between 4:00 and 7:00. get your beauty sleep. going to be busy at the good morning, america. breaking overnight, president trump makes it official. signing the order to send u.s. troops to the border with mexico, calling it a point of crisis. the battle over the border right now. and spring storm alert. more than a foot of snow piling up in the midwest. record lows in multiple states and dangerous winds ripping the roof off this school's cafeteria in kansas and now two storm systems are on the move. rob with the track this morning. new facebook fallout. the date now set for ceo mark zuckerberg to testify before both houses of congress as facebook reveals that privacy scandal is much larger than they thought. up to 87 million users affected. breaking new details in that spring break horror. a family of four found dead in their rental condo.

what we're now learning about that fatal gas leak. and the nfl star now a hero off the field. the threat julian edelman saw on instagram and how he stopped a possible school shooter. okay, good morning, america. it is april 5th, but look at that crowd outside this morning. all bundled up. they're happy. and freezing. >> yeah, but they are freezing and say it ain't snow. it is snowing. it is april. it is baseball season. >> uh-huh. >> but you certainly wouldn't know it by looking at the stadium in minneapolis. look at that snow coming down. they're supposed to host their home opener today against the seattle mariners. i'm not sure if that is going to happen. >> that just does not look fun at all. take a look at what happened when the twins played the pirates in pittsburgh on wednesday. snow coming down there too. everybody is bundled up and

fernando rodney decides to make the most of it right there. hey, nothing wrong with that. have a little fun. >> some like to go to the ballpark and get nachos and popcorn and hot dogs. some like to eat snow. got a lot of news to get to. we begin with president trump's decision to send troops to the mexican border. a white house memo calls this a point of crisis. critics are raising questions about the timing and scope of the order. and our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega starts us off with the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump likes to very much tout that historic low number of people illegally crossing the border since he took office. aides now say those numbers appear to be back on the rise. they are worried this so-called trump effect might be wearing off and their fix, send in the national guard. this morning, governors from border states like texas and arizona welcoming the president's push to send in the national guard in the fight against illegal immigration. saying help is needed. but in california, not so fast. officials there say we look forward to more detail and so

far that is something the trump administration is short on. they won't say how many troops, how long they'll be deployed or the cost. >> it will be strong. it will be as many as is needed to fill the gaps that we have today. >> reporter: the new national guard order comes just a day after president trump surprised his own advisers with this idea. >> we're going to be guarding our border with the military. >> reporter: u.s. troops are barred from arresting illegal border crossers, but past presidents have used the national guard to support the border patrol with things like intelligence gathering. aides say the president wants those troops at the border immediately because he is frustrated. now, the white house facing questions about the sudden sense of urgency and whether it stems from reports about a caravan of central american migrants heading north through mexico. even though many of those migrants say they have no intention of crossing into the u.s. >> does this have anything to do with the report that the president saw on fox news? >> i think it has everything to

do with protecting the people of this country. >> reporter: as for his wall, after the president suggested he might try to use military funds to build it, which would take an act of congress, the white house tried to clarify. >> we're looking into options for the military to build a wall on military installations on the border. >> reporter: but we checked. pentagon officials tell abc news the military does not actually own land on the u.s./mexico border. now, mexico says it has been assured by the administration that the national guard troops on the border will not be armed and they will not serve as border patrol agents. they do warn, though, that if this deployment results in a militarization of the border, that, quote, it would seriously damage the bilateral relationship. george, mexico's foreign minister is in town for meetings with the administration. this is certainly going to make for some awkward talks. >> no question about that. meantime, the president was pretty vocal over the last week about getting u.s. troops out of syria right away, very soon. his administration has pushed back against that and now

reached some sort of compromise? >> reporter: well, yeah, but there have been pretty testy exchanges behind the scenes with his own national security team. among those opposing the president, his new pick for the secretary of state, michael pompeo. his own advisers are saying it is not realistic to have u.s. troops withdrawn from syria in the six months that the president wants. >> right, the president always against timelines. it's about getting the job done. paula. >> i don't look like paula but i'll do it anyway, george. i'll take it. give it to mikey. he likes everything. now to new fallout from that facebook privacy scandal and the company now says 87 million people may have had their information accessed which is far more than previously thought. ceo mark zuckerberg, he's prepared to testify before congress, and rebecca jarvis is here with more. good morning, rebecca. >> hey, michael, good morning. that's roughly one in three u.s. facebook users who may have had their information improperly shared with cambridge analytica. the announcement coming amid several new changes at the

social network meant to better protect user privacy. this morning, facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg taking personal responsibility for the social network's failure to better safeguard users' privacy. >> we didn't take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is and that was a huge mistake. and it was my mistake. >> reporter: revealing that up to 87 million people, mostly in the u.s., may have had their information improperly shared with political consulting firm cambridge analytica. far more than the 50 million initially suspected. the facebook ceo and founder in a call with reporters admitting it will take time to fix the platform. >> i wish that i could snap my fingers and, you know, in three months or six months have solved all of these issues. we need to rethink our relationship with people and our responsibility there across every single part of what we do. >> reporter: but also pushing back on criticism facebook takes information without consent. >> the vast majority of the data

that facebook knows about you is because you chose to share it. >> reporter: now, zuckerberg's vowing he's still the best man for the job while trying to reassure its billions of users it won't happen again. >> i started this place. i run it, i'm responsible for what happens here. i'm going to do the best job helping to run it going forward. >> reporter: and next week mark zuckerberg will testify before senate and house panels on april 10th. he'll appear before the joint committee and appear the next day, april 11th, before the house energy and commerce committee, michael. >> but how will facebook users know if they've been affected or impacted? >> so mark zuckerberg addressed this yesterday. we will be hearing if you are a facebook user, and you might have been impacted by the cambridge analytica scandal, starting next monday, april 9th, at the top of your newsfeed you will see a message that you may have been impacted. look for that next monday. >> they'll let you know. thanks so much. >> thanks, rebecca. now to an embattled member

of the trump administration, scott pruitt, the head of the epa, is under fire but he's fighting back, trying to defend himself as he faces mounting pressure to resign. abc's mary bruce is on the story for us this morning. good morning, mary. >> reporter: paula, good morning. ethical questions about pruitt's behavior have been growing for weeks, from concerns about his relationship with a d.c. lobbyist to questions about whether he's wasting taxpayer money. now this morning pruitt is punching back, arguing he's the victim of forces in washington that want to destroy him and the trump agenda. as calls for his resignation grow, the embattled epa head, scott pruitt, is playing defense. >> any time that you do transformational things there are critics. >> reporter: speaking out in a contentious interview with fox news. >> do you take responsibility? >> i'm fixing it. >> do you take responsibility? >> i'm fixing the problem. >> reporter: but will it be enough to save his job? the white house won't say if the president still has confidence in pruitt. >> the president thinks that he's done a good job particularly on the deregulation

front but, again, we take this seriously and we're looking into it. >> reporter: white house lawyers are investigating after abc news broke the story of pruitt's alleged sweetheart real estate deal. when he first moved to washington, pruitt paid just $50 a night to rent a room in this apartment. far below the cost of similar units. the owner, the wife of a top energy lobbyist. >> why is the president okay with this? >> the president is reviewing the situation. >> reporter: but pruitt is downplaying the arrangement. >> it was like an airbnb situation. >> reporter: as pruitt was paying for that room, one of the lobbyist's clients, a canadian energy company, was given the green light by the epa for a major pipeline project. now, the epa says there is no connection between that deal and the apartment and that lobbyist says he did not directly lobby the epa during this time. paula, pruitt insists this living arrangement was done by the book. >> mary, you mentioned in your piece that the white house won't say if the president still has confidence in pruitt and they

seem to be growing increasingly frustrated by the situation. >> reporter: yeah, paula, while publicly the white house is offering its lukewarm support for pruitt, privately sources tell us the president is frustrated by all of this controversy, and we know that his chief of staff has called pruitt, reportedly to tell him that these negative headlines have got to stop and demanding to know if there are any more shoes still to drop. paula. >> just one more distraction for the administration. mary, thanks for your reporting. michael, let's send it over to you. >> send it over to me. >> boycott spring. >> we're boycotting spring because we'll talk about the new blast of winter weather moving in. record lows in multiple states and more snow is on the way. rob is tracking the system and has all good morning, rob. >> good morning, michael. more is coming. look at this lake-effect snow streamers coming off the great lakes in april. this is what it looked like yesterday in edwardsburg, michigan, with lake-enhanced snow there piling up. southwest parts of michigan, northern parts seeing upwards of a foot of snow and winds whipping across the great lakes, 56-mile-an-hour wind gusts at

erie, pennsylvania. look at those waves crashing on the shoreline there. one measured at 75 miles an hour just outside of buffalo. windy and cold, 32-degree temperatures getting down to the northern tier. we've got another quick system that will come through tomorrow. rain and snow for parts of the northeast and severe weather with the stronger system across the south and then that gets into the mid-atlantic coming around saturday with -- look at that white across parts of d.c. and what we saw on monday, if it snows heavy enough and quickly enough we could see four, five inches in some spots. more on this later. >> thank you, rob. he just changed all my weekend plans. >> no golf this weekend. latest now on that youtube shooter. we're learning more about what she did in the hours before the shooting including contact with police the night before the attack and abc's matt gutman is at youtube's headquarters in san bruno, california. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. investigators are still digging into nasim aghdam's past. one of the things they've found is that just two days

after 9/11, she got from the faa a student pilot certificate. they're also looking into her youtube videos but at this point, nothing to indicate she was capable of that violent rampage that happened just behind me. federal agents on wednesday executing a search warrant at nasim aghdam's home, police spotted carrying bags of clothes stashed in a dumpster. a neighbor suggesting aghdam threw away some of the items she wore on those internet videos that made her a sensation in her native iran. but in the hours after that shooting, aghdam was a mystery to law enforcement. the woman who racked up millions of youtube views for exercising, dressing in costumes, promoting veganism, and dancing had also obtained, abc news learned, an faa student pilot certificate just two days after 9/11. law enforcement sources tell us she is not a terrorist but likely an everyday person who believed youtube was unfairly

censoring her. >> i'm being discriminated. i feel that on youtube. >> reporter: her family says when she disappeared from home saturday, they filed a missing person's report. officers in mountain view, california, located her sleeping in her car hundreds of miles away from home, but just 30 miles away from youtube hq and notified her family that she was safe. did the family in any way suggest that she could be violent or had been violent or would be violent? >> there was no information at all from the family to our officer about any behavior or indication of behavior like that. >> reporter: overnight, youtube officials grappling with the security breach. >> the shooter entered through our parking garage to our outside courtyard and committed a horrible act of violence. >> reporter: and outside their home, her family apologizing to the victims and struggling to comprehend the tragedy. >> i'm sorry. i can't believe it.

>> reporter: aghdam's father handing out this statement to reporters. our family is in absolute shock and can't make sense of what has happened. both federal and local law enforcement agencies we've spoken to said there is nothing they could have done to have prevented this. yes, she posted those angry youtube videos but at no point in them did she threaten violence. essentially, she was expressing free speech. >> so, matt, does youtube think they could have done more? any kind of a security breach? we just learned she got through the parking garage. >> reporter: that's right, george. investigators said that she slipped through that parking garage. overnight, youtube officials saying they are reviewing their security protocols and beefing up security at all of their installations worldwide. likely something we'll see other tech companies do as well. george.

>> matt, thanks very much. paula. we have new details in that spring break tragedy that killed an american family of four in mexico. mexican police have now revealed how they think that gas leak started and abc's linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: this morning, mexican police believe all four members of the sharp family staying at this upscale mexican resort on spring break died from asphyxiation after propane leaked from a rusted water heater. the bodies of kevin and amy sharp and their children, sterling and adrianna, were found on the top floor of this condominium near tulum, mexico. >> the kids were on the floor watching tv and kevin and amy were laying on the bed watching tv and the tv was still going apparently. >> reporter: the main investigator in the case spoke with "the des moines register" and said the leak occurred in the laundry room. it rusted in the humid climate and the appliance was purchased in 2012 and its warranty expired in 2017. the sharp family found the condo through the vacation home rental company vrbo which has since removed the property from its

site. friends and family say they became concerned whether they didn't hear from the sharp during their trip. >> sterling had sent a snapchat out to a few of his friends showing his feet by the pool. and that was the last time anyone had heard from them. and their plans were to go to danville to watch the swcc spartans play in the playoffs. when we didn't hear from them after that, we knew something was wrong. >> reporter: according to the nih, exposure to very high concentrations of propane can cause death by suffocation. according to "the des moines register," the paper was contacted by a man who says he also stayed at the same resort several years ago and complained back then to a property manager about the strong smell of gas from the water heater. he says that it was so bad he shut it off and only used the propane for a shower. >> that's what's most chilling about it. they didn't know even though they were awake and watching television. >> apparently the smell wasn't that strong for them. >> oh, gosh, okay, linsey, thank you very much. you know the masters is

teeing off today. we have big news, a first for augusta national and nothing short of a milestone in women's golf. the home of the masters tees off this morning. has announced it will hold its first-ever women's tournament next year. now, keep in mind, until six years ago women were banned from membership at the club. condoleezza rice, the former secretary of state, was one of the first female members to be invited by the club back in 2012. the tournament will be open to top amateurs from around the world. next year's champion will get bragging rights as the first to win at augusta. no, she will not get a green jacket if that's what you were going to ask. >> i was going to ask if you were going to get your clubs out and get ready. >> have you seen me play? >> not yet. >> it's a freak show. it's not good. >> someone is going to play and win something there at the masters. >> i'll go watch. and speaking of the masters, the golden bear, jack nicklaus, golden bear has good reason to celebrate this morning. take a look at this. his grandson, 15-year-old gary hit a hole in one at aus duringar 3 tournament.

>> that's great. >> get in the cup. there we go. dilly dilly. they would have kicked me out for that. the six-time masters winner tweeted, i don't know if i had a more special day of golf, more special day on a golf course to have your grandson make his first hole in one on this stage, wow, #family, #memoryofalifetime. do you see jack nicklaus using hashtags? >> not really. >> how much fun to watch that ball just rolling down into the hole. >> and your grandson, what a special feeling. got to get back to rob now. >> incredible moment there with cooler than average temperatures for the masters and wet weather coming into california. time now for your sunny cities.

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possible this weekend in virginia. also an investigation is under way into a third tragic military crash in just two days. an air force f-16 fighter jet went down in nevada wednesday killing a thunderbird pilot. and three buses believed to be carrying expelled american diplomats were seen leaving the u.s. embassy in moscow this morning. that's the latest fallout from that alleged poisoning of a russian spy. >> much more to come. but we begin with that multimillion-dollar verdict. a young woman's was found at her boyfriend's mansion. police called it a suicide. but a jury concluded that the boyfriend's brother was responsible for her death and sunny hostin has the latest. >> good morning, george. this is a case that i covered extensively for "20/20" and "nightline" and it's a case that really just captured a nation, a family who insisted on seeking justice for their sister. >> i want to thank the jury for spending so many weeks to get justice for rebecca. >> reporter: a bombshell verdict in the civil trial centered on the mysterious death of 32-year-old rebecca zahau.

the young woman found hanging in this sprawling beachside mansion of her pharmaceutical tycoon boyfriend, jonah shacknai. >> was rebecca zahau harmed before her death by adam shacknai's conduct, yes. >> reporter: a jury finding this man, her boyfriend's brother adam shacknai, responsible for her death awarding her family $5 million in damages. >> hopefully people will know that she didn't commit suicide. >> reporter: adam shacknai, a tugboat captain from tennessee was visiting his brother at the time of rebecca's death because of another tragic mystery which occurred inside the beachside mansion. his brother's 6-year-old son max plunged over a second floor railing and was hospitalized. he later died. rebecca was the only adult home at the time. days later adam found rebecca's lifeless body bound and gagged and cut her down and called 911. >> 911 emergency, what are you reporting? >> yeah, i got a girl hung herself.

>> okay. is she still alive? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: the case was eventually ruled a suicide but rebecca's family never buying it suing adam shacknai in civil court. adam's brother jonah defending his innocence in an exclusive interview with abc news. >> he wakes up and his life is changed forever, not because of anything he did, but just because of where he was. and we're now joined by sunny and dan abrams. surprised by the verdict? >> not surprised. remember, this is a california -- civil case so the burden is lower. you have a 9-3 decision from the jury. in a criminal case that would be a hung jury. in this kind of civil case you get yourself a verdict. why did it happen? i think because in the end, if you don't believe that this was a suicide -- >> which is hard to believe. >> which is hard to believe. >> he becomes the key person to look at and so even if you say, well, maybe there's not enough to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, that is the difference between civil and criminal. >> that's true.

the civil standard, of course, is more likely than not. it's just a preponderance of the evidence. it's just a mere tipping of the scale but this case because i've covered it so closely has always struck me as odd. i've interviewed so many experts and interviewed the family members and everyone agrees when have you ever heard of a woman stripping naked and tying herself behind her back with nautical knots and throwing herself off a balcony. it just never made sense. >> the key question becomes, from a sort of criminal investigative standpoint, will the coroner's office re-evaluate its finding? is that possible? >> i do think it's possible. the sheriff's department has come out and basically said we are willing to look at new evidence. we're willing to meet with the family again. >> is there new evidence? >> there isn't necessarily new evidence but they did have an independent examiner look at the body and that person found that it probably wasn't suicide. >> it does make you wonder how they got to suicide in the first place. >> right. >> it has always been an odd conclusion. it really has been. >> and that will then determine whether or not he's liable for

criminal charges next time around. >> the question becomes if they can change the fundamental finding, that's what they have to do in order to move forward with any kind of criminal case, they have to move forward and say, well, either it's uncertain what happened or we think it was a homicide, but the minute you say it's suicide, how can you charge anybody? the coroner is saying it's a suicide. if it's a suicide that means there wasn't someone who quote/unquote did it. >> there were four contusions found on her head and the coroner found she must have sustained those when she jumped off the balcony. the independent examiner said, no, no, no, this happened before she was thrown over the balcony, so i think that's a key distinction. >> seems like grounds to look at it again. as for the civil case itself, is it vulnerable on appeal? >> absolutely. all civil investors are very vulnerable on appeal. the first thing that will happen you'll either try to get the verdict thrown out for some reason or another, the amount reduced, et cetera, but, you know, look, and sunny has talked to this family more than i have.

but i'd think for them it's less about the dollars and more about the symbolism of saying someone is going to be held accountable here. >> they've always wanted justice for henderson rebecca. her sister mary definitely feels that adam is the person that killed her sister and i think this is just a small step. what they really want is the sheriff's department to open up the investigation, re-examine this case and find that this was a homicide. >> and i don't know that that's going to happen. that's still a long shot. >> and you say that when the verdict came in no reaction. >> no reaction from adam shacknai. i thought that was odd as well. >> interesting story. thanks, guys. paula. >> such a bizarre case. thanks, george. coming up, how the new england patriots star julian edelman helped stop a potential school shooter. that story when we come back. that story when we come back. e quiet tranquility with the power of 335 turbo-charged horses lincoln mkx, more horsepower than the lexus rx350

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and we are back now with the football star that is being called a hero off the field. the new england patriots julian edelman helping stop a potential school shooting and abc's gio benitez is here. this all started with a comment on his instagram page? >> reporter: that's right. a comment on his instagram and a very observant follower who sent edelman a direct message. watch closely. police say this is exactly how people should respond to threats. >> here's edelman. >> reporter: this morning, super bowl-winning julian edelman making a huge save off the field. >> oh, that's a catch. >> reporter: after an instagram follower alerted him to a scary

threat on his account. just minutes after the patriots wide receiver posted this photo on instagram, one of edelman's followers sent him this message. dude, there is a kid in your comment section says he's going to shoot up a school. i think should alert the authority. that's when edelman who was in texas called his assistant back in boston, she found this frightening comment. i'm going to shoot my school up. watch the news. police investigated and found that the user who posted that message lives in michigan. authorities there speaking with us overnight. >> members of the police department started following up on the information. we located a 14-year-old male. he was brought down to the police department, interviewed and made admissions to making the threat. >> reporter: police arrested the 14-year-old and searched his home. inside the house police say they found two long rifles belonging to his mother. the boy's threat allegedly aimed at his own middle school. exactly the kind of scenario that worried edelman and his assistant and were thinking

about the school shooting in parkland, florida, that killed 17 less than two months ago. >> we were happy it was forwarded to the police department. >> reporter: now edelman tells abc news he's grateful to the follower who sent him that direct message saying this individual's thoughtfulness and awareness may have helped avert another tragedy. and edelman also told us he's grateful for the quick action of law enforcement in both massachusetts and michigan. his team is still trying to make contact with that hero follower. as for the 14-year-old, he's being held by police and is charged with making a false report of a threat of terrorism and that could put him behind bars for up to four years. >> wow. >> if you see something, you should say something. edelman trying to track down that user that alerted him in the first place. >> he wants to send him a care package. if you're out there send him another dm. >> julian edelman is looking for you. see, hear or read something, do something. good lesson. thanks.incredible catcher you h

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already the starting catcher at cornersville high school in tennessee, but it's not how well he plays but how he plays that is fascinating. check him out. you might notice he throws and catches with the same arm. that's because luke only has one arm. so this video was just posted this weekend and it already has more than 6.5 million views. check out how he does this. he catches the ball. then he shakes off the glove, flips it up and flows it back to the pitcher. they say he's also great at getting out base runners and by the way he's one of the top hitters on the team as well. >> he bats third in the lineup. >> he has the top batting average of his team. >> that's even more amazing. >> swinging the bat with one arm. >> oh, my goodness. >> the kid is unbelievable. his mom says he lost his arm to an infection when he was just a toddler. but that he adjusted quickly and at just 4 years old he would he was already playing baseball. he clearly loves this sport. we spoke with him on skype after practice last night and he says he's shocked at how many people

watched this video. >> feel good that other people see me and like what i do and not just, wow, he's got one arm and can't do it. i want to play in the mlb. if i could play for anybody i would play for the braves. i always give it 100%. never say can't. i don't like the word. >> if you're going to bet on anybody -- >> i feel like such a slacker now. >> yeah, i'm not going to go running, i can't find my sneakers. meanwhile -- >> it's just so casual. nothing to see here. >> i keep doing my thing. i don't know why people keep saying it's inspiring. >> he wants to play in the pros. is that possible? >> he threw out a first pitch at the braves game and he caught for the first pitch at an orioles game but, in terms of playing in the pro, there is a precedent for this. jim abbott had just one hand and he pitched in the majors for ten seasons including throwing a no-hitter by the way.

the two of them in a really special moment actually met on espn together and jim not only praised luke's skills but he also called him a role model and, you know, that's the key here, whether this becomes a career for him or a hobby he is inspiring so many people and so humble. >> his mom's heart is just going to explode, i have to imagine. >> i think all of our hearts are going to explode after watching him. he does it and just makes it look so easy. >> like i said, that's nothing. nothing to see here. >> fantastic. >> we'll be pulling for him. he can do it. >> he'll throw us out at second base any time he wants. good for you, luke. congratulations, young man. diane, thank you so much. and coming up, we have a health alert. the new study revealing the power foods that may help lower your risk of a heart attack. >> not velveeta cheese? probably not. and the woman behind the meghan markle effect and the role she could play in the wedding. it's all about the markle sparkle. e. but why go back there, when you can stay home

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking overnight, president trump signs the order to send u.s. troops to the border with mexico. calls the situation there a point of crisis. the latest this morning from the white house. new fallout for facebook. ceo and co-founder mark zuckerberg now preparing to testify before congress as the company says 87 million people may have had their personal information hacked. debt diet. the couple who bonded over their bills, ditching more than $160,000 in credit card debt, car loans and student loan payments. all while planning a wedding for 250 people. how they did it in just three years. now debt-free, married and sharing their secret this morning. and the markle sparkle. meet the woman behind the meghan

effect, she's one of meghan's closest confidantes. style adviser, yoga partner, now helping meghan tackle her biggest role yet. we'll introduce you to jessica as we say, good morning, america. ♪ good morning, america. it's great to have you all with us on this friday eve. or thursday morning. looking for motivation, a little inspiration on this thursday. well, we have it for you. take a look at this 7-year-old. she just broke a world record. we're going to tell you all about it just ahead. it involves snow and heights. >> she looks pretty happy. some news to get to. we'll begin with that promise from president trump to send troops to the mexican border. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega is at the white house. she's got the story. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the white house says the situation at the border is lawless and has reached a point of crisis. aides here tell us that the president is frustrated and he wants to see these troops head

to the border immediately, so far, however, the white house is short on details. they are not saying how many troops we're talking about. they're not saying how long they will be deployed. they're not saying how much all of this will cost. all this comes after the president this week surprised his own aides saying that he'd like to see a militarized border. now, of course, the u.s. military is barred by law from enforcing immigration law at the border. so these national guard troops will likely assist the border patrol with things like intelligence gathering. mexico is reacting this morning. they say that a militarized border would seriously damage u.s./mexico relations. we are also hearing from border state governors in places like texas, new mexico and arizona, they're applauding the move but in california where the governor is a democrat, george, they say they want more details. >> and along the same lines we also have that tweet out from the president a few minutes ago where he points out that border crossings up until the last month were at 46-year low. that's still unacceptable.

>> reporter: we're not sure what he means by that. he says those numbers are up but his administration also says -- that those numbers are on the rise in recent months so we'll be asking for clarification on that. >> i am sure you will. cecilia, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you, george. now to that growing facebook privacy scandal. the social media site revealing up to 87 million people may have been affected and now ceo mark zuckerberg is getting ready to testify before congress and rebecca jarvis is back with us. rebecca, is zuckerberg in trouble? >> well, he has a long road ahead, michael. good morning, nice to see you again. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg is taking personal responsibility for his company's failure to safeguard user privacy, saying in a conference call with news outlets that he wished that he could snap his fingers to solve all of the issues facebook has had over the past several months. but starting on monday, facebook users will find out if they're among the 87 million users whose information may have been jeopardized by seeing a notice at the top of the newsfeed. facebook also announcing some

additional changes including that it's restricting access for third-party apps and deleting phone and text logs after a year. until now you could enter a phone number or e-mail address into facebook to search for a user profile but it turns out bad actors might have been using this to scrape data off of facebook profiles which is a startling revelation and that is why facebook is now doing away with this option. certainly, a lot to discuss when mark zuckerberg appears next week. >> they'll do that themselves. there's nothing you have to do to make sure. >> they're making these changes but you can bet after they go before congress there will be more changes, as well. >> and that testimony will be one of the biggest moments of his career. >> absolutely. he's not the kind of person who likes to go on parade and likes to talk about the company. he likes others to do it. this is going to be a big moment because he's the sole person going before the committee. >> probably an uncomfortable moment. thank you. i mentioned if you needed inspiration we have it. a little girl coming up big,

7-year-old montannah kenney she climbed to the summit of mountain kilimanjaro and she's the youngest girl, only 7, ever to make that extraordinary nearly 20,000-foot climb. >> wow. >> because she's so young montannah had to get special permission and did it with her mother and look at the joy on her face when she reached the summit and this picture turning the famous mountain into mt. anna, which is a spin or her name. she says that it's maybe a beginning to a life of adventures. her dad passed away when she was 3 and wanted to wave to him. good little texan girl. must have been all that guacamole. >> fueled to the top. >> lot of fuel. coming up, carrie underwood sharing this rare photo showing her face right now after getting dozens of stitches and the new clue about her future that's in this picture. plus, a health alert. the power foods that can help lower the risk of heart disease or stroke.

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a little "pop news." >> i will. i will deliver. good morning to you guys and to you all and to you. and we begin with carrie underwood. we love her so. putting on a brave face this morning, the country music star just posted a simple black and white photo of herself. there she is, only showing one side of her face. this is one of the only pictures that she has shared since her accident in november when she fell on some steps in her home breaking a wrist, requiring over 40 stitches in her face. the seven-time grammy winner telling fans recently she still isn't ready to talk about all the, quote, gruesome details writing, it's crazy how a random freak accident can change your life. the good news, guys, is that picture, carrie is clearly in a music studio. [ applause ] >> honestly it's not about her face. it's about her heart. >> she has a huge heart. >> great human being. >> thank you, paula.

hey, also in "pop news" this morning, the hit series "american horror story." we have some fans? "american horror story." it's a really good show and always featured great celebrity guests. ryan murphy gets them all the time. lady gaga, neil patrick harris have both done it, so the upcoming eighth season he's done it again bringing on board the one, the only joan collins, everybody. [ applause ] she's so fabulous. total diva. we love her. we know her as alexis carrington on the original "dynasty" and more recently she's appeared as the grand duchess alexandra on "the royals." seems ms. collins is on fire and ready to work with series stars kathy bates and sarah paulson. she says the new season is always interesting, this one will take place in the future but he says not in space. important to differentiate. >> good clarification there. >> yes. also in the news this morning, a new trend. taking the idea of a fairy tale wedding to new heights.

in china, this. ♪ >> what in the world is that? >> this is a flying veil, guys. it's all the rage. >> is there a drone under it? >> it flies across the room to land perfectly on the head of the bride. i love the video. look at this. the veil is actually attached to strings, paula. it's sent down two rails on the ceiling. this video has gone viral. brides now around the world looking to get in on the action. i mean it's pretty cool. >> it's like a ghost is at the wedding almost. >> it's gone completely viral. one woman writing on twitter, i am not having a wedding unless there is a flying veil that drops on me from the sky. [ applause ] >> so much could go wrong with that. >> i was just going to say, what could possibly go wrong? >> too much. oh, but you know what could go so right, george stephanopoulos? your wife is in the news this morning. >> yes, she is. >> ali. [ applause ] >> got a secret. >> the only -- ali has a secret.

shhh. >> do tell. >> ali wentworth revealing a very personal secret about your relationship. >> what? >> hello. >> you can take it. >> what is this, george? >> not sure which one you're going to show. >> so there's more than one secret? >> best-selling author just posted this on instagram. it's a picture of an article in the upcoming issue of "town & country" magazine in which she reveals there's something she never tells any of her friends when she shares stories about their relationships or any problems they're having. ali writing, quote, when i hear words like marriage and spouse i start to sweat. you see, i have a dirty little secret. the secret is i'm happily married. >> ah. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> she goes on to say it might be my most boring attribute and there's nothing i can do about it. i feel like i'm doing a dramatic reading for ali.

i love my husband and he loves me, the end. yawn. i don't even know what camera -- stay right here. this is important. that is just a snippet of what ali has to say about life with george. a few other little tidbits, oh, my. >> oh. >> why don't you read this? >> no. [ laughter ] >> come on. you got to read it now. >> you read it. >> ali goes on to say we're hot for each other. we'll have family dinner, my husband and i will play scrabble while the kids do their homework. later we'll -- oop. >> it's "good morning america." >> you're very busy when you get home. anyway, everybody, you do want to see this. it's all from an excerpt of ali's new book called "go ask ali" in bookstores april 24th. [ cheers and applause ] >> george.

>> you can read the full excerpt in the new issue of "town & country" magazine that hits newsstands next week. i'll never look at you the same way. >> she only let me read the book last week. it's the best. >> she says her heart skipped a beat. her heart skips a beat when he walks in the room. >> i just picked the right person. >> tell you what, you just picked the right words too. [ laughter ] i'm over here going, oh. george. i'm falling in love with you, man. >> need a tissue? >> read this line. you'll fall even more in love. [ laughter ] >> the bottom one? >> yeah. >> the little -- is there oh. >> yeah, baby. >> okay, george is blushing. i'm being told to move on. it's kind of an unfortunate turn we're going to make. it's our "gma" cover story. new details about channing tatum and jenna dewan and we have details in the months before they broke up.

linzie janis here with that. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. it seems that the couple may have tried to save their marriage with tatum drastically slowing down his career in recent years to spend time with his family. this morning, new details are emerging about channing tatum and jenna dewan's decision to split after nearly nine years of marriage. sourcing now telling "people" magazine, the "magic mike" star has been turning down jobs for more than a year in order to be home with dewan and their young daughter everly and moved out of the family's l.a. home. >> they want this to be a friendly divorce but many people can't understand what really went wrong. >> reporter: it's been more than a decade since the dancing duo first met on the set of teen movie "step up." their audition tape showing their undeniable chemistry. >> there you go. >> they really have this incredible spark. >> reporter: just last year, tatum telling us the couple was juggling a lot. >> we have just as much of an eye on how much time we truly get to have with each other and

our daughter and that's -- it's a full-time job managing the calendar but we're doing all right. >> reporter: the pair, both 37, now putting on a united front on social media where they shared their decision to separate to their millions of fans. saying, there are no secrets, nor salacious events involved in their decision. but just two best friends realizing it's time to take some space and help each other live the most joyous, fulfilled lives as possible. >> this celebrity couple wants to control the narrative. they don't want the press to take that narrative from them. >> reporter: but to keep things friendly the couple who have not yet filed for divorce will likely have to agree on a lot more. >> channing tatum is worth a lot of money. reports estimate that he's worth between $60 million and $80 million because not only is he making, you know, three or four movies a year that he's starring in, he's also a producer. >> hopefully, this is a situation where they have a prenuptial agreement in place, where they've already agreed on the most important points, but if they haven't, this divorce

has the potential to be a very ugly and very complicated situation. >> reporter: sources say the couple may have fallen out of love with each other but they love each other as friends and this kind of conscious uncoupling is nothing new in hollywood. we've seen it with multiple couples including jennifer aniston and justin theroux and from the originator of the phrase, gwyneth paltrow and chris martin. back in 2014. paula. >> all right, linzie, thank you. now to that new study revealing the power that vegetables may reduce your risk of a stroke or heart disease. our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton has all the details and, dr. jen ashton, welcome from massachusetts. first and foremost, you can tell us about the carotid artery. that's what it is referencing. >> exactly, so this study is really all about veggies and vascular health and mini med school anatomy. the common carotid artery, there's two of them. they are the major arteries that take oxygenated blood from the heart to the head and neck.

normally, we study them in heart disease because they can be a marker for what's going on in the blood vessels in our heart and so we can check the thickness of those arteries which is not a good thing with a simple ultrasound, but i want to show you what this looks like. i know it's passover but i'll show bread. if you imagine this as the carotid artery, you want as much space in here as possible for blood to be able to go through. when it gets thickened, this is kind of what it looks like, less blood, less oxygen going to vital organs including the brain and heart. so good, not good. >> striking visual. and what can you tell us about this particular study and cruciferous vegetables. >> this was an interesting study. it looked at just over a thousand women over the age of 70 in australia. it appeared in "the journal of the american heart association" and it used food questionnaires asking these women, how many servings of fruits, vegetables, other foods they ate and then it did that ultrasound to measure the thickness of the carotid

artery and it found that women who ate three or more servings of certain type of vegetables a day had a 5% drop in the thickness of the artery so they kind of looked like this instead of like this. >> and what kind of vegetables are we talking about specifically and do they have to be prepared a certain way? we're probably not -- we have to do away with the butter and the velveeta cheese. >> right, they need to be prepared by wolfgang puck or my friend alex guaranschelli. what they found was the cruciferous vegetables, broccoli, cauliflowerer, cabbage or brussels sprouts did better than the orange vegetables, even things like onions or garlic, now we have to caution this showed an association and a link, not cause and effect. but there's a theory that there is these organosulfur compounds in broccoli and cauliflower that protect the vascular

system. it's a link and association but interesting one. >> we know you're in massachusetts up there to pull for your daughter playing in a national championship. we send our love. >> thank you. >> thank you. let's send things to rob. i have a vegetable basket for you, rob. i just lost something. this is for you, rob. >> that's a beautiful basket of vegetables, paula, thank you very much. i bet you -- got a bear update. glacier national park. showed you this guy last week coming out of hibernation from this cottonwood. man, it's snowing here. it won't end. i'm thirsty so i'll lick the snow off the bark of the tree. when i'm done with the first layer going to put my paws out there and i'm going to reach around and get more and maybe take another nap until this godforsaken winter ends and get good morning, i'm "abc 7 news," meteorologist mike nicco. gray all day today but this evening you need to breakout the wet weather gear. moderate to heavy rain and

weaker storms next week. supposed to be the beginning of a dry season, not too much. 70s in the south bay, low 70s in the coast and up around ukiah. low to mid 50s. rain now to the woman who's helping meghan markle plan her big day and prepare for life as a royal. it's a good friend, jessica mulroney, and abc's adrienne bankert, you're here with more. some are calling jessica meghan's secret wedding planner. >> yes, and many, many other titles in addition to that. we've had the kate effect. she wears something and then it ends up selling out. as soon as she was engaged to prince william she had this kate effect and no surprise meghan markle sparking a similar style movement. and now we know more about her secret weapon. >> ooh. >> she's the visionary behind the meghan effect. and the stylist responsible for meghan markle's stunning

engagement photos. jessica mulroney, meghan's closest confidante, style adviser and yoga partner, that friendship making her one of the most influential women in fashion. as she helps who we've come to call america's princess on her journey to becoming real-life royalty. >> meghan and jessica have been close friends for years. thick as thieves. they've really kind of gone through the toronto social scene together. >> reporter: mulroney's had her own experience in the limelight, married to ben mulroney, whose father was once canadian prime minister, double dating with harry and meghan and the first family of canada, justin and sophie trudeau. in her spare time mulroney is a fitness buff. who along with her famous gal pal is now influencing women around the world, clamoring to get meghan and jessica's toned look. ♪ and a businesswoman, known as canada's best-known bridal

consultant, she's advising meghan and harry as the clock clicks towards their fairy tale windsor wedding. >> they will take a trip down to windsor estates where they'll check in on the final plans at frogmore house where the evening reception will be and jessica will also get to meet with the cake designer, the florist. >> reporter: like meghan she is a humanitarian. jessica's shoebox project supports homeless women and those who shelters. jessica and ben now prepping their daughter ivy for her role center stage as bridesmaid alongside prince george and princess charlotte and what about all those important days leading right up to the wedding? >> jessica will be back in london before the wedding and she'll actually be spending a few days with meghan at kensington palace where i'm told it will be very much a girlie slumber party. >> reporter: we all like a slumber party. >> oh, yeah. >> tomorrow they continue their tour of the uk and be in bath to support injured service members training for a spot in harry's inspiring invictus games that happens in sydney next fall. >> they got a lot coming up but they're still out there doing

good things for good cause. >> you know what, that's what we love about the royals. they're always giving back and they also look good doing do it. >> i agree. we all need a friend like she has. and speaking of wedding planning, how one couple shed more than $160,000 of debt and planned their dream wedding at the same time. wow! >> announcer: tomorrow, tinashe kicks off your weekend with no drama. ♪ don't want no drama >> announcer: tomorrow live only on "good morning america" presented by pepsi.

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minutes and always on the news app and abc7news.com. we're on ♪ welcome back to "gma." and thanks, everybody, for being here on this wonderful thursday morning, friday eve as we call it. thank you to our audience, as well. starting off our day the right way. we're going to start with a story that popped up on our producer's newsfeed. has anyone heard of yes day? >> i hadn't until the producers told us. pretty cool idea. >> have you heard of yes day? all right. well, i'll tell you what it is. one mom on pop sugar shared what happened when she let her kids do and have whatever they wanted for one day. >> that is dangerous. >> she said yes. >> that was the best look. [ laughter ] and the mom got the idea from jennifer garner who shared this photo of herself looking exhausted after her annual yes day. that's what the kids do to you on yes day.

they wear you out. >> that's the reason why you shouldn't do it. just look at that. >> you know, inspired by this popular children's book called "yes day" and so it was done and this mom on pop sugar showed some of the things her kids wanted to do. they wanted to play endless video games. they wanted pizza. >> eat ice cream. >> they wanted fried dough for dinner. >> i want fried dough for dinner. >> and then on top of it they wanted to watch a movie while they ate. >> that is such a big one for my kids. that's their special night. can we just -- can we eat dinner in front of a movie tonight. that's like a big one, yeah. >> i wouldn't think -- >> pretty good. >> okay, so i have a question for you. would you do a yes day for your kids? >> every day is yes day. [ applause ] >> and, george -- >> that's not an offer. it's an admission. it's not a good thing. >> after what i read about george, every day is a yes day. [ applause ]

>> every day is a yes day. >> every day is a yes day for you, george. what about you two? would you do it? >> as long as i could have 364 no days after i gave them one yes day. >> would you remind them of the no days before you gave them the yes day? >> probably. you know what, you said every day is yes day. i feel like that's my husband. he's daddy good times and i have to be the disciplinarian, you know. >> ali and i are reversed. >> you're reversed? >> yeah. >> i feel like i am discipline but i also know kids should be a kid too. one yes day. >> would you do it? [ applause ] >> but there are rules, though. the mom did have rules. you can't skip school. >> okay, i like rules. >> if you do take a trip it can't be anywhere more than an hour. >> okay. >> you can't spend more than 50 bucks. >> okay. >> looking out for the yes day. i have one for you guys. so, whether it's with a group of

friends or, you know, co-workers, you do group chats? [ applause ] >> yes. >> texting. so there is an article in "the independent" that breaks down the dos and don'ts of group texting. i mean, i don't know that you need us to tell you this. i hope you don't. in the event you do, we want to be there for you. so by round of applause let me know if you agree with these. do keep the chat relevant to everyone. [ applause ] >> you don't buy it? >> i kind of feel like -- i have like four or five different chats going on with different groups. >> i have one with my siblings. >> i feel like everyone who's in there, if it's relevant -- >> hence my warning before i did this. [ laughter ] don't get into in-depth conversations or arguments. keep it light. [ applause ] >> that one, please keep that in mind. >> have you ever had that where two people break out and -- >> they go at each other. >> yeah.

>> i kind of find that comical. >> ball games and it happens when you're sparring about teams. >> you got to tell them to settle that offline. >> please get off my group text. don't expect answers right away. let people live their lives. [ applause ] >> you come back to your phone and you have 45 messages and they're like, where are you? i was trying to take a shower. >> and then do you guys have any rules for group chats? do you guys have any rules? >> honesty. >> yeah. i mean, i've had some of the best conversations on group chat. i have a group chat, honestly, that's so honest with all the guys i played with on the defensive line when we won the super bowl. it became a chat because one sent an article about athletes trying to transition out and how hard it was and so we all openly talked about how difficult it was to make that transition and one of the most honest conversations, incredible use of a group chat but then at the same time the next one after that, we're talking about each other so -- [ laughter ] cracking jokes like the locker

room. >> there you have it. >> our little psa for group chats for you. >> love it. [ applause ] so, i have a really great story. a couple that they were struggling with infertility tried for several years to start a family, julie and lance, no luck and then they won a free round of ivf. now 11 years later, guess what, they have seven children. >> some round. >> a lot of yes days including three sets of twins. three sets of twins. >> three sets of twins? >> wait. there's more. because they're hoping for two more children. we first saw their story on people.com and now julie, lance and their kids are joining us from minneapolis. look at that happy family. [ applause ] >> hi. >> oh. what a beautiful family. welcome, you guys. you've been trying for -- this is beautiful to see. you've been trying for so long for five years to have kids and then you won this ivf treatment

through a family planning raffle at a conference. julie, how were you feeling at that moment that you won? by the way, mom of the year to you right now. [ laughter ] >> thank you. i was shocked when we won really. it was just an amazement and i remember going forward with my handshaking and i remember lance started sobbing. we were just in shock. >> you know, i have a set of twins. how do you manage three sets of twins? [ laughter ] >> one moment at a time. >> that's great advice. >> i want to give everybody -- you guys ended up with ten embryos. we see seven children. can you give us the rundown. >> yes, we have caitlyn, she's our oldest. she is 9. >> hi, caitlyn. >> each time we transferred two embryos each time and so caitlyn had a dwayne that we lost very early in the pregnancy and then we had cody and caleb next and they are identical.

so they split from one of the embryos that were transferred. and they would have had a fraternal triplet but the other embryo didn't implant. >> kaitlyn, you must be the best 9-year-old babysitter in the world. >> look at that guy. [ laughter ] >> she is a helper, yes. then we have chelsea and kelsey that are 4. that was the first time that both of our embryos took and then we got kayden and colton. they're 10 months old so that was the second time that both embryos took. >> lance, can i ask you a question? when you first start talking about having a family before you started ivf, how big of a family did you think you wanted? >> we figured probably have two or three kids like most people. [ laughter ] we never envisioned all this but we're very thankful. >> i want to ask you both, for couples struggling with infertility what do you want them to know?

>> well, it's a very painful journey and can be very lonely at times and i just want them to be encouraged and to have hope because, you know, you can just lose hope sometimes but god has blessed us with seven children with seven miracles and we're so thankful for each one of them. girls. >> come on, girls. >> anyway, don't lose hope because you know, you can -- >> you too. >> you don't know what's going 0 happen. >> you're not the only ones that are thankful for your kids. we love them. they are adorable and fun. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> congratulations to you and to all of you and parents of the year right there. you know, those are parents of the year. amazing story. congratulations to them. three sets of twins. [ applause ] >> thank you for having us. >> that is the epitome of patience. patience is a virtue. wow.

can you imagine, the dad said that he took them all to the grocery store at the same time. >> wow. that's like a contact sport. [ laughter ] >> i think i would rather play the contact sport. it would be easier. whoo. boy, that's a lot. congratulations to that family. coming up, everybody, we got the couple that paid off more than $160,000 of debt all while planning a dream wedding at the same time. they did it in less than three years. we'll be right back. years. we'll be right back. you want "streaming all you your favorite showsy. on the fastest internet" easy. you want "internet that helps you save on mobile" easy. you want "the best wifi you can pause with a tap." see? easy. time for bed. you want xfinity because it makes your life... simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet for $40 a month

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all right. they are happy to be inside. in the 30s outside here in new york. so let's take a look at this zen moment for you. delray beach, florida. look at that beautiful ocean. 81, 82 degrees yesterday with the water temperature in the upper 70s. robin roberts, we miss you but we kind of hate you right now too because this is her view from key west, florida. temperatures right now in the lower 70s. all right. it's cold across parts of the southeast. well, the masters just teed off. jack nicklaus, gary player, honorary teeoff just happened. temperatures in the 30s. at least the windchills are. chilly across the south as well and watching another sliver of snow potentially across the mid-atlantic here on this first week of april. good morning, i'm meteorologist mike nicco. it's going to be a gray day and you can see in my 12 hour day planner. sprinkles by 4:00. and m

[ applause ] >> all right. we'll be watching the masters this weekend. michael, back over to you. >> thank you very much, rob. now we're going to go to that young couple who paid off more than $160,000 of student loans in credit card debt in less than three years and at the same time they paid for their dream wedding. abc's rebecca jarvis is back. we're working you hard today. this is the third time you're back. you got to tell us how you did it. >> this is worth the work. who here thinks they could pay down $160,000 in debt in less than three years? well, that is exactly what this minnesota couple did. they're not millionaires. they didn't follow any get rich quick schemes but they did manage to pay it all down and they planned their dream wedding for 250 people at the same time. meet heron abegaze and elijah bankole. ♪ the minnesota couple who paid off more than $160,000 in debt in just 34 months. >> it all started while i was in

grad school. i was finishing up my last year and started researching how to pay off student loan debt. >> reporter: the duo getting inspiration from debt expert dave ramsey's seven baby steps. >> the hardest part was starting. it was really quite overwhelming. >> it's such a big and overwhelming thing to do to sit down and really look your debt in the face and say, wow. and once you do that, you have to come up with a plan that will work, a plan that works for you. >> reporter: to attack their debt the couple started using a snowball method in 2015 paying off their smallest total first. then applying the money they were paying on that to the next smallest number and so on until they had knocked out nearly $162,000. >> similar to weight loss. if you first week of trying to lose weight you see one pound go down, you have a higher chance of continuing to stay on the plan. and so with this when you see that smallest balance go away, you do feel encouraged and feel a little fire in your belly to say you know what, i want to continue this. >> reporter: the pair sticking to a tight budget. giving up nights out with

friends, clothes shopping and daily coffee purchases. all the while planning a wedding for 250 people. >> i also did a lot of diy projects like creating our own invitations. >> reporter: the newlyweds say the experience of clearing their debt strengthened their bond. >> all the different things that help a relationship succeed were needed in our debt-free journey like communication, you know, transparency and really accountability. >> reporter: now they're focusing on their future debt-free. >> for almost three years we were watching the balance going down. now we're excited to really have, you know, balance go up. [ applause ] >> i love this one. well, congratulations to heron and elijah. another thing they did along the way, they said they never spent those tax returns when they got their refund back, michael. so something to think about when you're getting your refund back, pay down the debt. >> most have spent it before they got it back. and it looked like

a pretty extravagant wedding too so did a lot with their money. >> he did well. >> one of the questions i want to ask the audience to participate. by raise of hands if you think this is true and, rebecca, you'll give us the real answer at the end. the average household carries over $8,000 worth of credit card debt. raise your hands if you think that's true. >> okay, so maybe about half of the audience. sure, so it actually is true, michael. the average household right now is carrying 6 -- $8,600 in debt in credit cards and that number has been rising. it was up 6% last year so this is something to keep in mind. that credit card debt is some of the most painful debt to pay down because of the have rate it carries. >> another question for the crowd. there's only one way to pay down debt. if you think that's true, raise your hand. >> one person. [ laughter ] >> and i think he works here. >> yeah, yeah. and he is not debt-free. no, i'm just kidding but the most important thing to remember and people here know this is there isn't just one way but there are some better ways. so, for example, our couple here

today used the snowball method and what that means is you write down all debts and each credit card, each debt you owe. you write it down and start paying them off from smallest to largest. the reason you do that is because you feel good. once you've clicked off one, you feel good. also there's the debt ladder method. that way is the cheapest way to pay it down because you start with the highest interest rate debt and pay that down first. >> and one of the biggest stresses in a relationship is finances. >> exactly. >> this is a way to eliminate them. >> i love that they're starting off well on this one. >> heron and elijah, a great example for everyone out there. congratulations to them and, rebecca, thanks for hanging this there so much today. coming up, country singer russell dickerson is here performing live. there he is.

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♪ it's never running out of golden road always having your hand to hold ♪ ♪ in a blue tacoma, california oooh, if heaven is anywhere it's right here ♪ ♪ you know it is you know it is ♪ >> all right, "good morning america." put your hands up. ♪ blue tacoma, california, rays of gold are shining on ya ♪ ♪ oooh, if heaven is anywhere it's in a blue tacoma, california ♪ ♪ white magnolia in your hair ♪ rays of gold are shining on ya ♪ ♪ oooh, if heaven is anywhere it's never running out of golden road ♪ ♪ always having your hand to hold in a blue tacoma, california ♪

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