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good morning, america. wild weather coast to coast. severe thunderstorms sweeping across the east bringing torrential downpours. flash flooding and damaging winds all caught on camera. as a massive dust storm leads to a deadly 25-car pileup in new mexico. the southwest now baking under historic heat, bracing for scorching triple-digit temperatures already canceling flights this morning. also this morning, the election showdown. all eyes on the most expensive house race ever as voters now head to the polls this morning. president trump watching closely, already up early tweeting about it and the health care battle takes a turn overnight. senate democrats protesting late past midnight, what they call secrecy.
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our goal here is -- many talking. jared kushner's voice, why his rare public moment getting so much reaction. new tension with north korea after the american student held captive, otto warmbier, dies at the age of 22, less than a week after returning home with extensive brain damage. president trump condemning that country. >> it's a brutal regime. we'll be able to handle it. >> warmbier's parents reacting overnight. and up for parole. o.j. simpson ready to ask for his freedom again. is the former nfl star serving 33 years about to go free? what o.j.'s life is like behind bars right now and the three things he wants to do if he gets to leave prison. one of his closest friends speaking out on "gma." we do say good morning, america.
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it's great to have david with us here this week as george takes a well-deserved vacation and this tuesday morning busy and watching severe weather coast to coast. >> and summer officially starts tonight and there are dangerous wildfires you can see in the southwest, it's so hot they're actually grounding flights. >> canceled flights. take a look at this time lapse to show a severe storm moving into new york city. i think robin is just trying off now. >> i got caught in that. >> in just the last few minutes we're tracking more weather, severe weather into the day. ginger has the latest. >> it's not just the fires and severe weather but this disturbance in the gulf mexico because, yes, we are in the middle of hurricane season that we're going to get to, more than 170 severe storm report, so many stuck on runways and obviously like robin stuck in that storm. an east coast deluge. more than 2,000 flights canceled. up to 2 inches of rain filling manhattan roads. this time lapse showing the
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storm blast across the city. surveillance video in delaware shows debris flying as gusts up to 64 miles per hour blew through. >> i'm getting home early so i can beat the storm. they said something about hail and all that. i don't need that in my life right now. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., trees burying cars. >> i woke up to a loud bang and plaster in my room. >> reporter: and west of the rockies, the story is heat. at least 20 large wildfires, california to colorado, 118-degree temperatures grounding air travel in phoenix. and a deadly dust storm in new mexico causing a 25-car pileup at the arizona state line so as you see these excessive heat warnings and watches pop up on the map. know this sh, you're thinking why is that? the air is thin so you'd need a lot more speed to get the plane up or along a longer runway which they don't have. san francisco, and numbers on the map approach all-time
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records in vegas and even phoenix, and if hits that number, it's not pretty. more coming up on the potential for more tropical storms. >> that's not a dry heat. i'm from the south. that one yesterday when you could see it coming at you, it was something else. >> came out of nowhere. we're going to turn to that tragedy involving american student otto warmbier. he died on monday after returning home with extensive brain injury from north korea. this morning, some are now calling for a travel ban to that country and martha raddatz has all the details for us this morning. good morning, martha. >> reporter: it remains a mystery what caused the blood supply to otto warmbier's brain to be cut off causing the severe damage to the brain of this bright, curious young man, but u.s. official, members of congress and his parents say there is no question it was the fault of the regime of kim jong-un. otto warmbier, the 22-year-old who returned to the u.s. less
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than a week ago, unable to walk, speak or respond to verbal commands. suffering extensive brain damage after being held captive in north korea for 17 months. passing away monday. in a statement, his family says when he was carried off that airplane last week he looked very uncomfortable, almost anguished. but that within a day the countenance of his face changed. he was at peace. he was home and we believe he could sense that. the only glimpse of otto while he was detained by north korea was this courtroom video. he was wearing that ivory colored jacket, pleading for leniency after being charged with trying to steal a propaganda poster. after his release otto's father finding comfort wearing his son's jack. >> i'm able to wear the jacket that he wore when he gave his
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confession. >> reporter: it is unclear what caused the university of virginia student to suffer what the doctors called unresponsive wakefulness but the warmbiers are place the blame on north korea saying the awful, tortuous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the north koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced. president trump condemning north korea's brutal regime and treatment of warmbier. >> a lot of bad things happened. but at least we got him home to be with his parents. it's a brutal regime and we'll be able to handle it. >> reporter: there are three other americans still being held by the north koreans, but otto's death could push congress or the administration to begin restricting travel there, robin. >> people want to know what else what other action will the u.s.
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take, martha? >> senator john mccain this morning is calling it a murder which the u.s. should not tolerate. others in congress are saying the same and secretary of state rex tillerson says that the u.s. holds north korea accountable for his imprisonment but so far there is no indication the administration is planning any sort of retaliation but that is complicated, robin, by the fact those three other americans are still there. >> we have to keep them in our hearts. thank you, martha. >> you just feel for that family. we want to turn to other developments out of washington. the senate health care bill growing tense as they went past midnight protesting the lack of open hearings. they want to pass it before july 4th. democrats say it's been shrouded in secrecy. and of course, that high-stakes special election in georgia and voters going to the polls right now in the most
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expensive house race ever, it's in a republican district where president trump won by a slim margin over hillary clinton. steve osunsami is there. a lot of pressure on both sides for republicans to trying to hold on to the seat. for democrat, a real test of whether they'll be able to capitalize on the turmoil in d.c. >> reporter: that's right, david, a mountain of importance has been placed on one this congressional race. we're outside the polling place where republican karen handel will cast her vote hoping to win a seat that republicans have held on to for decades. her opponent is trying to make history and upset a president. more than $50 million, that is how much these two candidates have spent fighting over voters in the suburbs of atlanta. >> good to see you. thank you for being here. >> reporter: making this the most expensive congressional race ever. >> hi. how are you? >> reporter: for supporters of republican karen handel it doesn't matter that across the country many on the left see today's vote as a referendum on the president. >> does it influence your thought on this as all? >> no, i'm a karen supporter and
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trump supporter too. >> reporter: in public, democrat jon ossoff usually avoids the issue in public but his supporters aren't shy, saying fighting the president has united democrats across the city. >> it's galvanized the people. >> there are folks across the state and country who have lost faith and in this room this team has the power to help restore some of that faith. >> hi, georgia. san francisco just wanted to say thank you. >> reporter: groups supporting republican karen handel have spent their money underlying how jon ossoff got his large pile of case from outside the state. >> we already have nancy pelosi as our congresswoman. now you'll give us jon ossoff as our congressman. >> a squirrel will get a lot of votes if he has $30 million him. >> the president is pointing out
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ossoff doesn't live in the 6th and can't even vote in the district he wants to represent. ossoff explains that he doesn't live in this district because he's with his girlfriend, who is a student at emory university and he wants to live closer to campus and also, the president is up again this morning hammering him on this issue. robin. >> that he is, all right, steve, thank you. more now on the health care bill and democrats launching a marathon protest last night and our congressional correspondent mary bruce was there as many were. >> reporter: it was an all-nighter as democrats are railing against republicans for writing their health care bill behind closed doors. this is legislation that could dramatically roll back the expansion of medicaid and change the way americans get their coverage. but there have been no hearings and no open debate. now republican leaders insist they've been working on it for years and plenty of debate in the past but democrats say they are going to use every single procedural tool they have
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available to them to try and delay this fight and force republicans to bring their bill out into the open, even though they don't have the political power to actually block republicans. >> and senate republicans say they want to get this done before they go home for the july 4th recess. how is that looking? >> reporter: yeah, in order to get that done, they have just nine legislative days left to pull it off. republicans insist they're getting closer and making progress and a vote next week is still possible but seen no legislation this morning. >> mary bruce, up late and up early this morning for us. thank you. >> hard working as always. let's bring in jonathan karl this morning. you got the white house tracking this white house fight and democrats angry over secrecy and that very close race in georgia, the president even tweeting about it, a lot at stake enfor him. >> reporter: it is only 1 seat out of 435 in the house of
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representatives but this is a hugely significant race, david. this is a congressional seat that has been republican in republican hands since before the democratic candidate was even born. it was newt gingrich's seat so a loss here for republicans would be a real warning sign about what would happen next year in the midterm electrics and the most expensive race, david, by my count more than half a dozen presidential tweets on this race in the last 24 hours. >> that means we know someone else is watching closely. the president. a lot of talk on social media this morning on something we have not much on before, his voice, jared kushner. here he was talking to technology leaders. take a listen. >> before i came to washington, many warned me that the bureaucracy would resist any change that we tried to implement. so far i have found exactly the opposite. >> jon, even had a field day
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hearing what kushner actually sounds like, why now? >> it's amazing that we are hearing from him the first time after five months in office. he has a hugely significant job here, david. he was speaking yesterday because he brought in those technology leaders. amazon, microsoft, apple. all here as part of his initiative to modernize the federal government. later this week he is going to the middle east to work on middle east peace and he's speaking because these are important projects. he really needs to be out there. one of the more important things we have heard more from the secretive jared kushner in the past 24 hours than from the white house press secretary. >> what's going on? we didn't hear from sean spicer yesterday. no cameras or audio allowed. will it continue today? >> david the white house has been all over the map on this. when the press schedule went out, no press briefing listed on not on camera or offschedule. we received an update, yes, in
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fact sean spicer will hold an on-camera briefing today, only his fourth briefing all month. david. >> they're going to face a lot of questions. jon karl, our thanks to you again as always. michael. >> thank you david. now the new images showing that mysterious crash at sea between a u.s. navy destroyer and a cargo ship and good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of the navy's worst at sea disasters in years and one thing certainly investigated how that sophisticated ship got so blindsided but why the crew of that container didn't stop to help after nearly sinking it. this morning, exclusive new images of the battered container ship. workers surveying that mangled steel. there is new details come in about that hellish night and "uss fitzgerald"'s captain was
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asleep in his cabin when 30,000-ton acx crystal plowed into the ship's top decks. beneath the water line, the container ship's bulbous bow punched through the destroyer's steel armor. the "fitzgerald" was flooding and abc nuz has learned that the navy is investigating whether some of the seven men found dead in that flooded berth were alive when it was sealed off in an effort to keep it from sinking. is there protocol for that? >> mentality is that you're going to fight any catastrophe and casualties where they occur and preserve the integrity of the rest of the ship. i guarantee everybody would do everything they could. >> reporter: but instead of stopping to help, multiple gps navigational trackers show the container ship continued on its original course for 30 minutes. only then turning back to the scene and didn't alert authorities until 50 minutes after the collision.
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this morning, the remains of the seven sailors land back in the u.s. darryl martin lost his son xavier. >> it's very hard. it's my only child. that's all i have. >> the parent ship's container company says it is complying with the investigation but the company couldn't explain what certainly seems like a hit-and-run on the high seas. why the ship kept going for seven miles before making that u-turn and waited nearly an hour before calling authorities about what happened. >> michael. >> all right, thank you, matt. amy, you're here with the other top stairs, starting with a massive security breach. in fact it's being called the largest breach of personal data of its kind. detailed information of about 198 million registered voters here in the united states has been accidentally exposed on line by a data firm working for the republican party. the leak was exposed by a cybersecurity expert. names, addressed, phone numbers
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were compromised the along with voting histories. well, new details about what they're calling an attempted terror attack in paris on monday. an armed man crashed his car in a police van but he died from his burns. overnight, police say they arrested four of his family members for links to radical islam. police say the murder of a teenage muslim girl over the weekend was not a hate crime but a case of road rage. darwin torres was arrested for the beating death of nabra hassanen. police say torres was enraged after a traffic argument with one of her friends. tiger woods is revealing he is getting professional help to deal with his recurring back pain and sleep disorder facing a facing a dui charge. a narrow escape for this pilot when it struck the side of an airport terminal sending everyone scrambling. a moments later the chopper caught fire but the pilot
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remarkably escaped. and finally, left-handed people may be smarter than right-handed people at least when it comes to complex math. that's what a new study is claiming, they reviewed the exams of 2,300 and found lefties outperformed righties at those complex problem solving and they found a higher amount of lefties among musicians and chess players. four of the last six u.s. presidents left-handed. any lefties at the table? >> i tried. >> we all picked up our left hand. still feeling pretty dumb up here. >> suppose you're ambidextrous. >> i don't know. marginally. >> we're taking time from ginger. you were asking about home of louisiana.
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looking at the map i know why. >> our tropical storm watches and warnings over to the florida panhandle. flood watches from new orleans to orlando. this will be a big rain event. can see up to a foot of rain. good tuesday morning. i'm abc 2 news meteorologist mike nicco. welcome to today and tomorrow. what we're welcoming, the most daylight we'll get all year. records likely thursday and it will break by sunday. check out the coast, 60s there.
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good morning to you. i'm natasha zhu best from abc7 mornings. let's check in with traffic. sue? >> good morning. we've got a couple trouble spots. the sunol grade, a six-car accident blocking the left lane. slow and go from the dublin interchange down to highway 84. your best alternate would be, although it's still sluggish at the beginning, you can still take highway 84 out of livermore to get around all of that. we have an accident blocking a lane of traffic southbound 101 just before marinwood and you can see slow and go all the way from highway 37. it's typically slow there, but more so this morning due to this accident and they are in the clearing phases there. >> all right, sue, thank you.
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well, we'll try to make it a better day by telling you that temperatures are up to seven degrees cooler from mid-50s from half moon bay to 70s in the valleys. heat advisory away from the shoreline, in the coast, dangerous heat where you see the orange, not only today but all the way through thursday. so, listen to your body. we've been in the heat several days. it's going to start telling you if it's getting run down or not. hydrate and find some shelter often. all right, here's a quick look at mass transit. warm stations today. on the water it's not going to be quite as warm as it has been, and on the roads, yeah, there's going to be some hot asphalt out there. the warmth builds tomorrow with record-setting highs thursday. natasha? >> thanks so much, mike. coming up on "gma," will o.j. simpson walk free? dan abrams is weighing in. we'll have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our free abc7 news
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in helping prevent another stroke. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. what are you doing? >> somebody has to save our skin. welcome back to "gma" and that is the late carrie fisher in "star wars" playing her classic role princess leia. >> and this morning we are learning new details about her passing and the drugs that were found in her system at the time of death. her daughter also sharing a very important message that is all coming up. >> really important but her mother did so much to get it out in the public. also happening right now, the southwest is facing record triple-digit heat already grounding flights as the northeast cleans up those from torrential downpours and winds. the president up and tweeting support for karen handel, that race is the most expensive in history. voting under way right now and a
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little something to make you feel good. take a look at this, two elephants teaming up strategizing to save a baby calf that was near drowning in a zoo in south korea. incredible teamwork, look at this. >> wow. >> they were able to get that baby calf out of the water and survive the whole thing. >> that's great. >> great video. >> yeah, it was. >> i searched for that all night. >> thank you, david. >> not like you have a second job in the evening. we're going to begin with that big parole hearing for o.j. simpson. the nevada department of corrections hours away from announcing the date when commissioners will meet and decide o.j.'s future. we spoke with one of his closest friends and, amy, he's revealing his state of mind. >> that's right. it is a huge day for o.j. simpson because he will learn what day his fate will be determined after nearly nine years and many say simpson actually has a real shot at getting out. this morning, o.j. simpson set
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to learn exactly when he will face a nevada parole board to ask for his freedom. >> he's hopeful he's not going to -- try to retry the case. he's done a lot of positive things in prison. >> reporter: simpson's close friend tom scotto says he talks over the phone to the former nfl star on a weekly basis. >> he wants to keep a low profile. be with his kids, be with his family, play golf is one of his main things. >> count one, conspiracy to commit a crime, guilty. count two, guilty. count three, guilty. >> reporter: simpson currently serving 33 years on charges after a botched 2007 attempt to recover sports memorabilia he said belonged to him. this next hearing could set him free. >> i have not had any incidents despite all the stories in the tabloi tabloids. >> anything he's had with other inmates whether tutoring or teaching or coaching and staying out of trouble.
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what the parole board wants to see is that you've been rehabilitated. >> orenthal j. simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: it was more than 20 years ago he was acquitted in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend ron goldman. >> he's o.j. simpson. >> reporter: a civil trial later finding him liable for wrongful death. >> i did not commit this crime. >> reporter: millions tuning this to the fx miniseries, "american crime series: the people versus o.j. simpson" starring cuba gooding jr. and espn's documentary "o.j.: made in america." among those watching ron goldman's family. >> it's like constantly having salt being poured in an open wound. >> reporter: who told abc's matt gutman earlier this year they can't bear the idea of simpson as a free man. >> there is a chance that he could get paroled this year in 2017. >> october, yeah. >> what would that picture look like to you?
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>> disgust. >> he did a horrible, heinous crime and i have no feeling except rot in hell. >> reporter: now, if simpson is granted parole he would be 70 when he gets out in october. if he is not granted parole next month they will decide at that hearing the date of the next parole board meeting and it might be another five years, robin. >> he would be 75. all right, amy. let's bring in dan abrams. so what do you think his chances are? >> if he wasn't o.j. simpson his chances would be quite good. he was already granted parole on 5 of the 12 charges so he was in front of the parole board and he made his plea and he was granted parole on those. you need four of the seven commissioners there to recommend release to get release. they do this for about half the people. and o.j. simpson, in 2013, talked about the fact that he was disinfecting prison weight room equipment, he was mopping
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floors, he was coaching the prisoners, et cetera, those are the sorts of things you can expect to hear this time around. >> what are the factors? there's a formula almost they look at. >> there are 11 factors and there's a plus and minus for each one so he actually ends up getting a score at the end and they relate to everything, from the crime itself, his behavior in prison, his gender, his age, the fact that he's almost 70 years old will work to his advantage, so you have a whole list of them with plus and minus to each one. again, if you look at what happened in 2013, you would say, huh, same factors are going to be applied here except for the crime itself. you would think that he's got a pretty good shot except the fact that he's o.j. simpson has just got to play into this in some way, shape or form. >> these people are human. and even though he is supposed to be held accountable for the crime he was convicted of, how
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can they not think about his previous arrest, even though he was acquitted. >> well, that's right. and that's a critical question because in theory i mean reality, his previous criminal history is a relevant factor in determining whether he gets parole but he has no criminal history because he was acquitted in the criminal case. and that's what drives people like the goldman family that you just saw there crazy, is the idea you're telling me he gets to have no criminal history when assessing whether he's going to be up for parole? so, look, i think this time will be a little different. last time the parole board knew he wasn't going to be released no matter what. but, you know, as i said before, if this were just looking at the crime and just looking at the guy and just looking at the factors i think he probably would be released. >> but it's o.j. simpson. >> it's o.j. simpson. and they have a lot of discretion. >> dan, thanks. we'll see what happens.
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we're back with that mystery surrounding the death of a pastor on the hunt for a hidden treasure said to be worth millions. it's apparently part of a legend captivating thousands and clayton sandell is in denver with the story. clayton, good morning. >> reporter: and good morning, david. by one count more than 65,000 people have come here looking for that treasure. not one has found it but now two people have died trying. this morning, officials believe the person found dead sunday in the new mexico wilderness is paris wallace, a colorado pastor on a treasure hunt. wallace disappeared last week while searching for $2 million in gold and jewels hidden years ago, somewhere between montana and new mexico. >> it's just full of diamonds and emeralds and rubies.
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>> reporter: by forrest fenn. >> i guarantee you when somebody fines that chest they're going to be shocked. >> reporter: fenn's 2010 poem is a kind of cryptic treasure map. >> begin it where warm wears halt and take it in the canyon down. not far, too far to walk. >> reporter: the promises of riches inspiring tens of thousands of amateur treasure hunters like cynthia. >> i probably have been out at least over 100 times and probably over, oh, my gosh, 50 or 60 different places in new mexico i've actually been to. >> reporter: but wallace is now the second man in just over a year to die looking for fenn's treasure. randy's body was found last year. his family reportedly thinks it's all a hoax. the treasure if it exists at all could be hidden in steep, rugged rocky mountain rugged terrain or in three other states, stretching more than 3,000 miles. fenn insists his treasure is real and says everyone must take responsibility for their own
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actions. it is a terrible tragedy that pastor wallace lost his life and i feel deep compassion for his wife and extended family. despite the two deaths, fenn says, he has no plans to call his treasure hunt off. guys. >> interesting. you heard him say he feels that for that family. questions about how much fun can be had on a treasure hunt when people are getting hurt? >> all right. well, thank you. david, coming up on our big board, we have those new revelations about carrie fisher's death. dr. ashton and dr. drew will join us in two minutes.
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report released monday, showed the actress had a combination of drugs in her system and abc's kayna whitworth has more. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning. it was devastating news for her friends and family to learn multiple drugs including ecstasy were found in her system. a coroner saying this relapse along with other factors could have played a role in her death. nearly seven months since carrie fisher's sudden death. the los angeles county medical examiner releasing the coroner's report to abc news monday, revealing fisher had a number of drugs in her system before she died including cocaine, heroin and ecstasy. the report listing the 60-year-old's official cause of death as sleep apnea and other undetermined factors, including heart disease and drug use. noting, however, they could not establish the significance of the multiple substances with regard to the cause of death. >> okay, fine. yes, i am an addict. >> reporter: for years fisher struggled with addiction and mental illness, something she opened up about in her memoir
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and one-woman show "wishful drinking." >> you know how they say religion is the opioid of the well i took masses of opioids religiously. >> people used to ask me after i got sober, so are you happy now? and i would say among other things, happy is one of the many things, many emotions i'll go through in a day. you're not just skipping around spouting hallmark cards but, yeah, i'm in a much better place. >> reporter: known for her most iconic role as princess leia. >> somebody has to save our since. >> reporter: fisher's only daughter billy lourd telling abc news her mother ultimately died from her battles with addiction and mental illness saying, she talked about the same that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases. i know my mom.
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she'd want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles. coroner's report indicated cocaine would have been consumed within 72 hours of her flight. i want to show you a picture. the actress seen gracing the cover of this month's "vanity fair" and this is the head of the release of the latest "star wars" installment. the last jedi and of course michael and david she completed filming that last summer. >> all right, thank you, kayna, for that. and now we are joined by dr. jennifer ashton and dr. drew pinsky, and thank you for joining us, dr. drew, i'll start with you. carrie fisher, she battled drug addiction her entire life and she's put it out for everyone to know but seemed as if she was clean the last few years. what was your reaction when you saw the toxicology report? >> i mean my -- first of all was this is another tragedy. it's another wonderful individual taken by this terrible disease but, that it's a cutting, powerful, baffling disease and chronic and even
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though someone has had long-term successful sobriety can have a recurrence and can be fatal easily. >> thinking about her daughter who put out the statement and dr. jen, we were talking about the sleep apnea which couldn't have obviously have been helped by the addition of the drugs. >> definitely not. you have to understand sleep apnea is a collapse of the upper airway that causes someone to stop breathing for a few seconds many, many times during the course of when they're sleeping. i think, really, the way to look at it over time as a chronic and chronic untreated condition it can cause heart disease and increase the size of the heart and affects the blood vessels and high pressure and increased risk of death but a good way to look at it is, sleep apnea as a chronic condition was the kindling wood, if you will on a fire, the drugs and substances that were in her system could be the gasoline and
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together that caused the -- >> yeah, absolutely. >> the report lists a cocktail of drugs found in her system, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy. what can this combination of drugs do to your system? >> well, i mean, you know, we would have to take a while to describe all the potential medical effects but the main issue that contributes to this is the opioid, particularly heroin, we've been reporting a lot about fentanyl and oral opioids combined with benzodiazepines can cause a suppression of breathing and the oxygen is cut off to their brain and something like that is almost what undoubtedly happened. >> i want to add, the troubling thing other than what dr. drew is talking about with a relapse of someone who battled substance abuse, is the fact that the actual full autopsy report was even released in its entirety to the public. i have a huge problem. she may be a world-famous actress but she is an individual patient.
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patient privacy in my opinion has to come first. i don't think we need an autopsy report with sketches to get it out. you could have said substances, sleep apnea and i think it was unprofessional. >> i'm sure her family would appreciate that. let's switch over to tiger woods. tiger woods is seeking professional help after that arrest over memorial day weekend for the medications he was taking for back pain and the sleep disorder. what kind of treatment do you expect to see in a case like this? >> well, it's sort of one directions. again, we're merely speculating because we don't have the details of what exactly is going on with him but it looks like he is a chronic pain patient. there's rumors of him get a chronic pain problem. if he has an addictive process
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it gets complicated and the kinds of treatment is either a replacement and the fact he was treated for previously a behavioral addiction means abstinence would be the best approach. whichever he is it requires a lot of professional intervention over a long period of time. >> at least he's seeking help. that's the important part. doc, thank you. >> you bet. >> david, nice to sit here. coming up, our exclusive with former bachelorette trista sutter. did stress or lack of sleep lead to a seizure, she's speaking out for the first time on "gma."
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good morning to you. i'm natasha zouves from "abc7 mornings." let's check weather with meteorologist mike nicco. hey, mike. >> hey, tasha, everybody. still comfortable outside from 57 in san francisco to san ramon at about 77 degrees. the san francisco bayshore line and the coast, no need to worry about the heat today. for the rest of us, yeah, all the way through thursday. summer starts this evening and our two hottest days are ahead of us, wednesday, and record heat thursday. sue? all right, some trouble spots for you for your 7:56 in the morning commute. we'll go over towards the dublin grade and eastbound 588, schaffer ranch. fire crews are on scene with an injury accident blocking the two right lanes with traffic stacked up to castro valley. northbound 17 before hamilton, left lane is blocked with an accident there. and we have a very serious accident, two lanes blocked
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eastbound 780, the rp to southbound 680. natasha? >> sue, thank you. coming up on "gma," "bachelorette" star trista is opening up for the first time about a health scare. we'll have another update in 30 minutes and always on our
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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. wild weather across the country. record-breaking heat scorches the west. temperatures in the triple digits canceling flights as severe thunderstorms drench the east. massive downpours, dangerous flash flooding, ginger is tracking it all right here. the consumer alert this morning. are you about to pay more to shop online during the busiest times of the year, from black friday to cyber monday, why all that shopping from home is about to get more expensive. "gma" exclusive. trista reveals what led to this picture after a health scare on a family vacation. could stress and sleep have led to her seizure? new this morning, how tv and movies are really influencing your kids. the way they view gender, sexuality and diversity.
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what they aspire to? and the stereotypes that could hold them back. we hear from parents and kids this morning. and hot off a tony win and from one of the minds behind "hamilton," it's the can't stop dancing musical taking broadway by storm and they're here to say -- >> all: good morning, america. >> do a little jazz hands. good morning, america. happy tuesday to everybody. >> great to be back here on tuesday. they're really excited about tuesday back there. and good to have you back. how was the birthday last night? >> thanks, it was great. i spent it with my kids. >> i saw some of those pictures on instagram. kicking off your tuesday, a lot about "bandstand," the tony
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award-winning musical on broadway for just a few months. you have to see this performance. they were rehearsing as we came in early. i stood right here and watched it. it was incredible. >> you took a sneak peek. there you go. plus, that exclusive with former bachelorette trista sutter opening up about that health scare on her family vacation. we'll find out how she's doing right now. >>. >> it was a seizure and happened a few weeks ago. she and her husband have not talked about it at all until right now so we'll hear what happened. how she's doing and looking forward to that. >> and share in hopes of helping others if they find themselves in a similar situation. amy has the morning rundown. the record heat gripping the country. temperatures could hit 128 degrees where dozen of flights could be cancelled because of those extreme conditions. it could hit 128 degrees in death valley where tourists are being warned to limit their exposure. the heat is posing an extra challenge for crews fighting a
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major wildfire near big bear lake. and in new mexico, high winds and blowing dust are caused for this 25-vehicle pileup. ginger has more on all of these dangerous conditions. >> you know, amy, i think a lot of people forget it's the cumulative heat. it's overnight lows in the upper 70s or 80s and these heat advisories that stretch that utah are there for a reason. pay close attention. as you near an all-time record, 117 the last time we did that was in 2013 in las vegas and phoenix just short of an all-time at 119. we have to focus quickly on the disturbance in the gulf of mexico. alerts go from the waters just outside the gulf, the panhandle of florida. up to atlanta and augusta, back to parts of biloxi, even into mobile. areas you have to watch some of the heaviest rain falling. some could reach a foot plus. the pentagon says an u.s.
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fighter jet has shot down a drone that posed threats to u.s. troops. the white house says it wants to de-escalate tensions but the u.s. must defend its forces. bipartisan anger is building on capitol hill following the death of otto warmbier. the 22-year-old has died less than a week after arriving home from his captivity in north korea, severely brain damaged and the white house condemned the brutality of the resume but some are demanding a more forceful response. in georgia, they're casting ballots today in a special election. jon ossoff and karen handel have spent $50 million. president trump fired off two tweets supporting handel. the race is seen by many as a refer endumb on his presidency. there was a consumer alert for online shoppers, u.p.s. planning to charge you extra now to ship packages during the holiday season.
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the company says it needs to make up for the cost of hiring more workers and flying more planes. residential customers will pay up to 97 cents more during a peak november delivery from november to december and surcharge on oversize and international packages will be much steeper. finally, this is bull riding on a whole new level. take a look. in nebraska, this is what was spotting driving down a ride. a bull riding shotgun and modified the car to transport livestock with those two horns we don't think anyone will have a beef with the idea. that was a respectable pun, guys. >> that could have gone in a whole other direction. >> i thought about it. >> i know you did because i did. lara, "pop news." >> yes, ma'am. good morning to you. [ cheers and applause ] and we begin "pop news" with michelle obama motivating americans to work up a sweat. taking her flair for fitness from the white house to instagram.
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the former first lady took to social media, to show pictures of recent boot camps with lunges, crunches, planks with her pals saying she often hosted group workouts and the boot camps have really been helpful in her transition back into life outside the white house. nice to see her looking happy and health? >> that's a very strong plank that she had. >> she was fired up. >> michael, did you see her? >> is that what that's called? >> back to the gym. >> i got to try harder. there's happening right there. also in "pop news" this morning, a big week for jay z with the rumored birth of his twins with wife beyonce. perhaps a new chapter called for a new spelling of his name. the rap mogul has declared that from now on he would like to be known as jay-z but spelled jay-z. no lowercase letters anymore.
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this comes with the announcement he will release a new album called "444" on june 30th and this sounds really cool. a visual recording featuring mahershala ali, danny glover and lupita nyong'o so that is -- >> quite a lineup. >> -- from capital jay dash z. he's having quite a lot going on. >> new dad. >> a lot going on. >> please refer to her, robin, all capital letters. >> thank you, michael. >> i always have. >> capital r, we got one more, this is exciting. >> look at this. >> what you're looking at is an exclusive at "good morning america." more than five decades after we first met barbie's guy, ken, mattel is announcing a new diverse line featuring three different body types including broad, slim and original.
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there are seven different skin tones. i know, it sounds like take-out food. there are seven different skin towns to choose from and nine different hairstyles and there's even -- >> a man bun. >> one has a man bun which i'm looking at right there. and very un-ken-like outfit. all of these guys are sporting their own styles, it is releasing 15 dolls in total. ten of which hit stores today which is why we have them and mattel won doll of year for diversifying their barbie line last year, so why not ken involved in all the fun and to celebrate this, mattel is sending all the kids in our audience home with one of the new kens. yes, you can have the man bun if you want. >> you know, it's coming. >> you get a ken doll. you get a ken doll. >> oh, oh. >> and as you see they're very durable by the way. that was the man bun. >> man bun down, hold on. got him.
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>> i need a broad version. >> this is i think man bun is broad. >> i don't think you'll have a man bun. we were checking this out trying to figure out -- >> what's happening? >> which one is michael. >> i feel like they're dressed in the hamptons. >> summertime. >> do they have many more -- >> i had an extensive barbie collection. >> now you can add to it. >> robin, dash, roberts. right, i'll say that coming up, trista has a very important message to tell us. the first time about her serious health care. did stress or a lack of sleep lead to a seizure? and that parent alert about how tv shows and movies are affecting the way your kids think about themselves and each other. we'll be right back. when you buy a used car you should feel confident. that's why carmax has over 40,000 cars to choose from nationwide. with prices clearly marked,
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exclusive. former bachelorette trista is speaking out for the first time about her recent health scare having a seizure while traveling with her family and abc's diane macedo sat down with her and her husband ryan. good morning to you, diane. >> good morning to you. trista says she had no warning. one second she's sitting next to her 8-year-old. the next she's convulsing and turning blue. the scariest part is this could happen again. it's an image trista sutter's family will never forget. >> the ambulance came. i was laying in the ground. >> reporter: the woman america knows as the first bachelorette was on a tour bus in croatia with her husband and kids and something went wrong. >> i remember feeling very dizzy and very nauseous, and then the next thing i knew, i was in this dream and the only way i can describe it is it was like a white euphoria. a lot of people have talked about near-death experiences.
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i don't know if that's what i had. >> i heard lexi screaming, mommy, mommy. trista had fallen in sort of a convulsive type of state. >> reporter: husband ryan is a trained emt but says despite seeing emergencies all the time this scared him. >> i was checking her pulse. she wasn't breathing, just turning sort of blue. >> you fell into your daughter's lap. how did she react? >> she was traumatized. i think she probably still is a bit. you know, i'm laying on her with my eyes wide open rolling back into my head. my jaw is clenched and i'm shaking. when i came out of it, i remember him saying you had a seizure. >> reporter: she was rushed to a local hospital but doctors couldn't find anything wrong. simply warning her not to drive until she sees a neurologist in the united states. >> you're athletic and eat well and you go hiking and you do pilates. any signs of had.
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>> i've headaches before but that's the extent of it. who doesn't have headaches? >> reporter: realizing it could happen to anyone, she wrote i'm human, i have an expiration date. >> i want to be that voice for people. seizures are not pretty. it's embarrassing to lose control of your body and a lot of people feel alone and i want them to know they're not. >> studies have shown that one out of ten people will have a seizure in one time in their life and there's a number of factors that may contribute to those seizures happening. >> they include lack of sleep, salt and water imbalances, blood sugar too high or too low and stress. >> i'm waiting to find out. >> reporter: while the 44-year-old says she may never know what caused the seizure or if it will happen again she believes stress played a role. >> do you think this has changed your perspective? >> it's changing my life. still is to this day.
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i got up this morning and i thought, oh, i need to go to the grocery store and i'm like, oh, i can't drive. because, god forbid, i have another seizure in the car. life is fragile. it's precious. and you need to take the time to enjoy it and the people around you. >> and now that they're home trista plans to see a neurologist as soon as possible and she also plans to stress less and do more of what she loves by which, by the way, still includes watching "the bachelorette." that doesn't stress her out. >> they're a great example for that series. that is true love and such a wonderful loving couple. >> they really are and say this whole thing made them stronger, brought them closer together and made them so thankful for the support they've received from outside and loved ones. >> one in ten americans will suffer possibly from a seizure. >> and she says she was just stressed over not being able to
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load an e-mail, trying to make a bus, so nothing really out of the ordinary. >> thank you for bringing that. >> don't sweat the small stuff. >> don't sweat it at all. diane, thanks so much for bringing that to us. we have that eye-opening new study about what kids watch and how it affects how he think about themselves. kids watch and how it affects how he think about themselves.
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hopefully, you and now let us move on to mara schiavocampo. a new parenting alert. raising concerns about how what your child watch affects the way they think and feel about gender and mara is here with the details. you spent some time with some families. >> i did, a group of parents and kids who spoke candidly about the gender stereotypes they're seeing. this new survey find parents say they shape what their kids think, everything from how they look and talk, even to the jobs they aspire to. from their favorite tv shows -- >> the queen. ♪ >> reporter: to big screen blockbusters. tv shows and movies are a big part of our kids' lives but just how is all of this screen time affecting how boys and girls see themselves? this morning, an eye-opening new survey shedding light on how
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stereotypes in movies and on tv impact the way kids think about gender, sexuality and diversity. >> parents feel tv and movies are incredibly influential on their kids' perceptions. >> reporter: the survey finding parents say movies and tv heavily influence their children. more than half of respondents saying they're especially concerned about their children seeing sexualization of girls and women. violence against girls or women and boys or men shown as hyperviolent on aggressive. do you see stereotypes being reinforced? >> absolutely. >> reporter: we sat down with a group of parents who share many of these concerns. >> there's still the label if a girl plays sports she's kind of a tomboy instead of just a girl who plays sport. >> my son, his favorite colors are pink and purple and has a purple scooter. i want him to be seeing these same lines become more blurry that used to be so segmented. >> reporter: 75% of respondents saying media images impact the
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way girls think they should look. >> they have to wear this much makeup or they have to be this body shape or this body type. and that scares me. >> reporter: the kids we spoke to also have strong feelings what they're seeing and own gender roles. >> i don't like how they portray the girls, because they're in belly shirts and really short shorts. >> they don't have to follow the boys' lead. they can do whatever they want to do. >> you want to see girls be stronger? >> yes. >> does anyone give you a hard time when you say pink is your favorite color. >> yes. >> what do you say back? >> i say there's no such thing as boy colors and girl colors. >> reporter: another study, the lack of diversity on screens, more than half of parents say there is a lack of nonwhite role models for boys and girl, something this group agrees with. what do you like? >> "doc mcstuffins" like a brown
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girl like me on the show. >> why do you like seeing girls like you on tv? >> because it makes me feel like there's people like me that i can look up to. >> a parent's first job is to educate your kids and share your own values, show them the behavior, show them the self-image you want them to have. >> now, the group behind the report says they not only want to give parents tools to talk to their kids but also they want to use it to engage content creator. something interesting that came out of this, the top qualities the parents say they want in role models, kind, intelligent and confident. that's whether you're a boy or girl. >> where did you find these kids? >> amazing. >> so sweet. >> i love what camilla say she wanted to see herself reflected in what she sees. and zendaya is coming up next. next.
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it's 8:27. good morning to you. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." let's see how the commute is going. sue hall's looking at that. >> a couple trouble spots, reggie. good morning, everyone. the dublin grade, accident has been out here for a while, eastbound 580 near schaefer ranch. two left lanes are blocked with fire crews and traffic is stacked up back into castro valley. speeds of 8, 7, 11 miles an hour. it's just a real grind if you're headed eastbound on 580 there. and an accident with a motorcycle, left lane blocked 85 near camden. that's in the northbound direction. very, very slow all the way up towards cupertino. >> thank you, sue.
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it's still cool and mild outside from 58 in san francisco to san ramon at about 78. remember, listen to your body the next couple of days. we are deep into the heat wave, and it's going to continue. even stronger tomorrow and thursday, and it will spread to the coast by thursday. then it will start retreating at the coast friday and move us will be out of the heat by sunday. a couple days away, reggie. >> what happens when your body says i want air conditioning, but your house says i don't have that? >> your checkbook says --
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>> we go over to mike's house, that's what happens. another update in 30 ♪nother update in 30 welcome back to "gma," everybody. we're so happy to have everybody in our audience with us. we got a mighty crowd. [ applause ] you know what else i'm happy to share with everybody, which this made me smile. this passionate 4-year-old singing a song from "moana." take a look. ♪ the sea it calls me ♪ no one knows where it goes ♪ it's the wind in my sail that i leave behind me ♪ ♪ one day i'll know
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>> that is 4-year-old sofia. i love the namesake. same name as one of my daughters. singing the song "how far i'll go" from "moana." that was at her preschool graduation. she didn't even practice at home. she just showed up and did it. i think this girl has a future on broadway or something. >> they were videotaping it to send it to her grandmother and realized how hysterical it is and said you should post it and it has gotten 12 million views on facebook. [ applause ] >> she was supposed to be low key but -- >> her mom did say i had no idea she had this in her. >> there's no low key in sofia. you can see that. >> i think we'll hear from sofia on down the line. we have a wonderful guest to bring to the table. she is starring in her first feature film "spider-man:
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homecoming." give it up for zendaya. [ applause ] oh, my gosh. you are so lovely. >> oh. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> look at you. >> hi. [ applause ] >> do you feel the love? >> i do feel the love today. >> oh, today and every day. >> every say. so nice to be here. i love the energy. that's so nice. >> you bring it, as well. michael was ranting and raving and saw it with the twins last night. >> i got to say when you popped up on the screen my two girls looked at me like, ha. i did lean over and say, she's going to be on the show tomorrow. they got very excited. >> you had so audition? >> uh-huh. >> no, no makeup. i had the audition process, i was wearing a little makeup but don't tell anybody.
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the audition part was really cool. it was, you know, like an initial audition on tape and then our director is so chill and relaxed and it took some of the pressure off. a nerve-racking experience especially for me, it was my first -- >> feature film. >> and i wanted it so bad so i was definitely nervous, people don't think i get nervous but i was extremely nervous. it was nice to have tom who was super cool and chill as well as the director. >> so much attention on the movie and rave review from michael. can't wait to see it myself. lots of questions whether you're the famous mary jane watson. >> always the question of my life right now. >> an abc news exclusive. >> i keep trying to tell everybody my name is michele in the movie. that is what my name is. i am not lying to you. i swear. she's a very interesting character, very different from anything we've ever seen before. she's intellectual. she's very smart which i think leads her to not be able to
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interact socially with anybody her own age. she's a bit of a loner. i like her wittiness and quickness. i'm definitely michele. not lying. go see the movie. >> that's all we're saying. >> starts with an "m." >> take a look at michele. check it out. >> okay. we're going to have spiderman swing, say you are tight and i get a fist bump. >> i can't believe you guys are at this lame party. >> you're here too. >> am i? [ applause ] >> i know. >> mystery. >> that's pretty much what i do the whole movie is pop in at random times and say something weird and leave. so get used to a lot of that. >> but it works. >> it works. >> the producers were telling us did you really go on your first date to a "spider-man" movie?
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>> i did. i did. when i was first allowed to date which was 16. sorry for new parents out there who made it earlier for their kids -- later for their kids. yeah, my first date was to "spider-man" and i was obsessed with it immediately and i've always kind of think i related to spider-man because he's a real person. not just the superhero at the end of the day, peter parker a 15-year-old kid which we've all been that awkward teenager and had that time in our life. everybody has. so i think that he was always like the realest superhero. he was tangible to people. and so it just happened that that was my first date and -- >> meant to be. >> here we are now, it's just crazy. >> we talk about this being your first movie but it's definitely not your last. you have "the greatest showman" coming out with zac efron and
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hugh jackman. >> you did your own stunts. >> as many as i was allowed to do. but, yeah, no, it was such an incredible, you know, experience and living in new york for five months and did a lot of working out, a lot of trapeze training which is something i never thought i'd be doing which is so different from this character in spider-man where i do not swing from anything. that's tom's job. now i'm different -- now i get to take on all the responsibility. such an incredible movie and amazing thing to be a part of. i just want to continue to make the right career moves and do things that i'm passionate about, and i'm definitely passionate about that. >> we have a lot of people come by and i got to say you have a spirit about you when you walked into this room. >> yes, you do. >> really incredible. [ applause ] >> i tell you what, look at her. we love her in person and you'll love her in this movie, "spider-man: homecoming," it hits theaters, july 7th. go check out zendaya. please, it is a great movie. coming up, an inspired new project, re
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back now with a new documentary called "straight/curve" taking on the way the fashion industry represents real women from the runway to the retail rack. sexy, fierce, different, the photo shoot at the center of the
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new "straight/curve" features women of all shapes and sizes. >> we need a more diverse range of role models. >> the director lays the blame squarely at the feet of the fashion industry. >> every single day you're surrounded by imagery on your way to school, on a bus and that's portraying one standard of beauty. >> reporter: it features interviews with stylist and models, all talking about the need for change. >> as models we're responsible for the way that everyone sees themselves. we can affect change. >> reporter: that narrow standard of beauty affecting our children. >> one of my friends said i'm fat. >> she said you are fat? >> you are not fat, young lady. >> some of these girls were saying on a daily basis they feel disgusting and don't feel like they belong. hearing that is shocking. >> reporter: the film offers solutions as well. >> our brain processes images 60,000 times faster than words. if we want to change something, we have to change the imagery that we're seeing every single day.
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>> reporter: that's just what the filmmakers tried to do with the epic photo shoot. 12 different models of different sizes and skin tones. >> the shoot was challenging to pull off. there were brands and designers who did not want their clothes to be seen on women of varying sizes. >> reporter: the end result? inspirational for everyone involved. >> feels like a dream. >> so happy. >> awesome. >> yeah. >> can you take a picture with me? >> sure. >> it's important for me to have the next generation of boys and girls to see themselves represented so we feel more empowered. >> and "stray/curve all right debut tomorrow at 8:00 eastern on epix. right now let's go outside to ginger. >> lara, can you believe that summer officially starts tonight? we'll celebrate with our sponsor clif kid. their snack is debuting just in time for summer and their theme, encouraging kids to go outside and stay active. so that's exactly what we're
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doing this morning with a twist on your favorite classic outdoor game. first up, we have noodle tag. that's what they're playing here. dustin is here in the front. once one of them gets tagged with the noodle testify to grab on the other one, it's fun and making tag a lot easier for those running around. anyway, one of those will win. and over here, that's right. we have hopscotch hustle. it's with a little bit of a change on the board game. throw the little deal and whatever dance it lands on, the twist, i'll do with you "stay alive." "egyptian." "vogue." so much more. you get the point. when you get good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. the sun is up and so will our temperatures inland today. that's where it's going to be hot. 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s at the coast. now, the heat will
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you want more of those you want more of those games, go to the clif kid website and see them all. i'm ready to do more dancing. head up to michael and lara. >> thank you, ginger. you continue to dance out there. we're here now with the former olympic gold medallist and not one, not two but ten-time world boxing champion, oscar de la hoya. welcome, man. [ applause ] you are used to being the champ in the ring. now you're the champ out of the ring because you're promoting the biggest fights in the game and promoting one of the biggest ones we've had, one i can't wait to see between golokin and triple g and also canelo alvarez. why is this fight so historic? people have waited for this for a long time. >> it's a middleweight fight which historically, like sugar ray robinson back in the day,
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thomas hearns and marvelous marvin hagler. now we're bringing back that new age of boxing and putting up the best fighters on the planet against each other. they are in their prime. they're undefeated and it's going to be a great, great event. >> so, in a contest like this both fighters so outstanding. i was getting a little lesson from michael. how can you really tell who has the advantage? >> i don't think anyone has an advantage. i think both are just -- evenly matched. both guys are knockout artists. both guys are aggressive. the most important thing is both guys are super, super nice. >> y you see them -- >> not when they're in the ring. >> but they are just gentlemen. they're athletes who just carry themselves properly, you know, it's like you want your kids -- >> how do you know who to root for? >> root for the best one, the best one to win. >> but the thing is now, when you were a boxer, you were known as the golden boy and see you
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with such enthusiasm as a promoter, how is that for you to step from inside the ring to outside the ring? >> when i'm watching ringside watching these fights, i'm telling myself, i'm glad i'm retired because those punches hurt, yeah, i'm just -- it's promoting these types of events and it brings -- i don't know, a lot of joy it myself we're bringing the sport back because the sport brought so many people together like i get people from the street, kids from the street telling me, you know what, oscar, thank you for bringing my family together, my dad, my mother. when we used to watch you fight, we would come together and just root for you and cheer you on. so boxing is a sport that just brings everyone together. >> comeback? >> no, never. not in a million years, no. >> i tell you what, i always appreciated you because you fought the best. and now you're putting together the best to fight. >> yes. >> we love that. thank you.
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tickets go on sale thursday and you can see the bout on september 16th on hbo. i'm going to have more with oscar de la hoya live on "gma's" facebook now which is coming up and i'm going to try to talk to you about this. >> a lot more on the show. the cast of the tony winning broadway show "bandstand" in the hallway getting ready to perform live. we'll be right back. to perform live. we'll be right back. "gma's" get out and play is brought to you by clif kid, makers of organic snack bars for kids. look for z bar filled this have to travel from its source to the bottle? a hundred miles? a thousand miles?
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it just danced its way to a tony winning best choreography for andy. here now is the cast with "nobody." ♪ ♪ you know who tells me no you know who tells me i don't think so ♪ ♪ you know who tells me no nobody ♪ ♪ you know who tells me to wait you know who tells me that ain't so great ♪ ♪ you know who tells me to wait nobody ♪ ♪ so get out of our way ♪ especially if you don't have something nice to say ♪ ♪ don't try to bring someone other go find someone else to smother ♪ ♪ nobody no
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♪ you know who tells me slow you know who tells me that's a no go ♪ you know who tells me slow nobody ♪ ♪ so get out of my way find somebody else to get what you say ♪ ♪ go discipline someone other ♪ you're not my mother ♪ you know who tells me stop ♪ you know who tells me you don't have what it takes and you will never reach the top ♪ ♪ you know who tells me to stop ♪ ♪ no no no nobody ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ the band ♪ ♪ ♪ get out of my way find somebody else who wants to hear what you say ♪ ♪ go discipline someone other ♪ you're not my mother ♪ you know who tells me stop ♪ you know who tells me you don't have what it takes and you will never reach the top ♪ ♪ you know who tells me to stop nobody nobody no -- no one tells me no ♪ ♪ no one tells me no
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♪ no one tells me ♪ no one tells me no one tells mt. me ♪ ♪ no no no nobody [ cheers and applause ]
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♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. before we go, we're thrilled to have five athletes with us, all of them a wounded warriors
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who are about to take part in the department of defense warrior games in chicago. this is staff army sergeant chris mcguinness. what makes you want to compete in games like this? >> you know, honestly, i can speak on behalf of myself and the rest of the gentlemen standing beside me. it's really just the opportunity to have comraamaraderie with everybody and competition. it's all about the competition. >> we're really honored for all of you to be here. we thank you for your service. we really do. you are truly heroes to all of us. [ applause ] and we're so proud of all of you and i will tell you at home, the games kick off on june 30th. opening ceremony is july 1. blake shelton, kelly clarkson are performing and comedian jon stewart is hosting it. you can get tickets online. make sure you go out and support. >> thank you all. very proud of you. and another big thank you to the cast of "bandstand" here. [ cheers and applause ] and before everybody leaves,
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everybody here is leaving with the original broadway cast recording which will be released friday. everybody is going to walk home with that today. [ applause ] >> music. yes. >> thank you all. thank you guys for watching. have a great day.
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good morning. it's 8:59. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." meteorologist mike nicco has your hot, hot, hot forecast. >> i really do, and i want to talk about temps, reggie. hi, everybody. we're deep into this now and we've got several more days to go and your body's going to tell you whether it's run down or not. temperatures gorgeous at the coast, 60s there, 70s in san francisco, 70s and 80s around the bay, 90 and 100s inland. and our hottest days are ahead of us. records likely thursday. sue? >> my body says i want a pool. that's not going to happen. all right, we've got an earlier problem westbound 24 central lafayette just now clearing out of lanes but traffic is stacked up now towards the walnut creek interchange. earlier problems on the dublin grade now clear, but a long wait to get to westbound -- or pardon me, eastbound on 580 towards the dublin interchange. reggie? >> i'll speak on behalf of sue. if you have a pool, call us.
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time now for "live with kelly & ryan." we'll be back at 11:00 a.m. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly & ryan"! today, big screen star chris pratt and the hosts reach new heights when they check out ifly. plus, from "once upon a time," actress lana parrilla, and kelly and ryan take on the winner of the kid's cup stacking championship, all next on "live." [upbeat music] ♪ now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. [cheers and applause] >> ♪ i want something ♪ just like this ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: thank you, thank you. hi, hi, hi. [cheers and ap

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