for baseball. >> perfect. >> so nice. 71 to about 76 with ton of sunshine. >> grab a cold one. >> good luck to them and the giants playing today in los angeles. have a good one. good morning, america. severe storm alert. nine states now in the path of dangerous weather. giant twisters and flash flooding across the south forcing water rescues. water rushing through texas a&m's campus, pouring into buildings. now that system is on the move this morning. another white house shake-up. president trump fires the head of the v.a., nominates his own doctor to replace him and the new report, did the president's lawyer discuss pardons with michael flynn and paul manafort as the special counsel is closing in. desert disaster. this hot air balloon with 13 people on board going up in flames crashing.

how they made it out alive. ♪ and "roseanne" comes roaring back. a blockbuster return for the sitcom taking on the tough issues -- thank you for making america great again. >> the personal phone call from president trump. what did he say to roseanne after that show? roseanne's live this morning only on "gma." and we do say good morning, america, on this friday eve. >> yes. >> and "roseanne's" return getting huge numbers, biggest in years. many, many people tuning in. >> it was like the good old days, families sat around the tv and had a communal activity. more than 18 million of you watching the premiere and, george, i know you'll speak with roseanne a bit later in the show. >> we'll catch up with her on the road and hear about that phone call with president trump. but we do have news to get to from the top beginning with severe storms across the south. tornadoes, floods forcing water

rescues. more than half a foot of rain falling in some areas and marcus moore has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, at least four reported tornadoes tearing through the south. new video this morning from north of jackson, mississippi, roofs torn off of homes and businesses. lightning strikes sparking fires and powerful winds ripping the roofs off homes in texas. >> my husband was at the neighbor's and he called me and said get someplace safe it's a tornado. >> reporter: at texas a&m university, in college station, students fleeing for cover as torrents of rainwater poured into buildings. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: flooding submerged cars stranding drivers in that city, and in san antonio, rescuers wading into the rising water. >> the guys were wading and were holding on to trees and pretty fast-moving water. >> reporter: flooding and relentless winds wreaking havoc. >> not a small street but now it's mostly a river. >> flash flood looks like this, y'all. >> it went so fast and then the water started coming in.

>> reporter: roads washed out. in louisiana, trees crashing through houses. this one narrowly missing the man who was sitting inside. >> told us to take cover and all that. >> reporter: and back here in the houston area this morning that's the crucial interstate 45 here and you can see it's backed up. the access road? crews have it closed a couple of the lanes because of high water off in the distance. talking about several inches of water that was cover that roadway and we saw one car stall on that road. it had to be towed away. george. >> okay, marcus, thanks very much. to rob and find out where it's headed next. >> houston just got lit up overnight. look at the lightning strikes with this and now through parts of northern louisiana which yesterday saw severe weather, one of four tornadoes dropping down there just south of monroe. we do have a severe weather threat today, but we also heavy

rain and flash flood threat for central louisiana and east texas, and the heavy rain moving just south of little rock, and it'll be spreading north and east so stretching out into the ohio valley but the strongest storms are going to be in new orleans, biloxi, mobile, montgomery, maybe tornadoes like yesterday and, again, the rain will extend well into the ohio valley so everybody getting a big chunk and 2 to 4 additional inches expected throughout the day today. more on this throughout the program. george, back over to you. >> thank you, rob. george, we're going to move on to the latest white house shake-up. president trump replacing veterans affairs secretary david shulkin with his white house physician. this is eighth high-profile departure in just the last month. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has more. she's there in washington for us. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. david shulkin knew this was coming but he is not happy about it and he is making it clear writing about the toxic chaotic disrespectful environment that is washington and saying it

should not be this hard to serve your country. after weeks of speculation, president trump announcing the ouster of his veterans affairs secretary and naming his successor in a tweet. but, unlike other fired members of the administration, david shulkin is not going quietly writing in an op-ed this morning, the department has become entangled in a brutal power struggle with some political appointees choosing to promote their agendas instead of what's best for veterans. shulkin was a rare obama administration holdover and his confirmation sailed through the senate with a unanimous 100-0 vote. the president himself last year praising shulkin for his work improving the v.a. >> i also want to express our appreciation for secretary shulkin who is implementing the dramatic reform throughout the v.a., right, david? better be david. [ applause ] we will never use those words on

you, that's for sure. >> reporter: but the president grew increasingly unhappy with shulkin. >> mr. secretary, any concerns about your job? >> reporter: in particular, the negative attention shulkin attracted over a scathing inspector general report focusing on a work trip to europe, taking along his wife and spending days sightseeing including accepting tickets to the wimbledon's women's tennis final costing taxpayers $122,000. >> i do regret the decisions that have been made that have taken the focus off of that important work. >> reporter: but in that op-ed this morning, shulkin writing, i have been falsely accused of things by people who wanted me out of the way. the man the president has nominated to replace him, rear admiral ronny jackson, the white house doctor who recently gave the president a glowing bill of health. >> i told the president that if he had a healthier diet over

the last 20 years he might live to 200 years old. he has incredibly good genes. >> reporter: dr. jackson who did deploy to iraq has served as white house physician for three different administrations. but he's about to take on the second largest department in the administration serving more than 9 million veterans without a whole lot of management experience, robin. >> as you pointed out, and many have pointed out that as well, dr. jackson has not led any companies, any bureaucracies. >> reporter: that's right, but i think like all political appointees he'll surround himself with people who have that experience but improving veterans' care has been a central theme in the trump presidency, so this is a very big and very important job not only to trump but to all of our veterans. >> thank you. let's bring in cecilia vega for more on this and, cecilia, the president had been signaling this for an awful long time. the question now is, is the white house shake-up done? >> reporter: well, george, you know in this administration you sort of seem to be safe one day

and you're out the next, and the president really seems to enjoy seeing some in his cabinet twist in the wind as that's exactly what happened with shulkin as he took days to make up his mind. and very publicly. shulkin's firing comes after the ouster of the secretary of state, the national security adviser. we have heard the chief of staff john kelly had potentially been on this list of possible departures. he seems safe for now, same for hud secretary ben carson, but we're more than a year this and the president says he's close to having the cabinet he wants. >> the top lawyer in the mueller investigation for president trump, john dowd is also out. he resigned last week but he's at the center of the new report discussing the idea of pardons for michael flynn and paul manafort as the special counsel was closing in on both of them. >> reporter: yeah, "the times" said that this happened last summer just as the special counsel probe into russia was heating up. john dowd, the former lawyer, he just resigned last week, floated this idea of pardon to lawyers for flynn and manafort.

the white house says there are no discussions and there haven't been discussions about the consideration of pardons. take a listen. we pushed them on this in the briefing room yesterday. >> is the white house worried about what michael flynn or paul manafort might tell special counsel robert mueller? >> there was no collusion and we're very confident in that and look forward to this process wrapping up. >> reporter: so that's the line here right how. but the president was on the record back in december after flynn pleaded guilty for lying to the fbi, not ruling out the possibility of a pardon for him, george. >> and flynn's brother has been pushing for one. okay cecilia, thanks very much. let's bring in dan abrams for more on this. so dowd is denying he talked pardons. how big a problem if he did. >> first question is, what has broached the subject, raised the issue mean? we don't know exactly. the president has enormous power when it comes to pardons. >> absolute pretty much. >> you can pretty much pardon someone for whatever reason you want. the only potential issue could be not the pardons itself, but the conversations about pardons, meaning, you could make an argument that if the right thing

were said, or in this case the wrong thing -- >> keep quiet on what i did in return for a pardon. >> that could be seen as witness tampering is the question and the possibility. but on the whole, the president has enormous power. >> the question would also be on whether it fit into a broader pattern of activity. >> well, i think that's the only way it would come up as part of a larger narrative. >> we also learned from mueller's filings that one of the cooperating witnesses, rick gates, had several contacts during the campaign with someone he knew had ties to russian intelligence. this is the most direct evidence yet of a connection between the campaign and russian intelligence. >> and this came up in the context of a sentencing report for a lawyer who had worked for both gates and manafort. he has admitted to making a false statement. they're basically laying out the things that he did wrong and one of them was that he wasn't forthcoming enough about conversations that gates was having and they point out in this report that this was pertinent to the investigation. in essence, we should have known about this, this lawyer knew

about certain conversations and e-mails that he didn't disclose to us and that was relevant to our investigation. that's all we know, though. >> could put even more pressure on paul manafort? >> sure, it could put more pressure on manafort. manafort already knows gates is the issue. now that gates has turned, that is the big problem for manafort. >> thanks very much. robin. now to tensions running high after the police killed an unarmed black man, stephon clark. protesters taking to the streets in sacramento again last night and across the country, including right here in new york city. abc's kayna whitworth is in sacramento with the latest. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. there was an emergency interfaith town hall meeting after another day of protests. the california highway patrol blocking demonstrators from getting onto the highway, this as his family is preparing for his funeral to be held here later today. protesters gathered outside the defense attorney's office. [ chanting ] blocking off streets and their

cars calling for justice and accountability in the shooting death of stephon clark. >> i have a 12-year-old baby in here. this is peaceful. >> reporter: his family and friends with a similar plea as they prepare to say good-bye. >> we want justice, that's all. i got out of my bed, i'm very sick, but here for my nephew and trying not to cry, you know what i mean, but it hurts. >> reporter: emotions running high, clark's brother confrontational once again having to be carried into the wake. issuing an apology to the mayor just one day after he interrupted the city council meeting with demonstrators tuesday. he later apologized. >> that's why i apologized to the mayor. >> reporter: police plan on releasing more video of the march 18th incident, but the police officers association now says was justified saying the 22-year-old took a shooting stance before officers shot at him 20 times killing him. >> show me your hands, gun.

>> reporter: clark's death refocusing the national spotlight once again on gun violence against black men by police officers and the calls for change spreading coast to coast. [ chanting ] the white house calling the national outrage a local matter. >> that's something we feel should be left up to the local authorities at this point in time. >> reporter: overnight, hundreds taking to the street with nypd arresting 11 people. here in sacramento, clark's funeral is expected to begin at 11:00 and go until 1:00. it's open to the public. >> we have to keep in mind again that his funeral is today as well as you said earlier. thank you. we go overseas now to an emotional trip for malala yousafzai, the youngest nobel peace prize winner ever returned to pakistan this morning for the first time since she was shot by the taliban. that was in 2012. she was attacked for championing girls' education and malala is now 20 years old and she met with pakistan's prime minister this morning.

she is planning to stay in pakistan until sunday. what an inspiring moment this is for that country and for malala. >> and she's talked about it over the years about her desire to go back. her safety was always an issue so i know that she is so happy and so proud to be home and we certainly feel the same way for her. >> you had the privilege of spending time with her. >> she's such an incredible young woman. so happy to know she's back in her home country of pakistan. we have to move on now to president trump versus jeff bezos. amazon's stock taking a big dive, losing close to $31 billion in market value, after report trump may consider taking on the company with regulations. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with more on that, rebecca, good morning. >> good morning, amy. yeah, this all started with a story by axios citing sources saying the president is obsessed with amazon because his real estate buddies tell him it's destroying malls and we saw more

store closures in 2017 than any other year, of course, seen toys "r" us going out of business. there's another possible factor here, though, because there's some history between the amazon founder jeff bezos who owns "the washington post" and president trump. "the washington post" has been critical of trump and trump has been critical of "the washington post" and, according to the report, trump has wondered aloud now whether or not this company, amazon, could be faced with antitrust or anti-competition law. >> and that was certainly enough to send the stocking plunging. but this is just one example of a larger trend that we're seeing with tech stocks. some tech stocks right now. >> in very many tech names we've been seeing this sell-off. the big tech companies have had a really rough week. over the last five days, four of the so-called f.a.n.g. stocks, amazon, facebook, netflix and google have lost more than $168 billion combined. there are a lot of reasons here including the possibility of more government regulations and then in facebook's case there's the growing fallout from the privacy scandal that they're still trying to recover from. they're overhauling these privacy settings.

that's what they did on wednesday and now, overnight, they've announced that they're also going to limit some of what advertisers can collect in terms of targeting users with third party information. >> the 168 million. >> the reports that the president somehow believes that amazon is hurting the post office but, in fact, amazon is given a lot of business to the post office. >> they have, in fact, because all of those packages, at least some of them, are going out via u.s. postal. >> all right, y'all know what today is. >> what's today? >> it's opening day, baseball's opening day. break out the peanuts and cracker jacks. you can feel the excitement coming from citi field. that's a live shot the home of the mets, but odd makers say the astros are favored to win the world series for a second year in a row. the dodgers, yankees, cub, indians are also favorites. one major rule change this year. a limit to those mound visits. now some pitchers and catchers are not thrilled with the rule but it will speed up the game. >> yay.

>> but this is something people are happy about -- those hot dogs. mlb fans predicted to hit more than 19 million hot dogs this year. >> a hot dog -- a hot dog at the ballpark. there is nothing better really. i love that. >> i agree. i agree. >> i can't wait. >> we'll see. turning now to the lottery. imagine winning a thousand dollars a week for the rest of your life. well, now imagine being a teenager and winning that much. it just happened to this 18-year-old girl this canada. she bought a lottery scratch ticket on her 18th birthday. that's the first day she was legally allowed to buy one. she says she wants to use the money for college and for some travel. a thousand canadian dollars is about 770 u.s. dollars a week. not too bad at the ages of 18. however, not to throw some shade to her that really isn't much compared to the mega millions jackpot tomorrow night, worth an estimated $502 million. that's when you get in it when it's over 500 million. >> that's when i get in. i don't get out of bed for less

than 500 million. >> she'll be fine with a thousand a week for life. what a gorgeous day yesterday. look at this shot of san francisco. high pressure in the big ridge there. 76 degrees los angeles. touched 80 in las vegas. the longer term outlook, cool for the east. warmer than average for the first week in april. springlike cities brought to you by liberty mutual insurance.

good morning, i'm "abc 7 news" meteorologist mike nicco. record warlt possible today and tomorrow and a cooling trend saturday and the next chance of rain a week from tomorrow. today's temperatures, low to mid 70s, 75 to 80 around the bay and 80 to 84 inland. high and low clouds near the south. my accuweather seven-day forecast, look at that, coming up, new fallout in that penn state hazing case. what the parents of timothy piazza are saying this morning. and blockbuster comeback for ro roseanne. we'll talk to her about that big hit and that phone call with the president. plus, this incredible moment with the pope. a dream come true and the story behind it. we'll be right back.

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what's going on with you? >> mother, this is very important. our school is having a food drive for poor people. >> well, tell them to drive some of that food over here. >> welcome back to "gma" and it's throwback thursday. that's a clip from the first "roseanne" episode ever back in 1988. the reboot now getting huge numbers and, george, we know you're going to be speaking with roseanne in just a moment. >> cannot wait for that. this show had such an impact then and it looks like it will now. >> first, the top headlines we're following. the white house facing another shake-up. president trump firing the head of the v.a., replacing him with the white house physician. this is eighth high-profile

departure in just the last month. and some breaking news overseas. a date has now been set for north korea's leader to meet with south korea's president. they are expected to meet april 27th for the first time in more than a decade. this as new images emerge of kim jong-un's recent trip to china. also this morning, 13 people thankful to be alive after escaping this burning hot air balloon in phoenix. the balloon crashed to the ground. as we said, thankfully nobody was injured. >> they're happy about that. now, we'll take a look at that huge comeback for "roseanne." tuesday's debut scored record ratings. number one trend on twitter. of course, it's tackling hot button topics again and we'll talk about it all with roseanne after linsey davis brings us the latest. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was a huge hit after a two-decade hiatus. "roseanne" is back with that same infectious laugh, same wry sense of humor and make no

apology style but now tackling decidedly modern issues. ♪ if the ratings are any indication, the revival of "roseanne" is a smash hit with more than 18 million viewers. >> you're ruining my life. you all suck. >> i ain't seen that movie in 20 years. classics really do hold up. >> reporter: since the show's finale 21 years ago, roseanne and the conner family -- >> what's up, deplorable? >> reporter: diving head first into the issues and conversations happening right now across america. from the rising cost of health care. >> funny story our insurance don't cover what it used to so i got half the drugs for twice the price. >> reporter: to roseanne's grandson who likes dressing like a girl. >> my grandson's nails are wet. >> i like your nail polish, grandpa. >> that's drywall, son. >> reporter: and center stage -- >> every one of you wrapping yourselves up in the flag and

clinging to your guns. >> oh, that's such a stereotype. where you going? >> i just realized we got kids in the house and i can't remember where we hid our gun. >> reporter: the political divides within families following the 2016 election. >> how could you have voted for him? roseanne -- >> he talked about jobs, jackie. he said he'd shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house. >> have you looked at the news because now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> oh, please. >> reporter: at its peak the premier garnering 15 tweets per second. mostly positive. one viewer writing, this conversation was needed. it's not a left or write thing. we the people agree to disagree. more people actually watched the show's premiere tuesday night than the 1997 finale and all indications are that the show resonated with audiences across the country. it was highest rated, in fact, smack dab in the middle of america in tulsa, oklahoma, george.

>> okay, linsey, thanks. let's talk to roseanne about it. she joins us on the phone. i know you're about to head to the airport. thanks for taking the time this morning and congratulations on those huge, huge ratings the other night. it really seems like you struck a chord. >> well, i sure am grateful to people for watching and liking it. it's very exciting. >> and obviously, it excited the president as well. i guess he was excited about the ratings and you've been pretty outspoken in your support of him. how did that phone call go? >> well, it was pretty exciting, i'll tell you that much. they said, hold please for the president of the united states of america and, you know, that was about the most exciting thing ever and it was, you know, just very sweet of him to congratulate us. >> what does he think about the show? >> well, you know, we -- he -- we just kind of had a private conversation, but, you know, we

talked about a lot of things and, you know, he's just happy for me. i've known him for many years and he's done a lot of nice things for me over the years and so it was just a friendly conversation about working and, you know, television and ratings. >> he does focus a lot on -- >> oh, yeah, he really understands ratings and how they measure things and that's kind of been an interest of mine too for a long time but, i'm just over the moon at the support of the "roseanne" family, the conners and people liking our show and all the cast, we all just, you know, celebrate together and just say, oh, the conner, you know, the conners are back and we're all really happy. >> and the conners are back and the conners are really digging in to these hot-button issues that are affecting families all across america. >> yeah, well, we like to -- we

always like to be current and, you know, talk about the things that are happening in our country we always have on our show so we want to do it more. >> do you think you guys are providing something that isn't being seen in movies, in television elsewhere? >> yeah, i do. you know, the idea that people can agree to disagree is kind of missing from everything, but i think that's a conflict resolution and agreeing to disagree are important things that i like to feature and talk about and, you know, i haven't seen much of that anywhere, but that's what we need to do as a country is, you know, figure out what we don't like, talk to each other and, you know, discuss how we're going to get it changed or fixed. >> well, you've had a great start. you think it's the start of something big again? >> well, i really hope that it opens up, you know, civil conversation between people instead of mudslinging.

i really do because i think we need to be more civilized than that. >> well, roseanne, congratulations again. thanks for taking -- >> you guys are so nice. thank you so much for calling me. >> take care. >> you too, bye. >> it's like that phrase about family. we may not have it all together but together we have it all and what we've been saying and what she said, and even the tweet that we showed before, yes, we're going to disagree about things but you have to find those common ground. >> find a way to talk about it. >> so many families in america have been dealing with that exact issue during this past election season. so it's awesome they're taking it on. >> found a creative way, funny way and real way. >> writing is sharp. >> it's just getting started. coming up, that major decision and new fallout in the penn state hazing trial. what timothy piazza's parents are saying this morning. come on back. imothy piazza's parents are saying this morning. come on back.

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we're back now with those new developments in the penn state hazing case. a blow to the prosecution and timothy piazza's family. abc's gio benitez is here with the latest. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning. a judge had already dismissed the very serious charges once, prosecutors refiled them in the fall hoping they'd stick. now the judge tossed them out again. tim piazza's family watching in disappointment. this morning, a judge dismissing the most serious charges against some of the former penn state frat brothers who were charged in the death of 19-year-old pledge tim piazza. in a blow to the prosecution, the judge dropping involuntary manslaughter charges against

five of the students, but they still face a slew of other charges including tampering with evidence, reckless endangerment and hazing. they have pleaded not guilty. >> this is a very serious prosecution which still has remaining 560 counts against 26 individuals. each count in and of itself carrying a year in jail. >> reporter: piazza died in february 2017 following an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual. surveillance video from the beta theta pi house shows him downing at least 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes. that night he fell repeatedly even down a flight of stairs. the frat brothers waiting 12 hours before calling 911 the next morning. >> throughout the night they slapped him, they poured drinks on him. they laughed at him. they flipped him around. all while he needed to go to the hospital. >> reporter: prosecutors allege the students tried to cover up the drinking and that one of the

students deleted video everyday from the basement. the fbi later recovered it and this week it was played in court. piazza is seen participating in alcohol-fueled fraternity rituals eventually staggering toward the basement stairs. >> we haven't watched the video at all. it's bad enough that we have our imagination. i don't need to see my baby suffering like that. >> no. >> reporter: penn state permanently banned the fraternity's chapter and the university announced it made changes to its greek life policies like hiring more people to monitor their activities. robin. >> thank you. and our chief legal analyst dan abrams and felony prosecutor nancy grace with us. you called this. you called this. you said this was going to happen. >> i did. i sat here with a different legal analyst and debated whether the judge was going to change the opinion and i said that i did not think the judge was going to change the opinion on the issue of involuntary manslaughter. let's be clear there are still a lot of charges out there. the prosecutors tried a new

theory to get an involuntary manslaughter basically saying that once they gave him the alcohol they had a duty to help. the problem with that theory is that there's no evidence that they knew he was in danger. they knew he was drunk. they didn't know necessarily that he was in danger. >> i'm trying to control myself because you looked on their cell phones like dan's cell phone, i'd like to get into this and looking up too much alcohol, cold. body stiff turning pale, of course, they knew something was wrong when your body is stiff, robin, something is wrong and i want to point out that involuntary manslaughter does t requ intanto kill. it means that you're grossly negligent or you have an abandoned heart towards somebody else's suffering that you know there is a known risk. what could it be more clear? one more thing about this, this judge, very suspicious and doing research on him, and according to his own bio there's something missing, a law degree. >> what do you mean he doesn't have a law degree?

>> i'm not saying he doesn't have a law degree. i'm saying on his bio it's not there and looked up the rules. for a magistrate judge you don't have to go to law school. you can take a course. >> you could be a supreme court justice without going to law school. >> i don't advise it. >> i'm glad you -- >> but many do see this as a setback. >> it's huge. >> it is a setback for the prosecution but you know what, this is a tough call for a judge to make. meaning when you get -- yes, i think it's actually a brave legal decision. meaning that whether it's right or wrong, this judge clearly believed that as a matter of law -- >> whether it's right or wrong. >> yes. >> don't you have a problem with it being wrong? >> no, the bottom line is that i think it was brave of this judge to be able to say i'm going to evaluate the law here. just the law and determine whether i think it reached a certain level because you know what, with all this public pressure, everyone wants to see -- >> one more thing. >> -- the most significant charges out there. >> they are still facing charges.

>> a whole slew of charges. >> i just want to point out that, in addition to having head injuries, spleen lacerated, as he lie there during all these hours, 80% of the blood in his body leaked. bled out in his abdomen and they stood by and let that happen. >> all right. well, we'll see what happens going forward and we'll see what happens with the both of you. you'll be back in our last half hour. your new show will debuting and you'll give us a sneak peek. >> you gave her top billing. >> what can you do? you know, it's -- i didn't want to get in a fight about that too. you know. we got enough things to fight about. yeah. >> amy. all right, guys, coming up next, we have a powerful moment with the pope and the young boy whose dream came true. where are we taking him? i have no clue. we're just tv doctors. if this was a real emergency, i'd be freaking out. but thanks to cigna, we can do more than just look heroic. we can help save lives by getting you to a real doctor

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good morning, america. severe storm alert. tornadoes touch down in the south causing major damage overnight. life-threatening floods turn roads to rivers. drivers rescued from the raging water. this morning, nine states on alert. "roseanne" returns with skyrocketing ratings. the groundbreaking series taking on big issues. fans across the country reacting to that heartfelt moment. >> we'll back you up. >> igniting a bigger conversation about gender identity. this morning, how to talk to your kids and the signs to look for that could mean they need you. the digital shopping trend that could cost you. why aspiring social media influencers and their followers need to be careful. could all the glamorous events and big discounts be too good to

be true? "gma" investigates the red flags that you need to watch out for. tyra banks revealing she got a secret nose job, the top model getting real about body image and why she's telling others to fix it or flaunt it. plus, emily blunt is here live. her new thriller with husband john krasinski as we say, good morning, america. ♪ they are such a talented talented couple. can't wait to talk to her. good morning, america, on this thursday morning. as we like to say, happy friday eve. one more alarm clock. >> that's right, and it is just less than two months to go until the royal wedding and future princess meghan markle, she's already saying good-bye to something old. she's saying good-bye to her show "suits." we're going to have a lot more on that coming up. >> should have a countdown clock. >> i'm sure that's coming,

george. >> i know that will be coming. we have some news coming this morning including the latest shake-up at the white house. president trump has fired his veterans affairs secretary david shulkin and wants to replace him with his own white house doctor and let's go back to cecilia vega for more on this. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know this one wasn't a surprise. the president was not happy about a travel scandal involving shulkin. it stems from a european tour that shulkin took billed as a work trip. his wife was along for that. it mostly ended up being a sightseeing tour that cost taxpayers $122,000. president trump named his new pick in a tweet. his white house doctor, rear admiral ronny jackson. he, of course, is the man who gave that memorable press conference right here in the white house briefing room earlier this year giving that glowing review of president trump's health. you' remember. take a liste i think he will remain fit for duty for the remainder of this term and even more the remainder of another term if he's elected. it's called genetics. i don't know. some people just have great genes.

>> incredibly good genes he says the president has. jackson would run the second largest department in the administration, serving more than 9 million veterans, and while he is, of course, an active duty officer he doesn't have much experience running a bureaucracy. this is part of a larger white house shake-up following the ouster of the secretary of state, the national security adviser but, george, president trump says now more than a year into his administration he's close to having the cabinet that he wants. >> jackson could face some tough questions at his confirmation hearing. thanks very much. now to severe storms in the south bringing tornadoes, flooding, forcing water rescues. let's go back to marcus moore in houston, texas. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: here in the houston area, they have been waiting for the floodwaters to recede. part of the access road here north of houston where we are, it was under water. the water has receded. still slow going for drivers this morning. this storm system produced at least four tornadoes that tore through the south overnight.

we have seen pictures and video from north of jackson, mississippi, that showed roofs from homes and businesses ripped away. there has been lightning that's sparked fires and also strong winds, peeled the roofs away from homes. at texas a&m university in college station, students were scrambling for cover as torrents of rain water poured into buildings there. san antonio, the scene just as bad, rescuers were wading into rising waters to help people. many talked about how quickly the waters rose and in louisiana, a tree fell on to a home nearly missing a man who was sitting inside that house and back here in houston, where people are still recovering from hurricane harvey they're still trying to dry out.

>> i'm sure that they are. want everybody to stay safe. marcus, thank you. >> now to an unexpected passenger. travelers on a safari in the serengeti, look at that, checking out a pack of cheetahs when the tables turned and this baby went for a ride in their jeep, becoming a surprising backseat driver. you can see the guy there trying to keep calm. i would say maybe paralyzed in fear or at least i would be as the cheetah settles in for the trip. but take a closer look. can you see he's actually kind of giving a side-eye. i'm amazed someone is able to keep the camera rolling. i would be so scared. well, he didn't tell his mother about this close encounter until after he returned because he said he was afraid that she would insist he come home immediately. immediately after seeing that video. >> he was like, whoa. >> can you imagine? >> no. >> how frightened. everyone was okay. it was all good. >> he is giving him the side-eye, definitely, definitely. okay, when we come back, roseanne is taking on some tough topics as we've been talking about in this blockbuster return to tv, and we'll have an important conversation about parenting and gender. how to talk to your kids about that. and supermodel tyra banks

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and ai empowering us to change the world we see. so what will you do with it? [ applause ] welcome back to "gma." welcome to this great audience right here. the big question this morning, you asked it, right? where is robin? >> i think she's talking to the

fans outside. >> she is. she's been talking to the fans outside and will be up here in a second but the chair is waiting for her and "pop news" is ready to go. >> yes. [ applause ] thank you, george, amy and good morning to you all. we'll begin with art imitating life as meghan markle was back on tv last night for the first time since news broke of her engagement to prince harry. last night was the midseason premiere of her show "suits" and after seven seasons wedding bells are also ringing for meghan's character, rachel zane. here's a scene from the show with rachel. that's the character, speaking to her fiance mike ross. >> the wedding. >> the wedding. it's going to be here before we know it and we haven't done anything we need to. so, let's stop putting it off. >> okay. i'm in. >> don't you feel like you're peeking into -- wonder if she said that to harry. >> wonder if harry watches her

kissing someone else. >> so many questions, amy. >> i know. >> it sounds like in real life meghan and harry are way ahead of the game in their wedding prep. meghan can be seen on just five more episodes before she rides off into the sunset with her real-life prince charming, so check that out. [ applause ] also, in the news this morning, carnival cruise lines rewarding a superfan and all because of his snapchat handle. see, 16-year-old darian lipscomb loved the cruise line so much that he made it his handle when he was 9 years old. carnival cruise, that's his handle at 9 years old, that's impressive. >> what? >> you guys, stop rolling. let me explain what happened here. carnival noticed, because they kind of wanted to use that handle themselves as you might imagine, so reps for the company traveled to his hometown of prospect, virginia, and took over the place and used those mobile billboards that you just saw, signs, even shaquille

o'neal got involved to woo him with a little proposition. so darian gave them the carnival cruise handle back. in exchange, he and his family will travel on the upcoming maiden voyage of carnival's new ship, carnival "horizon", bound for barcelona. [ applause ] right? >> yeah, yeah, all right. >> friends for life. finally, guys, i love this story, this slogan for dunkin' donuts is america runs on dunkin' busoon americans will run in dunkin'. the coffee cin is releing special running shoes made by saucony, they'll be decorated with pictures of sprinkles, coffee and doughnuts. you can preorder them now at saucony.com. guys, it's a salute to the boston marathon. >> that's greats idea. very good idea. >> check that out. [ applause ] >> thank you, lara. we move on to our "gma" cover story. so much reaction to "roseanne,"

much like its original run the reboot not shying away from social issues and one of the characters on the show is a little boy who likes to dress in girls' clothing sparking an important conversation for families. >> do you feel like you're a boy or a girl? >> a boy. >> reporter: roseanne is back and bolder than ever. >> so what's up with the girls' clothes? >> this just feels like me. i like colors that pop. it's more creative. >> how important is this to you? >> it's important. >> well, you know it's going to be rough on you at school, right? but we'll back you up. >> reporter: the groundbreaking sitcom reboot landing in over 18 million american households igniting an important conversation about how to talk to your kids and grandkids about gender identity. >> kudos to darlene for letting mark be himself. i mean given the choice who knows how many children would choose a style different from what society has assigned to

them. >> reporter: sara gilbert, who's back playing darlene and also a producer on the show, spoke out to "entertainment weekly" about her character's son mark. saying, he's a little boy based on a few kids in my life that are boys who dress in more traditionally feminine clothing. he is too young to be gay and he doesn't identify as transgender. >> here's the thing. you are weird. i'm weird. this whole family is really weird. okay? so you just got to hang in until people figure out that weird is cool. >> reporter: mark's story line resonating with viewers. some even taking to twitter saying, #roseanne talking to her grandson mark is the best ever. another, people need to understand different is okay. once people get that, we will be fine. mark is the best character i've seen in 2018. >> how does this look? >> oh, you look great, buddy. >> these young people who don't know how they identify or are figuring it out or discovering

it, this probably opened a lot of hearts and minds and eyes. >> and dr. jamie howard, a clinical psychologist at the child mind institute, joins us to talk about it. >> welcome back. they did such a great job opening up this conversation on the show but for a lot of parents it can be a difficult conversation. >> yeah, it can be really difficult for a lot of reasons, one is that it sort of indicates kids are growing up and that's a tough transition for parents to grapple with. the other thing, there's not a clear script for how to talk about this. this is sort of a new topic and the previous generation didn't have as much exposure about talking about this. >> i think a lot of parents might struggle with do i bring it up to my child? should i wait to see if they say something to me? what is the best strategy and how to approach and when to approach your child? >> right, so you kind of want to keep the lines of communication open. you don't necessarily have to seek out a conversation about gender unless you're seeing something out of the ordinary and then feel free to bring it up in a nonjudgmental way. keep in mind that it's totally normal for kids to explore with different activities, different gender roles, different identities. it doesn't necessarily mean

something big about gender, especially in childhood. >> right, especially a child that young as in the show. we took the family to see this new movie "love simon" which is really tackling that -- a little tougher issue, high school boy struggling with how to come out. >> right. and so once we reach adolescence then sexuality does start to become more of an issue that's relevant for kids for sure but gender and sexuality are different concepts so that's something that people can ke away from this current conversation we're having. gender can be fluid and early and middle childhood and maybe or maybe not predicts the sexuality or orientation. >> i also think it's important because even if your child is not struggling with gender identity issues or sexual preference issues, other children in their class may be, especially as they get older and as people feel more comfortable they're seeing it and what do you suggest parents talk to them about how to deal with and at least incorporate and accept others?

>> right, i usually advise kids and parents to have sort of a curious, open, nonjudgmental stance towards others. individual differences are okay and it's much more fun and interesting to get to know people for who they are than to condemn them for being a little bit different from you. >> in our experience, and maybe it's a narrow perspective, but here in new york city i think it's easier for our kids than for parents. >> absolutely. this is par for the course for them. this is typical. we haven't had as much experience with people coming out or expressing different gender identities. this is normal for them and that's great. >> it's a beautiful thing to see their acceptance and their nonquestioning and i love all of the movies that are coming out now just exploring love and acceptance. it's helpful for all families to have that conversation. thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us. >> absolutely. and you can see a new episode of "roseanne" tuesday night at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on abc. >> it will be something to see what they tackle next, in the

next episode. now our investigation into an online shopping trend that could cost you. so many people, they want to be social superstars known as influencers, and it's for more than the likes. it could also have big perks but turns out they are not always as glamorous as they seem. >> yeah. it's one of those things that seems like the life. we all see it. you can't help but want it, but some brands are appealing to those aspiring internet stars with the allure of red carpets, fancy events and big discounts but this morning a warning, beware. being picked to rep a brand isn't always all it seems to be. >> reporter: social media superstars, glam pictures, free goodies. >> so grateful to be receiving free makeup. >> reporter: influencer status. this is the dream for many, including this woman. >> pat it in through here. >> reporter: she is trying to grow her following so when a company called mirina collections reached out, inviting her to help market its necklaces and become a brand ambassador, she was all in.

the offer, buy a necklace at a deep discount and submit a selfie wearing it for a chance to be seen by thousands on the company's platforms. >> it was attractive because i'll probably gain some more followers as well. >> reporter: she bought a necklace and says she didn't receive it until two months later. >> when i eventually got the necklace it didn't look handmade. it looked like metal scrap. >> reporter: she complained to the better business bureau and got a refund, but she isn't the only one who has been complaining. other women taking to youtube to vent. >> this is absolute crap. >> reporter: the better business bureau investigated mirina collections and found a pattern of deceptive advertising practices and gave mirina and its affiliate an "f," its worst rating, issuing an alert about the company. >> these girls thought they were getting luxury products. they didn't. they were very disappointed. >> reporter: claire rosenzweig said in this case there were red flags.

the company lists four locations on its chic wish list website but no address for its corporate offices. its new york location simply times square, broadway. mirina collections markets its products as handcrafted and made to order, selling from $140 to $200. are they a good deal? after a brief search on amazon we find necklaces that look similar for just under 10 and $14, we buy three, plus three from mirina's website, and we then ask new york jewelry expert, robert strapone to compare them. >> these pieces are pretty much exactly alike. it's just a slight variation on the theme but overall these pieces are the same. >> reporter: mirina claims a higher quality necklace, silver plated over copper, a pricier metal. we asked our expert to check.

>> this piece is not a copper. it is probably a zinc compound, cheaper metal. >> reporter: strapone found traces of copper in one necklace but still he says made mostly of white metal, not copper. mirina refused our request for an interview but in an e-mail said the complaints make up a small percentage of its feedback and pointed to the more than 270 positive reviews on the bbb's website. >> would i do it again? no way. >> the message here to aspiring social media stars, be flattered but be sure to do some research to make sure the deal actually works for you and experts say be careful if you're asked to buy the product. if you do decide to work as a brand ambassador, ftc rules state that you have to disclose that you're benefiting by endorsing the product. you see all those instagram posts with #ad. that's sort of one of those signifiers. >> like you said, do your homework. >> make sure it's a brand you want to rep. >> there's some -- the rep likes are there but sometimes we just blow past them because -- >> we see the sparkly lights. >> yeah, we do.

thank you, eva. let's go over to rob. >> we are celebrating a sparkly birthday. folks from virginia and they wanted to see this out of oregon. just up the road from portland, it is the mt. hood ski bowl. snow beach fest. they just go down the hill and they fill up -- dig a pool up and they do -- they just got to do their tricks there. i would suggest next time you get more people to do this if you maybe dyed that water blue or something for tv purposes. anyway, celebrating what they hope to be spring. oh, yeah, no, there was some form of clothing on there. that's what's happening there in good morning, i'm "abc 7 news" meteorologist mike nicco. record warlt possible today and tomorrow and a cooling trend saturday and the next chance of rain a week from tomorrow. today's temperatures, low to mid 70s, 75 to 80 around the bay and 80 to 84 inland.

high and low clouds near the south. my accuweather seven-day forecast, look at that, all right. at that, now to supermodel and mogul tyra banks getting so candid in her new memoir. she's opening up about everything from plastic surgery to her weight. abc's adrienne bankert is here now with more and she is not holding back. >> oh, no, she is spilling all the tea, lara. i know you've chatted with tyra and robin even strutted down the runway with the mogul. yes, you did, robin. now the producer, host and mom to a 2-year-old, is telling women everywhere her secrets for being a beauty and a boss. fix it or flaunt it. that's supermodel turned media mogul tyra banks' advice from her new book "perfect is boring." in an exclusive sneak peek to "people" magazine, banks opens up saying it's okay for women to accentuate what didn't come naturally and reveals she had a secret nose job early in her career, quoted as saying natural beauty is unfair.

>> part of tyra's whole message with this book and phase of her life is that women need to stop shaming each other for their bodies. women don't need to feel ashamed for the way they look or the way they want to look. >> reporter: she writes, either you're supernatural or you live at the plastic surgeon. we as women need to stop judging adding, i get really uncomfortable when women who are these natural beauties judge anybody who does anything to themselves. the barrier-breaking cover girl also has strong opinions about the no-makeup look that models including gisele bundchen have made in "vogue." saying, as a model, i needed makeup. i don't think there's anything wrong with that. it leveled my playing field. gisele, you don't need it? i do. she addresses body image, often the focus of scrutiny for years as she went up and down on the scale. now the 44-year-old is 30 pounds lighter. doctors's orders, weighing in at 159 pounds as she recovers from an ankle injury.

she says, i want to be able to hold my son and run around and chase him and not get spasms. comfortable in her body with no shame about what she calls her fake hair and nose job saying, i feel i have a responsibility to tell the truth. and tyra co-wrote the book with her mom in hopes it encourages young people to have real conversations with their moms and about loving yourself. she's on the cover of "people" that hits newsstands friday. her book is out april 3rd. >> good for her. so inspirational. >> she's stunning and i don't think she's saying if you're natural it's a bad thing but don't be judgy. >> if we want to wear makeup, we're wearing it. >> that's right. that's right. coming up, emily blunt is with us live telling all about teaming up with her husband, john krasinski. don't go anywhere. "gma" coming right back. husband, john krasinski. don't go anywhere. "gma" coming right back.

good morning north bay, let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> it is 8:27 and i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. palo alto police searching for a sexual assault suspect. a teenage gishl says a man pointed a gun at her and attacked her. jogging along a trail yesterday when it happened. alexis has a look at the commute how are we doing? >> not quite as good as earlier this morning. a few trouble spots. off ramp northbound 880. and a disabled trail ler blocking the lane. san rafael bridge, somebody lost a basketball hoop. that is

now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> temperatures responding to all of the sunshine, upper 40s to 50s on the way to temperatures at noon, already above average near 70. good if you are going to be on the roads or mass transit or on the ferry. hopefully the air conditioner is on. my accuweather seven-day forecast, back to average but not till wednesday.

>> always on the news app and abc7news.com. join us every weekday morning for abc 7 mornings, 4:30 we do welcome you back to "gma" and this wonderful audience we have with us here in times square. [ applause ] love that. >> he called them one of our four best audiences of the week. >> of the week. come on. [ laughter ] >> welcome our next guest. she stars in a brand-new very intense thriller called "a quiet place," emily blunt joins us now. give her a big cheer. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. [ applause ] >> thank you. good to see you. >> how are you?

>> how are you? >> nice to see you. >> good to see you. >> have a seat. is this me? >> that's you. >> that's you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> all over the place. >> all these chairs would get them in trouble in your new movie. >> it's painful living silently. >> it's so intense. something else at the start, i hear you have an odd phobia. >> i have many. so i don't really though which one -- is this the disneyland. >> it is the disneyland cyst we are owned by disney so be careful. >> i'm pretty much owned by disney at this point. well, as a child i was terrified of most things, santa claus, disneyland, like the depths of hell for me. >> wow. >> because who is in the surats? i want to know who is in those suits. well, i don't like clowns. i don't need to see "it." that's not something i need to

see. i don't need it in the memory bank. >> good point. >> your husband actually john krasinski who everybody -- >> yes. >> gronkowski? >> he wants to be rob gronkowski. >> gronk. >> john krasinski is in the movie with you. does he scare easily too. >> he does actually. he startles quite easily, you know. but i like to kind of scare him sometimes. >> is it scary being in a scary movie? sfwli wouldn't say it's scary doing it because you're sort of using all your energy to portray fear as opposed to actually sort of feel it. >> this is the first time that you all have really worked together and i understand that you actually wanted a friend at first to play your role. >> i did. i mean that was before i read the script and i just had our second baby and i was about to do "mary poppins" so irwasn't in the mind-set of doing another film and he pitched me the idea and you know who would be great is so and so and i read the script and i said, you need to

fire her. [ laughter ] >> because john is directing. >> yes. >> how is it having hubby as boss man? >> oh, i'm always the boss. [ applause ] no, i'm not. >> you're not really joking. >> yes. he was a fantastic boss, i have to say, because very collaborative, really exciting. i mean i was sort of blown away by him. >> when an actor is a director they bring a different perspective. >> they do and knows when to space and not sort of that overorchestrate things. you know, he was really awesome to work with. >> you guys are eddie to see some of it. >> yes. [ applause ]

>> ooh. >> feel like we should have read that for everybody. >> those children are spectacular. >> they're amazing, aren't they? i know. we lucked out. we really did. they're such deep souls. they're awesome. >> they are. >> funny watching the clip how we were all like -- >> the silence makes it that much more intense. >> it's also the only pleasant scene in the film so it's nice that you -- >> it is morning television. you know what's really pleasant you and your husband are a part of a very great cause. >> yeah. >> people can auction to go on a date with you guys. >> i think they just found the winner actually. >> they did? it was for the malala fund. >> it was for the malala fund who john and i are working with. we have two daughters. we believe in education for women around the world so i am a huge -- [ applause ] yeah. >> big day for malala today. her return to pakistan. we covered it -- >> oh, you did. that's awesome.

so cool. that's so cool. >> can you take us back to the beginning with john. what was your first date like? >> oh, my god. [ laughter ] >> i heard it was air really good story. >> we met at a restaurant and i was there with a mutual friend of ours and it was one of those -- you know, it's not even ray great story but she's like oh, my god, there's my friend john and he came over and. [ laughter ] >> i love that. >> luck lie it's a silent movie and i'm not speaking in it, yeah, so she brought him over and -- >> the rest is history. >> the rest is history. >> two young daughters. are your two daughters excited to see mommy as mary poppins. >> it's funny because i think it would be exciting for all of their friends but i think it's a disconcerting thing for your own kid to see you as somebody else. >> especially at that age. >> like my oldest one has seen one film i was in or a clip of

it before she melted down and she was like, i don't want to see you in a movie. like didn't want to see it at all. so also just -- >> that's my mom. >> also creep fans of julianne drews so they'll probably reject my version. altogether, you know. >> well, you are an absolute delight. >> oh. >> absolute delight. and this movie, her wheelhouse. she loves it. >> so good. >> i do. >> "a quiet place" hits theaters next friday, april 6th. coming up tory is here. special "shark tank" edition. [ applause ]

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ending. ♪ >> 18 episodes to say good-bye to these characters and say good-bye to each other. it's definitely made the season special. >> how about that, guys? love it. you can see more on our website, "scandal," the final season returns tonight at a new time, 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. robin, back up to you. >> all right. rob, thank you very much. time for a special "shark tank" edition of "deals & steals." tory johnson swam with the sharks to get these savings. everything here was featured on the show and the bargains start at just $6.25. [ applause ] >> i do like that. >> let's get started. >> good hangups. on this board here you can use these little magnet devices here to be able to turn any surface into a magnetic board so it works on all surfaces, brick, concrete, textured wall, tile,

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nancy grace and dan abrams, two of our favorites. i love a good fight. i'm from long island. we've seen them battle over big cases for years. now thankfully they have their own show. "grace versus abrams." why not "abrams versus grace." we know you tend to disagree about, hmm, everything. will we see anything other than that on the show? >> yeah, i mean, look, there's definitely debate on the show. there's definitely disagreements but i have to tell you, we're also moving these cases forward so we're looking at these older cases. we're not just rehashing it. we're not just going back and debating old stuff. >> i don't know what he's talking about. we never agree on a single thing. >> new guests who bring us new information and demonstrating how wrong nancy is. and that's the great thing about facts. >> i hate to tell you -- they're asking me, nancy, what are you

looking forward to this on this show? >> i'm looking forward to presenting dan abrams with a new set of hearing aids because clearly he can't hear what i'm saying. he's not listening to the truth. >> well, you're getting a little sneak peek, everybody. you've argued on cases on every topic in every realm for over 20 years, i did not know you guys have known each other that long. we want you to stand up. we're going to ask you some questions. i will be playing judge which is my dream. >> oh, my goodness. >> thank you. >> please address me with the respect i deserve. come on over here. you know we love a good game on "good morning america." >> you got to have a game. >> all right. >> court is now in session. please rise. judge spencer is in da house. all right. ready. here we go. question number one, what is the one case we want to see both of your answers on one -- i'm guessing we will not have any agreements but what's the one

case that made national headlines that you actually agreed on? i like the music. nice work, control room. ♪ and dan. >> my handwriting is terrible. >> dan being guilty and drew peterson. no agreement there. >> all right. >> come on. nancy, you didn't agree on drew peterson. >> no. >> yes, we did. >> no. >> no, we did not, dan. >> you can't even agree that you agreed. this is not -- [ laughter ] question number two, who spends more time on their hair? time's up. >> i wrote nancy but it's close. >> i feel we're coming together. what is nancy always have with her before the show? >> with her or on her? >> either. your decision.

judge's answer. >> clothes. >> that's good. my dad's hanky. >> oh, did know that. >> oh >> well, it's in my bra so i guess not. >> actually -- i'm kind of glad -- i'd be worried if you did know. >> what is the case that sparked the most heated debate between the two of you in all of our years? i feel like i know this one. and the answer. >> whitney houston. >> o.j. >> wow. well, at least they're consistent. >> think back, dan. think back. >> finally, you pretend to be disgusted and annoyed by each other quite often but what do you really love about each other? yeah. be nice. and time's up.

>> his dad floyd. >> i said her as a mom. >> and your blue eyes. >> you guys, i cannot wait to watch. you are constantly entertaining and both so great at what you do. best of luck on the show. court is now adjourned. "grace versus abrams" premieres to

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