want my family back. come get me. come pick me up. >> reporter: megan fleming says the last text was the most disturbing, sent at 2:31 a.m., just hours after douglas' death. "you should have come and picked me up." for "good morning america," bazi kanani, abc news, los angeles. >> and now to oscar pistorius, the defense wrapping up its case in his trial for the murder of his girlfriend. the defense and prosecution trying to get inside the mind of pistorius this morning. abc's matt gutman is right there at the courthouse covering it all for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. pistorius' defense going for broke this morning trying to prove his vulnerability by portraying him as someone not only physically but psychologically disabled, as well. someone with an anxiety disorder. a lone wolf afraid of the world

around him and primed to pull the trigger. oscar pistorius was a walking powder keg. >> when exposed to a threat, mr. pistorius is more likely to respond with a fight response rather than a flight response. >> reporter: and a danger to people around him. defense witness, a psychiatrist meryl vorser offered a portrait of a tortured oscar pistorius, beginning with the amputation of his legs when he was just 11 months old. >> this type of procedure at this age is perceived by infants as traumatic assault. >> reporter: testifying off-camera, trying to explain his itchy trigger finger the night he shot his girlfriend, reeva stein camp, saying he had come from a broken home. >> it appears that his mother was a very anxious person and abused alcohol intermittently. she slept with a firearm under her pillow and there were frequent episodes when the police were called in to investigate noises she had heard. >> reporter: he sought to

protect hipgs, she said. >> he bought a firearm for his own protection. at some stage he had a burglar at his house and this resulted in him adding extensive security measures to his house. >> reporter: and he wanted to be in control. >> as he became more and moring an shous -- individuals with an anxiety disorder work hard to control their environment and be very prepared in order to alleviate their levels of anxiety. >> reporter: the more famous he got, said vorster, the harder he worked to control his environment. >> as he became more and more exposed to being famous and having media attention, he would have had to prepare more and more to not embarrass himself in any way. >> reporter: he would need to undergo further psychological evaluation. >> mr. miss or use needed mental observation. >> reporter:now the defense was

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this morning "gma" investigates pickpockets. hidden cameras revealing how they can swipe your stuff in just the blink of an eye. abc's cecilia vega on the tricks of their trade and what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: police say these san diego area surveillance videos show theft rings in action. watch as this unsuspecting shopper turns away from her cart. the man on the right sees his chance, takes her wallet and hides it under a tote bag. the woman has no idea as the man

then hands off the wallet to his partner. watch again as these thieves play a game of double distraction. one talks to this store employee to get him to turn away as the other approaches this woman who's not looking at her cart. police released these surveillance videos to kgtv hoping they'd lead to an arrest. >> has to do it just when she's reaching. >> reporter: bob arneau knows the game. he's professional pickpocket. >> getting the, getting her purse -- he gives expert advice to law enforcement on how to catch crooks. he showed "gma" investigates just how easy we can make it for pickpockets. take a look as he and his wife bambi distract these people. the woman on the right leaves her purse hanging on her chair. bob swoops in and steals her wall wallet. did you have any idea what he

was doing right behind you? >> no. >> reporter: as he explains how he did it, watch on the right as he takes the other woman's purse. >> oh. >> reporter: and you won't believe what this woman does. she leaves her purse wide open unattended. bob then easily walks off with her wallet. we were watching you. your purse was here and you were over there. now check out these cell phones. after a quick conversation and a carefully placed menu, the one on the left is going, going, gone. >> oh, my phone. >> reporter: think men's wallets are harder to swipe? think again. while i talk with this man, bob slides his wallet right out of his front pocket and hands it over. how much of this is about your quick fingers and how much of this is about just them not paying attention? >> i think it's more about them not paying attention. >> reporter: tip number one, don't be distracted by nice conversation from someone who appears well dressed. >> how do you not become a victim? show me your purse. >> this one is fairly safe. it's always here. it's never on behind me like

this never. >> reporter: that's tip number two. always keep your belongings in your line of sight. >> i also think that having a few credit cards as possible is important. >> reporter: tip three, keep your wallet and phone in the bottom of your purse, not the top. if it's easy for you to access it's also easy for thieves. as these folks found out. you're clutching your purse. >> i still don't know. now i don't trust you. >> reporter: cecilia vega, abc news, phoenix. >> some really good tips. >> yes. >> we all have to think like that. unfortunately they're out there. >> indeed, indeed. we want to add that all of the participants in this story were told they were part of an abc news shoot. coming up tiger woods' ex-wife is speaking out about what really got her through the divorce. the surprising research on fat in your food that may have you eating more bacon, butter and burgers. plus a special day. it's a "play of the day" with barbara walters. you're going to want to stay tuned for this.

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>> announcer: right then, here's the "play of the day." special guest today, barbara walters, all week long we are celebrating her amazing career in broadcasting. get this, after 50 years in the business another first. "saturday night live." >> ah. >> yeah. >> and now please welcome barbara walters. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. here's a few tips. now, here is number one tip. develop a signature voice that no one will forget. >> wait. is that not your real voice? >> no. this is my real voice. hello. i'm barbara wawa. the softer the news, the softer the focus on the lense.

for example, an interview with the president. okay. an interview with the kardashian, yeah. president. kardashian. do not be afraid to ask the tough questions like if you were a tree what kind of a tree would you be? or your place or mine, brokaw? nothing brings in the viewers like seeing a celebrity reduced to tears. you may think, oh, i'm really feeling bad for them but all i'm is thinking is ca-ching! >> there it is, barbara walters, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> barbara, you nailed it. >> well done. spilled all your secrets. >> i did but i'll be spilling more because this friday night, which is my last -- i think my last appearance. there will be a special from

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. on a very modern monday. >> wow. >> cam, wow. >> jesse tyler ferguson and eric stonestreet here live just hours before mitchell and cam tie the knot in a blockbuster event. and wait until you see how we're celebrating this idea modern" wedding. big fat surprise. are bacon, burgers and butter not as bad for you as we thought? the radical new research on the fat in your food and what you should really be eating. tiger woods' ex-wife speaking out. the remarkable revelation about what really got her through their divorce. ♪ how do you like me now and get ready to see double, kids edition. george and amy about to meet their junior matches as we

say -- >> good morning, america. hello jesse tyler ferguson, eric stonestreet. there they are from "modern family" outside revving up the crowd this monday morning. >> and there are a lot of "modern family" fans that are out there. it's going to take them a little while but they're going to try. oh, a selfie. that selfie there. trying to make their way inside our humble little studio here. yes. ♪ >> there we go. >> the big event. [ cheers ] >> this week in primetime but not before they stop here. eric, are you able to find -- make your way through? hey, jesse. how are you? >> jesse. >> i love this. >> hi, robin. >> great to see you, jesse. >> so excited. >> hi.

oh. >> sit wherever you want. >> here. >> hey. >> i love the signature bow tie. >> tie the knot is, of course, your wonderful organization and you have a line of bow ties out. it's a special event, a tv moment. just sit right down. >> jesse. >> there you go. >> ah, there we are. >> there, there. >> okay. now i'm good. >> it looks good. >> like a gargoyle. >> we should say "tv guide" celebrating your wedding on "modern family." you guys are on the cover. really big deal? we just saw the cover for the first time. we both had interesting reactions to it. >> never know what picture they're going to choose. we're very surprised. >> speaking of surprises -- >> yes. >> -- you guys have a big surprise for people getting married in new york. >> yes, yes.

>> abc -- >> tell them, jesse. >> you tell them. >> no, you tell them. >> oh, no. >> all right. who is going to tell them? is it up to me? am i breaking this news? >> yeah. >> so, abc is covering all marriage licenses and marriages at the courthouse here in new york city today. >> yeah. >> if you're watching and want to get married -- >> today is the day. >> on television. >> no, i'm saying, let's go. >> let's go. >> abc, hello. >> oh, me. looking at me. >> you are getting married soon, ginger. >> i'll take you up on that in two seconds. >> abc is going to cover it. >> if you're on the fence, you have an extra reason today. >> yeah, go to the courthouse. abc will be there. >> you're going to be there. you don't know -- >> i'm going to be there and i will be officiating. >> yes. >> we'll hear more from you but first we got to get to amy with some news. >> yeah, that's right. good morning, everybody. we begin with breaking news on the fate of those schoolgirls who were kidnapped in nigeria. the islamist group

boko haram has released video claiming to show more than 100 of those girls. this is the first time we've seen them in captivity, and the group claims the girls have been converted to islam but is offering to trade them in exchange for nigeria releasing militant prisoners. nigeria's government, however, says, any negotiations will be complicated because boko haram's leadership is difficult to identify and has a history of extreme violence. a story breaking here at home. at least 75 homes have been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire in the texas panhandle. hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate. the other big threat, tornadoes, more than three dozen reported across eight states. nebraska suffering the most with more than a dozen twisters in just three hours' time peeling off rooftops and uprooting trees. huge hailstones rained down and a tractor trailer was tossed onto its side. thousands of people remain without power. and the calendar may say mid-may but there is a foot of snow in parts of colorado and wyoming.

we'll have ginger's forecast in just a moment. well, donald sterling, the owner of the l.a. clippers, banned from the nba for life is now apologizing for his racist comments. sterling telling cnn, he made a mistake, but he claims he was set up, and he was defiant claiming no one can force him to sell his team. sterling's wife, shelly, is fighting to keep her half of the clippers, as well. she told our barbara walters she believes her husband may be suffering from early dementia. well, men, a new study says a man's height may be an important factor in how long he lives. researchers at the university of hawaii have found that the shorter a man is, the longer he tends to live. they found men -- george is saying, hurrah. [ laughter ] whoo! they found men who are 5'2" or under had a greater chance of surviving to an older age. you're much taller than that, george. thanks to a so-called longevity gene that leads to a smaller

body in size in early development. well, finally, moms around the world enjoyed breakfast in bed on sunday, but one mother of two might have gone a little hungry. take a look at this video that went viral overnight that shows her adorable sons trying -- >> oh. >> the fruit salad and hot cereal. oh, look, he's putting it back in the bowl. sure, mom will never notice. but she couldn't make it past her bedroom door and after dad tells them not to drop it, the boys apologize and give it a second try. slippery hands, fell again. it's the thought that counts of the you know what's funny. i was in the grocery store on sunday -- or saturday afternoon and guess who was in there. a bunch of moms trying to buy all the food so that someone can allegedly prepare it for them. i had to chuckle to myself. look at all the moms out here trying to help. >> breakfast in bed. >> oh, sweet. >> dr. rich over there thinks you're living longer if you're shorter theory is bunk. >> you're 6'3". 6'6"?

>> okay. >> thank you. "pop news" is coming up let's get some weather from ginger. >> how about this, we've got a 60-year-old birthday right here and sisters from south dakota and on this side, twins turning -- >> 50. >> 50 years old. that's a birthday kind of morning here in new york city. let's check in on dallas, wfaa, our camera there. you know, they are going to see that chance for rain. you could see some of the lower lying clouds and some severe storm potential that starts in texas and moves all the way up into the great lakes, so if you're in missouri, iowa, illinois, wisconsin, michigan, even cleveland, ohio, gets into the that, you have to look

>> yeah, and, hey, patty and christie in california, your daughters are sad that they missed you on mother's day, but this is their wish to say, happy mother's day. a little belated, lara. >> all right, ginger, thank you. here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." first, new details from george clooney's star-studded engagement party. plus, the surprising new research that may have you adding butter and bacon to your diet. and we are seeing double, sort of mini style. our mini-mes getting ready for their big day. there's george's, and amy's is here too. all that and so much more coming up on "good morning america" here in times square. there's yours, amy. ♪ >> "good morning america's morning menu" is brought to you by centrum silver multivitamins, for the most amazing parts of you. ♪ multivitamins,

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>> needless to stay. >> no word on where on the schedule it will go but i'm sure someplace -- >> we'll find it. also in "pop news" this morning, we've seen his beautiful fiancee, and now we've seen a really close glimpse of the two together in malibu over the weekend. george clooney and amal alamuddin celebrating their love at their engagement party where bono and other famous friends reportedly joined in on the fun. and remember these famous pictures of the couple and that ring. i mean they are just a stunningly beautiful couple and i'm just so happy for then. seven-carat diamond estimated to be worth more than $700,000 on -- wouldn't want to lose that one. >> no. >> apparently george designed it himself, which is really -- i mean, he's gone -- >> wow. >> nice. >> i know. >> dove right in. >> deeply in love and thrilled for them. congratulations. then finally this morning, 16 million children in america do not get enough to eat. that is one in five.

but "good housekeeping" teamed up with the no kid hungry organization to change that. kristin cent knowwith and i teamed up their one in five campaign and they're asking readers to get involved. if you hold a bake sale, every dollar raised can get a child up to ten meals, so please check out our website goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to get details on how to end this nationwide problem. >> this is such a great organization and the money goes directly to make a huge difference in ending child hunger. this is really easiment >> really easy and "good housekeeping" has details in the next issue. i can't say it strongly enough. >> spectacular. >> a great partnership. it really is. >> thank you. >> thank you, lara, for that. top of "the heat index" this morning, the new book that claims a high-fat diet can actually be good for you. "the big fat surprise" is

shaking up everything you've been told about eating healthy. abc's bianna golodryga has the story. >> reporter: bacon, burgers, butter, delicious but unhealthy, right? not so fast. reporter nina teicholz, author of the new book, "the big fat surprise" says the way we think about fat in our foods is totally wrong. >> saturated fat is really not bad for health. it doesn't cause obesity, diabetes and heart disease. >> reporter: a pretty radical statement. the current usda guideline show a recommended daily food budget split between grains, vegetable, fruits and proteins with limited dairy consumption and allowances for so-called healthy unsaturated fat, but saturated fat? you're actually saying that the kind of fat this has is better for you. >> saturated fat is a solid fat you can see. it's not an oil. >> reporter: not all nutritionists are convinced. >> i think having too much could

potentially raise numerous risk factors for our health and could promote health disease, as well. >> reporter: but teicholz says the real culprit to weight gain is america's sugar and carb addiction. so in a typical day what do you eat? >> i start with bacon. for lunch i usually snack on nuts, cheese, salami. and i barely exercise, and i found that i lost ten pounds and my cholesterol was fine. >> i could get used to it. >> reporter: for "good morning america," bianna golodryga, abc news, new york. >> joining us now, abc news chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser. you're going to -- no pun intended -- weigh in. what do you think? >> well, i mean this -- it's a really well-written book. it's going to fuel a lot of debate. this debate has been going on for decades. between those people who say no fat, and those who say no carbs. you got the dean ornish group that bill clinton

was on, no fat or as low fat as possible, and the atkins crowd who are saying it's all about getting rid of the carbs and this isn't going to solve that. it's so hard to study diets. >> we have a little illustration. eggs and bacon on one side. low-fat gras nonola, berries and yogurt on the other. fat is going to leave you feeling fuller. those calories will hold you longer so you may eat less and one of the things she points out that i think is great people hear low fat and so you have to look at what you're adding in. a lot of people are add iing in a lot of sugar and we're learning more and more that simple sugar is really bad for us. >> i think everyone on the show knows how i eat in the morning and, you know, the left is probably more my speed, but i eat a lot in the morning. i'll have the protein and taper off during the day but i get hungry if i just have yogurt. i really do. >> yeah. for me it's a mix and match. we talked about this before but i come down more on the mediterranean diet, which is lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. not simple sugars but complex carbohydrates.

whole grains that are going to leave you feeling fuller longer but i have some bacon. i have some eggs. it's a mix there. this debate -- >> everything in moderation. >> this debate is going on and on. >> what's disturbing she says she doesn't exercise. and i know that's where you draw the line. >> oh, my goodness. when she said that, it really ground me to a halt. you've got to exercise. that's so important for health. >> that's the biggest thing here for sure. >> thanks, rich. we've got a lot of other stories burring up our "index" this morning including tiger woods' ex-wife elin nordegren who graduated from rollins college in florida over the weekend and gave the commencement speech and details from her speech are trending overnight. she's been a private mom and finished at the top of her class and received the outstanding senior award and spoke about being thrust into the public eye. >> i've been called a woman with no words in the media and criticized for not talking very much. it was right after i had taken communication in the media i was unexpectedly thrust into the

media limelight, and i probably should have taken more notes in my class. [ laughter ] >> good for her. she did very well there and i have to say, she's spoken so rarely, that i didn't even realize she had that accent. >> when she was married she was not wanting to be in the spotlight. so happy for her. how she handled everything. >> you have to respect -- taking in all that criticism there is a part of her that wanted to speak out but for her children and for her privacy, she declined. >> a couple things to note. it took her nine years to get this degree. 3.98 average, and i mean it just shows you, you put your mind to it. it doesn't matter how long it takes. she did it and she did it and it was a place of solace for her in the firestorm. never mentioned anything specifically. class act. >> right. >> congratulations. >> i hope that she had a great mother's day and i hope both of you had a wonderful mother's day. this perhaps the ultimate mother's day gift for one mom in ohio. her name is sara. she gave birth to identical twin girls friday who were not not only healthy but also holding

hands. holding hands. it's story number two on the abcnews.com overnight. the babies, jenna and jillian, were a rare set, mono mono twins and in the same amniotic sac together like that and which can be very, very dangerous, and they'll be in the hospital. they're healthy, they're going to be in the hospital for a few more weeks. they have a big baby brother, 15 months old waiting at home for them but so happy. >> that gives me chills. >> yeah. >> there for each other. >> they said there wasn't a dry eye in that o.r. everyone was crying when they saw their little hands clenched together. >> what a mother's day. we have now one of the most e-mailed "new york times" stories overnight. schools across the country are adding coding classes. i didn't even know what this was. to their core curriculum. parents and teachers saying starting young computer science will give their kids an extra edge in the job market. it's so focused on technology and the trend is starting to take off in new york and chicago

but it seeps to be on parents' minds. and our kids just gravitate to this. my children show me functions on my phone that i didn't know existed and obviously -- >> i'll have to start coding now. >> coding. >> what is this? i didn't even know what that was. >> no joke. my son asked if i could take a coding class. morse code. video games. it's coding their brains. it's getting them in the game, so to speak. all right, thanks, amy. and now very excited about this. it is the wedding event of the season. the tv season, that is. mitch and cam finally getting married on abc's megahit series "modern family." jesse tyler ferguson and eric stonestreet are with us in case you haven't noticed, and they have brought us a sneak peek at the wedding day video. take a look. >> mitchell, this is not my tuxedo. they gave me the wrong order. >> and the fuchsia gown didn't tip you off.

>> i have like nine shirts this color. i'm wearing this color. >> deep breaths. we have plenty of time to go to the dry cleaner. we knew there would be a bump. today here it is. we're getting it done early. this is our bump. >> something tells me there will be a few more in that episode but we're so excited to have jesse and eric with us this morning. >> hi, gentlemen. >> hi from before. >> yeah. >> we haven't seen you in so long. >> i know. >> hey, want to ask you, jesse, was this extra special for you, given that you just had your real-life nuptials? >> yeah, i mean i got married in july and got engaged in september and married again a few months ago, so i'm basically elizabeth taylor. it was real surreal and having a lot of the same people at both weddings was fun, yeah. >> like me. >> like this guy. >> very central to this one, eric, first and foremost, hysterical. you guys are so -- the whole cast so funny, but you have a way of also -- we talked about this -- through that comedy opening people's hearts and minds. >> yeah.

it's -- it's a rare opportunity we get as actors. you never think of that when you're out there auditioning for different parts and tv shows and not getting them and then to finally get a gig like this that is really truly not to put too much importance on it but owning it a little bit and having social impact, cultural impact. we hear that from kids and parents so we know it's real. it's an honor. >> because it's real it means there's real moments of tension and drama along with the laughs. you have a scene where mitchell has to tell, jay, hey, i don't want you to there. >> yeah, i actually really applaud the writers for going there with that relationship which is very real and a lot of parents have their own evolution accepting a gay kid and he's going through that with mitchell and i was really pleased they gave us that. >> i didn't know you -- >> oh, yes, the pressure of having that sort of material. you know, really wanting to -- >> couldn't memorize his lines. >> okay. okay. >> so i can see the competition

already starting to bubble up and in honor of your upcoming tv nuptials, we have a competition for you called may the best man win. let's walk over. >> are you ready? [ cheers ] >> let's go. >> where our good friend, cake boss buddy valastro, has set up two wedding cakes. hello, buddy. you have everything you need. i'll start the competition with the foghorn because that's how we roll on "gma." >> right here. ready, set, ice. [ horn blowing ] >> 45 seconds. >> i see you're not taking this serious. >> buddy, you brought a cake you decorated. >> color on one cake. >> "modern family." so, of course, we're dealing with lilies, and we wanted each tier a little different size because you know what, "modern family" is about all different family -- you know what i'm trying to say.

it's about we wanted to keep it modern and contemporary. >> come on. do your best. who is going to win? >> buddy is going to -- >> oh, oh. >> hey. hey. four, three, two -- >> oh, that's a lovely touch. >> one. >> i don't know. okay, stop decorating. >> oh, man. now you've got to judge on these two masterpieces. >> come on. >> i mean -- >> wow. i like the green on the head too. >> i don't know. those are their -- those are their kentucky derby hats. >> it is. it is. >> i mean, you can't take this -- no, you don't have to choose between this but i would honestly choose mine. >> be sure to watch the wedding part one. are you going to name it? >> no. it? >> no.

good morning. i'm kristen sze. the bay area's bracing for hot weather expected to sweep the region this week. the bay area air quality management district is issuing a spare-the-air alert today for unhealthy air quality due to high temps and low winds. officials declared today the start to fire season in california, which usually begins in june. just a way away from seeing the world's best cyclists return to the bay area in the third leg of the amgen tour of california. the race continues this morning in fulsome with stage two and tomorrow in san jose. for those driving into work, how are the roadways? >> going to need the air conditioning for sure. as we take you into san jose, we have this crash blocking a lane northbound along 280 at highway 87. let's take a live look at 101

san rafael just off the picture, over the shoulder now but we have an accident southbound side of 101 at north san pedro road. it looks like it's not blocking lanes any longer but slow going into san francisco. >> how hot will it get? we'll talk to meteorologist mike nicco about that after a short break.

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tomorrow and wednesday the heat will peak and be most dangerous. accuweather seven-day forecast, it will be comfortable again this weekend. mr. pit bull mr. worldwide. what we're going to do on "good morning america." give you a world premiere of "we are one." the official, the official world cup record. with that said featuring jennifer lopez, all you guys enjoy and hope to see you in rio da janeiro. ♪ >> close-up look to the new video. it's the official opening to the world cup. jennifer lopez will be part of our amazing summer concert series. you will see her live on june 20th. that is going to be some day. >> some video, as well.

let's take another look. jesse tyler ferguson and eric stonestreet going head to head. the winner is eric. no matter what. >> standing closer to the cake boss. we have mark ruffalo at the twitter mirror in our twitter mirror. we'll talk to him about his brand-new movie with julia roberts. lara. >> all right. looking forward to that but we are kicking off our seeing double kids edition at "gma." we put the call out asking you to help us find the perfect pint-size look-alike for all of us. videos flowed in from all over the country. it is time to do the big reveal. george, you are first. you're going to stand right in front of the mirror. >> right on my mark. >> everybody, you'll say it with me, one, two, three. >> all: move that mirror.

>> how's it going? the like the hair. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh. >> this is eric haushalter. from michigan. not far from your hometown. george, what do you think? >> i wasn't as cute as when i was 11 or 12. looking good. >> all right. so time for amy's now. are you ready to see amy's double. stand on the green dot and, crowd, are you ready. one, two, three. >> all: move that mirror. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, you look adorable. >> charge is chelsea. >> you look more like me than i do. >> these are fantastic. >> thank you. >> chelsea, what did you think

when you saw the pictures of amy? >> i thought she was really pretty. >> oh. how cute. >> you're beautiful. in thank you. >> great. all right, so let's have george and amy stand with their mini-mes and we can all watch together about how this came about. >> george stephanopoulos with "good morning america." hi, my name is alex and i'm george's double. i'm 12 years old from michigan and here's why i think i'm exactly like george. >> good morning, america and there she is. >> and good morning, america and there she is. he loves apples. he eats one after every show. i love apples too. now, amy's double. >> thank george's double. i'm shelby, amy's double. >> good morning, america. >> i'm 10 years old and i live in sanford, florida and this is why i think i am amy's carbon copy. >> six democrats have joined --

>> democrats joined the republicans in the house. >> i saw amy dancing to the "happy" song. >> i like dancing just like her. amy is a clean freak. i am too. i never leave the house without my room being organized and i have a dog just like amy. [ cheers and applause ] >> a little scary, right? wow, you really are. i could just take you home. you could clean the house with me. we'd have so much fun together, right? >> yes. >> we have more seeing double. that's when we'll meet ginger's double at the end of the week. all of our mini doubles will be co-hosting "gma" so you guys get ready. i think we should have them read the last line. >> do a little practice? >> sure. >> okay. >> just read my line right there. >> let's check in with ginger for the weather. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you.

great job, you guys. so fun and this is not my double even though we're wearing the same color. we got the memo. >> this is emily. if you watch wcvb. she's back and will host "the eye opener." >> so excited to be back in boston starting the morning with all of you and to be on right before you guys. >> wonderful. >> we are looking forward to that. we thought, why not start with the northeast and let's go ahead and check in with a beautiful shot from wcvb. a pan around boston and take that and tell you, as gorgeous as it is out here, we don't have our coats on this morning, 82 for a high in new york city. philadelphia in the mid-80s and d.c., almost 90. that's going to end. we'll see this -- what we call a back door cold front sink down and cool us down significantly as we go into the workweek. that's going to come along with showers and thunderstorms, too so we'll talk more about that. there's a look at the nation good morning. i'm mike nicco. calmer and much warmer today

with poor air quality inland, 85 to 90. 89 to 91 along the bay, lighter breeze along the coast, 74 to 79. >> all that weather has been brought to you by angie'slist.com and get this, lara, fans of the new "x-men" moved, wolverine, hugh jackman, showed up at the premiere. take a look. [ cheers ] >> good morning, america. we are here at the "x-men" premiere. what's your name -- >> matthew. >> no, it's not. what is your name? >> wolverine. >> since when have you become a fan? >> when your first movie came on. the rage of wolverine. >> this may seem like a plan but it's not. >> reporter: one super fan traveled all the way from australia just for the premiere. >> if you could be one of

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tim geithner was right at the government's response to the financial crisis first as the head of the federal reserve and as president obama's first treasury secretary now out with a new book "stress test." reflects on financial crises. tim geithner, welcome to "gma." actually i love that title "stress test." a nice play on words. it gets what you guys did to the big bank, gave them the stress test but what in some ways washington did to you. >> you know, it was a pretty dark moment and, you know, i wanted to give people a sense of how it felt to land that burning

plane. why we did what we did and were able to ultimately even this messy broken political system was age deploy the force of the united states not to just prevent a great depression but get the economy going in styx months. >> one thing you struggle with in the book, people till don't buy it and believe you were protecting banks at your expense and banks think you were refusing public opinion at their expense and looking back any way out of it. >> i don't think so. in a financial panic, the most important thing you have to do, again, to land that plane safely is make sure you do everything possible to keep the lights on in the financial system because we don't like to admit it but the financial system is absolutely critical to the economy functioning and if you let the lights go out it's devastating. so what we did was try to make sure that we kept the system functioning and got the economy going again. >> so what's the simple answer to critics like elizabeth warren, the senator from massachusetts, who said you

focused too much on big financial institution, not enough on family. >> by the way, i have a lot of respect for her and is a great person but general view that what it takes to put out a financial crisis and it's a mistake in view, let the fire burn, you should worry about putting people in jail. although that's an understandable position, if you do that like we saw in the great depression you cause amazing damage to the innocent victims of the crisis so first obligation, land that plane safely and then you can figure out how to reform the system to make a crisis not likely in the future. >> it takes a toll, though, a personal toll on you and you write about that. also i thought it was a very resealing moment a conversation with your daughter where she compared your situation to the military fighting overseas and says at least the public believes the military is fighting for them. >> much harder for your family than for me because i'm in there fighting, deciding, trying to decide what to do but they have

this huge loss of privacy. >> you write about the scene, jon stewart show. >> it was my daughter's graduation day and we were trying to sell our house so they could move to washington with me. tough housing market. terrible time. this he did what they probably was a tempting thing which was to use that as an example to say -- to explain that congress feels terrible. even the secretary of the treasury couldn't sell his house. did you get a -- >> rented it. moved back into it. >> you tried to resign several times. i was surprised to read when you were finally leaving you suggested to president obama that hillary clinton replace you. >> well, i had a lot of good ideas for the president. she was one of them. she would have been excellent. >> do you think she would have been a good treasury secretary. >> she could be a master of that. >> is she a candidate for president next time around. >> i have tremendous confidence in her. i think she's terrific. >> is she a candidate for

president next time? >> i'm not the person -- >> you're not going to answer that. one final question. of all the lessons you learned what is the single most important thing that washington can do to prevent the next crisis? >> really two things i would say. one, you have to build and maintain. very strong shock absorbers against risk in the financial system. when you don't do that it's devastating but keep a strong fire station there so when things fall apart you can deploy massive financial forces as quickly as you can, not to protect banks but protect people from the consequence, the unemployment that follows financial crisis. >> the book is called "stress test" available starting today. mark ruffalo up here to talk about his movie with

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we are going to celebrate barbara all week long. now, 30 years for "the normal heart," the tony award winning play to become a film. early days of the aids crisis. oscar nominee mark ruffalo stars as ned weeks, an advocate for the gay community struggling to raise awareness. we'll talk to mark in just a moment. first here's a look. >> we have been waiting for 14 months to see this and it's taken a year to get this meeting and you're late. >> says who have. >> the government. >> what, our government? an epidemic. >> the centers for disease

controlled declared a -- >> you can't not know this. >> can you please reduce your level of hysteria. >> certainly. >> we are so happy to have mark here with us. it is, boy, so powerful. great cast, great story. tell people a little about your character, ned. >> ned is -- was a celebrated writer who kind of finds himself on the front line of the outbreak of aids in the '80s, and he is sort of pushed into taking a lead, a political lead informing the world and his community of what is happening and what needs to happen in order for them to survive. >> and he's the alter ego of the playwright larry kramer. >> larry. >> who said he was so flattered with you because you are outspoken. you're an activist, as well.

and what did you take away knowing what it is that you like to speak up and speak for those? >> take away from the film? >> take away from the film and playing that role in particular, because you consider him like the modern-day activist. >> yeah, i think he's pretty much the godfather of modern-day activism, whether it's employed on the right or the left or the middle, these people sort have perfected modern activism and what i really got from him, though, was how much love the guy had. and that's kind of what won out for them. what carried them through these amazingly difficult times and cruel times was their love for each other, their love of america, the idea of what democracy really is and they sort of -- their sort of

compassion and he really speaks with authority, with moral authority because he does come from that place. >> i'm glad you said it like that because it comes through, the love comes through and that is something that is so universal. don't you think because we've seen it with other films that there are younger generations that aren't really quite aware of the struggles that have gone on and various issues so it brings a light to a new generation, don't you think? >> yeah, this time in american history, modern american history really wasn't highly sort of covered by the media. alternative media, yes. but not the mainstream media and i heard it takes a culture 30 years to be able to reflect on itself in a way that it can integrate a certain time in its life. just like it took 30 years for us to look at vietnam and to really take that in and assimilate it. i think that we're ready to look

at what the aids outbreak years were like, who were the heroes? who were the villains? and remember as a whole generation of young people, a significant part of our history. >> it's really going -- i'm telling you, it's going to open a lot of eyes. speaking of young people they like superheroes too and -- >> yeah. >> "the avengers," hulk. coming back. >> hulk is come back with a vengeance. we're working on "avengers 2" right now in london and -- >> i like that. >> that's probably the best fight scene ever. >> bar none, bar none. well, you are a true renaissance man, mark ruffalo. you really are. you just run the gamut. always a pleasure to have you here and this is an important film for people to see.

thank you very much. "the normal heart" premieres on hbo sunday, may 25th and george gets to talk to julia roberts about it later this week. >> lucky. >> i know. it's a great cast. we'll be right back. a pediatrician.ds of a . art surgery.ng advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of the nation's top doctors. kaiser permanente doctors. and though they are all different, they work together on a single mission: saving lives. discover how we are advancing medicine at kp.org join us, and thrive. thank you!

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we want to thank george and amy's double, alex and shelby for coming in this morning. >> oh, my goodness. >> i know. >> it's so great. >> hey, you guys, you have the opportunity to turn the tables and ask your anchor the question. what would you ask? >> i'm in sixth grade. my favorite subject is math. what was your favorite subject in sixth grade. >> it definitely was not math. i think social studies. >> hmm. >> all right. and shelby. >> my favorite thing to do in my spare time to dance. what is your favorite thing to do in your spare time. >> i like to go running but i also like to dance. we have our dancing going on. keep on dancing, you need to rely on that in the tough time when life goes on. just dance like nobody's watching. >> i think it would work. >> i've heard people really say you're going to be the next george stephanopoulos.

can you even say his whole name. >> george stephanopoulos. >> oh, there you go. >> you want to come back tomorrow? >> nice try. nice try. tomorrow on "gma" we have valerie harper, with we have blondie and the couple that was voted off "dancing with the stars."

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good morning. i'm kristen sze. be prepared for some serious heat today and tomorrow and the day after. mike? >> and possibly thursday. the weekend we'll see a cooling trend. good morning, everybody. 90s inland, fairfield, antioch, livermore, down to morgan hill. 80s elsewhere, san francisco and the coast, mid-70 to near 80 degrees. excessive heat watch everywhere tomorrow except for the coast and that spills into wednesday. you can see the 20-degree drop by the weekend. leyla? in fremont, live pictures from sky 7-hd over the intersection of fremont boulevard and padre. we have at least one fremont pd unit involved here, possibly two other vehicles and fire department is on scene.

no word on injuries but it looks like that intersection will be shut down until further notice. kristen? >> more on that on our midday announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today, from the new hbo film, "the normal heart," mark ruffalo. and host of jimmy kimmel live, jimmy kimmel. plus, it's top teacher week. today you'll meet your first finalist from cleveland, tennessee. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by isney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪