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in front of this jail with a police officer in custody if it weren't for that cell phone video recorded by a bystander? this morning, police admit that this cell phone video obtained by abc news led them to charge this north charleston, south carolina, police officer with murder. take a look for yourself. there's the patrolman michael slager on saturday -- [ gunfire ] >> reporter: shooting 50-year-old walter lamar scott in the back while he is running away. >> as a result of that video and the bad decision made by our officer, he will be charged with murder. >> reporter: until the video came to light, police were saying the officer opened fire because he felt threatened and because scott grabbed his stun gun. >> 223 dispatch, shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> reporter: but in the video it's not clear who has control of the stun gun. we can only see that the stun gun cord is between the two men. it does appear from the video

that slager walks back and appears to drop something next to scott but it's not clear what. overnight at a bail hearing slager was denied bond. he did not enter a plea. the incident began after a traffic stop for a broken taillight. slager discovered scott had an outstanding warrant for child support issues. that's when scott fled to this nearby field where he was killed. scott's family is devastated. four children lost their father. another unarmed black man, they say, gunned down. the person who recorded this video kept it to himself for days, worried about sharing it with police. he's decided not to come forward at this point. the family, we hear, is planning a civil suit against police. george. >> thanks, steve. we are joined now about walter scott's mother, judy scott, anthony scott his brother, and their lawyer chris stewart. thank you all for joining us this morning. mrs. scott, i am so sorry for your loss. you have all our condolences. please try and tell us when you

first heard about this and what you thought when you looked at that tape. >> when i looked at that tape, that was the most horrible thing i've ever seen. i am very, very upset concerning it. i almost couldn't look at it to see my son running defenselessly being shot. it just tore my heart to pieces and i pray that this never happens to another person. this has got to stop. >> and, anthony, you first heard from your mother that something had gone wrong at this traffic stop. tell us what happened. >> from the look of everything once i arrived on the scene and i saw all the police tape, i know something had gone wrong at that time. because for a traffic stop you don't need police tape and

things of that sort. so i knew that everything was wrong, something had definitely gone wrong. >> what did the police tell you? >> the police told me that he had died. >> did they give you any more information about what had happened? >> that's all they gave me at that time but i already knew that he had been tasered but i didn't know that -- i thought that's what had actually happened, he had gotten tasered, and i was thinking that he had gotten tasered to death but then my nephew told me that he had died. >> and mrs. scott, what more do you want people to know about your son? >> i want them to know from a child he had been raised in the church from day one, he sang on the choir. he played the drums. he would call his mom every single day. they never got in trouble. they had a beautiful childhood and i had no problem.

>> and mr. stewart, the officer, of course, has now been charged with murder. you'll also be pursuing a civil suit? >> yes, we will. >> what will you be seeking? >> we're going to be seeking, you know, recovery to the full extent of the law. we can see how disgraceful event this is. his civil rights were directly violated and we're going to be filing a major civil lawsuit against all the responsible parties from this tragedy. >> thank you all again for your time. again, we are sorry for your loss. >> thank you. >> thank you. let's talk to dan abrams right now and, dan, welcome. steve osunsami asked the question, no videotape would we be here today? >> look, this tape is devastating evidence. i don't think there's any question that the tape allowed the authorities to charge him immediately. meaning, i think the minute they became aware of that tape, it was over, done, charged. if there hadn't been a tape, though, you would still be able to, as the investigation proceeded, see that there were bullet wounds to the back and

that would have been crucial evidence in this case, i mean typically you say we give the police officer a sort of benefit of the doubt. they're in tough situations, that reverses effectively when you've got bullets in the back and then it's the police officer who has to explain himself. >> and the tape is so damning. can you imagine what kind of mitigating circumstances could have happened before the tape that might give him a defense. >> yeah, i mean, look, you've got to believe that this is the kind of case where the defendant is going to go for a manslaughter. i don't think they're going to have a very effective not guilty claim here. i think they should be pursuing the idea that maybe something happened, he lost it, in effect, heat of passion is what we call it in the law, and that's the sort of defense i expect to see here which would be a big difference between murder and manslaughter. >> second possible, you know, complication here, you see in the tape the officer walking up to the body, dropping an object next to it. could be the taser. we're not sure. from the videotape but it raises all kinds of implications of a possible cover-up. >> oh, and that's going to be sort of phase two of this investigation.

phase one almost of the investigative part is done which is we've looked into this. we saw this tape. we believe it's murder. now we're going to continue into phase two which is going to be is there a second piece to this? what did the police department know? who else knew about -- >> so, others could be implicated, as well. >> yeah, not necessarily in the murder but certainly if there are allegations of a cover-up but let's hold off judgment on that for now because this officer is the one -- this is the real person to blame for what we see on that tape. if there were others involved, you can count on the fact that there's going to be enormous pressure on this police department to investigate every aspect of it. >> and the fbi investigating now, as well. okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. all right, george, moving on to another breaking story overnight, a massive building fire in los angeles. 170 firefighters swarming the tower trying to save those trapped inside. abc's brandi hitt has the very latest. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning, lara.

talk about a heroic rescue. take a look up five stories, this is where this massive fire sparked. two people trapped inside gasping for air are now safe this morning. watch as these firefighters risk their lives to rescue a couple stuck in this office tower inferno. it all happened when 170 firefighters from 30 different companies swarmed the building near los angeles' staples center after a blaze broke out overnight. this helicopter flying above providing light for the firefighters working on the roof while others move floor to floor checking for people trapped inside using these ladders. that's where they found ricardo molino and his wife vivian. >> i had to open all the windows because we were suffocating. >> reporter: ricardo called 911 trapped in the thick smoke. >> i thought i wasn't going to make it. i had a bad heart problem. >> reporter: firefighters reached vivian first, gently lowering her down the six stories to safety, followed by ricardo. the building had no sprinklers which is legal.

>> buildings of this nature, sometimes they are not required to have sprinklers because of their age. >> reporter: watching these fire crews battled the flames, also inspired at least one passerby to think about a new career. >> that makes me want to change my mind to being a firefighter. >> reporter: and those firefighters are heroes. now, one firefighter was hospitalized just for evaluation as fire investigators try to figure out what sparked this blaze. >> okay, brandi, thanks. we're going to turn to severe weather across the country. funnel clouds spotted in california and in the heartland. golf ball-size hail, flash floods, ginger tracking it all >> that's right, from northern california we have the funnels, to the hail filling the flowerpots in chesterfield, missouri. there are at least 75 severe storm reports west to midwest and this is just the beginning of a several-day outbreak. severe storms thrashing the midwest. >> massive hailstorm right now. >> look at the hail. that's insane.

>> reporter: rivers of hail. >> i'm just getting pounded. >> reporter: becoming mounds of it. yes, that's hail, not snow, filling the streets. in missouri -- >> the hailstorm has flooded the neighborhood. >> reporter: this van navigating around a steady stream of trash bins. >> amazing. >> reporter: 3 inches of rain falling in less than two hours in the st. louis suburb. and check out this time lapse. storms engulfing the skies. >> when i saw the rain, i said it's very good for california. >> reporter: and northern california getting some much-needed rain and snow. >> in the last week it's been short-sleeve weather but all of a sudden we're down with snow. >> reporter: in sacramento, a funnel cloud, one of three spotted, luckily, no reports of them becoming tornadoes, but what did form, a vivid rainbow in san francisco. so the severe storm forecast is very important to pay attention to, from north texas there just

west of wichita falls, through oklahoma city, tulsa, wichita up through kansas city, and even into central illinois, that's the area today that not only will we see large hail but certainly damaging wind and today is one of the bigger threats of tornadoes. tomorrow, the threat moves north and east so thursday it's st. louis to chicago in some of the heavier areas but you can see it from dallas up to detroit. lara. >> a lot going on. ginger, thank you so much. moving now to the latest in the boston marathon bombing trial. the jury beginning its second day of deliberations this morning, deciding whether dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty of 30 charges against him. abc's tom llamas is joining us now from boston. good morning, tom. >> reporter: lara, good morning to you. jurors spent seven hours yesterday deliberating and they finished with two questions for the judge. we'll learn more about those questions later today when the judge meets with prosecutors and defense. it's a guessing game to figure out when they'll reach a verdict. but many legal analysts we spoke to didn't expect this to happen quick. the reason, a lot of these charges are very complicated including the charge of using a weapon of mass destruction.

those pressure cooker bombs you see right there. now, of course, a conviction on some of these charges will not be surprising because a video like this where you see dzhokhar walking up, planting his bomb and then walking away, even his own defense team said that he did it. now, ultimately the question the jurors are asking themselves is, who is dzhokhar tsarnaev? the defense will tell you it is the young impressionable teenager you see at graduation, somebody who could be influenced. prosecutors say that it's the dzhokhar you see in this photo, under that jihadi flag, a young jihadi who had no problem killing men, women, even a child. the jury and -- excuse me, the victims here have been waiting more than two years for a verdict and they're anxious to see what happens. george. >> tom, thanks. we're going to turn to politics now and the official launch for senator rand paul. the kentucky republican with a libertarian streak kicking off his campaign with a film from his family and tough challenge from the democrat he wants to face. abc's jon karl was there for all of it.

>> reporter: rand paul jumps into the race vowing to be a different kind of republican. >> if we nominate a candidate who is simply "democrat-like," what's the point? >> reporter: an eye doctor turned tea partyer, he was elected to the senate in 2010 in part by running against the republican establishment. he kept it up in the senate proposing to slash defense spending, relax drug laws and scale back the war on terror. >> i say the phone records of law-abiding citizens are none of their damn business. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: one conservative group that says paul is soft on defense is already up with an attack ad. >> rand paul is wrong and dangerous. >> reporter: in an interview overnight with sean hannity on fox news paul hit back. >> they're basically trying to create an issue and a wedge but i'll tell you what it does show you, somebody is worried about me. >> reporter: rand paul is only the second major candidate to jump into the race for president. but this field is about to get more crowded in the coming week

or so we expect both hillary clinton and marco rubio to announce they are running for president. and, george, this race clearly is now under way. >> it's engaged. rand paul hitting hard at hillary in that interview, as well. jon, thanks very much. let's get today's other top stories from dan harris in for amy. you start out with good news on gas. now may be a time to plan the big family road trip. gas prices this summer will be the lowest in six years dropping more than 30% from last year. this is largely because of global oil supplies. the typical american family will save about $300 this summer. meanwhile, the typical american family may be shocked to learn that the government may have been tracking their phone calls for decades. the justice department and the dea have reportedly tracked virtually all calls from the u.s. to as many as 116 countries linked to drug trafficking including canada, mexico and most of central and south america. this since at least 1995. current and former government officials tell "usa today" that

american citizens were spied on regardless of whether they were suspected of any crime. breaking news out of afghanistan an american soldier has been killed in a firefight, an afghan soldier opened fire on the american troop before being killed in the cross-fire. and it may be one of the biggest heists ever. a gang of thieves in london got away with as much as $300 million in jewels. police say the gang disabled the alarm system at the hatton garden safe deposit company, repelled down an elevator shaft, and used heavy cutting equipment to slice through the metal doors, gaining access to the vault. the thieves made their move over easter weekend. nobody realized until tuesday. investigators are now combing through the vault looking for clues. a $750,000 diamond is among the gems feared stolen. a new dynasty in college basketball. the uconn huskies beating notre dame, 63-53, last night to capture their third consecutive women's title.

coach geno auriemma has now led uconn to ten championships. and finally, an important message to the men of america. up your game, please. a dating app called clover has released this list of the top 30 date spots, first date spots. okay, so, number one, starbucks. >> really? >> also on the list, chipotle and the cheesecake factory. >> oh, no. >> further down the list, in-n-out burger, also making the list, red lobster, tim hortons, not far behind, also something called yogurtland and torchy's tacos. >> i love torchy's tacos. >> where does it go? start with yogurtland and elevate to chuck e. cheese. >> set the bar low and it always gets better. >> maybe. maybe it goes to medieval times. and then, boom, you're eloping to reno. >> oh, goodness. i don't introduce my inner fatty until at least date four. >> start at panera. pick two.

>> panera was number two on the list. >> we got to stop. i think you're being too tough on the men. we'll move on to the weather right now. i cannot believe there's more snow. >> that's the thing. i'm going to show you a picture. that is from yesterday in maine so it is not springlike everywhere. this is spring for them. they have the snow on the ground and winter weather advisory in western massachusetts. current temperatures are at the freezing mark or just slightly above and late tonight you may see a little mix even as far east as boston. you can see our computer model printing out a little pink and white there in parts of massachusetts and new england. those are the highs today and we've got to get your stormy cities brought to you by planet fitness.

i am meteorologist drew tuma with the forecast. a threat of a pop-up shower with temperatures up to 61 in san francisco and 64 in oakland and 65 in san jose. overnight, the rain is out of here and it is mainly clear skies falling to 47 in san francisco, and 44 in palo alto and 43 is the low in concord. here is the seven-day forecast, sun and clouds mix with pop-up shower possible and coming up on "gma," the dramatic rescue of an 11-year-old boy stranded in the woods for four days. the latest on how he's doing this morning. and hackers stealing money from so many americans you'll never guess who they got this time. >> also coming up, the super bowl champ suing his former team for $20 million speaking out exclusively to abc news about the dangerous infections that he says cost him his career. and check this out.

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sacramento was shot by a male acquaintance. they are still looking for the shooter. a check on this morning's commute here's leyla gulen. >> live picture of berkeley. that drive is nice and the sun is shining, roads are dry. no accidents to report there. we do have this issue northbound side of 101. does have one lane blocked. you can see there is some slowing as you approach 237 particularly once you get close to east palo alto. then it starts to ease up past

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up. at street level closer, you see this pop of yellow along 880, 680. this is where we're starting to see moderate shower activity. this is the theme of the day. accuweather seven-day forecast, sunshine and clouds and some showers. it's mainly sunny and dry thursday, friday. and a steady pattern over the weekend with the next chance of rain on tuesday. now back to "good morning america."

good morning, america. right now, a south carolina officer in jail this morning charged with murder after a video emerged showing michael slager firing eight shots at an unarmed man captured by a witness at the scene. also right now, the 11-year-old boy stranded in dense woods miraculously rescued after a four-day search safe and recovering in a hospital this morning. and a police department falling victim to a gang of hackers. critical files held for ransom and the department forced to pay up. good morning, america. a lot to get to this morning including this, caught on camera, this moment where a superfan ambushes adam levine on stage during a concert. happened monday night. we'll tell you how the star handled the surprise attack coming up. >> it seemed like he handled

pretty well. scary to come up from behind. >> he's saying your eyes are closed in a song. open them and there they are. but right now, the latest on that little boy rescued after four days alone in the wilderness. luke shambrook is recovering and abc's hamish macdonald has the details. good morning, hamish. >> reporter: good morning, george. the truth is we may never have all of the answers. this 11-year-old boy has autism and severely limited communication skills. it will be very difficult for him to tell his parents or the police what must surely be an incredible tale of survival. 98 hours and 25 minutes after going missing this lost boy is found. hungry, with hypothermia, rescuers on the ground rush to his side. they wrap him in a foil blanket, offer him a bread roll and water. >> brings a tear to your eye. you can't imagine the response of our members when they first picked him up. >> reporter: now reunited with his rescuers, luke shambrook is safe and recovering from a

hospital. in these remote mountains, there is little food and dangerous wildlife. luke has autism and limited communication. so we may never know exactly how he survived in almost freezing overnight temperatures. >> i don't know that any of us know exactly what he's been through. but i think for all of us, you know, we think he's doing fabulously. >> reporter: experts say his autism could have affected his reaction to becoming lost. >> his level of fear would not have been what ours was, that he was not actually engaging in being scared of his surroundings or being lost out in the bush. >> reporter: as remarkable as this survival story is, rescuers say it almost didn't happen. >> out of the corner of my eye just caught a little flash of something. wasn't much but it was enough to make me get the guys to turn the aircraft around and go back and have a further look. >> reporter: after walking off from the campsite, luke's family clearly relieved. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. >> we've been overwhelmed by the

response and we're very thankful that we live in a society that puts a lot of effort into finding children who go missing. >> reporter: there are clearly so many questions left unanswered but luke's family says he is fascinated by water and that he loves hiding in holes, lara. there are plenty of those in that thick forest. >> indeed, hamish. so glad luke is okay. thank you. now to an abc news exclusive. ex-nfl player lawrence tynes is speaking out this morning about the $20 million lawsuit he's filing against his former team, the tampa bay buccaneers. tynes saying he contracted a staph infection that ruined his career and abc's gio benitez is here with all of the details. good morning to you, gio. >> reporter: good morning, lara. what a wild story. what began as a common ingrown toenail turned into a nightmarish case of mrsa and tynes fully blames the bucs for

the infection and even claims the team tried to hide it. this morning, ex-nfl star lawrence tynes is trying to tackle his former team, the tampa bay buccaneers, with a $20 million lawsuit. >> i planned on playing five, six more seasons and they took that away from me. >> reporter: the former placekicker alleging that just after signing with the team in 2013, he got an infection in his toe that his private doctor later diagnosed as the antibiotic resistant staph infection mrsa. the lawsuit claims he contracted it in the bucs' training facility where equipment wasn't properly maintained, disinfected or cleaned if at all. and he claims the bucs' doctors never told him it was mrsa. >> this infection is just eating me up inside. i mean, it can kill you. i was so mad that they did not diagnose me. clearly they knew. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims the infection left his kicking foot with sustained permanent damage and he hasn't played since. >> short and simple the tampa bay buccaneers organization ruined his professional football career. >> reporter: tynes was one of three bucs players to contract mrsa in 2013.

back then the general manager said this -- >> it's been something that's obviously very important to us. the player and health safety of our players and we'll continue to find new policies that we're talking about even now to even further strengthen our situation. >> reporter: but now tynes is accusing the team of negligence saying in his lawsuit appropriate precautions and procedures designed to prevent the spread of mrsa were neither in place nor being actively followed at the bucs training facility. after facing possible amputation and undergoing three surgeries, tynes says mrsa has now permanently sidelined him from the career he once loved. >> something i love and worked so hard for was taken away from me and it could have been prevented. >> and the bucs now tell abc news we do not comment publicly regarding matters that involve pending litigation. meanwhile, tynes says that $20 million the lawsuit is asking for is to cover the six or seven additional seasons he would have played if he hadn't contracted mrsa with the bucs. that's a whole lot of money,

guys. >> a lot of money at stake. thanks, gio. >> three people in one season. okay, gio, thanks very much. let's go to dan over in the social square with "the speed feed." >> hey, guys, check this out this is really hot on youtube. you'll probably see it in your feeds all day. this is a high-flying mystery now solved. the video is out of sweden, a skydiver outfitted with a gopro takes the big leap and then the camera leaps off of him. you'll see it happen. the camera then goes into this crazy seemingly endless freefall. it goes into this long, long freefall and then it is found after landing in the grass by a passerby. the memory card amazingly still intact after falling 10,000 feet. the son of the guy would found the camera made it his mission to find the skydiver so he posted it on youtube where it got more than 1.5 million views including the owner himself. turns out he lost that camera four years ago. the video i've watched it over and over. it's truly amazing. it has been stolen directly out of one of my recurring nightmares.

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her until security arrives. >> it's just weird to be like in the moment and you're singing and your eyes are closed and you're having this beautiful moment and then the next thing you know someone's [ bleep ] in your face, it's super terrifying. >> reporter: he didn't get away unscathed. >> she cut my ear with her fingernail. >> reporter: this isn't the first onstage ambushed by a crazed fan. in 2013, while playing a show in dubai, justin bieber and his piano knocked to the ground. beyonce facing a far more frightening fan encounter at this 2013 brazil concert actually dragged offstage. some are taking to social media blaming overzealous fans like her for added security measures now keeping fans farther and farther away. you're the reason the gap between us and the stage keeps getting bigger #maroon5. >> as far as we know the crazed

fan was just escorted off and had to leave the concert. what you may have noticed -- >> not charged with anything. >> sometimes they are if they get their hands on somebody. he was up there by himself with her almost 10 to 12 seconds. these other incidences i went through several, two to three seconds. what in the world happened? this could have turned out really bad. some people making light of it. you got a split second. are they there because they love me or is harm coming? >> right. >> this foolish hurts all the rest of the fans because they can't get close anymore. >> would have been -- i can imagine myself if it happened from behind you want to clock the person. >> reaction is elbow. >> george, if he clocks you, you are in trouble. >> thanks for the heads-up, george. >> we'll find out and take the fbi --

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beetles has been used at this luxury resort in st. john in the past. >> this was not the first time that methyl bromide was used for an indoor residential application at this condo complex. >> reporter: the esmond family was airlifted back to america after the epa says they were exposed to the colorless, odorless gas on the same day that the condo below theirs was fumigated. the epa is now contacting employees and former vacationers at the resort worrying that the esmonds, three of whom are still in the hospital, two in critical condition after having seizures might not be the only people who were exposed to the pesticide. >> we have sent a team of epidemiologists and health experts. they're doing a number of interviews because some people may have had some exposure. >> reporter: the epa banned the use of methyl bromide indoors in the united states in 1984. terminix, the company that

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there's a boy being dragged across the road by the family st. bernard. the driver stopped just in time. got a good laugh. the boy didn't seem to mind as much. and what i think is awesome about that video is the dog seems in no way encumbered by the child. >> the weight. >> he is dragging. >> weighs about 50 pounds. >> yeah, maybe. yes. that dog is ginormous. >> oh. i'll never let go. >> everybody is okay. >> that's a little "titanic" moment. >> thank you, dan. "pop news" and weather coming up. now, lara is over in the social square. >> yes, i am, george, and here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." in "pop news." could you pass the beyonce test? the quiz making and breaking relationships right now. plus, the hollywood superstar taking her mom to court. why she says her mother exploited her fame. also ahead, the company taking salary negotiations off the table for new employees saying it levels the playing field for women. does that work?

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>> 18 more to go then. >> yeah, to catch up. they want to have as many as god brings them. there will be more, i'm sure. and if you can't stop buzzing about drones and filming everything from above, perhaps you should consider a new job as a drone technician. that's a thing. "parade" magazine's 2015 edition of what people earn out april 12th found that you can earn between $60,000 and $68,000 a year just for keeping those drones hovering. another -- >> that's hard to do. >> it is hard. >> i have witnessed george tried to do it and not -- you would not make it. >> the remote control car is one thing. when it's hovering again like your halloween costume, thank god you had help with that. because that wasn't going anywhere you planned. >> huh-uh. >> don't want to bring george down a notch, but there are things he can't do. another new job title that didn't previously exist, uber driver. if you feel like taking this career for a test drive you'll make about $16 to $30 an hour and then there's health care navigator, experts who decipher the vital signs of medical

insurance, and they earn up to 48 grand a year. i think they should earn more considering that sounds impossible if you've ever dealt with insurance. >> yes, indeed. and a beyonce super fan has reached cult status on the internet after forcing her boyfriend, yes, to take a written exam about queen bey. 21-year-old ali davis created her now-famous relationship test with questions like, circle the correct version of beyonce's full name and explain the elevator incident. >> oh, wow. >> ali's boyfriend had to get at least 60% to keep dating her. lucky for both of them, he passed, nearly flawless results. >> i get it. >> she gave him time to prepare. and study. >> knowing her it might have been a pop quiz because she's a huge fan but i gave it to dan and he didn't even get 40%. >> but you're a music guy. >> well, you know, pop culture, this area of pop culture is not my particular expertise. >> it's like you don't sit next to me and learn this all the time. >> yeah, but you asked me about who the members of new -- of what? >> new direction. it's called one direction. >> yes.

>> and it was all things pop. some of it you didn't know any of the members. >> well, it turns out -- >> we played them for halloween. i'm not going to point that out. >> turns out that there's no member of one direction named schmoopie, i thought there was. >> you would have had to dump him. >> i know. this isn't working. >> the love affair is over. >> no, it's not. i'll get her back. i will get her back. >> the "heat index" coming up. let's go to ginger with the weather. >> oh, my goodness. i want to introduce you to my new little friend. she's not that new. this is marina. marina, can you give them your smile? show them your smile? >> yeah, we're all practicing that smile this morning. let's go ahead and get started with a look at washington, d.c. a place that has been in the 70s the last couple of days. today the fog starting you off. that stationary front, cold front right there, south of you so only going into the mid-50s. much cooler but the warmth is trapped below it, 86, memphis. high for new orleans will be 86. they're starting the morning with some fog too and then winter weather advisories back in the rockies. you see that, marina. does the mountain snow make you smile? let's see it one more time. >> cheese.

>> tha i am meteorologist drew tuma with the forecast. a threat of a pop-up shower with temperatures up to 61 in san francisco and 64 in oakland and 65 in san jose. overnight, the rain is out of here and it is mainly clear skies falling to 47 in san francisco, and 44 in palo alto and 43 is the low in concord. here is the seven-day forecast, sun and clouds mix with pop-up shower possible >> we're practicing cheese. big smile. all right, let's get inside. >> thank you so much. and first on our "heat index," actress mischa barton, the former star of the show "o.c.", she is filing a lawsuit against her mom claiming she withheld her career earnings and exploited her fame to benefit herself. abc's reena ninan has the story.

>> reporter: this morning, actress mischa barton locked in a bitter battle with her mother taking her to court claiming she stole from "the o.c." star and made endorsement deals that damaged her reputation. >> reporter: barton is suing her mother nuala who started acting as the star's manager when she was just 8 years old for among other things, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty, the lawsuit calling her a greedy stage mother who schemed to defraud her unsuspecting victim, to exploit her daughter's career for her own selfish benefit. the lawsuit also alleging nuala withheld compensation from barton, even lying about the salary barton was getting from the horror movie "the hoarder" so she could pocket the difference and claiming she exploited her fame to profit from side businesses barton claims she wasn't compensated for. >> we brought this action on behalf of our client, mischa barton, against her mother and former talent manager nuala barton, so that mischa can get

closure, and move on with her career and can get to the bottom of what's happened to all the money that she's made. >> reporter: after skyrocketing to fame barton, now 29, went through a rough patch. arrested in 2007 pleading no contest to driving under the influence. >> she was one very hot, rising starlet and someone who lost a big opportunity. >> reporter: barton is seeking unspecified damages from her mother nuala telling abc news overnight, "mrs. barton is extremely troubled by such outrageous and patently false claims of dishonest or improper conduct against mischa barton." for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> boy, hard to sift through the details on that one. >> yeah. hope they work it out. >> that shows you how fickle fame is. how people get hot and get cold so fast. tough business. >> keep an eye on that. next up on our "heat index," ellen pao making headlines again. you may remember she recently lost her suit in silicon valley but in her new job running reddit she is actually banning salary negotiations for new employees saying they can hurt women applicants.

abc's rebecca jarvis has the story. >> reporter: this morning, ellen pao, the woman at the center of silicon valley's biggest sex discrimination suit making headlines again. this time as the head of social media company reddit choosing to ban all salary negotiations for new employees telling "the wall street journal," "men negotiate harder than women do and sometimes women get penalized when they do negotiate. we aren't going to reward people who are better negotiators with more comment says. pao recently made headlines after losing a gender discrimination lawsuit she brought against her former employer, kleiner perkins caufield and byers, alleging the company failed to promote her because she's a woman. >> i have told my story and thousands of people have heard it. >> reporter: telling yahoo! global news anchor katie couric this week she's proud of her stand. >> hearing so much support from so many people has been really rewarding.

>> reporter: according to the census bureau, the median income for women is nearly $11,000 less than men. in silicon valley an even greater divide with men bringing in nearly $35,000 more than women with the same level of education. and when women negotiate, researchers have found it can even have a negative effect. >> ask yourselves what would you do if you weren't afraid? >> reporter: taking negotiating off the table seems to be the opposite of one of the central themes in facebook coo sheryl sandberg's book "lean in." sandberg encourages women to ask for what they deserve in the workplace. >> success is every single woman out there feeling fully empowered and having the tools to dream any dream and know she can make it come true. >> reporter: for "good morning america," rebecca jarvis, abc news, phoenix. let's talk about this now. we have barbara corcoran from "shark tank" here, also our workplace contributor tory johnson, also ceo of women for hire and, barbara, we know the

statistic. women working full time earn about 77% of what men earn. will this actually help level the playing field? >> of course, it will. i think it's a beginning of a conversation, it's a bold move. just think about it, if you're a man or woman and walk into a new workplace and you know that every single person there is being paid exactly what you're paid for doing the same job, it's not only good for men and women it's great for business. i mean, that's a great place to work and i think that's exactly what's going to happen with this woman's firm. >> and what's your take on it, tory? >> i don't agree with that. first, i would say that's a little bit of a misinterpretation because i don't know anywhere that ellen pao said everyone will be paid equal. what she said was that we're going to decide what is fair pay when you join our company. >> we make the decision. >> and that's it. there is no negotiation. but she hasn't yet said we'll pay men and women equally so i think that if you really want to talk about pay parity between men and women, then i think that internally we should make or she should make salary data transparent. tell people what people are

being paid for the same role for the same job within the company. tell people in advance, here's how we're going to determine what your promotion scale looks like, what your raises can look like. share that data. women are often lowballed and it's because we don't know the data so share the data. >> do you think every company should do that? >> not necessarily. certainly not necessarily. i think -- >> why not all companies? why not all companies? >> because i don't think that taking away a salary negotiation at the beginning of the process is the answer. i think that we have to have a bigger conversation about how we perceive women who negotiate and i think that we have to give women all the tools, all the empowerment and also do better training on the other side so that women who do negotiate aren't thought of as, you know, difficult, demanding, rocking the boat. we want to speak up. we want to value our worth. you want to have a voice at the table, but we want that voice to be respected, and the women who are respected the most in negotiation are the ones who bring not only the confidence but also a sense of camaraderie

and collaboration because we walk in and say, i want to create a win for everybody. this is the last time you and i are going to be on the opposite side. >> can i say one thing? >> yes. >> i think negotiation, male or female, is a confidence game played out in the head so, if you walk in feeling empowered you are in entitled to the money and what you're asking for, you do a great job in negotiation, period. i can tell you i have sat on the other side of women my whole life. i've hired 3,000 people in my career and i can tell you that when the woman is across the table from me, i'm going to get a better deal as an employer. i know it. >> shouldn't women improve their negotiating skills? >> they should but it's played out in their head. my little trick that i still use because i select that confidence in a situation fading on the vine so to speak i say what would a man do? >> you lack confidence? >> definitely. >> no way. >> i don't believe it. >> and what would a man do? boy, does that get me on the right path. >> don't tell women to be more like men. don't tell women to be more like women. be more like you. >> be more like you.

>> be the best confident you. >> we will end on that. thanks, both of you very much. >> thanks, both of you. and finally, in our "heat index," this is a story that we first saw in "the new york times." the fbi is reintroducing its fitness test. it's a series of intense exercises to make sure its agents are in top shape but you don't need to be a crime fighter to get this amazing workout. our own agent zee put it to the test. >> reporter: the fbi, men and women putting their lives on the line every day now have a new battle to attack, the fitness test. and while agents like gracie from "miss congeniality" may have no trouble passing, others like detective mullins may face a challenge. >> i can't lift him up? >> what? >> i can't lift him. >> reporter: for the first time in 16 years, the fbi's 13,500 agents will be forced to complete four physical assessments to determine if they're ready for duty. with more emphasis on cybersecurity and intelligence, agents have been spending more hours than ever at their desks.

so i decided to give the test a try. first the sit-ups. i had to make it to 25. >> keep going. keep going. we're approaching 40. 39. >> reporter: no sweat. five minutes of rest and next goal is 11 push-ups. >> and 11. now, that's a minimum. >> should i do one hand, though? >> reporter: another short break. >> on your mark, get set, go. >> reporter: and it's time for the 300-meter sprint. >> you're going to shatter this. nice. 56 seconds. >> ah! >> you got 30 seconds to spare. >> reporter: the 1 1/2-mile, time to beat, 15:56. >> finish strong. >> nice. >> what's my time? >> nice job. 10:21. you are officially an fbi agent. >> reporter: while the test is not for the weak, it's definitely doable. >> you've got to be in above average shape for most people, you know, that are going to be on the front lines either chasing bad guys or doing physical activity. this should be a piece of cake for them.

>> and it's important, you guys, i made it but people watching at home taking a goal like this and making it something you can do and then do it recurring, that's how people are going to get something out of that outside of the agents. >> it's so true. congratulations, agent zee. don't go anywhere. we need you for your day job. we are joined by crunch gym trainer justin and, as a pro trainer, what makes this fitness test, the fbi's fitness test so good as a personal barometer of fitness? >> well, i think it's important because it not only challenges your upper body strength and lower body strength but cardiovascular endurance. it's really good for overall health and fitness. >> she can't stop. >> she's nailing it. >> going to keep on going. >> thank you, thanks to crunch. thanks for showing it to us and you're going to thank us for this. "game of thrones." ones."

. despite the rain california remains in an extreme drought and conservation efforts are falling short. the new mandatory cuts put in place by the governor will be coming down hard on some cities. people in san francisco daly city and hayward would be rewarded with cuts as small as 10%. a check on the morning commute, here's leyla gulen. >> we've got an accident right by the san mateo bridge at 101. as we take you into san jose, this drive into cupertino an

accident blocking three lanes there with heavy delays as you pull away from 17. >> when i'm home. toilet's fixed. of all the things that happen on your wooden surfaces disinfecting has to be one of them. clorox disinfecting wipes.

good morning. live doppler 7 hd is clear in most spots, but we are tracking just a few slight showers that have kind of hung around in the east bay. just some light drizzle falling around fremont. that's some light showers.

that's the theme of the day on the accuweather seven-day forecast. sun and clouds some pop-up showers through the afternoon and then a [ "star wars" music ] everyone, you remember that classic "star wars" scene. we're showing it right now because we're counting down to the brand-new "star wars" and it's coming out this december and we're going to reveal some of the untold secrets. >> i can't get. >> i'm really excited about this. >> me too. >> i'm really geeked about it. >> me too. i'm so with you. >> let's go together. >> all right, done. we're uncovering all of the hidden secrets tomorrow and friday morning revealing behind-the-scenes jedi tricks that will blow dan's mind. >> which is not hard to do. >> not hard at all. and to celebrate all the excite many we had a little fun with the show us your disney side app this morning turning your selfies into intergalactic stars. here's me.

>> the least scary fighter pilot ever. >> an x wing pilot. and we have ginger as queen amidala. how do you say it? amidala? dan, you're also taking charge as an x wing pilot. >> wow, dan, serious face. >> slightly bloated but otherwise okay. >> a lot of salt. >> a lot a salt. >> anyway, coming up kit harington, aka jon snow from "game of thrones" is here. there he is in our social square and, sara, you pointed out earlier that he does bear a striking resemblance to your husband. >> there he is. >> my own jon snow. >> your own jon snow. it's hard to figure out who is more handsome. >> i'll go talk to him and i'll figure it out. >> you'll go talk -- >> a little "gma" investigation. >> "gma investigates." >> yes, indeed. right now, though we are going to yahoo! your day. katie couric, yahoo!'s global news anchor went one-on-one with the veep as in julia louis-dreyfus getting her to talk about real-life politics

and how she feels about aging. >> that was cute. >> oh, my gosh. >> she plays the first female president selina meyer on the hit hbo show "veep." and this morning julia louis-dreyfus is weighing in on the upcoming 2016 elections in a sit-down interview with yahoo! global news anchor katie couric. >> what advice would you -- president meyer have for hillary clinton as she is about to announce that she's running for president? >> oh, selina meyer would have a complete fit about that. her advice would be get out of my way, i think. that's what selena meyer would say. >> you also have a lot of real world consultants working, you know, frank rich is an executive producer, right? >> correct, yeah, because we really do not want to mess up -- i mean, listen, we're telling stories, everybody knows they're not true so we may sort of push the envelope a little bit in terms of reality

on occasion, but i will also say that we've had circumstances where we told stories that seem like, are we pushing too much and then two years later happens. >> can you give me an example of that? >> season one or two of "veep," we had all this stuff about our e-mails getting out, and she had to disclose all of her e-mails. and look what happened in the last couple of months, i mean it's bizarre, right? >> reporter: and the funny woman who made bad dancing cool on "seinfeld" is opening up about embracing her age and every new opportunity. >> it's still challenging, isn't it, to age on camera and to have everyone kind of watch you, watch the process unfolding, isn't it? >> it is incredible. it's like everybody is looking in the magnifying mirror with you. >> that's why i think god makes your eyes go bad as you get older. >> yeah. >> because then when you look in the mirror, you can't really see all the fine lines. >> i must say it's a tricky thing, aging, but you know what,

guess what, what's the alternative? so embrace it. you get into trouble when you fight it too much. >> this is such a fantastic time for women. >> yeah. >> in television, isn't it? when you think about all the roles. >> i know. >> that are now opening up for not only -- and, by the way, for more mature women too, right? >> yes. >> it's not just 20-somethings that are capturing the spotlight. you look at robin wright on "house of cards." >> yeah, totally. >> or you look at some of the actresses, kate mulgrew in "orange is the new black." >> television is so vast. there's so many different avenues down which you can go to create product and that's thrilling because as a result it's really attracting creative people with whole different points of view, different styles, different voices, different -- it feels like all bets are off. >> i think you're becoming president of the united states! yay. >> she's great on that show. and you can see more of katie's interview with julia

louis-dreyfus on yahoo.com this morning. right now, though, this one has a final check on your weather. >> i got my running shoes on so let's run back here and say hello and good morning to all my new friends. these folks are from ann arbor, michigan. but we're going to start in indianapolis, indiana this morning. storms rolling through. that's a live look at the skies. and you can see the gray skies. you know, back to missouri even talking about severe thunderstorms and that's early. then there will be another wave of severe storms, some along what we call a dry line back in parts of oklahoma and texas. there from kansas, wichita to kansas city, st. louis all in the elevated risk area today and there is an elevated risk area tomorrow that moves to the north and east. you can see it there from st. louis to chicago, even far southern wisconsin so there's a large area, dallas to detroit and cleveland all have to look out for strong to severe storms. tomorrow, all right. there's a lot going on. >> and i am drew tuma with the forecast. the pop-up shower is possible

through the afternoon with temperatures in the mid-50s to 60s and the seven-day forecast shows you dry through the weekend and the next chance of rain >> all that weather brought to you by nivea. i need to get some of these. i love those little paws. what is your name? >> yaga. >> yaga it's nice to meet you. george we're going to go inside. >> thank you, ginger. you know all about the consequences of climate change, melting ice, more frequent hurricanes and heat waves and now there's more focus on the health effects, as well. president obama is focusing on that and abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser sat down with him to talk about it. >> there are so many health problems that people face that concern them more than climate change. you know why should they care about this issue? >> we know that the allergy season lasts longer. that means that asthma can be triggered a lot quicker, in our kids. we know that heat stroke in cities could be more significant and that is a severe public health problem. >> and asthma is something your family has experienced.

>> yes. >> do you worry that the environment, the climate has impacted on your own daughter? >> well, you know, malia had asthma when she was 4 and because we had good health insurance, we were able to knock it out early and, you know, you've got kids who are going to the emergency room three, four, five times a year. what i can relate to is the fear a parent has when your 4-year-old daughter comes up to you and says, daddy, i'm having trouble breathing. the fright you feel is terrible. >> quick public health lightning round. affordable care act. >> yeah. >> on a scale of one to ten, how would you rate the success of obamacare? >> you know, i would put it at an eight. >> an eight. >> and the reason i don't put it at a ten is because you can always improve something. >> the first lady has taken big action in terms of getting people moving. what do you think of her moves on "uptown funk"?

♪ don't believe me just watch ♪ >> the first lady i think we all understand is a better dancer than me. i've conceded that. i think i can sing a little bit better than her but that doesn't burn as many calories. >> who is your favorite republican? >> oh, you know, i love them all. i think it's fair to say that if i endorse any one of them then they definitely don't win but, you know, our democracy works best when you got everybody making their arguments and ultimately the people will decide. >> and dr. besser joins us now. i think he might have fudged a little on that last answer. but the president has been working hard on climate change for a long time and his focus on health and his attempt to bring it home to people. >> he is trying to find a way for people to connect to the issue and when he talked about his daughter having asthma and the fear he felt he's trying to connect to parents whose children will be impacted if the air quality gets worse and asthma is one of those areas where it really could happen. >> okay, dr. besser, thanks very much. coming up, "game of thrones" star kit harington, he's here live.

i know what i'm going to be doing sunday night along with millions of other fans my wife and are going to be watching the premiere of season five of "game of thrones" on hbo and the british actor kit harington is one of the breakout stars of the series. one of my favorite characters, he plays jon snow who is passionate about defending humans from some rather unsavory characters and kit is here with us in times square this morning. great to meet you, especially

after having watched you for so many seasons. if fact, when my wife saw that you were on the show this morning, i got a text that said jon snow with about 75 exclamation points after it. so you have said that this is going to be a particularly wild season. but this is a show with a high, high body count, so how could this season be particularly wild? >> yeah, we have to keep upping the bar. that's the hard thing with the show. i mean it started season one with a high body count. >> yeah. >> with big shocks and twists so it's a kind of matter of how do you keep that exciting going? how do you keep people entertained by it and it's sort of telling a gripping story. it's trying to be truthful to the idea that we set out to start that not the good people don't win and that anyone can die at any point. >> and then sometimes the bad people can become good people. i mean it's a wild show. >> and then go back to being bad people. >> exactly. it's kind of like life. let me just point out -- i'm not referring to anybody specific. i just want to be clear. let me point out that we have a

clip from this upcoming season and in this scene jon snow tries to persuade the leader of the free folk to work together on -- against their common enemy. take a look. >> you spent your life convincing 90 clans to come together for the first time in history. the ice river clans, even the giants. a life's work uniting them. you didn't do it for power. you didn't do it for glory. you brought them together to save them because none of them will survive the winter, not if they're north of the wall. isn't their survival more important than your pride? >> you know, as we've discussed this is a show with an extremely high body count. how do you know from episode to episode whether you're going to survive? >> well, you see, i -- i kind of -- i find that out last minute each season, you know, but i sort of read the books so i know generally what happens but this season i didn't, you

know, it's as far as i read with the books so i kind of -- it was big new surprises came up. >> is it true you actually only read the parts of the script s that involve you so that you can maintain the element of surprise? >> this year. >> this year. >> this year i did so this year i don't know what happens in the rest of the season for anyone. so i don't know who's dead, who is alive. i stopped any other actor telling me what happened in that part of the story. so i'm going to be watching it, you know, as sort of fan would now this year rather than knowing what's happening. >> so sunday night when we all sit down to watch you'll be doing the same thing with -- approaching the same level of ignorance about what's going to happen. >> see if i actually like the show, you know. [ laughter ] >> you want to take that back? >> no. >> okay, fine. that's said with the confidence of a man who knows his character doesn't die. so let me ask you this you made a little news recently because you complained a little bit about being described as a hunk which from this side of the conversation seems like a high class problem. so what is the problem with

being described as a hunk? >> yeah i did get into trouble for that. it's one of those things that you say something and you didn't realize people would jump on it, so i kind of decided i'm going to be a good little hunk and shut up from now on. >> you know what, i think you're going to have a long career. a long career. you know, one other question, is it true that it says in your contract that you can't cut your hair? >> it's sort of -- whenever i return to the show, it has to be -- i have to return with the same appearance so i can cut it as long as i'm back to a place if and when i go back to the show that i look like this so i kind of just keep it long. >> so we can show people at home, i believe we have a picture of you in a new film where you do have short hair. which film is this? >> this is "testament of youth" which comes out in june over in the u.s. and about the first world war. it's a very sort of harrowing tale and i had to wear a wig for it actually. >> you did. >> it's a short wig so it was --

that was a new experience. i haven't had short hair for a long time. >> one last question from somebody on facebook. we put out a call for questions and one of the interesting questions we got was from molly bernstein. have you kept in touch with any of the cast members that have been killed off? >> we have a tradition on "thrones," molly, that we -- when they're dead, we just don't talk to them anymore. [ laughter ] dead to us. dead to me. >> it's a cold, cold world. >> it's a cold word. >> it's interesting because your character doesn't crack a lot of jokes on the show so it's fun to see that you are funny in person. >> he's not got a lot to joke about. >> no, he doesn't. >> it's not going very well for him. >> the white walkers don't appreciate humor. it's weird. great to meet you. >> thank you. >> keep being a perfect little hunk. we appreciate that and i'm sure your agent appreciates it too. "game of thrones," season five starts this sunday april 12th on hbo and coming up, the stylist, the star stylist behind "sex and the city" and "the devil wears prada" looking at the best looks

style expert patricia field has dressed some of tv and film's most memorable characters from "sex and the city's" carrie bradshaw to anne hathaway and meryl streep in "the devil wears prada" and now she's hard at work styling the cast of "younger." abc's rachel smith got her secrets to looking great at any age. good morning, rachel. >> that's right, lara. good morning to you. my day with patricia field will likely make me the envy of fashionistas everywhere. the costume designer has an impressive streak of leaving her mark on the american fashion scene and she's hoping her latest project, "younger," a new series on tvland will leave a stylish imprint on women's closets, as well. [ playing the theme to "sex and the city" ] >> reporter: she's the woman responsible for carrie bradshaw's fierce wardrobe. the masterbehind behind the amazing styles sported by anne hathaway and meryl streep in "the devil wears prada." >> emily.

>> reporter: and the creative genius who whipped up that infamous poncho in "ugly betty." she is style guru extraordinaire patricia field. taking a stroll through her york city boutique is a rare fashion treat. l.e.d. fringe collar. >> i like it that way. >> being too nice. >> reporter: more than a decade after "sex and the city" went off the air. >> hello, lover. >> reporter: field is hard at worken a new television show, tvland's "younger." it's the story of a 40-year-old woman played by sudden foster posing as a 26-year-old in a bid to reboot her career. a key component to her disguise, her quasi-hipster duds. >> her husband left her for a younger woman but left her broke. so she's not going to bergdorf goodman or barney's or whatever. >> maybe she would go to a vintage store. >> something a little more financially -- >> affordable. >> reporter: hollywood's leading clothing whisperer says

"younger" is not oen linly clever television viewing but provides a fashion tutorial reminding us of the importance of mixing it up and taking chances with our existing wardrobe. >> take a good, new fresh look at your closet and start trying on things that you haven't combined before. put on a shoe that you think is too dressy for your jeans and all of a sudden it might look really cute. a basic haines t-shirt with a string of pearls. >> that is so carrie bradshaw. that's like the definition of her. >> exactly. >> reporter: i couldn't resist the opportunity to ask patricia for a few pointers about how to embrace a younger wardrobe. she kindly decked me out in three looks. look number one she calls hipster in paris. look number two, gotham girl and look number three, sophistication gone wrong. why does this work? >> we have a demure black, soft skirt but then we put it with a little rhinestone skull beaded

t-shirt, make it a little corporate with a tie and chanel out the motorcycle jacket with no. 1 cares. >> patricia this is one of the best days at work over so quite a treat. >> thank you. >> mwah. >> she can mix the coolest combinations. >> i know right. >> amazing. >> it's insane. she mixes the unexpected together, and it seemingly works. but check this out, guys the top two mistakes pat says when women get dressed in the morning, we are too rushed and we seem to get stuck in a rut. pat told me she even finds herself guilty of those things, as well. she encourages us to take a few minutes to think about the next day's outfit the night before and reach beyond wearing the same thing every day just because it's easy so take a moment to dig a little deeper into those closets. >> take a risk maybe. >> yes, exactly. it's okay to step out of that comfort zone every now and then. >> she's the coolest. >> you look great female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee.

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. good morning. i'm eric thomas. meteorologist drew tuma has the bay area forecast. >> we're tracking just a few isolated light showers. live doppler 7 hd will show you some light showers over the bay. but this afternoon anyone is fair game for a pop up shower. highs for today will be 61 in downtown san francisco, 65 in san jose. accuweather seven-day forecast shows you sun and clouds today. perhaps a shower in some spots. tomorrow we're dry and mainly sunny. it's a mild afternoon. through the weekend a steady and dry pattern. >> we have a problem here right at the san mateo peninsula where it's a motorcycle down in the lane. you can see it's causing some delays there as you make it in the southbound direction along 101. westbound side we've got another accident there blocking one

lane. very slow along the announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from the drama "game of thrones," kit harington. and one of the "2 broke girls," kat dennings. plus, explosive fun and games courtesy of science bob. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪