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live on "gma" this morning. race against time. hundreds trying to find that missing 6-year-old with special needs. now his parents pleading to cameras for help. what his father is saying exclusively on "gma" about the moment he disappeared. abc news exclusive, the mother shot 12 times during a deadly take at bank now tells her story. >> i have a 5-year-old and 7-year-old who need their mother. you need to save me. come get me. >> how she survived. ♪ and the biggest boy band on the planet is here live. so get ready because bts is taking over times square performing the hit that has everyone dancing. live only on "gma." this morning. good morning, america. so, what's a little rain when

bts is in times square. take a look outside right now. the crowd has been gathering for t b.. every mention, every look they are screaming outside. but bts, they have fans, millions of fans all around the globe. they call themselves the bts army. >> mm-hmm. >> and we have a big surprise for a few members of that army. and that's coming up later in the show. >> they are devoted fans. they appreciate thr music and their positive message. that is ahead. first a lot of news. we begin with that supreme court showdown. both sides gearing up for a dramatic hearing tomorrow. judge brett kavanaugh and his first accuser, christine blasey ford, set to testify. and we've now learned who republicans are bringing in to question them. our chief national correspondent terry moran starts us off at the supreme court. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. with one day to go before the big hearing both sides are prepping. judge kavanaugh is getting prepped by the white house staffers and his own team of lawyers. dr. christine blasey ford has

her team including veteran democratic operatives, some of whom prepped anita hill. the republicans hired that outside lawyer and president trump is weighing in swinging away. with only 24 hours before judge brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford face lawmakers and the country, president trump is fighting for his candidate in classic trump fashion. >> this is a con game being played by the democrats. >> reporter: he's lashing out directly targeting the latest accuser, kavanaugh's yale classmate deborah ramirez. >> she said she was totally inebriated and she was all messed up. and she doesn't know it was him, but it might have been him. oh, gee, let's not make him a supreme court judge because of that. >> reporter: ramirez acknowledged to "the new yorker" magazine that she was drunk at a 1982 party where she says kavanaugh exposed himself close to her face. and she says there are gaps in her memory.

but now, she says, she's certain it was kavanaugh. he denies the charge. democrats on capitol hill calling for an fbi investigation and other witnesses to appear on thursday. >> what this should be is a search for the truth. >> reporter: adding to their outrage, word that republicans on the senate judiciary committee, all of whom are men, outsourced the questioning for thursday's hearing to a woman outside counsel. >> clearly they didn't want to ask the questions directly. >> reporter: the lawyer who will be doing the questioning, veteran arizona sex crimes prosecutor rachel mitchell. >> i think it's really smart of them to get an outside counsel. >> why? >> somebody will do something that you guys will run 24/7 and, wiu know, inadvertently somebody tllhat's insensitive. i would not be wanting to ask questions about something like this. >> reporter: the stakes are high for both parties being questioned. dr. blasey ford is now a clinical psychology professor at palo alto university and expert on topics involving trauma.

kavanaugh, a yale law graduate who clerked for justice anthony kennedy before serving in the bush administration and as a federal judge. in an attempt to prove he wasn't at that party with blasey ford kavanaugh's lawyers are releasing excerpts of his high school calendar to the judiciary committee, details from the summer of 1982 obtained by "usa today." they show chores, trips out of town, and social events.mesn't e thsht e time of the alleged encounter. a source close to kavanays the judge sais anticipating mor interview. >> was there ever a time you are ucatermemb wt >>epkanaugh's high school yearbook page which is f rilleda less straight-laced lin ha t ins or bust.renate kavanaugh's de

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yesterday that the president is open to having ms.am rir is she willing to appear in public? >> well, i mean she hasn't been invited. this has been one of the really frustrating parts.h the senate judiciary committee. they want a full breakdown of everything that she knows, which is fine. but they're refusing to even talk to us and talk about what -- any kind of process would look like. so it's a little bit of a moot point until they show any sort a hnder iof comioe icfoard. i presume she would. but until they have a conversation with us about it, s going on. i have talked to members of the senate. thai sd-m e ycendou testimony a haven't come plilsed with that.o r 7:sa00yo p.m. but the gop staffers d t owshate id judiciary coe?t'teitexactly wha happened.

the phone call. the mi s d not showp.notyar ptyho ntu moryou know, at this point e information. we'll be happy to provide them with more information, but why they won't even talk to us on the phone is a mystery. >> so you say you're happy to provide them with more information. is ms. ramirez willing to testify not only if she's invited to the senate judiciary committee but willing to appear in public and tell her story? >> well, you know, first of all, george, what she has offered to do, i think it's very importton in place for the background investigation is to go tghouhr the something that has been in place for many years. and why everybody involved in this situation does not want an fbi investigation of this is very disturbing. you know, i would think -- this is cometple sadist f our client, the american people,

and the only way to really get w the truth of for people to interview allhohet t. were hentacted shortly thereafter and abd ar outhat, it's going to be failed process, no matter how they do it. but she is willing to talk to cohee th itartee e,willuting to do for h >> john clune, thanks for your time this morning. >> thanks, george. christie, sunny hostin and, sunny, let me pick up. you've been fbveatsan hais tng necetssary as well. it appears it's not going to happen. >> yes. >> that's right and i think that's sort of the wrong way to go. but i do think that the right way to go is to have a former sex pimescurose examining these witnesses, not onr.n dlyd or fal you know how to deal with alleged victims sof l uathem.

so think that is the right mov but i ha never sa knn ee, exami bi agent or a detective dued anf an >> chris, we've seen they've now juheduled a potential vote on kae dg be justice apkapovainnatmugenh. full fbi investigation. >> it's not judge kavanaugh's choice. it's not like they're going to him and asking would you like one or wouldn't you? that's the choice of the people who have to make this decision and make the vote. as far as the vote being scheduled from what i understand from the things senator grassley said publicly, you know, he's following order. three days' notice for a vote and gave it. >> he wants the option. >> he said clearly though publicly that if things come out in tomorrow's hearing that makes them unprepared to vote on

friday, then he'll put the vote off. think so he wants the option to vote on friday if everyone in feels ready. if not, he'll put it off. i think senator grassley has conducted himself reasonably in this. tried to make sure, extended deadline, did all the things he could while trying to get it to a conclusion. >> quick question for both. is there any way to know after hear ow, after we hear from dre from brett kavanaugh, whether we know what happened on the back in 1982? >> well, not with this process because the process is incomplete. there are other witnesses to these alleged incide clasy smatwhes testifying. the record will be completely m ed there's no taint. you're a justice of the supreme court. >> no taint? >> nope. >> we'll find out. big hearing tomorrow and i'll 00, acor pgeif. rlive hearing t

president trump is holding a press conference this evening where he is sure to face questions about brett kavanaugh and his accusers and also questions about that scene at the united nations where world leaders appear to laugh at something the president said. cecilia vega is at the u.n. with more this morng.in good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, michael. good rainy morning to you. let me set the stage for what h meha.en this is a very serious setting with all of theseears there is rarely even applause let alone laughter but when president trump was out delivering what is a go-to n igause line fr hpa just watch. >> in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in hie thsty orof our country. [ laughter ] america -- so true. [ laughter ] didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay.

>> reporte yeah, t rt l,toor li laughter. he is back here again for day reeyof oe tn uthathe press conference later thisin this is just his second solo press conference on u.s. soil, michael, since taking office. >> all right, thank you, cecilia. appreciate that. and sa well, that's not what i expected but you say you expected a laugh so a little confusing. >> a little bit. all right, michael. to the race to find that missing 6-year-old who has special needs. his father is speaking exclusively to "gma" about the moment he says his son disappeare aatd k ar porin carolina. abc's steve osunsami has the latest. >> maddox is mwhole world and my reason for living. i want my baby back in my arms. >> reporter: maddox ritch who has autism and is nonverbal was last wring this orange t-shirt at this park in st tonia, north caroli,

ofnaeaceh h s rans the b unidentified adultih off into the woods and couldn't be found. the boy's fair, ian ritch, is speaking exclusively this morning to abc news. >> i wouldn't have let him got again. away from me.cod see hiih everybody looks mo 've but this child doesn't speak and searchers have been using loudspeeesd anf s his pathreren call for him. >> it's been hard to sleep. bed d -- i feel guilty because doa wn in an >> reporter: the missing boy's mother is begging for help.>>le please. i just want my baby home, please. >> reporter: the search has led

fbi agents to this landfill more than nine miles north of the po dumpsters, chased more than 150 leads, and are even draining this lake. last night the fbi had the father out here at the park whic shortly behind me ish directly mind me retracing his steps, trying to see ifcae h me them. -- peceop sleay have been calling in. they've been looking for a photognd aere ogfb j ai has r s reward for anyra information that's helpful. robin. >> a lot of prayers being said. thank you. >> all right, thank you, robin. now to the weather and that dangerous flooding from the south to the northeast. emergency crews rescuing dozens of kids from a school bus in connecticut. we're going to go to ginger for good morning, oh, the images coming in, good morning, michael. it felt like it rained all day d an enpphainthg

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so grateful for this opportunity. writing it has been personally meaningful and illuminating. >> and revealing for a lot of people, i bet. and we're going to turn now to the latest on bill cosby. the disgraced comedian is waking up behind bars this morning. sentenced to at least three years in prinze. it was an accusation from andre. she's 1 of 60 who accused him of sexual misconduct. linsey davis has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it has been a long road. 34 months since cosby's arrest and what a roller coaster ride of emotions. you know, when we first heard that guilty verdict in the courtroom in april, there was an eruption of reaction. but yesterday, as the sentencing was read, it was silent. i wand to just share one sentiment from a cosby accuser. yesterday she said of his sentencing this is a sad time.

this is not a time of celebration. none of this should have ever happened. >> any comment sir? >> reporter: it is an image that some call surreal. others call it sad. but the bill cosby accusers we spoke to say it's justice. bill cosby shackled in handcuffs taken directly to jail sentenced to three to ten years behind bars convicting of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand in his home in 2004. >> we've got >> reporter: con zwrastand, and several of cosby's accusers who were in court tuesday, hugging after the sentencing. constand, just one of more than 60 women who have come forward accusing the star of sexual misconduct. >> finally bill cosby has been unmasked and we have seen >> reporter: the now 81-year-old is the first celebrity of the #metoo era to be sentenced to jail. a judge declaring him a sexually

violent predator. saying it is time for justice, mr. cosby. this has all circled back to you. the time has come. this is where he will reside here at sci phoenix. a nearly 4,000-bed lockup that opened more than two months ago. his conviction a stunning fall from grace for the man who portrayed the ultimate family man on "the cosby show." >> i love you. >> i love you, too. you know how the kids love jell-o pudding. >> reporter: a popular pitchman. he even urged kids to stay out of prison in this clip from "fat albert." >> now, they're in prison. prison isn't any fun and it isn't any joke. >> bill. >> reporter: cosby now behind bars himself. and now the appeals process can begin and several of the civil lawsuits against him can get under way. want to also share that there who found bill cosby guilty inside the courtroom for sentencing yesterday. they said they wanted to see it through. and some of them, george, shed tears. >> mm, okay. linsey, thanks very much. joined by lise-lotte lublin, one

of bill cosby's accusers. along with -- excuse me. i just dropped a whole cup of water right there. gloria allred and also stewart ryan, one of the prosecutors in the case and let's begin with you. what were you thinking and feeling when you saw that yesterday? >> i was overwhelmed. didn't believe that we would get to that point where he's actually -- >> you didn't believe it. >> because so many times things don't go exactly the way you plan, you know. you do your best to have, you know, the outcome that you would like to have. but it doesn't mean you're going to. so, i think that i was a little bit scared to put too much energy into going, this is how it's going to be. because i think i would have had such a crushing letdown if it didn't, that i just had to kind gorvegs okay, let me besurprised when that happens. let me have that moment to just, you know, realize this is real.

>> the judge said he didn't see any remorse in bill cosby. did you see any of that yesterday? >> absolutely not. he would smirk and laugh at times and shake his head and his team around him would laugh. it was like they weren't in the same courtroom with us, the reality wasn't there. >> but now we know he's going to be a sexually violent predator, labeled that for life. what is the significance of that? >> it's very significant, george, obviously the judge found that for the protection of the community and the gravity of the offense and the impact on the victims that not only was it appropriate to sentence him to prison, but, you know,iv the that he met the requirements for to be classified as a sexually violent predator. and i'm very glad. not only do i think it's appropriate, but that means he's going to be required to have lifetime counseling. there's going to be more notification to the community.

and i am concerned that he will be released at some point. potentially even in three years and i'm concerned about protection of women and we never want this to happen again. i just want to also add how proud i am of my client lise-lotte lublin because she testified as a prior bad act witness in this trial in which he was convicted. and i understand that from some of the jurors, that the testimony of other accusers, like lise, was important in the ultimate decision to convict. >> and stewart ryan, the appeals process begins. we didn't see camille cosby in the courtroom yesterday, but she did put out a statement afterwards saying they'll file a motion because they say there was falsified evidence used in the trial. one of these tapes played in the trial. any concern? >> there isn't a concern. i can tell you i tried a number of rape cases and i can tell you in almost every single one of those when the defendant is ultimately convicted like happened here, he has a right to an appeal and he always follows through with that right. i can tell you that with regard to this last-ditch effort to cook up an appeal issue or really distract from the facts

and the issues in this case this is no different than anything else that's been done throughout the course of the case by the cosby pr machine. and ultimately, like i said, it's intended to distract from the issues. bill cosby is a convicted felon. he was declared to be a sexually violent predator and now an inmate in a state penitentiary. >> and my concern, also, apparently camille cosby reportedly thinks there might have been sexism and racism involved in this conviction. i can tell you that three of my clients who testified as prior bad act witnesses are african-american women. and i think it's insulting to them to suggest that there's sexism and racism. the lives of african-american women also matter. if they are the victims of injustice, george, of drugging and sexual assault, then their stories need to be heard in a courtroom. and no man, no matter how rich, no matter how famous no matter

how powerful, should devalue the experience that they had. and the suffering that they -- that was inflicted on them by a very famous african-american man. >> do you feel like a wider message has been sent? >> absolutely. i think victims feel that there is a chance and there's an opportunity and it's safer to go out and actually expose the situation. and that's huge. it's important. at some point you have to feel like it's going to be okay to say something and you're not going to be hit with backlash. >> thank you all very much. >> thank you, george. >> let's go to robin. >> thank you. coming up that abc news exclusive, the mother shot 12 times during a deadly bank rampage surviving and telling her story. come on back. (roger) being a good father is important to me so being diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer made me think of all the things that i wanted to teach my kids. (avo) another tru story with keytruda.

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but she was more focused on her phone call than on her surroundings. it's the morning of september 6th, whitney austin running late for work at fifth third and on a conference call as she walks toward the revolving door but never makes it inside. >> inches before the bullets hit me and felt like a burning sensation. >> reporter: just moments before 29-year-old omar perez had stormed into the lobby of the bank armed with a handgun. whitney is struck and falls to the ground. >> i immediately started to cough up blood. and that's -- that's where my brain, that's when my brain tow dying. >> reporter: police body camera video showg the terrif >>epter: whitney realizing >> i immediately thought, i want to say good-bye to my family. and i knew i couldn't say good-bye to the kids. because they were at school. i assume he saw me move and shot me several more times. >> reporter: shot 12 times but still has the presence of mind to play dead until she spots a policeman.

>> i'm shouting at him, i have a 5 and a 7-year-old who need their mother. you need to save me. come get me. at that point they were tracking him. they then shoot him down. >> reporter: this photo capturing the moment she is safe. police calling her husband. >> he said, you know, she's been involved in an active shooting. she's been hit multiple times in her chest. and i was just, you know, reeling. i couldn't put anything together. >> reporter: she spent five days in the hospital but four people died that day including the shooter. she since started a nonprofit cp reduce gun violence through responsible gun ownership. >> this is about making sure that our kids can go to school and they don't have to participate in active shooter drills on a monthly basis. this is so people like me can walk into their place of employment and not get shot 12 times. >> reporter: and whitney also told us she now vows to live in

the moment especially when it comes to her children. now, she has more surgeries to come on that right arm which was shattered by bullets. but she says she does not want to completely heal, because she wants that to compel her to take action, to make a difference, which is what she is doing with her foundation. but incredibly shot 12 times and missed all of her vital organs and arteries and look at that. almost a month later she's -- >> incredible. >> it really is. >> absolutely incredible. >> and police still have not identified a motive for that alleged shooter. >> senseless. >> yeah. >> all right, thank you so much, paula. coming up, everybody, everybody isside our countdown to bts. the biggesbo t they're here getting ready to perform live in times square and we've got a huge surprise for some superfans that they don't know is coming. be right back. ♪

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"good morning america" is sponsored by walgreens. trusted since 1901. 6 nce 1901. good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> hi.i'm jessica castro from a mornings. and meteorologist drew tuma has our forecast. i hear it's going to be a nice day. >> it is. afternoon sunshine. but right now, we're dealing with some locally dense fog.

live doppler 7 showing that fog is thick in the north bay, even in the east bay right now, from hayward to oakland, visibility reduced to less than a mile. highs today, it's going to be very warm once that sun gets you have that fog, 7ou t0she a bay . our hottest spots going into the 90s. alexis? >> okay, we've been sort of warning you all morning that this is likely coming. we are starting to see a backup on the bay bridge, westbound 880 getting into san francisco, that salesforce transit center is closed and we have part of the fremont off-ramp closed as well, exiting 80 and then fremont itself is closed, as well, right around the salesforce transit center. keep all of that in mind, if you can leave the vehicle at home, that is definitely recommended. zooming and checking out these surface stree at bit of red starting to fill in. >> and speaking of that fog, look behind me, you can barely see the bay bridge. coming up on "gma," the biggest boy band in the world,

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m.cot hearing now just a day away. overnight republicans reveal the sex crimes prosecutor they're bringing in to question judge brett kavanaugh and his accuser,

dr. christine blasey ford, as senate republicans race to speed up a vote, and this morning, new images of kavanaugh's calendar, the one he's trying to use to clear his name. as a nation watches the supreme court showdown, how it's affecting teens across the country. around the same age as kavanaugh was at the time of his alleged assault. >> there seems to be a direct divide between the perception of these allegations between young girls and young boys. >> how it's shaping their own decisions and the message it sends about sexual assault. also this morning, booted from the ballroom. >> the first couple to be eliminated is nikki and gleb. >> comedian nikki glaser and gleb, the first sent home on "dancing with the stars" flying all night to join us here live this morning. get ready, the biggest boy band in the world. ♪ bts is taking over times square. their video is getting billions of views.tour souno

are performing their hit song "idol" live right here on "gma." you won't want to miss it. ♪ and they're here to say -- >> all: good morning, america. [ applause ] every time i see this crowd behind us, i just can't get over it. i have been blessed to witness a lot of special moments here at "good morning america," this is certainly one of them. bts and the bts army. my goodness.what a morning. te i wonder if we could pull those suits off. >> i have a boring black suit on. you should have given me the memo. i'll look good tomorrow morning. they are backstage, bts is, right now getting ready for their big debut. so many fans love dancing to their hit song "idol." thousands of you sent in the videos doing the "idol" challenge and guess what, some super fans are about to get a huge surprise.

they'll get front row seats to this morning's live performance and we're going to find out who coming up. >> if they're still conscious after we tell them. >> good point. we have a lot of news to get to as well. we're going to begin with the latest on the supreme court showdown. ses grifoa dramaticeariilon judge brett kavanaugh and his first accuser in front of congress and go back to terry moran at the supreme court. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, and both sides making final preparations befjudghas hi school calendars he's going to offer into evidence. and christine blasey ford has four affidavits from friends and acquaintances to show she's been talking about this for years and president trump is getting more involved . with only 24 hours before judge brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford face lawmakers and the country, president trump is fighting for his candidate in classic trump fashion.

>> this is a con game being played by the democrats. >> reporter: he's lashing out directly targeting the latest accuser, kavanaugh's yale classmate deborah ramirez. >> she said she was totally inebriated and she was all messed up. and she doesn't know if it was him but it might have been him. oh, gee, let's not make him a supreme court judge because of that. >> reporter: ramirez acknowledged to "the new yorker" magazine she was drunk at a 1982 party where she says kavanaugh exposed himself close to her face. and she says there are gaps in her memory but now she says she's certain it was kavanaugh. he denies the charge. democrats on capitol hill calling for an fbi investigation and other witnesses to appear on thursday. >> what this should be is a search for the truth. >> reporter: adding to their outrage, word that republicans on the senate judiciary committee, all of whom are men, outsourced the questioning for thursday's hearing to a woman outside counsel. >> clearly they didn't want to ask the questions directly.

>> reporter: the lawyer who will be doing the questioning, veteran arizona sex crimes prosecutor, rachel mitchell. >> inadvertently somebody will do something that's insensitive. i would not be wanting to ask questions about something like this. >> reporter: the stakes are high for both parties being questioned. in an attempt to prove he wasn't at that party with blasey ford, kavanaugh's lawyers are releasing excerpts of his high school calendar to the judiciary committee, details from the summer of 1982 obtained by "usa today" and show chores, trips out of town and social events. mentioned but she said she didn't know kavanaugh well at the time of the alleged encounter. so, both sides now making those preparations. republicans, however, have already called for a vote on kavanaugh's nomination in the committee on friday. they can change that but it shows how keen they are to get this behind them and get him on this court. george. >> it will depend if the votes are there. terry moran, thanks very much. robin. >> to the latest on bill cosby

who is waking up behind bars after he was sentenced to at least three years in prison for sexual assault. let's go back to linsey davis who was in the courtroom and is there in norristown, pennsylvania with more. good morning again, linsey. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. yes, bill cosby has just spent his first night behind bars. this after he emerged from the courtroom on tuesday in handcuffs after being sentenced three to ten years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his home in 2004. and what that means is that he'll now have to spend at least three years behind bars and at that point a number of factors including his age and his behavior will be considered to determine just when he'll be released. in the meantime, his accusers are reacting to his sentence. some calling it surreal, others relief and justice. george spoke to one of his accusers this morning. >> the judge said he didn't see any remorse in bill cosby. did you see any of that yesterday? >> absolutely not.

he would smirk and laugh at times and shake his head and his team around him would laugh. it was like they weren't in the same courtroom with us, the reality wasn't there. >> reporter: and cosby's wife of more than 54 years, camille cosby, was not present at yesterday's sentencing but she is saying that her husband denied his right to a wfair trial. at the same time cosby's publicist is blasting the judicial process saying it was the most sexist and racist trial in the history of the united states, robin. >> all right, linsey, thank you very much. michael. >> thank you, robin. we're going to switch gears now to that huge birthday celebration for will smith. the actor taking 50 years old to new highs and lows, bill willie style, bungee jumping from a helicopter over the grand canyon making the thousand-foot leap for charity. all went off without a hitch and he said afterwards it went from

absolute terror to magnificent bliss. it was on youtube as part of will smith's effort to raise money for charity and that's a good way. >> a thousand feet? >> a thousand feet, good way to bring in 50, george. i think that would have been it for me. on the way down i possibly would have probably lost it. >> in more ways than one, that's right. in more ways than one. coming up, teens across the country that are reacting to the allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. how it's affecting the decisions they make. and "dancing with the stars" first couple to leave the ballroom. nikki glaser and gleb flew all night long. they're full of energy right now. they're going to join us live. plus, bts mania is sweeping through times square. that's the energy and the band is here live. we've got that big surprise and their big performance ahead so don't go anywhere. we'll be right back with more "gma." "gma's morning menu" sponsored by megared. sponsored by megared.

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[ applause ] ♪ wow! on "gma."e back to "gma."alng the excitement is not only t s l our great audience that we have here. [ cheers and applause ] >> we'll have the opportunity to talk with the fans and, of courseheperform dol" a little later. [ cheers and applause ] allegations against supreme

court nominee brett kavanaugh are playing out in the media and on tapestry but how are they being perceived in america's high schools among children the same age kavanaugh was at the time of the assault. deborah roberts heard from teens all across the country and joins us with that. good morning, deb. >> good morning, robin. this controversy surrounding judge kavanaugh is really a hot button issue amongst teens who are experiencing their own awakening about inappropriate behavior. so, we caught up with some 17-year-olds to see how they're processing this thorny situation. [ chanting ] >> reporter: for high schoolers growing up in the me too area the kavanaugh controversy is a hot topic. we caught up with some teens from four different states. >> there seems to be a direct divide between the perception of these allegations between young girls and young boys. >> reporter: 17-year-old brennan leach, a senior from pennsylvania, says series actions of teens should matter later in their adult lives. >> what happens right now at high school parties or with friends or in social settings

should not be any less severe or taken any less seriously than what happens at the adult level. >> reporter: some boys like 17-year-old harrison lawson, a society in georgia, agree. >> i think once you're 17 or at least in high school there's a certain level of self-control and understanding of what is right and wrong that everyone just kind of has. >> reporter: these kids are the same age judge kavanaugh was at the time he allegedly assaulted christine blasey ford. kavanaugh vehemently denies all accusations against him insisting he never sexually assaulted anyone. some of his defenders including the president discount the stories of his accusers. amy, a high school senior in arizona says that backlash against women who step forward sets a bad example for young women. >> it shows girls my age that their voices don't matter. that if they are abused or treated badly in high school, it's fine. they should just deal with it because boys will be boys. >> reporter: a recent national survey shows that three-quarters of girls 14 to 19 say they feel

judged as a sexual object and unsafe as a gi. but the conversation surrounding the kavanaugh nomination may be encouraging teen boys to think carefully about their actions. >> all the scandal with kavanaugh has definitely been a teenagers do at parties. among my guy friends we have definitely talked a good bit about that. >> reporter: daniel, a 17-year-old from connecticut, says it's not just with his friends but with his parents. >> i can remember my mom sort of telling me, you know, you have to be careful what kind of situations you get yourself in. >> reporter: now a new conversation happening among america's teens between young men and young women. >> when i sit down with my guy friends who are confused who are doubting the legitimacy of these allegations and i sort of explain to them in a face-to-face way what this experience is like for young girls, you know, they do open up their mind and listen, they're open to hearing what i have to say, what my friends have to say. >> reporter: still some boys raised concerns about the

potential for unforeseen consequences in this era of accotability, that men may be subject to a new measure of judgment. >> certainly a little bit of a worry about someone falsely accusing me of doing something years after the fact. that shouldn't take precedence over the fact that, you know, things like this happen to girls all the time. >> reporter: so kids are weighing this very carefully. while so many of us will be following the hearings and the vote with an eye on the supreme court, we should remember that many of our kids are also going to be watching and, robin, taking cues for what this says about men and women, how we treat each other but also how we handle these kinds of situations. >> so fascinating to hear it from their perspective, so those were teens you were speaking with but we're talking even younger have had experiences. >> even younger, some surveys are saying that kids, middle schoolers, 43% of middle schoolers are saying they've experienced what they feel is some kind of harassment and some of the girls are saying that they understand there's a divide

divide. if they speak up they get criticized so already those messages are being sort of embedded in them about how to handle this and this will be a big teaching moment. >> wonderful how they're talking amongst themselves but also with their parents. >> very key. talking with their parents. >> all right, deb, thank you very much. all right, let's kick outside. ginger, how's it going out there? >> as expected, robin, there's a wee bit of energy out here. all of the bts army is here in force and i learned something from my little sister who is a part -- [ chanting ] this is the chant, the fan chant. it's all of their names and we are so pumped. i know one part.

"dancing with the stars," the first elimination of the season. let's take a look. >> on this second night of the season, the first couple to be eliminated is nikki and gleb. ♪ [ applause ] >> and they are here now and nikki glaser, gleb savchenko. welcome. thank you for flying through the night. well, we saw you nod your head but it had to hurt. >> it did hurt. we were the first to go. i'm saying that we're number one. >> okay. >> from the bottom. that's a right. but we're number one. you know, it was tough. you know, i did this show with no dance experience. i never thought in a million years i would do "dancing with the stars."

i would have been on "naked and afraid" before i did this show but turns out this show is just half naked and terrified is what it should be called. >> you also had to push through pain. you sprained your back. >> i couldn't even put on a sports bra on monday without crying in agony. so i thought i was going to have to drop out and then i just willed it to feel better and i was able to dance on monday and tuesday. now the pain is like kicking back in. like it was pure adrenaline. but we danced. >> we did it. >> we did it. [ applause ] >> we danced. >> we did it. >> you taught nikki some moves. did you pick up stand-up? >> i tried to teach her jokes. >> some of them were lost in translation but when she really made me laugh is when she ernced. there we go. she's got it. >> he does have it.he's got it. >> he does have it. i tried to make him laugh right away just pulling out all my jokes and they were a lot of them he would be just -- i don't get that. it's the russian -- the lost in translation but i swear when i danced he was crying tears at

times because i would -- i literally said i realize i dance like an injured horse. >> you don't dance like an injured horse. come on. you dance like an expensive chicken. >> thank you, oh, my gosh. >> you two should take that on the road. >> yeah. >> well, anything you want to give back to the judges? >> oh, yeah, okay, so i wrote some jokes. they went hard on me and i didn't get a chance to go hard on them back. but now i'm off. all bets are off. >> let's go. >> you guys know -- [ applause ] len goodman, he is the middle judge. he was the cruelest, he said some mean things to me. he said i was too careful which is insulting coming from a guy who i'm sure wears a life alert bracelet. i love len goodman. i really do, mostly as one of jeff dunham's puppets. oh, he just looks like that puppet. it's not that mean. it's just spot-on. i doesn't know.

he really came after me the first night and said mean stuff. i said do i remind you of a granddaughter who hasn't called you in a while because what is this? but then last night he was really nice because i was -- i was dressed like maybe like a spanish waitress who brought him an extra scone once or something. i think he was like, i like you now, and i wanted to say i love tom bergeron so much. [ applause ] i love his weatherman resting cked up s owdry clea c you know. like he's a handsome man of the people. he's got that middle school principal energy that i just love and i appreciate. and bruno, you know bruno who's like, you are like this and no, no, no. i love bruno. i feel like his blood type is cologne. i had the best time on this show. thank you very much.

>> you can tell. we had a great time with you today. thank you for coming. >> we had so much fun. >> monday, at 8:00 p.m. it >> thank you, george. that was funny. it's prime time week on "gma" and this morning, we've got actor ron livingston from "sex and the city" and the cult hit "office space" but now, yeah, now he's playing a guy who seems to have it all in the new abc drama "a million little things." take a look. >> oh, you can't or you won't. ashley, i got this. why don't you take a long lunch. you can't, allen. i got to talk to the person who can and if you won't, well, let's talk about why you won't. i always say that everything happens for a reason. now i have something i have to get to so i have exactly five more minutes to spend on this but just so we're clear, at the end of this call we will either have a deal or we will never have a deal. [ applause ] >> please welcome ron livingston. how are you doing, man? good to see you. [ applause ]

and, wow, this show, i can't wait to see this show. from the beginning it looks like an emotional punch to the gut. >> yeah, it starts hard. it comes at you hard. you know, in the very first scene really we see the suicide of my character john and the show really kind of lives in the ripples that come after that, you know, big rock in the pond. but it's kind of a -- you know, it's not the kind of thing i think people think, oh, it's going to be heavy. it's going to be maudlin. it's not like that. our creator d.j. nash comes from comedy so it's kind of really about just the ways that people overcome stuff like that and work their way through it. >> i saw a quote that you said. you said you fall in love with every one of your characters. what did you love about your character john dixon? >> there's something -- the mystery to me of a guy that seems like he's got it all, you know, put together and he's got this big circle of friends that are there for each other and

care for each other and yet there wasn't one of them that he felt comfortable sort of opening up to and reaching out so to me to kind of get behind that and crack that a little bit was something that i want to take on. >> you work with a great ensemble. the cast is amazing. >> yes. >> really amazing cast. >> so good. >> you are dealing with, you know, like i said, a punch in the gut. it's very emotional, so how do you keep it light on set? >> well, i mean, first of all, you know, everybody there is really, really funny. you know. james roday is probably candidate for the funniest person in the world. you know, and but everybody -- >> i heard there's some dancing going on too i, nyco is o oe yshat is sely good at everything. yoknow, li h footage -- his character is a videographer so he shoots footage and use it in the show and he's got to be acting in the scene at the same time -- i don't know how he does it. i don't know how he does it but

just brilliant. >> you're a father yourself. >> yes, sir. >> i'm curious. are you a strict father or kind of the pushover father? yno i -- i would say i'm a pushover father right until i lose it and then i turn into my dad and i start saying stuff that doesn't even make sense anymore. you know what i mean? >> i'm a father. i know what you mean. >> you know what i'm talking about. >> 100%. >> like where did that come from, you know? >> you had a role that may surprise a lot of people. you were a famous breakfast cereal character at one point. >> yes. >> i think we have a picture. no, i'm joking. we don't thpict tried to findne. >> you know what, i imagine quaker oats probably collected them all in a vault somewhere. i couldn't tell you. a bunch of buddies of mine, we were in chicago just kind of coming up and just getting by, really, and somebody came up with this gig. quaker oats was doing a campaign

where they were having like -- for some reason they were making clones of cap'n crunch and me and jon favreau and my other buddies and if you can imagine -- like those guys if you can imagine those five guys wearing eight-foot foam cap'n crunch suits for three days. >> well, we don't want to imagine that, man. i got to tell you, "a million little things" premieres tonight at 10:00 on abc. good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. good morning. init center inr from abc 7 san francisco is closed

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now your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >> and we continue to track the fog this morning. still dense in a lot of spots like the north bay, even in the east bay from oakland to hayward right now. it will be lifting over the next hour or so, once it does, a lot of sunshine out there. 70s and 80s for a lot owaess ine accuweather seven-day forecast will gradually cool off by the end of the week. matt? >> thanks, drew, we'll have another abc 7 news update in about 30 >> announcer: welcome back to "gma" live from times square. [ applause ]

"gma," the global boy band sensation, bts, taking over times square. [ cheers and applause ] millions of fans, bts army, they are strong, they are vocal, they are dedicated. they are beautiful, and it's great to have so many of them here with us. >> yes, and they're here. and now we've good so many of you, you love dancing to their hit song "idol." eos doing the "idol" challenge and now we're going to surprise some very lucky super fans. t.j. holmes is somewhere in new york with that surprise. t.j., what's going on, man? >> good morning. i'm not too terribly far away from you and you have all seen

what -- how it's been outside. it's been booked solid for a long time. but i want you to look through that window. these are members of the bts army. some super fans and i have front row seats. they don't know it to the bts performance for them this morning. one catch, though, they'll have to run and sprint through times square at rush hour to get there. so let's see if they can make it. how fast they are and they'll get to see the biggest boy band in the world. ♪'re a global pop ten sayings from south korea. they're bts and they are the biggest boy band on the planet right now. ♪ >> reporter: but the megastars are more than just pretty faces and good dance moves. ♪ >> reporter: the seven young members all in their 20s have connected in an unprecedented way with fans around the world with positive messages. >> please, army, remember what we say, love myself, love yourself. >> reporter: they made histories as the first kpop group to address the united nations

promoting self-acceptance and self-confidence. >> no matter where you are, who you are, your skin color, gender identity, just speak yourself. ♪ idol >> reporter: "idol" has over 200 million views and broke the record for most streams in 24 hours. ♪ >> reporter: the viral hit sparked the "idol" challenge with fans echoing the group's moves, lyrics and most importantly their message. among the thousands and thousands of shared videos, this amazing bunch caught our eye right outside our times square studio. ♪ the members of clear official dance. >> it's very easy to be critical of yourself when you're dancing, especially when you're putting it on youtube for others to see and especially when you're performing in times square. >> all right, guys. we don't have a lot of time to

mess around. they don't know i'm here or what's up. let's go. ♪ >> ho, ho, ho. hey. good morning. clear official dance. how are y'all doing? good morning. i'm t.j. holmes for "good morning america." you know bts is right up the street, don't you? they're about to perform live. now, unfortunately, our studio has been booked for weeks with a performance.rtaty,ug know me. i have all of you all front row seats to the performance this morning. all of you. this is not a joke. [ applause ] all of you. >> he's looking like -- >> okay. here's the catch, though, guys. we got four minutes to get there and we have to sprint through times square through rush hour. we ain't got time to mess around. come, come, come, come, come, come. [ applause ] not a joke.

forget your stuff. come on. let's go. let's go. let's go. come on. not a drill. come on, man. come on. come on. all right, stra, we'll see you. hold your spot. >> oh, yes, t.j. will be the last one to get here. >> i'm not worried about them. >> they look like they didn't believe him but it is happening. they are sprinting down there. on the way right here now, t.j., i guarantee you will be the last one. coming up, everybody, bts. they're here performing live.

>> announcer: tomorrow the "deals & steals" on fan favorites are too good. ay, itorple. tory's got the event of the season. 28 must have "deals & steals" on friday, september 28th. this will be epic. rnic the bts army ihere filling times square and it's not just hot because of the weather. ashley, there's a couple of things i learned about the bts army. we purple you. and then the little heart. you taught me that. and then let's do this last one, ashley. >> everybody -- so show me. >> all: i show you. >> so show me. >> all: i show you.

>> show wait, this weather report has been sponsored by breathe right strips. guys, are you ready? bts coming up. robin and michael are with them. >> it is the moment we've been waiting for. bts making their first morning tv appearance ever in the u.s. give a big round of applause for bts. [ cheers and applause ]

[ cheers a]nde ppusla >> whoo. yes, have a seat. please, have a seat. >> all right. >> thank you so much. >> very nice to meet you guys. >> introduce yourselves, please. >> one of us or -- >> yeah. go. >> okay, hi. [ cheers and applause ] i'm rm, the leader of this group. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. my name is jungkook. nice to meet you. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi guys, my name is v. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm jimin. [ cheers and applause ]

>> you know what, what's up, it's me. good morning. [ cheers and applause ] >> good morning, america. i'm your hope. you're my hope. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, boy, i tell you what. you guys are the biggest boy band in the world. in the world. i mean, "idol" which you were going to perform for us later on, over 200 million views alone. i mean, really amazing. [ cheers and applause ] >> so, did you think -- did you think you'd get this much love online? >> you know -- i don't know, it's like all because of like armies like here and -- [ cheers and applause ] we just practice hard and, you know, made our music to the best but you know, like, it's always not -- we can't pay enough like

always but they send love and support so that's how it happened. it's all because of armies. >> organic. organic. [ cheers and applause ] >> okay. oh, we have heard and it's so beautiful, everything that you're about. but speaking at the u.n. and your message, what was that moment like for you all too? >> actually, you know, i trained for like a thousand times. like i imagined it and i think i did it okay. but -- [ cheers and applause ] yeah? but i was holding the paper, you know, and i was like my hands were like shaking like a thousand times for a second so it was a nervous thing, you know, it was like the best moment in my life. >> you did a great job. you did a great job. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes. >> you guys, you sold out citi field here in new york. sold out citi field. not an easy thing to do.

and, of course, new york -- you guys love new york. new york loves you back. you can see from all the fans that are outside. so how does it feel to be here in times square? you could feel all the love around you guys. how does that feel for you? >> we love times square. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love the different personalities that come out. but the tour is going so incredibly well. in fact, they're having to add dates because you sell out time and time again. what's it like being on tour and seeing everybody, the army? >> prepare for. >> the tour has been -- we got love and energy as part from army. so we're having a great time. >> having a great time. >> you feel the love and energy. >> feel the love. >> you recently released "love

yourself answer" the latest in the love yourself series. what inspired it? >> we thought that the most thing that especially the young needed us that true love begins with first begins with loving myself, so we thought that, you know, reminding this word, just loving yourself, it's not rare these days now but i think just reminding these words to the world is -- could have some meaning to the armies and to ourselves so we thought when true love first begins and loving ourself and trying to love ourselves too and i hope the armies could do the same too. >> i tell you what, we love that message. [ cheers and applause ] and robin has been saying all morning how she loves the message, that you guys spread love. and that's what the world is about. >> i love your army. i love the people who follow you. [ cheers and applause ] >> we love them too. >> thank you. >> they really appreciate your music. but they appreciate the message, the positivity. >> that are the best fans in the world. >> and your moves too. >> two things. the moves and the fashion, okay.

[ laughter ] the moves and the fashion. >> love your suit though. >> can you guys show us a little move, something some. [ cheers and applause ] >> of course. >> yes. ♪ >> okay. what -- >> all right. >> one, two, three, four. five six seven eight. >> yes. h, one, two, three ond a h,oh , oh ♪ ♪ oh oh oh oh oh >> i'm in the group. all i need is a new suit. hey, when we come back, bts, they're going to perform live. [ cheers and applause ] downstairs, t.j. with our super fans. they made it. downstair, t.j. with our super fans. they made it.

[ cheers and applause ] we are back. i see that t.j., t.j. made it. they're here. and just in time because bts, singing their mae ivss t,hi "idol" from the "love yourself" album. it's got more than 200 million views online. now you get to see it live. bts, take it away. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ you can call me artist you can call me idol ♪ ♪ or any other something you come up with i don't care i'm proud of it ♪ ♪ i'm free no more irony for i was always myself ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] want ♪ i never gon' change i never gon' trade trade off ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ ♪ you can't stop me lovin' myself ♪ ♪ it's awesome you can't stop me lovin' myself

♪ hooray it's so awesome you can't stop me lovin' myself ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ bum badum, bum brrrrumble ursoo ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ bum badum, bum brrrrumble ursoo ♪ [ singing in foreign language ♪ face off [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ i do my thang i love myself i love myself i love my fans love my dance and my what ♪ ♪ running man running man running man ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ i do what i do

[ singing in foreign language ] ♪ you can't stop me loving myself ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ you can't stop me loving myself ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ you can't stop me loving myself ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ i'm so fine wherever i go [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ it's okay i'm in love with my-my myself ♪ ♪ it's okay [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ you can't stop me loving myself ♪

[ singing in foreign language ] ♪ you can't stop me loving myself ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] "gma's" concert series sponsored by carmax.

a huge thanks to bts for that incredible performance. she keeps asking, are they real? yes. even james longman. have a great day, everybody. even james james. have a great day, everybody.

t'get up aet going.ay area. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morninro abc it yr . forecast. >> hi, matt. we're tracking that fog. still, it is dense in a lot of spots. you can see we're down to one-mile visibility from oakland

to hayward. we're down even less than that in the north bay. but once you get above the fog, this is what you're dealing, a lot of sunshine. so this afternoon, it's going to be warm to hot across the region, 70s, 80s around the bay shoreline. our hottest spots going into the 90s. alexis? >> good morning, drew. we're seeing delays into san francisco with the closure of the salesforce transit center. so a lot of folks sitting here on the bay bridge. not terrible backups towards the treasure island area, but once you make it into the city, we are definitely seeing those surface street delays. we have a crash involving a motorcycle. that's down in the left lane, southbound 880 near dixon landing so long delays through the fremont area. matt? >> thank you, alexis. time now for "live with kelly & ryan." we'll be back at >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, now starring in "god friended me," joe morton.

and, from the new drama "a million little things," ron livingston. and we continue our "amazing kids week" with a 10-year-old basketball ways. and performing his new hit, ben rector. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: what's up, guys!