>> don't put your food directly into that bin. put it in your bag first. good morning, america. breaking overnight, tropical storm gordon makes landfall. at least one person killed. as the storm lashes the gulf coast, our ginger zee there when the eye of the storm moves in. >> now wind gusts have gone up to 77 miles per hour. >> now millions bracing for flooding and possible tornadoes. our team in the storm zone with the latest. bombshell book. the white house reeling this morning over explosive reporting from bob woodward. his new book claims aides believe the president is a danger to national security. that his chief of staff calls him an idiot, saying they're in crazytown. the bizarre call the president made to woodward about the book. >> who did you ask about speaking to me? >> well, about six people. you know -- >> they don't tell me.

>> the white house responding now. press secretary sarah sanders here live on "gma." heated supreme court hearing. chaos on capitol hill. as the confirmation hearing for judge brett kavanaugh gets underway. protesters interrupted. kavanaugh's children removed from the room. now, the judge heading back to the hot seat. and an abc news exclusive. filmmaker tyler perry joins us live. his mission for answers for the families of two missing men. from job shaming to job offers, the outpouring of support for former "cosby show" star geoffrey owens after these photos and his interview on "gma." his new message this morning. and a lion-sized surprise. the moment these tourists on safari get the shock of ve

good morning, america. hope you're well this wednesday morning. it is a busy one. >> yes, it is. but we want to get right to that heavy rain and flooding. gordon making landfall as a tropical storm overnight near the alabama/mississippi border. the deadly and fast-moving system leaving a path of destruction. >> and scenes like this overnight showing powerful winds, whipping rain across alabama, roads there completely submerged by a powerful storm surge. ginger is starting us off in pascagoula, mississippi. ginger, were there when the storm made landfall. >> reporter: yeah, robin, it was tense in that eye wall. we saw gusts up to 56 miles per hour but near 80 miles per hour in alabama. you can see the gulf of mexico this morning, irritated still in the wake of gordon, but this storm is still moving north and west, still dropping significant rain with flash flooding moving through mississippi at this hour. this morning, tropical storm

gordon lashing the south. with winds of 70 miles per hour, gordon made landfall just west of the alabama/mississippi state line. >> seriously, we got to get out of here. >> reporter: gusts to 78 miles per hour in ft. morgan, alabama, the storm already claiming one life. a person was killed when a tree crashed into a trailer in pensacola, florida. dauphin island taking on up to five feet of storm surge. winds shredding pieces of this building. trees and billboards destroyed. in eastern mississippi, conditions deteriorated rapidly as the eye wall approached. so now wind gusts have gone up to 77 miles per hour. the sting of the rain is really starting to hit us. this storm passed over gulf island. and we're getting it next here in pascagoula. >> it is time to take this as a serious storm and be prepared to react to it. >> reporter: states of emergency still in effect from louisiana to alabama. the space station capturing this

image of gordon before it made landfall. heavy rains from mobile to pensacola, where a half foot of rain has already fallen. there are still flash flood warnings all throughout southwestern alabama but that's not where it stops. this now tropical depression still has a lot of tropical moisture wrapping around it, moving through mississippi. it will eventually with the track make its way through arkansas and then pushed through missouri, into chicago and eventually southwest michigan by the time the weekend ends and the work week begins. look at the rainfall that's going to come from this. it's going to squeeze against fronts. you can see up to six inches. we've already seen five to eight inches in parts of alabama but you can see half a foot inland from this storm. we're going to keep an eye not just on flash flooding but the winds and where gordon moves. m. heading north to brandon, mississippi, where abc's marcus moore is riding out the storm.

good morning to you, marcus. >> reporter: michael, good morning. it is a wet one in brandon, mississippi, just east of jackson where we've been experiencing a constant and steady rain fall alternating between mist and heavy rain. and you can see that water as it sprays up from the ground, as cars pass by. then there's the occasional wind gusts. this storm is expected to dump several inches of rain so the primary concern is the potential for dangerous flooding is a real concern this morning. the national guard troops activated in mississippi and louisiana this morning to respond if needed. already the impact of this or i felt. about 40,000 customers are without power across florida, alabama and mississippi, so those people are enduring the brunt of this storm at this point. but michael, while gordon has weakened quite a bit, this is not over for millions of people

across this region. >> all right, thank you very much, marcus, be safe yourself. george. now to that new bombshell for the trump white house. veteran journalist bob woodward's new book, "fear," portrays the president as ignorant and impulsive. a white house nervous breakdown, advisers struggling constantly, sometimes secretly, to rein trump in. the president and white house press secretary sarah sanders are calling the claims fabrications. cecilia vega with the report. >> reporter: the reaction on this one has, of course, been swift. the white house says it's filled with fabrications made up by disgruntled former employees. we got an advanced copy. judge for yourself. this morning, a chorus of denials from the highest levels of the white house. president trump calling veteran washington journalist bob woodward's nhe public. and asking, woodward is a dem operative? secretary of defense jim mattis calling it a product of

someone's rich imagination, and chief of staff john kelly using words like pathetic and total bs. abc news obtained an advanced copy of the book called "fear." in it, woodward paints the picture of a white house in chaos. he says aides spend their days trying to prevent trump from making catastrophic mistakes because they believe he is a danger to national security. among the claims, former chief economic adviser gary cohn swiping papers off the oval office desk to prevent trump from seeing them saying got to protect the country. and after a discussion about strategy on the korean peninsula, mattis reportedly told associates, quote, that the president had the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. and that's not all. once during a meeting woodward says john kelly called the president an idiot saying it's pointless to try to convince him of anything. he's gone off the rails. we're in crazytown. i don't even know why any of us are here. this is the worst job i've ever had.

as for the russia probe, woodward claims the president's legal team was so worried he would commit perjury in a sitdown with robert mueller, they held a mock session. and before dowd quit, he warned the president, don't testify. it's either that or an orange jumpsuit. dowd denies any of this happened. the journalist who broke the watergate scandal doesn't name his sources but says he conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand witnesses and he also released a conversation with the president and himself. >> hello, bob. >> president trump, how are you? >> reporter: president trump calling woodward last month to ask why he wasn't interviewed for the book. >> i never got a call. i never got a message. who did you -- who did you ask about speaking to me? >> well, about six people. you know -- >> well, they don't tell me. >> a senator. i talked to kellyanne about it 2 1/2 months ago. >> it's really too bad because nobody told me about it and i would have loved to have spoken to you. you know i'm very open to you. i think you've always been fair. >> reporter: the president

conceded he had actually been told about the request. >> who were the senators? >> senator graham said he had talked to you about talking to me. now, is that not true? >> senator graham actually mentioned it quickly in one meeting. >> reporter: at one point counselor to the president kellyanne conway walks in. >> i'm talking to bob woodward. he said that he told you about speaking to me. >> yes. >> you never told me. why didn't you tell me? i'd have been very happy to speak to him. >> reporter: the president bracing for the backlash. >> we're going to have a very inaccurate book. and that's too bad. but i don't blame you entirely. >> it's going to be accurate. >> well, accurate is that nobody's ever done a better job than i'm doing as president. that i can tell you. >> reporter: the drama laid out for all to see. about jeff sessions, the president reportedly said this guy is mentally retarded. he's this dumb southerner. he couldn't even be a one-person country lawyer down in alabama. woodward also describes a shouting match between former chief strategist steve bannon

and his daughter, ivanka trump. bannon saying you walk around this place and act like you're in charge and you're not. you're on staff. ivanka firing back, i'm not a staffer. i'll never be a staffer. i'm the first daughter. president trump understandably is clearly bothered by these accounts. he was up late last night and tweeting on these reporting disparaging comments on his attorney general. he forcefully denies and tweeted being a southerner is a great thing. no comment so far from the department of justice, george, you know this. bob woodward is standing by his book this morning. >> he is. sarah sanders joins us this morning. thank you for joining us. you put out the statement saying the statements are fabricated. the president said it could be made up by the author. but as you know, bob woodward has hundreds of hours of tapes. are you really standing by the assertion he's making these stories up? >> look, he may have hundreds of hours of tapes but i think most

of those come from some disgruntled former employees. it's a lot of anonymous sources. i've worked alongside the president, under the president for the last three years and i was part of his campaign. i've been part of the administration since day one. and i can tell you that the president -- everything so far that i've seen out of this book doesn't depict what's going on in the building behind me. the president laid out an agenda very clearly during the campaign and since day one of taking office he's delivering on that agenda every single day. you can't have the type of success that this president has had if what that book says is true. you have people like general mattis, general kelly, two american heroes come out and call the book pure fiction. i would certainly rather take the word of those two individuals than a couple of disgruntled former employees anonymously attacking the president trying to make him look bad for no other reason i guess than to build themselves up. >> they did go on the record. but as you know, some of the stories in this book are tracking with other books that have come out about the white house, reporting that comes out every day about the white house.

you haven't seen denials from steve bannon or reince priebus or gary cohn or h.r. mcmaster. and bob woodward has a reputation spanning five decades. i want to show you what one of your predecessors, ari fleischer said. never once, never did i think woodward made it up. woodward always plays it straight. someone told it to him. even president trump in that phone call we just saw said woodward had always been fair. >> sorry, george. i'm having a little bit of trouble hearing you but the first part of your question i did hear which was clear is you said there is a lot of books coming out of this white house that say similar stories. the things that i see coming out of this white house is the president delivering on historic tax cuts. delivering on building a booming economy. delivering on rebuilding our military. delivering on remaking the judiciary. delivering on cutting regulation after regulation. what i see coming out of this building is pure and total success. he's had the most successful two years than any president in

modern history and we're continuing to do that every single day. just lack week the president announced a new and better trade deal with mexico, something that people said could never happen. we're starting negotiations back up with canada this week. we renegotiated the trade deal with south korea, with the eu. the president is delivering on success and that's what i see coming out of this building and that's what the american people see and that's what they care about. they don't care about another book that has a lot of salacious stories and names that, frankly, have been told. and this is just another repeat of pure fiction. >> why didn't the president speak to bob woodward? >> look, i can't get into the internal deliberations. i can tell you obviously the president would have wanted to. he knows he's his own best advocate. he also knows that he's got a great story to tell for the reasons that i just laid out. the many successes that he's had. he's delivered on everything he's promised and set out to do and the president is the most accessible president. >> sarah --

>> -- i think that we've seen, somebody that certainly enjoys engaging with the press, george. he sat down with you not too long ago. >> i understand that, sarah. >> he enjoys doing that. >> i got to ask about this tweet the president put out over labor day. so many republican senators are saying he crossed a line in the tweet saying two long-running obama investigations of two very popular congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge just ahead of the mid-terms by the jeff sessions justice department. two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. why does the president think these are flawed prosecutions? it sounds like he's castigated the justice department for not protecting his allies in congress. >> his focus -- i can't get into ongoing investigations but the president's made clear he's unhappy with the fact that he feels like there's often a double standard that takes place in the department of justice and he wants to see a level playing field. >> where is the double standard here? what's wrong with these prosecutions? >> look, he thinks -- nobody disagrees with the fact if someone does something wrong it should be looked into. and the president wants that same type of fervor applied to some of the people that have been so politically biased

against him and so politically biased against republicans and conservatives to be looked at, as well. that's what the president is talking about. >> sarah sanders, thanks for your time. >> thanks so much, george. great to be with you. now to the showdown over the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the judge back in the hot seat after a raucous first day of confirmation hearings. protesters disrupting the proceedings, some dressed in costumes from "the handmaid's tale." our senior national correspondent terry moran has the latest. >> reporter: this morning it's the second day in the confirmation battle for president trump's supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. it follows a day that was off to a fiery start -- >> mr. chairman -- >> reporter: -- before it even began. >> we believe this hearing should be postponed. >> reporter: the hearing rocked by carefully choreographed interruptions. [ yelling ] democrats talking over republican chairman senator chuck grassley of iowa. >> mr. chairman, i therefore move to adjourn this hearing. >> reporter: and before long -- >> shut this hearing down! >> reporter: -- more protesters

chimed in. all the while the nominee sitting stone-faced, although as the room grew ever more raucous, his young daughters were removed. apparently not a scene fit for kids. just hours before the hearing began, 42,000 documents from kavanaugh's time in the george w. bush white house dumped on the committee. this, after the trump administration claimed executive privilege and blocked the release of tens of thousands more. >> wouldn't we -- >> hire an intern with only 90% of their resume. >> senator? >> we're putting somebody on the supreme court. >> reporter: this battle is one that could shape the supreme court for decades. his likely confirmation would cement a conservative 5-4 majority on the court and put decisions like roe versus wade back up for debate. >> we're talking about the impact that one individual on that court can have. >> reporter: a real concern kavanaugh as trump's nominee who has written a sitting president should not be investigated could protect this president if a challenge to the mueller probe hits the high court. >> i do not decide cases based on personal or policy

preferences. i am not a pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant judge. i'm not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge. i am a pro-law judge. >> reporter: day two of these hearings have begun and so have the protests. really these next couple days are going to be the best chance for the senate and the country to get a sense of who judge brett kavanaugh is, how his mind works and how this battle over his confirmation is going to go. robin. >> day two coming up. terry, thank you. robin, now to serena williams, she is back in the semifinals at the u.s. open knocking off the last woman to beat her in the tournament, karolina pliskova. she topped her in two sets. serena is now just two wins away from claiming her seventh u.s. open title. robin is giving the old fist pump over here. and it will also be her first grand slam, if she can pull it off, since giving birth to daughter alexis olympia.

and also, top seed rafael nadal who kept robin up till midnight and advanced after a fierce, five-set rally and nearly five hours. >> 2:00 in the morning when it finally ended. >> it was the tournament's longest match but you lasted until midnight. >> i had to hold my eyelids back. >> let's go back to ginger in mississippi. >> reporter: we've seen up to 8 inches with gordon already. flash flood watches from kansas to wisconsin. the rainy cities sponsored by a simple place.

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capitol hill today. sheryl sandberg and jack dorsey set to testify about foreign governments spreading misinformation on social media. major concern for lawmakers leading up to the midterm elections. take a look at this. a lion gets up close and personal. this is the part i couldn't believe. jumps right on the tourists' laps at a safari park in crimea. >> huh? >> i like my lions a little further away. >> oh, my goodness, but everybody was okay. that's the important thing. we'll continue with that cold case heating up with the help of filmmaker tyler perry. two men disappearing more than a decade ago. both reportedly last seen with the same sheriff's deputy. now one of their mothers is filing a lawsuit against that former deputy. we're going to speak with tyler perry exclusively in just a moment. but first, linsey davis is here with the story. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, robin.rry, the prolific filmmaker, actor and activist is known for his hit comedies and dramas and now he's trying to help solve two real-life mysteries, keeping the cases in the national spotlight and even offering reward money.

this morning filmmaker and actor tyler perry -- >> help me, jesus. help me, jesus! >> reporter: now announcing he's seeking justice in real life. >> we have got to come together as one to fight injustice and fight what is wrong. this is wrong. this is wrong. >> reporter: perry is now offering a $200,000 reward for any information in the disappearance of two florida men who mysteriously vanished after being apprehended by former florida sheriff's deputy steve calkins. perry says he was moved to act after watching an episode of discovery i.d.'s "disappeared." back in 2004, witnesses say they saw the former sheriff's deputy taking 27-year-old terrance williams into custody near a cemetery in naples, florida. williams was never seen again. >> maybe he's out there in the cemetery. he'll come back and his car will be gone. >> reporter: he denied ever meeting williams. >> people at the cemetery are telling me you put somebody in the back of your vehicle and arrested them. i don't know you arresting anybody. >> i never arrested nobody.

>> reporter: calkins eventually changed his story, admitting he saw williams having car trouble so he dropped him off at a circle k gas station. but neither man was ever spotted on the station's surveillance camera. >> if there's anything that you know, speak up, please. >> reporter: that story had a familiar feel. a few months before williams' disappearance, 23-year-old felipe santos also vanished after receiving a traffic citation from calkins. calkins claimed he last dropped santos off at a circle k because he didn't have insurance or registration. calkins was eventually fired from the collier county sheriff's office. but he's never faced criminal charges in either man's disappearance. calkin vestigating the ic di her attorney, benjamin crump, launched a lawsuit against

calkins hoping it can bring justice for their family. they say perry's help has been a gift from above. >> we'll talk to him because joining us now is tyler perry, exclusively from atlanta. tyler, thank you very much. i know this is so important to you and so many others and in linsey's piece, you first learned about the case through the tv episode. what made you want to get involved, tyler? >> well, just looking at terrance's mother and how she was so passionate about it -- about finding out what happened to her son and her pain, her pain made me want to get involved. let me just say thank you to "gma" for giving this story attention because these men have been gone for a very, very long time. and it's been very difficult to get attention in national news. i even had one reporter say to me that my victims were not sympathetic, so, robin and everybody there at "gma," thank you so much for giving these people attention, because they absolutely deserve it. this is wrong. this is injustice. and we gotta fight for it. i also want to say about the collier county sheriff's

department, there are some detectives down there that have been amazing, that have been standing with marcia and trying to get through this. this is not about us against the police. but this is about finding justice for these two men. >> well said. i want to talk about that as well but i want to go back to marcia williams. you have gotten to know her and like the santos family they just want answers. >> yeah, yeah, she absolutely wants answers. and i think that this person who put them in the car, deputy steve calkins, at the time he was a deputy, did not count on the resilience of this mother and her love for her child and the commitment she had to making sure he got justice. so i'm just very, very blessed and fortune to be in this situation to stand with her during it fight. >> and initially you were offering $100,000. yesterday you upped that to $200,000 for any information. and you're really hoping this and the lawsuit will bring somebody forward to get some of these answers, tyler? >> for sure, yeah, the civil

suit is more about trying to find out what happened and getting information that can lead to a criminal investigation. so we're going to pursue every avenue we can to get justice for terrance and felipe santos. just because he was an undocumented immigrant or terrance was a black man with four kids, it doesn't mean their lives were not important. so we'll do everything we can to seek justice in the case. >> i want to go back to something you were talking about earlier, tyler. you and so many others feel that these kinds of cases do not get the national attention that they so richly deserve and you were brilliant in your press conference yesterday when you were talking about this is not a black and white issue, can you just expound on that? >> yeah, well, just where we are in this country it's just everything has become about race or party or separation. this is not a black and white issue. this is not a police versus us issue. it's about justice. i was saying yesterday, i don't

care who you are, there are deputies -- and i hate getting into black and white, but there are deputies down in collier county who are white who are just as interested in seeking justice as we are. monica who runs q for missing persons is a white woman and is just as interested in seeing justice as we are. and the thing about this is, during slavery, when slaves were trying to escape there were white people that helped them. during the civil rights movement there were white people that helped and marched alongside of us. i want us to get away from everything being black and white and come together and stand for what is wrong. and this is wrong. stand against what is wrong. and this is wrong. this is injustice. >> people are just seeking justice. tyler, thank you so much. i know that you made a lot of news yesterday for this and also for your offer to geoffrey owens. and i know we got to go to commercial. but i'll talk to you about in the commercial break and share what your thoughts are about that young man coming up. but thank you, tyler. >> okay. okay, great. thank you guys. >> he's so passionate about this. >> so passionate and amazing what he's doing.

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autopsy revealed high levels of tetrahydrozoline, the chemical found in eye drops, in his bloodstream. in ingested orally it can cause respiratory failure, seizures and even comas. >> during our search of the home we found several bottles of the eye drops. >> reporter: police say clayton admitted to poisoning her husband's water with the drops over the course of three days before his death. neighbors say clayton, an active member of her local church, held her husband's funeral in their very own backyard last month before investigators determined his cause of death. this morning, clayton remains behind bars without bond facing murder and unlawful tampering of food charges. her husband's family speaking out, telling abc news they are shocked and mortified at the cause of steven's death. all of our family and friends knew how much he loved his wife lana and how devoted he was to her. such a shocking story and under south carolina law this case qualifies for the death penalty.

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plaza, metering lights are still on. jessica? >> all right, alexis, thank you. coming up, robin's one on one with legendary college basketball coach rick pitino, forced to leave the game in scandal. that is only on "gma" this morning. and we'll have another abc 7

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. gordon slams the gulf coast. the tropical storm makes landfall. ginger is there as the eye of the storm moves in. now millions bracing for flooding and even tornadoes. we'll have the latest at this hour. bombshell book. the white house reeling this morning over the stunning reporting from bob woodward. the portrayal of the president as ignorant and impulsive. a white house on nervous breakdown. claims that aides are struggling to rein in the president and the chief of staff calling him an idiot. and the strange call the president made to woodward about the book. also this morning, marijuana use at its highest in decades. a new report reveals that more college age kids than ever are using pot daily. dr. ashton here to break it down. a "gma" exclusive.

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but no, stay up. >> good morning to all of you. hope you're all bright and shiny this wednesday morning. >> it is truly great to have val joining us from hollywood. we can't wait to find out who his dancing partner is for the new season. ooh! we'll find out. >> a tease. a mirrorball tease. but first we are going to begin with that heavy rain and flooding from gordon making landfall as a tropical storm on the mississippi/alabama border. let's go back to ginger who is right there in the storm zone. good morning again, ginger. >> good morning to y, michael. now this storm is a depression and you can see from our drone camera the gulf of mexico still very agitated in the wake of it. the waves and the water is actually about 75 yards higher than it usually is at this beach particularly. we ended up seeing gusts of 56 here. up to nearly 80 in the storm and the center of this thing is well into the center of mississippi right now. this morning, tropical storm gordon lashing the south. with winds of 70 miles per hour, gordon made landfall just west of the alabama/mississippi state

line. >> seriously, we gotta get out of here. >> reporter: gusts to 78 miles per hour in fort morgan, alabama. the storm already claiming one life. a person was killed when a tree crashed into a trailer in pensacola, florida. dauphin island taking on up to five feet of storm surge. in eastern mississippi, conditions deteriorated rapidly as the eye wall approached. so now wind gusts have gone up to 77 miles per hour. the sting of the rain is really starting to hit us. this storm passed over gulf island and we're getting it next here in pascagoula. the space station capturing this image of gordon before it made landfall. a feeder band is just east of us from mobile to pensacola where 5 to 8 inches of rain has already fallen. there are several flash flood warnings lining up in southwestern alabama for that very reason. it will still wrap a lot of moisture in as it moves through

mississippi, eventually into arkansas. it'll recurve and make its way through illinois, missouri and eventually michigan so some of the remnants going to be dropping water through the weekend. michael? >> all right, thank you, ginger. those images show how powerful that storm is and that people should definitely be careful. george? >> no question about that. now to the white house and new bombshell from veteran journalist bob woodward. his new book, "fear," portrays the president as ignorant and a white house on nervous break down and advisers secretly taking about it. and calling for changes, also, in the libel laws. we want to bring in cecilia vega with more on that. good luck with that. >> reporter: thanks, george. the white house says these are disgruntled former employees making these claims. they're really out to try to discredit this book. but woodward says he's painting the picture of the white house in chaos and aides are trying to prevent the president from making catastrophic mistakes because they believe he himself is a danger to national

security. this morning a chorus of denials from the highest levels of the white house. >> i can tell you that the president, everything so far that i've seen out of this book doesn't depict what's going on in the building behind me. and you have people like general mattis, general kelly, two american heroes come out and call the book pure fiction. >> reporter: abc news obtained an advanced copy of the book called "fear." among the claims, former chief economic adviser gary cohn swiped sensitive papers right off the oval office desk to keep the president from seeing them. saying, quote, got to protect the country. and after a discussion about strategy on the korean peninsula, secretary of defense jim mattis reportedly told associates the president, quote, had the understanding of a fifth or sixth greater. as for the russia probe, woodward claims the president's legal team was so worried he would commit perjury in a sitdown with robert mueller, they held a mock interview session. and he says the lawyers then sat down with robert mueller, telling him the president had lied. he just made something up,

that's his nature, lawyer john dowd reportedly told the special counsel. and before dowd quit, he warned the president, don't testify. it's either that or an orange jumpsuit. the journalist who broke the watergate scandal doesn't name his sources. he says he conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand witnesses. president trump calling woodward last month to ask why he wasn't interviewed for the book. >> we're going to have a very inaccurate book. and that's too bad. but i don't blame you entirely. >> no, it's going to be accurate, i promise. >> well, accurate is that nobody's ever done a better job than i'm doing as president. that i can tell you. >> reporter: john kelly, the defense secretary, the president, his lawyers have all gone on the record to refute the claims made in the book. but a number of other key players have not. george, woodward is standing by his reporting. >> he's got hundreds of hours of tapes, cecilia, thanks very much. we're going to turn to a historic moment in massachusetts politics overnight. take a look at this. in a surprise finish, ayanna pressley won the democratic primary, the first person of color poised to represent the

state in congress. as you can see no one was more surprised than she was. this is when she learned that she had won. and such a wonderful moment when her stepdaughter, cora, in tears of happiness, moved by the big win. and that truly was historic. >> part of the trend we're seeing all across the country in democratic primaries. >> we are seeing that. coming up, exclusive with rick pitino, one-on-one talking about the scandal that forced him out of coaching and whether he'll ever return to the game. and the new study about college-aged students and marijuana use at its highest usage rate in years. dr. ashton here. and the newlywed, lara, upstairs. >> good morning, guys. missed you. i'm loving this audience. great audience with us. we all cannot wait for the "dancing with the stars" big reveal. who is joining val in the ballroom? there it is. we're moments away from finding out. so don't go anywhere. "gma" coming right back.

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by breaking up with your phone. good luck with that. so we're going to say good-bye to the phone. but we're going to say hello to the newlywed. lara! [ cheers and applause ] beautiful. you, your dress. every aspect. it was absolutely spectacular. >> it was pretty magical. thank you, thank you, guys, for well wishes. i'm being shy. all right. so let's do "pop news," shall we? good morning, everybody. good morning to you. we're going to begin with selena gomez breaking her silence. after a self-imposed hiatus from the lime light, the singer speaking out in "elle" magazine of the october magazine and inside she talks about the benefits of downsizing her life. and she's really doing it. currently sold or selling three homes that she owned. she's moved out of l.a. altogether. down to orange county. she says it's more laid back. calmer. she's going back to a simpler life. it just works for her. she also talks about her breakup

with not justin, with the internet. despite being the most followed person on instagram, she doesn't even have the app on her phone anymore. she only updates from her account from her friends' phones occasionally. it's just to say hello to fans. she really is trying to break up with the internet. the other thing she's up to is interning. we love this. selena is now an intern at a nonprofit called a21, an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking where she volunteers her time up to five days a week. and she believes, yeah, that all of these positive changes have made her upcoming album -- what do you know, she has an album -- her upcoming album, "flawless," her most personal yet. you can read more about selena and see those gorgeous pictures in the new issue of "elle" which hits newsstands september 25th. >> good for her. [ applause ] and happy news for music fans, trace ellis, our pal, returning to host the 2018 american music awards. always a good time. the star of the hit abc comedy

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moons, because we're so over the moon in love with each other. we did a cle [ applause ] >> this is your signature cocktail. nonalcoholic. >> it was called the mcspence mule. do you know what a moscow mule is? >> my favorite. >> so it's like ginger beer and it has a little vodka in it. >> this is nonalcoholic. >> no, ours were. there's rick and i but they're refreshing. it was warm out and we wanted to make it very personal. >> we are so happy for you. so happy you found each other and thrilled with the love you share. >> thank you, guys. >> cheers. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. >> what was the song that was playing as you were walking down the aisle? >> "a thousand years" by christina perri i believe.

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university of louisville has damaged his reputation. in 2009 he admitted to an extramarital affair with a woman who later tried to blackmail him. then in 2015 another scandal involving a member of his coaching staff. >> it's got me sick to my stomach. >> reporter: who allegedly paid to bring in prostitutes and strippers to entertain players and recruits. and just two years later -- >> what do you think of all the attention being paid to yet another scandal at the school? >> reporter: an fbi investigation announced regarding an alleged payment by adidas executives to a potential basketball recruit. >> let's start in 2015. that's when one of the scandals hits about someone on your coaching staff, that he paid prostitutes and strippers to perform for players, recruits in a dorm. and that you had no knowledge of that. you know, some people, knowing you, they would say, how could you not know? so how did this happen? >> security didn't know. my assistant coaches didn't know.

this would happen four times a year probably at 1:00 in the morning behind closed doors. they didn't want anybody to know. and it was hidden for a reason because it was reprehensible behavior. >> do you think it's something, though, that you should have known? >> i wish i could have known. it would have been stopped immediately. the behavior would have been not only stopped, people would have been fired and there would be a price to pay. >> from the outside can you see how some people would say how much more can louisville take? >> 100%. i take full ownership for everything that happened as a leader of the program. but give me a chance to explain that i had nothing to do with what the fbi put out there. that being said, i can understand how somebody out there could say, look, enough's enough with this type of situation. you are the leader. >> i remember your press conference, rick, when you went after the shoe companies. >> i think we need to get the shoe companies out of the lives of young athletes. >> you said there was so much money and it was really hurting the game. yet you and other coaches getting a really good salary from these shoe companies.

so what is the role -- >> well, i said that. i benefited greatly from them and the shoe companies help an awful lot. but there's also an element from that when you deal with a $150 million, 200, a billion-dollar industry, 10% of the people do the wrong things with that. and that's exactly what happened with adidas. >> reporter: in 2017 -- >> coach, did they fire you? >> reporter: -- while not specifically named, pitino and two of his assistants were alluded to in federal indictments, alleging they knew about a $100,000 payment by adidas executives to a top tier recruit to ensure his commitment to louisville, one of the schools the sneaker giant sponsors. adidas has declined to comment. he denies any knowledge of payments but believes student athletes should get a share of the billion-dollar industry that is collegiate sports. >> these athletes should have a right to sell their image, to sell their likeness, go do a commercial. they have a right to do that. >> how would that work? >> it's the olympic model. the olympians do it. why can't the college basketball player, the college football

player do it? >> also people would look at, okay, you're just putting more money into what is already seen as being an issue with collegiate sports. >> well, the colleges are making the money and ncaa is making the money. the athletes aren't making the money. i think every athlete has a right to sell their image. >> you end the book by saying, the buck stops with you. but yet, in reading the book, you do place a lot of blame elsewhere. the university, ncaa, shoe companies, adidas, some on your staff. there will be some people who will read it and say, is this guy in denial? is he? >> no, i'm not in denial. i did -- look, like i said, i've not cheated the game. i never one time as a head coach said, here robin, here's $20,000, come play for me. so i'm not in denial. we all have done things wrong. >> do you want to coach again? >> i don't. it's over for me. i know that.

that's why i wrote the book. this book is my life. i have to take responsibility for the things that have gone wrong. >> is this about your legacy, this book, trying to -- >> no, the legacy -- my legacy of my children, i got a great family, great wife. players i've coached for over 30 some odd years as a head coach. there's highs and lows. i wrote this book because i don't want it to end as a low. i don't want to hear disgraced rick pitino. i don't want to hear that term anymore. i coached in an honest way. got every ounce of perspiration i could out of every athlete i coached for the right reasons, to make that athlete better. >> and he was strong about saying he was not going to be returning to coaching either in college or the pros. but that he would still like to work with athletes. i mean, he's a gym rat. he loves to go in there and make kids the best they can be. >> once a coach, always a coach. >> and my story -- "rick pitino: my story" is in stores now. let's go back to ginger. i know that stretch of the

mississippi gulf coast and it's not normally that active behind you. >> no. i'm calling this agitated on the edge of irritated. not quite angry anymore like it was last night. but things really starting to settle a little bit here. still flash flood threats but i have to still share with you a "gma" moment. this is what we do at this time of day. i have to give you a little smile. and for this one, a real-life winnie the pooh. yes, you look out the window and see that guy drinking from the hummingbird feeder. he is so gluttonous and says this is in colorado springs, colorado, by the way. i don't think anybody could imagine looking out the window and imagine that. a good "gma" moment. send yours to my facebook page and i'll have many more updates coming right here from the mississippi gulf coast. but for now, a check closer to

now to that "gma" health alert. a new report this morning showing more college-aged kids than ever are using marijuana. it is the highest, no pun intended, levels in more than three decades. dr. ashton is here and, doc, what kind of numbers are we talking about? how big is this? >> let's get right to this report, michael. the numbers are pretty surprising here. this showed that 38% of college age students have reported using marijuana in the last year. compare that to 33% which reported binge drinking. the reason for this is that the number, that report perceiving a risk from regular marijuana use, down to 27%.

it used to be as high as 75%. and 13% of noncollege-age use are using it daily. so we're taking the pulse on just how many people in the college age group are using marijuana. >> and fewer young adults think it is risky. >> right, and, listen, there are more questions on that medically than answers now. we are talking about recreational use, not medical use. we don't know if there's a difference with age or root of administration. we don't know how this compares to alcohol use and obviously if smoked it does affect the brain and lungs. >> what should parents know and tell their kids quickly on the way out the door to college? >> ask, listen and learn and we all need to educate ourselves as to marijuana now because this is really like the prohibition era. only for marijuana. we all need to get up to speed. >> certain states have legalized it, medical use, as well. doc, thank you very much and we'll be right back. we'll be right back.

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our news app and abc7news.com. and join us every weekday morning from 4:30 to 7:00. the news continues right n ♪ welcome back to "gma." we've got a great audience here. we got birthday celebrations. all over the place here this morning. so happy birthday to everyone here having a birthday in our audience. [ applause ] and now it is time for an exclusive -- weave been waiting all day for this. a "dancing with the stars" reveal. and we're about to find out who val will be dancing into the ballroom with and there is val. he's in the screen over there. val, can you give us a clue, my friend? >> well, you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both tacf fe♪do you have? >>e have your pane

okay. >> you have my partner. >> oh! whoa! you gave it up. hey, we don't even need the drum roll. we'll just come out with it. nancy mckeon from "the facts of life." >> oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, hey, nancy. >> hi, michael. hi. >> the crystal ball has dropped now. we see it's you. how does it feel to finally be revealed that you're going to be on "dancing with the stars"? >> actually, that's kind of fun, because now my daughters can talk about it. that's all they ask. can we talk about it? can we talk to -- about it? and we have to say thank you to ginger for loaning me her amazing partner. >> ah. >> i'll try not to let her down. as the follow-up. >> no, you won't do that.

>> you -- we know you know the "facts of life" song. but i don't think you were born when the show game out. have you ever seen it? >> never watched it. he never watched it. urkel was his man. >> yeah, urkel was my man. >> if you call me a gremlin on camera -- >> you just revealed what i called you on camera. i said so many nice things, too. >> he is awesome. he is the most amazing partner. more patience than anybody i know. and i'm so lucky. >> aw. >> we love the chemistry already. >> yeah. >> the chemistry. there's something there. hey, nancy, you were talking about your daughters earlier. did they really -- i would imagine they really wanted you to do this. >> well, you know, i -- they were so supportive. and they are so inspiring. and they send me texts every day. and i spoke to them yesterday. and, go, mom. and you can do it. and, you know, it's -- they teach me every day. they are two of the bravest little young women i would say that i know.

and so i'm trying to show them that mom can be brave, too. >> let's stick with the family theme. >> and dance with val. >> and dance with val. >> a lot of courage. >> you competed against your brother. you've competed against your sister-in-law. now your fiancee this season. are you ready for that? >> yeah, i'm officially moved to the couch now so -- i'm starting to deal with it. >> and, nancy, we heard you say how great val is and how great he is to work with. ginger said the same thing. but ginger said how tough he could be, as well. have you seen that side of him yet? >> i think we're only on day three, so he's saving a few things to come at me i think, but tough in a good way, tough in a good way making sure that i have what i need to maybe keep up with him. i'm not certain it's all going could come together but we're going to try.

>> nancy's going to surprise a lot of people. >> we got a little glimpse, a little glimpse of you, nancy. in your character jo in the christmas episode "facts of life." can we play a little bit of that? >> oh, heavens. ♪ but we need a little christmas right this very minute candles in the window ♪ ♪ yes we need a little christmas right this very minute it hasn't snowed a single bit but santa is in a hurry ♪ >> she's got the moves, val. >> see, now the thing is, it was the elf shoes that make that whole thing work. gotta have the elf shoes to twirl around. >> and, val, and, val, we saw an instagram. you already have your outfit picked out for the first dance. [ cheers and applause ] >> you saw that on instagram? >> we have something on instagram. >> i don't see what you're showing but based on the reaction i'm guessing it's not my outfit. >> it's a throwback. it's a nice throwback. >> oh, it's a throwback. okay, okay, well, i'm going to

see the show later so. >> and, nancy, we know that your "facts of life" friend kim fields did really well in the competition when she was on. she made it all the way to week seven. >> i'm not certain. she is as spectacular -- she is my beautiful sister from our show. and she was fabulous. i watched and would text her and she was wonderful and, you know, she had the courage to come out and do it -- so -- >> and you do, too. >> -- i'm trying to walk in her shoes. >> you do, as well. >> we got to say, hey, thank you to nancy and thank you and good luck, val. thank you as always. congratulations on that engagement. i know we told you that before but we're very happy for you. you always bring light to the show. good luck to you both. we'll have a full reveal of "dancing" cast next wednesday. you don't want to miss that. it's the premier of the new season that starts on september 24th. and it's right here on abc.

we'll be right back. robin, you going to be in it? >> no,

we are back now with prince harry and duchess meghan making a public appearance for a very special cause. supporting one of harry's favorite charities. abc's eva pilgrim is here with more. good morning, eva.

>> reporter: good morning. the love between these two. you can just see it. harry and meghan stepping out together again, showing this time their love for little children. overnight meghan and harry stepping out for the well child awards paying tribute to the courage and bravery of seriously ill children. >> i've been a patron of the organization for 11 years now. and this year, i'm especially grateful to share the scope and magnitude of this work with my wife who joins me here this evening. >> reporter: meghan and harry following in diana's footsteps showing her magic touch with children. meghan even wearing a similar looking suit as diana did shortly before her death. >> are these for me? so nice. >> reporter: as meghan accepted flowers from young matilda, prince harry made a pinkie promise with the girl who has spina bifida to always smile. meghan taking a rose from the bouquet she was presented telling matilda to save it for her memory box. >> for your memory box. >> reporter: for many of these children this was their first

brush with real-life royalty. a hug and a high-five from the people's prince. >> i want to acknowledge the young people who have been dealt the toughest cards imaginable but who persevere, rise above, and set the example of living life to the fullest. >> reporter: 10-year-old chloe with cerebral palsy pursuing her dream as ballerina. doctors said she would never walk. harry and meghan dispensing words of wisdom and encouragement. in the end, showing they're just like us. harry telling the kids his favorite movie is "the lion kid." meghan sharing hers is "the little mermaid." the one they both agree on "moana." and they are like us in a lot of other ways. their pet names sneaking out meghan calling harry, my love recently and apparently she calls his haz. and harry called her miz dhis

darling. and shortened her name to meg. >> which makes sense. we'll head back to ginger who is in mississippi. this weather report brought to you by ford. i have heard that i need to get po boys before i go home and send a good hello to robin from the gulf coast. >> thank you, ginger. you know, keeping our kids safe at school has become a big business as companies develop new products and technology and administrators look for new ways to protect classrooms. erielle reshef here with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, george.

as you know, students are heading back to class and security is top of mind. "gma" got an up-close look at some of the newest technology created in hopes of keeping kids safe. a warning, some of these demonstrations may be disturbing. you're watching the north charleston s.w.a.t. team fire round after round into what looks like an average classroom door. but manufacturer demonstrations show that it's designed to take on gunfire. and absorb bullets. even from a military assault rifle. increased demand for tighter school security, turning out souped up technology like this. >> it's an extremely discreet solution. >> reporter: usually, tony dearing's company makes vehicle armor to protect troops. >> the mission of r2p is take the experience we gleaned and employ that in a way to protect young folk. >> reporter: "gma" getting an exclusive look. the results leaving even the s.w.a.t. team astounded. >> i'll stand behind that door

any day of the week. >> reporter: the doors, $4,000 apiece. deployed many this school, as part of a free, year-long pilot program. >> i believe there will be a great need to add these types of doors to every classroom to help protect our students. >> reporter: part of a growing list of security solutions shopped to schools across the country. >> press that take photo button on the right. >> reporter: we saw many at this year's national school safety conference. are you optimistic we can protect our schools? >> school safety should not be this important. only when there is a school shooting. and that's what we don't seem to understand. it's got to be as important as test scores. or truancy. >> reporter: more than 900 school administrators and law enforcement getting a look at 100 of the latest products. this is lifeflight. by pepper ball. a projectile launcher advertised as a nonlethal defense option aimed at stopping a school shooter from up to 150 feet away.

>> it affects the lungs, the respiratory system, doesn't allow the person to breathe. so it takes the fight out of a threat. >> reporter: it's sort of the middle ground. >> it's maidle ground. >> reporter: for school resource officers, these revamped backpacks with a retractible rifle inside built to enable a quicker response. >> charge it, turn your optic on, and start moving to the threat. >> reporter: for all the advancements some experts say making strides when it comes to school safety will take much more than technology. >> these efforts are really important. but really we should be focusing on preventing violence before it even happens so that we can deal with those issues before they actually show up at the school and pose a threat. >> reporter: this is pretty staggering. organizers tell us that that conference has tripled since last year in size. it's not just schools, george, that are looking for ways to protect students. there are also products marketed to parents like a bulletproof backpack and insert

for a backpack and binder. there is a plate here that could protect a student. we talked to experts who say these products may give peace of mind. also experts though that say we need a multi-pronged approach that includes a focus on procedures and also, of course, on mental health. >> try everything. erielle, thanks very much. coming up, janet jackson's revealing new interview.

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we are back with an exclusive first look at "instyle's" new october cover star, janet jackson. she dropped a hit two weeks ago and is certainly enjoying life. take a look. she's one of the biggest recording artists in history. heating up the airwaves with the summer anthem, "made for now." ♪ made for now >> reporter: and this morning, after nearly four decades in the

spotlight, janet jackson is revealing that beauty isn't just skin deep. that the superstar still finds it hard to look past her own physical insecurities. telling "instyle" magazine a lot of it has to do with experience, getting older, understanding, realizing that there isn't just one thing that is considered beautiful. beautiful comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. >> what's my name, y'all? >> reporter: the 52-year-old who received the icon award at this year's billboard music awards says it was tough as a young artist in an industry that focuses so much on image. i remember growing up, she recalled, and you had to be a certain size. you had to be thin to be an entertainer. that's just the business i'm in. i think it's changed, thank god. people are more accepting of others. ♪ it's for you >> reporter: jackson says she didn't feel sexy until she was well into her 30s, around the time she released her album, "all for you."

i went to therapy which was all about finding the thing you like about yourself. the realization that you know what? you're not so bad after all. and the singer says she feels most beautiful when she's with her 1-year-old son who she gave birth to at age 50. i feel most beautiful when i'm with my son. because of the gift that god has given me and that he allowed me to do so at that age. and we are here now with laura brown, the editor in chief of "instyle" magazine. >> i love this clapping here. can i have it at work? come to my office. >> and here. the award goes to -- >> thank you. where is it? >> i know. right here. this is it. the thing on "gma" in front of this audience, you have known miss jackson -- >> for quite a while and met janet right after michael passed. i did a story with her for another magazine. and it was, as you can imagine, quite intimidating. she lost her brother. you have to go into an interview. she is very shy and completely soft-spoken woman. so you're very sensitive so we

just for some reason just got on and we were friendly for a number of years. lost touch. and then got back in touch recently. >> those of us who know her we're not surprised that she feels this way and reluctance in feeling -- >> can you imagine growing up in that family, with a spotlight on you since you were, literally, a child, all the way through now, and she's 52 years old. >> what can we learn from her? >> she's learning in herself. i wanted to put her on the cover of the beauty issue. she's not a baby. she lived her life and frank about any struggles she's had or insecurities she's had and as you said in the piece she didn't start feeling sexy until she was in her 30s the. she would look in the mirror sometimes and not love anything. and she had to go to therapy to learn to focus on something she loved. one day she was like, i like the small of my back. so would go from the small of her back. and the craziest thing she used to think her smile -- which i

think janet and julia roberts have the best smile in the world. she thought her smile made her look like the joker. her smile lights up the planet. what it teaches all of us because people are famous, they don't have everything. they don't -- they have insecurities like all of us do and oftentimes, it's magnified, because of that spotlight. so don't envy these folks. it's hard. >> it is. it is. what i also love about this issue, you highlight so many great people. julia louis-dreyfus. oh, my gosh. who has come back. >> she was -- yeah, she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and finished her treatment as you've seen. she's just returned to filming "veep" but we partnered -- she and "instyle" partnered with sak's fifth avenue to work with the key to the cure campaign. it helps women who don't have access to reconstruction to -- this is with carolina herrera. look, flowers. >> that's what you want. there's your gift. >> thank you.

this goes on sale all of october to benefit key to the cure. so please buy one. and julia louis-dreyfus, thank god she's back on tv. she's back on screen. she's hilarious and brilliant and vital wean want to celebrate women like her every single day. >> we could say the same about you, laura brown. >> oh, thank you. >> i mean that. [ applause ] and the issue hits newsstands nationwide on september 14th

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. it's 8:59. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. mike nicco has a look at your forecast. pretty gray day out there. >> it really is, reggie. it's going to be that way until lunch, maybe a little bit later. especially around the bay. but that makes for pretty comfortable temperatures this afternoon. low to mid-60s, coast and san francisco. low to mid-70s around the bay, and 80s inland. the east bay and the south bay will be closest to average with low to mid-80s. my accuweather seven-day forecast, you're going to see a little bit warmer afternoons thursday, friday, and saturday. alexis? >> okay, we have about 35 incidents on the boards right now. none of those on 101, but very slow on the northbound side around 880 and san jose. and unfortunately, it's just back to normal traffic volumes here, as everyone's past the summer holiday. most of our drive times either in the red or the yellow. you can see 80 has some delays, as does southbound 101 if you're heading to sfo.

>> thanks, alexis. time for "live with kelly & ryan" and we're >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, host of "the daily show," trevor noah. and from the new series of "you" shay mitchell. back-to-school hacks courtesy of youtube star alisha marie. less, performing his big hit "my my my," troye sivan! all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are your "livetember" house, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪