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a new twist in the missing college student mystery. mollie tibbetts' father now telling abc news he thinks someone who knows her may have taken his daughter. the new interview this morning. incredible survival. the terrifying crash caught on camera. a car plowing into this suv. a person standing right there. how did everyone survive? ♪ it's a beautiful night and bachelorette becca makes her pick. >> my becca, will you marry me? >> yes. yes. yes. >> garrett winning the battle for her heart, but facing drama offscreen. what he's now saying about it all and what's next for the soon-to-be newlyweds? they're live in times square on "gma" this morning. ♪ ♪ let the choir bells sing ♪ so what you wanna do good morning, america. happy tuesday.

lots of smiles there for becca and garrett. >> everybody here stayed up all night to watch this. becca and garrett flew here all night to be a part of our show. can't wait to talk to them. i'll play a little newlywed game with the two. >> a nearly newlywed game. >> that's right. first, we begin with that dangerous heat that's hitting both coasts this morning, the hottest temperatures so far this season aggravating wildfires out west. >> a new one in california is called the holy fire. it's leading to helicopter rescues and the mendocino complex fire is now the state's largest ever. we're going to go to will carr who's on the ground in trabuco canyon with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, michael. there is a constant reminder of those intense conditions that fire crews continue to encounter on the ground. overnight we saw a hellish orange glow on the skyline. this is now a record-setting wildfire season and we still have a long way to go.

overnight the mendocino complex fire exploding in size. now the largest wildfire on record in california's history. over 283,000 acres burning so far. that's nearly 450 square miles. the fire, 30% contained. this morning, 9300 structures in harm's way, 75 homes already burned to the ground. there are now 18 large filwildfs burning across the state with 14,000 firefighters working nonstop. the carr fire, entering its third week, destroying more than a thousand homes, burning 160,000 acres. two firefighters injured overnight in the holy fire in southern california erupting in orange county and spreading quickly. >> the flames were across the road. we couldn't cross. >> reporter: 4,000 acres burned in a matter of hours. the fire is zero percent contained. two hikers rescued after they were trapped by the massive blaze. the elderly couple scrambling to a canyon where they were pulled to safety by a helicopter. yosemite national park now closed indefinitely. the ferguson fire's smoke too

much for tourists, that fire now the fourth largest in the state's history. last year the thomas fire became the largest wildfire in california's history. that fire broke out in december, and the mendocino complex fire surpassed that fire and keep in mind we're only in august. >> thank you so much, will. it's devastating all the way around. >> thinking about everybody out there. let's go to ginger now with more on the fires. ginger. >> it's a dry and unstable air mass, especially in the pacific northwest under this ridge that's responsible for a lot of those red flag warnings that are up today. there are also excessive heat warnings. down in southern california parts of arizona you'll see wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour, relative humidity between 4% and 12%. horrible conditions when trying to fight fires. let's talk about the pacific ocean where we have a lot of activity going on. four areas of tropical waves and hurricane hector is the one that we're really watching because it is going to close in on hawaii in the next 48 hours or so.

it is very symmetrical. it's called annular. that's a good thing because the more compact it is the less impact it would have to hawaii and it looks like it will pass 150 miles just south wednesday morning. there is a tropical storm watch in place for some rain, if any rain bands get out there but mostly for the swells, 12 to 18 feet. that's going to be your biggest impact there. something we'll watch because a little nudge to the north will be a different story. robin. >> i know you're going to keep your eye on it. thank you, ginger. first big trial in the mueller investigation. president trump's 2016 campaign chair paul manafort facing the prospect of life in prison and the prosecution's star witness, manafort's longtime deputy rick gates is back on the stand today after opening testimony where he admitted to criminal activity and laid the blame on his former boss. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega is tracking the case in alexandria, virginia. good morning. >> reporter: hey george, good morning to you. the stakes could not be higher here. paul manafort for the second day

in a row will come face-to-face with his former protege who has now flipped, is cooperating with the special counsel and testifying against his old boss. center stage this morning, special counsel robert mueller's star witness, rick gates, the former deputy campaign manager seen right there behind donald trump at the republican national convention. now back for a second day on the stand in a virginia federal courthouse testifying against his old boss, paul manafort. his first day, explosive. gates telling the court they spent years committing crimes together including not reporting more than a dozen offshore accounts. the prosecutors asking, did you commit any crimes with mr. manafort? yes, gates answered. how much did you fail to report? over the years, several million dollars. the money came from manafort's work on behalf of ukrainian politicians with deep ties to russia. tens of millions of dollars prosecutors say that manafort

failed to report and hid in offshore accounts. they say he falsified his tax returns too. and they allege it's how he bankrolled his lavish lifestyle from luxury real estate to antique rugs and expensive clothes like this $15,000 ostrich coat. gates and manafort spent years working side by side as political operatives. in february, gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to federal authorities. he has not yet been sentenced. but now inside that courtroom, manafort who has pleaded not guilty staring right at gates, gates mainly avoiding eye contact with his former boss, even as he claimed that he lied because manafort told him to and admitted he embezzled several hundred thousand dollars from manafort. a charge manafort's lawyers have long maintained. today, manafort's team expected to challenge gates' credibility. one lawyer telling the court last week, gates is willing to say anything to save himself.

so this case is not about collusion. it is not about russian interference in the election, but you can bet mueller will talk to gates on that front. after all, he is the highest ranking former campaign aide to cooperate with the special counsel and rose to the rank of deputy campaign manager and he helped plan that inauguration. he surely has a story to tell. >> yeah, and they may have already talked about it. we know those negotiations between robert mueller and the president about a possible interview continue. rudy giuliani now saying he expects to respond to mueller today or tomorrow. >> reporter: yeah, it could happen any moment. you'll remember the special counsel has made it clear to the president's legal team that he wants to question the president among the topics on obstruction of justice. the president's team, the legal team is pushing back strongly on that front. if this letter from giuliani and the team goes out today or tomorrow it seems that these negotiations that have been going on for months now, george, are not ending any time soon. >> big game of chicken there. cecilia, thanks very much. also, a big day in politics. primary rates in several states

plus a special house election in ohio. that is drawing a visit from president trump as republicans fight to hold a safe gop seat. chief white house correspondent jon karl is tracking the race. this is a district that president trump won by 11 points but the house race a dead heat. >> reporter: it sure looks that way, george. republicans are waging an all-out war to try to keep this seat. they are outspending democrats by about 5-1, george, and they have deployed not just president trump but also vice president pence in recent days. the fact that this is even a competitive race is a major sign of trouble for republicans. as you mentioned, donald trump carried this district by double digits. it is also a district republicans have held for decades. the last republican congressman in the last race won by more than 35 points. a win here for democrats would be a sure sign of a blue wave coming in november, george. >> and the president getting involved again this morning sending out a tweet on behalf of the republican candidate and also sent out a tweet and getting involved in the kansas

governor's primary supporting one of his big supporters who's up against the republican establishment. >> reporter: this surprised some of the president's own political advisers. it surprised republican leaders. he endorsed kris kobach, somebody who's seen as a hard-right conservative against the incumbent governor jeff collier and has republicans worried that a victory for kobach in the primary could pose trouble for republicans in the fall. they think that he may have a hard time beating democrats because of his extreme views on immigration. but, george, the president is on a roll with these primary endorsements. he has endorsed 11 republicans since june. all 11 have won in those primaries. >> a lot of power inside the party. jon karl, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you, george. now to those pleas to stop the violence in chicago. just this past weekend 66 people were shot, 14 of them killed in what chicago police describe as gang violence. no one has been arrested so far.

abc's alex perez is in chicago with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. both the mayor and the police superintendent calling the surge in violence unacceptable and also calling on residents to step up. this morning, jahnae patterson's family grieving. >> they took my baby. for what? >> reporter: the 17-year-old killed during one of the most violent weekends the windy city has seen this year. >> this violence has to stop. >> reporter: at least 14 dead. more than 50 injured by gun violence and so far zero arrests. one trauma center so overwhelmed, family members forced to wait outside. the violence mostly in two of the city's roughest neighborhoods. top cop eddie johnson frustrated demanding residents get more involved. >> these shootings are not random. they are fueled by gang conflicts. we know who they are and we continue to send a message that it's okay to commit these crimes

by not doing anything as a community. >> reporter: the city, which has spent years grappling with gun violence, has worked to flood high crime areas with officers and invested in high-tech equipment to help predict shootings and better respond. an emotional emanuel pleading with residents. >> we have a heavy heart. our souls are burned. what happened this weekend did not happen in every neighborhood in chicago but it is unacceptable to happen in any neighborhood in chicago. >> reporter: and despite those eye-opening figures and that death toll, officials here say the number of shootings this year is actually down about 20% compared to last year. michael. >> all right, thank you. the number's still staggering. thank you for that. robin. it really is. now to growing concern over that red tide in florida impacting more than 100 miles of coastal line creating toxic fumes. abc's victor oquendo is in cape coral, florida with more and you went out on a boat and saw the

red tide up close. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we saw it firsthand. those dead fish littering the coast and the waterways. it does not take a long time for your throat to really start burning out here. this red tide that has ravaged the southwest coast of florida is now moving north. this morning, the state of florida is facing a coastal disaster. a red tide stretching more than 100 miles, from naples to sarasota, and spreading keeping tourists away and sickening dozens. the toxic fumes are dangerous to breathe and if you're swimming in an infested beach, it can be harmful if ingested. nick fisher, a fishing guide, says this is supposed to be his busy season, but because of the red tide, business is way down. >> how much did you put into this boat? >> close to 130. >> it's not getting used. >> reporter: this family cutting their vacation short in saras a sarasota. >> it was horrendous. there was hundreds of dead fish in the water, on the shoreline.

>> reporter: the red tide, a bloom of harmful rust-colored algae killing marine life at alarming rates, inundating beaches with dead fish, turtles, even a whale shark washing ashore in sanibel. at the island inn sanibel, the general manager says he's lost about $100,000 in cancellations in less than two weeks. >> i was here for the bp oil spill. i was here for hurricane irma, hurricane charlie. those events pale in comparison to this event. >> reporter: the red tide is a naturally occurring event but this one, the worst in decades. and it's being compounded by a simultaneous blue-green algae bloom caused by runoff from large farms and businesses, the one-two punch devastating for local wildlife. this canal is one of those that's clogged with that nasty blue-green algae. this stuff feeds the red tide and there's a thick layer of it coating the area. residents are stuck living with this green slime right in their

back yards and experts say the key to containing it is stop the runoff from large farms and businesses in the central part of the state. robin. >> all right, victor, thank you. we turn to a dangerous hailstorm that hit colorado, injured more than a dozen and destroyed hundreds of cars and abc's clayton sandell is there in colorado springs with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hey, george, we are here in the parking lot of the che -- cheyenne mountain zoo here in colorado springs and look at these cars. this back windshield completely smashed out and look at the dents here. this will give you an idea what softball-size hail can do. there's shattered glass and pieces of car all over the ground. these are just a few of the hundreds that after this freak hail storm hit were left undrivable. people trapped in cars by icy projectiles said the hailstorm sounded like gunfire. the cheyenne mountain zoo in colorado springs pummeled. 14 people injured. five seriously. >> the hail was so hard, my daughter got taken to the hospital.

>> reporter: grizzly bears bombarded scrambling for shelter as softball-size hailstones come crashing down. the zoo walkways cleared as more than 3,000 took cover. the downpour echoing inside as the storm knocks tree branches to the ground. the massive chunks of hail shattering windows, damaging 300 cars, sending debris flying and damaging homes. on the roads, drivers forced to pull over. this cop car's window shattered and this dashboard taking a major hit from the tennis ball-size ice, back windows shattered to pieces. the zoo says they did lose a few birds. other animals were injured. the zoo is going to be closed today so they can tow all of these cars out of here. george. >> okay, clayton, thanks very much. that is some damage. >> it really is. >> unexpected. nothing you can do. all right. thank you for that. now we have an impressive sight you may have noticed if you looked up at the sky earlier

this morning. the spacex falcon 9 rocket, there it is, successfully launching from cape canaveral overnight. the purpose of the mission, to carry a communications satellite into orbit and this is the first time spacex has reused one of their powerful boosters. it's all part of their plan to reuse rockets and cut costs. you can hear the cheers in the background. we're going to go back to ginger. another day of dangerous heat in the east. >> yes, from eastern mississippi all the way through eastern maine. we have heat advisories on the map and that big ridge is still sitting with most folks. it started to blow through in western new york and northern new england but we'll go for another day. 95 was the record daily high at burlington, vermont. 95 at laguardia. so it was all over the place, heat indices for later this afternoon will feel like nearly 100 from boston to new york and even up into maine. that's a big deal. people in texas tweeted and said, those numbers mean nothing. believe me, up here it means a lot and you talk to us when you get that inch of snow. all right. your local weather in 30

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the dog days of summer. i have some maybe bad news for you folks who don't. look at this map. above normal from the great lakes to the northeast from middle to end of august so this could be just a degree above average, whatever, but not a big cooldown in sight. >> okay. >> you're all right. you're good? >> after the winter i'm happy. >> the table is happy, everyone. >> you can always make us happy. coming up, we have the desperate search for that missing iowa college student. what her father now thinks may have happened. we have a new interview to share with you this morning. and new details about what may have led to that deadly plane crash in a california parking lot. you see it right there. we'll have the latest on the investigation. they have traveled all night to make it here to times square. the newly engaged becca and her fiance garrett will join us live on "gma." there they are. crazy kids. fiance garrett will join us live on "gma." there they are. crazy kids.

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of 92. you're crawling at about 22 miles per hour. and a quick check to have the bay bridge toll plaza, looking typical here, jessica. metering lights still on and backup into the maze. >> jessic (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪

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(car door closes) (sound of engine starting) now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> all right. we'll start by taking a look at the san mateo bridge and using this as a backdrop. a partly cloudy condition for your morning commute. a little fog and mist along the golden gate and out towards the coast. and we have a small craft advisory starting at noon. most of us in the 50s until you get to places like danville and down into the south bay. some low-to-mid-60s there. we have poor air quality in the san joaquin valley and that stretches to tracy. our hottest days still ahead of us, jessica. >>well have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and

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it's about taking a bet or a dare from your friends. take a look what happened at a mariners and blue jays game streaking across the field during the 9th inning. he was tackled by security and taken off the field and now he may be deported back to ireland. all reportedly for an $80 bet. that is not the way you want to be sent back home. >> looks like there's a little more going on than an $80 bet right there. >> so much i can say to that. >> your minds are both whirling. but we'll leave it at that. we'll move on now to the latest on the missing college student, mollie tibbetts, her father is speaking out in a new interview this morning. revealing what he thinks happened to his daughter and abc's whit johnson is here. he thinks she may be -- may have been taken by someone she knows? >> reporter: that's right. good morning. mollie's father saying her disappearance may be the result of a misguided relationship but offering no evidence to back up that theory. her family desperate for answers

after weeks of searches and interviews have turned up empty. this morning, mollie tibbetts' father telling abc news that he thinks his daughter who has been missing for nearly three weeks is alive and with someone she knows. >> probably someone who cares about her, but that that relationship was misguided, misinterpreted and went wrong, and i think they are in a place with mollie and they don't know how to get themselves out of this horrible situation. >> reporter: rob tibbetts not elaborating on why he believes this but also saying the lack of answers is strangely providing new hope. >> i think because they haven't found mollie, that mollie is still someplace and we can get her home. >> reporter: despite hundreds of tips and interviews, investigators still don't know what happened to the university of iowa student and say they have nothing to back up tibbetts' comments but they've

recently updated their timeline, now saying the 20-year-old was last seen about 7:30 p.m. july 18th wearing a pink sports top, shorts and running shoes. >> it's frustrating for everybody. it's frustrating for the investigative team and for us, and it's particularly frustrating for the family and friends of mollie. >> reporter: authorities say she would often go jogging through the tiny town of brooklyn, taking different routes around the sprawling farms and towering cornfields. co-workers describing her as bubbly with an infectious personality. >> in my head i hear her voice and remember events that have happened and i just -- i want those back and i know they can come back. so i just need to keep pushing forward. >> reporter: the reward for information leading to an arrest now swelling beyond $270,000 as her anguished family can only wait. >> hang in there and miss you, pie. come home. >> mollie's father also says law enforcement approached the family asking if they knew her passwords or how to access her

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this morning, the 27 and 25-year-old officers are taking us inside that dramatic rescue captured on body cam. abc's steve osunsami has the story from atlanta. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, michael. three people had to be hospitalized after this accident, but because of the quick work of these atlanta police officers, no one was killed. the city of atlanta is sharing this policbody camera video of a daring rescue from early sunday morning. the young officers working the overnight shift are responding to a crashed car that's on fire with a passenger still trapped inside. >> come on, get out! >> reporter: 27-year-old charles tierney who hasn't even officially graduated from the police academy is the officer using the fire extinguisher and wearing the body camera recording it all. >> y'all got to get the door! >> reporter: working the other side of the car is officer brittany williams. you can't see her yet but the 25-year-old is in the back seat trying to pull the victim over

the front seat into the back and out through a door. >> the smoke was so much that i couldn't -- and it was hot. i couldn't get my hand under the dashboard to pull him out. so once i saw his pants leg started to smoke, i was like, listen, your leg is about to catch on fire. like, you need to pull it together and just give me whatever you have left. >> reporter: the man she was trying to move was nearly twice her size and was badly injured in the crash but she and the others got him out alive. >> pull him out. pull him out. pull him out! >> this was teamwork. it wasn't a single person's effort. >> we literally like give each other a hug at the end of it because we were just so overwhelmed, like when we finished we just hugged each other. >> it's definitely part of what we signed up for, i think, and the pride we got of helping another person and helping save his life is definitely an emotional experience we'll never forget. >> reporter: there are police rescues like this one that happen every day across america. police here say they still don't

know what caused this crash but say that as soon as they removed that young man from the vehicle, the car was engulfed in flames. michael. >> thank you so much. i mean, that was really amazing and the body cam to catch that and see these young officers -- he hasn't even graduated, per se, from school but i think that should prove he's ready for the job. great teamwork. >> i love how they talk about one another. coming up, the gator and the graduate. that's why i'm pausing, the gator and the graduate. >> okay. >> and the story behind these photos. photos. ♪ [computer: a serious error has occurred] ♪

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we are back now with college graduation photos you have to see to believe. the young woman jumping into a swamp to pose with big tex. huge gator she calls her best friend. diane macedo, you have to explain this. >> i'll start this off with a very prominent do not try this at home. makenzie noland is graduating from texas a&m with a degree in wildlife. big highlight was her summer internship at a gator rescue. seemed only fitting when it came time for photos, her favorite gator had to be by her side. >> up, up. >> meet makenzie noland and her best friend big tex, the thousand-pound nearly 14-foot-long gator. >> i am not scared for my life out here. i know i'm in very good hands. >> reporter: the two formed a bond during her summer internship at gator country rescue but with that and her time at texas a&m coming to an end it seemed only natural the college senior would take her graduation photos with tex. >> i'm very happy to work with

tex every single day so i wanted him to be a part of this special moment. >> reporter: those photos have over 4,000 likes and makenzie says while big text may look scary, he's really a gentle giant, rescued from the wild after he got used to being fed by people. >> i know on a moment's notice it could turn bad but he doesn't want to hurt us. he actually tries to watch our back when we go into any other alligator's pond looking at us making sure we're okay. >> reporter: but with graduation just a week away, the aspiring zookeeper is saying see ya later, alligator. >> i want to come back and at at least try to get in the water with text again and see if he remembers me because he's been a really big part of my summer and i hope that he loves me as much as i love him. >> so, makenzie say former interns do often visit and tex does remember them. for now she's busy applying for jobs. she hopes to work at a zoo or sanctuary where she can help to educate people about wildlife.

>> it's wonderful that she chose this line of work and she seems like a great young woman as i'm stumbling to try and -- i don't think that you would want to encourage someone to get in the swamp with a gator. >> that is true. that is part of the education. don't go jump in a swamp. she said it took weeks for them to earn each other's trust and she was under the supervision of the owner of the rescue. baby steps. they started on the outside and slowly got closer and closer but they also say this gator has a different demeanor to most. you do not want to jump in a swamp with a gator. >> okay. different demeanor than most. >> i'm happy for her. >> and terrified. >> don't do it yourself. >> exactly. that is the big point. >> that is her best friend. there we go, everybody. coming up, serena williams gets candid about struggling to find a work/life balance as she pulls out of a big tennis tournament. and i don't know if you've heard but bachelorette becca and her new fiance garrett are here live. still handing out roses. they were handing out roses 30 minutes ago. minutes ago.

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times square as they tell all. and they're saying -- >> both: good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] she looks like erielle reshef. goodness gracious. good morning, america. >> hope you're well this tuesday morning. >> yes, and it's great to have the bachelorette becca and her new fiance garrett. having a little bit of fun backstage. they traveled all night to get to times square after that blockbuster finale. we can't wait to hear what's coming up next for them and who they think should be the next bachelor. >> because they've been together for awhile but we haven't known it. now they can be public and let everybody know. >> go on a real date. >> that's right. we'll start with a lot of headlines that we have for you this morning, starting with those wildfires, of course, in california. a new one, the holy fire, forcing helicopter rescues and now the mendocino complex fire has grown as well becoming the state's largest ever.

ginger has the latest on the dangerous, dangerous situation. ginger. >> robin, the largest ever now, 283,000-plus acres burned. that's in the mendocino fire. those are the images that you're seeing right now. 30% of that fire is contained, and they are working so hard to get there. the holy fire, this is where the hikers were rescued, this one now more than 4,000 acres and none contained. so we've got a lot of problems going on because it's a hot, dry and unstable air mass that's popping those red flag warnings in washington state and in oregon, excessive heat from idaho down to southern california. and then that active pacific, if i don't have enough headlines out west, here's some more. four areas we're watching, now major hurricane hector, we just got the update in from the hurricane center, and it looks like it's at 130 mile per hour max sustained winds. still a category 4. it's a compact, super strong storm. it looks to slide just south of hawaii. tropical storm-force winds extend 105 miles away from the

center. if it stays there we won't see too much impact. 12 to 18-foot swells though, something to watch. if it nudges north, robin, it will be a way bigger deal. >> yeah, it will. all right, ginger, thanks. we move on now to that first big mueller trial. president trump's 2016 campaign chair paul manafort facing the prospect of life in prison and the star witness, manafort's longtime deputy rick gates is back on the stand today. i want to go back to cecilia vega who's tracking the case in virginia. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning, george. paul manafort stared down his former business partner when he was on the stand and rick gates barely looked paul manafort's way. this first day here in court was explosive. gates telling the court they spent years committing crimes together including not reporting more than a dozen offshore accounts. the prosecutors asking, did you commit any crimes with mr. manafort? yes, gates answered. how much did you fail to report over the years? several millions. manafort, of course, is facing charges he failed to report tens of millions of dollars he made working with ukrainian

politicians who had deep ties to russia and prosecutors say manafort hid that money in offshore accounts and falsified tax returns. gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to federal authorities and he is now a flipped witness who is working with the special counsel's legal team. yesterday on the stand he made this stunning admission. he says he embezzled million, several hundred thousand dollars from manafort while they worked together as political operatives and, george, that is what the defense will be focusing on when they get gates on the stand for cross-examination. they will be trying to discredit him, raise doubts about his credibility and that cross-examination is expected to happen later today. >> it will be key. cecilia, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you, george. it's a close animal encounter day. we had the graduation pictures with the alligator. now take a look at this. a paddleboarder joined by humpback whales off the coast of australia. he was following some dolphins during his morning paddle. then one of the huge humpbacks leapt onto the front of his board as you saw. others also coming to the surface for air.

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publication's 126-year history. [ applause ] i call that long overdue. >> unbelievable. >> he's going to join us thursday to tell you about the history, making the photo shoot and, of course, there's much more in the "vogue" issue that hits stands nationwide august 21st. >> talking to tyler. >> can't wait to meet him. that's awesome. >> i know. >> that's going to be fascinating. have i got a sweet deal for you, nutella fans. can i hear some nutella fans? [ applause ] they need you. the hazelnut spread needs you. they're looking to hire 60 taste testers for their research company in alba, italy. your official title will be sensory judge and you'll start with a three-month crash course where you'll hone your sense of taste and smell and learn the correct terminology before you begin judging new batches of nutella. it's only a part-time position so i don't think there are benefits but it requires no previous taste-testing experience.

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>> my dog would. >> being on top. he doesn't like being in the water. >> if he was good he could stay on the board. mine have no shot. but yours might. there is another dog we want to show you who will not be entering the surf competition any time soon. this is bee, the golden retriever, and judging by the look on her face she's done things that are more fun and it's not showering. they have a complicated relationship. this is not a dog that loves to be bathed. >> look at that face. >> she might be just -- you know. >> chilling. >> being ironic, george? i don't think she likes that. but normally a dog that doesn't like a bath actually tries to get out. >> i don't think she minds it that much. >> maybe the soap on her head was a little too much. >> a nice touch. >> you know, it's cute nonetheless. >> it's adorable. thank you so much, sara, as always. [ applause ] and now to our "gma" cover story, the explosive "bachelorette" finale. becca thought she found true love on "the bachelor" but instead she found it on "the bachelorette" and she's here

with her new fiance garrett who made a lot of headlines. we'll talk about them in just a moment. >> her look-alike. >> her look-alike erielle reshef has a look back at their romance. >> my becca, will you marry me? >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: 28 men battled it out for becca's heart. but in the end it was garrett, who put a ring on it. >> my god. i love you so much. >> i love you. >> reporter: beating out blake, garrett, the last man standing, until he got down on one knee. >> we're engaged. >> we just got engaged. >> reporter: becca calling it the hardest decision of her life. >> i know that this man doesn't see it coming. it makes me feel so terrible. >> reporter: while runner-up blake was ready to propose and marry becca, the bachelorette had other plans.

>> i think that there's just a better fit for us. >> you're making a mistake. i don't think anybody can make is awe happy as i can. >> reporter: a heart-wrenching good-bye. >> i love you. bye. >> i'm sorry. >> i [bleep] knew it. >> reporter: ten weeks earlier, now-fiance garrett and becca had that instant connection. he snagged the first impression rose. >> so, garrett, will you accept this rose? >> i will accept that rose. >> reporter: but america's first impression of becca's favorite suitor hitting a bump in the road amid a social media controversy. garrett admitting to liking posts that mocked undocumented immigrants, the trans community and feminists on his old instagram account. becca's fiance apologizing and hoping throughout the season viewers were able to get to know the man he says he really is.

>> garrett, will you accept this final rose? >> yes. >> reporter: once a bachelor and a bachelorette, these two officially off the market. >> sorry, fellas, she he's off the market. she's all mine. >> reporter: monday night the two finally making their public debut as a couple. both beaming and dishing about their plans for the future. and here they are, the happy couple, becca and garrett, come on out, you two. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i see the look in your eyes ♪ hey baby i think i wanna marry you ♪ >> hello, hello, hello. >> hi. >> garrett, have a seat, have a seat. [ applause ] have a seat. okay. the cat is out of the bag. >> yes. >> the world knows. how are you guys feeling right

now? >> so good. >> great to be in public. >> it's weird because i freak out when i say his name because we had code names before and i'm like, garrett, can i say it in public? >> what was the code name? >> i called him vincent. >> and she's veronica. >> vincent and veronica. sounds like an archie comic. but it's been a roller coaster season for you guys so how was it to watch the show back? >> you know, for me, it was more fun than nerve-racking, i would say, just because the guys were amazing. i formed some friendships. he formed a lot of the friendships too, so there are times where, you know, you cringe or it's strange obviously having him watch some of it but overall it's been a crazy, fun journey. >> yeah. >> but there's been some controversy along the way, too. earlier in the season, garrett, there were some offensive social media posts that you liked and you tried to go out of your way, i guess, to win back the trust

of becca and also the people of america, of the country, everybody who has seen the show. so, how did you do that and what are you doing in that regard? i made a public apology on my instagram. i'm really sorry. i didn't mean to offend anybody but now i know the weight that a like holds on instagram and things like that, so we just addressed it, her and i. i know it went against things that she stood for before but she knows through the show and getting to know me that that's not my true character. she didn't let my instagram define who i am as a person and we're moving forward and trying to grow, be better people and i'm trying not to make those same mistakes again. >> becca, for you, when you saw it how did it affect your relationship? >> i mean, yeah, it was -- conversations that we've had since the very beginning, you know, once we got engaged we had those couple months together and right away, it was a conversation. it was an issue that we had to overcome but he has been very transparent throughout the entire thing and he never held anything back and he understands that it was offensive but he took full initiative right after that came out to apologize and

that he -- like he said he didn't want to offend anyone so it hasn't been the easiest but we've gotten through it and honestly i think it's made us stronger in the long run. >> now you're an engaged couple. >> yeah. >> the ring is on the hand. >> it is. >> show off that ring. [ applause ] >> garrett, have there been any surprising things that you've learned about becca? >> yeah, when she gets tired, she starts to say things really off topic so i know when we're on the phone and we're talking at night and she just says something completely off the wall i say good night, i love you, i'll talk to you in the morning. >> smart man, get off the phone. we have a bachelorette superfan. her name is lauren and she has a question for you guys. >> hi, becca, hi, garrett. >> hi. >> hi. >> so, at the end of the show last night you had said that you were so excited to do things together. what have you been doing the last few months that you've been so excited to do and what are you going to do now that your relationship can be public? >> well, oh, my gosh. everything that we can finally

be out in public, but the past two months we've had to stay in hiding so we've -- we'll see each other every couple weeks and cook and play games and have fun but i'm just excited to go to costco and excited to take a walk with him down the street. we got to the airport yesterday because it was our first flight together and i'm like, this is my fiance. he was like, what did i get myself into. >> i have some more questions i'm going to ask you later on. you are not going anywhere. we also want to know who you think the next bachelor is going to be. we'll play the nearly newlywed game ahead but for now over to ginger. what you got, ginger? >> michael, what a crowd we've got on a sticky day here in times square. this is eli from wichita. eli, you ever laugh so hard you knock yourself over? >> once or twice. >> it's happened. how about this 1-year-old from illinois. [ screaming ] he goes in, laughing. here it comes.

and over he goes. so cute. all right. your "gma" moment, send it to my facebook p we now have a "gma" health alert. a new study suggests women having heart attacks are more likely to survive if they are treated by a woman physician in the emergency department. our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton is here. tell us about this study. >> really interesting study. they looked at all patients presenting to emergency rooms in

the state of florida over a 19-year period having heart attacks. their end point was survival and they looked at gender concordance. male doctor/male patient, female doctor/female patient and they found that women were more likely to survive if they were treated by a female physician. the group that did the worst is a female patient treated by a male physician. we need a lot more research, but these are raising a lot of eyebrows. >> so what do you think? >> i think medically this is not the first study to show a difference in clinical outcome with female physicians actually outperforming male doctors. we don't know why that is. maybe they are better communicators. it's unclear. socially, though, i think this is an incredibly slippery slope. we have to be very careful before we start labeling a profession, oh, this is a female profession. imagine the flip side, if we take professional chefs and say that's a male profession or

teachers, or pilots so, again, i think we need to be careful. at this point definitely not enough data to say that if you're sick in the hospital you should request the same physician as your gender. >> number one killer. >> women can present with different symptoms even though the chest discomfort is still the most common. they can have flulike symptoms, sleep issues but prevention is key. >> thank you so much. george. >> thank you. we move on to serena williams pulling back the curtain on her struggles as a new mom in a candid new post. adrienne bankert has the story. >> serena williams. >> reporter: serena williams' wins and losses have been very public. the tennis star now reveals her own private battle for a work/life balance. in a powerful and relatable instagram post she writes, last week was not easy for me. mostly i felt like i was not a good mom. the 23-time grand slam champion admits, i work a lot, i train and i'm trying to be the best athlete i can be. she says talking things through

with other women in her family and her friends has helped her accept postpartum emotions. she writes it's totally normal to feel like i'm not doing enough for my baby. >> serena williams is describing intense ambivalence which is very common for mothers, the feeling that they're neither being successful at work or successful enough at mothering. >> reporter: the 36-year-old has had a tough week. only three weeks away from the u.s. open pulling out of the rogers cup after what many said was the worst loss of her career defeated in straight sets in less than an hour in her most recent tournament. after wimbledon last month she described the challenge of returning to tennis after the pregnancy. >> i had such a long struggle to come back and it was really difficult. >> reporter: she shared many heartwarming real-life moments with daughter alexis who turns 1 in september and she also shares the hard times. williams cried when she missed her daughter's first steps while she was away in training. but being so open about her struggles now might actually be good medicine.

>> instagramming like this about the conflicted feelings she's having can definitely be therapeutic if the community steps up and says, me too, i get it, and we support you. >> i think smiles from that little baby girl are also very good medicine. in that instagram post she salutes other working moms and writing balance with kids is the true art and so many moms ar chiming in and saying, come on, serena, you can do this. we understand exactly what you're going through. praising her for keeping it real. >> powerful message. thanks very much. when we come back "takeout fakeout." how to make your favorite mexican delivery food at home. real. >> thank you very much. when we come back "takeout fakeout." how to make your favorite mexican delivery food at home. out fakeout." how to make your favorite mexican delivery food at home

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welcome back to "gma." we have a great audience with us this morning. thank you guys. and i have a big question. are you guys hungry? are you guys hungry? ready to eat? >> because i got somebody that will help us. time for our series "takeout fakeout" and create some of the most popular meals and alex guarnaschelli is here to show us how to take on take-out. >> let's do it. >> i always love cooking with you because you always bring it. we'll bring out the delivery. there we go. our deliveryman coming in. all right. soy what do we have in the bag today? >> okay. looks like we have some grilled chicken burritos. >> i love that.

what else do we have? >> some guacamole. >> guacamole. >> they go together. >> alex, come on over. we're going to do some cooking. here we go. [ applause ] >> now, according to take-out app grubhub these are the top ten foods people are ordering and you'll show us how to make them at home. chicken burrito. >> you'll make a pike co--- pice guyo. you'll add scallions, garlic, black beans. can we get an ooh and an aah. i have -- >> a little bit. >> what the heck. >> remember that the heat is inside the ribs and seeds. if you don't like it hot take that out. >> what is that? >> a little red wine vinegar and

lime juice and zest and you'll mix that altogether. i'm going to do a cool little tip. if you have tortillas that are a little dried out, you can just give them a quick soak like that in water and then fry them up. that moistens them. brings them back to life. >> i usually just fold them and they fall apart. >> you don't even need to be up here. >> i'm available for parties. >> i have a feeling that's going to be a big hit. we'll build a burrito. put a little rice right in the bottom half. you'll do this. i'm feeling you today. i really am. you are definitely -- you have a future in take-out. well, maybe not. i like to put a little hot sauce and salt right on the rice because rice can get kind of dull. you know what i mean. >> you have to spruce up your rice, cheese, put some cabbage,

some cilantro and the grilled chicken which is terrific. >> i like my burrito is all the way across. >> i think you're an iron chef already. a little bit of pico and we'll fold. >> fold the sides. turn it up and over. look at this. look at this. >> come on, chicken, get in there. [ applause ] >> that's awesome and then i like to wrap it in parchment and that way it stays warm while you're doing it. you know, you can roll them up and make a bunch. it has that take-out vibe at home >> that's that take-out vibe. >> the twist. oh, my god. i cannot believe you. >> all right. >> we're not done. >> no, we got the guac. >> crush up avocados. add cilantro. >> i'll add that. so good -- maybe a little less. what are you feeling?

a little -- i use avocado oil. >> you tell me to crunch up. i'm like, michael, smash. >> i can tell that athletic side. he crushing these avocados. >> that's not what you want. >> you're very athletic. so let's add jalapeno and onion and garlic. look at this. i'm taking the night off. a little lime juice. i love it. by the way, add more garlic if it's not -- >> we didn't need that anyway. that was just extra. >> we add the vinegar and then a little tomato, sure, just mix. now, about buying avocados. it's okay to squeeze them. you know what i'm saying. do you agree. >> yeah, i like squeezing avocados. so you want one no blemishes and no soft spots. if you want to keep the avocado really less, you know, discoloration, cover it with plastic or keep it with the pits and then we have our burrito.

grilled chicken guacamole and you did all the work. >> i did all the work. >> you did it. >> now, and i notice that you added olive oil. why do you add that? >> i think that the avocado is really rich but all the other ingredients are really lean, you know, avocado is lonely. it needs a little richness and the ol little oil and comes in and says, i got you, boo. >> lonely needs a little love. all right, alex. we have some audience members who need some burritos. how are they? >> delicious. >> nothing like a burrito at 8:25 in the morning. nothing like that. alex guarnaschelli, i love you. >> thank you. >> you can get all these recipes on our website, goodmorningamerica.com and tomorrow, chef judge mauro is here sharing his take on take-out barbecue. you come back tomorrow for that

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to practicing medicine helping people in need to find the odds you are about to see that she is a real trail blazer. >> my name is dr. melissa m. freeman. i have been in the practice of internal medicine for more than 60 years. >> could i have her chart, please? >> and i am 92 years of age. >> now, there is a vicious rumor going around about you that you're 92 years old. can you confirm or deny that you are 92 years old and running us all ragged. >> i am proud to say that i have lived for 92 years and i'm still moving. >> reporter: not only is she moving, she's thriving and still practicing medicine. dr. freeman owns and operates this private practice in harlem. >> how are you? >> hello. >> reporter: a business she's run for more than 37 years. what's a typical day for you.

>> well, i start in the morning working in my drug clinic and i complete that and then i take transportation and come here to my office. >> reporter: now she doesn't shy away from public transportation. she embraces it traveling on the new york city subway at least twice a week. >> i'm a new yorker. travel by subway and i have to get somewhere and the subway is the best way to get there i'll board it and take it. >> you keep up with everybody. tackling the steps. >> well, that's the only way you can get to the subway is steps. >> reporter: dr. freeman's grandfather albert b. walker was born a slave in virginia. once the emancipation proclamation was signed he moved to new york to start his family in the late 1800s. what he must think that his granddaughter became a doctor. >> he was an amazing man, he had

four children and we all grew up in his house. >> education was important to him. >> my dad who came from rural alabama and did not have the opportunity to get the education that he wanted to get, but he emphasized the importance of getting a high school and a college education. >> reporter: dr. freeman splits her time at her private practice and a clinic treating people who are addicted to opioid drugs like heroin and oxycodone. >> you have been at the forefront of helping people fight that addiction that -- it's hard to put into words how it has gripped this nation. can you help people understand this. >> once addicted it's a very difficult problem to release and to see them straightening their lives up, it's a very moving thing. >> no plans to retire. >> not that i can see in the near future, no. >> what is your secret to not just your longevity, but your vitality? >> you do what you have to do.

you have to move on. as long as god gives you life and gives me strength, i have to keep doing it and he has been very, very merciful for me. [ applause ] >> our camera crew had a tough time keeping up with her. i mean, she sees up to 150 to 200 patients a year. they range in age from 20 to 100. her patients and they say that she gives them that personal touch and she stays very current with what's going on and she was recently honored at her alma mater, howard medical college where she received her degree and she just was recently honored there and she's very proud if she's touched so many lives. >> yeah, and she's -- oh, she's very active socially. she loves the opera. she's often there at practice till 9:00 at night and goes to the opera. >> i'm glad you brought us that. the stories that you see and hear in this city and now people are very aware of an amazing

woman. >> when people ask, who do you enjoy talking with? you know, we talk to politicians and entertainers and bachelors and bachelorettes. this is the type of people that we really enjoy having a conversation with. [ applause ] and i often say that when you get older, i remember that was years ago i did this -- we had hollywood people come in and made me an 80-year-old woman and the first time i felt invisible that we don't understand that as the generations are getting older that they still have worth and they still have vitality and we should recognize them. >> absolutely. [ applause ] >> all right. ginger. >> thank you, robin. and now we've got a little something for you. an exclusive sneak peek at the new abc reality series called "castaways." 12 people dropped alone in the south pacific and must survive

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bachelor? >> whoo. i mean i would say jordan for his one-liners but -- >> yes or lee yee for his good hair. >> i have a soft spot for jason. he's so charismatic. he would be open to all the girls on the journey. >> yeah. >> but i have a lot of friends that would be open to a lot of the dating -- >> all of my girlfriends are like can you sneak me his number. that's kind of weird. >> i agree with becca. i think jason would be great. >> jason, we'll look out and see if he's the guy. you've been engaged for like three months. >> i know. >> you should know each other pretty well by now. >> i think we're getting to know each other pretty dang well. >> we'll put you guys to the test. we'll -- take out your white boards and play a game called nearly newlywed. >> all right. [ applause ] and i'm going to go back and forth with these questions and don't try to look him in the eye and teleport the answer or anything like that so here we go. we'll start with an easy one.

garrett, what is becca's favorite food? >> okay. >> don't look. >> you write it down. >> oh, my gosh. you just told me this like a week ago. >> real quick. what we got? oh, boy. okay. what -- becca, turn it around. >> i'm going to say surf and turf. >> too late to change it. so what do you have over there, garrett. you're writing a novel. >> she's got two favorite foods. she's got mac and cheese or chicken nuggets and she said surf and turf. >> you're wrong. you're so excited to be wrong. >> here we go. becca, what is garrett's favorite hobby? >> hmm. don't look at what he's writing. what is your favorite hobby. >> i'm putting my favorite hobby. you can just tell me after she's done. >> what's your favorite hobby. >> my favorite hobby, fishing. >> i said fly-fishing.

>> okay. >> okay. garrett, here's one for you. the final question, who is becca's celebrity crush? >> don't screw this one up, garrett. >> i did not write this. >> what you got? >> i was pointing to you. i was trying to -- >> there we go. >> yeah. >> trick question. you got it right, man. we're happy for you guys. mwah. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good luck. we're so happy. always great to see you here. happy you found love. coming up, country singer, chris young going to perform live. [ applause ]

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let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. it's 8:59. i'm registgie aqui from abc 7 mornings. meteorologist mike nicco, what do we have in store for today? >> we have some clouds along the coast and over the bay right now, but they'll pull back to the coast and be pretty stubborn there, except for in places like santa cruz. it's going to be cool and breezy all up and down our beaches. if you're out on the bay, watch out, afternoon, it's going to be a little choppy. look at the spread, from 67 -- 62 in half moon bay to 99 in antioch. and it's only going to get hotter inland tomorrow and thursday. alexis? >> okay, taking a look at the roads, we have what i believe is some landscaping work really slowing you down on southbound 280, right around page mill road, we have the left lane blocked until 2:00 this afternoon. that's at least a 15-minute delay and plenty of fog here across golden gate bridge, as well, so make sure you're driving for conditions. reggie? >> thanks, alexis. time now for live wl kelly and ryan. we'll see you again for the abc

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