good morning, america. severe storm warning. >> oh, it's roping out now. >> this twister tearing through the plains overnight and hail pounding the south. as dangerous winds send children in the bounce house to the hospital. now the threat is moving east. millions in the path of dangerous weather this week. also this morning, battling back. president trump trying to move forward after that stunning health care defeat. >> i'm disappointed. i'm a little surprised to be honest with you. >> now the president setting his sights on a new tax fight. the white house signaling he's willing to work with democrats after conservatives killed his health care bill. and violence erupting in pro-trump rallies over the weekend. outfit outrage. the young girls told they could not board a plane because they were wearing leggings. now united airlines facing a huge backlash as thousands call that decision unfair.

♪ i need a hero and the unlikely hero, sealing north carolina's place in the final four. their thrilling last-second win. >> maye for the win. >> as south carolina stuns florida. >> they are in the final four. >> punching its first ever ticket to the final four. joining gonzaga and oregon, who will take home the title? >> all: good morning, america. we're going to the final four. whoo! ♪ what about the madness and not just because david is here, march madness, goodness. >> right? >> those games were incredible. >> i'm your walk-on this morning. i'm the luke maye, i hope. see how it goes. what a dramatic day. unc sealing their trip to the final four with that last-second shot. you jumped off the couch? >> jumped off the couch,

screaming and hollering. you see it in the shot there but check out the celebration. the team took to the court dancing on the court. i don't know what the hey, hey hey, i guess, the rhythm of it. the locker room, some of my favorite posting this from the locker room. >> look at roy williams in the middle of it all. >> getting soaked and you know it's great to see a coach like roy williams. been around for so long but still understanding the players and still being involved and still being connected to the players. >> only coach going with final four experience. the other three have never been there including our new friend, south carolina's coach frank martin. remember, he was here last week cutting down the net heading to the final four for the first time in school history. mississippi state, mississippi state, hail, state going to the final four for the first time in school history, stanford with an exciting win, as well. so -- >> you can use your bell any time you want. >> it's going to be okay. >> it says ring responsibly. >> ring. >> since 4:00 a.m. she's been ringing it responsibly in the

hallway. >> we will have a lot more of that ringing coming up, and also more of the final four. first we want to get to severe weather spreading across the south. millions in the path of powerful storms from texas to kentucky. let's go to ginger zee who is tracking it all. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. in the heart of the severe season we had at least 74 severe storm reports. big hail, almost baseball size. this tornado reported in ada, oklahoma. look at this video, the hail that was falling in argyle, texas, busting windshields and then dropping into the pool in denton county and highland village, texas. just wild pictures coming out of there. you'll see more today. i think primary threat will be including memphis and eventually nashville. look at the severe storms as that same cold front come as across. parts of kentucky, back through mississippi, robin, we've got not just today but through wednesday a severe threat we have to talk about coming up. >> i know you're keeping an eye on it. ginger, thank you. now to president trump trying to move forward this

morning after that stunning health care defeat. the president blaming members of his own party for the failure. abc's senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, has more on that for us. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. the blame game is in full force. the president now pointing fingers at everyone from democrats to conservative republicans for that blow to health care. president trump now looking to lay blame after that crushing defeat on health care. blasting conservatives, tweeting, democrats are smiling in d.c. that the freedom caucus with the help of club for growth and heritage have saved planned parenthood and obamacare. but the chair of the freedom caucus, unapologetic. >> well, i mean at this particular point i can tell you no one has been more self-critiquing than me. >> reporter: the president and fellow republicans saying they are now looking to turn the page to their next big challenge, tax reform. also signaling they may be ready to reach across the aisle. >> i think it's time for our

folks to come together and i also think it's time to potentially get a few moderate democrats on board. >> reporter: will democrats get on board? >> he moved so far to the hard right. that is virtually impossible for us to work with him. if he changes, he could have a different presidency. >> reporter: the blame game comes after a weekend of clashes at pro-trump rallies across the country. protesters and trump supporters coming to blows as the president seemed to be in his own battle with republican house speaker paul ryan, with this head scratching tweet saying, watch judge jeanine on fox news saturday night. those who tuned in saw judge jeanine piero open her show with an explosive hit on ryan. >> paul ryan needs to step down as speaker of the house. the reason, he failed to deliver the votes on his health care bill. >> reporter: but the white house claims the timing was just a

coincidence, and paul ryan has the president's full support. >> he doesn't blame paul ryan. in fact, he thought paul ryan worked really hard. he enjoys his relationship with paul ryan. thinks paul ryan is a great speaker of the house. >> reporter: the investigations into russia. the president's son-in-law jared kushner has volunteered to testify before the senate intelligence committee about meetings that he arranged with russia's ambassador. david. >> a lot of eyes on jared kushner as well, cecilia, thanks to you. let's bring in your teammate, jonathan karl here. we've got political analyst matthew dowd with us here this morning. jon, first the big picture. you remember a week before election day then candidate donald trump saying repealing and replacing obamacare, one of the single most important issues. why must we win and great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost. so easy. how big of a defeat is this? >> a devastating blow not only because he fails to keep a key campaign promise but puts in question the rest of the trump agenda.

can he get anything passed if he couldn't do this? can he even keep the government running which runs out of funding on april 28th. but -- but, david, this gives trump a chance to become the transformational president that he wanted to be, because the only way out of this is to find a way to work with democrats. there is no longer a republican working governing majority. he could reach out to democrats on drug prices, on infrastructure, even on closing special interest tax loopholes. >> you believe the defeat gives him that excuse? >> it gives him a chance to do it. the problem with that is democrats smell blood and trump has gone in the opposite direction so far. it could be a major course -- >> quick question on the millions who depend on obamacare. they heard it survived, they have breathed a sigh of relief and hear president trump say we'll let it explode. >> so, obamacare is the law of the land. that means the people depending on the subsidies will continue. medicaid expansion continues but all the problems with obamacare won't get addressed either. >> let's bring in matt. as you know the big pivot, the

president will push for tax reform. tax cuts. without repealing obamacare won't this make it even harder now? >> absolutely, david. i mean the health care reform was a building block that he needed for all his other parts of his plan, tax reform, infrastructure, his budget was that was a key building block. that's been removed and falls down. i think democrats will have a hard time not only because of their base but because they feel like they got a victory to go along with tax cuts that are primarily aimed at the rich. i think it's going to be really hard for donald trump to make that bridge on that particular piece of legislation. >> matt, just a few seconds left. you heard john go out on a limb there saying it could be a transformational president. how willing will the democrats be willing to help on any legislative victory? >> i think it's hard and their base is very much against donald trump and i think donald trump would fundamentally have to change as a person to be able to do that. i would think -- he needs to channel michael jackson which is i'm starting with the man in the mirror. he needs to take a look at

himself and make a change. that's what he needs to do. he needs to start the process by fundamentally changing who he is. >> the first time anyone has put it that way. matt dowd, jon karl, here with us, thanks. great to have you both guys. robin. now overseas to turmoil in russia. mass demonstrations breaking out across the country. the biggest in years there by protesters angry about corruption. more than a thousand were arrested including a leading critic of president putin. abc's alex marquardt has the latest and joins us this morning. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we haven't seen anything like this in russia in at least five years, far bigger protests than anyone expected. the official goal was to protest corruption but demonstrators there making it clear their anger is bigger than that. the largest gist play of defiance against vladimir putin in years. thousands marching in moscow and almost 100 other cities and towns across russia. they were billed as protests against corruption, but the

bigger message was clear. russia without putin, they chanted surrounded by riot police, almost none of the rallies had been approved by the authorities, and the crackdown was swift. this woman lifted and dragged away. she later said she wasn't even a protester. one of more than 1,000 people arrested on sunday. demonstrators tried to block the arrest of protest organizer and anti-corruption crusader alexei navalny. no need to fight to get me out, he tweeted. our topic of the day is the fight against corruption. navalny called for the protest after publishing a video report claiming that prime minister dmitry medvedev has accrued luxury items. during his time in office. claims that he denies. one american was also arrested. journalist alec lunh tweeted i was released 5 1/2 hours after being arrested and the navalny protest caused him to be charged with holding

an unsanctioned rally. hundreds are still in detention this morning, and however brave it was for the protesters to come out, the president has an approval rating of 80%. as for navalny, he was in court, fined an sentenced to 15 days in jail for organizing the protests. david. >> thanks, alex. now to a new arrest. the family of the american tourist killed in london is speaking out this morning. abc's lama hasan has the latest from london. good morning, lama. >> reporter: this morning the family of melissa cochran, wife of kurt cochran skilled in that attack in the heart of london speaking out just moments ago. >> the most difficult part of all of this is that kurt is no longer with us. and we miss him terribly. he was an amazing individual who loved everyone and tried to make the world a better place.

>> reporter: now melissa cochran is still in the hospital still recovering from her wounds. the couple had been in europe celebrating a milestone. their 25th wedding anniversary tragically cut short. david. >> horrible. lama hasan with the breaking news, thank you. >> so sad. back here at home the manhunt for those masked robbers caught on camera breaking into a las vegas rolex store inside the bellagio hotel. witnesses are speaking out about those moments and abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: this morning, las vegas police searching for two of these three suspects seen in the cell phone video dressed in animal masks fleeing the scene after breaking into a high-end rolex store. >> possible active shooter in a zebra mask. >> reporter: the trio targeted the luxury vegas casino, the bellagio. police say the suspects sledgehammered their way into the jewelry store on saturday with tourists in plain sight. one witness close enough to snap this photo. >> at first i thought it was

just some sort of strange vegas thing that was happening because there's lots of people in costumes. he looked like he was holding something long and black in one hand, and i took a picture and then noticed that he was holding what looked like a gun in the other hand. ♪ >> reporter: the incident reminiscent of the film "ocean's eleven." hundreds fled the scene after witnesses mistook the sound of sledgehammers for gunshots. parts of the hotel on lockdown until the robbers made what police describe as a clumsy getaway. >> they attempted to flee the scene in a vehicle. that vehicle failed to start for them. they tried to carjack some other people. that didn't go so well. they subsequently then fled on foot. >> reporter: no one was injured and police are not commenting on how much was stolen. this morning one person in custody, the other two suspects are still at large. guys. >> all right, linzie, thank you. >> amy has the morning's other top stories starting with an

avalanche in japan? >> such a sad story. eight students are feared dead after that avalanche at a ski resort just north of tokyo. dozens injured. the students were mountain climbing at the time. authorities say an avalanche warning was in effect. and some breaking news in the fight against isis. the pentagon is sending as many as 300 additional u.s. troops to iraq to advise and assist local forces in the battle to retake the city of mosul. this comes days after the reported death of 200 civilians in air strikes. police are searching for potential suspects after sunday's deadly shooting at a nightclub in cincinnati. one person killed. 15 others injured. some critically. police say an argument sparked that violence. and two technicians are under arrest after a terrifying scene at a mall when this escalator suddenly reversed direction and doubled its speed sending shoppers in hong kong tumbling over one another. 18 were injured. the technicians are accused of tampering with the escalator after the incident.

and finally, a real hazard on the golf course. check this out. one guy's shot ended up right there by that alligator hitting him so the alligator says, hey, that's mine and grabs the ball. swallows it before crawling back to the water. that may be a bit unusual. anyone who plays golf in florida knows alligators are par for the course. >> well done. >> 7:15 on a monday morning. earlier than usual. >> i wonder how many golfers are saying i still make my friend take a stroke because he lost that ball. to another frenzy par for the course. the final four. it's a good day to be a carolina. doesn't matter if you're north carolina or south carolina because you're both going on to the next round. t.j. holmes is here with all the excitement. what's up, t.j. >> good morning, kind sir. north carolina now going to its record 20th final four. the other teams, a combined they've been never, never and pretty much never. but the talk is how north carolina got there.

put there by a guy who only >> reporter: north carolina and kentucky put on a show. in a back and forth elite eight thriller. >> oh, wow, what a shot. >> reporter: with seven seconds left on the clock, freshman malik monk, secured the wildcat comeback with this miracle three-pointer. but with the game now tied and seemingly headed to overtime, the tar heels race down the court and this happens. >> maye for the win. >> reporter: luke maye, a sophomore and former walk-on hit the game winner with 0.3 seconds left sending the tar heels to the final four. >> i'm the guy that had him as a walk-on. so how dumb am i? >> reporter: that's right. the talk of college basketball this morning was only a walk-on last year. recruited from his home state of north carolina, he passed up scholarship offers at other schools to be a tar heel. maye usually comes off the bench and averages 14 minutes and just 5 1/2 points per game.

>> i just kind of stepped back and gave me the ball and i just shot it and luckily it went in. >> reporter: in sunday's other match-up the unlikely belle of the ball, seventh seeded south carolina and gamecocks advance to their first ever final four knocking out the florida gators in madison square garden. >> gamecocks are in the final four? >> after knocking out duke and baylor, the gamecocks made it a third straight upset. it was defense that powered their unlikely run to the final four. >> yes! >> reporter: also headed to their first ever final four, top seeded gonzaga. and the oregon ducks who haven't made it this far since 1939. on oregon, that was their first ever ncaa tournament held in 1939. they won the championship so essentially this is their first final four and all the brackets 19 million espn only 657 had the correct final four. >> really? >> yes. >> that's it? first ever as well. >> first time. her nickname is itty-bitty.

morgan william had 41 points so they're going on to the final four for the first time and south carolina women could join the men, yes, they have a chance. oregon -- oh, uconn and the games are tonight on espn. two great games on espn, final tickets to dallas. >> i love when she goes all "sportscenter." >> love it. >> she brought the bell with her. >> now to ginger. >> can we keep that bell around? that's all i want to know. i like that. that gets my attention, i'm in there. let's talk about the northeast, right? so just south and near the coast, of course, the elevation changes all rain but you go up and get up to manchester, new hampshire, freezing rain advisory this morning, and this, i want to hug this warmth because it's coming this way. i'm inviting it. memphis, 76 today. look at philadelphia, 70 on tuesday. whoo. let's get to those select cities brought to you by walmart. just hugging it.

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welcome back to "gma" and that's "dancing with the stars" pro maks taking on the ballroom but tonight he won't be on the dance floor revealing he's injured and the big question is will he return this season? >> wow. >> we'll have much more on that coming up. >> we see that happen season after season. you say it's a little deeper in. boy, we'll see what happens with maks. hope he's okay. president trump is moving forward after that health care defeat turning his attention toward tax reform. also set to announce a new white house office run by his son-in-law jared kushner focused on using business ideas to overhaul government being called the white house office of american innovation. millions are in the path of severe weather this morning after storms in oklahoma and texas overnight. a reported tornado touching down

south and now more tornadoes, more hail, damaging winds in the forecast as ginger has been telling us with the days ahead. >> but first this half hour we'll turn to the new details about that missing tennessee teacher and the 15-year-old student. he's accused of kidnapping her and authorities revealing the secret way they may have communicated before disappearing two weeks ago and abc's eva pilgrim is in tennessee with much more. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, david. this morning marks two weeks since the two disappeared. there have been over 1,000 tips but not a single sighting. investigators say they have no clue where the two could be. this morning, elizabeth thomas' family hoping this newly released video of the 15-year-old seen here with her brother -- >> you want to start from the back or do you want to start from the front? >> reporter: will help the public recognize her voice. >> she speaks with a very slight lisp just very slight. you'll recognize her voice if you hear it. >> reporter: authorities now revealing new details on how elizabeth and her former teacher

50-year-old tad cummins were communicating just days before he allegedly kidnapped her. investigators uncovering deleted e-mail drafts between the teen and her teacher left through a computer at their school. >> they were save the message and let it save as a draft. the other person would log in, read the message and then delete it. >> reporter: the messages investigators say showed a romantic relationship. >> i saw you standing next to your backpack this morning and makes a reference to a body part of hers and, you know, talking about how nice that looked. >> reporter: authorities also saying cummins researched covert ways to communicate through instagram and specific encrypted texting apps but elizabeth's sister telling abc news cummins didn't just send messages saying her sister complained he showed up to her workplace as recent as the saturday before the pair disappeared. >> she would go and tell people to tell him that she wasn't there and she would go and hide until he left and

she thought it was really weird. she felt uncomfortable. >> reporter: despite a national alert police say there haven't been any credible sightings of the two since elizabeth was dropped off by a friend at a restaurant two weeks ago. >> it feels like she just vanished. and i know that's impossible like someone had to see her. >> reporter: her large family in constant contact with each other waiting holding on to each other and holding on to hope. >> we just live for that day when we're going to get a phone call that says i'm all right. i need somebody to come get me. >> reporter: authorities think the two are avoiding the public and they are asking people to keep an eye out in places like parking lots, camping grounds and in rural areas. david. >> eva pilgrim in tennessee, eva, thank you. i want to bring in former fbi special agent brad garrett. always great to have you with us. we heard what eva reported that so far two weeks and no credible sightings. what does that tell you?

>> it tells me two things if they are still alive and hopefully they are, he has found a place to secrete them basically off the grid, in other words, a remote cabin, by a l e lake, maybe he has a campsite. i'm going to guess he prestaged that. maybe with food, other items, so that they could go there and hide because that's literally the only way they're going to survive at least in the short run. >> brad, we know that a lawyer for the 15-year-old's family now says that there was a time when she was at work and would tell co-workers to lie when he would show up, that she wasn't there but when in fact she was actually hiding so there have been problems along the way. >> and there clearly is in every one of these relationships where you have a 15-year-old and an older adult. i mean, the realization will set in with the 15-year-old like what am i doing? and then the adult becomes more dominating and domineering and i think that's probably what you see in that particular example.

>> i'll tell you there was one thing in eva's report that will make any parent's heart race when they hear of this draft e-mail way to communicate. start a draft e-mail that nobody sees and nobody sends and communicate that way. >> al qaeda has used it. general petraeus, paula broadwell used it. type in an e-mail, save it as a draft and someone that has access to the same account logs in, pulls up the draft, reads it, neither answers it, deletes it but it never goes out in the system so law enforcement or anyone else couldn't capture it. >> brad garrett with us, we always appreciate your insight. let's all hope that 15-year-old is okay. >> yes, indeedy. coming up in two minutes our safety alert about fire extinguishers. our eye-opening experiment when gio benitez is with us next. gio benitez is with us next.

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not knowing how old yours is or how to use it could put your family at risk. abc's gio benitez is back joining us from the morris county public safety academy in new jersey. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning to you. listen, fire extinguishers can stop those small fires from turning into raging infernos and really you just buy them, forget about them and don't touch them until you need it so do you know how to use these things? will they even work? we're going to put them to the test in just a moment but first take a look at this. we're in morris township, new jersey, going door to door with the local fire department making sure residents and their fire extinguishers are good to go in the event of a blaze. >> i'm gio, we're with "good morning america." >> hi, gio. i'm lil. >> reporter: while everyone we do meet has a fire extinguisher -- you have it right by the door, you know exactly where it is -- just having one always isn't enough and now we're putting residents to the test. first up, expiration dates.

experts say you need to replace an extinguisher every ten years. here's why, ron has a perfectly good extinguisher but out in his garage. take a look at that. this one is in the red. when was the last time you checked in one? >> i don't know. >> is this possible? 1981. >> yes. >> reporter: that's right. his extinguisher is 36 years old. our fire team setting up a controlled blaze. he squeezes the handle but it's pressure gone. >> nothing. now when you look at that and think, oh, boy, if there was a fire -- >> oh, yeah. >> in the garage. you'd be in trouble. >> very much so. >> reporter: 1981, unlike a bottle of wine, it doesn't get better with age. crucial, location. experts say fire extinguishers need to be easily accessible, definitely not under the kitchen sink where we found meredith kimball's.

here it is under the sink. >> under the sink. >> reporter: in the event of a kitchen fire chief jesse carr says you might not ever get to it. you want it away from the stove. where the fire might actually start. not only that but we realize the safety pin is missing. compromising its integrity. we place a brand-new one close to an exit, a safe distance from any harmful flames. >> come on in. >> reporter: let's go inside. down the block we meet dana, mother of two. hers also under the sink but her issue, she admits she doesn't know how to use it. >> let's test it. >> sure enough when the heat is on, she doesn't pull the pin wasting valuable time. >> i don't even know how to. >> reporter: after 20 critical seconds she finally figures it out. >> it was hairy there for a second because you didn't know how to use it. you didn't know you had to pull the pin out first. so experts say there is a simple acronym to remember, pass, pull

the pin, you'll aim, you'll squeeze and you're going to sweep at the base of the fire. but if you're not comfortable or you can't put it out in 30 seconds or less, just get out. >> so don't try to be the hero. >> do not try to be the hero. let the fire department handle it. they're equipped and trained to handle larger fires. >> reporter: going home with two. >> reporter: they're equipping all our families with two brand-new fire extinguisher, one suited to tackle small fires in your home. >> you get a new extinguisher. >> how do you like that? >> reporter: and so you hear that noise there in the background. we'll give you a demo. i want to show you this. this is important. you see this, you want to make sure your fire extinguisher has a gauge. you want to make sure it's in the green just like this. that it's ready to go. check that every month. but guess what, if it's ten years old, robin, just get rid of it. get a new one. you want to make sure it works. >> good advice there, so you know, we all know fires can get out of hand so quickly. when do you know to call the fire department? >> well, robin, you always want to go ahead and call 911 right

away no matter the fire. get everyone safely out of the house. but, if you have a small fire perhaps like a stovetop you want to remember that acronym, p.a.s.s., you want to go ahead and pull the pin, you want to aim at the base of the fire, you want to squeeze and you just want to sweep and when it is out, you want to go ahead and get out of that room right away, out of that house and get to 911. call them right away. >> yes, small fire. not the fire that we just saw you. something else we should look for on the fire extinguisher, is there some marking we should look for? >> reporter: yeah, you always want to look for this ul listed here. you see that, that means it is certified. it is ready to go so you want to look for that. >> all right, gio, thanks a lot. michael. >> all right, thank you, robin. coming up on our big board, the massive response to those missing teens in d.c. what the city's mayor is now doing to help find them. we'll talk about that when we come back in two minutes.

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we are back now with a big board. linsey davis and dan abrams are both here at the table with us. we'll begin with the big response to those missing teens in washington. the city's mayor now announcing a tank force to address the issue after a social media campaign revealed the alarming number of girls who have gone missing. many of them black or latino, so where does it stand? >> so, those hashtags are still trending big. find our girls, missing d.c. girls. the good news is since our report two of the girls have been located. >> great. >> the bad news that still means more than a dozen reports of missing people still out there in washington, d.c. but the mayor did announce an initiative on friday that they're going to start assigning more police officers, they're going to have several initiatives, they're going to be earmarking money, they're going to be creating a tank force in order to work with vulnerable teens and that should help. that should be a good thing.

the congressional black caucus also has asked the attorney general and also the fbi to get to the bottom of this. what is going on here? now, according to the d.c. police, they're saying all of these girls have run away. now, that certainly shouldn't diminish the urgency because you have, for example, one of the girls who did turn herself in who had been classified as missing turned herself in over the weekend to a fire department. she said she had been having an issue with -- been treated poorly by a foster parent and been staying in a laundromat during the night and she said during the day when she would walk the streets men would solicit her and prey on her and couple that with a statistic that black girls make up 40% of human trafficking victims you see these girls can't simply be written off as just runaways. >> this has gained a lot of momentum online. it's been everywhere. some people say this information has been a little misleading as well. >> there has been a case of a little whisper down the lane. there are a lot of people who

are under the impression that there's a serial killer on the loose, that 14 girls went missing in just 24-hour period and it's not just of that magnitude. there still is a problem but it's not true. what we do know is true, there's this overwhelming sentiment in social media and beyond of people saying when black people go missing they don't get the same amount of coverage. i think many of us could come up with three or more names of white girls who went missing. >> wall-to-wall coverage. >> nonstop, right. but is the same true of black girls? i would struggle to come up with one black girl who has gone missing in recent years? >> one missing person, period, is one too many. one, i mean, too many but you are absolutely right. we've been hearing -- i reached out to you last week because people were talking about it on social media and, dan, it takes a hashtag? >> look, i've been covering these kind of cases for 20 something years and let's be honest about this. in almost every one of those cases, it's white girl.

that's the bottom line. and i think the great thing about this hashtag whether there are more or there are not more right now, whether this is just more attention to it, that's a good thing. which is we got to start talking about this because a lot of these cases are being solved by helping -- by going public. the public is helping. and if we aren't allowing, we meaning the media as a whole, aren't allowing the public to see these cases and to see these girls, then how can they help? so, let's talk about it. let's admit the fact that we are sort of promoting, showing, displaying more cases with white girls and now let's change that. and let's try and help solve this. >> linsey will stay on top of this and have follow-up reporting on runaways. that is part of the problem. police say it's a runaway, part of the problem. because they can fall -- >> because they don't have the amber alert. >> one missing kid is one too many. absolutely.

we're going to turn our focus to the popular messaging service whatsapp. which is under fire. police learned the terrorist in that london attack used it to send secret messages before the attack and the app has encryption abilities which could make -- which would have big implications. tell us what that means exactly. >> this isn't the first terrorism case where the allegation has been that the terrorists were using one of these encryption services right before the attack. let's beles means. it means that user one gets what's effectively a public key from whatsapp to send a message that only user two can then open. and maybe just as importantly, whatsapp would tell you even they can't see it. no one can now see it once it's been encrypted. not just conversations, it's videos, it's groups, it's everything and what makes

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it just makes sense, doesn't it? thanks, eddie. argyle, texas, is where this was happening and now that threat as we were mentioning earlier moves east. time it out. important to watch. afternoon and evening hour, memphis, nashville starting to pop up a few storms earlier than that. that main line coming through later tonight. damaging wind and hail. also the isolated tornado threat. then on our tuesday this looks big for parts of texas and oklahoma. much more coming up but first let's get your local news and weather brought to you by bush's baked beans. you feel every mountain we've ever conquered. in our sports cars, you feel every podium we've ever climbed. and now, they've come together to create something

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sky7 still over that breaking news in west oakland where a residential build something still on fire. we just learned there is a possible fatality here. firefighters thought they saw a body on the third floor but they cannot yet confirm that. flames forced them out and crews still in defensive mode. three people are hurt. there were several rescues this morning. firefighters hope to have the fire out in the next hour or so. red cross is on scene. let's get to meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. winds are still blowing from northwest to southeast, up to 15 miles per hour so the smoke will continue heading southeast. temperatures range from 43 in santa rosa to oakland at 54. we'll top out today in the low to mid 60s, upper 50s at the coast. it will be breezy so it won't feel that warm. how about 70s and 80s saturday.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. severe weather alert. millions in the path of powerful storms. this tornado ripping through the plains, hail pummeling the south. now warnings of more tornadoes, giant hail and destructive winds on the way. also this morning, two girls barred from boarding a united flight for wearing leggings. fellow passengers outraged over the incident as thousands weigh in coast to coast. the airline now trying to explain saying there's more to the story as this photo post the by united just moments ago adds fuel to the fire. getting a double mastectomy in your 20s. a member of our "gma" family speaking out about testing positive for the brca one gene and how she made the difficult decision to get the preventive surgery inspired by angelina jolie's surgeon as more and more

women get tested. what you need to know. ♪ i got you on my mind maks is out. the footage from "dancing's" rehearsals shows the champ out grimacing in pain. how he got hurt. who is stepping in and will he make it back to the ballroom this season? one-on-one with jake gyllenhaal. talking "life," co-star ryan reynolds, his man crush and how he really warms up for singing on broadway. >> that's great. you can do it. >> both: good morning, america. >> why did you go so deep? >> because you're really deep. you talk deep. ♪ ring my bell [ applause ] good man. i love jake. >> good man. good man. happy monday, everybody. great to have david muir here with us. >> great to be here. great to be here. >> thank you. >> you know, i walked in early this morning and i could hear down the hallway this bell.

[ bell ringing ] there you go. can you ring my -- >> mississippi state making it to the women's final four for the first time in program history. [ bell ringing ] [ applause ] >> excited this morning. >> ring responsibly. >> everybody is so excited for the final four but nobody more than you. you get to ring that bell. >> i'll be in dallas ringing that bell on friday at the semifinals and lara spencer is back as well. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> don't make it look like that. it was more like you know the pizza pie thing. yes, happy to be back and we have an incredible heartwarming story to share. with you this morning, we're going to talk to a new mom who just adopted her foster child and she documented the big day in a really special way. so many people reacting to what she did. how she shared it and there they are live. that's little wren looking forward to talking to them. >> yeah. first let's turn to amy with the morning's rundown. amy. >> good morning, guys. the big story this morning

president trump looking for a fresh start and a new strategy after that stinging defeat of the gop health care bill. he is blaming conservatives for saving obamacare and planned parenthood. republicans now moving on to tax reform. but leaving that door open to revisit health care later. the white house saying it is ready to reach out to democrats. meanwhile president trump announcing a new white house office today led by his son-in-law jared kushner. it's being called the office of innovation and will focus on using business deals to overhaul the federal bureaucracy. another big story, the weather, lightning, hail and the threat of tornadoes all moving east this morning. the storms affecting eight states from the south up into the ohio valley with damage reported in parts of oklahoma and north texas. >> in california fire crews battling a fire in oakland. several people rescued. no official word on the cause. more american troops are heading to iraq. the pentagon confirming up to 300 additional soldiers will be

sent to advise and assist iraqi troops in the battle to retake the city of mosul from isis. and the state department is condemning the arrest of hundreds of protesters in russia during anti-corruption demonstrations this weekend. among them, a vocal critic of vladimir putin who has been sent to jail for 15 days. the kremlin today dismissed the demonstrations calling them a provocation based on lies. and finally, there were some big winners at a half marathon in philadelphia and has nothing to do with their finish times. take a look. a woman near the end of the race became so tired her legs buckled and that is when two other runners sacrificed their own time to take her by the arms to make sure she didn't fall. they kept her on track until then another runner picked her up and carried her to the finish line. it was certainly a beautiful sight in philadelphia and shows you that running can be a team sport, guy. >> that's right. >> it can. >> city of brotherly and sisterly love. right? >> amy, thanks so much. little "pop news" to start the week here. >> yeah.

[ applause ] thank you, robin roberts. good morning, everybody. happy monday. we're going to begin with exclusive news coming out of "dancing with the stars." you know how excited we all are, maks and peta dancing again this season. there he is dancing with heather morris from "glee." hold the phone. on friday we got news that maks got hurt at rehearsals. cameras were rolling when it happened. here's a look. ♪ >> aagh! it's my calf muscle. [ bleep ]. just felt like something hit it. >> yeah, well, i hope it's just a pull. i really do. not sure of the extent of the injury. what we do know is maks will not be dancing tonight. he'll have a fill-in until he's able to return. when that is, we are not sure but he will be in the ballroom cheering on his partner on "dancing with the stars" tonight, 8:00, 7:00 central on abc, and maks, we love you. feel better, get back out there soon. >> michael and i were just looking at each other. hope it's not an achilles.

hohope it's not the achilles. >> you know when you say he feels like something hit him, i hope it wasn't that pop. >> usually happens later in the season too. not this early on. >> from all the athletes, football players who have done this show they've all told me it is the hardest thing they've done. a lot -- >> i think you need to find out, my friend. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love you. >> i'm willing to do it after george does it. >> okay. and that's that. >> yeah. george is on the line right now. >> line one. >> another tv news, a british reality tv series called "eden" has its contestants living in a remote area with the idea of creating a new society from scratch. interesting concept. however the ten folks that lasted a full year emerged back into society to find out that the show they have been taping had been canceled after four episodes. due to poor ratings. i mean, they survived intense

hunger, they -- >> wild animals. >> in-fighting. boredom of the point of losing your mind. swarms of biting insects and had to eat food that i won't describe and all that, it's ratings that took them down. the series aimed at challenging everything we know about modern living and what we really need to be happy, that was the goal. what we really need is ratings, people. >> i guess so. >> but i guarantee you, i guarantee you they wanted to tell them and then they saw them out there shooting like we saw and they're like, i'm not telling them. i'm not going to do it. i wouldn't want to be the one to break that news. >> they have all this footage they say maybe somewhere down the line -- you know that line. >> sure. >> we'll figure how to use it. >> on file. then finally in "pop news" this morning, john mayer, as you may know -- >> oh, gosh. >> has a new album out. ♪ look at him. >> there we go. >> this morning he's revealing the inspiration behind "still feel like your man is" not about me. it is -- according to "the new

york times," it is about his former girlfriend, katy perry. he, in fact, told the writer of that story, quote, who else would i be thinking about? so what do those lyrics say? i'll tell you. they say, quote, i still keep your shampoo in my shower in case you want to wash your hair and i know you probably found yourself some more somewhere but i do not really care. still think i'm never gonna find another you. i thought that was -- it's romantic. you know. >> sounds like he's ready to get back together. that's what it sounds like to me. >> it certainly does. read this article. juicy. >> i still have your shampoo in my shower. hopefully there's like a little more -- >> keep my day job. since they split john says he's not really dated at all. he is ready to settle down and have kids. >> you have a huge crush. >> i know. i'm good. >> you're good. >> checking the box. i will see him in concert if anybody would like me to join me at madison square garden and katy perry, sounds like he's still interested and that's "pop

news," everybody. >> thanks. >> always great job, lara. coming up, united airlines under fire for telling two young girls they could not fly because they were wearing leggings. the massive reaction and how the airline is defending its decision. they were nonrev tickets kind of like the buddy pass. that was part of it. we'll talk about that in a minute. [ applause ] [ applause ] turns out things aren't always what you think they are. take guinea pigs. they're not pigs at all, nor are they from guinea. or take this haircut. i may look all business, but look out... . but there's a party going on back here. kinda misleading, isn't it? well, at carmax, you don't have to worry about being misled. the price online is the same price in the store, which is the same for everyone. even guinea pigs. it's only fair mr. biscuits. only fair. ♪ carmax music sting ♪

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we are back now with that major backlash over united airlines' decision to prevent two girls from boarding a flight because they were wearing leggings. there's much more to the story and abc's diane macedo is going to have all that for us. >> there is, robin. a series of tweets from just one passenger has fueled a full on firestorm. celebs and others are now blasting the airlines' dress code as sexist and intrusive. >> reporter: this morning, united airlines is dealing with a different kind of turbulence after two girls had to change

clothes before boarding a flight from denver to minneapolis on sunday. >> we heard the gate agent say, you know, these aren't my rules. i just enforce them. and that was when they looked very panicked. >> reporter: outraged, fellow passenger and activist shannon watts took to twitter writing a united gate agent isn't letting girls in leggings get on flight. since when does united police women's clothing? >> to me it seems like a sexist policy. >> reporter: united says it was riding under its pass rider program where employee relatives and friends can fly free or at heavily discounted prices and the airline tells abc news when taking advantage of this benefit all employees and pass riders are considered representatives of united. the passengers this morning were united pass riders and not in compliance with our dress code for company benefit travel. >> with these buddy passes there is specific language about what is appropriate and inappropriate. the airline is saying if you are going to fly for free for us, you are going to meet certain

standards of dress. >> reporter: but many turned to social media disappointed in how united handled the situation. some even pointed to the some even pointed to the airline's post from last june, showing a woman wearing leggings at the airport for international yoga day. celebs are weighing in too. chrissy teigen writes i have flown united before with literally no pants on, just a top as a dress. and patricia arquette had a back and forth with the carrier. at one point replying, leggings are business attire for 10-year-olds. their business is being children. in the end, united says the family was still able to travel on the next flight using their passes and reassures its regular customers that leggings are welcome. and many women are now responding with the #stopshaminggirls. but one man tweeting with the company took a different approach saying, it's not going to be pretty, but he plans to wear leggings on his next united flight. let's just hope they didn't start a new trend.

>> oh, no. they're not going to start one with david and i. >> no leggings. >> we didn't tweet. >> definitely was not our tweet. >> i wonder how long ago the rules were -- that they came up with them. a lot of girls wear leggings. especially young girls. >> again, that was for their particular policy. wasn't for all passengers. >> it's not just leggings, ripped jeans, mid drift tops, flip-flops and so on. >> diane, thank you. a member of our "gma" family is speaking out about undergoing a double mastectomy in her 20s. come on back. a double mastectomy in her 20s. come on back. . proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can take on psoriatic arthritis with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. humira can lower your ability to fight infections,

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my seven-day forecast, little bit warmer than average tuesday and wednesday but and now to an important medical decision from a member of our "gma" family, a talent booker, paige moore, was just 22 years old when she learned she had the brca gene mutation that made her chances of getting breast cancer before the age of 40, 47 times more likely. >> i was 22 when i took the brca test. >> if you test positive for the brca1 gene, the lifetime risk to develop breast cancer can be up to 85%. >> my doctor said i'm really sorry. your brca1 -- it didn't hit me in that moment. it didn't hit me for at least another year. >> when people have an increased risk because of one of these predisposition genes, we talk about several different strategies they may use to manage that risk. >> the two that really stood out

to me that i knew are my two choices, i could either go into high surveillance programs where you're in and out of doctor's offices every six months and doing mris and doing mammograms, i really felt like it wasn't surveillance and it was more just waiting to get cancer. i felt like every single day i looked in the mirror and i was like i'm going to get cancer today. it just completely consumed me in a way that i never felt before. my other option was i could have a preventative double mastectomy. and that's what i did. >> we also discussed the fact that she didn't have to do it right now. even with a brca 1 mutation, the risk for developing breast cancer in the decade of the 20s is still quite low. but she was very convinced and very confident in the decision that she ultimately made. >> i remember thinking, i'm going to have to do this at some point. i'm strong and i'm healthy and i'm cancer-free right now. >> she's on her bed in recovery and i remember leaning over her

bed and the enormity of what she had done really hit me, holding her hand and thinking, thank you so much for doing this. you did this for yourself, but you really did this for us too. it was a big moment. >> i'm so glad that i did it when i did it. but there's a huge part of it that comes that i wasn't necessarily ready for. i've never had anxiety in my life and now i have an overwhelming sense of anxiety. crying. it's not all the time. it comes randomly. learning how to deal with that has been really difficult. >> i hope she can be the inspiration to other people that she is to me. i couldn't love her more. now i have you for a long, long time. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i have met so many amazing people because of this. i walked in new york fashion week. it was the first time in history it was all people walking who

had been affected by breast cancer in some capacity. i decided to have the double mastectomy because i wanted to be a warrior, and i didn't want to be a worrier. i wanted to take control of my life. i wanted to give myself the opportunity to beat cancer before i ever got it. or before it got the chance to beat me. >> and paige and dr. kristi funk co-founder of the pink lotus breast center are joining us. i want to tell you, first of all, thank you for being so brave and sharing your story. we know how difficult the surgery is. this is not easy and it's a lifetime decision. you went to dr. funk for advice. dr. funk, tell me what you told paige. >> i was on set. she pulled me aside. we were in the green room saying you just found out. you hadn't seen your own doctors yet and i basically sized you up in two seconds flat as a no nonsense, these breasts are not going to take me down kind of girl so we talked about roads of surveillance or surgery and she wanted the surgery. >> how rare is it to be tested this young and to find this information out at 22?

>> it's infrequent. as the brca gene is getting more understanding out in the general population, we're finding women younger and younger and they need to make this decision that paige made. >> the interesting thing is a lot of people think that this is a female disease passed on from female to female but paige found out it was her father who was the carrier. why is this important for women to know? >> so important. your dna is half from your father so mom and dad's side, first, second and third generations back you want to think multiple, rare. young. so young, cancers happening prior to age 50 in the family. multiple, two or more family members with breast, ovarian, pancreas, prostate and finally, rare, having a male breast cancer, ovarian, pancreatic are uncommon. >> we heard from paige's doctor saying she didn't have to have the double mastectomy right away but i know what it's like when you think, i got to get this -- >> i was ready. >> you were ready. >> how do you weigh that decision as to when you get the surgery and is there an advantage to doing it when you're younger? >> this is not a one size fits

all approach. you have to individualize it to the woman in front of you. what matters to her most in terms of the priorities. how does it affect her perception? does she want to breastfeed? is she in a stable relationship? is she emotionally ready and mature enough to handle a permanent irreversible thing. >> it is a permanent thing. we're reminded of it every day. the feelings that you loose, the sensations that you lose. it is something -- >> it is a huge decision. >> i always say when i felt the shower hit me i would cry because it would be so obvious to me that i had gone through this horrific thing. you went out and reached out on instagram, social media. got a lot of support out there? >> so much support. i'm so thankful i'm raising so much awareness for survivors. we can do this. >> thanks so much. thank you so much, dr. funk, and we will be right back.

local breaking news in west oakland. a residential building still on fire there. there is possibly a fatality. firefighters say they thought they saw a body on the third floor, but they cannot yet confirm that. flames forced them out and crews are still in a defensive position. we know three people were hurt. firefighters hope to have this fire out perhaps in the next hour. brett cross is on scene. we actually do have a sigalart in marin county, northbound 101 just before the central san rafael exit. a semi hauling a crane flipped over on its side. a lot of debris

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we're off our morning lows but still pretty chilly in some neighborhoods from 43 in santa rosa to oakland right now, 54. a whole lot of sunshine today, a few clouds heading into the afternoon hours. breezy and below average, upper if ifts to mid 60s. saturday, some 80s inland.

we'll continue to send out push alerts on that fire and the news continues now with "good ♪ go big or go home welcome back to "gma." so proud of paige. what a powerful story and she said there are a lot of her friends here. her breast friends are right there. right there in the audience. it's happening younger and younger and younger, hi, david. >> hi, robin. >> you'll be here all week. >> i might come by tomorrow if you call me up. >> oh, wow. you heard that. he said that. >> you mean come here. >> on the air. >> on the air. >> it's the final countdown to the final four. march madness. >> oh, yeah. [ applause ] >> the big match-up all this weekend and all the basketball

fans can finally go back to work because during march madness, not a lot of work is done but there's this wonderful teacher in north carolina, raleigh, north carolina, she incorporated into her lesson plan taking the brackets and making -- seventh grade and filled out the brackets for an experiment on experimental probability so made it a math challenge and they're very happy because north carolina made it to the final four but still did you all have a teacher like that especially in math to kind of apply it in a way that would challenge you? >> could have turned out so much differently. >> i think it turned out just fine? you're doing pretty well. >> i mean, i always loved teachers who take something in the real world, something you're interested in, something these kids hear about every day from their friends for the family, from us and they turn it into something to learn from. kind of like "hamilton" as a musical. >> that's true? now you have a whole -- >> this teacher did it because a teacher had done it for her. this is a gift that keeps giving

and connect it to something in realtime in the world. >> the probability of south carolina making it to the men's final four, 1.1%. >> oh, my god. >> 1.1%. and here they are. >> wow. >> so, it was a creative way and kudos to that teacher and others for finding ways -- >> i know we didn't get graded on our picks but how are y'all doing? i haven't gotten a chance to -- >> next up what, do we have. >> we'll move on about our picks. >> really, so we all failed that class just -- >> those brackets were in the garbage can a long time ago, a week or owe ago. >> not easy. >> coming up next, this is a very good challenge and it's something i know i've struggled with. battle of the presents. okay. >> hmm. >> who do you think it's more difficult to buy a gift for, a man or a woman? >> man. >> what? >> that's interesting. >> not even close. >> not even close. >> not even close. >> why is it so hard?

>> for you guys? >> lady, let's discuss. let me count the ways. you guys are very tricky. tie. >> we're very simple creatures. >> we're not saying you're not. >> that's the hard part. >> my dad would put the same things on his christmas list, tie, socks or his favorite cologne. >> simple. >> but you know, there was a professor at carnegie mellon who said he will get scientific about it and did a study with 200 people write down three gift ideas, three for women and three for men and took how much time it took for each one to write down for the men or women to determine who you had to think more for. >> very scientific. >> very scientific and you know what, but it kind of goes into this from "friends." remember this from "friends." this goes to show who is harder to buy a gift for. >> you was gold. this is silver. >> huh. well, maybe it changed. >> oh, my god.

you actually exchanged it. >> isn't it better i exchanged it for something i enjoy and that i can get a lot of use out of? >> what did you get? >> credit. >> everything comes back to a "friends" episode. >> you want the results? >> yes. >> okay, men found it relatively easy to think of gifts for other men. it took them about 40 seconds. women took them about 40 seconds to buy gives for other women. but they found it much harder to get gifts for women, it took 60 seconds. >> men for women. >> men for women. >> how about women for men? >> y'all are pushing my numbers here. they're not exactly -- >> come on. we did that math thing. >> but that teacher didn't teach me so i'm a little off. but that's the only thing i got here. women as they -- women to men took 40 second, men to men took 40 second, men and women picking for women took 60 seconds so women took longer all the way

around. >> all right. >> yeah. >> there's more to choose from. >> if i knew credit was an option -- >> it's always an option, baby. it's always an option. >> look, i've learned i would just rather come to you and say what do you want? just tell me because i don't want to buy something you don't need or don't want. i'd rather get you something you want. just tell me. remember that. christmas. christmas, christmas. just tell me what you want. >> i'm making a mental list. >> if not you're getting cologne, socks or what else, underwear. >> a tie. >> i don't know why i thought underwear for david. >> another segment coming up. coming up, really, though, this right now we want to show you a picture from a beautiful example of how it takes a village really. milliholliman documented her daughter's adoption day with a series of photos recognizing the people who supported the journey and the amazing photos have gone viral. she didn't mean for them to but people have just loved it and

now milliand her adorable 5-year-old daughter wren like a little bird are joining us from raleigh, north carolina. good morning, guys. >> say, good morning. >> good morning. >> i love your sign. hello, wren. hi, millie. so, millie, tell me about this decision that you made to document your journey. >> well, i wanted to do something for wren that she can look back on and, you know, a few years and recognize how excited i was for her adoption day but then also the rest of our family just so she could know how much we loved her. >> such a wonderful, beautiful idea and, millie, we know that you have fostered a number of children and you decided to adopt wren. just tell us how you came to that decision and how that all came about. >> well, i knew from the first time i met wren she was the first child i ever met through foster care i wanted to adopt her but i wasn't able to quite yet so i had to wait a while for that to finally happen. so now we're just excited we've

been waiting almost three years for this moment. >> hey, wren, it's david in the studio. are those little kitty cats on your shirt? >> yeah. yes, sir. >> can we borrow that shirt sometime, wren? it's so cute. >> they like your shirt. >> she's not convinced. >> the answer is no. she doesn't want to hurt your feelings. >> you're going to have a hard time prying that away from her. >> millie, i understand that there's some really exciting news that wren is going to get an addition to the family pretty soon. is that true. >> yes. yes, we're already fostering a little boy and i've had him -- he's 18 months old and have had him since he came home from the hospital and i should be adopting him within the next year. >> i love that picture that you made. i'm next. they're so simple and so beautiful. >> oh, yes. >> millie -- >> thank you. > what is your message for those

watching this morning about opening up their homes and opening up their hearts? >> i hear a lot of people say about it. when i tell them i'm fostering, they could never do it. it's too hard and it is hard. i've had a lot of kids order and it's tough to see them leave but it's also really rewarding so we get to make a difference in the kids' lives and it's good to remember that it's easy to live for ourself but it's usually mostly rewarding when we live for others. >> hey, wren, you love mommy? >> yeah. >> ah. >> so much. show momma. >> we love this story. >> this much. >> this much. >> i love you, baby. >> you know, this whole thing came about because millie, you lost a friend very young, correct, and you decided to change the way you looked at the world and life. >> yes, i lost a friend to breast cancer about a year before i started fostering so i

decided that, you know, i needed to make things happen and live big while i had the opportunity. >> ah. thank you for that. >> oh, little duck lips, what are you doing there, wren? i used to play with my mommy's hair like that too. >> having some fun. >> well, wren and millie, thank you for sharing your story with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. we're very excited. you having us on. can you wave to them? >> bye. >> oh. that's just amazing. >> i know. >> just tugs at your heartstrings. >> how do you beat that on a monday? >> well, jake gyllenhaal going one-on-one with michael. >> i don't know.

there are so many great smiles out here this morning. i keep seeing you. what's your name. >> my name is kally. >> she's from shreveport, louisiana. it's chilly but not bad. we'll warm right up and they'll do so in washington, d.c. too. i have great news. look at that. the cherry blouse sops full bloom and not too many hurt by the freeze. we were so concerned about it. ah. we are so happy. are you staying warm? you're in wisconsin. you're tough. oh, wait, you're chicago. oh, you know that too. all right. will, either way. let's go ahead. that was a big check. let's get a check a litt helm

gist mi meteorologist mike nicco. partly cloudy today, 50s and all this brought to you by trugreen. you guys got so excited when i came over by you. i love this energy. all right, michael. >> thank you, ginger. and, you know, jake gyllenhaal is a very busy man. he's taking on the big screen in a new movieli "fe belling it out on broadway. we had a chance to sit down and talk movies, music and the one time our own george stephanopoulos made him nervous. take a look. >> you guys got eyes on it anywhere? >> do you see it? >> reporter: it's a race to save humanity in the sci-fi thriller "life" with jake gyllenhaal flying through zero gravity as dr. david jordan leading a crew and a mission to discover life on mars.

>> that's beautiful. >> he said this quote, i can't stand what they do to each other down there to explain as to why he was up there. do you think he was hoping to discover something better? >> yeah, i think so. i think actually at the beginning of the movie he looked at humanity and was a real cynic. it was interesting to play a character like that because i feel the same way sometimes about things that are going on down here. but i think being here and staying here particularly in this country, you know, now in the world is the most important thing. though, i mean i'm down for space exploration but i don't think you should send me up there. they put you in a harness flying around. training thing for your bane to get around but also really fun and then sometimes, you know, there's the possibility of a little chafining and some rash t you know from football gear it's the same thing? we don't chafe where you're talking about chafing. >> okay, yeah. >> perhaps put on different areas. >> nobody can do yours except you. >> reporter: ryan reynolds has a man crush on you.

he said you were one of the most interesting actors working in hollywood today. >> well, i think he has fantastic taste. that's for sure. >> i'll second his opinion. >> thank you. i think you have fantastic taste too. >> thank you. thank you. ♪ from the height >> reporter: the oscar nominee on broadway at the ambassador theater group's newly renovated and re-opened hudson theater where he's starring in the revival of "sunday in the park with george" about the painter george sarath. >> closest to my heart. >> do you have to do vocal warm-ups? >> yeah. >> can you teach me one quick one. >> the one everybody does. [ rolling his tongue ] >> can you imagine? can you imagine michael -- i want to hear you sing sondheim. ♪ when the woman that you wanted goes you can say to yourself

what i'd give ♪ >> i know our own george stephanopoulos. >> yes. >> he came to the play. >> yeah and, you know, it's "sunday in the park with george." every time i said the name i kept thinking of george. george stephanopoulos is here. i keep saying george, literally i come out in the firstage, all right, george, as long as it's your night, george. and, you know, it's a lot of georges. >> this play is about beauty. it's about love and it's about inspiration. >> yes. >> what inspires you, man? >> wow. so many things inspire me. i got a note the other night from a couple whose child is suffering right now at st. jude's and is going through chemotherapy and through st. jude's they came and got tickets and gave them a respite from everything they were going through and gave them inspiration and reconnected them. that's why i do what i do. to me that connection is a deep inspiration. >> when you walk up to the theater and it says jake

gyllenhaal, radiant. they got to add inspiring. >> i think they have great taste. >> inspiring to that. they do have great taste. thank you so much, man. >> so nice to see you always. >> always. [ applause ] >> good job. >> that was fun. had a great time with him and i have to go see the show. when he talks about george stephanopoulos being in the audience and saying all these georges, he wanted to say george stephanopoulos is here. that's why i -- >> the other george. >> but what a voice? >> yeah. >> he's amazing. >> who knew? >> i saw it. he sings nearly the entire show. i mean, it's breathtaking. >> another reason to love him. >> yeah. >> what can't that man do? you can go check him out in "life." it's in theaters now and when we come back, "ghost in the shell" stars juliette binoche and pilou asbaek are here live. there they are right there.

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sci-fi thriller "ghost in the shell." and, juliette plays a scientist who turns scarlett into a cyberenhanced soldier and, oh, she kicks some butt. let's take a look. >> i guess privacy is just for humans. >> you are a human. >> it's like i have no past. >> of course, you have a past and with time you'll feel more and more connected to it and to them. open and close, please. you have damage to internal systems. >> maybe the next time you can design me better. >> a little challenge your way right there. >> yeah. >> thank you both for joining me. first of all, you can see from that and in this movie your character is almost a maternal figure for scarlett. >> she's protective. she's trying to help her along, you know, the journey of being a weapon and also having those glitches, you know, which is the origin, the memory of the origin so i'm helping -- i'm lying to her, first of all, because

there's -- i have the responsibility of that -- the new memory i put in her is working throughout the whole, you know, her life but then glitches are coming and it's the memory of the origin so it's the journey of scarlett johansson's character that we're following. batou is the brother. >> you are her partner in crime. you have a soft spot for her as well. i saw when i saw the movie you had bionic eyes. i'm wondering how was that with those eyes you had to put in. >> it's always difficult as an actor not to use your eyes. i don't know what's it's called in english. but it's the mirror, the window to the soul. it's very poetic but in the middle of the film i get these prosthetic eyes and that meant i was to be four hours in makeup every single day. it kind of was a little -- a bummer. >> because i feel like if i had a late night out i look like that. i can't see anything. at all. and how was it -- i mean this is

very physical movie as well and how was it working with scarlett? >> she's so easy. she's so professional. she works out before coming on the set. she's the first one, you know, to really work and the last one to go away. no, she was amazing and very easy, professional. it feels like she was born on set. you know, and she was. >> yeah and you have a lot of training, it looks like you had to have weapons training for this role but also you have a little experience of that. "game of thrones," man. >> yeah. >> give us a -- everybody is in here going, okay. [ applause ] >> i don't -- >> a lot of pressure to get something out of you. >> i'm not allowed to say anything but people are going to die. >> people are going to die. that's all you're going to give me. >> yeah. >> oh. thank you so much. that was awesome. and, juliette, 20 years monday you won your academy

award. >> right. >> congratulations to you on that, obviously. take yourself back. how was that moment for you? >> i was so shocked. i felt there was a lake at the bottom of my soul and my body so i felt totally serene and i thought lauren bacall was going to get it so when i walked towards the stage, i was going to give it to her but because she didn't say, hey, i'm here then i felt, okay, i'll keep it. >> as you should have. you deserved it. congrats on that anniversary and "ghost in the shell" opens nationwide on friday and we'll be right back, everybody.

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