good morning, america. state of emergency. >> oh, my god. >> deadly flash floods pound the east. half a foot of rain in just two hours sweeps away cars. at least two people killed. 120 water rescues. people link hands to form a human chain saving this driver. now the east on alert for more dangerous flooding. new trouble for donald trump. the gop nominee in an escalating war of words with a muslim family of a fallen u.s. soldier who told the nation trump does not know real sacrifice. >> how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? >> i think i have made a lot of sacrifices. i work very, very hard. i've created thousands and thousands of jobs. >> the candidate facing outrage from both parties and what he told george about president putin that is unleashing a new firestorm.

the search for answers after 16 people are killed in the deadliest hot air balloon accident in u.s. history. the newlyweds on board posting photos just moments before the crash. now, investigators on the scene recovering cameras and phones asking for the public's help. and beauty queen backlash. miss teen usa under fire moments after she is crowned twitter posts emerge where she used racial slurs. why the pageant says they will stick by her. and we do say good morning, america. hope everyone had a great weekend, a very busy weekend for you, george. your interview with donald trump making headlines. trump battling with the family of a fallen u.s. soldier and those comments that he made to you about russia's president. >> yeah, we covered a lot of ground in that interview. we'll hear from the khan family this morning as well, and there's a new poll out showing hillary clinton getting a convention bounce. cbs news has her up seven points over donald trump, 46/39.

they were tied before the democratic convention. we'll have more on that coming up, but first those deadly floods. maryland's governor has declared a state of emergency after a devastating storm tore through ellicott city killing at least two people. abc's gio benitez is on the scene in ellicott city, good morning, gio. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. just take a look at this unbelievable sight. the floodwaters just tearing up these streets. this neighborhood is historic it's been here since the revolutionary war in the 1700s and now it's destroyed. deadly flash floods devastating ellicott city, maryland, killing two people. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: making for mayhem on main street in the baltimore suburb. watch as this man tries to save a woman trapped in her submerged car. first swept away by rushing waters. only to fight his way upstream to help form a human chain. the woman crawling out of her car window and finally pulled to

safety. >> you have to. >> washed down the street. and i thought he was gone. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: this just one of at least 120 water rescues. after more than 6 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. causing this river to quickly rise to 13 feet. engulfing everything in its path. >> there's people in the water! >> reporter: watch as these people are left clinging on to their swept away car. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: cars carried by saturday's historic flood littering main street. >> it was like a raging river. >> reporter: total devastation left in the raging river's wake. these storefronts gutted. sidewalks reduced to rubble. overnight, the same disastrous storm system causing more flooding in new jersey and severe thunderstorms in north carolina. >> 5-year-old boy struck by lightning. cpr in progress. >> reporter: where lightning struck and took the life of a 5-year-old boy.

and back out here live in maryland, you can see one of those cars we were talking about, the floodwaters just taking it away. by the way, scientists tell us there's a 0.1% chance of this kind of rain event ever happening and clearly here in maryland it did, george. >> wow, 0.1%. okay, gio, thanks very much. let's go to ginger now and where this is all heading. >> where it's all heading is right back in the same region. it wasn't just maryland. look at this from new jersey. have those water rescues ongoing and now that's my problem. all these areas that have had more than 6, 7 inches of rain. newark, delaware, up there in central and western new jersey and right back into parts of maryland, the ground is just so saturated. so, when we have storms later this afternoon and evening, we have the potential for flash floods. so flash flood watch just west of new york city, trenton is in it, allentown. just north of philadelphia. what you have to look out for is 1 to even 3 inches and some spots could get isolated storms that produce 4 plus inches of rain and that is going to be a huge issue.

so, that's later this afternoon and evening. much more coming up. >> all right, ginger, thank you. now to the race for the white house. donald trump sparking a firestorm after taking on the father of a fallen u.s. soldier who spoke at the democratic convention. now trump is firing back saying he was viciously attacked. abc's tom llamas is here with the latest. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. the back and forth getting heated after trump sat down with george. critics say trump crossed the line taking on a gold star family but trump says they started it first by attacking him and his policies. this morning, donald trump in a growing fight with the muslim parents of a fallen u.s. soldier. >> he is a black soul and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this beautiful country. >> reporter: the khans lost their son, u.s. army captain humayun khan, to a car bomb in iraq. they came out strong against donald trump's muslim ban at the democratic convention. >> have you ever been to arlington cemetery? go look at the graves of brave

patriots who died defending united states of america. you will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. you have sacrificed nothing. and no one. >> reporter: trump wasn't happy. seeming to question the sincerity of the speech in an exclusive interview with george. >> who wrote that? did hillary's script writers write that? >> reporter: trump also questioning the silence from mrs. khan during the speech. >> his wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> reporter: ghazala khan telling us she was too emotional to speak. the image of her deceased son just behind her. >> i don't want anybody in the world to have this pain, but i don't see every person with a heart, the kind heart felt it. why not?

why did he not feel that? that he asked me that i didn't say anything. i'm so sorry, mr. trump. i'm so sorry for your heartless thinking. i'm very sorry. >> reporter: but it was this exchange with george that has fueled this new trump controversy. >> how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? >> i think i've made a lot of sacrifices. i work very, very hard. i've created thousands and thousands of jobs. tens of thousands of jobs. built great structures. i've done -- i've had tremendous success. i think -- >> those are sacrifices? >> oh, sure, i think they're sacrifices. >> reporter: trump tweeting later, i was viciously attacked by mr. khan at the democratic convention. am i not allowed to respond? senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and speaker paul ryan releasing statements, not condemning trump but emphasizing praise on captain khan and his parents as patriots. hillary clinton putting it this way. >> to have trump do what he did, i don't know where the bounds

are. i don't know where the bottom is. >> reporter: now, in that interview trump also signaled he wasn't happy that some of the upcoming debate dates coincide with nfl games. trump saying the nfl sent him a letter expressing their concern while the nfl says they never sent a letter. the trump campaign correcting the record saying mr. trump was made aware of the conflict by a source close to the league. guys, so many headlines coming out of that interview. >> it really was. >> a lot of news. let's talk about it now with our political analysts, matt dowd and martha raddatz and, matt, let me begin with you. we've seen trump get into tussles like this before and he took on that indiana judge. he took on john mccain. didn't seem to make a difference. as this is happening we also have this new poll out showing a fairly healthy bounce for hillary clinton. >> well, yeah, george, he also took on the pope in the course of the primary campaign in this. we are in a different moment and this is a moment, if you recall, like what happened to sarah palin. much of what she said before she sort of got in the tussle of the

november election was ignored. now with 100 days left, george, every single thing willing is going to be looked at much differently than it was in the primary and this couldn't have come at a worse time for donald trump as the democrats left their convention with what most people thought was a very good convention. >> and martha, a lot of focus on national security and russia policy in that interview and for donald trump right now. i want to play a little bit more of the interview and ask you about it. let's take a listen. >> just so you understand he's not going to go into ukraine. you can mark it down, take it -- >> he's already there. isn't he -- >> well, he's there in a certain way but i'm not there. you have obama there and frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess under obama with all the strength that you're talking about and all of the power of nato and all of this, in the meantime, he's going -- he takes crimea and -- >> you said you might recognize that. >> i'm going to take a look at it but, you know, the people of crimea from what i've heard would rather be with russia than where they were. >> and, martha, that feeds the narrative you're seeing from the clinton campaign that donald trump doesn't know a lot about

foreign policy or at times but also that he might be soft on russia. >> it certainly does, george. you know, foreign policy is certainly not made on flattery alone and the u.s. relationship with russia has been especially tense over russia's incursions into ukraine, the crimea and its support of the syrian president, the best examples of late are those dangerous flybys of our ships. it's not clear exactly what trump was getting at when he said the russians wouldn't go into ukraine since you pointed out they are already there. i think he was saying that if he becomes president that won't happen anymore because he'll have a great relationship with putin but i think he would find it much more complicated than that. >> okay, martha raddatz, matt dowd, thanks very much. and george, now on to the democratic ticket looking to build on momentum from the convention. they did receive a bump from the convention. hillary clinton and tim kaine hitting key battleground states over the weekend answering questions about issues they disagree on.

abc's david wright has the latest. >> we have 100 days to make our case to america. >> reporter: we're now just starting the homestretch. so clinton and kaine are wasting no time taking their message out to the states that will likely decide the race. >> now, this is the part of the campaign i really like. >> reporter: but already this new political couple is having some growing pains. >> let's repeal laws like the hyde amendment. >> i support the hyde amendment. i haven't changed that. >> reporter: this weekend on cnn tim kaine made it clear he is his own man on the abortion ash issue, supporting the ban of use taxpayers' funds to pay for abortions. a provision clinton has vowed to repeal. >> as vice president i had to get comfortable with the notion that i can have my personal views but i'm going to support the president of the united states and i will. >> reporter: but clinton has much bigger differences with her republican rival telling audiences here she sees trump as dangerous. >> he is temperamentally unfit and unqualified to be president

of the united states and commander-in-chief. >> reporter: that's a message she hopes will resonate here in the rust belt, a region that's critical to donald trump's victory strategy. today clinton heads to omaha, nebraska, and she'll be joined there by billionaire warren buffett, george. >> yeah, looking to pick up that one electoral vote. okay, david, thanks very much. we're going to get the latest on the zika emergency here in the united states. health officials report four cases caused by mosquitoes in florida. our dr. richard besser is on the scene in miami and, rich, officials there are convening a crucial meeting today. >> yeah, good morning, george. there's a lot of concern about the four cases of zika here in miami and whether they could indicate a larger outbreak. the florida governor will be meeting with community groups and we hear that florida and the cdc hope to have an update later today. we'll be listening to see whether the travel advisories will change. this morning, florida zika fears have come true. >> four people in our state likely have the zika virus as a result of a mosquito bite. >> reporter: for the first time, people in the u.s. have

contracted zika right here at home. not related to outside travel. but from bites they got right here in the u.s. florida health officials say all four cases were located here in these two counties near miami. all were likely bitten at the beginning of july. >> that's really scary. >> something to worry about. >> reporter: while cases of zika have been found in 46 states all those but one were linked to travel to 1 of the 64 countries and territories where zika is common. the case not involving travel was due to a lab accident. now in miami, workers are going door to door heavily spraying so-called zika hot zones and testing neighbors looking for any signs that the virus is still here. hoping to contain it before it spreads further. >> once something starts, we nip it in the bud. >> reporter: overseas travelers are on edge. both england and ireland have now issued travel alerts warning all pregnant women to avoid nonessential travel to florida. but for those living in the area, the fear of zika is pressing. >> right now we would like to

have another baby and we really would like to see more action. >> reporter: this is the neighborhood where those cases occurred and they're going door to door handing out these pamphlets. the key message for pregnant women and for others, use repellent, avoid mosquito bites. george. >> okay, rich, thanks very much. now, let's go to amy for today's other top stories. you had a major new fire in the west. >> that's right, and we're getting images now of the massive new wildfire in western montana. flames up to 200 feet high have burned more than 2,000 acres. this is in the bitterroot national forest forcing the evacuation of 500 homes and there's an even bigger threat in california where 5300 firefighters are now battling that blaze near big sur and it's threatening thousands of homes. a bulldozer operator was killed while helping fire crews. well, overseas right now the taliban is claiming responsibility for a truck bomb today in a hotel popular with foreign contractors in kabul, afghanistan. the explosion shook much of the city and at least one police

officer was killed. hundreds of muslims attended catholic mass in france on sunday in a show of solidarity following the murder of a priest by teenagers linked to isis. one group held a banner saying, love for all. pope francis told reporters it is not fair to equate islam with violence. he said every religion has a small group of fundamentalists. well, there is a new warning for athletes ahead of the rio olympics, a sty by the associated press found the city's water is still dangerously dirty with waste containing viruses and bacteria. experts are advising swimmers and travelers not to put their heads in the open water. well, some frightening moments at this demolition derby in utah after a collision, the driveshaft of a truck flew into the stands 30 rows deep. the piece of metal hitting three people but thankfully they are all expected to be okay. and finally, the photo that may trump them all. take a look at this elm tree

overgrown with ivory, that a man photographed in england. i'm guessing by the laughter you see the resemblance. we'll show a side-by-side comparison that the "dailymail.com is showing -- the signature hair, the mouth, everything is quite the same and he added that perhaps it's a warning about who might be president in november. he saw it as a sign in the countryside of england. anyway -- uncanny. >> i thought lincoln. >> i thought too. >> the hair. >> i got it. thank you, amy. now to an amazing survival story. take a look at this terrifying crash caught on camera. the car flipping nearly a dozen times before coming to a stop. good samaritans then racing to save the driver who not only survived but was conscious. abc's t.j. holmes tells us about this incredible story. >> good morning to you, robin. we're about to tee this video up for our viewers again. if you haven't asked already,

you will soon ask -- how in the world did anybody survive that? well, possibly due in part to the fact that the bystanders didn't wait for a rescue crew to arrive. they became the rescue crew. this is not a hollywood stunt. this is a real-life crash caught on surveillance video in florida. the footage shows the moments a car goes out of control and flips over and over and over. leaving a debris field. >> we walked out and looked to see what was going on, looked like a war zone. >> reporter: the video also shows good samaritans rushing to the rescue. one even brings a fire extinguisher to fight the flames. >> i just immediately did what everybody else was doing and if there were enough we could flip it. >> reporter: working together, they used good old-fashioned manpower to turn the car over and pull the manut. >> the windows were completely crushed. the frame was bent, couldn't get the doors open, so that was pretty much the main lead in my opinion of getting the guy out of the car. whenever we flipped it over i noticed it had a sunroof on it and immediately i jumped on top of the car and i figured that's

how we were going to get the guy out. >> reporter: after bystanders performed the rescue, emergency crews airlifted the driver to a nearby hospital. >> it's crazy that, you know, that car did flip so many times and that actually was somebody in there that actually survived. >> whoo. >> survived, conscious, not clear about his condition but in the hospital this morning, nobody else was injured. hit a couple of cars, but they're trying to figure out what in the world caused that. how is that possible? >> how they jumped into action like that. all right, t.j., thank you. let's go back now to ginger. possible tropical storm you're talking about? >> yes, we're getting right into the heart of atlantic hurricane season starting to heat up a little. 80% advance of development of what could become earl. we're going to watch it. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, select cities brought to you by general mills. cities brought to you by general mills.

i am meteorologist mike nicco. check out the highlights, a steady stream of clouds and cool nights followed by seasonal to below average temperatures, with our cool of the highs still ahead of us, and today, we have 60, 70s, and 80s. notice the 90s and 100s are again. tonight we fall into the fits. my seven-day forecast shows a few 90s are possible tomorrow and wednesday and they are the exception. 60s, 70s and 80s are going do rule moment of the all i can think with t.j.'s flipping car, that is a car safety commercial ready to go. i'm getting in that one. i don't know about you all. >> you got that right, ginger. coming up, new clues in the deadliest hot air balloon

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all right, also this morning, the "suicide squad" taking over times square. all those fans lining up outside our studio when it was still dark outside and there's adam beach rewarding them, signing autographs. margot robbie, viola davis and so many more talking about what happened behind the scenes. and what we can expect there on the big screen. >> the fans were out here dark and early. >> yes, they were. but first, the very latest on the worst balloon crash in u.s. history. 16 people were killed after their hot air balloon caught fire in texas, fell from the sky. this morning we're learning more about the victims and the crash. abc's david kerley is in lockhart, texas, with more. good morning, david. >> reporter: robin it was about this time of morning when that flight took off and as the balloon was descending it hit these power lines that you see behind me. everybody on board was lost. this video obtained by abc news showing the final journey of the hot air balloon flying over texas, just minutes later it would fall to the ground in flames killing all 16 aboard.

the balloon took off outside of austin, texas, traveling for eight miles before suddenly exploding. >> you could see that they were just stuck. the flames that go into the balloon, they were coming on and going off. >> reporter: the sunrise flight was delayed for 20 minutes with clouds and fog in the area. investigators say the balloon hit the high tension wires as it was descending. among the passengers, 34-year-old newlyweds matt and sunday rowan. sunday bought the hot air balloon ride as a gift for her army medic husband. >> when i heard that there were no survivors, we knew we had lost her and matt. >> reporter: matt texted his volleyball team shortly before the flight, saying, this has been rescheduled a dozen times for weather and i didn't think it would happen. the couple posted pictures of their day from helping to set up, taking off, even posting parts of the flight. the last picture, posted 12 minutes before the end. another couple on the balloon, joe and tresa shafer. their family telling abc news the couple cherished spending time with their kids and grandchildren.

>> i went outside and seen a flame and the high line. i went on down there and it was this basket underneath the high line burning. >> reporter: the bodies were all found near the basket of the balloon. investigators have gathered 18 cell phones, cameras and ipads which they hope will help enable them to piece together the final moments of the flight. the pilot of the balloon is said to have many years experience. he spoke about his love of flying to our abc station ksat. >> it ee's being a pilot or passenger and crew. i wanted to be a pilot. >> he loved what he did. his utmost priority was the safety to his passengers. >> reporter: the ntsb is calling for more regulation of this industry pointing out that in just the past five years there have been 60 incidents involving balloons. those cell phones and cameras, all those devices will be packed

up, they're going to be sent to the ntsb lab in washington and there's real hope among those investigators that on those devices are pictures or videos showing the last moment of the flight and solve this mystery. robin. >> all right, david, thank you very much. joining us now is robert zumwalt, he's a member of the national transportation safety board who's helping with the investigation in lockhart. sir, thank you very much for your time this morning. what more can you share with us about the investigation at this point? >> we're trying to put together a time line for exactly how this tragic event unfolded so we're making good progress but we still have a long way to go. >> you say the launch was delayed something like 20 minutes because of fog. is weather being considered a factor? >> well, weather is always something that we look at and we're not exactly sure why the flight was delayed by approximately 20 minutes. we are going to interview the ground crew today and that's one of the very questions we want to find out is, was there any particular reason why this flight was delayed? >> and the fact that it made

contact with a power line. i know you're looking into that. >> certainly we're looking at the power lines. it's pretty suspicious that the balloon ended up right below the power lines. power line strikes are a factor in about 15% of ballooning accidents. >> and speaking of ballooning accidents, you said yesterday that this type of balloon may have been involved in another crash. can you elaborate? >> there have been two other accidents involving this specific type of this balloon but there are 110 of these balloons registered in the united states. >> two years ago the ntsb warned that something like this could happen and you wanted them to tighten regulations, in fact, you said yesterday you called their response, quote, unacceptable. had they heeded this warning could this tragedy have been avoided, sir? >> we do feel that in a general sense there needs to be greater oversight for air tour balloon operators. and we do feel that the

regulator has a responsibility to provide oversight when people are exchanging money to go for a ride. there needs to be a greater level of oversight than there currently is. >> one more question i want to ask you, is it safe for people to go up in a hot air balloon? >> is it safe to go in a hot air balloon? in a hot air bquestion. any time we defy gravity, there's a certain risk associated with that and unfortunately the tragic events of saturday show that sometimes that risk is greater than we're willing to accept. >> but you're not saying people should not go up in a hot air balloon? >> i would suspect that riding in a hot air balloon would be a wonderful way to spend a lovely morning or a lovely evening, but it is important to make sure that for one thing that the weather is good before we go. i think that's very important. we're not saying that the weather is, indeed, a factor here, but it's certainly one of the things that the ntsb is looking at. >> well, thank you for the work

that you do with the ntsb. we appreciate it very much. take care. >> thank you. >> and we're certainly thinking of the families. >> we are. a lot of questions before you go up. okay, we're going to move on now, switch gears to a scandal surrounding the newly crowned miss teen usa. she's under fire for using offensive language in a series of old tweets and she's now apologizing. the organization says she'll get to keep her title. abc's linzie janis has the details. >> miss teen usa 2016 is texas! >> reporter: this morning, the newly crowned miss teen usa at the center of a twitter scandal. >> miss teen usa. >> reporter: not long after taking home the title in las vegas saturday, karlie hay coming under fire after a series of racist tweets from her social media account came back to haunt her. the tweets dating back to 2013 show hay using the "n" word repeatedly while writing to friends on twitter.

the former miss texas teen taking to social media admitting she has used the language publicly in the past. and it's something she's not proud of and there is no excuse for, citing personal struggles as the cause. the tweets causing an online firestorm. many expressing their outrage. former miss teen usa kamie crawford called out hay, questioning why she left the tweets up knowing she was competing for the crown. crawford tweeting, if you win any pageant first things first. clean up your page because if you're under 21 you shouldn't be drinking and if you're white the "n" word ain't your word. overnight, the miss universe organization defended their winner saying she will keep her crown and that the organization is committed to supporting her continued growth. the pageant was already facing backlash for the lack of diversity among saturday's

finalists after the top five was revealed to include only blonde white women. for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> yeah, that was a surprising lineup right there. let's go over to robin and you got a guest over there. >> yeah, you know it's a big board when nick watt is making a personal appearance so we'll talk about the olympic opening ceremony that's just days away now, security concerns, rio is facing a little bit of trouble there. and backlash is brewing over a new matt damon movie months before it even comes out. and the reason nick watt is here, free-falling 125,000 feet, no parachute, we'll be back in two minutes. that's you right there. >> that's me. it was not me jumping out of the plane just to be clear. >> big board is coming up. we cleared that up. >> big board is coming up. we cleared that up.

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his story in just a moment. >> good morning. >> good morning. loved you on the overnight this morning at 4:00. >> thank you. but first, let's start with alarming new security concerns in rio four days before the olympics begin. there are fears isis could target the games with a dirty bomb and reports that the international atomic energy agency has sent sophisticated detection equipment to brazil and joining us none other than espn's jeremy schaap. this is something. this is very -- we've been talking a lot about zika and other things but i mean what are the security concerns right now over there in rio? >> well, there are a lot of security concerns, robin, in rio right now but we understand there's not a lot of substance to the dirty bomb threat. that's mostly they're doing their due diligence if there were such a threat. however, there have been credible threats made on jihadi messaging channels targeting the games. they're taking that very

seriously. remember the olympics are a vast target. they've been targeted before. and making matters worse, the rio organizers, they just fired the company that they hired just a month ago today to hire 3,000 security officers to work outside the venues. they weren't getting the job done and they're going to be replaced by police and military. >> what a mess. >> it is a mess. you got to wonder what's next. you got security threats. zika. you got the water, dirty water right now. the doping scandal. facilities aren't done. what does this mean for the games? >> well, you know, george, we talk about this often. right before the games, are they going to get it done? that was the story, of course, in 2004 in athens, beijing 2008, sochi 2014. but never before as you suggested have we seen so many problems plaguing one olympics but when the games do get under way, assuming there is not some terrorist attack, something awful happens, most people will be focusing on the action. we just hope somebody doesn't

get sick, something terrible doesn't happen, but when the games start people want to see the competition. >> that is true. >> fingers crossed that is true, jeremy, thanks very much. let's move on now to a backlash brewing over a new matt damon movie. trailer for "the great wall" it shows him fighting a dangerous force outside the wall in china. getting criticize a little bit. want to bring in larry hackett former editor in chief of "people" magazine. he's getting criticized by constance wu most prominently from "fresh off the boat" and said we have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save the world. this is a thing called white washing, not the first time it's happened. >> no, not the first time it's happened. there have been cases recently, emma stone was cast in a movie as a half asian, half hawaiian woman. tilda swinton has been cast in a new movie and scarlett johansson in a movie based on a japanese character and all these roles should be

going to asian actors so there's actually the casting of the asians and she points out in the tweet that the white person, the white man has to come and save people of color and this is perpetuated over and over in these films and she's calling it out. >> larry, going back to the oscars, even before that, there's been a lot of conversation about the lack of diversity in hollywood. is there any impact that's having at all? >> well, you have to see what happens now. you know, even the complaints at the oscars about, you know, just white people being in these films, the real decisions have to be made in places like the grill and studios if movies come out. i think constance wu is doing the right thing but you have to keep the pressure on and it's only going to change if the studios start to make pictures with people of color. doing it at the oscars is just a little too late. >> all right, larry, thank you. now to that record-breaking and death-defying stunt, skydiver luke aikins free-falling from 25,000 feet. wait for it. without a parachute. he lived to tell the tale. so did nick watt here with us now. let's look at the moment. because he had people with them. they had safety chutes but he

continues to free-fall. see there, like, so the guys around you all have the chutes but you don't. how dangerous is this? of course it's very dangerous. >> i mean, listen, robin, he's nearly five miles up. he's jumping out without a parachute. i'm not sure we can say that too many times. he is going at terminal velocity, 125 miles an hour, and he's aiming for a net that's about a fifth of the size of a football field. it's like george jumping out of a plane dressed in a coat and tie. and he just makes it. i mean now his mom was too scared to watch. his wife was there. his 4-year-old son was there. and you saw him at the end there just two-minute fall last second flips around and gets in that net. not right in the middle but mercifully close enough. >> by the way, on live tv. >> all on live tv. there was a controversy whether or not he had to wear a chute. after the fall, this is what he had to say. >> i mean i'm almost levitating. it is incredible.

this thing that just happened. the words i want to say i can't even get out of my mouth. it was all these guys, everybody that made this happen. >> how did they make it happen? how does it work? >> he is a guy who's been skydiving since he was 12 years old. he's done 18,000 jumps but even he, when he was first asked to do this two years ago, someone said, luke, i think you should jump out of a plane without a parachute. he said no way then the idea was in there and, you know, the near impossible for a guy like this, irresistible. he did it. >> incredible. >> could it be a future olympic sport there, jeremy? >> i surely hope not. they got enough ways to get in trouble. >> we don't need had. we don't need this. >> i don't like it. >> what a sane answer from jeremy. >> jeremy doesn't like it. >> i want to know how you practice for something like this. >> he did. he did with a dummy and the dummy fell through the nets. yeah, all right. nick, larry, jeremy, thank you very much. coming up in just two minutes, our hot shot of the day. we hear from the swedish cop making headlines for nabbing a robber while sunbathing.

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good morning. it's 7:56. let's see what august has in store for you. >> a little bit of a throw back. good morning. we've got the marine layer. it's clouds and cooling effect. temperatures are below average across the board. san francisco 60s and 70s around the bay. an isolated 90 is possible today. tomorrow, wednesday and even cooler thursday. how's it's going alexis? >> not so good in the south bay. i'll take you to coopertino. it was blocking one lane opinion i think it cleared in the last couple of moments. we have some red on our traffic flow. about 30 minutes from hayward over to foster city.

another update in about 30 minutes. >> thank you. will smith, margo, robbie and the entire cast of suicide squad live next on gma. we'll have another update in we'll have another update in about 30 we'll have another update in aboutlife's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event.

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good morning, america. it's a.m. state of emergency. deadly floods pound the east. responders form a human chain to save a woman from her car. more than 100 people rescued. new threats at this hour. also this morning, parenting alert. trampoline park injuries jump. increasing 12foal. what's behind the rise? period trigs now out with a warning for you and your children. ♪ go big or go home reinventing the high heel. the shoe innovators reshaping your stilettos. more comfy, less pressure. all fashion. becky putting the best to the test from cutting them open. >> i love power tools. >> to racing around the track, the shoes that will have you strutting in style. ♪ never been in love before

explosive finale on "the bachelorette." jojo down to the final two. >> i came into this being very wary of falling in love with more than one person. i didn't see that happening to me and it did. >> who will she pick and who is headed for heartbreak? your exclusive sneak peek right here. all that and the "suicide squad" is taking over. >> jokers must be crazy. >> will smith, viola davis, margot robbie and more, summer's hottest villains here revealing secrets live as we say -- >> >> all: good morning, america. >> good morning, america. great to have sara haines here this monday morning. also great to have the cast of "suicide squad." there they are right there. out there with the crowd. and we're going to test the stars. killer croc has the selfie stick

going. will smith and we'll talk to everyone in just a little bit. the fans have been lining up all night long. >> that's happening right above our heads. there is a party going on. why weren't we invited? thanks for the mugs. big i dos for two of our favorite friends, dancing pro kym johnson and "shark tank's" robert herjavec married last night. oh, great shot of kym from her bachelorette party on saturday. and maybe robert helped with all the dress shopping. who knows. all the details, pictures and videos from inside the wedding. derek hough was there, mark ballas. >> is that the first "dancing" weding? >> ooh. >> did somebody check on that? might be. >> could be. the morning rundown from amy. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with donald trump firing back this morning in his feud with the muslim parents of an american soldier killed in iraq. it all began during an interview with george on sunday when trump seemed to question the sincerity of the khans who appeared in the

democratic convention. trump then questioned the silence from mrs. khan during that speech. in response mr. khan said trump has a black soul and this morning khan claimed trump is missing the empathy needed to be a good leader. well, guess what trump fired back on twitter saying, this story is not about mr. khan who is all over the place doing interviews, but rather radical islamic terrorism and the u.s. get smart. and then trump tweeted this morning saying, mr. khan who does not know me viciously attacked me from the stage of the dnc and is now all over tv doing the same. nice. a new national poll finds hillary clinton getting a post-convention bounce. she now leads donald trump by seven points. well, the other big story this morning, a state of emergency in maryland after what's being called a once in a thousand years flood. the raging floodwaters sweeping away car, destroying buildings and killing two people. abc's gio benitez is in ellicott city, maryland, with the latest.

good morning, gio. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. this is an historic town here for 250 years since that revolutionary war. just take a look. the river is actually on the other side of these buildings and in some cases we're told the floodwaters actually came from under the buildings and over so that's why you're seeing so much destruction. a piece of video that shows this human chain, people forming this human chain to rescue someone who was swept away by these floodwaters. she was in one of those cars and back out here, maryland, i can show you one of those cars here. this was just what happened here to so many cars, 180 of them. and they were all taken away. they were all towed but clearly a lot of rebuilding here, not sure if any of these buildings will stand. amy. >> incredibly devastating. gio, thank you. another parenting alert this morning about the pokemon go craze. a new study warning that the game which sends players outside to snap up virtual critters could lead your children into a dangerous trap. the study published by lawmakers

in new york found 73% of local sex offenders' addresses were within less than a block of items featured in the game. in arizona investigators found one of the game's destinations was actually at a halfway house where dozens of sex offenders live. we reached out to makers of the game for comment and have not received a response yet. well, more children are being rushed to the hospital because of injuries suffered on a trampoline. figures out this morning show annual emergency room visits because of injuries at indoor trampoline parks now top 7,000 and that is a 12fold increase in recent years as trampolines become more popular, doctors are calling for new safety guidelines saying they are surprised actually at the seriousness of the injuries. how about something to make you smile on a monday morning, robin? take a look. courtesy of hawaii's kilauea volcano, look at that. a helicopter tour first spotted this smiley face of the lava

which makes it a smiling magma. >> natural phenomenon this morning. >> you know, things that are like other things. i know. >> such a gift. thank you. >> i can't top that smiling face. >> ah. >> magma. one more time. >> magma. magma. >> yeah. done that a few types and it never gets old. time now for "pop news." we begin with last night's teen choice awards. top prizes went to daisy ready, "captain america" civil war and "once upon a time." justin timberlake taking home the first ever decade award. here's a small part of his acceptance speech. >> i'm here to say you will make mistakes along the way, you will fall down. i have, many types even ali did, but what we do after that fall is how we make history. because impossible is nothing. >> the 35-year-old singer also

used his speech to highlight the importance of diversity and working with people from all walks of life. i love when people put that thought into the platform they have. >> nailed it. >> good year of speeches so far. tonight is the explosive finale of "the bachelorette" down to two men vying for jojo's heart, jordan and robby. escrow jo was left heartbroken at the end of "the bachelor" last season. who is she leaving behind tonight? we have an exclusive sneak peek. >> very wary of falling in love with more than one person, i didn't see that happening for me. and it did. i've never in my entire life chosen to say good-bye to love. have never done it. i don't know how i'm going to be able to do it. >> ooh. >> i thought you were going to give it away. >> no, we don't do that here, george. we tease, george. the finale at 8:00. tomorrow morning jojo and her guy if she picks one will be here live for her interview.

i know you can't wait for this. one of your faves. finally traveling can be exhausting thanks to busy airports and long walks between terminals. now there is a modobag. our interns are testing them out. >> i knew it. i knew you were going to bring them to the studio. >> i mean, come on. >> amy, you first talked about it. these new rideable suitcases in her newscast and travel up to six mys on a single charge. that's better than my phone. powered using a standard outlet. it is and reach a max speed of eight miles an hour. it was invented by kevin o'donnell funded by indygogo. you can preorder right now for a cool $995. >> oh. a little fast. >> it is a little fast but i dare anyone the first time they see it to break into a sprint against the person. >> great interns we have. >> you don't think that took time to get any volunteers. would you like to come in and ride a bag for us. >> 995, huh. >> it doubles as transportation,

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♪ you remember them on "dancing with the stars," kym johnson, robert herjavec. how about going from that to walking down the aisle, the pair tied the knot last night in l.a. abc's adrienne bankert has the story. ♪ early in the morning >> reporter: overnight the ballroom -- >> i'll give you 200,000. >> reporter: and the boardroom shark saying "i do." robert herjavec and kym johnson giving "people" magazine an exclusive first look at the big day. the bride wearing a strapless monique lluillier gown, her groom in a white tux as they exchanged vows surrounded by family, friends and famous co-workers including "dancing with the stars" pros derek hough and mark ballas who snapchatted from the wedding. >> so happy for you guys. love you guys. ♪ 'cause you make me feel so -- >> reporter: the savvy shark and dancing pro met during season 20

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decisional heel and olaff on the right. >> the stoes are contracting so no pressure on the ball of the foot, the met tatarsal is stabl >> reporter: to feel the difference i devise a comparison. standard 4-inch even an one of dr. oloff's four-inch heels on my left. i'll do one lap around the track and see if there is any difference in the way my feet feel afterwards. the conventional four-inch heel didn't even make half a lap. >> oh, man. >> right foot, the conventional pump is killing me. i'm pretty sure i already have a blister. these oloff flatfors were way more comfortable. >> good news in the three-inch heel category too. so-called comfort shoes have gotten more fashionable. this is a cult favor, the corso como and from rockport these are

nice and have so much padding, in fact, i love power tools. if i cut open a comfort shoe like this rockport and compare it to a standard pair of heels i can't even bend that. look at the comfort shoe there's so much more foam and then this feels like an athletic sole. look at how flexible that is. i was so impressed that i took these comfort heels from natu l naturalizer and decided to get extreme. a quarter mile running in three-inch heels and business attire. it was a little confusing for the other runners but the results were astonishing. that's kind of incredible. my feet do not hurt. wow! that said i want my running shoes next time i hit the track. whoo! >> wonderful. >> that was awesome. >> i mean continuing our theme this is important to women. this is our feet every day. i have a quiz for you.

i have three fellow shoe lovers with me here. >> right. >> which one of those three including the ones i'm wearing here, which ones are the comfort shoes? >> are the comfort shoes? >> cue the "vogue" music. >> they're all very, very stylish. i don't -- which ones aren't? >> you're right. it's a trick question. >> all of these are either comfort shoes or made by podiatrists. these are mary ann park shoe, a podiatrist on the high end and we go all the way -- >> joan oloff. >> those are really beautiful. >> i didn't get a pedicure. stay away. >> we have the corso como. >> they're padded actually when you step you can feel a cushion. >> those are in the hundred dollar range and rockports and -- >> the pillow. there is like a pillow on my foot. >> like a pillow like you're

sleeping on your foot. >> ginger, you're the expert backwards in high heels girl. how important is high heel comfort. >> when you're dancing there is nothing that hurts more than your feet so anything that could be cushioning it i would take in a heartbeat. >> your feet took a beating. >> yeah, yeah. >> so let's go back six months and have me put these on. now i know, thanks a lot, becky. >> you used to think if you did this you would have to sacrifice fashion but you can see from all these different -- >> comfy shoes are fashionable and fashionable shoes are getting more comfy. uh-huh. right, ladies. >> thank you. >> don't run around the track. >> i'm off. >> how about the weather, ginger. >> i'm not going to run but i'll saunter over because i'm about to -- this is very exciting, we have so many people from "suicide squad" here this morning. but jay hernandez, who plays el diablo is here to show us how he would do weather, jay. >> whoa. >> i feel very like -- i really need to get in on that. >> want to give it a shot.

>> i always talk about fire. focus. here we go. i'm part of the "suicide squad" and -- >> whoo. >> that looks good. >> getting a little hot. >> can i blow this out? how do i get rid of it. >> your dress is smoking. >> it's gone. we should quickly -- made some extra special weather forecasts. diablo's forecast forde ablow, california, 86. hot spring, arizona, 95. fire island, new york. >> not bad. i am meteorologist mike nicco. check out the highlights, a steady stream of clouds and cool nights followed by seasonal to below average temperatures, with our cool of the highs still ahead of us, and today, we have 60, 70s, and 80s. notice the 90s and 100s are again. tonight we fall into the fits. my seven-day forecast shows a few 90s are possible tomorrow and wednesday and they are the exception. 60s, 70s and 80s are going do rule moment of the the --

is the flame back? can we try it. >> let's give it a shot. there it is. >> it came back. coming up on "gma," more "suicide squad." viola davis, the whole cast here plus country star jake owen performing live. don't go anywhere.

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80s inland, and get used to that. >> we'll have another update in about 30 minutes and always that camera behind us, welcome back to "gma" and check this out. the whole cast of "suicide squad" is right here. we had a lot of fun with them all morning. we have a lot to get to. >> a lot of people to get to. i'm going to introduce everyone. will, viola, joel, cara, adewale, karen, jay, jai, karen. wow. did i get that all right? >> hold on. do it again backwards. >> no. i just barely got through that with prompter so we'll hear all about the action-packed movie in just a minute but let's take a look as the squad gears up for their big mission. >> i want you to enter the city, rescue hvt1 and get them to safety. >> i'm sorry. for those of us who don't speak

good guy, what is hvt1? >> the only person that matters in the city, the one person you can't kill. complete the mission, you get time off your prison sentence, fail the mission, you die. [ applause ] >> will, you said it best. nobody in the movie speaks good guy very well. >> yeah. >> but who's the most intimidating villain? >> oh, clearly viola without question. >> you don't believe that. >> you can make me believe it. what did you like about the character? >> well, exactly that, the intimidation, the brutality of it. but it was very liberating to me as a woman in my life to tap into that sort of power unapologetic, you know, to not have any vulnerability. >> you had a power 'do too. >> yeah. it was pretty liberating. >> i know all of you went to hard core training camp, and, margo, i understand you did a lot of stunts in heels. >> i did. i did. >> tell me what that was like. >> in the heels. i'm not good in heels in the

first place, so i was a little trepidatious that-- no, we got through it. i fell out of the helicopter. he remembers that one. a couple bumps and bruises. >> so, viola was perhaps the most intimidating villain but who was the most intimidating fighter? >> i would say karen. >> karen, yeah. >> karen. >> ooh. that's surprising, karen. >> yeah, but i heard you got a little freaked out when jared leto came on set. >> yeah, well, jared never broke character so i would go up and say, hi, i'm karen fukuhara and i play katana and he would give me the joker laugh and just go about his -- >> he never broke character? >> never. >> wow. >> i met jared leto for the first time about three weeks ago. literally. we worked together for six months. we literally never exchanged a word that wasn't between action and cut. i never -- >> wow. >> that's impressive.

>> we didn't say, hey, how are you doing. nice to meet you. he sent me a pig once. yeah. he sent me a pig. yeah. >> he sent you like an actual pig. >> an actual pig. >> what did you do with the pig. >> a dead pig, you know. >> you ate it. >> we saved it. yeah, he went full joker. he went full joker. >> all right. >> yeah. >> wow. all right. that's intense. >> oh, no, it was a live rat. the rat was live. yes. >> dead pigs and live rats. >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. >> wow. all right. >> he went full joker for sure. >> all right, and, cara, speaking of joker, i understand you were a bit of a prankster? >> me? >> yeah. >> that's not -- come on, guys. let's not talk about that. >> cara definitely -- she definitely knows how to set the mood and set the tone. >> what was your best prank? >> on the set. >> it's a family show. >> it's a family show. ixnay on the ank-pra. >> we'll have to find out about

that afterwards. >> they won't break the trust. >> so who else has comic chops on the set? >> i reckon the funniest character is captain boomerang. >> yeah, this one right here. yeah. >> got a million laughs. >> one of the weirdest. that's for sure. >> so tell me about this text chain. you guys had like a group text chat. who do you chat about? >> again, it's a family show. >> you know, the squad texts and pretty much probably 60 to 80 times between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. it goes off, so we kind of all keep it in touch with the things that are going on. there's actually nothing we can share from that. no, the thing with the "suicide squad" is this group was perfectly cast. like everyone in this group with their characters was so beautifully and perfectly cast and what i love, when you look

at this cast, it's the picture of america, you know. >> that's for sure. >> it's like all the different races, creeds, colors. >> this is not miss teen usa. >> you went there. good for you. >> it was right there, george. >> i really love that about this film. and people are particularly excited about the "suicide squad," like, you know, that doesn't really happen a lot. >> you seem surprised. >> no, i really -- i really am. you know, i've had a couple in a row that didn't particularly have this kind of energy. you know, so this is -- this one is exciting. >> back to being willy. >> we have so much more fun with willy and the cast here and they're going to reveal some behind-the-scenes secrets, apparently not what they text each other, but first let's head back to ginger.

>> i'm right over here. i'm right over here. yes. i went with only the top half of your outfit, by the way, margot robbie because the bottom i wasn't about to do. family show, right. so let's go ahead and talk about that weather forecast. i think playing crazy must have been so fun. i want to do that every day and i can get you crazy eyes. let's go ahead and look at the forecast then. western weather, we talk about those fires, you've seen some of the pictures out of montana and california, wildfire danger is up but in the monsoon area it's on. flash flooding in parts of arizona and, of course, in parts of new mexico. all right. that's a look west to east. i'm just going to keep coming at you doing this, getting crazier and craizier by the second. that's right. all right. that's the big picture. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco, look for sunshine inland by 11:00, and mostly sunny around the bay and clouds at the coast. 70s around the bay and 80s inland. 50s at night and 50s and 70s and 80s during the

>> so, have i done it? what else can i do to be crazy? >> love it. you can do just -- introduce yourself as harley quinn, nice to meet you. >> i love it. harley quinn, nice to meet you. >> that's it. >> all that weather brought to you by the u.s. postal service. we can't wait to hear more from you. robin. >> it is crazy up there. all right, ginger, thank you. now to a "gma" exclusive. john f. kennedy jr.'s closest friends are revealing what he was really like out of the spotlight. it's a beautiful new documentary, "i am jfk jr." here's a look. >> lived his life the way he wanted to and was able to deal when people would recognize him. i liked that reserved thing about him and easy to relate to. >> his tentacles, his love reaches out from the grave. it's still here now. >> joining us now, rosemarie terenzio, the executive producer of the documentary. she was jfk jr.'s close friend and wrote "fairy tale interrupted." great to see you again.

>> thanks, great to see you too. >> this looks lovely. i haven't had a chance to see it yet but you said it's to introduce him to a new generation. young people who don't realize who he was. >> he -- we lost him at 38 years old and i think if he knew that he would want to be remembered. and it's important for young people to know his place in history. >> absolutely. and some close friends, we see the list of people who are a part of it. what are we going to learn, those of us who do know john-john. he'll always be john-john to me. what are we going to find out. >> well, i think one of the most surprising things was the eclectic group of people he associated with from ann coulter, mike tyson, cindy crawford, robert de niro, you know, it's a group that you wouldn't expect to be associated with him and he just had an amazing way of relating to so many people in so many different ways. >> and he was so approachable and just attracted people. >> so disarming. so disarming. >> and i hear he had quite a little sense of humor. he would play with your phone. >> oh, he used to answer the phone at my desk and he'd answer

the phone and say sh, "george" magazine. they'd say, is john in? he'd say, who is calling and he'd say this is john. no, it's not and then hang up. he loved it. he loved the joke. always practical joking around the office but he loved answering the phone. >> must have seen just all different sides of him working with him like that. >> yeah, yeah. >> so, what, rosemarie, do you want people to come away after watching this documentary? >> i think the lesson you get from this from john, it's more important to be good than it is to be great. >> and i love that. it's a tribute to a good man. what do you miss most about him? >> oh, so much but i think his wisdom. i mean there's so many things especially in the political climate that i would love to get his opinion on and know what he would think and what he would do and how he would cover all of this in "george" magazine. >> oh, yes, speaking of "george" magazine, i mean, somebody that influenced him or i shouldn't say influenced him that he -- help me out here. >> george stephanopoulos was sort of the colonel for the idea that became "george" magazine. >> come on.

>> no, i mean, at the time george was, you know, this young, interesting guy who was in the middle of the political -- >> why do you say was? he still is an interesting guy. >> he is but at that time in the political pop culture realm george was the guy, you know, he was right there with the president and he was so young and we were all so jealous. >> so john jr. was influenced by that? >> yes, he saw that piece of politics and pop culture merging right at that moment. >> well, thank you very much. now we are not going to be able inform now that he knows that and take claim -- >> named after him. >> we'll leave it at that. rosemarie, always a pleasure. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for your love and devotion and can't wait to see the documentary and "jfk jr." airs tonight on spike tv. coming up the "suicide squad" cast is back. ooh. they're spilling some secrets. come on back.

hey, angelo, this is the exterminator you called for your rat problem. account's looking a little thin. >> no one gets paid until what

needs to get done gets done. >> no, that's not the rules. no money, no honey. >> there he is. will smith in "suicide squad" and now he and the squad are back. i have to start with you, joel. i noticed something on your arm. it says skwad. >> swkab. >> that's a real tattoo? >> yes. >> it's a real tattoo and a real mistake. >> wait. how many of you got the tattoo? >> statistically it was like -- >> yeah, i was covered in scales. >> seriously. they're on their ankles. it's something else. and obviously -- >> i did that one. >> you made that one? >> yeah, that's mine. >> you can tell. >> you're going to remember that. >> i believe we have established that this is a fun crew to be on set with. so why don't we find out a little secret behind the squad. do a little bit more digging, shall we? >> yes. really want to go there? >> i'm not scared. all right. adewale, let's start with you.

a lot of people are going to see you in the croc suit and think that's cgi. set us straight. it is or isn't. >> well, i can testify five hours. >> not cgi. >> no, we had an amazing aesthetic team headed by chris neilson and david, the director was insistent on not making this character cgi because he wanted an actor to bring the soul of the character out. >> wow. >> so we spent five hours a day, you know, sometimes depending on the angle we were shooting, sometimes three hours but maximum was five. they would spray paint it, you wear it for 12, two hours to take off. and look what we got. >> look what you got. it was incredible. >> took it seriously too. he actually ate an actual person to prepare for the role. >> yep. >> we thought that was real actor commitment. yeah. >> that was method. he's croc. he's accountable. what can i say? >> understood. jai, i want to say your eyebrows are coming in nicely. >> don't they look good? >> quite nicely. not as nice as this woman right here. queen of the brows. i got clippings and i attached

them to my eyebrows. >> so you actually shaved your eyebrows for the movie. >> i did, yeah, yeah. >> my goodness. >> i looked like cro magnon -- i had a quite pronounced brow for a number of months. >> i think it works. >> what people don't realize when you do things like that for a role like we first saw him, we were like, yeah, we're going to be committed to this, and jai came in, and his eyebrows were shaved. we were like, ooh. ooh. >> because you ever see when a dog gets freshly shaved. that's how i walked into the room just like with my tail tucked. right. >> hey. when you do that, you shave them and you see them in the movie but while we were shooting on the weekends at the club, his eyebrows were shaved. >> it doesn't end there. >> it doesn't end there for six months. >> it was like, hey, buy a drink for that sad guy over there. i was apparently emotionless. >> it works for you.

>> margot, this is your second movie with mr. will smith. can you tell us a secret about will smith that we don't know? >> hmm. a secret about will. >> no, she can't. >> he -- when we first met, will didn't know how to swim. >> ooh. >> and you have taught him. >> i was insistent that he get in a pool. >> and he still doesn't know how to swim. >> right. >> he did lessons. he did lessons. >> listen, i grew in the city of philly. there wasn't a lot of swimming pools. >> for an australian to hear that, that's the crazest thing i've ever heard. get in a pool. >> no, i'm going to learn. >> as a black man, we don't swim. >> right. i didn't want to be the one to say it. >> we don't swim. >> not a lot of swimming. >> do you? >> i know how to swim. i didn't want to say that. i didn't. >> we could go on and on. thank you so much for coming and having so much fun.

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still have a cloud canopy out here. i expect over the next hour or so some clouds to open up inland where we'll hit the 80s. 60s and 70s around the bay. at the coast, cloudy and 60s. expect more of the same through the week. we have a new problem on bart this morning. we had a medical emergency in west oakland. trains leaving the downtown oakland area are on a 20-minute delay. hopefully that's going to unwind pretty quickly. that earlier medical emergency has wrapped. a lot of clouds. we're looking okay. back to you. >> thanks so much. time now for live with kelly.

i'll be back at 11:00 a.m. i hope you join me. our reporting continues now on our news announcer: it's "live! with kelly." today, from "sex&drugs&rock&roll," john corbett. and he's a member of the "suicide squad," actor adewale. and a broadway violinist gets a "ambush as we kick off makeover week." and journalist anderson cooper takes a seat at the co-host desk. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by isney-abc domestic television] announcer: and now, here are kelly ripa and anderson cooper! [cheers and applause] ♪