it's thursday. >> brutal but true. >> "good morning america" starts right now. good morning, america. brand-new questions this morning about president trump's payment to michael cohen. the president now confirms he paid him up to a quarter millio previously claiming he knew nothing about that hush money to stormy daniels. and the bombshell new report. a whistle-blower steps forward saying some of cohen's financial records are missing. this as trump's new attorney, rudy giuliani, now says the special counsel's team told them they cannot indict the president. racist rant caught on camera. >> i pay for their welfare. i pay for their ability to be here. the least they can do -- >> a lawyer raging at spanish speaking workers threatening to call immigration officials on them. now outrage growing this morning. a golf star's wife arrested. >> my wife has gone crazy. >> after she called 911 saying

she's being attacked. why she's now facing charges. and did her husband's performance on the course set her off? and welcome to windsor. 48 hours until prince harry and meghan markle walk down the aisle and an american princess joins the royal family. the final rehearsals under way right now and the surprise superstar who could be toasting the couple at their reception. and the breaking news just in about meghan markle's father. what meghan just revealed. we are live just steps from windsor castle right here on "gma." ♪ i'll never let you go we are actually right now less than two days away from the royal wedding. good morning, america. >> good morning, america. good morning, amy, here at the desk with us. that's because michael has made his way across the pond. he's in windsor getting ready. take a look at the beautiful grounds there.

touched down in the uk just a few hours ago but, michael, can you already feel the excitement there? good morning. >> i can feel the excitement, robin. everybody here is excited. we have babies with flags, with harry and meghan on it and a corgi. there is a corgi out here. out here behind me, this road is called the long walk. harry and meghan will take a carriage ride along that route and they'll go up here towards windsor castle and their procession, their team has been practicing this and they'll pass us in a little bit. we're all excited to see that. that's where we're all hanging out, and we'll have a lot more from windsor castle when we come back to you guys a little bit later. >> we look forward to that, michael. thank you. first, of course, a lot of news to get to. president trump facing new questions over his newly released financial disclosure about that payment to michael cohen and now there's an allegation there are important banking files connected to cohen that may be missing. our chief national affairs correspondent, tom llamas, is here.

good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning to you. in the banking world they're known as a sar, suspicious activity report, and banks use them when they need to flag transactions that may be money laundering or fraud. according to a new report, two sars are now missing. for the first time president trump officially acknowledging he personally reimbursed his attorney michael cohen last year. the president's lawyers have said that some of that money was to cover cohen's $130,000 payment in that hush agreement to porn star stormy daniels. you can see it here in a footnote on page 45 of his mandatory personal financial disclosure report. in 2016 expenses were incurred by one of donald j. trump's attorneys, michael cohen. mr. trump fully reimbursed mr. cohen in 2017 between $100,000 and $250,000. this coming after president trump just last month claimed he knew nothing about cohen's payment to daniels. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels?

>> no, no. >> reporter: the president now saying he formally disclosed the payment in the interest of transparency insisting he's not required to do so. but the office of government ethics disagrees, writing in its own footnote, the information related to the payment made by mr. cohen is required to be reported. and sending this letter to the doj alerting them of the new disclosure. this as the mystery surrounding michael cohen's suspicious business transactions is deepening. now allegations some of cohen's records have disappeared. "the new yorker" reporting a law enforcement official was the person who leaked some of cohen's financial records last week. the reason, the official was concerned because some files were missing, specifically two suspicious activity reports detailing transactions worth more than $3 million. the source telling "the new yorker," i have never seen something pulled off the system.

when something is not there that should be, i immediately became concerned. that's why i came forward. >> it certainly is unusual and in and of itself suspicious that just two sars were pulled off of the system and those two sars apparently led to or disclosed a significant amount of money that went to michael cohen, so, yes, i think it's suspicious. >> reporter: cohen's business transactions came into the spotlight last week after they were leaked to and then published by porn star stormy daniels' attorney, michael avenatti. >> i'm not going to disclose how we're getting the documents. we have only scratched the surface. >> reporter: avenatti claims cohen was trying to sell access to the president, consulting businesses outside of his area of expertise. at&t says they paid cohen $600,000. columbus nova, a firm with deep ties to a company owned by a russian oligarch who is a putin ally, paid him $500,000 and swiss pharmaceutical giant novartis says they paid cohen $1.2 million. both novartis and at&t calling

their deals with cohen a mistake and say they have responded to inquiries from the special counsel's team late last year. and now "the washington post" reporting the fbi is looking at yet another company that did business with michael cohen, korean aerospace industries and we checked with the special counsel in the southern district of new york to see if they are the ones who pulled those sars off the system. they are not commenting. the deputy of the treasury department is also looking into who exactly leaked those banking records. george. >> stand by because we're joined by ronan farrow who wrote that article. welcome back. >> good to be here. >> let's clear some things up or clarify things to begin with. we know the documents are missing. we don't know if that was taken by someone trying to protect michael cohen. we don't know if it was taken by the prosecutors looking into michael cohen or something else. >> a lot of possible explanations, not all of them involving foul play. we're very careful to point that out, but what expert after expert said is this is extremely rare. and regardless of whether

there's any kind of malicious political interference or not it suggests that there is something very sensitive in these remaining documents that are no longer accessible in the search results. >> the person who came forward to you putting himself or herself in real legal jeopardy. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, this is an act that carries potentially five years in prison as a consequence, and this individual, a law enforcement official who had worked on these issues for many years, just found it alarming that these were gone. and was so alarmed by the contents of the one suspicious activity report we do have, this person felt this is worth the risk. >> what did the person say to you? >> said over and over, you know, i am troubled by the breaking of rules in this country right now. and what we see in this one suspicious activity report is such a clear-cut example of corruption in this person's view that the indication that there's triple the amount of transactions still out in the wild and we don't have the records for them and law enforcement doesn't have the records for them was troubling to this person. >> presumably law enforcement could have the underlying

banking records, not the sar report. >> well, so, at least a certain rung of law enforcement at which this individual is cannot access those reports in the system. >> okay, meanwhile, tom, we now know the president filed this financial disclosure report claiming this liability and these payments to michael cohen. the big question now is how much liability does he face for not reporting this last year? >> yeah, there was so much news yesterday. this can't get lost. the office of government ethics actually alerted the department of justice yesterday letting them though this disclosure was now in the president's forms. the problem is groups have been complaining saying they should have reported this a year ago. the president signed that document saying everything was true when clearly something was left out. >> and it would be a felony if the president's failure to disclose was knowing and willful. >> could be criminal, yes. >> tom, ronan, thanks very much. president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani also making headlines overnight saying the special counsel's team told him they cannot indict a president. want to go to our senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, and cecilia, giuliani says this is based on multiple contacts with mueller's team.

>> reporter: yeah, george. we've been told that during at least one meeting mueller made it clear to the president's legal team he will not indict president trump. justice department lawyers have long held the position they don't have the authority to indict a sitting president. mueller does, though, have the power to issue a report on his findings and turn that in to congress. that could eventually trigger impeachment proceedings and he could also name the president as unindicted co-conspirator in court documents but i've got to point out this is all coming from the president's legal team, george. mueller's team is not commenting so we really have no idea what he's going to do. >> not right now we don't. also yesterday the president with more inflammatory comments on immigration. want to listen. >> we have people coming into the country, trying to come in, we're stopping a lot of them, but we're taking people out of the country. you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. these aren't people. these are animals. >> reporter: these aren't people, these are animals so that was during a white house

meeting on sanctuary cities and the comment came after someone remarked about ms13 gang members. he didn't make it clear whether he was talking about gang members or immigrants in general. his son, don jr., was on twitter saying this was specific to ms13. california a governor is blasting the president saying he's lying on immigration. lying on crime. george, i got to say immigrant communities hear this as a dog whistle and say this is downright dangerous language. >> meantime, the president saying mexico is doing nothing for us as he's trying to close those north american free trade agreement negotiations with mexico. okay, cecilia. thank you very much. amy? the latest on that explosion in california that killed a spa owner and injured three others. authorities are saying it was no accident and they believe a package caused that blast. abc's kayna whitworth has all the new details. >> reporter: overnight, new raids in connection with that deadly explosion in southern california which rocked the first floor of this medical building killing 40-year-old

ildiko krajnyak, the owner of the day spa. >> we do not believe this was an accident. we've ruled out a gas main explosion and other potential theories. >> reporter: authorities arresting steven beal, a friend and business partner of krajnyak. a device was found during a raid on his long beach home. >> i've seen these people many times before and i would never have, you know, connected that to them. >> reporter: the two seen traveling the world together in photos, posted on beal's facebook page. >> we can't fathom he would do anything mean or nasty. >> reporter: these raids coming just hours after police say it's possible that she was the target of this explosion. >> do you believe this woman was targeted? >> we do know the package was in her suite, her place of employment, and for whatever reason she was primed to open it and for some reason that caused the explosion to occur.

>> reporter: this morning police say they do not know the motive. the fbi seen removing evidence from a home in orange county that she reportedly shared with her husband, despite the fact that the two were separated. robin. >> all right, kayna, thank you very much. now to that racially charged tirade caught on camera. a man here in new york yelling at two women because they were speaking spanish in a restaurant. threatening to call immigration enforcement. the backlash growing this morning and abc's linsey davis is here, has that story for us. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the manager at the restaurant said a restaurant regular was simply speaking spanish with an employee when the man who has been identified as a new york city lawyer lashed out threatening to call i.c.e. and suggesting that he pays for that welfare. this morning there are calls for that man to lose his job. >> your staff are speaking spanish to customers. they should be speaking english. >> reporter: a lawyer captured on cell phone video threatening spanish speaking workers at this new york city lunch counter with deportation for speaking their native language.

>> my guess is they're not documented, so my next call is to i.c.e. to have each one of them kicked out of my country. >> reporter: an employee tries to reason with the ranting man only to be interpreted. >> every person i listen to, he spoke it, he spoke it. she's speaking it, this is america. >> reporter: the employees say they felt humiliated. >> i pay for their welfare. i pay for their ability to be here. the least they can do, the least they can do is speak english. >> reporter: the man who posted this to facebook, edward suazo, says his wife and best friend were talking to one of the employees in spanish when the lawyer overheard them and began berating them. >> i'm calling i.c.e. >> reporter: overnight social media erupted for calls for the lawyer to be fired. this video is just the latest example of seemingly bigoted or biased behavior going viral. earlier this week a man in this california coffee bean and tea leaf began yelling at a woman whose face was covered. >> is this halloween or something? >> why would you say that? >> because i want to. i don't like your religion, and i don't want to be killed by

you. how's that? >> reporter: the supervisor refused to serve the man. >> why are you not serving him? >> because he's disrupting a public place and being very racist. >> thank you. >> reporter: two weeks ago this yale university student filmed herself being questioned by police after a white classmate reported her napping in a common area. >> i have every right to call the police. >> reporter: shortly after the lawyer's tirade about people speaking spanish the mayor of new york city tweeted, the city's diversity is our strength and the people who call it home speak more than 200 languages and they are all welcome him. apparently he threw his drink and sandwich down and when he left people in the restaurant applauded. >> ironically on his bio he speaks spanish fluently. >> and tries to get people in by saying, hey, i speak spanish. >> all right, thank you. we move to hawaii and that volcano emergency. a blanket of vog, short for volcanic smog is threatening residents with dangerous gases.

our chief national correspondent matt gutman is on the scene. >> reporter: george, good morning. what you are seeing behind me is lava fountaining. this is 1 of 20 fissures here in this part of hawaii. you can see the power of that lava. 2,000 degrees. literally bubbling up and fountaining hundreds of feet in the air and you'll hear periodic explosions as i speak. we got to see this in a helicopter earlier today, flying thousands of feet over that scalpel sharp line of fissures, 20 of them here in this part of hawaii and see that puff of smoke going 12,000 feet into the air. now, we also got to fly near the volcano at kilauea. you can see that puff of white and you can also see that yellowish blanket. this is sulfur dioxide that is beginning to smother this part of the island. one of the reasons that the national weather service is urging people to avoid long exposure to the outdoors, the biggest casualty so far from all of this that you are seeing behind me is tourism, down 50%.

now, volcanologists say the explosions you're hearing and all that fountaining is going to last for weeks longer. everybody here bracing for the major eruption at kilauea that they say is going to be the most powerful in 100 years here. george. >> boy, what a hit that island is taking. >> you hear it as well. we'll have more on the royal wedding. the choir of st. george's chapel up early rehearsing this morning. there you see them. ♪ sounds beautiful. let's go back now to michael in windsor. michael, now getting word a big superstar may be performing. >> yeah, but before we get to that i want to tell you about the carriage rehearsal. it is under way and just went right past me here. really exciting to see and that's definitely something we know is going to happen tomorrow and everybody is excited about watching that happen right now in their rehearsal phase, but the speculation you're talking about -- there's the carriage

rehearsal right there. the speculation that you are talking about is the speculation of elton john, will he be at the wedding? will he perform? prince harry and -- at prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. tmz is reporting the royals' longtime friend could take the stage at either the church or reception later that night. he is a close friend of the late princess, diana. he even sang at her funeral, and he was right there when william married kate middleton. as for harry's wedding, there is a rumor he may attend. his website said he canceled his performances in las vegas this weekend because of a scheduling conflict. so we will see if elton john will be at the wedding and if he will perform. you know what, we got a lot more coming up for you guys a little bit later. i'll throw it back to the studio. >> good reporting there. looking and finding that sir elton john canceled. >> scheduling conflict. >> reading the tea leaves there. all right, good job. >> oh, yeah. >> full coverage by the way of the royal wedding and, robin,

you'll join michael live from windsor tomorrow and then you and david muir are anchoring live coverage of the royal wedding on saturday. you're getting up early again on saturday, aren't you, robin? starting at 5:00 a.m. eastern right here on abc. >> it will be totally worth it. >> let's go to ginger. we'll be watching. more rain and flooding for the northeast, ginger? yes, more than 2 inches of rain fell. this is what it caused in baldwin, pennsylvania. just south of pittsburgh, i mean, up to the garage door there. happening in frederick, maryland, again this morning. flood watches throughout the mid-atlantic through tomorrow night. all of that and your local weather in 30 seconds. first though hot cities sponsored by walgreens.

hi, there! i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. more sunshine, a little breezy today and slightly warmer. we'll have more clouds tonight, drizzle near the coast, and tracking the chance of rain next week, just like yesterday. upper 50s along the coast to low 60s in san francisco. mid-to-upper 60s around the bay and low to mid-70s inland. temperatures tonight about the same as they've been all week, upper 40s in our valleys, low to mid-50s elsewhere. temperatures back to average tomorrow. coming up, more on the royal wedding. meghan markle's father, what she just revealed about him. will he or won't he walk her down the aisle? come on back. come on back. ♪

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hi, there. i'm natasha zouves from "abc7 mornings." san jose police are looking into a double homicide this morning. an investigation is under way along sierra road, just east of the upper sierra neighborhood. you can see the flashing lights there. police tell us the shootings happened around 10:00 last night. these are the ninth and tenth homicides of the year in san jose. if you saw or know anything, you are asked to call police. want to get over to alexis smith with a check of your commute. hi, alexis. >> hey, good morning! and we are still looking at a pretty stacked bay bridge toll plaza here. the carpool lanes are moving along okay, but pretty hefty delay for fastrak and cash lanes. and unfortunately, i think a lot of folks possibly driving there from the east bay because we've got a major delay on the pittsburg bay point line due to issues on the track between

okay, it's time to talk temperatures. hi, everybody. they're pretty much where they've been all week, upper 40s to mid-50s with upper 40s in the north bay and south bay valleys. we have cloud cover, but no rain threat like yesterday. it will be cool this morning to comfortable at your mass transit stops, and a small craft advisory for all of the bay water today, so choppy and breezy. my accuweather seven-day forecast, minor warming today. back to average friday and saturday, then the sea breeze kicks in sunday and temperatures start dropping once again. right now there's a slight chance of wet weather tuesday and wednesday of next week. we'll keep an eye on it. >> thank you. we'll have another update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com. join reggie, mike, alexis, jessica and me for "abc7 mornings" weekdays 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. the news continues now with "good morning america," and a live look at emeryville, looking

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gummies verified by usp, a non-profit organization that sets purity and potency standards. ♪ welcome back to "gma." you know from the music, you know from that picture windsor castle. we are less than two days from the royal wedding. rehearsals are under way. >> the music always gives it away. i love that. michael is right smack dab in the middle of all of it and touched down a couple of hours ago in the uk, and i love the view you have there, michael. >> i got a great view, robin. i moved up here so everyone is going to get a better look at the route that harry and meghan will take in their carriage just after they wed and have a look back there. that's windsor castle, the wedding service is scheduled to begin less than 48 hours from now at st. george's chapel here on the grounds, but the one thing leaving people in suspense until now, who will walk meghan down the aisle?

after reports of thomas markle experiencing health problems could mom make history as a stand-in. meghan markle just released a statement, abc's adrienne bankert is here with more. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you too, michael. yes, it has been a very busy morning as you know. hearing from meghan directly with that palace statement, and again, her father reportedly cannot travel for the next week or two based on the kind of surgery he has had. so now we know for certain what has been speculated for weeks. this morning, a startling announcement from meghan markle saying her father thomas will be unable to fly to london to attend her wedding to prince harry. her statement reading, i have always cared for my father and hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health, and goes on to say, please know how much harry and i look forward to sharing our special day with you on saturday. royal sources tell abc news meghan and harry have been in touch with thomas over the last few days. according to tmz her father who

has publicly changed his mind about attending the wedding a few times is resting in a mexican hospital after he says doctors implanted three stents in his body following heart surgery. tmz says he told them, i'm okay. it will take a long time to heal. staying in the hospital a few more days. not allowed to get excited. they are reporting that he may have to watch his daughter walk down the aisle from his hospital bed. the website reports that thomas believes his ex-wife doria should escort their daughter down the aisle. overnight doria arrived in london where she was greeted by meghan markle's top aide, amy pickerill and driven off in a jaguar. if her mom does walk meghan down the aisle she will make history as the first woman to do so. >> i haven't spoken to anyone who cares less about meghan's mixed race background. >> reporter: some royal watchers have suggested another idea if doria doesn't, harry's father,

prince charles. >> it's possible but if i were going to go to a betting shop now, i'd put it on meghan's mum performing that role. >> reporter: meghan's half sister who has claimed responsibilities for meghan's father's photo shoot, spoke out wednesday saying the soon to be princess isn't close to her family. >> meghan and i do not have a relationship now. i think the relationship is strained because of what tabloids have said. meg doesn't have a relationship with anyone that i have seen, in the family. >> reporter: now with just two days to go before the big day, meghan's closest friends are making their way across the pond. jessica mulroney was seen arriving on wednesday accompanied by her husband, ben. the son of the former prime minister of canada, and their three children who will be participating in the wedding as page boys and bridesmaid. and, you know, for sure this statement was carefully crafted.

every word means something, michael. in fact, when you read between the lines, there is a public statement from meghan and harry saying they have not abandoned her father, that they've done everything in their power to try to include him in the biggest day of their lives, and also another public statement saying, we would really like dad to stop speaking to the press. >> all right. thank you, adrienne. they have broken so many of the norms with this wedding. what's one more? let mama walk you down the aisle. why not? robin, back to you. >> okay, we'll get back to you in a little bit but it's wonderful she's got this strong circle of friends that are joining her there in london and i can't wait to join michael and the rest of the gang tomorrow in windsor for our special coverage and david muir and i will have live coverage. the royal wedding starting at 5:00 a.m. in case you haven't heard. i'll remind you yet again. let's switch gears. a mystery finally solved sparked a big debate right here at this

desk, an audio clip. you know what we're talking about, laurel or yanny. it's yanny, people. now the person who first posted it, t.j., revealing some answers here? >> you'll be age to rest easy when you go to london because this is solved for everybody, let's play the clip one more time and you can chime in again to tell me what you're hearing. >> laurel. >> what do you hear? >> yanny. >> laurel. >> yanny. >> what is this young group? >> did you not hear yanny? >> clear as day. >> wait a minute. >> wait a minute, guys. we have a group of high school students from alabama. what are you hearing? >> yanny? >> yanny. >> you're yanny. >> we have a whole group of crazies with us this morning. >> no. >> so let me explain, folks, what you are hearing is a recording of the word laurel, period, point blank. that's a recording of the word laurel from a website from vocabulary.com. let me play that clean version from the website. play that for me and see if you hear it any differently. >> laurel. >> that's laurel. >> that's laurel. >> okay.

>> let me explain, everybody, and this is -- okay. this is fascinating speech science and brain science. it really is. we know there was a high school student who confirmed he was doing a project and recorded the word laurel. when he recorded it, it got distorted. background noise came in there. >> somebody said yanny. >> nobody said yanny. george. [ applause ] >> that's right, george. >> you know your opinion cannot get in the way of my facts, george. what happened in the distortion here is that the words don't sound alike, yanny and laurel. >> they don't. >> but on a spectogram, when you're seeing frequencies played out in front of you they are similar on that spectrum so we're talking about two sounds that your brain is interpreting in different ways that you only similar if you see them based on frequencies. that is what we're talking about. >> michael wants to weigh in. what say you? >> i got to weigh in on this. yesterday i heard yanny. then i heard laurel. now today i hear yanny. i think t.j. is messing with the waves and i agree with george.

somebody said yanny in the middle of that kid messing -- when he taped it but i'm confused now. it's more confusing now than it ever was. >> i thought you couldn't hear both but my elder daughter said she was hearing both. >> hearing both. >> some have an ability to hear higher frequencies. all three of you heard yanny. you have a better ability to hear higher frequencies than some people do. >> can you weigh if from the high school group? what did you all hear, laurel or yanny? >> laurel. >> yanny. >> they're split. >> even they're split. >> so funny. >> it's how the brain interprets what it's hearing and background noise that got in there that distorted it, that caused some people to interpret a frequency and hear yanny. >> some people, 95% of the people. >> explaining that super scientific explanation. >> guys, it's laurel, i'm sorry. >> well done, t.j. >> yanny. yanny. >> yanny. when we come back, a star golfer's wife is facing charges accused of domestic violence. we'll have the 911 call right here.

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glover greeted them. her husband pro golfer lucas glover telling them his wife had been drinking all day, and the fight was the latest one about the same issue. the wife of pga golfer lucas glover facing charges for allegedly physically attacking her husband for playing a bad round of golf and trying to blame the fight on his mother. >> i've been attacked by my mother-in-law and she's in tears and locked herself in a room. she attacked us. >> reporter: 36-year-old krista glover making the initial call for help. when dispatchers called back lucas answered the phone telling a different story. >> this is the husband, the sane one of the bunch. my wife has called you and now she's trying to blame it on my mother which is not the case at all. my wife has gone crazy. >> reporter: when officers arrived they noted in a police report that lucas had a cut to his right arm. his mother, 62-year-old hershey glover, had cuts on both of her arms and was hit in the chest. the fight occurring sunday after a tough final day at the players championship.

>> lucas glover's tee shot has found a pot bunker. >> reporter: according to the report lucas telling officers every time he plays a bad round of golf krista proceeds to start an altercation with him. the 2009 u.s. open champ has been on the tour since 2001 earning more than $20 million in prize money. he married krista in 2012. the couple has two kids. the court now barring krista from contacting lucas or his mother and ordering her to stay at least 500 feet away from their jupiter, florida, home. lucas glover releasing a statement on twitter saying, we are comfortable that the judicial system is able to address what actually happened and krista will be cleared in this private matter. now, she was released on $2,500 bond, is due back in court at the end of the month and put out a statement saying, my family has been working through this very personal matter. lucas and i are confident we can put this behind us. this all happened on mother's day.

>> wow. >> tough to watch. we hope they figure it all out. >> we do. >> thank you so much. coming up next here, michael is live in windsor with another person making history. the first woman trumpeter. she is there for the royal wedding and we'll have her story next. coming up next here, michael is live in windsor with another person making history. the first woman trumpeter. she is there for the royal wedding and we'll have hear story next. r ♪ story next. jump into summer with thirty percent off all dresses and shorts, forty percent off all tanks and swim, and fifty percent off all tees. hurry in to get thirty, forty and fifty percent off at old navy! this time, it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries.

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historic first, an elite team of military trumpeters from the band of the household cavalry will play during the ceremony, and for the very first time, a woman will be a part of that group, and michael is there with her in windsor. good morning again, michael. >> good morning, amy. i am here with lance corporal kate sandford and she is making history, the first female trumpeter at a royal wedding. how does that feel for you to hear those words and know that you're making history? >> it's really exciting, michael. i mean, i feel very proud to be picked to perform on the day. >> it is such a prestigious honor for you, for your team so how are you preparing? >> we've been preparing quite diligently throughout the past few weeks rehearsing the fanfare so they go as smoothly and seamlessly on saturday. >> one thing that may help you is your husband is playing alongside of you. >> yes. >> so how is that for you two? >> really lovely aspect. we met in the band five years ago and married in december and

we both are very excited to be performing together for the wedding. >> as you say you got married in december which means you're a newlywed so what kind of advice do you have for harry and meghan? >> oh, gosh, the day goes so quickly, just enjoy it. >> enjoy every bit of it and women -- girls and women around the world are going to be watching you. you're going to inspire so many when they see you play. what kind of message do you hope they get from it? >> any young female can do what i do. you just have to be prepared to work for it but the opportunities are there and you can achieve them, whatever you want to do. whatever your goal, you really can. >> you really can. you're a great example of that. a lot of people are probably saying, she should play. you can't play this one because you have to be commissioned to play. you just can't get on tv and play the trumpet so i asked if i could play the trumpet and the lance corporal gave me a look like i'm out of my mind so we'll leave that alone. lance corporal sandford, congratulations to you. >> thank you very much.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. following the money, the brand-new questions about the president's payment to his lawyer, michael cohen, up to a quarter million dollars last year after trump claimed he knew nothing about hush money to stormy daniels. and a major mystery now. are some of michael cohen's financial records missing? flood alert. heavy rain here in the northeast. hundreds of thousands of people still without power. the new warnings now up and down the east coast. under fire. this photo sending the internet into overdrive. kim kardashian west slammed for encouraging eating disorders after promoted so-called appetite suppressants. dr. ashton here live with what parents should know. ♪ and welcome to windsor. 48 hours until prince harry and meghan markle head down the aisle.

meghan just now revealing her father won't be there. her new statement this morning as the soon-to-be american princess prepares to join the royal family. we've got your "gma" invitation to the royal wedding. meet the special guests invited by the couple who scored the invitation of a lifetime for a front row seat at windsor castle. >> we don't know what to expect. >> including this american mom who just picked out her dress for the big day. and the 12-year-old girl who can't wait to see meghan marry harry. >> just pinch me. is this happening? is that what it feels like? >> yes, it feels like a dream. >> and this morning how will the couple include harry's mom, princess diana, in their wedding? >> without question i think she would be over the moon with everything else that is going on -- >> she's with us. >> i'm sure she's with us. >> we're live from windsor inside the final rehearsals before the wedding, all the anticipation in the air.

good morning, america. >> i love how meghan said about princess diana she's with us. she's with us. thank you for being with us on this happy friday eve and, george, you know what time it is. go ahead, guys. put it up. >> there it is. >> there's your clock. you asked for it a few days ago. >> they did deliver. it is a lovely day in london. less than two days away right now. >> we got the london weather here. michael is enjoying the beautiful sunshine there in windsor for the big event. good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, amy. good morning to george and robin as well and just moments ago we saw the rehearsal for the military march here at windsor and wednesday we saw another very adorable parade. there it is, kensington palace sharing this video of students

from the queen's school making its way down the long walk in anticipation of the wedding. complete with a little mini harry, prince harry and mini meghan markle. so much excitement. it's everywhere. you cannot escape the marriage mania. i'm excited to be here. i can't wait to give you guys some more later on in our show. >> okay, michael. thanks. >> back to new york and that rainy weather and george's countdown clock. >> we'll come back to you in a little bit. new questions for president trump over his newly released financial disclosure confirming up to a quarter million dollar payment to michael cohen in 2017. it comes as rudy giuliani is making headlines saying the special counsel told him they cannot indict a president and some of michael cohen's records are missing and i want to go back to tom llamas for more on all that. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning again. a lot to get to, so let's start with the president's financial disclosure form. for the first time president trump officially acknowledging

he personally reimbursed his attorney, michael cohen, last year. the president's lawyers have said that some of that money was to cover cohen's $130,000 payment in that hush agreement to porn star stormy daniels. something the president initially denied knowing about. the president says he formally disclosed the payment in, quote, the interest of transparency. some groups are taking issue with it saying he should have done it last year and could constitute a crime and today marks the one-year anniversary of the special counsel's investigation into russian collusion. the president's lawyer rudy giuliani was told outright by the mueller team, he says, that the department of justice doesn't have the power to indict the power. he does have the power to issue a report of his findings and share that with congress which could trigger impeachment proceedings. mueller's team of course is not commenting on this and the president this morning tweeting, he sent a tweet, in part reading congratulations, america.

we are now into the second year of the greatest witch-hunt in american history and there is still no collusion and no obstruction. we should note this morning the russia investigation has led to 19 people being charged, 13 of them russian and 5 guilty pleas. >> right, and the senate intelligence committee yesterday concluded that, in fact, the russians did interfere with the election. tom, thanks very much. >> it's alarming about the length of time. >> other special counsels have taken four, five, up to eight years. >> thank you, tom. to ginger now. the latest on the flash flooding and storms along the east coast. good morning again. >> good morning. you mentioned the rain here and that's kind of an annoying cold rain but look at this. more than annoying. this is dangerous in baldwin, pennsylvania, just south of pittsburgh, it only took two inches to have it up to some garages. so it's going to come fast in some areas and for a couple of days. you can see the water vapor satellite pluming up from asheville, north carolina, even to morristown, pennsylvania, flood watches in place so washington, d.c. and philadelphia is included in that and the next 48 hours you'll see

rounds of heavy rain, some spots south of richmond, say, chester could pick up up to 4 inches. robin. >> thank you very much. coming up -- >> kim kardashian. she's facing a backlash after posting a photo promoting an appetite suppressant. a lot of parents are outraged this morning. >> they really are. tory is here, of course she is, it's thursday. "deals & steals." oh. >> look at that. >> smart solutions like this one for your four-legged friend. i wish you could see this, michael, but you're live in windsor for us. good morning, again. >> yes, yes, i am. good morning again, robin. everybody here is counting down to the royal wedding. they are on every newspaper in the country. you know what, i'm just going to read this while we go to break but we have much more coming up on "gma." ve much more coming up on "gma" ♪ you can call me queen bee and baby i'll rule i'll rule ♪ feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin, with powerful 24-hour relief from symptoms triggered by over 200 different allergens.

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[ applause ] fantastic crowd we have with us on this thursday morning or as we like to say, happy friday eve, everybody. a quick nba update. i know it because i was watching it this morning with kendis. the rockets getting past the golden state warriors last night, whoa. that series is now tied one game all and my golden knights from las vegas, they're up two games to one now in the nhl playoffs. i mean, they're an expansion -- first time in existence. >> they said hockey wouldn't work in las vegas.

>> you know what also works, diane with "pop news." [ applause ] >> guess what, everyone. backstreet is back. take a look at this. ♪ baby don't go ♪ breaking my heart breaking my heart ♪ >> they just dropped a brand-new single called "don't go breaking my heart." their first release in five years and it is already the number one trending topic on twitter. safe to say the group is still larger than life. [ applause ] by the way, they're also getting ready for the second leg of their las vegas residency which kicks off in july and guess what else they're getting ready for. the backstreet boys will join us here on "gma" for our summer concert series friday, july 13th. [ applause ] >> a few people might show up. >> i might be in the front row screaming like a teenage girl. don't mind me. by the way, something else we're excited about here, might have heard of it, the royal wedding, george. can you tell we're excited? >> what is that? >> this is the royal wedding tea towel i got for george.

i know he wanted it in his kitchen. we also have more exciting news. our own insider reporting on stories you will find nowhere else. come on out, our corgi correspondent henry. [ applause ] >> henry. >> henry escorted by the royal guard. thank you very much, royal guard. he is very interested in our royal wedding paraphernalia. he is not our only royal correspondent. we also have michael live in london. michael, how's it going over there? >> it's going really well over here and i know you are talking about all of the paraphernalia that surrounds it all. i have someone who is bringing in a little delivery for me. paula faris. how are you? >> i had a little bit of spare time. >> so paula went shopping to get us some things and there you go. start out with the crown. >> a princess or queen? >> you are the princess. >> here we go. we have corgis. i have this. >> is that a bib? >> i don't know what it is but

kind of fitting. >> just wear it when you eat. i love it. >> we have this as well. and then, of course, you can't have a wedding without a bride and a groom. >> tell me this isn't a little creepy, though. is this a little creepy? >> is that a little creepy? >> no. >> you play the part very well. michael, we got you some tea if that's not complete. you can't be in london without tea. >> we're having a lot of fun. we're having a lot of fun. we'll have tea later and throw it back to you now. [ applause ] >> he's camera shy. >> tony, can you come back because he's a little camera shy here. he's a little scared. will and tony. >> henry, henry -- ah. >> but also i just wanted a chance to see will and tony. they're on our staff, will and tony. [ applause ] >> good sports. >> you are great sports. thank you, henry, our royal correspondent. let's give it up for our royal

correspondent. [ applause ] we move on to our "gma" cover story because kim kardashian west is under fire this morning as amy knows this for promoting appetite suppressing lollipops in a paid instagram post. critics accusing her of encouraging eating disorders. that's why our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here with more on this. give us your thoughts. >> here's this thing, robin. this is a perfect example of how because something is natural or over the counter there may be some risks. it's all about the risk versus benefits but in general when you talk about appetite suppressant, there are a lot of over-the-counter and prescription medications that can achieve that either as a primary goal or just kind of an unexpected side effect. they either work by revving our metabolism or increasing our fullness hormones from the brain on down. in terms of these types of lollipops, you can look at the ingredients. the first three are basically sugar so we know that's not

exactly associated with weight loss. but they also have an ingredient of a spice, a saffron extract. even though it has not been rigorously studied there has been some association with some appetite suppression. >> so what if someone has an issue with this? >> that's the concern here. so in general with appetite suppressants, how do you know if someone is developing a problem with it? number one, you absolutely can become dependent or addicted on to them. if you look for things like excessive weight loss, unintentional, signs of clinical malnutrition or some common symptoms like dizziness, insomnia, headaches, that could be a sign they're not getting the basic nutrients they need and relying too much on these type of products. >> this is your wheelhouse, you have a degree in nutrition, board certified in obesity medicine. what are safe ways to suppress your appetite? >> that's the good message here,

robin, to go to risk versus benefit and go for things low risk, potentially have a benefit and safe. when you have some things right in front of you, lean protein food, high fiber foods which fill you up and reduce your appetite. sleep is critically important and almost always overlooked. if you are sleep deprived you will be hungrier and then fill your belly with broth or water before you eat. that helps. >> sleep helps you lose a little weight. >> absolutely. people don't think about it but it's important. >> that was great on "nightline" last night. >> thank you, robin. people can watch it online. >> back now to michael in windsor. >> thank you, robin. we are here, prince harry and meghan markle will say "i do." that's less than two days from now and after the ceremony is when meghan's real work begins as a member of the royal family. the question is how will she compare to the people's princess, princess diana? paula, you have taken a closer look. >> we did. one of the things that initially drew harry to meghan was her love of charity, her altruism, her philanthropy which really

reminded him of his mother diana. he said if his mother were here, they would be thick as thieves. she was the people's princess. the most photographed woman in the world. princess diana was adored by people from every corner of the globe and now as meghan markle prepares to become her royal highness, princess henry of wales, the world is falling in love with the newest face of the royal family. meghan like diana is beautiful and bold with a flare for fashion. >> it was amazing how the world reacted to what she wore. she became this design icon. >> reporter: diana's own approach to being a royal was ahead of her time. >> she was regal but at the same time she was able to be approachable. she was emotionally articulate. >> reporter: it is that compassionate advocacy that is perhaps the late princess' greatest legacy. >> i'm trying to highlight a problem that's going on all around the world. >> reporter: she is widely admired for alleviating the

stigma of aids with just a single photo. >> there's no question that meghan and harry will use their profile to champion causes that may be controversial in exactly the same way as princess diana did. >> if she can go on and follow somewhat in diana's steps of being able to get the world to watch her, to follow her and to learn from her, it would be exceptional. >> reporter: markle a u.n. ambassador has already made her mark as a humanitarian. >> one of the things that really attracted harry to her, meghan is someone who like diana leads with the heart, who isn't afraid to speak her mind. >> reporter: when they say i do on saturday, meghan and harry will become the latest royal couple to represent the crown. >> meghan has this remarkable story of her own success and her diverse background, all of these things will help continue to

make the monarchy relevant. >> reporter: with millions watching across the globe, one person's presence will be missed but the young couple believes diana will be there in spirit. >> without question, i think she will be over the moon with everything else going on i'm sure she's -- >> she's with us. >> she's with us, yeah. >> and diana's presence will really be felt on the big day, even with little things like white flowers which were her favorite. if you notice, michael, the way that harry refers to his mother, most of the time it's very much in the present sense. it's i can still feel her hugs and all i want, he says, is to make her proud and he says she's right there jumping up and down with joy. >> what an amazing relationship that they had. >> it's endearing. >> still obviously you can see her influence on him, it's still there. we will bring in our royal contributor, imogen lloyd webber who will join us now. imogen, we heard princess diana was called the people's princess. how will meghan appeal to every day people in her own way? >> she has that magnetic presence, doesn't she, like

diana did. she's also beautiful. on some levels we can't relate to the royal family. meghan is gorgeous and thin and beautiful, you know, and the royal family infrastructure is all around her but people relate to her in that she's self-made. she's a self-proclaimed feminist, she's biracial. that's something different. monarchy to survive has to adapt over time. it's always modernizing but never modern and meghan is the latest face of that. >> i think a lot of people have questions about how will she fit in. she is a humanitarian but also a feminist, she is an activist. that usually doesn't happen in the royal family. how will they handle it? >> it is a little tricky. the royal family is supposed to be above politics, put a spotlight on good causes and the queen has no leeway. but prince charles has occasionally sort of gone after hot button issues so he'll definitely be able to guide meghan as will william and harry who have been less controversial than prince charles and princess diana and seem to have navigated a little better. all of that support will be there for meghan and you learn the lessons of the past after diana's death and, you know, people providing more support

for her. >> they're evolving. >> they're definitely evolving. but how has meghan already followed in some ways in the footsteps of princess diana. >> she traveled to afghanistan. she travelled to rwanda and to india, delhi, mumbai for her causes and very much a humanitarian which is one of the reasons harry fell in love with her. they connected on that level when they met. >> imogen, thank you. paula, thank you, as well. >> i'll be back. >> she's not going anywhere. we got to go back to ginger in times square. >> thank you, michael. a special crowd and my ladies from san antonio were telling me that the mold is really bad in san antonio for allergies. well, guess what, it's time for "gma's" pollen report sponsored by claritin. i have to show you the grass pollen which i thought that's what i was allergic isn't that bad and has started to creep north dallas up through alabama, mississippi. it's the tree pollen that's been so bad and focused, cedar rapid, des moines really high today.

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and good morning. it's 8:27. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." san jose police are looking into a double homicide this morning. an investigation under way along sierra road, just east of the upper sierra neighborhood. as you can see, a lot of police presence there. they tell us the shooting happened around 10:00 last night. these are the ninth and tenth homicides of the year in san jose. if you have any information, of course, please call their police department. let's go over to alexis right now. how's it look? >> hey, good morning, reggie. things are improving in the south bay, northbound 101 at alum rock where we had that sig alert with a crash involving a motorcycle, last time we checked in. that was canceled shortly after that last update, so all lanes are back open and that is starting to unwind. also improving, b.a.r.t., a ten-minute delay on the

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about 30 minutes and always on our news app and we welcome you back to "gma" on this thursday morning as we continue to count down toward the big wedding tomorrow, oh, no, saturday. let's get back to michael and paula faris who are already over there in windsor. good morning again, you two. >> hey, good morning, robin. we cannot wait for you to get over here because the excitement is building here in windsor. especially for the more than 2600 special members of the public who were invited to watch the royal wedding arrivals and carriage ride from the castle grounds. >> some of them are going to join us in just a moment. first a look at how they scored those coveted invites. >> we are a fantastic team. we know we are and we hope to, you know, over time try and have

as much impact for all the things we care about as much as possible. >> i am very excited about that, yeah. >> reporter: their shared love of charity and philanthropy has been the corner of stone of their love story. so there's no surprise that it's also a priority on their big day. the royal couple has invited thousands of members of the public from every dorner and beyond to watch the arrivals and carriage procession of the bride and groom. hundreds of those receiving a coveted special invite hail from the many charities with close connections to the royal couple. >> yes, i was really excited. >> tessa hince and hayley ash are among those and run shipton christmas community lunch providing meals for those alone during the holidays. >> not thinking at all and we don't know what to expect which makes it harder to know what's going to happen on the day because tens of thousands of people are going to be going to windsor and the world's media

and we're just going to be there and say, hello, can we come in? we're on the list. >> i feel good in this. >> reporter: diane hosford is picking out her dress. she works with families who have lost a loved one during military duty. a favorite of prince harry who spent ten years in the british military. and then there's georgia an ambassador for steel bones who provide support for the amputee community and she already has her dress. is this like pinch me? >> yeah. >> it feels like a dream. >> and joining us now are some of those lucky royal wedding attendees. hayley ash, tessa hince and diana hosford.

hayley and tessa, you met the queen. how was it? >> it was two days ago and absolutely crazy. >> she's so small, isn't she? she's really small. she's like this big. >> that really surprised you, i take it. >> yeah, on the tv she's really very tall. >> yeah, and tessa, you have had such a crazy week. you said you met the queen. what are you most looking forward to saturday? >> am i allowed to say meeting david beckham maybe. >> you just did. >> you just did it. >> can't take that back. >> i meant to say harry and meghan but i think it would be so cool to see david beckham. >> cool to be invited and, diana, you're one of a few if only maybe the only american who is invited to this wedding with the invitation. you're married to one of our abc employees, matt hosford. >> i am. >> what was his initial reaction when you said, honey, i got an invite to the royal wedding? >> wow, that's great. he knows how much i love the

work that i do and he he's really happy that they're being recognized and i told him it would be rather expensive so he said it was okay with that. >> all for a good cause so you actually had a chance to meet prince harry a couple of years ago. >> i did. >> through the charity work you do with t.a.p.s. what do you think really resonates with him? >> i think being -- i think being a service member and having been part of allied forces in afghanistan, obviously is one of the reasons why i think he's interested in supporting military families, but, you know, he went through terrible grief and loss as a young boy, 12 years old, his mother died and all remember those moments so i think he wants to expose as many charities and work with as many people as he can to support children who have lost loved ones. i lost my father at 13 whose name was harry so i certainly understand and can feel connected with harry because of that. >> and as a son of a military man i want to thank you for what you're doing and -- >> thank you for your family

service. >> thank you very much. i will let my 81-year-old father know that. and big question, what are you going to wear? are you going to be dressed to impress? i see the fascinators erin going on here. are you going to be dressed to impress. >> yes. >> i hope so. i brought my fascinator and, michael, you'll probably appreciate this as well. i have dragonflies on this fascinator. >> can you turn it. >> yeah, i can. dragonflies are a symbol of a loved one who has passed and who is watching over us. so in the t.a.p.s. family where we celebrate and honor our heroes by taking care of their families, having dragonflies that represent the loved ones looking over on us and taking care of us but also maybe princess diana watching her son on his most special day as she'll be with us and meghan wore a dragonfly on her fascinator on anzac day, hers was black crystal and i thought

it would be appropriate to have a colorful one. >> we're a little jealous. >> we'll look for you guy. >> we're zealous of the three of you. you all deserve it for the work you're doing to help other people. nothing better than that. so thank all of you for joining us this morning and good luck in your meeting of david beckham. all right, everybody, we'll go back to you in new york. >> it speaks to their character, both meghan and harry, the people they are inviting because there are no dignitaries that are going to be there. >> even some family members -- >> celebrating the unsung hero. >> that's true and you can read more about these royal wedding guests on our website, and, of course, full coverage of the royal wedding. i'm going to be joining michael in windsor if my flight gets there on time out of dulles and then on saturday david muir and i will anchor the coverage of the royal wedding at -- beginning at 5:00 a.m. eastern time here on abc. [ applause ] >> very busy lady for the next

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i can't get out. >> her mom is giggling because it's all safe and good. >> she encourages her to keep trying because this is little alaina, 3 years old. volunteering -- oh. oh, oh, so close. oh. as she loses the other one. that was -- she's actually volunteering at a therapeutic riding center called horseplay in tennessee so we loved that video. thank you, hi, there. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. check out the temperatures at 9:00 in the 50s. they'll stay that way at the coast while the rest of us, mid-to-upper 60s. wa with every moment we are counting down to the royal wedding and with the help of our sponsor herbal essences we are taking you inside one of the most famous spots, the quarterfinal gardens where members of the royal family have

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exciting. we women really care about our dress, right? okay, but looking at the past could give us serious clues to the interpretation of the kind of gown that meghan will wear not only the kind of gown but the most important dress she'll ever wear. diana, kate and now meghan markle, a trio of storybook brides commanding the world's attention. 750 million people worldwide tuned in to princess diana's big day in 1981. >> i catherine middleton -- >> now meghan markle will exchange vows with who has been the most eligible bachelor, prince harry on saturday. so how will the american princess' big day compare. the dress, a 20-year-old diana donned an extravagant ivory silk taffeta creation crafted by british designer elizabeth emanuel. >> thrills and bows and poofs.

it was quite over the top. >> reporter: flash forward 30 years later, kate walked down the aisle in a stunning satin alexander mcqueen. diana's train 25 feet long and kate a train nine feet long. details of meghan's gown are a complete secret. then the tiara. diana wore a spencer family tiara. the queen loaned kate the cartier tiara and as for the attendants diana had five bridesmaids and two page boys including india hicks. >> the crowd, the noise of the crowds, the smell of diana with that tea rose. she was going to be a princess. she felt like she was the -- >> reporter: meghan has too many girlfriends to choose a maid of honor lew six young ladies including princess charlotte as bridesmaids. all right, so the dress is going to be beautiful, no doubt. one tradition that meghan is expected to stick with is going

to be putting a sprig of myrtle in her bouquet, something that's been done since queen victoria, of course, diana did it and kate did it and mirth surveillance a significant thing because it signifies love. every bouquet means something so this will be something we will have to look forward to. it's still top secret. >> i'm looking forward to this dress, adrienne. >> i have no doubt you are. i think i'm a little more excited about it than i am. >> i am holding mine internally. but imogen lloyd webber is back with us. imogen, what are we learning about what meghan could wear? >> this is the big question. she once said carolyn bessette kennedy's wedding dress was everything goals so maybe that direction, however, of course, meghan in her engagement photos with that ralph & russo very whimsical gown so maybe more in that direction. we will see saturday. >> we were discussing the cost. how much? >> well, yeah, how much did they say the dress could cost. >> more than 100,000 pounds. that's all we can confirm. >> what is in a dress? see, this is what i don't understand. what is in a dress -- >> it's the people. it's the people who are used to

make the dress. these are folks that are trained for years in stitching and seamstressing and this is going to be a work of art and it's going to be something that will likely land in a museum of some kind. >> i know some people we can get it done for 95,000. how about that? >> that's it. >> i'd like to commission that. >> paula, we also hear elton john could be at the wedding. he said, you know, he has some conflicts on his schedule so he's not in vegas -- >> the conflicts. >> what's that looking like. >> he is a close personal connection with the family. tmz is reporting that the royals' longtime friend could take the stage at the church or the reception later that night, of course, he was a dear friend of princess diana and even sang at her funeral. our barbara walters spoke with him in 2011 ahead of prince william's wedding and talked about harry marrying one >> what do you think you'll feel? >> great joy because the last time we were in westminster

abbey my heart sank when i saw the two boys walking behind the coffin. i can't imagine that young age having to walk in the public following your mother's coffin and the next time we are in the abbey to see them walking up the aisle with a beautiful woman and the love of his life and i think it's the most joyous result and i'm sure diana would be very, very happy about it. >> ah. he was right there, of course, when william married kate middleton, you guys, as for harry's wedding, well he canceled as you said, this was a kong applicant on his schedule. he canceled some dates in las vegas because of a, quote, scheduling conflict this weekend so maybe tipping his hand that opening the way for him to perform this weekend. >> a lot of stuff to look forward to. dresses. >> i know. >> elton john. all those things, so -- >> david beckham. >> david beckham. >> so much tradition and the fact watching that video as a little boy, many in london and in the u.s. still see that little boy when they look at prince harry. he is one of the most beloved

people in the entire world and all the folks i have been talking to here in london say they're happy he's happy. >> that he finally found someone. >> i think we all are happy that he's happy. >> absolutely. >> and wishing them well. that is tomorrow. we can't wait for it. we'll be right back. ♪

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and good morning. it's 8:59. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." meteorologist mike nicco, looks like we are kind of warming up and looking pretty clear outside. >> yeah, check it out. just a few cumulus clouds there. no harm, no foul from these. in fact, grab the sunglasses, very strong sunshine. there will be a little less sunshine at the beaches and choppy on the bay today if you're going out to play. 70s inland, mid-to-upper 60s around the bay, upper 50s to low 60s along the coast into san francisco. my accuweather seven-day forecast, just a touch warmer friday and saturday, then the cooling sea breeze kicks in sunday. all right, taking a look at the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge, quite a backup with a two-car crash in the left lane around the midspan, so that is certainly causing some delays as you approach there. and westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 38 minutes, 19 across the bay bridge. slight delays heading to the airport, too. reggie? >> thank you, alexis. it is time now for "live with

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