good morning, america. white house in crisis. rocked by the allegation that president trump asked former fbi director james comey to shut down the investigation into michael flynn urging comey to let this go. democrats pounced. >> the country is being tested in unprecedented ways. >> republicans troubled too. demanding the fbi turn over comey's notes from that oval office meeting and testify to congress as the white house tries to defuse that other bombshell. >> we had actually a great meeting with the foreign minister. >> did the president share highly classified information with the russians and compromise intelligence? is the white house at breaking point? also overnight, deadly tornado outbreak. at least 26 reported twisters ripping through the heartland devastating neighborhoods. killing at least two and injuring dozens. >> i would describe it as total destruction. >> tornadoes tearing through a hundred homes in oklahoma.

this pickup spinning out of control on the highway. and now a new round of severe storms taking aim at the midwest. good morning, america. a very busy wednesday. we'll get to those tornadoes in just a moment. but first that report about the president and james comey. >> robin, we have had a week of stunning stories from the white house. this is the most serious one yet. what we have learned in the last 24 hours means that the course of trump's presidency will turn on his coming public showdown with james comey. the big question, did president trump try to block the fbi's russia investigation, commit an impeachable offense? we know the fbi director made contemporaneous notes with the president, that dinner in january when the president reportedly asked him if he was under investigation. requested a pledge of personal loyalty. an oval office meeting in february when the president after asking his vice president

and attorney general to leave the room, brought up the fbi investigation of his fired national security adviser, michael flynn. i hope you can let this go, is what the notes say. those seven words could be trump's smoking gun. comey's notes, the modern equivalent of nixon's tapes. congress will get them. comey will testify. whether trump holds the white house will depend on how comey describes those notes, who congress believes, how the country responds. less than four months into the trump presidency, we are watching in the words of senator john mccain, a watergate sized crisis play out in realtime. and this morning our team is staked out across the capitol with the latest. senior white house correspondent cecilia vega starts us off. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. another day, another bombshell here at the white house. this one has members of the president's own party sounding the alarms. this morning, the white house in crisis after another searing headline, this one accusing the president of trying to interfere with a federal investigation.

abc news confirming that shortly after an oval office visit in february, former fbi director james comey wrote a memo saying that during that meeting, president trump asked him to shut down his investigation into national security adviser michael flynn. a source close to comey tells abc news that meeting happened the day after flynn was fired and that the president allegedly said of flynn, he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. abc has not seen the memo first reported by "the new york times" and described to reporters by sources who have seen it. it was allegedly part of a paper trail comey left behind to document his meetings with the president. but the white house is pushing back, saying the president has never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation. adding, this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation. the reaction immediate. democrats sounding the alarm.

>> i would tell him, you face the possibility of being charged with obstruction of justice. >> reporter: republicans like john mccain reportedly saying the allegation before the president is, quote, of water size and scale. other members of the president's party also calling on comey to testify. >> i don't want to read a memo. i want to hear from him. >> so you want him to testify publicly? >> yes. >> have you invited him? >> i just did. >> reporter: this explosive report breaking as the white house was deep in damage control on that other bombshell, the oval office meeting where the president is accused of sharing highly classified information with russian diplomats potentially jeopardizing a crucial intelligence source. >> i wanted to make clear to everybody that the president in no way compromised any sources or methods in the course of this conversation. >> reporter: national security adviser h.r. mcmaster there delivering the latest line of defense for this white house, but you heard those republicans

there in that piece, all eyes on them this morning for their reaction to this latest fallout. the republican house oversight committee chairman is now demanding that the fbi release to his committee, robin, all documents related to these conversations between comey and the president. >> all right, cecilia, we continue now with our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. pierre, you have confirmed that comey did indeed, write this memo. what else are you learning this morning? >> reporter: robin, good morning. i confirmed this memo with a source who said he saw it and vouches for james comey's integrity. the source says comey documented trump allegedly urging him to go easy on flynn, and that he did so more than once in the conversation. you heard those quotes. trump allegedly saying i hope you can let this go. i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to seeing flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let it go. according to the source comey noted that he was a good guy. robin. >> what else are you hearing from within the bureau? what are fbi agents saying? >> reporter: i've been struck

how many have come to comey's defense and heard directly from former agents livid at how he was fired and the way the white house has characterized his tenure. they flatly reject that comey didn't have the support of agents. >> okay. pierre, thank you. george. >> okay, thanks, robin. we are joined by the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, california congressman adam schiff. congressman schiff, thanks for joining us this morning. straight to the bottom line, do you believe president trump tried to block the fbi investigation? >> well, it certainly sounds as if these reports are accurate that he wanted this investigation of michael flynn to stop and he was concerned about the investigation in the sense that it might lead to him based on his own admission in the conversation he claims to have had with director comey. the bottom line, george, we don't really know what took place here and we need to find out. we need to get those notes, if they exist, that comey took of this conversation and any other that bear on this russia investigation in any way and, of course, if the president was making a truthful claim or

threat to director comey that he had tapes we'll need to get those also, and i think it's only a matter of time, and probably not much time before we see director comey come and testify before congress again. >> are you prepared to subpoena those tapes, subpoena those notes? >> i think congress will need to subpoena them if indeed they're not provided voluntarily. i certainly support that. i think there are many committees that will. we've seen already jason chaffetz on the government reform committee call for that information to be provided and threaten to subpoena it if necessary. congress needs to get to the bottom of it. i think there are enough credible allegations now of an effort to potentially impede or obstruct the investigation that this needs a very serious investigation just on that issue. >> is there anything preventing director comey, former director comey from coming to congress right now? >> nothing at all. and i'm quite sure that's going to happen. i have to imagine that he will want to explain just what took

place if those conversations are as they were reported. the country really needs to know about it. if the president is affirmatively trying to interfere with this investigation, that is something that has to be brought out and investigated by congress and, of course, we have some powerful evidence at least reportedly in the form of contemporaneous notes taken by the director of the fbi, and that could be powerful evidence. >> you've got a series of allegations, the january dinner where reportedly the president asked for a loyalty pledge, that february meeting where the president reportedly said i hope you can let this go and also the firing of director comey with the president saying russia was on his mind. what would it take for that pattern to be an impeachable offense? >> i tried an impeachment case a few years ago in the senate involving a federal judge. it's obviously a very serious business even involving a judge. when you talk about the president of the united states, that kind of wrenching experience to put the country through is only going to happen in the most serious of circumstances.

there are, of course, the most legal aspects of the issue, and, in fact, whether the president had the intent to corruptly interfere with the investigation. but then there's a practical consideration and at the end of the day, i think the practical consideration is this, would the country believe that an effort to impeach the president was on the basis of a corrupt act by him or that it was simply an act to nullify an election that people disagreed with? if it's the latter it's never going to be successful. the country would have to have come to the point where they think the president's conduct is so disqualifying that he is rightfully removed from office. i don't think any of us should race to that conclusion. it would be enormously obviously jarring for the country to go through this. what we ought to be doing is methodically getting all the evidence and information to find out just what conversations took place, what did the president intend to do and did he have an improper purpose in trying to stop the investigation

altogether, stop the investigation as particular people like flynn and, in other words, protect himself from the administration of justice? >> congressman schiff, thanks for your time this morning. >> thanks, george. >> that's what we're seeing this is just the beginning of the investigation. >> and so many questions and hopefully some answers here from our chief legal analyst, dan abrams, and our white house correspondent, jon karl. could this be obstruction of justice? >> sure, it could be. can the legal definition be fit here as to attempting to influence an ongoing proceeding or investigation? sure. but it's going to come down to what was the intent? meaning when he said i hope, was that just talk or was that a sort of a wink and nod with an instruction as to what to do? no question this wasn't a good idea for president trump. no matter what you think. and the fact that two of his key aides were instructed to leave the room right before he has this conversation, the vice president and the attorney general, doesn't help in trying

to determine what the intent is but most importantly remember look to the political. when we're talking about impeachment it's not about the definition of the statute it's about the fact that fox news at 6:00 last night couldn't get a single republican to come on to defend donald trump. that should be a bigger concern than the legal statue. >> because people want to know, what would it take for an indictment? >> for a sitting president most believe impeachment is the way that you would prosecute someone. could you later prosecute them criminally, sure but that the first step here would be an impeachment proceeding and that is a political proceeding. that's in front of the congress and the senate so as we discussed this, i can't emphasize enough look to the republican senators and congressmen, congresspeople because that's going to be much more important than legal experts defining the statute. >> let's bring in jon karl for more. jon, dan makes the point this is basically an impeachable offense, whatever the majority in congress decides. we are starting to see republicans start to crack or at

minimum go silent. >> reporter: absolutely, and you're seeing some very key republicans raise questions. the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, the chairman of the house oversight committee, those are committees that would be investigating this, those are committees that would be in our calling james comey calling him to testify threatening to subpoena that memo if possible. you saw that from jason chaffetz. it is clear that republicans at the very least are nervous about what they are seeing, are demanding answers and are in no way running to the microphones to defend their republican president. >> jon, we heard from congressman schiff. i guess we'll find out whether president trump has those tapes, as well. >> reporter: absolutely, and the thing about this is it was president trump that first invoked that. james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversation. it turns out that comey himself had something very close to tapes, contemporaneous notes of those conversations. >> thanks very much. >> all this comes as fallout

grows over that report that trump shared. classified intelligence with russian authorities. now there are major concerns and major questions about whether that put the source's life at risk, and our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, is here with reporting on that. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the president has stunned many in the world at the time isis is posing a very real threat to america. what's at risk this morning according to current and former u.s. officials is the life of a spy inside isis. placed there by israel providing sensitive information about plots against america on the condition the u.s. keep the source secret. >> the real risk is not just this source, but future sources of information about plots against us. >> reporter: the current intelligence from inside isis involves an active plot to bring down a passenger jet en route to the u.s. with a bomb hidden in a laptop that the u.s. believes can get through airport screening machines undetected.

the information is so reliable that the u.s. is considering a ban on laptops on all flights from europe to the u.s. isis has already taken credit for blowing up a russian airliner two years ago, killing more than 200 people claiming the bomb was hidden in a soft drink can. the white house national security adviser says that justifies president trump's disclosures to the russians. >> this was the context of the conversation in which it was wholly appropriate to share what the threat was as a basis for common action and coordination. >> reporter: but many in the counterterrorism community say what the president did was a mistake. >> russia is not part of the isis coalition. they are not our partner. >> reporter: as well, russia is known to trade information with countries that are hardly friendly to the u.s. including iran which is also a sworn enemy of israel, robin. >> all right, brian, thank you. let's bring in our chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz right now, and martha, reporting now that this information came from israel.

of course, the president is heading there this weekend after stopping first in saudi arabia and he spoke with the israel prime minister as well. >> reporter: exactly, george. our team in israel confirmed he spoke to benjamin netanyahu following his call to king abdullah of jordan. it was tweeted, this relationship is unprecedented in its contribution to our strength. israel's ambassador to the u.s. said, israel has confidence in the intelligence-sharing relationship with the u.s. that, however, is the public face of this. but israel would certainly fear that russia would share intelligence with iran and israeli intelligence officers have got to be taken aback by this. if one of their assets' lives is at risk, that puts other lives at risk, and i imagine they will think twice about what they share in the future. >> yeah, they are putting up a good front right there but this is a serious breach. >> reporter: it really is, and it gives benjamin netanyahu an

advantage when president trump goes there. they may not talk about, that but it will hang over those meetings, and the turmoil president trump is in right now does not help either, george. >> okay, martha raddatz. let's go over to michael. thank you, george. we change gears and now turn to extreme storms that are slamming the heartland overnight. tornadoes in oklahoma and wisconsin damaging more than a hundred homes and forcing emergency rescues. abc's clayton sandell is on the scene at elk city, oklahoma, with more. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: hey, michael. you can see this neighborhood is absolutely devastated. first take a look here. this is a big, heavy dumpster that came flying in from somewhere. if you look at the garage of this home, all the walls have been collapsed by the power of this tornado. this is just 1 of more than 100 homes here severely damaged or destroyed. this morning, severe weather havoc in the heartland. >> look at it. >> reporter: overnight, more than 25 reported tornadoes touching down from texas to wisconsin.

one causing massive damage to this oklahoma neighborhood. at least 50 homes destroyed. another 50 damaged. >> she is moving. that's all i know. >> reporter: firefighters pulling victims from the wreckage, ripped off rooftops, flipped cars and streets littered with debris. one person was killed. treacherous conditions on the road making driving dangerous. one car seen here, hydroplaning into oncoming traffic. and north of eau claire, wisconsin, this trailer park devastated. >> trailer park looks like it might have been leveled. >> reporter: emergency crews rushing to the scene late tuesday working throughout the night to rescue people trapped in the rubble. >> there is injury at this time. >> a lot of people were home. >> reporter: officials say at least one person died. 25 injured in including a child. >> there's a whole row where there were trailers that there's nothing. >> reporter: the destruction seen from above, the trailer

court now just a field of debris. >> i would describe it as total destruction. >> reporter: high winds even hurling this trailer into the lake. and the national weather service says they'll have a team here today to survey the damage and try and figure out just how powerful this tornado really was, michael. >> thank you, clayton. we go to ginger. there's more severe weather today. >> unfortunately there is, michael. you can see that strong upward motion in videos like this from mclean, texas. thankfully, this type of rotation was over a field where no one lives. unfortunately today that same storm will rotate over most of iowa so des moines, mason city, southwestern wisconsin, you have the potential for tornadoes and large hail. yesterday, we saw hail at 4 inches in diameter. it's not just today. it's tomorrow. and you can see that area western oklahoma, western kansas, back in the threat region. the same storm moves into the northeast. look, east of cleveland up through western new york. that's all on your thursday. so much more coming up, but first, the hot cities brought to you by carmax. cities brought to you by carmax.

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hey, welcome back. thank you for sticking around. current conditions, dress for 46 to 55 degrees from fairfield to oakland. now, take a look at the bridge. gorgeous this morning. the temperatures turn today. 2 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday and this is just the beginning. slow heading westbound on the san mateo bridge. no rain threat on the roads. on the water, choppy, breezy at the coast and cool to comfortable mass transit today. here's the 7-day forecast. 60s, 70s and 80s tomorrow. 70s, 80s and 90s our hottest days saturday and sunday. but not too hot in the city. reggie? >> huge changes, though. thank you. coming up, the mystery of the plane carrying a young family that vanished in the bermuda triangle. we will have another update in 30 minutes and always on the news app and abc7 news.com. there's a look at the golden gate bridge this morning.

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trump's supporters continue to stand by their man and what can the white house do to turn things around? we'll get to that after this report from our chief national correspondent, tom llamas. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning. president trump campaigned on being the outsider that could fix washington but now his white house needs some fixing and the architect of all this trouble appears to be the president himself. this morning, the trump white house again facing an outbreak of damaging headlines. >> a report late today in "the new york times." >> the latest salvo against the president. >> reporter: after that bombshell revelation, the president allegedly asked then-fbi director, james comey, to back off that investigation into then-national security adviser, michael flynn. the latest firestorm to hit the west wing just this week. >> did you share classified intelligence information with the russians? >> thank you very much. >> reporter: buzzfeed showing reporters crowding sean spicer's office monday night demanding comment to a report that the president allegedly compromised

classified intelligence to the russians. staffers reportedly turning up the volume on tv sets in the west wing to drown out the sound of their shouting. the president's national security adviser forced to explain. >> the president in no way compromised any sources or methods. >> reporter: this just one week after the president fired comey. president trump directly contradicting his own press secretary. >> the deputy attorney general determined that the fbi director lost his confidence and forwarded that recommendation to the attorney general and the president agreed with it. >> i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. >> reporter: the night of the firing, reports sean spicer was standing near tall bushes to avoid tv cameras. that news inspiring this facebook diy lawn ornament. "snl" also having a field day. >> i thought he's investigating russia. i don't like that. i should fire him. >> and you're just admitting that? but that's obstruction of justice. >> sure, okay.

>> wait, so, did i get him? is this all over? oh, no, i didn't. nothing matters, absolutely nothing matters anymore. >> reporter: all jokes aside, some saying this may be the most chaotic white house ever. >> during the watergate scandal there were many people around the white house who were competently doing the business of government. but in the trump white house there's only one in charge, and that's donald trump. >> reporter: but supporters claim it's in the media in a frenzy, and the real story is the white house leaks to reporters. >> there's a weasel here. it's the traitor who disclosed these facts to "the washington post." >> reporter: one republican did predict this but voters largely ignored him. at a debate in december of 2015, jeb bush declared donald trump is a chaos candidate and he would be a chaos president. george. >> okay, tom llamas, thanks very much. let's get more on this from chris whipple, author of "the gatekeepers: how the white house chiefs of staff define every

presidency," and joe kelley from wbdo in orlando, florida. lots of white houses have rocky starts. i was part of one of them but nothing like this. >> no, i mean this white house has been broken from day one. you know, now it's in full-blown chaos and, you know, obviously a lot of that is on the president himself. but in one respect, it shouldn't be that surprising. i mean donald trump thinks he can run the white house the way he ran his manhattan real estate firm with aides, senior aides coming and going. nobody empowered as first among equals. no chain of command, and the result is the chaos we're seeing right now. this has been tried. jerry ford tried this, and it was called the spokes of the wheel with ford at the center. it was a disaster. after a month he abandoned and picked a chief don rumsfeld. >> joe kelley, we talked a few weeks back. you said nothing was shaking trump's voters from their

support. >> and, george, that's still the case today. we've been talking to our listeners all morning long, and they are not even remotely disturbed by these latest reports. if james comey has this letter, this memo, some are calling it a dead man's switch. the question becomes why was he sitting on this memo for three months if it is that bad of a memo, if the president committed some sort of horrible obstruction of justice, why didn't james comey go to the a.g. or deputy a.g. three months ago? and our listeners, instead of looking at blaming president trump over there, they are disturbed, but with james comey. they blame james comey back during the clinton e-mail investigation era. >> yeah, but they want him to go farther with clinton and indict. this is the most serious one of all but you've seen the because we have also seen the compromise of the intelligence source, the basic story line of a white house that at some level can't seem to get anything real

achieved right now, nothing shaking them? >> no, not from our listeners' perspectives, and i know that can be sometimes hard to understand because of the daily drumbeat of information that comes out of this white house and that we see in "the washington post," and "the new york times" but if you can't sympathize with the trump white house and president trump himself, i think you fail to realize the absolute distrust that red state america has for "the washington post" and for "the new york times" and for the washington establishment. >> okay, and, chris, you talked to 17 chiefs of staff in writing your book. to distill that wisdom down and come up with a battle plan of recovery for president trump. >> you know, every president learns, sometimes the hard way, you have to empower a white house chief of staff as first among equals in order to govern effectively because that person has to execute your agenda and also most importantly tell you what you don't want to hear. you need to have a grown-up in the room.

i mean, leon panetta, as you know for bill clinton, jim baker for ronald reagan could walk into the oval office and say, mr. president, you cannot go down this road for the following reasons. there's no evidence that donald trump wants to have that person in the room but he needs it desperately. >> chris whipple, joe kelley, thanks very much. over to amy. all right, george, we have some dramatic video from washington, d.c. outside the home of the turkish ambassador where a brawl erupted during a visit by turkey's controversial president. supporters clashed with human rights protesters. nine people were arrested, including one man accused of assaulting a police officer. at least two people were injured in that fight. well, army private chelsea manning is walking out of prison today after serving 7 years of her 35-year sentence for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in u.s. history. manning was a male soldier known as bradley when she was arrested. president obama commuted her sentence before leaving office. manning will remain on active duty, eligible for health care

and other benefits. and in colorado, there are questions about whether the novel "13 reasons why," the basis for a netflix series is now to blame for the suicides of seven students in one school district. critics argue it glamorizes suicide and the school district had pulled the novel from its library but then reversed the decision after being accused of censorship. and finally, you have heard of the road to nowhere, symbolizing wasteful government spending, so is this the ramp to nowhere? take a look. this ramp was installed at the capitol reflecting pool in washington, d.c. to help ducklings reach the water. all right, well, not everyone thinks it's cute. one congressman tweeted, if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it might be waste. some may call it a lame duck ramp but others have argued it's the only thing working in washington right now. it was installed on monday and on tuesday, the ducklings are using it as intended. >> are they really? >> yeah, they are. it works. it works. >> it can work. amy, thank you. coming up in two minutes,

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we are back with that midair mystery. a plane with four on board disappearing in the bermuda triangle. the coast guard now searching for the pilot and mother of her two children. abc's gio benitez is here with the latest details. good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning. we are now entering day three of this desperate search. parts of the plane were already found near a bahamian island and the families this morning, are holding onto hope. this morning, a mystery over the bermuda triangle. 40-year-old mother jennifer blumin and her two sons, 3 and 4, missing along with their pilot and friend, nathan ulrich. disappearing from radar monday afternoon. >> we're doing everything we can to find this aircraft and the missing individuals. >> reporter: blumin, the boys and ulrich were flying from puerto rico to central florida

in a small plane just like this one leaving puerto rico just after 11:00 a.m. monday. >> mitsubishi 2-0 november runway. >> reporter: but just three hours into that flight at 24,000 feet, the plane vanishes right over the infamous bermuda triangle. tuesday afternoon the coast guard finding parts of the plane 15 miles east of eleuthera in the bahamas but no sign of the four passengers. >> the first thing that investigators will look at, was there a problem with the pressurization in the cabin? did it lose pressurization? >> reporter: reports say there was no bad weather at the time and ulrich is said to be an experienced pilot, seen here on facebook flying a plane. mysterious occurrences in the bermuda triangle, the subject of a 2009 documentary showing that 75 planes and hundreds of yachts have disappeared there without a trace. >> that is the mystery of the triangle. where do they all go? >> this particular type of aircraft is quite an old aircraft, so investigators will go back and look at some of the previous mishaps with this kind of airplane to see if it sheds light on what happened.

>> reporter: blumin is a prominent new york event planner and designer. >> i'm jennifer blumin, founder and ceo of skylight group. >> reporter: featured here on tv show, "open house nyc," along with her architect boyfriend, james ramsey. who the family says had stayed behind in new york. now loved ones are praying for a miracle. ulrich's ex-wife rae dawn chong posting on facebook, i am sad and in shock so send prayers to his family. blumin's company says the family is working with investigators right now, and the pilot's family says they are devastated and shocked, all are hoping the coast guard works as quickly as possible. >> we do too. thanks very much. michael. coming up on our big board, rebecca is testing out the new instagram face filters and how these differ from snapchat. we'll talk about that in two minutes. i'm a bunny. i have the teeth for it, i guess. guess.

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we are back now with our big board. dan abrams and rebecca jarvis here at the table and we're going to begin with bill cosby breaking his silence in his first interview in more than two years. he spoke with sirius xm host michael smerconish about his upcoming trial. the comedian accused of assaulting andrea constand in 2004, and it's set to begin on june 5th and in this interview cosby indicated he will not be testifying. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> i just don't want to sit there and have to figure out what i believe is a truthful answer as to whether or not i'm opening a can of something that i -- my lawyers are scrambling. >> an interesting comment there but what do you make of his strategy to not take the stand in his trial? >> this is a bad strategy from beginning to end. first of all, whether he should take the stand or not is almost beside the point.

it is a bad strategy for him to be going public now and saying i'm not going to take the stand. he's now signaling to prosecutors you don't need to prepare. don't bother spending your time preparing for cross-examination. typically defendants don't disclose that till the end. his reasoning, i don't want to have to answer the questions. they might twist my words. that's the way trials work, mr. cosby. you and everyone else have to deal with that. and number three, if the reason he was doing this was to enhance his image publicly, why say, i'm not going to take the stand? so, the legal question of whether he takes the stand is almost secondary to this announcement now which was such a foolish one, to say he is not going to take the stand. >> jury selection begins on monday. >> that's right, that's right. >> it's surprising he even went on the air and talked about this in the first place, like you said, but his daughter also asserted racism played a big role in the scandal in which he responded when he was asked, could be. what do you think about that? >> i don't think that's a particularly smart strategy

either. a lot of the women coming forward are african-american. the idea that this is racism, now, if he wants to make an argument that one or two people had some particular issue, fine. bring it up, but this notion of lumping in all of these tens of women and suggesting this could be racism, i think is a dangerous road for him to go down. >> definitely just the beginning. we got a long way to go. thank you, dan. next up, we got a battle brewing in silicon valley. instagram is taking on snapchat unveiling its new face filter. eight different effects you can use on your selfies but many are accusing the tech giant of copying snapchat and, rebecca, you're working on it right now trying to figure it out. >> it's very addictive. >> tell us about it. what is it? >> okay, so michael. they have got these eight face filters that instagram rolled out today. you can do them very similarly to how you would actually do anything on your snapchat. you can do it -- see here, all

right. so it's a little small for your head, your crown. >> just made it bigger. >> they can make it bigger, so amy, now you're the ice queen. we'll switch that up. that's not right. that's not right. that's not right. [ laughter ] amy, i'm joking. that was so wrong. okay, so -- no, but this is my favorite one. this is my absolute favorite one. this is my favorite because, okay, that's perfect for you. koala. two at once. just like you can do with snapchat. here's koala. you guys look adorable. >> as you're doing this, explain to me how this isn't exactly like snapchat? >> a lot are on snapchat who are saying this is exactly like snapchat. this is a total rip-off. the instagram executive who worked on this was pressed the other day about all of this. he said, look, sure, we're using some of what snapchat has built, it's very popular, but it's not the first time that a tech company has used what another tech company did to bring it

forward into new technologies, facebook created newsfeed. now you have it everywhere. twitter created hashtags. now we use hashtags across these different platforms. >> i have a question for you, dan. how kosher is this, legally? >> as long as they're not taking proprietary technology they're allowed to be inspired by someone else. they are allowed to see something else that's working and say -- >> you look smart with glasses. >> they're my glasses, yeah, yeah, sitting here giving this very serious answer, not thinking about the fact that rebecca is sitting there mocking me with all sorts of absurd like characters showing up. well, you know, yeah. >> get used to this, guys. >> my kids do this to me all day long. all right. thank you, guys. dan and rebecca. coming up, the new health alert about ticks as your kids head outdoors. and biggest pop-up performance imagined. wait until you see jon bon jovi. the big surprise for a the lucky group of graduates coming up. ♪ livin' on a prayer il you see jon bon jo jovi. the big surprise for a le lucky group of graduates coming up. ♪ livin' on a prayer

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. white house in crisis. did president trump try to block the fbi's russia investigation committing an impeachable offense. it is alleged he asked james comey to stop the michael flynn investigation. urging him to let it go and now they're calling for comey's notes from that meeting. is the white house at a breaking point? the brand-new report this morning about dating, romance and real love. why millennials could be far more conservative than anyone thought when it comes to sex. their struggles to find serious relationships. how parents should talk to their teens and the startling catch-22 about women's success in school and life. health alert. it could be the worst season ever for ticks. putting your family in danger from a deadly new virus. we'll tell you how to stay safe.

♪ livin' on a prayer and bon jovi surprise. you'll be livin' on a prayer with this blockbuster performance. he crashes a commencement. there are 2600 students over there. they are about to get the surprise of their life and we were right there, cameras rolling all ahead as we say -- >> both: good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, america. happy wednesday. great crowd here this morning. looks like you're having fun with jon. >> did you see that air guitar, george? >> tell us a little about that. >> you know what, this morning's pop-up has been months in the making. my good friend, jon bon jovi, well, he teamed up with mtv-u to surprise one lucky graduating class. they had no idea the rock legend was there and crashed their commencement and it was awesome.

>> they didn't know you would crash it too. >> they didn't know that either. it made we want to go back to school. >> because they were graduating. >> good point. i'm not going back. >> bringing joy to all of our cases, kerry washington is with us today. hi, girl. so happy to see her looking absolutely lovely. we're going to talk to her about, oh, do i have to say it -- >> don't say it. >> the final season of "scandal." >> no. >> you know i have been a gladiator from the start. i know right back at you, we discuss weekly. we have many questions of ms. washington. >> i am not giving up my popcorn or wine. >> consider it handled. >> oh, nicely done. >> thank you. >> a lot coming up. amy with the morning rundown? good morning. the big story, the trump white house in crisis denying allegations that president trump asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn's ties to

russia. this morning a key republican on capitol hill is demanding to see all memos and documents related to the president's communications with comey as critics question whether the president obstructed justice. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has all of the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. this is a white house in crisis mode right now. democrats are sounding the alarm. suggesting that the president might have obstructed justice. members of the president's own party are also calling on comey to testify. this latest bombshell stems from comey's oval office visit in february. abc news has confirmed the former fbi director wrote a memo saying president trump asked him to shut down his investigation into michael flynn. the president allegedly called flynn a good guy and told comey, i hope you can let this go. abc news has not seen the memo first reported by "the new york times" but sources described it to reporters. it was allegedly part of a paper trail comey left behind to document his meetings with the

president. this morning, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee told george he wants all documents reeled to comey's conversations with the president turned over to congress. >> well, certainly sounds as if these reports are accurate that he wanted this investigation of michael flynn to stop and he was concerned about the investigation in the sense that it might lead to him. >> reporter: and that is being echoed by a top republican in congress. the house oversight committee chairman sent a letter to the fbi demanding to see those documents too, amy. >> all right, cecilia, thank you. the white house says the reports in the media are not an accurate portrayal of trump's conversation. in a fund-raising e-mail the trump campaign and republican national committee said, quote, people within our unelected bureaucracy want to sabotage president trump. an apparent reference to leaks coming from the intelligence community. meanwhile, this morning, russian president vladimir putin responding to reports that president trump gave classified information about an isis plot to russian officials in the oval

office last week. today putin dismissed the scandal calling it schizophrenia and said u.s. politicians whipping up anti-russian sentiment are either stupid or dangerous. well, u.s. and european officials are meeting today to discuss possibly banning laptops on flights to the united states because of concern about that isis bomb plot. the existing ban affects flights from ten cities, mostly in the middle east ex-expanding it it to flights from europe would affect 65 million travelers per year. our first look at the damage from a deadly outbreak of storms in the middle of the country. more than two dozen twisters have been reported from texas to western wisconsin where at least one person was killed in a trailer park. storms also ripped apart a town in western oklahoma claiming at least one life and destroying dozens of homes. and finally, a man in texas is taking legal action after a bad, very bad first date. he says they went to a movie and she would not stop texting her friends. he said at least 10 to 20 times

during the movie so he is demanding she pay him back the $17.31 for both tickets. she left him at the theater saying he was making her extremely uncomfortable. apparently it's not because she left him. he says that this is because it's about principle. it's important as defendant's behavior is a threat to civilized society. texting. that's what it's about. >> real favor by not saying his name. does he think that story is worth $17.31? our audience applauded that. [ applause ] >> i don't know. >> i'm just envious they got two tickets for $17. get a ticket in new york city, that's one ticket. >> that's true. >> how about "pop news"? >> absolutely, robin. good morning, everybody. beautiful day and lots to talk about so let's get to it. three big announcements for abc. first up jimmy kimmel has just been announced to host the

oscars again next year. congratulations, jimmy. >> he earned it. >> he was fantastic. in a statement jimmy thanked the academy and said, quote, if you think we screwed up the ending this year, wait until you see what we have planned for the 90th anniversary show. he handled that so beautifully. >> he did. >> actually and did a great job so fabulous news there. number two, katy perry part of the abc family, everybody. [ applause ] very excited to announce that she's been named a judge for abc's "american idol" reboot. she says she's honored to be the first judge named. other judges, the host not to be revealed yet. finally, though, the classic sitcom "roseanne" is coming back. if you loved this show, you will be very happy to hear that all of the regulars, john goodman, sara gilbert, laurie metcalf, the rest of the cast back for the eight-episode reboot. what about this guy, though.

yeah, remember this guy? george clooney. we need you. wouldn't that be great to have him in the family? >> that would be a big announcement. >> i know. a girl can dream. >> wait a minute here. now, daddy dan, he was dead -- >> in the last episode which is why you all need to tune in. >> ah. >> because he is listed in the cast so we will all, in fact, see. please make sure this is correct because i knew that you were a fan of the show. >> and the fact they won the lottery. are they going to be rich? >> there were two beckys. >> and second becky, sara, will be back in a different role. there you go. i got no more for you. that's all. >> you are good with the follow-ups. >> thank you very much. and you can ask many follow-ups on my third pod but first i need michael and dating news, there have been so many studies who uses dating profiles or looking for love? it's okay. you don't have to admit it. i'm here for you. we talked about how to have the

most successful profile and did a study not that long ago about the best pictures and michael was kind enough -- the best pictures for men for their profile. go in close facing the camera. smiling. no teeth, correct. there you go. smile, no teeth. you can get away wit. for women the study said we should look a little off camera. have our hair up and smile with teeth. that was one study. well now if those pearls of wisdom have not worked for your love life perhaps you need to reconsider your wording. a new study, 400,000 profiles on line show there are certain adjectives when used describing yourself can really help or hurt your chances a great deal. women like to see a man describing himself as number one intelligent, write this down, boys. number two, confident, and, number three, humorous. easy. guys had the most positive reaction to women who scombrieed themselves as, duh, sexy because they're so ridiculous.

number two, honest and third was confident. the biggest turnoffs were the same three words for both sexes. so write this down, everybody. do not describe yourself as shy, got forbid. trustworthy. i mean, really what has happened to us and, number three, don't call yourself happy whatever you do. >> wow. >> isn't that insane? [ applause ] >> wow. >> it was across the board the same three. >> happy, trust worthy. >> and shy. >> eh. >> happy and trustworthy, at least? >> nope. i am very sad, please date me. [ laughter ] >> that's pretty good. >> listen, i'm a provider of useful -- i want everyone to find love. that's really what this is about. finally if you're in love with the marshmallows in lucky what weres, today is your lucky day. general mills announced it's giving away 10,000 boxes of lucky charms with only the marren mallows in the boxes. [ cheers and applause ] yes, people.

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life because you may be confused about what's happening out there amongst young people. is hooking up the new dating and does romance include love? relationships amongst teens and young adults are complicated these days but maybe not as racy and sex fueled as we are all thinking. we sat down actually with a group of 18 to 25-year-olds who gave us the unfiltered truth. what does hooking up. >> i know it means making out or having sex. it depends on how far you're willing to go. >> reporter: in hbo's hit show "girls." millennials are often portrayed as just being a beat away from a quick hookup. but in the report called "the talk" researchers from harvard's graduate school of education suggest young adults are more conservative than previous generations and would rather hang out with friends or date seriously than have casual sex. is there pressure do you think? do you think everybody else is hooking up so you're wondering whether i should be hooking up?

>> people talk about it a lot so it feels like everyone is doing it but in reality it's pretty like not so frequent. >> reporter: that new harvard report spoke to nearly 220018-year-olds to 25-year-olds around the u.s. and found a large number are unprepared for caring, lasting romantic relationships and are anxious about developing them. >> the one thing young people want guidance about is what are the markers of a healthy relationship? what do they look like? when do i know i'm in a toxic relationship or a relationship that's going to be harmful in some way? they want guidance on these topics from parents and educators. >> i'm a parent and i thought i talked to my daughter a little about, you know, what a healthy relationship is but apparently we're not doing that. >> i feel like having the conversation of like the good things and like all the healthy things and stuff that a relationship should be never comes unless i bring up the bad things that have happened like unless i'm going through

something rough, i'm never going to hear like -- >> what should be good. >> yeah. >> reporter: researchers also asked about sexual harassment faced by young women. anything from being catcalled to being touched without permission by a stranger but the catch-22, the report suggests the more women succeed in school and life, the less likely it is that men are respecting them. how many of you have had men call you names that are disrespectful? everybody. catcalls? everybody. >> they start at like 7 years old. >> i think i was 6 when i first realized i was a sexual object to men. >> wow. and does that just feel like just part of life? >> it's overload. it's every day. >> there's this borderline between harassment and throwing someone a compliment, right. so it's when people harass you, oh, that's a compliment if we let them say it and walking by we might keep our head high but

by not saying anything it's making okay. >> a lot of adults don't know what to say and fear they will be written off. >> and that silence can be detrimental to the young people in our lives and say they're desperate for us to talk not just about what's bad and what we shouldn't do but, guys, they say they want to hear what is a good relationship and what makes them meaningful and loved and what is positive in their lives. >> share your story. share your relationship. >> exactly. they want to hear it. they all raised their hands and said talk to them. >> i saw george taking notes. >> lots of notes. >> coming up we have a new health alert we want to tell you about and we will when we come back.

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not seeing a chance of rain for the rest of the month. about 66 to 68 around the bay, and 70 to 74 inland. tonight's going to be a chilly one, mid to upper 40s. still looking at 70s at the and now to that major health alert that it could be the worst season forever for ticks. there's a new report that says a type called seed ticks could put your kids in real danger and jesse palmer is here with the story. good morning, jesse. >> good morning, michael. as warm weather spreads across the country we're now entering prime tick season and that means increased even fatal risk but there are ways to keep your family safe. as kids and pets return to playing outside they're more likely than ever to come in contact with ticks. especially in tall grass. piles of leaves or shrubs around your home. >> the tickiest month is may but

april through june is really the highest tick activity season. >> reporter: in ohio, one mom posted these alarming pics on facebook going viral now and says after just 30 minutes of playing outside her daughter was covered with these tiny hard to see larval seed ticks. these bugs can cause big problems. reports saying they now present a rare but potentially fatal danger called the powassan virus that causes seizures, memory loss and long-term neurological damage. >> in most cases they have a die to find the tick and remove it before the tick has a chance to transmit germs that will make them sick. >> reporter: lyme disease is still a huge concern. the cdc estimating 30,000 americans are infected with lyme disease each year. but note that underreporting could put the actual count at 300,000. too keep you and your family safe experts say always check for ticks as soon as you come from outdoors. wear clothing with built-in tick

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hi there. thank you for sticking around. 60 already out in brentwood. the rest of us mid to upper 50s except for half moon bay at 52 degrees. san mateo bridge westbound. your commute planner on the roads today, no rain threat. not as choppy on the bay water and mass transit, cool this morning. comfy this afternoon. all right. temperatures mainly 50s at the coast. 60s and 70s for the rest of us. 70s, 80s and 90s as early as friday, natasha. >> i can't believe that heat to come. thank you, mike. we'll have another update in 30 minutes and always on the news app. remember to join reggie, mike,

alexis, jessica and me weekdays ♪ welcome back to "gma," everybody. and as you can hear and as we're going to show you we have a fantastic audience here this morning. thank you, guys. [ applause ] and we have one of our favorites, a wonderful guest to bring to the table. she's a four-time emmy nominee and she's one of the stars of abc's tgit. please welcome "scandal's" kerry washington. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. >> good to see you. >> hi. >> how are you? >> great. >> hello. how are you? >> good. how are you? >> i'm great. >> thank you.

hi. thank you. >> you know, before you get going, do you see this shirt right here? eat, sleep, watch "scandal," repeat. >> amen. >> i need to get one of those. i love it. >> that's how we feel. >> going to get straight to it. lara did it in "pop news." >> yeah. >> last season of "scandal." >> yeah. >> i know how we feel about it. how do you and the rest of the cast feel about it. >> i think we're all a little sad but also we feel grateful to have the information. sometimes as an actor you don't know when you'll be out of a job so it's nice actually to go into the last season knowing it's our last season because we're already talking about how it's going to be like no holds barred. better than ever. no holding punches, putting it all on the table. we're choosing to leave. we're choosing to go away early. >> seems like you already are doing that every week. >> but as we have created sort of the imaginary world of the

impossible in washington, now that's happening in the real world so we've had to up our ante. >> shonda will take care of that next season and we have the season finale tonight. >> tomorrow night. >> tomorrow night. >> tomorrow night. momma pope is back. >> momma pope is back. >> she is not playing around. let me tell you. no happy mother's day. she's fierce. and i love that. i love knowing that olivia pope comes from this like very dignified elegant and slightlyly gangster and it's so great and a two-hour finale but fans have been asking for it. it's crazy. never in my wildest dreams could have imagined we're ending the season with olivia pope who she is. i've done some crazy stuff on the show but where we end this season makes me so excited about next season because i've never -- it's beyond what i could have imagined. >> wow.

two hours so we'll need a second bottle of red wine. >> a lot more popcorn. >> a sneak peek of tomorrow's -- [ applause ] >> she said she's here in d.c. for me and trying to protect me. >> from who? >> whoever is really planning this attack. >> you don't believe her, do you. >> of course, not. this is my mother. she hired someone to kill mellie. we need to figure out who that is sassen is and shut them down. they're out there somewhere because this thing is off the books. >> you need to hire us. >> you up for the job? >> of course, we are. >> yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, you are. [ cheers and applause ] >> you go. >> yes. >> you can say no but when you dream of -- if always nice when someone starts it that way. >> you and i are tight. go -- would you like to see olivia end up with the president or not? >> it's hard for me. i really want -- i want to see

olivia happy but it's hard to know in shondaland what that means because shonda has encouraged all of us to think about the idea that people define happiness in different ways and your happiness not that i'm going to use happy in my dating -- online dating that i don't have. but you know happiness is defined in different ways by different people so i really want what's best for olivia, yeah. >> okay. >> here's the question i cannot bring myself to ask. look what they wrote on this card here. >> when was this? >> number four. >> it looks like you guys have a lot of fun behind the scenes on "scandal" but what is with all the nose picking? so, i do on instagram i do a lot of nose picking. my own nose and tony goldwyn's and i think it's honestly a way to defuse the situation often and not take myself so seriously and encourage tony to do the same. he's picking his nose to compete with my nose picking because he doesn't like when others have all the attention.

bunny ear, nose picking. very serious actors on "scandal." >> yes. >> and we have to -- we have to wish you a belated mother's day. >> oh, yeah. [ applause ] i'm very blessed. i'm very blessed. you know, just relaxing which is not something i do often. so it was fun to just kind of take it easy. yeah. but i mean i'm so grateful. i feel so -- when i think about how much my life has changed, you know, in the life of our show, it's so exciting for me to be going into our final season and feel like the abundance of riches, you know, that i have a beautiful husband and beautiful kids and i'm really happy about my life and i love my job and i get to bring all of that to work for one more season. i feel really blessed. >> we see that. [ applause ] we see that. >> yes. >> and can we just say, you and the entire cast, thank you. you have been so kind to us over the years. >> oh, wow, back at you. >> give our love to shonda and

everyone. >> we got one more season. >> i know. i know. >> it's amazing and we'll keep coming back and driving you crazy one more year. >> eat, sleep, watch "scandal" and repeat." see the two-hour season finale of "scandal" tomorrow night at 9:00 on abc. give it up one more time for kerry washington. coming up, bon jovi's pop-up graduation surprise. we'll be right back. ♪

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finally, coatless. we are standing out here comfortably in times square so we can feel summer and, boy, the temperatures will feel that way as we go towards thursday. you know what else happens we get air quality alerts up from washington, d.c. right through delaware, philadelphia, you can see there and that heat is going to stick on at least thursday in some parts friday back into the 0s. good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. check out all the sunshine and temperatures a little bit warmer today. near 70. 40s tonight and chilly and look at this weather brought to you by safelite. i could handle this weather. i'm good with this. let's get up to you guys. >> thanks, ginger. day three of our pop-up week. some of our favorite musical artists are popping up where you least expect them.

oh, sara bareilles and the cast of broadway's "waitress." >> i can't wait to see it. >> and tasted really good afterwards. before that it was jason derulo at a soulcycle class bright and early there in l.a. >> and not over because this morning we've got jon bon jovi, everybody, teamed up and surprised some very lucky graduates and crashed the fairleigh dickinson commencement in new jersey and i was lucky enough to be there. ♪ this is the biggest day of their lives, the 2600 students behind me, they're about to get the greatest graduation present you can ask for, a private bon jovi concert. you know, i spent a lot of time in the giants locker room but

never, never for a surprise like this. >> right. >> these kids have no idea they won this contest so what can they expect? what can we expect to see? >> beautiful thing about this is i wrote a song specific to the graduation and what had happened was i was given an honorary doctorate at another university and instead of the usual commencement speech i thought how do i make my speech unique so i put it into a song. >> are you not busy enough you've been on tour. >> that's true? all around the world. >> i have two kids graduating this year as well. >> congratulations. >> thank you but i'm very much a part of what i know kids go through at this time of year. >> i love this song. "reunion." talk about creating just go for it basically. >> write your own song. sing along and love your life. and write the pages of our story. >> i'll see you at the reunion. >> and i'll see you -- see how it worked out. >> these are the same things you'll share with your own kids. >> and the tears.

the fun is that this is sort of like my opening act to my daughter graduates in two days from now and then my son two days after that and it's a good week for the bon jovi family. >> i got nothing else to do but watch a concert so i'm leaving you. get ready. see you in a bit. >> thank you. ♪ >> dear graduates and guests we now have a special surprise for you. please welcome bon jovi. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ this isn't how the story ends my friends ♪ ♪ it's just a fork along the road ♪ ♪ don't say your prayers save your amens you've come this far ♪ ♪ but you're still far from home don't say good-bye just say farewell ♪

♪ write every line you'll live to tell ♪ ♪ hold your head high like harry give 'em hell ♪ ♪ as the night ignites the day make some memories along the way ♪ ♪ write your song sing along love your life ♪ ♪ learn to laugh dare to dance touch the sky ♪ ♪ take pictures each step of the way ♪ ♪ make this the best of the rest of your days ♪ ♪ start your revolution and i'll see you at the reunion ♪ ♪ some friends will go and some will stay ♪ ♪ okay some last a chapter some a page ♪

♪ for some love comes disguised as lust ♪ ♪ but you'll find love when you find trust one day ♪ ♪ do better than our parents did imperfect husband wife and kids ♪ ♪ go chart your course then turn it upside down ♪ ♪ go live your life eyes open wide ♪ ♪ who's to say what's wrong or right right ♪ ♪ write your song sing along love your life ♪ ♪ learn to laugh dare to dance touch the sky ♪ ♪ take pictures each step of the way ♪ ♪ make this the best of the rest of your days ♪

♪ start your revolution i'll see you at the reunion ♪ ♪ oh oh ♪ i'll see you at the reunion ♪ ♪ this isn't how your story ends it's just a fork along the road ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> so excited. it was so incredible for him to come here. >> all of a sudden like bon jovi comes out. it's crazy. >> so excited. >> the coolest thing ever. >> good luck, class of 2017. we'll see you. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was -- that was really awesome. the reaction of the students

they were really surprised. congratulations to jon whose two kids are graduating as we talked about earlier in the piece. that was awesome. tomorrow it's going to be fun as well. wait till you see where linkin park is popping up tomorrow. you don't want to miss that and coming up, "twin peaks," that show is coming back and there they are.

as's a fish in the percolator. >> wait for the tea. >> damn good coffee. and hot. wait a minute. wait a minute. >> you think cooper loves coffee. >> this is, excuse me, a damn fine cup of coffee. [ cheers and applause ] >> remember that? the original "twin peaks." cult classic. began back in 1990 and so happy

to say it is back with a huge reboot and we have three of the original cast members here. kyle maclachlan, kimmy robertson, dana ashbrook and a newcomer, jimmy belushi is with us. welcome to all of you guys. really, i know. >> how are you? >> we are great. >> we're see great. you might notice we come bearing gifts. >> i see decorated with cherry pie. >> cherry pie, coffee. >> why is the coffee so far away from me? >> i'm happy to serve it. we're trying to bribe you. i know the show is so top secret. we figure this might help us find out something. you're the only person who has read the script. >> it's not as hot as what you described earlier. >> okay. well, yeah, i actually -- none of us have actually seen any footage. only a few select have seen it although we did tattoo the entire story on jim belushi's body.

>> reveal. nobody's seen it. i think there were eight executives -- >> only eight executives. >> and trump. >> but he did not reveal anything to the russian ambassador. >> keeping it a secret. >> so no spoiler alerts. >> no, he kept his mouth shut. he knows david lynch. >> and the thing about you, jim, you're so great at ad-libbing and just coming up with your own lines at times. did you get in trouble for ad-libbing on the set. >> you know, i did it once. there was a little party scene. oh, my god -- should i have not said that? >> done. >> there's a party scene and it was kind of hectic and in the middle of the noise i threw out a line and -- >> they shut down production. >> they didn't but it caught then dave on his little megaphone said mr. belushi. i said, yes, sir. he said, do i need to bring you to the principal's office? i said, no, sir. >> understood.

understood. [ applause ] >> kimmy, how did it feel for you, kimmy, to be back on that set 27 years later? >> 27 -- it's so long. that's a lot of -- that's a long time. a lot of years. >> did it feel like a long time? did it feel -- >> yes, it felt like about 80 years. >> i'm not sure if that's a good -- >> you're not supposed to say that. you're supposed to say it's like to time passed at all. >> you look the same. >> it was amazing. amazing. >> i can't believe it's been 27 years and, dana, you have -- i'm sure you have a lot of crazy fan encounters. what is the crazest you had with "twin peaks" fans. >> they're used to back when the show was on the first time there was a lot more crazy stuff going on but, you know, they always want me to do stuff to my character in the show, most of the time. they want me to like barf or barking or, you know, do the cool things david had me do, snap my fingers and stu like that.

>> writing on top of the car. >> surfing on top of the car was one of my favorite things. it was a good time. good time. >> yeah. >> us too. [ applause ] we have a super fan in the audience, rebecca, super fan, you have a question? >> i'm so excited right now. will the new season pick up where season two left off? >> good question. >> whoa. who wants to handle that? well, we can't really reveal where it all starts or where it ends. >> maybe, maybe. >> so they cannot tell you anything. >> yeah. >> jim wants to tell you. i can tell. he's sitting right there. wants to spit it out. >> we got to muzzle him because it could get out of control. >> mr. lynch will call you back to the office. >> back here, yeah. >> so really it's just up to you, i guess, to watch and enjoy. >> it does take place 25 years later. >> it is in the future. where it starts, we can't really

say. >> we're happy it's back, first of all. [ applause ] >> thanks, michael. >> and that you're here to talk about it. >> absolutely. >> thank you, guys. enjoy the cherry pie, everybody. "twin peaks" will be premiering this sunday on showtime. so happy to say that. we'll be right back on "good morning america." [ cheers and applause ]

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