fooled. >> people pronounce rihanna's name. i saw her doing app interview. she sa good morning, america. supreme court bombshell. the woman accusing nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault now coming forward saying he attacked her when they were in high school. the stunning allegations emerge just days before his confirmation vote. now her lawyer is joining us live. the flooding emergency. rescue crews race to save those trapped. the death toll climbing and the devastation growing from catastrophic flooding. and now more relentless rain on the way. multiple dams on the verge of breaching. authorities warning this morning the worst could be yet to come. deadly shark attack. a 26-year-old killed boogie boarding off cape cod. his friend now telling his story, how he raced in to try

and save him. won'wi, soon-y time 20 years after their relationship made tabloid headlines. her explosive new allegations against adoptive mother, mia farrow, and how she is defending her husband. and circus scare. at least six children injured after this terrifying moment. a camel getting loose, running wild with a rider on top. good morning, everybody. i hope you had a good weekend. it is great to have cecilia back, and boy, do we have a lot of breaking news this morning. >> it has been a very busy weekend, george. the death toll is growing from florence. so much devastation in the carolinas, and the danger is not over yet. there are now new warnings about potentially life-threatening flooding. much more on that in a moment. first, we want to begin with that allegation against supreme

court nominee brett kavanaugh. a woman coming forward accusing him of sexual assault when they were in high school. now she's telling her story. her attorney is standing by, but first our senior national correspondent, terry moran starts us off with the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is a bombshell accusation that is about to trigger an all-out partisan and terribly personal war over judge brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court as democrats and republicans are going to fight with everything they've got over what happened 35 years ago between two high school students in maryland. this morning, the supreme court nomination of judge brett kavanaugh could be in jeopardy. a woman going public saying he sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. christine blasey ford, a college professor in california, tells "the washington post" kavanaugh and a friend were stumbling drunk at party in the 1980s and allegedly forced her into a bedroom.

she says the now supreme court nominee pinned her to a bed and groped her. she says, he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. i thought he might inadvertently kill me. she told the "post" when she she told "the post" when she tried to scream, he put his hand over her mouth. she said she managed to escape and leave the house. kavanaugh has categorically denied the accusations stating, i did not do this back in high school or at any time. white house spokesman raj shah saying, we are standing with judge kavanaugh's denial. ford shared her story with senator dianne feinstein. the ranking member of the judiciary committee. she referred it to the fbi and the fbi included it in kavanaugh's background file. according to "the post," ford took a polygraph test administered by a former fbi agent in early august, and the test concluded that ford was being truthful. the judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on kavanaugh's nomination on thursday following days of hotly contested hearings. >> a judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. >> reporter: but democrats are now calling to delay the vote until the allegations are

investigated. senate minority leader chuck schumer says in a statement, to rail road a vote now would be an insult to the women of america and the integrity of the supreme court. several republican senators are also calling for a delay including a member of the committee. senator jeff flake saying ford must be heard and that he is not comfortable moving ahead with the vote on thursday if we have not heard her side of the story or explored this further. christine blasey ford says she has never told anyone about this incident in any detail until 2012, when she and her husband were in couple's therapy. "the washington post" has reviewed a portion of the therapist's notes. they note that while there is no mention of kavanaugh personally, this incident is detailed and that christine blasey ford says the teens involved went on to become highly respected members of washington society. george? >> thank you, terry. let's talk to dr. blasey's

attorney this morning. debra katz, who joins us this morning. and that's the first big question we have right here. why didn't your client come forward earlier? >> most victims of sexual assault and sexual violence never come forward. she came forward when she believed that it was her civic duty to alert her representative and then senator feinstein vet her serious concerns. she first came forward when the nominee's name was on the short list. and, she came forward then because she was very concerned and she had information about serious misconduct that he engaged in when he was in high school that she thought had a significant bearing on his character and fitness. >> yet over the course of the summer, it's my understanding that senator feinstein and others several times said, can you please go public with this and she refused. why go public now? >> well, essentially she made the decision not to go public, and those who were not satisfied with that decision essentially created pressure for her to come forward by alerting members of

the media and others who essentially started going to her classes, going to her home, invading her privacy, and essentially the very ills that she sought to prevent by choosing to remain confidential were already happening to her. and she knew it was inevitable. that's why she came forward. >> she felt her privacy had been compromised. the big question, what should happen right now? we know that chairman grassley on the judiciary committee is trying to set up phone calls with judge kavanaugh as well and people are saying that's not good enough. what do you want to happen? >> it's not clear what the republicans are saying. i was listening to some reporting this morning saying that they are going to fight this tooth and nail. they are going to grill her. that's hardly an effort to get to a fair and thorough investigation of what has occurred. that's a very intimidating statement. and it really is designed to scare her and make her not want

to come forward. she is willing to cooperate. what she is not willing to do is be part of this blood-letting that happens in washington. you only need to look at the anita hill hearings to know what that's going to look like. and that's not a fair way to get at the truth. >> so what does that mean, that she would talk to the fbi but she doesn't want to testify publicly before the senate judiciary committee? >> i'm not saying that. we will consider all options, but i'm saying this has to be fair and thorough, and it can't be part of a -- a slugging match. if we're really trying to get at the truth, hearings should not be used to be weaponized against those who accuse powerful men, and that's how this is being set up. >> i just want to follow this up one more time. how do you define fair and thorough? what is a fair and thorough way to investigate this right now? >> well, i think that her story has to be carefully listened to and vetted, but thus far the nominee has refused to even acknowledge if he knows her or

if he went to school with her, and we know that there is a significant amount of writing that mark judge has done, which he has now pulled down from the internet, where he acknowledged that this was the culture at georgetown prep, that they drank excessively. that they engaged in really inappropriate behavior. and brett kavanaugh was part of that group. there is a lot that the fbi can be looking at in addition to taking a statement from my client. >> does dr. blasey believe that judge kavanaugh is fit to serve on the supreme court? >> i think she believes that he attempted to rape her when she was in high school, and that bears on his fitness and character. >> debra katz, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> let's bring in chris christie, the former republican governor of new jersey. we heard they are asking for a fair and thorough investigation. is that a fair request? >> well, yeah. except you tried to ask her to define that and she wouldn't define it. and i think that's part of the problem when information comes

out this late in a process. i think the key, george, is going to be, what do the republican members of that committee and of the senate want to have happen? that's what's going to define what's fair and thorough here. the democrats have politicized this tremendously already. they announced they were against judge kavanaugh before he even got on there to testify. >> that's par for the course on both sides. >> that's true, but at this point they can't be seen as credible, especially, you know, senator feinstein's conduct in this is also questionable in terms of the way it was handled. i think it's going to come up to the folks that you saw in the preview there, folks like senator flake, senator corker, senator murkowski, senator collins. what do they consider to be a fair and thorough review? she's certainly going to have to be interviewed, whether that's just by staff or maybe some select members of the senate, and/or the fbi. that will have to happen at a minimum. >> this couldn't be a criminal case right now. the statute of limitations has long passed, but the fbi is equipped do a background investigation. >> sure.

and they have done background investigation. you presume in the background investigation, this did not come up. so that also tells you something. maybe about the thoroughness of the fbi investigation or maybe about the credibility of these allegations. we don't know. but i think the other thing that we would talk about, and obviously the professor here needs to be heard, needs to have her allegations looked at, but also this is extraordinarily unfair to judge kavanaugh. this is an allegation that is 35 plus years old. and now you're going to attempt to try to deal with that in a very truncated period of time. this is why people are reluctant to get in front of those committees, george, and sit down for senate confirmation, because of this kind of blood-letting. miss katz talked about a blood-letting. the blood-letting son both sides in a situation like this. >> chris christie, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. now to the growing devastation from florence. this is still causing so much damage across the carolinas. north carolina's governor warning it has never been more dangerous than it is right now.

at least 17 people dead, more than 900 rescues and much of the carolinas now under flash flood watches or warnings. the worst could be yet to come in some areas. let's start with ginger who is just back from the storm zone. a good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. let me set the scene for you. you're waking up and you feel trapped because this is the fourth morning without power and your home is surrounded by water. that is the reality for thousands of people in north carolina this morning. as we watch this system move to the north and flash flood warnings are still on. it's still raining in some of these places, and you see flash flood warnings from myrtle beach and wilmington, up through greensboro, and even roanoke now. the threat goes into virginia and all the way through new england with flash flood watches. many of these rivers are in record or even major flood stage and will stay there through the end of the week. we're looking for another four plus inches in parts of virginia, and then up in new england. see what happens here by tomorrow night, we could see some flooding in the rivers here. robin?

>> ginger, you were talking about the difficulty on saturday to try to leave that region. can you only imagine what it's like now? >> as early as saturday morning, we could not get out through the north. we had to go all the way to savannah to get out of the southeast. >> all right, ginger. so let's go to amy, still on the ground there in elizabeth city, north carolina. you have seen the rescues first hand as the huge effort continues to keep people as safe as they can. good morning, amy. >> reporter: robin. so many towns are underwater. the city of wilmington is essentially an island. it's virtually impossible to get in or out of that city. floodwaters have shut down the roadways, the airports. the only way we got out? you're looking ate it right behind me. a u.s. coast guard helicopter. they're saving hundreds of people trapped by rising floodwaters. on the fourth day of florence's fury, the unrelenting task of rescuing the stranded is more crucial than ever. rescue teams from as far as los

angeles pulling drivers from submerged cars. as helicopters race to cities almost completely cut off by rising waters. we joined a coast guard rescue team as they set out to help those still trapped. with so many roads flooded and impassable in this area, these coast guard helicopters become an absolute lifeline for people who have medical emergencies in the storm zone. this woman telling me she is suffering from appendicitis and couldn't leave her flooded home. another man desperately in need of oxygen. animals too being pulled to safety. these dogs were stranded in the rising water. their dramatic rescue caught on camera with little time to spare. overnight, officials believe those floodwaters are to blame for this train pushed off the tracks with a payload of hazardous material. over two feet of rain has fallen and no relief in sight. >> that's enough to cause flooding in areas that have never flooded before.

across parts of our state, and the risk to life is rising with the angry waters. >> reporter: with one dam in fayetteville already failing, spilling millions of gallons of water rushing into streets and homes. nearly 700,000 people left without power. as homeowners start returning to assess the catastrophic damage to their property. one man just getting over the damage imposed by hurricane matthew two years ago. >> my family had been here since the '60s. never seen any sort of flooding like this until floyd. we thought that's a 500-year flood. now it seems 500-year floods come every other year. how do you plan for that? >> reporter: but government officials warning the worst is yet to come. >> if you are refusing to leave during this mandatory evacuation, you need to notify your legal next of kin because the loss of life is very, very possible. >> reporter: these u.s. coast guard chopper units have rescued

193 people and 91 pets. they are certainly going to be busy today, as well. robin, back to you. >> all right, amy. thanks so much. cecilia? now to new details about those mysterious gas explosions rocking several towns in massachusetts, killing one person and destroying dozens of homes. thousands forced to evacuate. abc's linsey davis is there in lawrence, massachusetts. and linsey, investigators have now identified the cause. >> reporter: they have, cecilia, and also good news. all the homes in this area have now been given the all-clear as far as gas is concerned. thousands of residents returned to their homes yesterday with the exception of about a dozen like this one where there is simply nothing left to return home to. only a charred skeleton remains. emotional residents returning home, surveying the wreckage after a horrific string of gas explosions set three towns in massachusetts ablaze. a firefighter from the town of lawrence and his family, now

back in their home of 20 years, telling us they are still afraid. >> i don't want to be here at night. it's a little unnerving. >> reporter: amid the chaos, the off-duty firefighter dashed door to door to save lives, turning off his gas meters after an explosion destroyed his neighbor's home, taking the life of 18-year-old lionel rondon when a chimney crashed on the his car. 12 others were injured. >> they risk their lives every day they go to work, and even though he was off duty, first responders are never off duty. >> reporter: it started thursday in lawrence, andover and north andover. between 60 and 80 structures ravaged by gas fires. more than 8,000 homes affected. residents forced to evacuate. >> okay, a loud explosion in the colonial heights neighborhood. it sounded like it came from a house. >> reporter: the governor declared a state of emergency friday. over the weekend, state officials inspected more than 5,000 residences, later

announcing it was safe to go home for all but 12 families. investigators are now pinpointing the cause. so while we know that this incident was caused by gas flowing at a significantly greater pressure, the question cecilia? >> certainly terrifying for those families. linsey, thank you. terrifying indeed, and we should end the half hour on a little bit of a lirgt note. this is a trick play of the year in college football. did you see this over the weekend? arkansas punts the ball. north texas punt returner keegan brewer catches it and just stands there, which is what you do when you call for a fair catch. but he never called for it! he never did, so he takes off. 90 yards for the score, and north texas said they have been practicing that trick play for weeks. 44-17 over the razorbacks. >> it worked. >> never called for it.

didn't hit him. and then he's like, see ya! boom. there he goes. >> got it. >> that he did. >> he has got some speed. >> yeah. >> from a standstill. >> he sure did. let's go back to ginger. >> let's talk about this. this morning, the heavy rain is falling near parkersburg, west virginia. but it is going to move through washington, d.c., a couple of bands today. and eventually, interior new england tomorrow. your local weather in 30 seconds.

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> i want to start with dangerously low visibility. 1/8 of a mile. it's going to be around for most of the commute. pretty foggy towards the golden gate. breezy on the bay this afternoon. north of the bay bridge also. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. temperatures in the mid-40s to mid-50s right now. barely get to 60. low 60s at the coast. low 70s around the bay. middle 70s to near 80 inland. a little cooler tomorrow. then you can see a spike in warmth wednesday and thursday. jessica? >> mike, thank you. coming up, a deadly shark attack in the waters off cape

cod. did authorities do enough to address the dangers? that's next on "gma." we'll have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes. see you then.

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he has categorically denied the accusation. the white house standing by him, but the big question now, how will these accusations be investigated? and the circus in pittsburgh on sunday. six children and an adult suffered minor injuries. the circus then went on as planned after the camel was, thankfully, corralled. did you see this one this morning? buffalo bills kosherback davis retires at half time during sunday's game. his team lost to the chargers and he decided he could not play. >> you should really read his letter. it was really from the heart and >> i think so, too. >> says he just knew it was time. >> he had been through a lot, and didn't want to risk anymore. >> he is very excited about what god has for him in the next chapter, but really you should go online and read his full letter. but now to that deadly shark encounter in the waters off cape cod. a 26-year-old student killed. signs like these on the beaches there, as we see.

abc's erielle reshef is on cape cod with much more on this tragic story. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. this memorial to that young man who lost his life is now growing. this was the first deadly shark attack here in the last 80 years, since the 1930s. officials now warning this water is off limits until further notice. >> i have a report of an unknown shark bite, male party. >> reporter: this morning, the first deadly shark attack on cape cod in more than 80 years, rocking this classic beachside town. >> just a giant eruption of water, 15 foot wide, and just it looked like i saw a tail and a lot of thrashing, so i was screaming up the beach. screaming like a lunatic, call 911, there has been a shark attack. >> reporter: 26-year-old arthur medici, an engineering student from massachusetts,

boogie-boarding saturday just 30 yards out when a shark took hold. this picture of medici on the right taken with his friend, isaac, right before that fateful swim. isaac speaking to our abc affiliate. >> i dragged him out of the water about, let's say, 35 yards. i got the boogie board strap, his boogie board strap and tried to tie it around his leg to stop the bleeding, made a tourniquet. >> reporter: witnesses telling abc news off-duty lifeguards leapt into action. >> they are currently carrying the party up to the parking lot. at newcomb hollow beach. >> reporter: medici rushed to the hospital, but he did not survive. these sharks seen in the water just hours later. the violent encounter just one month after 61-year-old william lytton was attacked by a shark four miles up the coast, punching the shark on the gills to break free. >> i tore these two tendons here, and at that point, the shark let go and swam away. >> reporter: authorities warning the booming seal population is causing a feeding frenzy. >> you have got predators like

sharks moving in to try to get to them. and the general public needs to be incredibly vigilant. >> reporter: we have officials here take added measures to warn about the dangers of the sharks in the area, even handing out flyers like this one, telling people not to get into murky waters. never get in the water alone. and never get in at all if you see seals nearby. robin? >> thank you so much. cecilia? we want to turn to a bizarre confrontation between mark burnett, "the apprentice" creator, and tom arnold, after the new search for controversial never before seen footage from trump's time on "the apprentice." t.j. holmes has the details. >> reporter: a scuffle as tom e man behind "survivor," "shark tank," and "the apprentice," allegedly choked him.

he said he ran away with his pink shirt and gold chain. waiting for the lapd. roma downey tweeting out she got this bruise tonight when tom arnold tried to ambush my husband and me. saying, is your testify show worth it, tom? please stop. and he tweeted back at her, i'm filing a police report and suing you defamation. the hunt for the trump tapes is scheduled to debut tuesday. leaving some wondering if he was doing this as a way to ramp up attention for the show. in the show, arnold searches for tapes that he says prove that donald trump used a racial slur on the set of "the apprentice". >> did you get set? >> yes, i did. >> it's real. >> reporter: arnold has maintained that burnett is in possession of such a tape. burnett has not commented on the claims but has said in the past he's unable to release all the tapes from "the apprentice," for legal reasons. this arnold/burnett beef goes back months even, and there is bad blood there, but to tell you how bad it was, both of them

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from soon-yi previn, breaking her silence about her relationship with woody allen and adoptive mother mia farrow. who was partners with allen when they met. paula faris is here with some blistering revelations. >> reporter: blistering is an understatement. she claims mia spanked her with a hairbrush, slapped her across the face, and called her stupid. when asked if she had anything warm to say about farrow, who is her adoptive mother, she says she cannot come up with a single positive recollection. it was the relationship that quickly became tabloid fodder, soon-yi previn, the then-21-year-old daughter of actress mia farrow was caught in an affair with farrow's partner, woody allen. they married in 1997. she has largely stayed out of the limelight, but now 20 years later she is breaking her silence in a "new york magazine" interview, defending her husband who is accused of molesting farrow's then-7-year-old

daughter, dylan, back in 1992. it is something he has repeatedly denied and now previn is taking aim at her adoptive mother. telling "new york magazine" what's happened to roady is so upsetting. so unjust. mia has taken advantage of the me too movement and paraded dylan as a victim. >> as i played with the toy train, i was sexually assaulted. he's lying. and he's been lying for so long. >> reporter: dylan farrow firing back overnight telling abc news, woody allen molested me when i was 7 years old, part of a documented pattern of inappropriate abusive touching that led a judge to say there was no evidence that i was coached and that it was unsafe for me to be in woody allen's presence. no one is parading me around as a victim. i continue to be an adult woman making a credible allegation unchanged for two decades, backed up by evidence. there were two investigations into dylan's claims that were launched against allen,

including one by the new york state department of social services. the investigators concluding though that no credible evidence was found that dylan has been abused or maltreated. >> what have you done to its eyes? >> reporter: previn also claims that her adoptive mother, mia, who starred in movies like "rosemary's baby" physically and emotionally abused her saying she wasn't kind to me from the get go. it's really hard to imagine, but i really can't come up with a pleasant memory. >> soon-yi was put down, minimized, made fun of, and mia threatened to take her to an insane asylum. >> reporter: the author of this article is daphne merkin, a friend of woody's for decadedec. it was something she disclosed in the magazine.

>> she felt that it was time for her to tell her story, that she was the person who hadn't spoken in all this. >> reporter: farrow and allen shared the big screen in his film "hannah and her sisters." they had been together for 12 years when in 1992, farrow discovered nude photos of a then-21-year-old soon-yi in his home. >> in the end, the one thing i have been guilty of is falling in love with ms. farrow's adult daughter. >> reporter: farrow says she and allen were still a couple at the time, but previn and allen said they believed the pair was over. she said they were like two magnets, very attracted to each other. she said, mia was never kind to me, never civil. but with allen, she said, she felt valued. now we reached out to mia farrow. she is not commenting, however, seven of her nine living children say they, quote, stand by our mom. none of us witnessed anything other than compassionate treatment in our home, and dylan farrow firing back at "new york" magazine saying the article

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. supreme court bombshell. the woman who accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault now comes forward saying he attacked her when they were in high school. the accusations come just days before his confirmation vote. what her lawyer is telling "gma" this morning. flooding emergency. growing devastation now from florence. the storm causing so much damage and danger across the carolinas. authorities warning the worst could be yet to come. we are live from the flood zone. first on "gma." "in pieces." diane sawyer one-on-one with sally field. the two-time oscar winner, tv star, girl next door. now the truth about the life sally field was really living, battling confusion, anger and

heartbreaking childhood secrets. now in her first tv interview talking about it all with diane, and what was really happening between sally and burt reynolds? new this morning, brand new video of meghan markle revealing her secret visits to fire victims, cooking and laughing with them and helping so many women get back on their feet. and reese witherspoon lights up your monday morning live in times square. the delicious secrets she is spilling from her brand-new book, "whiskey in a teacup." what she is revealing about her sweet grandmother, being a good party guest, and why reese asks, what would dolly do? as we say, good morning, america.

name of her book, "whiskey in a teacup" if you are from the south, you know what that means. good morning, america. happy monday, and we cannot wa reese witherspoon, and we will soon. >> looking forward to that. and the team here knows how little i know about football, so we're going extra heavy on the football this morning. so we have got a monday meme for you. take a look at this. giants quarterback eli manning going viral overnight for this face. wait until you hear -- now i'm reading. wait until you hear what some people are saying about it. don't ask me what people are saying because i don't know. >> i'll save you some headlines. we have a lot to get to, including that bombshell allegation against brett kavanaugh. a woman has come forward accusing him of sexual assault. terry moran is back with the story. good morning, terry. >> reporter: the supreme court nomination now hangs in the balance and it will all come down to who the senators and the american people believe, him or his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford who is a college professor in california. she alleges that 35 years ago when the two of them were high

school students at elite private high schools in the washington suburbs, he sexually assaulted her. she claims at a party when he was allegedly drunk, he and another student trapped her in a room, and kavanaugh she says, tried to force himself on her. she escaped and fled. kavanaugh categorically denies anything like this ever happened so now the big question in washington is will christine blasey ford come here to testify under oath, and her lawyer debra katz talked about that earlier here on "gma." >> so what does that mean that she would talk to the fbi, but that she doesn't want to testify publicly before the senate judiciary committee? >> i'm not saying that. we will consider all options. what i'm saying is that this has to be fair and thorough, and it can't be part of a slugging match. if we're really trying to get at the truth, hearings should not be used to be weaponized against those who accuse powerful men. >> reporter: the white house is standing by kavanaugh, and

white house counsellor kellyanne conway telling fox news says she has talked to the president about this, and he believes christine blasey ford should be heard, and whether that's by telephone or under oath, is up to the committee, but she should be heard. >> thanks very much. cecilia? now to the latest on the devastation from florence. causing so much damage. so many under flash flood watches or warnings. let's bring in back amy in elizabeth city, north carolina. good morning again, amy. >> reporter: hey. good morning to you, cecilia. this is day four of florence's fury, and first responders from around the country, including the u.s. coast guard, are working around the clock to rescue hundreds of people who are stranded as rising floodwaters now cut off entire towns. rescue teams from as far as los angeles pulling drivers from submerged cars. as helicopters race to cities

almost completely cut off by rising waters. we joined the coast guard rescue team as they set out to help those still trapped. with so many roads flooded and impassable in this area, these coast guard helicopters become an absolute life line for people who have medical emergencies in the storm zone. this woman telling me she is suffering from appendicitis and couldn't leave her flooded home. another man desperately in need of oxygen. animals too being pulled to safety. these dogs were stranded in the rising water. their dramatic rescue caught on camera with little time to spare. overnight officials believe those floodwaters are to blame for this train pushed off its tracks with a payload of hazardous material. over two feet of rain has fallen and no relief in sight. you know, it is truly an honor to watch these men and women of the u.s. coast guard do their jobs. it is a life or death situation for these people who are trapped in their homes and watching them go into the floodwaters and risk their own lives to save people

and their pets is truly remarkable. i just saw our crew by the way, take off a short while ago. they are back at it saving lives again. cecilia. >> they are real heroes. okay, amy, thank you. robin. >> they are relentless, thank goodness. it's a bittersweet morning here on "gma." on sunday our dear friend and a great journalist, ron claiborne, signed off for the last time. he has been bringing us the news for 32 glorious years, and many of those years spent here on "gma" every saturday and sunday morning. in saying good-bye, ron said he always saw journalism as a form of public service, and he always did his best to serve you, our audience. we wish ron the best on his new adventures, and if you know ron, you know there will be many adventures. that man is something else. you know, our parents were classmates. >> oh wow. >> yes, yes, yes. >> he is a real pro. >> special guy, and a friend to so many of us. we're really going to miss him.

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we welcome you back to "gma" on this wonderful monday morning audience we have here with us. you at home, you really should come see us. great time. tom kelly gets the audience going during the commercial breaks and it's all a lot of fun. come see us when you can. >> clap, people. [ cheers and applause ] >> what's a line that you use every monday morning? >> this is the best crowd we have had all week, robin. [ applause ] >> gets them every time. >> every time. hey tonight, the emmys and lara is there backstage and she's going to take us behind the scenes tomorrow live from hollywood. so tune in for that.

and keeping her seat nice and "pop news." >> let's get some "pop news" this morning. we start today with the duchess of sussex. meghan markle and her cookbook. it features over 50 recipes from women from the grenfeld tower fire. listen to this. >> it was january 2018, as i was settling into my new home in london, i met a group of women whose community had been affected by the gren feld fire. they had decided to get together to cook fresh food for their families and neighbors. i immediately felt connected to this family kitchen. like these women, i'm passionate about food and cooking as a way of strengthening communities. [ applause ] >> and we know that she has done that before in her previous homes in toronto and l.a. proceeds from the book will help the community kitchen stay hope and it features a foreword written by her royal highness himself.

she got him as a gift, but i'm sure he loved it. meghan, can we kick it in the kitchen, maybe teach me a thing or two. celebrities are stepping up to help victims of hurricane florence. celebrity chef jose andres is doing what he does best, also cooking. he handed out food for people in need with his organization, world central kitchen. and bethany frankel is also leading the charge to raise cash for disaster relief, drawing on her friends such as christina aguilera and sia. we are so thankful for our crews staying together, bringing us such great and inspiring stories as always. >> he did the same thing in puerto rico and they prepare for these storms in advance. they know going in that they're going to be there and ready to help. >> in puerto rico they were there for a year, a year. >> and serving 3 million meals.

[ applause ] >> yeah. finally, you have got to have a laugh on a monday, right? eli manning is getting the meme treatment again. the giants quarterback caught on camera looking a little bewildered. >> again? >> yeah. he had a pretty hard sack from the cowboys. people couldn't help but make that into a meme. some of the best, when you realize it's monday. another writing, did i leave the oven on? i have done that. one person posted i don't think eli wants to play football anymore. >> aw. >> the shoblg shock of getting sacked. >> that's harsh. >> it was a little harsh, but, you know, we all had that look on our face at one point, and a lot of us on monday. >> that's true. >> that's "pop news" for you guys. [ applause ] now we're going to move on to our "gma" cover story. that abc news exclusive. sally field as you have never seen her before. her new memoir is called "in pieces". it reveals a life as complex as the characters she has played for decades. field is sharing heartbreaking

childhood secrets and the confusion and anger she faced. abc's diane sawyer -- who else? [ cheers and applause ] so extraordinarily honest. >> extraordinary and for all the power she has on screen and we watch her, and her colleagues have called her a genius, we never knew until this book which she wrote herself, the small victories she had to win every day. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine a sunnier american face. you're looking at a tape from 54 years ago. an unknown teenager in a kind of audition. >> when i go to the beach, unless there's boys there or my boyfriend, then it's not any fun. i'm just by myself. >> reporter: she remembers the moment she won the part of the impossibly innocent tv girl next door, gich et.

>> you see me, gidget. >> reporter: she braved it, she couldn't really surf. >> it wasn't a big swell, but it was a swell nonetheless. >> reporter: and of course, the next thing we knew, she was the flying nun strapped in a harness. >> anyway, i'm not going to give up. >> we could see the wires. that's all i'll say. >> gee, the illusion is ruined. >> reporter: but today, at 71, field has finally decided to tell the truth of her life off screen. for every child, the first great mystery is your own family. hers includes a beautiful mother she idolized. she has written she glowed like honey in a glass jar. >> she was right there, you know,? just this giggle, this laughter that made you laugh even if you didn't want to laugh. >> reporter: a childhood of dark uncertainties, including she says, abuse at the hand of her step-father. >> you know, child abuse --

sexual child abuse, but any child abuse, but sexual child abuse, it -- i think one of the reasons it is at least from my point of view, it's so damaging is because it's so complicated. there isn't just one feeling. >> reporter: one of the things that we always hear is how early shame sets in. >> oh yeah. >> reporter: and how early the doubt of your complicity somehow sets in. >> oh yeah. and how then do you grow up and have any sort of understanding of what healthy sexuality is? or how is it not always connected to danger? it's always connected to danger, shame and loss. >> loss? >> well, kind of the loss of self. >> reporter: and so a corrosive wound began to form inside her, around a question.

how much did her mother know, and why will it take decades before she has the nerve to ask. she also writes about the dark periods of depression, sudden rages, binge eating and how "the flying nun" which made her a household name, also made her a joke in the serious acting community she wanted to join. she is asked to go to the golden globes, but they make her fly in. by the way, it's a home made dress. >> my mom made the dress, like, the night before. i was wearing a pink coulott outfit. >> which we all dream of wearing. >> and my hair was in ringlets. i mean, what on earth was i thinking? not much clearly. i'm flying across the coconut grove looking down at everyone i wanted to know and be, and i had to fly into the arms of john wayne. >> john wayne.

>> reporter: she says she was saved by fighting for the things she loved. the serious work across the screen for 50 years with real power. sometimes hilarious. >> the whole time. the whole time? the whole time? >> reporter: and stepping out of history. >> will he ever know what she went through? >> reporter: sometimes, simply shattered. >> why? why? >> your life is never one thing. it is a lifetime of work and struggle and success and failure, and the times when you feel absolutely slammed to the ground with defeat or disappointment or loss, just hopeless, it is up to you to be in pain and feel it and stand up and move again. >> it is such a story.

e swan she finally asks is stunning, about what she knew, and yet sally field finds a way to make a redemption for all of us and for the children she loves in her life. >> oh my goodness. i know you're going to have more on "nightline" to answer that portion of it. burt reynolds, they had a special, special relationship. did she talk about that? >> she did. and that too was not what we thought. we all had our own idea of it but she writes about hispan pan attacks. she writes there were sometimes pills to tame them and her role in the life was not what we thought, and we'll show you a little bit of it. we sit down again at the cinema tribeca. >> god, i was so good. you should have seen me. you would have loved me. >> we had known each other about three days, four days at that point. it was instantaneous and four days felt like four years.

so you can see it in our faces, you know. we were, you know, sort of deeply entangled, and the nature of it wasn't just a, you know, this is a love affair. something was -- you know, there was some ingredient between us having to do with my caretaking and him needing to be taken care of. >> she was the love of my life. i mean, she is the most special woman i have ever dated. >> i was always flattered when he said that, but it's -- he was a complicated man. >> reporter: when he died a week and a half ago, she issued a statement.

she says she was sad for the little boy who grew up to be burt reynolds. a bruised child who used to be called buddy. >> it wasn't what i called him, but everybody at home in his family called him buddy. it's like the little boy of him i wanted to finally rest. >> she feels very tenderly about the man he was. >> diane, you have a gift in bringing out something in people when you sit across from them. you know that? you really -- you learn so much in such a -- they feel like they are in good hands, and i just really pesht appreciate it. >> thank you. she has so much to teach, and it's so hard to do what she is doing. >> yeah. >> it is really hard. so thank you. >> she felt comfortable telling you. >> thank you. >> all right. and you can see more of diane's story on "nightline." that's diane sawyer. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you.

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now to that health struggle for matthew perry. the "friends" star just sent out a tweet. three months in a hospital bed, check. as he recovers from serious surgery. our chief medical correspondent jen ashton here to talk about it. apparently recovering from a gastrointestinal perforation. explain what that is and why it's so serious. >> this is a really big deal. the medical term is perforated viscus. it could be from small intestine to large intestine. to be clear, this is a surgical emergency. there is the chance of widespread infection and it absolutely can be life-threatening. we have to remember what's in there. undigested food loaded with

bacteria and air. when that spreads through our peritoneal cavity, that can make you very sick. >> three months in the hospital? >> it varies for everybody. if it's higher up in the tract, it's treated better. if it's treated properly, with a laparoscopic small incision or big incision, people can do well but depending on the factors, yes, recovery can be a long time and everyone recovers on their own speed. >> with their own timetable. will he be okay? >> probably. if it's due to cancer, obviously there are other situations, but most likely, yeah, he'll have a smooth recovery we hope. >> thank you so much. we'll be back. reese witherspoon is here. tony bennett and diana krall as well. [ cheers and applause ]

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good monday morning to you. i'm reggie aqui. you can help a nonprofit that is gathering donations right now for people impacted by hurricane florence. med share is helping to get items like wipes and diapers and formula. they also say masks, shampoo, deodorant, dental supplies, all of that is needed. you can come by their warehouse in about five minutes. the address is 2937 alvarado street. definitely a good cause there. >> yeah, certainly is. taking a live look outside at the south bay. northbound 101 at 808, this is about the only stretch that is looking okay. we have a crash just north of there off on the shoulder. check out the drive times. no delays southbound 101 through

santa rosa. castro valley to the maze, 32 minutes. there you go, northbound 101, highway 280 to 680 in the red.

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bridge during the afternoon hours. temperatures below average but a warming trend coming. >> thanks, mike. we're back in about. 30 minutes. see you then. [ cheers and applause ] right back at you. right back at you. here back at "gma," and our next guest is a true southerner and proud of it. powerful hollywood mogul as well. she is an oscar, emmy and golden globe winner. a producer with more than two dozen projects in the works and now she is the author of a sweet new book. it's called "whiskey in a teacup." please welcome reese witherspoon. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. nice to see you.

how are you? >> have a seat. >> thank you. where do you get that? that's so cool. did my mother make that t-shirt? >> it's a full title. reese witherspoon, "whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the south taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits." i'm from the south. i get it. "whiskey in a teacup." that's from your grandmother. >> yeah. >> explain that title. >> my grandmother used to say southern women are like whiskey in a tea cup. they're beautiful and ornamental and put together on the outside but really strong and fiery on the inside. >> we don't have whiskey in a teacup. full disclosure there. >> should i? no whiskey in here. >> you don't trust us? come on, i'm a southerner. i don't lie. those shopping trips you went on with your mother -- >> yeah. >> and your grandmother, and the way you really speak about her, your entire family, but there was something, a specialness with you and your grandmother, especially when you went

shopping. >> i was raised by my grandmother and my grandfather, they spent a lot of time with me and my brother and they taught us -- my grandmother caught us how to cook. my grandfather had a beautiful garden in the become yard and we would pick them and deliver them to the neighbors. and i learned a lot about how to be a part of a community and part of a family from my grandparents who were just the biggest influence in my life, and i think a lot of people can relate to that. a lot of people were raised by their grandparents. >> you don't have to be from the south to relate to this book. but i have to tell you i -- being, you know, i was raised in mississippi, born in alabama, and worked in nashville and atlanta. so i really, really -- i'm a southerner. >> the south, yeah. >> i love the little tips, like, your grandmother was talking about party gifts. as southerners, we love to entertain, but you tell this great story about the couple that just couldn't go home. >> the couple that wouldn't go home.

it's really nice to entertain people in the house, but yes. eakfast turned into brunch andw. brunch turned into lunch, and then they jumped in the pool and then they wanted dinner. it was crazy. and i'm being so southern. i didn't know what to say. i didn't know how to tell them to leave and my husband just went to bed. then they got the hint. they were, like, oh, i guess we should go. >> but i love how you looked in the kitchen and you found something and scrounged something up. >> i figured it out. >> that's what you have to do. >> yeah. >> but there is something. what is your hope for people picking up this book? >> i think it's a time. it's kind of a crazy time in life and everybody is overwhelmed by all the decisiveness and everything that's going on and i think it's important, particularly as the holidays approach, it's important to spend time with family and friends and it's important we remember why we are

all connected and we are all part of this community together and we have to raise each other up and we have to take care of each other. so i feel really blessed that i had the opportunity to write a book about that and those values that were imparted to me in my upbringing. >> it proves we have more in common than not. why not celebrate those similarities? >> exactly. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love how you dedicate it to your grandparents and also to your kids. >> yeah. >> back to school. >> i know. back to school. >> how has that been going? >> oh gosh. i see all the people post, like, cute pictures of their kids going to kindergarten. mine won't let me take a picture. >> what? >> he has a picture with his hat over his head. one started kindergarten, one started high school and one started college. >> i love that. >> i'm not going to lie. i was a little stressed. i was a little stressed this year. >> but you have that going on, you're writing the book, and then that little movie career that you have going on as well. you know, that. "big little lies." oh my gosh.

>> we just finished season two. [ applause ] >> you had us at the edge of our seats. how were you able to continue the story? >> the amazing author, leanne more orty, wrote an amazing follow-up novella that will never be published, but it gave us the basis for season two, and it will be so good. we love it and you can tell when you watch the show, we deeply love each other and we were having a lot of fun. >> it looks like you are having fun with meryl streep in the second season. >> yes. meryl streep is in it. [ applause ] >> the ice cream, what did you do? >> i might or might not have thrown an ice cream cone at meryl streep in a scene because she made me mad. >> but is it all going to make sense? >> it's going to be really good. it's really -- i think it's, like, one of the top moments of my entire career for real. and i hit her which was even -- like, i nailed it. she turned around and she was, like, yeah, you got me.

>> how about "legally blonde"? [ cheers and applause ] >> well, yeah. i mean, they approached me with -- just with the idea of, like, this was this, you know, empowered moment, a feminist moment, you know, back in the early 2000s and wouldn't it be really interesting to revisit her as she's turning 40 and see what, you know, challenges she's facing. it's really a good idea though. [ applause ] >> don't worry. we're going to have much more with reese and i can't help but think that your grandmother would be proud that we're wearing color. she would love that. >> celebrate life. >> don't wear black. >> be happy. >> and no sweats. >> after 10:00 a.m. >> unless you're sweating. i love that. the fabulous reese witherspoon, more with her coming up. [ cheers and applause ] when the day turns into night,

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[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ worried about the way things might have been ♪ do you hear it? we're playing "proud mary." that's on your road play list? >> yes. >> that? >> i even make play lists.

it's kind of like -- somebody described my book yesterday as like my pinterest board. i loved making the yearbook in high school, and so it was just really fun to put together all those images and recipes and play lists. >> it was great. >> really fun. >> i know that you are a huge fan of dolly. >> oh. >> you're always, like, what would dolly do? we're going to flip the script. what would reese do? [ applause ] holly has the first question for you, reese. >> hi. so i have three girls. they are 7, 5 and 18 months. hi, girls. and with halloween coming up, i would love to know suggestions for, like, family costumes. >> oh, okay. that's a good -- family costumes. well, we recently went to a costume party and i was a banana. i kind of look like a banana today. my husband was a gorilla, and my son was a safari guy. it was cute. and you could just mix it up and do whatever you want to.

i would suggest a pineapple. i could also be a pineapple today. >> you could. >> i just need like a green hat. >> very bright, very bright. katrina, what's your question? >> my question -- reese, you're such a successful businesswoman. what would you say -- what would your advice be for a woman who is having a career setback and how would you bounce back? what would you do? >> oh. well look, i think that we learn a lot from failure and i've certainly had my share of failure. i have had movies that didn't work, companies that were difficult. ups and downs and i think it's i think the journey is long and you got to remember that you learn just as much from failure as you do from success. [ applause ] >> this woman right here, hello sunshine, the company that she has and the beautiful, powerful story-telling and story that is don't normally get told, so .

r ha de th. >> thankou. >> layla? >> hi. i'm layla, and i just graduated from penn state and started my job. and i was just curious what your advice would be for a 23-year-old who just entered the work force. >> congratulations first of all. that's a huge accomplishment so you should feel great about that. i think you should find a passion. something that you are really interested in, and i know that's what everybody is sort of searching in life, but once you find that -- somebody -- i was listening to that oprah podcast master class with the rock. i mean, who doesn't like the rock? he is such a positive person, and something he said that was so smart and really resonated with me is whatever business you go into, learn everything about that business. learn every learn how much people get paid. learn how they make money at that company or in that business and i thought that was so smart, and we don't encourage girls to do that enough. >> we do not do that. stephanie, you have a real quick question? >> yeah. i have always been told you

should bring a gift when you are invited to some -- yeah. to someone's house. what is your advice or your suggestion for a great hostess gift? >> i think you can never go wrong with a bottle of wine. [ applause ] then you also know that you're going to have a glass of wine. i like to bring a candle or, you know, something that people can use. i actually like a box of chocolates too because, you know, if they didn't have dessert -- i think it's nice and it says that i know you put a lot of effort into this and thank you so much for having me. i really -- that's a great question. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> if you are looking for a great gift -- because everybody is going home with -- [ cheers and applause ] yes.

more proof of how southern she is, she wanted to make sure stess.ody hadith the >> thanks. >> thank you for sharing. thank you. >> i love being here. let's go over to ginger. >> i always like a bottle of olive oil, too. that's what i bring to parties. we're going to switch gears now because now we have a great story of children getting help during a time of heartbreak. it is childhood cancer awareness month, and a new kid-friendly tool is helping children express themselves as they battle the illness. abc's abbie boudreau has a closer look at how it works. >> reporter: it's a gut-wrenching diagnosis for about 16,000 children in the united states each year, turning the worlds of these kids upside down in an instant. >> i was told that i'm sorry, your daughter has cancer, and i was just in total shock. >> reporter: for 23 years, our sponsor, aflac, has walked hand in hand with families as they battle childhood cancer, navigating their emotional

roller coasters. >> children have trouble communicating what's really going on in their body. we as a company decided that we would try to find ways to make it possible for the children to better communicate. >> reporter: with those concerns in mind, they developed my special aflac duck. a robotic companion equipped with different emojis and a special port. >> they get to be like me. >> reporter: just like the one many of these children have, to help them express their feelings. >> does that make you feel better when you get hugs? >> reporter: the ultimate goal? to get one into the hands of every child who is battling cancer in the u.s. >> they are excited to meet you. here they come. >> hi. >> joining the mission, chris young and chase bryant. >> being able to sit there face to face with kids today and see them actually engaged and react and be excited about it, there's

nothing like that. >> reporter: for chase, these children's stories hit particularly close to home. >> my brother was diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia at 3 years old, and all we wanted to do was see my brother smile, and, you know, seeing a kid smile over something that small is a life-changer. >> she is laughing right now. >> it's good to hear her laugh. >> reporter: this technology, so promising for care givers, it took home the award for best unexpected product at the 2018 consumer electronic show. >> the pain and suffering that takes place in these children, this is just trying to relieve a little bit of that. they have got a buddy to go through this with them, and that buddy is my special aflac duck. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc's, los angeles. >> that is so touching and i happened to be in columbus, georgia and that's the headquarters for aflac, and they were talking about this. another thing they were saying is it's not just for the young child but for the parents too because it's the first time they

see their child smile and it's very difficult for a child to express what they are feeling when they are going through cancer and so they use the duck. they will say, how are you feeling today? and the young person won't answer so they say how is your duck feeling today. they will express through the duck how they are feeling. >> it makes so much sense, and adrian is getting older and i can't imagine having him be in this situation. it's got to be [ cheers and applause ] how about we do a little something different here. a worldwide exclusive at disney's "mary poppins returns." on december 19th, it's happening, and we have a first look. here are lin-manuel miranda and

emily blunt. >> good morning, america. >> everyone's favorite practically perfect person is back on a brand new adventure. >> here's a look at the trailer for our new film, "mary poppins returns." >> as i live and breathe. >> mary. >> poppins. >> thaefr they've come to look after the banks children. >> us? >> oh, yes. you too. >> so you have been off filling the children's heads with nonsense. >> they've forgotten what it's like to be a child. >> everything is possible, even the

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♪ it's very clear our love is here to stay ♪ ♪ not for a year, but ever and a day ♪ ♪ the radio, the telephone and the movies that we know ♪ ♪ may just be best and fancy and in time may go ♪ ♪ but oh my dear ♪ our love is here to stay ♪ together we're going a long, long way ♪ ♪ in time, the rockies will

crumble, gibralter may tumble ♪ ♪ it's very clear >> tony bennett. ♪ our love is here to stay ♪ not for a year, but ever and a day ♪ ♪ the radio, and the telephone and the movies that we know, ♪ they just lead fancy ♪ any time they go ♪ but oh my dear our love is here to stay ♪ ♪ together we're going a long, long way ♪

♪ in time the rockies may crumble, gibralter may tumble ♪ ♪ they are only made of clay, ♪ but our love is here to stay ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> i love you, tony. ♪

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