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nearly a foot of water in 24 hours submerging vehicles forcing multiple rescues as the threat moves east. paula from the block here with us but there was jenny from mtv vio music awards with her he sizzling greatest hits performance after taking home one of the top honors as women ruled the night with ariana, nikki, camila. we're backstage with all the red hot highlights and we have the biggest stars. 15 minutes of singing and dancing, that's a lot of work. >> i read one description. it was an athletic performance and i thought that was so perfect. but then a-rod, her adoring boyfriend looking lovingly at her as well. that was quite a feat, 15 minutes and it's all coming up on the show this morning. we do want to turn to breaking news for our viewers in the west. there are reports that after missing for over one month, investigators believe the body of mollie tibbetts, she's the 20-year-old freshman from the

university of high w found. t.j. holmes is here with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, paula. this young woman simply vanished, 20 years old. this set off an outpouring of love and concern from the college community. we have reports this morning that, yes, authorities think they have found her body. >> reporter: the university of iowa freshman set off alarms when she didn't show up for work in brooklyn, iowa, where she was living this summer with her boyfriend, dalton jack. >> she was very much looking forward to this vacation she and dalton were going to take to the dominican republic the first part of august. she had her first passport. >> reporter: jack was working a construction job 100 miles away when tibbetts disappeared. the last time he heard from her was a snapchat photo he received around 10:00 p.m. that night. as the search intense fewed in recent weeks, police and the fbi focused on her digital footprint

including from her fitbit. >> there's really no clues. >> reporter: 56-year-old wayne cheney was questioned, a man with a criminal past that includes stalking and harassment but he was not named as a person of interest. >> you can't give up hope. if it were me that were missing, mollie wouldn't give up hope. >> reporter: despite the lack of leads in the investigation, tibbetts' family always held out hope. and remember, there was a fund, a reward fund that was established for information leading to the safe return of mollie tibbetts. just to give you an idea of how much support was out there, that fund reached some $400,000. authorities are expected to have some kind of a press conference a little later today. we'll certainly monitor that, expecting more details of course at that point but also we have reached out to mollie tibbetts' father who has been out front and has never given up hope in this search. he tells us at this point he has no comment. paula. >> sadly, t.j., just not the outcome that so many of us were

hoping for. we hope to get some more of our questions answered in that press conference which is expected to be later this evening. george, let's send things over to you. president trump taking aim at the russia investigation in a blistering new interview. cecilia vega is in washington with the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump is insisting he has the power to run the russia probe himself but says he just hasn't chosen to do that. after declaring so many times that he absolutely wants to sit down with robert mueller, he's now casting doubt about the future of that interview. this morning a presidential pivot after saying he wants to sit down with robert mueller. >> 100%. >> 100%. >> i would love to speak. i would love to. >> reporter: president trump now says he's worried investigators would pit his words against others who have testified like former fbi director james comey. the president telling reuters it could be a perjury trap saying, quote, even if i am telling the truth that makes me a liar. that is no good.

even amid the chaos, the president described his white house as a, quote, smooth-running machine. the exception, he says, the russia probe. on twitter president trump blasted mueller as disgraced and discredited calling his team thugs and he told reuters that until now it has been his choice to stay out of the investigation saying, now i don't have to stay out. i can go in and i could do whatever. i could run it if i want. i'm totally allowed to be involved if i wanted to be. so far i haven't chosen to be involved. i'll stay out. it all comes amid the revelation that the top lawyer in the white house has become one of mueller's most important inside sources. "the new york times" reporting white house counsel don mcgahn has met with mueller's team at least three times for a total of 30 hours, more than any other white house witness. mcgahn, not commenting. >> and was it a mistake to have you speak without limits to special counsel mueller?

>> did you confide because you thought the president would betray you? >> reporter: his lawyer is trying to reassure the white house, in an email to the president's legal team described by abc news, mcgahn's lawyer wrote, he did not incriminate him. it is important to remember that mcgahn is a key player inside this white house. inside this west wing he has been right here for key events, including the firing of james comey. no idea exactly what mcgahn has told mueller's investigators for those 30 hours of interviews, george. of course, the special counsel is not talking about this one. >> never does. cecilia, thanks very much. we're talking about possible russia hacking. microsoft has detected new hacking attempts tied to the russian government that were reportedly targeting conservative think tanks pushing for continued sanctions against moscow. hackers had designed these sites to mimic pages of two conservative organization, the

hudson institute and the international republican institute. users were redirected to fake pages asking them to enter user names and passwords. michael. >> wow, all right, thank you very much for that, paula. severe weather battering the heartland with damaging winds and flash flooding and ginger is tracking it all. ginger, those storms are moving east this morning. >> they are and the heaviest rain is right now in the center moving into midland, michigan but what it left behind in wisconsin. one person still missing, swept away in the floods. swallowed in wisconsin. nearly a foot of rain in one day near madison. police begging people to stay off the roads as the city was inundated. trapping cars. >> i can't go anywhere. >> reporter: and forcing dozens of high water rescues including sam who was almost home and thought he could make it when his car started filling up with water. emts rescuing him just in time. >> when they tell you on tv if you can't see the bottom, don't go, i should have listened. >> reporter: in ohio --

>> holy [bleep]. there's a [bleep] tornado. >> reporter: watch as this funnel teases the ground outside urbana. >> get the dogs in the truck! >> reporter: and in alabama -- >> y'all are about to have severe weather heading your way. >> reporter: yet another funnel dancing on the horizon. in omaha, 62-mile-per-hour gusts skewering roofs with large trees and the storm is not done with us. it could do it again today. it could be a new area. a lot of tropical moisture fueling it and that area giving us flash flood watches in parts of wisconsin but it's the damaging wind that will be the main threat today so winds that can take down power lines and take trees and shove them into cars and homes from buffalo to pittsburgh. the entire state of west virginia, charlottesville and roanoke and could see funnel clouds like we did throughout the midwest just yesterday. so this thing has that potential. we're watching it throughout this afternoon and evening. michael. >> thank you so much, ginger. george. we turn to dramatic protests at the university of north carolina chapel hill where hundreds gathered against the

105-year-old silent sam statue. it's attributed to confederate alumni. two hours in, several students took matters into their own hands and dragged down the statue with a rope. north carolina's governor sympathized but said there's no place for the destruction of public property. they said we are fortunate no one was injured. authorities did not say whether they will try to restore the statue. >> you can understand the frustration. that statue stood on campus since 1913. we want to move to the deportation of a new york man authorities are calling the last nazi collaborator. authorities say the 94-year-old came here in 1949 hiding his past as an armed guard in brutal nazi prison camp. he was stripped of his citizenship but remains in the u.s. until now and tara palmeri has the story. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula. yeah, jakiw palij has been living in the shadows for decades, a man authorities say is the last known surviving nazi

collaborator on u.s. soil, until now living in queens, new york. his presence bringing on years of outrage from the surrounding community but he's been deported to germany at the direct order of president trump. abc news was there exclusively as i.c.e. agents wield jakiw palij from his new york home. >> sir, are you a nazi? >> reporter: you're watching a now frail 95-year-old man. finally being deported for his alleged role as an armed guard at a nazi death camp in poland decades after his alleged involvement. >> any regrets, sir? do you have any regrets? >> reporter: justice department investigators say palij was complicit in the deaths of thousands of jews during world war ii. authorities say palij lied to immigration officials when he first entered the u.s. in 1949 and it wasn't until 2003 he was exposed as an alleged war criminal and stripped of his u.s. citizenship. >> anything you would like to say,sir? anything? >> reporter: the lead investigator saying in 2004, quote, during a single

nightmarish day in november 1943, all of the more than 6,000 prisoners of the nazi camp that jakiw palij had guarded were systemically butchered. a judge ordered him deported in 2005 but no country would take him. for years protesters gathered outside his home in queens demanding action. members of congress imploring president trump to finish what was started, to send a message to the entire world that the united states stands firmly against anti-semitism, bigotry and hatred. the deportation drawing rare praise for trump from top democrats. >> he's a war criminal. he didn't deserve to live in the united states. he doesn't deserve to die in the united states, a place of freedom and equality where we respect each other's differences. >> reporter: sources tell abc news the president became fixated on the case ordering his new ambassador to germany to make his deportation a top priority. it's unclear what is next for him. he's being detained by the german government but they're

still evaluating his legal status since they don't consider him to be a german citizen. >> deported overnight. future to be determined in germany. tara, great to have you in the studio. we turn to that alligator attack where a woman walking her dog by a creek was dragged away by the gator when she tried to protect her dog. abc's victor oquendo is in hilton head with more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning. there are bodies of water just like this where you might find alligators all over the area and officials say in this case this alligator latched on to the dog's leash and pulled both the dog and woman into that lagoon and that woman died protecting her pet. a dog walk turned deadly. a woman on hilton head island, south carolina, killed after being attacked by an alligator monday. >> it's a very rare occurrence, one we hope we will not witness again. >> reporter: officials say the victim, 45-year-old cassandra cline was walking her dog near a lagoon known to be populated

with gators when an eight-foot alligator tried to attack the animal. cline tried protecting her pet when the alligator turned on her dragging her underwater. >> if he sees a small dog or anything that they think they can get and it's hungry by the side of the water, it's going to come out there faster than you can react. >> reporter: signs throughout the upscale sea pines community warning residents about alligators. a neighbor said he saw one earlier near the site of the attack. >> eight, ten-foot gator and it stopped traffic and i was like, man, you know, you don't get to see that every morning. >> reporter: earlier this summer a woman who was also walking her dogs in florida was killed when a 12-foot alligator attacked. attacks on humans are not common. still, experts warn to keep your distance. even in golfing communities like this one where gators can be commonplace. >> that attack mode and short distance, 10 to 15 to 20 feet they can overcome a human being very quickly.

>> reporter: ron mcgill says that about 15 to 20 feet away from the water is a safe distance. this kind of attack is very rare in south carolina. this is just the second alligator-related death here in 42 years. >> what a tragedy. thanks very much. michael. we turn now to the mtv video music awards. big night in new york for some of the biggest stars in music and the video vanguard recipient, jenny from the block, she brought down the house and our adrienne bankert was there for it all. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: i am still dancing. good morning. it was all about legends, latin beats and especially the ladies with the one, the only jennifer lopez being honored last night. ♪ my love don't cost a thing >> reporter: she may be 49 y old but j-lo taught the younger artists a thing or two last night. ♪ and i can't go on without you ♪ putting on a heart-stopping

15-minute performance of her greatest hits. ♪ dance the night away live your life stay strong on the floor ♪ >> reporter: reminding everyone including her boyfriend alex rodriguez who looked on adoringly that after all these years she's just -- ♪ i'm still jenny on the block >> reporter: she gave a shoutout to her kids and a-rod as she received the mtv video van guard award. >> you are like my twin soul, mirror images of each other. >> reporter: camila cabello took home the two biggest awards for artist and video of the year. ♪ what it means >> reporter: while rapper logic put on an electrifying performance sharing the stage with immigrants wearing "we are all human beings" t-shirts. and the queen of mtv, madonna, visited her subjects to pay hothe one, thearetha franklin. onof this soul twhe am tod.uthe material

innse heat or. so make arethout heis kanye when y him? #vmas. another wrote madonna likes to hear madonna talk about madonna. so a lot of people had opinions after madonna's tribute. we were not able to talk to her officially but there were a lot of people who did stop and say hello to us including post malone. he's getting a lot of love. he performed with aerosmith. we talked to nicki minaj right after her win, very, very excited and, of course, she has a lot of swagger talking about how she knew she was going to win. camila cabello was excited and just in shock. >> what you're saying it was a really tough assignment. >> i am telling you, you know me, i like to sing so i was just singing and dancing the whole night. >> i'm surprised you can talk and didn't wear your voice out. >> i let everybody else do more of the singing than myself.

>> at the end of the day regardless of the madonna flack it was a great night for so many performers. >> some really important moments. >> you're going to have more of those moments coming up at the 8:00 hour. drake wasn't there but his presence still felt in the music world. this is sophia sanchez, 11-year-old heart transplant patient of lurie children's hospital in chicago performing the kiki, do you love me challenge in the hopes of meeting drake. well, that dream came true. >> oh, my god! >> you asked me to come. i'm here. >> the rapper, he surprised her for her birthday at the hospital where she had open hart surgery. the two got to hang out and snapped a few photos. drake captioning this one, me and my love sophia talking about bieber and owls and basketball. >> sounds like a regular kid. in my feeling. she's all in her feelings right now. >> he wasn't very vmas but in an important place. doing something really cool.

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back open and the sig alert is canceled. we have a crash in the south bay, you're jammed about three miles back here to highway 17. jessica? >> alexis, thank you.

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♪ dream on, dream on, dream until your dreams come true >> it wasn't a dream. it was real. welcome back to "gma." the big night at radio city last night including this unbelievable moment, aerosmith closing out the vmas with a show-stopping rendition of "dream on." no one can hit that high note like steven tyler can. 25 years after they released their vma-winning "crying." 25 years. >> whoa. >> they joined forces with post malone for what they called a rock superstar collaboration. >> i can't get enough of them. that woke me up just now. i think i just finally woke up. we'll have much more ahead but first the top headlines we are following on this tuesday. president trump claiming that he could run the mueller investigation himself if he wants, also hinting he will not

sit down for an interview worried about a so-called perjury trap. also right now, first lady melania trump is planning to travel to africa this fall, looking forward to her first major solo trip since becoming first lady saying this will be my first time traveling to africa and i am excited to educate myself on the issues facing children throughout the continent while also learning about its rich culture and history. the trip will happen in october. it will include several countries. we want you to take a look at this video. a scary landing for passengers on board this plane in peru. you see sparks flying right there as the pilot makes the emergency landing after the front gear had failed. now, the good news, the plane and its 64 people on board did land safely. not without some sparks. we'll get to the claims in that murder case in colorado. christopher lee watts charged with murdering his wife and two children but he's now claiming that his wife killed the kids el

clayson sandell has more from colorado. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: hey, good morning. this was already a sad and bizarre story that just got a lot more bizarre. chris watts allegedly admits to killing his wife but now he says there was more than one killer in this house. this morning chris watts is formally charged for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters. >> three counts of murder in the first degree after deliberation. >> reporter: nine felony counts in all. the family of shanann watts revealing here on facebook she was pregnant with a son, nico. >> pink means? >> that is just the test. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time. >> we would like to thank everyone in the frederick police department and all the agencies involved for working so hard to find my daughter, granddaughters and nico. >> reporter: but in a bizarre confession twist, watts blames his wife shanann for killing 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bella. ♪

in court documentsatearly on au shanann he wanted a separation, then went downstairs returning to his bedroom a moment later to see shanann on a baby monitor. in the affidavit he claims he saw bella sprawled out on her bed and blue and shanann actively strangling celeste. chris said he went into a rage and ultimately strangled shanann to death. her friends say impossible. >> i know that shanann would never hurt her girls. never. her girls were her world. >> reporter: documents reveal a new allegation that chris watts was actively involved in an affair with a co-worker, something friends believe shanann suspected. >> he wasn't being the loving chris that he normally was. he wasn't touching or hugging or doing stuff like that and wasn't being as attentive to the girls as normal. >> reporter: watts allegedly told police he loaded the bodies into his work truck, hiding them in an oil field where he used to work, for the next two days

claiming he had no idea what happened. >> shanann, bella, celeste, if you're out there, just come back like if somebody has her, just please bring her back. >> reporter: what did you see in chris' demeanor? >> the last time i talked to him, he said i just want to cry and i looked at him and said why aren't you? he didn't shed one tear. >> reporter: prosecutors are not saying whether they find chris watts' story credible though he is charged with all three murders. he has not entered a plea but is expected back in court today. george. >> let's talk to mark geragos now. i guess clayton said the prosecutors aren't saying whether they find this story credible. is he credible? >> look at the hurdles he has right now. you have him pleading for them to return and what prosecutors love in these cases, an extramarital affair. you have a story that evolves or changes so that will be a problem. he's going to be able to say or

he's going to say at some point or he's going to have to tell his story because in a case like this they've got that confession. and that confession is something that they're going to poke holes in one way or another and his lawyer is going to have his hands full explaining why the story morphs or there is a change of the story, so to speak. >> they are asking for dna evidence. hard to imagine that will turn up anything. >> i think the condition of where the bodies was found, it's highly unlikely they'll find anything usable in terms of dna. >> you represented scott peterson who was convicted of killing his pregnant wife laci after saying she's missing as well. you talked about the hurdles facing the defense right here. how would you go about defending him? >> in scott's case there was never an admission or a confession by him. you had the extramarital affair and changing stories but never what you have here, the added piece of saying one thing, asking for them to come back and then saying, no, and blaming the wife she was the one. that is part of your problem.

you can probably -- my guess is they probably already consulted with experts who would talk about or be able to talk about the psychological underpinnings of what was going on if, in fact, his story -- he's going to stick to the story that he saw his wife doing the strangling and things like that, that he went into a rage. he's already conceded to what is basically a manslaughter negating the malice element. now it's up to the prosecutors to poke holes in that story and up to the defense to try to deal with it. >> part of the reason to throw that data out there is to avoid the death penalty. colorado a death penalty state. >> correct. correct. if there was ever going to be a case where prosecutors seek the death penalty this is probably one they would. >> mark geragos, thanks very much. pau paula. >> just a heartbreaking story all around. coming up, the dating game. how one woman turned tinder on ts head inviting a sea ofen to compete for her love. we'll tell you what was behind this high-profile stunt when we come back.

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double booking idea to a whole new level making the dating game more like the hunger games for her attention. a sea of men waiting, standing around all for one woman. >> as you may or may not know my name is natasha and i have a confession to make. everyone here today was brought here to be on a date with me. >> reporter: self-described actress, model and singer natasha aponte swiped right on all these men. >> no beer belly, no long beards, no bald guys, no khakis. no toms. i don't know why but i hate toms. >> reporter: she chatted with them online and told them all of them individually to meet her in union square for what they thought was a one-on-one date. >> crazy social experiment is happening. >> reporter: but much to their surprise when they showed up,

there were dozens and dozens of others. perhaps most surprising, they would be competing against each other for natasha's love from footraces. to tests of strength. along with a string of odd questions. >> i thought it was a pretty elaborate ruze. it didn't occur to me the scale of it immediately but at first it was like she tricked a bunch of people. >> reporter: mischa was one of the dates but left when he realized what was going on. >> i think a lot of people were probably ashamed to be there so i think some people walked away but it was a strangely obedient audience for the little bit of time i stayed. >> reporter: next, all the guys under 5'10" axed. all looking for a hookup asked she reportedly did pick a winner but no word yet who it is.

aponte pulling off the stunt with the help of rob bliss, the man behind viral videos like this infamous anti-harassment cat-calling video from 2014. that video has been viewed more than 47 million times. okay, so the reactions is varying. men have taken to her instagram to blast her for this stunt. did she find love? we don't know yet. we'll find out thursday. that's when the official release of the video is happening. this is the thing, that girl will not be able to find a date in new york or the world for, like, a while. >> you had a question. >> she's going to be just fine. >> i don't understand why guys didn't just walk away but i did notice when the young gentleman said a lot were obedient, you two just busted out laughing. george and i were sitting here like -- >> i don't know what it says about men that they decided they would sit there. >> do you think it's the competitive nature that kicks in like, i'll compete for this woman.

i don't know if i want her but i want to compete. do men like to compete? no? nothing? >> did you see george's face? that says it all. >> not obedient these two. eva, thank you. what a talker. tomorrow we will talk exclusively about this because the woman behind the event as well as the man who shot the video we'll meet and join us. >> plenty of questions. we have questions tomorrow. coming up, everybody, jon stewart to the rescue. how the former "daily show" host saved a couple of goats who took a walk on the wrong side of the tracks. we'll be right back. of the tracks. we'll be right back. say let's take a step backreallo and talk about protecting your enamel. it's important to look after your enamel because it's the foundation for white teeth. i believe dentists will recommend pronamel strong and bright because it's two fold. it strengthens your enamel, but then also it polishes away stains for whiter teeth. so it's really something that's a win-win for the patient and the dentist.

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>> to get to the other side? to get to jon stewart's shelter? i don't know. anyway it will be a bad joke because that's the only joke i know how to tell. >> it worked out. >> good guess. >> kind of. love it. thanks, michael. coming up, a royal mini honeymoon. harry and meghan vacationing with which pair of hollywood royalty? take a guess. "gma," we are backstage at the vmas with the biggest stars of the night and best new artist and new mom, cardi b.'s big fakeout. >> love her hair. >> please welcome shawn mendes. i wondered if she could do the stuff she does for us which is kinda, a lot. and if that pain could mean something worse. joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop further damage enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma other cancers, nervous system

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she's got nicki minaj, camila ho the big winners last night and she tweeted the sweetest thing to her young self. you'll hear from all of the biggest stars. we had her on our show a couple weeks ago. i'm just like a 16-year-old. i get so excited about the vmas every year. someday, someday i'm going to go. let's talk about weather. this gets me excited too. unfortunately, this is bad news. look at the air quality in seattle. you can barely see seattle and that skyline is so obscured, there are people reporting that they've got ash from the fires that's falling on their cars right here in seattle. so even if you're not in the wildfire itself it's absolutely affecting everyone. there's a reason for that. we've got kind of a trapped air situation, so this backward kind of trough that formed there has the air quality stuck. a north-northeasterly wind keeps that air quality down from idaho to western montana.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. bombshell twist in that murder case in colorado. police revealing that the father charged with his family's deaths now says he killed his wife in a rage after she strangled their little girls. the stunning new claims this morning. new overnight, president trump blasts the russia investigation in a blistering new interview claiming he can run it himself. why the president says he won't sit down with mueller. says it's all a trap to charge him with lying. mini moon for meghan and harry. the couple on holiday with hollywood royalty staying with the clooneys at their italian villa. the top secret undercover operation to get meghan and harry there and the details on their dream vacation. ♪ tonight

the queens of music ruling the night at the vmas from jlo to madonna, cardi b, nicki minaj and ariana with a shoutout from the stage after her big win. >> pete davidson, thanks for existing. >> before an epic performance center stage and right after camila cabello's big win, "gma" was backstage with her. >> it's like the emotions are too big for my little tiny body. >> and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ get on the floor ♪ good morning, america. hope you're well this tuesday morning. what a monday night it was at the vmas. >> big monday night and the big winner, camila cabello, she responded to an old tweet of hers in 2012. in 2012 she said i hope i can be there. now she tweeted last night so you're not gonna believe this, small camila, but in 2018 madonna is going to give you an award for video of the year and your acne will clear.

>> she puts it out there. >> '12 she said i hope to even be there and now she's there, madonna giving her an award, video of the year, and her acne is there. >> coming full circle there. the power of positive thinking. i love that. a lot of headlines but first to the stunning new claims in that murder case in colorado. christopher watts charged with murdering his wife and two children now claiming that his wife killed the children, so let's go back to clayton sandell who is tracking the case from frederick, colorado. clayton, just some shocking claims. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, paula. i wanted to show you this growing memorial to shanann watts and her two kids, celeste and bella. the father, chris watts,in is expected to be back in court this morning. facing nine felony counts. chris watts is formally charged for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters. >> three counts of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: but in a bizarre

confession twist, watts blames his wife shanann for killing 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bella. in court documents watts said he saw shanann with the girl, bella dead and shanann attacking celeste. chris said he went into a rage and ultimately killed shanann. her friends say impossible. >> i know that shanann would never hurt her girls. never. her girls were her world. she would never hurt her children. >> reporter: documents reveal a new allegation that chris watts was actively involved in an affair with a co-worker, something friends believe shanann suspected. >> the last time i talked to him he said i just want to cry and i looked at him and said why aren't you? he didn't shed one tear. >> reporter: chris watts has not entered a plea and the public defender has not returned her calls. prosecutors were asked if they would seek the death penalty for chris watts and they tell us it's far too early in the case to make that decision.

paula. >> tragic story all around, clayton, thank you. george. >> thank you, paula. now to president trump taking new aim at the russia investigation. he says he could run it himself. calls it a possible perjury trap i want to bring back cecilia vega. good morning, cecelia. >> reporter: hey george, good morning. you know this. we've talked about it so much. president trump has repeatedly said he is willing and wants to sit down with robert mueller for an interview, but now he seems to be casting doubt over the prospect of that. all of this comes in a new interview with reuters. the president says he's worried investigators would essentially pit his words against others who have testified like james comey and he said this could amount to a perjury trap saying, quote, even if i am telling the truth that makes me a liar. that's no good. and he also told reuters that until now it has been his choice to stay out of this investigation, saying, quote, now i don't have to -- now i don't have to stay out. i can go in and i could do whatever. i could run it if i want. i'm totally allowed to be involved if i wanted to be. so far i haven't chosen to be involved. i'll stay out. this was a blistering interview, even amid all the chaos here at

this white house the president calls this a, quote, smooth running machine. the exception, george, he says it's the russia probe. >> cecilia vega, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you george. now to a baseball story and a dad going bats and happiness. it happened at the little league world series. in the bottom of the ninth, two outs the southwest team was down by one run when jansen kenty smacks a homer to tie the game and his dad loses his mind. and not only that, the southwest -- and the southwest team, they went on to win the game. if the dad celebrated the home run like that, i wonder what he did when the game was over. >> he is that dad. >> he is that dad. >> be proud of your kids when they're out there. >> not getting angry, just happy. >> that's right. coming up, backstage at the vmas, nicki minaj and camila cabello. adrienne bankert with more big of the big es stars of the night. you want to sit up for this one. how to sit better and fix your back pain. dr. ashton is here with

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now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? ♪ welcome back to "gma." that's ariana grande's last supper performance at the vmas. we have a big exclusive.

i had the chance to sit down with the superstar and we talked about her engagement and that show-stopping number and big win last night and her new music, her engagement. she has a lot going on. [ applause ] >> just a little bit. i can't wait to do that but what i really can't wait for is "pop news" with lara spencer. [ applause ] all right, good morning, everybody. so, the hills are alive with the sound of a reboot. yes, here i am again to tell you about this weekly's edition of the reboot of the week. we can now officially say it is the year of the reboot and this time it's mtv slipping back into their vault and announcing "the hills" will be back next year. [ applause ] is that good news? all the young'uns in the back office were like that is huge! it will be called "the hills, new beginnings." most of the original cast with children and spouses will be part of the fun and there you go. there's most of the gang on the

red carpet at the mtv vmas last night. missing from the picture and still unconfirmed if they will be part of the show, these are big ones, whitney port, lauren conrad and kristin cavallari. this sounds like it can be breaking news. if i hear about it, i'll let you know. mtv seems to have a winning formula. the series revival they did of "the jersey shore," a huge hit. that's coming back for a second season. so "the hills: new beginnings" will have their new beginning sometime in 2019. [ applause ] >> at first when you were talking about the hills i thought you were talking about a reboot of "the sound of music." >> do you know when i saw it on the rundown i literally thought they were doing a reboot of "the sound of music" too? i don't know. i'm trying to keep it young and fresh and all the kids were like, no. >> with lin-manuel miranda. aren't they doing something like that? >> yes, yes, they're already doing that. [ applause ] >> can we advocate for a reboot of "the sound of music"? >> they are. >> or "little house on the prairie." >> oh.

>> see. i have so much to tell. >> "little house on the prairie." >> i know you guys love none other than this group. yeah, man, take it easy this morning. my personal favorite, the eagles have taken it to the limit one more time. the feel good california band soaring past michael jackson to notch the best-selling album of all time. get this, their greatest hits album, 1971 to 1975 has been certified 38 times platinum. in other words, translation, that sold over 38 million copies and beats michael jackson's epic "thriller." eagles original band member don henley writing, thanks to the loyal fans who have stuck with us through the ups and downs of 46 years. it's been quite a ride. [ applause ] so they are really so good. the eagles as i said are number one, jackson at number two. guess -- don't look at prompter. guess who is at number three. >> i'm bad at this.

>> it's the eagles again. their 1977 album "hotel california." certified 26 times platinum. they are in concert right now. we gotta go. [ applause ] >> whoo. >> if you have -- if you want a great watch, the dvd of them as a young band and making it is just outstanding. >> i didn't know you were such a fan. >> massive fan. i have one more story for you. this one is important because it was recommended to us by our former executive producer mr. thomas. he's a white wine lover like myself. did not feel fully represented in the land of emojis. here's the problem. currently the only way to discuss white wine using emojis is this. a red wine emoji and a white box in front of it. not okay, people. the folks at wine maker kyndall jackson are on a mission to

bring white wine emojis and they've launched a social media campaign. >> you're not old enough to drink wine. what are you cheering about? heerands impoancef uata a. kendall jackson presenting their 15-page proposal to the highest emoji authority. i did not know there was a unicode consortium. it is real but they cannot present until the spring of 2019 because there are so many other people presenting their cases. we say to you, kendall jackson, cheers and good luck and don't forget rose. [ applause ] >> i didn't know there was such protocol, such a process to get an emoji approved. >> it is a big deal. >> it is a big deal. >> way to give the campaign a kick. >> thank you. >> thank you, lara. on to our cover story and more from the vmas. adrienne bankert back with some great moments from backstage and the red carpet. hey, adrienne. >> good morning. i'm still laughing about that rose, lara.

j. lo honored for a lifetime of work last night. camila cabello celebrated with a pizza party with her fans and it was the first red carpet debut of cardi b since becoming a new mom. >> welcome! >> reporter: with that, the one and only cardi b kicked off the biggest night of the summer where women were on top at an epic show. cardi b joined by a bundle of joy. >> i got a little surprise for you. >> reporter: fans hoping to get a peek of her newborn daughter baby kulture. instead she punked us all revealing a moon person. later she returns to the stage as winner of the best new artist of the year. >> i had a baby. i carried the baby and now i'm still winning awards. >> reporter: from there it was a parade of music's most talented ladies. pop powerhouse camila cabello taking home two awards, best artist of the year and best >> you seem very calm. >> i'm honestly i'm absolutely not. it's like the emotions are too big for my little tiny body. >> in your wildest dreams did

you ever think 2018 would round out like this? >> no, i didn't even think two months ago i would be nominated to these categories. honestly it's amazing. >> reporter: rapper nicki minaj took home the award for best hip-hop video. obviously love what you bring and see that it's distinctively different. >> thank you. >> as is the any album, "queen." >> thank you. yes. i put a lot of work into that and as of now, everyone says it's my best album to date. >> reporter: the self-proclaimed queen performing at a special location in lower manhattan. ♪ the highly anticipated performance by jlo brought down the house as she became the first latin artist to receive the video vanguard award, the show's highest honor. ♪ worig rteenny from the block leaving it all on the dance floor in a showstopper full of throwback jams and surprise guests, d.j. khaled and ja rule. ♪ ♪ i'm still jenny on the block

>> reporter: jlo's family cheering her on in the front row. boyfriend a-rod seen filming it on his phone, and she gave a shoutout to her children, max and emmy. >> i knew i had to be better. i knew i had to go higher, had to be stronger than i had been before. >> reporter: of course, a-rod. >> my life is sweeter and better with you in it because you make me realize that every day the sky is not the limit. >> reporter: ariana grande, the winner of best pop video. she then performed her new song "god is a woman" with more than 50 dancers bringing her mom, aunt and grandmom onto the stage. >> the queen of soul, aretha franklin. >> reporter: so many showing r-e-s-p-e-c-t for the queen of soul. >> i left detroit when i was 18. $35 in my pocket. she led me to where i am today. r-e-s-p-e-c-t. long live the queen. >> while fitting to have icon

madonna pay tribute to the one and only aretha franklin, many on social media not pleased. on the red carpet we had artists from shawn mendes to lenny kravitz singing her songs. that was a lot of fun. >> that was great. >> absolutely. "natural woman," i mean every time you hear one of her songs -- >> come on, girl. >> i can't even do it. i can't even hit those notes. not warmed up. >> thank you, adrienne. >> thank you, guys. want to move to -- i'm over here. a mini moon for prince harry and duchess meghan. the royal couple reported ly hanging out with hollywood royalty spending a weekend with, you know, none other than george and amal clooney at their house in lake como and erielle reshef has more. >> hey there, paula. i think our invitations got lost in the mail. it was a glamorous top secret getaway for the fienewlyweds. the jet-setting royals relaxing with hollywood royalty at their italian villa. >> reporter: hollywood royalty hosting real life royalty. prince harry and meghan enjoying a mini moon at george and amal

clooney's waterfront lake comeau villa. >> they flew on a private plane and landed there thursday and this was a private weekend where they were just able to enjoy time with close friends. >> reporter: since attending meghan and harry's wedding, the two couples have been spending more time together, bonding over shared philanthropic interests. >> amal and meghan spent much of their days lounging by the pool together and of course playing with the twins and george and harry have a shared passion for motorcycles and checked out georplayed basketball together. of course, in the evening george is the host with the most and he threw several banquets catered for by his favorite chef at a local restaurant. >> reporter: meghan showing her mothering side helping amal out with toddlers alexander and ella. >> everyone is wondering when harry and meghan will have their first child. this is a woman who as soon as she got married was open she wanted to spend the first year fork and commitments. so i don't think we'll be seeing a little duke or duchess in the next year or so.

>> reporter: it was a top secret undercover operation getting harry and meghan there. >> george flying them over on to como from london on his private jet and then an unmarked motorcade transported them from the airfield to the home with, of course, their protection officers in tow. >> it's really good they got their r&r because meghan and harry have a jam-packed schedule ahead. they're expected to visit the queen at her scottish estate which is a royal rite of passage, a really big deal. this is also have a full calendar of charity events coming up. >> they are working hard and playing hard too. >> we cannot get enough of them. >> ginger, we can't get enough of you either. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. we should do your "gma" moment. for this one we head to north carolina to an aquarium with gus who apparently makes friends everywhere he goes. he's doing the fish face and the fish is following his every move. isn't that crazy? >> it is. >> he's like a real-life pocahontas.

i totally want to be him when i grow up. thanks for sending that in.t it right on the page. hopefully we can have a smile or little laugh. depending on what you send us. now to a "gma" health alert that will definitely make you want to sit up straight. rst ashton is here to help you our becky worley joins us from san francisco with a new sitting technique that promises relief from back pain.

good morning, becky. >> reporter: good morning, michael. what if i told you everything you thought about good posture was wrong and that to sit properly you need to start by standing up and wagging your tail. most of us do it all day, sitting, and you may have heard the catchphrase sitting is the new smoking. there's just one problem. >> can't really quit sitting like you can quit smoking. >> reporter: jen is a teacher of spinefulness and while sitting less is a good idea jen says you can also sit better. she says, one, stop thinking about your posture. >> most people lift their chest and feel contracted to actually do that. >> my delts? back musclesbacay.everyone gd pe thinsi up straight. yofe?med up my back and my chest is out. my shoulders are back. >> yeah.

>> reporter: that's not sustainable so bucking tradition, she says, throw the posture idea out. instead, step two, sit down differently. >> you want to tip from -- tip your torso. move the butt back, nice and you want to feel that your hamstring is lengthening or stretching. do you feel that? >> tight right here. >> and then as soon as you feel a hamstring stretch, then you want to sit -- you start sitting -- there you go. nice. >> this seems sustainable. >> reporter: the final tip, if you find yourself slumped over, hunched don't pull everything tight to get back in alignment. stand up and start over again with the bend at the hips. >> resit so that we're not overly contracting the low back muscles and creating new back pain. >> now, jen says this is not a silver bullet. rather a paradigm shift. i'm sitting more comfortably already, guys. >> well, that is nice that you are sitting comfortably, becky. we'll learn how toat ourselves right now.

let's check in with our chief medical correspondent, dr. jennifer ashton. good morning, doc. >> good morning. >> i'm holding this contraption here and there's so many different approaches to back pain. what medically is going on? >> here's what i want to you think of. you know this as an athlete. when people have pain in one side of their body it's about the opposing muscle group. pain in your back, think about your core. let me show you why. if you imagine this band as the muscles in your back when you slouch it pulls everything in your back tighter, muscles, discs, your spine. when you sit up straight you have slack. it's about working the front as well as the back. >> we want our audience -- you want to sit properly, right? if you want to sit properly, i need you all to stand up. everybody, stand up. come on. dr. jen, show us how it's done. >> okay, so when you sit down go head to toe. first of all, you want your chin tucked in and shoulders back and down, your core engaged. you want to be sitting on your sit bones and you want your feet right under your knees, none of this action.

>> oh, really. you should try this. >> go ahead. >> sit down. >> it's all about having everything over everything else so you want to be in a straight line. >> now, are there any high-tech and low-tech methods? >> there is and i want to show you high tech. sara is helping us. this is what i call the posture shocker. not really but it's an app that works on your phone. it vibrates when you slouch and then we have a ball that encourages that nice, you know, kind of good posture and that's really not that expensive. this is about $80 and that, sara, that's how you're doing during the day. it tracks everything. >> and you don't want to sit for too long so, audience, we got to take a break. you got to stand up while we do that. let's go, everybody. we'll be right back. there it is. the camera over there. there it is. the camera over there.

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings zplp good morning. it's 8:27. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. police in iowa believe they have found the body of a missing college student who spent part of her childhood in the east bay. officials haven't revealed yet where they found mollie tibbetts. the 20-year-old vanished after going jogging last month. tibbetts once lived in oakland's glenview neighborhood, and she attended elementary school and high school in piedmont. investigators plan to release more information later today. right now, we check in with traffic and alexis smith. >> good morning, reggie. i want to head back to oakland, where we had a sig alert up until just a couple of minutes ago. a pretty significant crash on southbound 880 before you get to hegenberger. just got the all-clear literally two minutes ago. some major residual delays in

either direction, averaging just about 15 miles an hour. so, plan on plenty of backups if you are going to be traveling, 880, 580 okay, except we do have our typical delays on the westbound side.

hey, good morning. let's take a look at our temperatures. they haven't budged much. no sunshine out there. we're in the mid-50s, a few low 60s out there in concord, hayward, mountain view, in san jose and brentwood. as far as your commute, the

drizzle is becoming less and less likely, away from the coast. it is going to be slightly cooler today. in fact, check out these in fact, check out these temperatur ♪ i can make your hands clap ♪ i can make your hands clap ♪ welcome back to "gma." we have a great audience. thank you guys for coming in. it's tuesday morning. really appreciate you and we've got two incredible guests as well. both from famous families, her sister is jessica simpson and his mother is r&b legend diana ross, but they have serious musical skills of their own and now they're teaming up for a new reality show called "ashlee + evan." please welcome ashlee simpson and evan ross. [ applause ] hello. >> good to see you. >> hey, man.

>> good to see you, man. >> have a seat. have a seat. , love it. stayed up and watched the vmas last night. >> we did. >> favorite performance. >> steven tyler. >> definitely. actually i was in bed when they were doing that. he was like, baby, come out here. >> they closed out the show, aerosmith and, evan, your mother was a part of the vmas. one of the famous moments back in 1999 she dot a little up close and personal with lil' kim and you were there so what was that -- what do you think about that? >> i was like, oh, wow. >> okay. >> i thought it was a great moment. they looked amazing up there. >> looked amazing. i will say that. you both are musical but you both also are dancers. >> yeah. >> when you first met that's how you met. you came over and you guys started dancing together. >> we had like a dancing moment. >> like a dance-off somewhat. >> you guys are a little competitive.

if so, who is the best dancer of you two? >> we have different styles. i'm a classically trained ballerina. my trick i can lift my leg up. he's got like michael moves. >> michael moves aren't bad. >> no, no. i don't think it's as great as michael. [ applause ] >> if you have michael strahan moves, it's bad. michael jackson moves are great. in the first episode of this show, you show some wedding video. >> yeah. >> which i love and your mother officiated the wedding. >> yeah. >> how did that come about? did she offer? did you ask? >> she offered. it was funny because we were trying to figure it all out and she was like, called one day and she was like, what would you think if i did it? and we're like, are you kidding? >> yeah. >> that would be amazing and she was so amazing and like didn't -- it was so good. she cried a little bit. >> our anniversary is coming up on the 31st. >> oh, wow. >> right around the corner. >> yeah. [ applause ]

>> right after my birthday. >>have a big few days planned. >> i know. we really do. it's his 30th so -- >> that's a big one, man. [ applause ] >> i'm excited. >> i know your wife probably already gave you this. you and your sister had your own reality show 15 years ago. so did you give him any advice on how to be on a show like this? >> oh, man, i don't know. for me it was kind of like we're letting them into our lives, you just have to open your heart and n no, we're not doi all >> if she said no, no. >> she allowed -- she was like you got to let the world in, you know. >> i mean, if you're sitting there filming, you have to be yourself. >> which is hard to do with a camera on you all the time. >> the first few days you're like, eh, and then -- >> you get used to them. >> yeah. >> not the bright lights. they turn the lights out in the house and looks like you're in a

hospital sometimes. >> it's too much. >> you guys recorded an album together. >> yeah. >> and the day is september 7th -- >> the single, september 7th and then the show airs. >> >> and the show airs as well. when it comes to music, did anybody say you should do an album together? you both can sing. >> when we first started dating, singing was something, singing and dancing is something we would always do together. >> yeah, i think that kind of was the first process. we were filming that process. >> we would do duets. then it turned into a whole thing where it would be nice to stioalci f me being a at iw it'e mom and being a dad and family life and studio time and, yeah. >> so it's a good way to see everything. >> yeah. >> balance the album behind the scenes, the family. going on tour will it be a family affair. >> yeah. >> taking the kids. >> definitely.

>> we would love it. we would love if you guys came back and did a song for us at some point. >> that would be amazing. >> we would love to do that. >> yeah. >> soon. >> we look forward to that very soon. >> thank you. >> congratulations on the show. >> thank you. "ashlee + evan," that is the show. "ashlee + evan" premieres september 9th on e! check it out and look for the first single from their new album on september 7th. thank you guys for joining me. appreciate that. coming up, cindy, gigi, rihanna. they're not here, but we have their beauty secrets to get

welcome back to "good morning america." what a beautiful tuesday morning. this is haiden from charlotte, north carolina. this is your first time in new york. what is your favorite part? >> broadway. >> broadway. that's a good one. today just so you all know we're okay but then some rain eventually coming in. let me point it out. the severe storms is the part i want to focus on, parts of central and western pennsylvania. see along the cold front into west virginia and virginia, that's where we'll look for the flash flood potential and eventually the rain makes its way here. not as severe but nothing we need after everybody including

this weather report sponsored by mercedes. paula, it is beautiful out here. >> it certainly does look beautiful. thanks, ginger. we want to move to a new book revealing the last days of aaron hernandez, the nfl star who took his own life in prison while serving a life sentence for murder. and for the first time hernandez's suicide notes have been made public in a book by his defense attorney jose baez it is called "unnecessary roughness, inside the trial and final days of aaron hernandez." and t.j. holmes is here with hernandez's story. >> okay, and, paula, we have to remember, this guy was catching passes from a guy named tebow in college and catching passes from a man named brady as a pro and arrested for murder at 23, life in prison at 25, dead by suicide at 27. and now with these notes we're getting some insight into what was going on with him in his own words. >> hernandez inside.

>> reporter: beginning in 2010 aaron hernandez was a star tight end for the new england patriots and helped lead the team to the super bowl and signed a $40 million contract. but by 2015 -- >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: -- he had gone from player to prisoner sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of odin lloyd. two years later hernandez was on trial again for a double murder but was acquitted. >> not guilty. >> reporter: just days later the former football star was found hanging in his cell. this morning his defense attorney jose baez best known for successfully defending casey anthony shares his unique insight in his book dubbed "unnecessary roughness: inside the trial and final days of aaron hernandez." for the first time revealing the letters he wrote in the last hours of his life. the writing at times upbeat but

other times seemingly clear he intended to take his life. hernandez calls him his brother, even speaks about grabbing a drink together. but then within hours his tone shifts dramatically. he writes to his daughter i'm entering to the timeless realm and in a note to family he pens in bold letters, not much time. i'm being called. and after his death, doctors were able to study aaron hernandez's brain. they said it is the most severe case of cte they have ever seen in a person that young. aaron hernandez's fiancee did go ahead and sue the patriots over his cte diagnosis. paula. >> yeah, stage 3 cte. thanks so much, t.j. aaron hernandez's former defense attorney jose baez joins us. thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> we know that aaron hernandez took his own life in prison. but as t.j. just said, upon his death he was found to have stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy. do you question whether he took his own life? what do you think cte had to do

with him taking his own life? >> i think based on the research everything that's out there -- and i pretty much lay it out in the book. there is a direct link between suicide and cte. there's a silent killer in the nfl and that is cte and many players don't know that they're walking around each day with it and continuing to play this game. >> unfortunately the only way to diagnose it is posthumously. you still believe that aaron hernandez is innocent of murder? >> yes, i do. >> of murder. some of the symptoms of cte, aggression and poor decision-making could cause him to take his own life. why don't you think they could cause him to take someone else's life? >> i base my opinion on the evidence. i represented him in the double murder case where three independent eyewitnesses saw him someplace else at the time of the murder and three witnesses who were completely independent of him identified someone with long hair and cornrows and as you can see that doesn't look anything like aaron. the main witness that the state

used against him was a drug kingpin with a very violent past cutting a deal for himself. and these details get lost in the headlines. and that's why i think this book is a bit different because it shows a completely different -- it looks at aaron from a different perspective. >> let's talk about the book. we see for the first time these letters, these suicide notestha you. he's very warm in it and says this time you will see how appreciated you are. he even guess on to talk about grabbing a direct. is that the way you talked to each other? >> all the time. aaron and i had a very good relationship. it grew past attorney/client. he was a big kid. a kidder, liked to joke around all the time. very intelligent at times and there were moments where i look back and i can see that there were things that were just not right. his memory loss, the headaches that were consistent. this kid had a lot to deal with at a very young age.

>> he left letters to his family, to his daughter. he says know that i'm always with you. he asks his fiancee to, quote, tell my story fully. to his family he writes, not much time, i'm being called. these are his personal and private word, lifts he left to you and to his family. some say this is -- feels exploitative. why would you do this? >> these are the decisions that his family made. i didn't do this without even his consent. he and i talked about telling his story. his fiance who is really the only person who continued to support him throughout all this time period, she felt it was important that people see the change in a person's behavior so people can really identify cte and make it real. without these loetetters we wouldn't be talking about it.

without these letters we wouldn't be discussing the potential of cte and the fact that we have children playing this game. >> you want people to get help from this and there's been a lot of criticism. i read one quote that said it all seems to be about as gross a money grab from jose baez. what is your response to that? >> i'm not making money off this book. i have taken the proceeds and we're setting up a college fund for his daughter. >> all of the proceeds that you would normally receive will go to his daughter? >> correct, and i'm doing this for her so she can know there is a different side to the story of her father. he was someone who was loved, cared about, extremely misunderstood and if some good can come from all of this, i think aaron would be extremely happy. >> jose baez, we really appreciate you taking the time. "unnecessary roughness" is

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>> let's do this, america. >> announcer: a life summer block party in the park. >> good morning, america. >> announcer: presented by king's hawaiian. [ applause ] all right, back now with these three gorgeous glowing stars and their beauty teams are now sharing secrets to getting an unbelievable natural glow on a budget. that's the best part. ying chu is with us from "glamour" magazine. thank you so much for coming. >> thank you for having me. you always have the best info for us. here we go today. these three stars are some of the biggest names in hollywood and range in age from 23 to 52 years young for cindy crawford. all have flawless skin. so what do we need to include that all of them do every day 365 days a year? >> the one thing you've heard before probably but the best bet, sungscreen. you need to wear it every day, 365. >> no joke. we do it winter, summer, spring. it's the real deal. the sun may not be out but those rays are damaging. they all do it and results are happening.

all right, so they also have really great tips you got from their squads and we'll turn this into a game. what we'll do is we'll share the tip and have an audience member guess whose tip that is and we'll start here with linda. are you ready? so you tell us a tip then we'll guess. >> the first trick is the ice cube trick and we love this because it is free. just go into your freezer in the morning, take out an ice cube and put it on your skin and rub it for a couple of minutes, it closes pores. >> i never said beauty was easy. >> just a couple of seconds even. >> tightens the pores. >> and really wakes you up and you're ready for makeup. >> okay, so now we go to you. the pressure is based on their skin? >> i want to go with cindy crawford. >> come on, girl. >> oh. [ applause ] >> she's the best. >> brilliant so we love this. we love that this gives you quick and easy results. another really great thing you

can do is face masks are really popular. celebrities use them, some expensive ones but we love some of the ones out there is less than $3. you can pop that into your freezer for just a couple of minutes and pop it on and brush your teeth, get your kids' lunches ready. >> scare them a little bit. >> scare them a little bit then you're ready for your makeup. >> by making it cool you're getting the same effect as the ice. >> yes. >> thank you. a great tip, ying. the same thing with another celeb trick. all about the highlighter. it can go right and wrong. >> we love highlighter and what i think is great about it is that it is wonderful for any skin tone. do we want to see who is the master of highlighter? >> well, are you guys ready to see the master of highlighter? a big title. oh, i forgot to let you guess. i should say you guessed right,

>> s >> she's young, but she does it right. a great trick that her makeup artist shared with us, you want to layer highlighter so do a cream then put the powder over it. >> so cream meaning a stick -- >> a stick highlighter and hit the high points of your face, so think about where the light hits your face, across your forehead like in a c shape around your eyes and cheekbones and on the top of your lip at the cupid's bow. it pops your face. >> before i knew how to do it, i did it and it looked like i was sweating profusely. please listen to ying's tips. process of elimination, we know gigi and cindy so this must be rihanna. her trick is really easy. >> really, really easy. rihanna is famous for her glow and it's head to toe. how we want to prepare is exfoliation. and kay beauty has become such a huge trend.

what we love is that it's really affordable. so you can take a body scrub, put it on the rough patches like your elbows, knees, ankles and then take one of these towels from the korean spa, you can kind of dip it in water or you're in the shower already and then you want to go over the scrub with this towel. it just gives you baby soft skin and a natural glow. >> loofah and highlighting the face and entire body. >> yes. then you just glow head to toe like these celebrities. these are super affordable. >> that's awesome. really great tip, ying, thank you, ladies. you're both winners. and glowing and, ying, you're the best. latest issue of "glamour" with

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. it's 8:59. let's see what mike nicco has to say about our forecast today. hey, mike. >> hey, reggie. hi, everybody. afternoon sunshine is coming, even to parts of the coast. but upper 50s to low 60s there through san francisco. we'll have upper 70s to low 80s in the south bay and the north bay and mid-80s in the north bay. pretty comfortable weather. back in the 50s tonight, cloudy once again, not quite as much drizzle as this morning and the temperatures stay pretty even all the way through the waekd. alexis? >> okay. we've got about 45 incidents on the board right now, so definitely some busy roads out there at the moment. and no crashes for our walnut creek commute. but boy, heavy volume southbound 680. it is back to school, back to reality for a lot of folks and we're really seeing those increase in volumes. we're in the yellow for pretty much all of our drive times at this point. northbound 880 recovering from an earlier crash on the

southbound side in oakland. that onlooker delay continues. reggie? >> thanks, alexis. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan." today, actor chris pratt. and from the hit show "empire," bryshere gray. plus, guy fieri with a nacho recipe you won't want to miss. all next on "live." [cheers and applause] now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ♪ you know it ♪ you know ♪ that you can't fix >> ryan: good morning. what up? whoo! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] hello. oh, yes. [cheering continues]

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