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good morning, america. confirmation in question. president trump agrees to expand the investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, but blasts the democrats overnight. >> they're trying to destroy a very fine person, and we can't let it happen. >> the fbi is now racing to interview key witnesses and new reports of a college bar fight involving kavanaugh now raising questions. race against time. the death toll from that massive tsunami climbing this morning. more than a thousand killed. now the urgent search for survivors. this woman pulled out alive. we're on the scene this morning. breaking news. amazon announces a major change to the minimum wage that will affect more than 350,000 employees across the u.s. an abc news exclusive. one-on-one with gisele.
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the supermodel revealing her secret pain, the panic attacks and the moment she considered taking her own life. >> from that moment on, i realized that my life needed to change. >> how she pulled through. plus, what she's saying about modeling, motherhood and her quarterback husband tom brady's future, only on "gma" this morning. close call. >> oh. >> why did this police helicopter fly so close to hundreds of tailgaters sending tents and tables flying? the investigation right now. and second act. geoffrey owens back on set. an exclusive look behind the scenes as he goes to work with tyler perry after being job shamed at trader joe's, a sneak peek at his big comeback. ♪ see that smile on his face. good morning, america.
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it's great to have you with us on this tuesday morning. it's so wonderful to see geoffrey doing so well. >> how much his life has changed in just the last month and he is grateful for everything. we have much more on that ahead. >> a lot more of that coming up. first, the latest on the supreme court confirmation battle. president trump has authorized the fbi to expand the investigation into nominee brett kavanaugh saying he wants to be comprehensive and finish this week. >> but the president also saying he stands by his nominee, quote, all the way. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega asked the president about this and she joins us now from washington. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, robin. good morning to you. it was quite a day here at the white house yesterday. that combative press conference in the rose garden, the president standing by his nominee as you say, but he also reversed course on his initial order. he now says the fbi can speak to anyone they want to but this investigation has to be wrapped up by friday. overnight at a tennesseeti democrats for trying anything to
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destroy his supreme court nominee. >> democrats are willing to do anything and to hurt anyone to get their way like they're doing with judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: earlier in a rose garden news conference the president was combative. >> you've really had enough. hey, you've had enough. >> reporter: shutting down reporters who asked about judge brett kavanaugh. >> question, yeah, go ahead. sure. she's shocked that i picked her. like in a state of shock. >> i'm not thinking, mr. president. >> you're not thinking. you never do. >> i'm sorry. >> go ahead. >> reporter: in a tweet this weekend, mr. president, you said it's incorrect to say you're limiting the scope of the fbi investigation. >> what does that have to do with -- i don't mind answering the question but i'd like to do -- the trade questions. >> it has to do with the other headline, the kavanaugh investigation. >> how about talking about today and then we'll do that later. >> reporter: eventually he answered the questions. >> in a tweet this weekend you said it's incorrect to say that you're limiting the scope of the fbi investigation into judge kavanaugh.
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carisur own statement on friday inveigation ste limited in scope. so, which is it? >> well, no, i didn't say anything -- what i said is let the senate decide whatever they want to do is okay with me. and also the fbi. i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. >> are you saying your white house has put no limitations -- >> no, my white house is doing whatever the senators want. no, no -- >> who they should interview -- >> you don't understand what i'm saying. you do understand. you just don't want to report it that way. just so you understand, my white house will do whatever the senators want. i'm open to whatever they want. >> reporter: the president was reminded it is his decision. >> it is up to me. it is up to me but i'm instructing them as per what i feel the senate wants. >> reporter: he was also pressed about kavanaugh's drinking. >> i liked beer. i still like beer. >> there are now concerns that he may have lied or mischaracterized his drinking while testifying. if they find that he did, do you think that bars him from being
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your supreme court nominee? >> well, i've watched him.ri va er, d he ht ofiflt iea he drank. the interesting thing is, though, nobody asked him about what's happened in the last 25, 30 years during his professional career because there were no bad reports. i'm not a drinker. i can honestly say i never had a beer in my life, okay. >> right. >> it's one of my only good traits. [ laughter ] i don't drink. whatever they're looking for something good, i've never had a glass of alcohol. i have never had alcohol. for whatever reason. can you imagine if i had, what a mess i'd be. would i be -- i'd be the world's worst but i never drank. i never drank, okay. >> reporter: it was quite a moment here in the rose garden yesterday. as for that fbi investigation, the president says that he'd be fine with investigators interviewing all three accusers and judge kavanaugh himself but, again, this investigation needs
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to be wrapped by the end of this week and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he plans to call a vote by the end of this week. >> cecilia, you handled that encounter with such professionalism. i'stuck by something ae president said. he said, i know you're not thinking, but the official white house transcript this morning has changed that. they say he said i know you're not thanking. >> a bit of a head scratcher. everyone else in the world seems to have heard it pretty clearly. this is what the transcript says. i know you're not thanking. you never do. that's the words they are now attributing to the president of the united states in the official record. he said -- we heard it, he said, you're not thinking. you never do. we've asked the white house about this discrepancy multiple times, guys, no response. >> okay. >> what can you say, george? i mean, really. >> you just have to handle it the way she did yesterday. >> the best way to do it. >> the best way.
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okay, well, the fbi have until friday to complete their investigation. investigators have already interviewed a number of key figures and this morning that incident at a bar in 1985 is raising questions. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest details. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: michael, good morning. with the clock ticking and time running out, the fbi is zeroing in on key witnesses. the fbi has locked in on some of the people who christine blasey ford says were at the party where she alleges brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. and now word that the other person she says was in the bedroom where she was allegedly attacked has been interviewed by the fbi. mark judge, kavanaugh's high school friend and classmate, seen here in his yearbook photo. his attorney releasing a statement that the fbi have begun talking to judge but his interview has not been completed. >> a couple of times i made eye contact with mark and thought he might try to help me, but he did not. >> reporter: judge has previously released statements saying he doesn't remember the party or the assault dr. ford describes. kavanaugh has denied all
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accusations of sexual assault and lewd behavior. the fbi apparently moving quickly. abc news confirming that agents have talked to four key witnesses that senate republicans wanted interviewed. three of them, ford says, attended the high school gathering where she says she was assaulted, and abc news has learned they also spoke with deborah ramirez who claims a drunken kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were students at yale, something he has denied, but democrats complained that the bureau's universal potential witnesses needed to be much broader. on monday, senator jeff flake the key republican who said he would not vote for kavanaugh without an fbi investigation, insisted that the bureau should not be handcuffed. >> we certainly want the fbi to do a real investigation and we are working to make sure that that happens. i've had discussions, many yesterday with my colleagues, with the white house counsel's office. >> reporter: the bureau may have
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more leads to pursue. a number of kavanaugh's yale classmates have contradicted his testimony that he never blacked out from drinking. and they have suggested that he became aggressive when intoxicated. >> i have seen brett drunk to the point he could easily be passed out. i never saw him passed out but i saw him quite drunk. >> reporter: according to a police report obtained by "the new york times," kavanaugh's accused of instigating a 1985 bar fight and refusing to answer questions about his role in the scuffle. >> brett said [ muted ] or something to that effect and threw the ice at the guy and the guy understandably, even though he had been aggressive in his response, found that was a little one step too far so he took a swing at brett and then they were kind of, you know, two guys fighting but it was all very quick. >> reporter: but the white house released statements from classmates who paint a starkly different picture. dan murphy stating, i never saw
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brett black out or not be able to remember the prior evening's events nor did i ever see brett act aggressive, hostile or in a sexually aggressive manner to women. and word this morning that kavanaugh may have reached out to classmates before "the new yorker" story ran to discuss the claim by ramirez that he exposed himself. the fbi now has a series of text messages suggesting that kavanaugh contacted at least one classmate for support in refuting the claim but the text messages also suggest the classmate saw ramirez act uncomfortable around kavanaugh at a 1997 wedding. those text messages have been shared with senator richard blumenthal who says he passed them along to the fbi. george? >> okay, pierre. thanks very much. let's bring in senator sheldon whitehouse, member of the senate judiciary committee. a rhode island democrat. senator, you're a former prosecutor, as well. are you satisfied now with the scope of the fbi inquiry and can they finish by friday? >> i think i'm satisfied. we don't know all the details yet, but clearly if they have
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been given free rein to interview whomever they want that's a very good sign. the last thing we want is a sham investigation. i also think that there's a fairly small universe of witnesses here and a very big fbi, so, yes, i think they probably should be able to get this done by friday if they really put the effort into it. >> you say it's a fairly small group of witnesses and i guess the question is what exactly are they investigating? are they simply investigating the two incidents, one with deborah ramirez, one with dr. ford, or are they doing a broader investigation into brett kavanaugh's drinking in college and whether he was truthful about it before your committee? >> i think probably a little bit of both. clearly ms. ford's testimony is very important. she's the witness who has had her story aired very publicly and she's been subject to trained cross-examination and she came through with flying colors and 100% identified brett kavanaugh as her attacker. so that's got to be front and
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center. the ramirez allegations haven't had the same airing but there are witnesses around that incident that need to be interviewed and then i'm not quite sure where they're going with respect to ms. swetnick's allegations, but ultimately i do think that when somebody is coming before the united states senate and they want to be a supreme court judge they ought to tell the truth. if they're lying that's something that is disqualifying. >> do you think he told the truth to your committee? >> i have very grave doubts at this point, but that's one of the reasons we so badly wanted an investigation so we could get to the truth of that rather than have to deal with surmise or suspicion. >> one of the things you're seeing from brett kavanaugh's defenders is that if he did, in fact, not tell the truth about those entries in his high school yearbook, even about this incident at a bar in yale in 1985, it was about things long ago, about relatively trivial matters. how do you respond to that? >> yeah, i think if these things really are trivial and it's a minor, you know, miscue if you
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will, if you are looking at a perjury case, you would require that the lie be material, same with a false statement case. so tiny little slip-ups, i don't think are the issue. but if he's lying about something significant, in a way that he would clearly be conscious that he was lying when he testified to us, that's pretty serious stuff. >> and you believe it happened? >> i'm waiting to see what the fbi report comes back with. i certainly would not rule it out. there is plenty to disbelieve in what he said, but again, it's very hard to sort through this until you have the investigation, which is why we pushed so hard to make sure that took place. >> senator whitehouse -- >> when you have two witnesses each who said they're 100% certain that means you should investigate. >> senator whitehouse, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> robin. we move overseas to the race to find survivors of that deadly earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. this morning the death toll is climbing, more than 1,200 people killed. images like these showing the devastation.
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james longman is at the hospital where the injured are being treated. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, robin. i'm at a hospital, one of many which has been treating the injured flown down from palu and just a moment ago i met a 12-year-old girl. she had a broken leg and she said when the earthquake struck in that moment it was almost like she was in a dream. she couldn't believe what was happening and her home has been washed away like thousands of others. this morning, in indonesia, a desperate race against time for rescuers. over 1,200 now confirmed dead, and authorities warn those numbers are set to rise. a massive wall of water surging at nearly 500 miles an hour tore through sulawesi island friday, waves reaching as high as 20 feet. rescuers now sifting through the devastation, shattered glass crumbled concrete and streets buried in debris. tales of heroism emerging from the rubble.
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air traffic controller lost his life fighting to get one last plane out of palu airport. holding back tears his family told me they're proud of the quiet, diligent young man, not for being a hero, but for just doing his job. >> he sends her money on her birthday and he had this job to earn money to send back to his family. >> reporter: many of those who have been injured in palu have been flown down here. we've been told this story of a mother who gave birth to triplets just when the earthquake hit. the magnitude 7.5 earthquake causing the soil to liquefy. sending homes sinking into the ground. over a million people said to be affected as search teams scour the rubble for survivors. this woman pulled from beneath the collapsed building on monday. and a much more grim task, the search for victims. the red cross making the horrific discovery of the bodies of at least 34 children at a bible camp. survivors crowding the airport
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to get on a flight out fleeing the threat of potentially devastating aftershocks, others lining up for food, gas and water. volunteers and professionals racing in to the disaster zone to help. and we're watching all evening ambulances come with the injured from palu but there will be questions to answer for the authorities on just why that early warning system may not have been working properly and if lives could have been saved, robin. >> people truly want to know that, james, but there is something encouraging. you mentioned in your report the triplets and you had a chance to spend a little time with them? >> reporter: it was extraordinary, robin. we arrived here and we found that a young family had just arrived, a very heavily pregnant woman had just been evacuated from the tsunami zone and she arrived just in time for a c-section, gave birth to one little boy, two little girls, very healthy and i spent time
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with the dad, a 31-year-old, and he could not wipe the smile off his face. there's so much sadness but there's a little bit of joy here. >> we'll take that. all right, james, thank you. michael? now to breaking news announced moments ago, amazon is raising the minimum wage for all its u.s. employees affecting more than 350,000 people. abc's diane macedo is here with more good news if you work for amazon. >> reporter: it is, indeed. good morning to all of you. so amazon just announced they are raising the company minimum wage to $15 an our for all full-time, part-time, temp and seasonal workers just in time for the holidays. here's what amazon senior vice president dave clark told us this morning. >> we evaluated the federal minimum wage at $7.25, and we think it's too low. we looked at what other companies have done and we said $15 is the place we want to be so we want to go now. so we decided to launch november 1st just in time for the holiday for all our employees. >> maybe the best way to paint the picture, here's the reaction at amazon in eastville, california, as they made that announcement.
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the company also says it will have its public policy team advocating for an increase in the federal minimum wage and in the meantime, they're calling on their competitors to do the same so this could have huge impacts. >> sure could. >> ripple effect. >> when he said $15 is the place you want to be, i was going to say, load up the truck and move to beverly. hillbillies that is, and let's go to ginger. ginger, seven states are bracing for life-threatening flash floods from rosa. this image here is just a bittersweet one in the southwest. you see all of this moisture pouring in and they have been in extreme drought in a lot of places but flash flood watches from arizona up to idaho. another storm coming too. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, tuesday trivia sponsored by walgreens.
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good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. i'm jessica castro from abc 7 mornings. the first rainfall of the season has hit the bay area, so you'll want to be extra careful on the roads today. this morning, look at this. a car was badly damaged in a rollover accident near petaluma boulevard. no injuries were reported in this crash. police say steady rain was falling at the time of the crash. the cause, though, is still under investigation. alexis smith has much more in traffic. how are things right now? >> we have about 40 collisions working all across the bay area, so it is busy. here's a live look outside at golden gate bridge. you can see folks having their wipers on there as they head in that southbund direction. not extremely heavy at the moment, but checking out live doppler 7 on top of our traffic maps, it's definitely heavy just north of there. and we have a new crash,
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hey, if you're just joining us this morning, updated storm impact scale. we have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow, so i did extend it, w but the heaviest rainfall is up in the north bay. a half inch to three quarters of an inch from petaluma north bay. a little cell moving through san francisco. moderate rain there and the heaviest rain up across the north bay. no matter where you're commuting today, we've even had light rain down in the south bay. scattered showers again tomorrow. some warm sunshine by saturday and sunday. jessica? >> mike, thank you. coming up on "gma," new details on that southern california boy attacked by a shark. the latest on his condition and what his mother is saying this morning. meanwhile, we'll have
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♪ me, you, why, why not, why not ♪ welcome back to "gma" and the man with the moves there is disney star milo manheim taking on the ballroom with his partner witney, and last night on "dancing with the stars," the theme was new york week. see right there. everybody who's been in the subway system, they tied with two other couples for the highest score of the night but tonight someone is going home and someone will be eliminated but before they actually go home they'll be here on our show live tomorrow morning. >> detour. >> yeah. >> appreciate that. we have got the top headlines we're following this morning. new developments in that supreme court confirmation battle. president trump has agreed to expand the investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the fbi is racing against the clock to interview witnesses
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before friday's deadline. and this morning, new reports of a college bar fight involving kavanaugh are raising questions. also this morning, seven states are on alert for life-threatening flash floods across the southwest and rockies. arizona could get multiple months' worth of rain in just days. okay, stop me if you have heard this one. a bar and a horse. >> whoa. >> actually it was an out-of-control horse that ran into a bar in france sending customers there running for safety. fortunately no one was hurt. and that includes the horse. >> it's kind of terrifying how he ran through there. >> can they tell us how the horse got in the bar? >> let's see here. i don't have -- that was not in here. that was not included. no follow-ups. no follow-up zone. he was in a bar. let's move on now to the first lady. melania trump has just landed in africa. this is her first solo trip overseas. want to go back to our senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, for more on what the first lady plans to accomplish.
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good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, good morning. that video we just saw is of the first lady just arriving there on the tarmac. first stop is ghana, this is a week-long trip, four countries and she'll be focusing on children and visit hospitals, schools along the way. she is also going to be highlighting u.s. foreign aid, of course, this is something her husband's administration has drastically reduced. this trip does come amid some controversy. of course, there was that recent jacket that the first lady wore where the back of the jacket said, i really don't care, do you? you can see that jacket there. then, of course, the comments last year from the president where he reportedly used a derogatory phrase to refer to some african nations. he did dispute pretty strongly those comments and the first lady is traveling with journalists. we'll be watching to see if she takes questions about the trip, and about these kind of looming controversies. she says she's looking forward to bringing her be best campaign
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abroad so we will be watching closely. >> it will be interesting to watch. cecilia, thanks very much. now the latest on that 13-year-old seriously injured in a shark encounter. recovering in the hospital this morning, his mother is now revealing how severe his injuries are and why he wants to get back into the water. abc's will carr is there with the story for us in california. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. is this is tan amazing story of survival. the victim's family taking the time to thank the heroes and the first responders who saved his life on this beach. this morning, that's the smile of a teenager thankful to be alive. >> i think keane is a miracle and i think that he's very, very, very strong and he's a survivor now. >> reporter: keane hayes' mom emotional after the 13-year-old survived a shark attack over the weekend. >> i just want to tell him that i love him from the bottom of my heart, and i am just proud of him and who he is and my family and my sisters and i just feel
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very lucky. >> reporter: watch the intense moments as rescuers drag the teen bleeding badly and clinging to life to shore on a kayak. >> i'm diving, i hear a guttural scream, like, a primal scream like you have never heard a scream before in your life. >> reporter: witnesses say the water was filled with blood as the 11-foot shark possibly a great white lurked behind the kayak stalking the teenager and the men racing to save him. >> keane has been asking for them and i do, i just want to say thank you to all three of them. without what they did, we would be having a whole different scenario. >> reporter: and when he gets home keane, a baseball player and faith-filled teenager, amazingly says he's ready to get back in the water. >> not scared to go back in the ocean? >> he said, no, he said, mom, the chances are so much more slim of a second bite. >> reporter: keane's first meal, a doughnut and a cup of noodles and he says, one of the first
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things he wants to do when he gets out of the hospital is cook his family a lobster dinner. because, remember, he was lobster diving when the attack happened, robin. >> all right. okay, michael. robin, now to that video showing a police helicopter closing in on a penn state tailgate they say was out of control. partygoers were shocked as tents and tables went flying and now the faa are investigating. abc's gio benitez is here with more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. police say the rowdy crowd had already injured an officer on the ground and that they hoped to use that helicopter to break up the group of tailgaters, but as you're about to see, that helicopter did a whole lot more. outright mayhem for tailgaters at penn state. >> oh! >> reporter: watch as the state police helicopter flies in low over the hundreds of fans gathered below. responding to reports of an out-of-control crowd giving commands over a loudspeaker before making a second pass,
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this time just feet above the heads of the partiers. >> everyone was screaming. there was people screaming, people running around. >> reporter: the force of the chopper sending tents, coolers, wooden boards and other debris flying through the air. >> everyone started to run, run into people because the debris were flying everywhere hitting people. >> reporter: penn state junior zach rowe saying he was hit in the head by a tent. hurled by the violent blast of air. >> my parents said i was lifted up. at that point i was on the ground, but it still hit me in the head, hit pretty hard. i had a bump in the back of my head. >> reporter: the state police had been called in for support after university cops lost control of rowdy tailgaters, fans clashing with cops on horseback. officials saying one trooper was injured in the incident. despite that explanation, some aviation experts worry about the dangerous situation posed by the incident now under investigation by the faa. >> here's the problem, if you ended up with an engin go but straight down, and there
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are people down there. >> reporter: and in a statement, university police said it is rare to resort to what they call expanded interventions, but all other warnings from officers on the ground were ignored so that chopper was deployed. was it too close? >> it looked really dangerous. >> you would think that the helicopter pilot would have seen what was happening and maybe got out of there a little sooner. >> absolutely. >> thank you, gio. when we come back, a high school football player took a hard hit, returned to the game and then died. that story and a warning next. your mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. it can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, hotrexat ljz xr can lower your ability to fight infections,
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we are back with those new concerns about football after a high school player was hit on the field, returned to the game and then collapsed and died. and in a separate incident a college player who got hit is now in critical condition and paula faris is here with the story. good morning, paula. >> reporter: so sad. these incidents happened over the weekend. the high school player reportedly said he couldn't feel his body before he passed out. he would succumb to his brain injuries two days later. this morning, devastating brain injuries to two football players sparking fear and concern after both players initially seemed okay. >> he is an outstanding young man on the football field, i mean, he is just a fighter. >> reporter: high school football player dylan thomas is being remembered this morning as a star on and off the field. >> how difficult, coach, is it going to be for the rest of the season? >> it's going to be extremely difficult. it's going to be difficult right now, it's going to be -- i mean, it's just hour to hour. i just -- it's extremely hard.
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>> reporter: this atlanta-area community is in mourning after thomas died following a brain injury that he suffered on the field. the 17-year-old suffered a bad hit in the second quarter of the game when he first came off the field he was coherent and he was able to speak on the sideline. he even went back into the game in the second half. but then -- >> i heard that he was saying that, you know, he wasn't feeling right and then that's when his left leg and left arm were numb and he just pretty much fell off the bench. >> reporter: he collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. coaches say they're reviewing video to figure out exactly what happened. separately, officials say tennessee state's christian abercrombie walked off the field without assistance after a tough hit sidelined him. he mentioned he had a headache and a few moments later he collapsed. >> christian abercrombie, everybody's thoughts and prayers hospital. >> reporter: players from both teams gathered at midfield to pray. abercrombie remains in critical condition at vanderbilt
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university medical center. and abercrombie's mother says that he is resting and fighting for his life this morning. his coach says the injury had happened on a routine play. it wasn't malicious. it wasn't dirty but knew something was wrong right away because he complained of a headache and, of course, headache, dizziness, confusion, all classic signs of a head injury or concussion. >> so hard to hear that. all right, thanks for sharing. appreciate it -- paula. coming up, we have that abc news exclusive. "cosby show" actor geoffrey owens back on set taking us behind the scenes with tyler perry. "cosby show" actor geoffrey owens back onset taking us behind the scenes with tyler perry. ready to juvéderm it? correct age-related volume loss in cheeks with juvéderm voluma xc, add fullness to lips with juvéderm ultra xc and smooth moderate to severe lines around the nose and mouth with juvéderm xc. tell your doctor if you have a history of scarring or are taking medicines
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we are back with that exclusive, actor geoffrey owens made headlines when he was discovered working at a trader joe's. he inspired so many with his message about the dignity of work. no matter what your job is, period. now he's getting a great new opportunity on tyler perry's show and adrienne bankert went behind the scenes. good morning there, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. yes, it was a conversation with you and owens where we first learned about this roller coaster ride for the actor. now he's having the time of his life and we were able to join him at tyler perry's enormous atlanta studios. this morning, it's geoffrey owens' second act. it's a long way from his days on "the cosby show." >> oh, it feels great to be alive. >> reporter: he's back on set after being shamed for working
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at trader joe's, that controversy led to an outpouring of compassion. >> it's really overwhelming. it's -- in a good way. >> reporter: and job offers like one tyler perry tweeted as he was watching robin's interview with owens. >> there's a little sense of mischief, i think, to tyler as well as generosity because, you know, i just said i don't think i would really feel comfortable getting offered work, you know, because of the situation and, darn it, what does he do, he offers me work. >> let's roll, please. >> reporter: perry cast him on his hit show "the haves and the have nots." >> i said, hmm, i got something for you. i'll write a senator and make you a senator in this thing, and i called him up and i had written him into 11 shows. when he showed up the first day i saw him in costume, i had 20,000 more ideas running in my head for him. >> your life has been a model for coming up from basically the floor up and for making something out of nothing. >> for sure, yeah. for sleeping in my car, struggling, wondering how i was going to pay the bills and to get to this place and to have seen both sides of this, has been incredible. that's why i feel like i'm the guy for the underdog. sometimes things just don't work out and that's okay. that's okay. you do what you have to do in
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between to get to the point until it gets there. >> welcome back to the party. >> it's incredible to be written for. >> when you're on set and you're doing your scenes and you hear tyler's voice directing you, what is going through your head besides your lines? >> i'm really proud and excited to be part of his world. he's so inspiring. >> you're a good guy. you really are. >> he's teaching me a lot. >> what is he teaching you real quick. >> are you kidding me? he teaches this stuff so i'm watching him, his subtleties and his moments and his nuances and, like, the things he is doing. wow, that's really good. >> reporter: owens said he's old school from his time on stage and teaching shakespeare at yale and he has had support and more tv offers for work. >> maybe this is the cause that will bridge the divide in our country. maybe this is it. this is the way we're going to come together. >> reporter: and guys, he is so humble. he is so positive about all of this. this weekend, he read shakespeare of all things, of course, for the montclair
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orchestra, and said that he'd work an entry level job again if he had to. i think he's going to be a little busy for the next little stretch here. >> it does seem that way. so deserving, adrienne, thank you very much. remember when we were talking with him, he said this was his hope. that you forget about the fact he used to be on "the cosby show" but remember the dignity of work and that's what he wanted this to come out of. >> whole new body of work. >> he really has and you can watch a new episode of "the haves and the have nots," it's good. you can see it tonight on own. >> all right. thank you, robin. coming up, robin goes one-on-one with gisele bundchen. going to talk to the supermodel about her private struggles and what she's saying about motherhood and, of course, her husband tom brady's future. course, her husband tom brady's future.
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good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. i'm jessica castro from abc 7 mornings. meteorologist mike nicco is here with our wet forecast. hi, mike. >> hey, jessica. hey, everybody. first storm of the season and it's going to last through tomorrow. storm impact scale, 1. light. but that would be hard in places like santa rosa. already 3/4 of an inch of rain. the rest of us will be scattered in the morning and all of us will be scattered nymin the afternoon hours. alexis? >> i want to show you quite the image here from sky 7. they are live over lake merritt where we have a rollover crash on lakeside drive. we're talking to police in the area, they're saying it never went into the area. it landed there like that. just another indication, jessica, it's slick out there.
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good morning, america. confirmation in question. the president authorizes the fbi to expand the investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. saying he wants it to be comprehensive, even as he stands by his nominee. the fbi is now racing to interview key witnesses and those new reports of a college bar fight involving kavanaugh are now raising questions. is there really a fertility fountain of youth and should you be freezing your eggs as early as your 20s? the new ways companies are going after women younger and younger. but are they exploiting your fears about becoming a parent or helping you be proactive? one-on-one with gisele. the supermodel revealing her secret pain. >> i was kind of suffering for a long time. >> the panic attacks and the moment she considered taking her own life. >> from that moment on i realized that my life needed to
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change. >> the emotional and deeply personal interview. >> what was going through your mind? >> what she's saying about modeling, motherhood and her husband tom brady's future. we're at home with gisele and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. i like that shot. >> very cool. >> good morning, america on this tuesday morning. looking forward to sharing our conversation with gisele. she is a lovely, lovely person inside and out and has a beautiful book that she's written. we're going to share that. >> she had a very gentle good morning there. >> a very gentle one. not so gentle, jarrius, super fan for the new orleans giants this weekend and there was a challenge that if the you had to do the saints cheer. i want to -- get a close-up. >> i'm going to say we were victims of some bad calls.
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i'm going to say that, first of all. but, okay, jarrius, this is for you and all those saints fans that were here last week, who dat. who dat. who dat saying they gonna beat them saints. there we go. you want to rub it in. >> who dat. >> who dat, who dat saying they going to beat them saints. >> thank you very much. >> oh, boy. you had fun. >> that is going to be on the saints website for eternity. >> oh, i didn't think about that. >> thank you for being such a good sport. >> we lost fair and square. >> but jarrius, such a good sport. we're going to move on to the news and begin with that investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. president trump has now authorized the fbi to expand its probe and wants it done by the end of the week and still stands by kavanaugh all the way. let's go back to our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. hey, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning. in t t foyheould b interview all three accusers and
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kavanaugh himself as you said as long as this is wrapped by friday. overnight at a tennessee rally president trump blasting democrats for trying anything to destroy his supreme court nominee. anything and to hurt anyone to get their way like they're doing with judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: earlier in a rose garden news conference, the president was combative. >> you've really had enough. hey, you've had enough. >> reporter: shutting down reporters who asked about judge brett kavanaugh. >> yes, yeah, go ahead. sure. she's shocked that i picked her. like in a state of shock. >> i'm not thinking, mr. president. >> that's okay. i know you're not thinking. you never do. >> i'm sorry? >> go ahead. go ahead. >> in a tweet you said it's incorrect to say you're limiting the scope of the fbi investigation. >> what does that have to do with trade? >> reporter: eventually he answered the questions. >> your own statement on friday made it very clear, you said this investigation must be limited in scope, so which is it? >> well, no, i didn't say
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anything -- what i said is let the senate decide whatever they want to do is okay with me and also the fbi. >> are you saying your white house has put no limitations on -- >> no, my white house is doing whatever the senators want. no, no. >> who they should interview? >> you don't understand what i'm saying. you do understand. you just don't want to report it that way. just so you understand, my white house will do whatever the senators want. i'm open to whatever they want. >> reporter: the president was reminded it is his decision. >> it is up to me. it is up to me but i'm instructing them as per what i feel the senate wants. >> reporter: some combative exchanges here in the rose garden yesterday. the fbi has so far interviewed four key witnesses, that includes mark judge, kavanaugh's high school friend whom christine blasey ford says was in the room during that alleged attack. george, senator mitch mcconnell says he wants a vote on this this week. >> he is pushing hard for that. with gisele talking about her struggles with panic attacks, her family and husband tom brady's future.
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♪ welcome back to "gma." this wonderful audience we have. [ cheers and applause ] just ahead we'll have the breakout star of "a star is bor. he will be here live. tomorrow his director and the star of the movie bradley cooper will be here in times square. i saw it yesterday. the screening, oh, my goodness. you're going to -- >> i'm going today. >> i can't wait. >> i'm telling you, it's just -- >> those two, that material. >> all of it. >> all of it. >> yep. magic with lara now and some "pop news." >> good morning. movie news. hit it. ♪ just got to give you the update. you know i love this movie. we'll talk about miles teller getting pumped for the "top gun" sequel.
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it's titled "top gun: maverick." there he is, the "whiplash" star, looking very fit. yes, exactly and sporting lighter locks and a snazzy mustache. which, by the way looks a lot like this guy, do we have a picture of -- yeah, okay, this makes sense because, miles is playing the son of goose who was the best friend of maverick in the 1986 original for all you kids who were not born yet. in the new film maverick takes goose's kid under his wing, pun intended, and makes him his protege and the director says he didn't want to compete with the original and, by the way, how could you? but he does want to give you an up front, front seat into the world of naval aviation and what it's like to be in a fighter jet. maybe that's what's taking so long. the movie was supposed to be out this coming summer. the release date, unfortunately, just got pushed back to 2020. >> wow. >> so a little news for you there. >> yeah, i think they want to get it right. this is an iconic film and a
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great cast so looking forward to that. i have to show you, andie macdowell. you remember andie. so beautiful. she starred in "groundhog day" with bill murray in the '90s. at paris fashion week 60 years young walking the runway for l'oreal looking exactly as she did when she first signed with the company in 1986. and here's andie posing with fellow models on sunday, saying how proud she was to be there. she told "vogue," i've never been ashamed of my age and want to be positive right where i am at each stage of my life and live in the moment. [ applause ] with yo midwest, hurts doughnut chain is offering once again a scary trick that comes with a treat. it's their scary clown delivery service. for just $5 plus the cost of a dozen doughnuts the company has a website that says that a
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terrifying clown that looks a lot like pennywise will, quote, slowly approach your friend or enemy and, quote, honk his horn with increasing intensity with a menacing laugh until your victim, i mean, friend takes the doughnuts. one recipient wrote on social media, it, quote, scared the sprinkles out of me. [ laughter ] robin. >> i will not do that. >> please do not. >> no. >> do not do that to me. thank god we don't live in the south or midwest that is wrong, people. i guess they're so popular and doing it for valentine's day where a grown man depressed like cupid will come to your door. >> in a diaper and all. >> yes, with the diaper. all right. that is "pop news." thank you. [ applause ] >> all right. i have truly been looking forward to sharing this with you. our exclusive with gisele bundchen as she releases her new book, the supermodel is sharing
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her deeply personal struggles hoping to help others and she's also opening up about what brings her so much joy right now and that is motherhood. >> reporter: she's one of the most famous, most successful models in fashion history, but gisele bundchen says modeling has never defined the real her. >> i want to give back in any way that i can. >> reporter: in her new book "lessons: my path to a meaningful life," she reveals her deeply personal journey to health and self-acceptance. you say that you were in the valley of your life. >> yeah. >> what did you mean by that? >> i'm a very visual person. that's why i describe it as the mountain and valley. both of them are incredibly important because from the mountain on top you can have a broader view of what's happening, and see things from the top. there is a lot of sun on the mountaintop, you know, which is being on top of my career, and the valley is the quieter place where you do the work that
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doesn't get seen but it's so important. i've always wanted to be a mom. i've always wanted to have a family and that was, you know, when i became a mother it really became my priority. and i just wanted to be with my kids. when i thought about something i thought about my kid, it was like i want to be with them, you know. i couldn't see anything more important than being there for them and to be there for my husband, too. you know, because for him to have the space to live what he loves so much and i was actually living what i love so much being a mom and nurturer and taking care of my family, it was very different than what i was used to so it took some time to adjust. >> so hard to believe where you are now that in your 20s, there was a time that you had panic attacks. >> that was definitely rock bottom. it started all on a little plane. i was in costa rica and flying a six-seater plane and the plane started shaking like a little leaf, i mean, i was like completely sense of powerless and i'm a person who always likes to have things under
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control. that was definitely out of control moment and you kind of started this kind of fear of being in small spaces so it started with a little plane ride but then it became like tunnels, subways, elevators. i mean, i lived on the ninth floor of an apartment and we would go up nine floors, of stairs because i was scared that i would, like, suffocate. i mean, it was crazy. like my world kept getting smaller and smaller. >> you said at one point when you were in that apartment on the ninth floor that you went out on the balcony and what was going through your mind? >> well, because -- sorry. i know. so, oh. that was -- sorry. it's different than when you write about it than when you talk about it.
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forget it. everyone cries, right? >> let me tell you this. when i read it, i cried too because to knowing who i know now, and so thankful that you got through that period and you're going to help others. >> yes. the reason why i wanted to share this story to me are very -- you know, very private and very, you know, puts me in a very vulnerable position in a way is because i know that a lot of people is with the hopes that people don't feel alone. life was -- it was like i was trapped and i couldn't breathe and even outside of my own balcony. from that moment on, i realized that my life needed to change. >> reporter: thankfully overcoming the urge to jump from that balcony, gisele committed to a complete lifestyle change, trading in the cigarettes and sugary coffee drinks to a clean,
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plant-based diet and something she's teaching her children that help with the garden. >> it takes the time to grow like we plant the seeds and they plant the seeds and they have to wait. >> a little meditation. >> yes. >> reporter: she also credits the discovery of meditation and yoga with saving her life. >> meditation is really noticing, is being in the seat of the observer, versus in the monkey mind. someone told me a quote i thought was fantastic. the mind is an instrument, don't let it play you. >> ooh. i'm going to steal that. >> so do you love that? that is a good one, right? >> reporter: a passionate environmentalist, gisele says she also finds a sense of peace in nature and the steadiness of her husband, new england patriots quarterback tom brady. >> he's very calm and very centered and i feel like, you know, i'm very emotional and very changeable. he's just more like ohm. what i've learned from him to kind of take a breath. >> tom has talked about his retirement. he kind of said i'll play five more years and you said other
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things but in the book you kind of said what will be will be. >> yeah, because, you know -- >> as long as he's happy. >> yes. because when you love someone, you want them to be happy. i never seen someone love something as much as he loves football and it makes me happy. if i said anything in the past, it's because you have a concern, you know, if someone you love -- if my kid falls or if someone says and they say someone said something to me at school and i turn into a ferocious lion. i'm, like, what? mama bear comes out in me. no one is going to hurt someone i love. you feel very protective of them, so will have been i if someone hurts my children, my husband, anyone i love, i get like a lioness. i get like, rrrr. >> i love how you said when benny asked you about what's a celebrity? and how do you explain it? >> it was like in the morning. it was like 7:00 in the morning, i was making breakfast. i wonder where he learned that.
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who told him that? he is 8, you know, so? he is, like, what is a celebrity? i said, a celebrity is s s s s s someone that has a job that's more public. daddy, he plays. everyone likes sports and daddy is part of a team and they go and cheer and that's televised and more people love in boston see it so it's more visible job, you know, teachers, doctor, scientists, so many incredible people doing incredible things in the world and their job is >> you share so many lessons. this is what your book is about. what is to you the most important lesson? >> just live your life with love. i think we all in our essence are good and believe that and i believe we're all alike and i believe that we are all really loved and if you want to reconnect to who we are, that's really at the core of who we are. >> light and love. that is gisele and this book helps people in other ways. all the proceeds of the book go to agua limpa that was to protect water sources in her native brazil. clean water project.
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she comes from a big family. she has five sisters including a twin. there are six of them, but when she really opened up about her panic attacks and what she thought about them when she was on that balcony, and the doctors said -- she was going to see a doctor, and they were going to prescribe a drug for her to take and she says people -- that's what they need and she just knew herself well enough to say, you know, i got to make some changes and she did that but -- >> she didn't do the drugs at all. >> she did not. but she said that could be for other people which her point being she wanted to let people know you're not alone when you're struggling through all these things. i think about ginger and the book she wrote and what she went through that you're not alone and she said that so many times people that she would meet would come up to her and say, can you write a letter to my daughter? she's going through x, y and z and you could help her so this is a love letter and then all the proceeds again, she's such an environmentalist about her beloved brazil. >> i'm in awe.
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i mean, beautiful inside and out as you said earlier. i'm so inspired. thank you. >> she was so giving of -- you , you know, a lot of times celebrities don't want you to be at their home, but she gave us all the time, and i also love how she referred to a celebrity and talking to her son. she said it's just somebody who has a job that's more visible. not that it's more important, but it's more visible. >> great woman. >> it's tough. [ applause ] >> thank you, gisele. and "lessons: my path to a meaningful life" is out today. let's go over to ginger. thank you. more visible when i think what was interesting too, people were tweeting and saying how can she be depressed? how could she have a problem? it really shows you that it doesn't discriminate. i think that's a powerful message from what she was saying. thank you very much. [ applause ] you know what, i am going to brt kele. it has to. you know when your dog has something in its mouth and it doesn't want to show you. look at roe. >> give me the ball.
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trying to attract younger clients and throwing cocktail parties, using apps and even sending out mobile vans to get young women's attention. >> egg freeze something growing in popularity and some companies are claiming freezing your eggs as early as your 20s may be a fertility fountain of youth but doctors we talk to say there is a fine line between being proactive and making a decision based on fear. >> reporter: this may look like a fancy los angeles cocktail party, but it's actually a marketing by the southern california reproductive center focused on educating women about preserving their fertility. freezing their eggs while they are in their prime. >> oh, no, another article telling me that i need to freeze my eggs and i haven't done it yet. great. >> reporter: egg freezing once an option that mostly resonated with women in their 30s. studies show fertility gradually declines with age.
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becoming more dramatic past 35. now the fertility market is skewing younger with companies eyeing women in their 20s. fertility websites, ads and apps all tapping into this fresh demographic. >> i think about, an apple on a tree and you want to pick a ripe apple, not a bruised apple. someone struggling in their later 30s, then it's almost too late. >> reporter: so how do these companies get millennials' attention? start with an urgent message like this one from ova egg freezing center. your fertility is never going to be as young as it is today. so why wait? >> having a baby. >> reporter: then ad in the kitsch like smartphone ads. >> when you freeze your eggs all your fertility worries are ova easy. >> reporter: starring two chill eggs, and there's kindbody fertility with this hit mobile van that travels new york city offering free fertility tests. egg freezing typically costs
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between $10,000 to $20,000. storing your eggs can cost up to $1,000 a year. but some experts say -- >> egg freezing works. but it's not something that needs to be done by every single woman, especially in her early 20s. there's a fine line between educating women about their reproductive life span and exploiting their fears about becoming a mother. >> reporter: for partygoer, 28-year-old courtney cohen, it comes down to the potential peace of mind. >> it's kind of like an insurance plan. it's just planning for the future just like you would anything else. it's just being proactive. >> thanks to erielle. molly shannon is next. [ applause ] molly shannon is next.
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. good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. it's 8:27. i'm reggie aqui sfrom abc 7 mornings. we have breaking news from the north bay. the san rafael fire department is on the scene of a partial roof collapse at the home goods store at northgate mall. there's a picture. it's near the entrance of the store. the san rafael fire department shared this photo, saying that no one was hurt and the store was not open at time. and they say the rain is what caused this collapse. firefighters are working with city building and safety personnel to evaluate the structure. this is only a one on our storm impact scale, alexis. >> i know, it's incredible, isn't it, reggie? and this has caused just a ton of crashes this morning. that and drivers not driving for conditions. actually, have a little sunbreak right now in the highway 24 area. this is around lafayette. so, eastbound 24, the lighter side of traffic, we are looking at the last little bit of a rollover crash. that white pickup truck flipped ov on its roof near
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good morning, america. it's taylor. i just wanted to say, um, i'm going to be opening up the american music awards with a performance so i wanted to -- don't be too excited about it, my god. >> welcome back to "gma" and it looks like the cat doesn't care about taylor swift performing at the american music awards but we do. you can see the amas right here on abc one week from tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. so that's definitely must see tv. [ applause ] we're excited. we'll bring out our next guest. one of our favorite comedians and a true superstar. now she's starring in the new movie "a private life." please welcome the very talented molly shannon. ♪ i can make your hands clap [ applause ] >> robin, michael.
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nice to see you, robin, michael, so good to see you. oh, my gosh. we're the ladies in yellow. good morning, everybody. hi. >> we were talking earlier about every time you show up how happy you make the room. >> that's so nice. thank you, michael. >> and you've been -- you travel a lot for work. >> i do, yes. >> thank goodness you love an airport, it seems. >> i like airport security. i love when i get checked. >> you like airport security? >> yes. >> you posted -- because you posted this picture. you're happy. >> i did. my husband took that. i love when they tag me to get searched. i'm like, yes. because i like -- or sometimes i opt out because they go we have to check you in person. yes, please. and they're like, do you want a private check or public check. i'm like, public, please. and then there's something i find so relaxing seeing people in plastic gloves go through my items. i get a relaxed sensation
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through my entire boyd head to toe, robin. a tingling feeling and i like they tell you what we're going to do. we're going to pat you here, here, yes, yes, yes! [ applause ] wait. >> it's a real syndrome called asmr and it's -- some people are born with it. my daughter has it too. it gives you a very relaxed feeling when someone has a soft voice or soft finger movements like when i was little and i would be checking out of a store i love when they were like let me just get a price check on this, okay. and then they would type it up and i was like, oh, it would send me into like almost a feeling like i was getting a full body massage. >> really? [ applause ] >> we have never learned this much in two minutes. >> i'm trying to get it all in. >> we thought we knew so much about you, "snl," those seasons
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you were on so iconic in many of your characters. [ cheers and applause ] >> but you said you have one regret from those years. what was that. >> my one regret i always wished i would have gone to say hi to the bands and i didn't really learn that till my last year but toward the end i would start go up to u2 and bono and say i'm molly shannon, i'm a cast member. thank you for coming on the show. they wanted to talk to cast members but we would be so busy writing we didn't always do that but i thought, i wish i would have learned to be like the ambassador when i was there because it was so nice. you could meet these legendary singers and bands. >> and we were introduced to your superstar character. mary katharine gallagher on "snl." >> a big question. any chance for a comeback for a seek journal. >> well, not that i know of but that would be so fun. i would love to do a superstar 2. >> what do you think she's up to today? >> i would hope she's in
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intensive therapy for anxiety issues and something like that. working on herself. but we all have to do that. like when i get really nervous like before i come on the show sometimes i get in my head and think just relax -- >> you don't get nervous -- >> i do. i get really nervous but i try to think about staying in my body and not my head. >> that's it. >> let's talk about the new movie. >> good morning, america. >> it's called "a private life." >> "a private life." >> they're -- couples trying to have a child -- you play the sister-in-law. >> i do play the sister-in-law. the movie is wonderful. it's directed and written by tamara jenkins. she is brilliant and stars paul giamatti about this couple struggling to have a baby with fertility issues but it's about a modern marriage. the movie is superb. it's excellent. i can't recommend it enough. [ applause ] >> tell me if he needs to borrow $10,000. >> not going to give it to him.
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>> oh, ya i. >> what? charlie. >> pay me back. >> giving that money is just enabling them. >> to do what? >> to pursue this fantasy of fertility. when it's pretty clear that it's consuming them. they are strung out. their marriage is erect. they're always fighting. they're like fertility junkies. [ applause ] >> so you didn't need to read the script before you said yes. >> tamara said she emailed it. ais the subject matter. she said this fertility issue and this couple, i'm doing it. i didn't even have to read a script. i feel like they've never really done a movie about that and i think a lot of people struggle with this privately and felt like it's important to puthaou well-written movie. it's excellent. >> that's wonderful. >> you always do excellent movies. >> katherine called you the goddess of comedy when she was here and thank you for taking part in this project and how much it means and you just exude this positivity and it's
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important to see all sides of what we have in us like in the movie. >> it is important to see all sides of what we have in us. i try to stay positive. >> i know you do. >> katherine is such a doll. did you want me to say something about staying positive? >> sure. >> well, what i want to say i do make a conscious effort in my life like i feel like you really do have to do that and i had a tough childhood growing up and it's so easy to go toward the negative where people don't like you but i make a conscious effort to not go there but go toward the good. go toward people who do want to work with you and love you and make a conference effort of that every day. life is so short and i think it's so important to do that. >> yes, i've said that. that's true. [ applause ] >> i tell you what, you're doing it and we're loving it. >> thank you. >> we're loving it. >> thank you for working with us. >> thank you. >> "a private life," that is the movie available on netflix and it's in theaters this friday, molly, thank you very much. coming up from "hamilton" to "a star is born," break out actor anthony ramos is here. live. there he is.
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[ applause ] so you need people that it iyou're close to...r footing, to help guide you. i think about how important it was for me to have the role models i've had. oh, look at that! i wasn't able to get there alone. he essentially plucked me out of obscurity. he's the one who said, "hey man, this is your life, this is what you need to do." nobody can do it alone. the more help you can get along the way, the faster you can achieve your goals. i'm in it to fly. ...to help people achieve their dreams. ...to speak for those who can not. whatever you're in it for... ...we're in it together.
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>> i'm what? >> i said you're late. >> hey, brian, i'm out. find somebody else. >> brian, i'll be back, i promise. >> see ya, i won't. >> lay on that couch right now. i'm going to take my shoes off. >> nice. >> okay, okay, i'm so sorry. oh! [ applause ] >> that was a part of it. >> no, that was a mistake. >> the champagne goes off like that. >> it was gold, baby. gold. gold. so much anticipation. what does it feel like to be a part of a film like this people are talking about. >> it's a dream. man, i mean, you know, but that's one thing to be a part of a big movie but it's another thing to be a part of a piece of art that like you care about deeply and that people are now caring about and people -- make people feel. it's a dream. >> i'm glad you phrased it like
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that. i had the privilege of seeing it yesterday. it will he be out later in the week. bradley cooper, lady gaga that you're with and everyone and this sewnly like, what, your third movie. >> yeah. >> that's crazy. >> yeah, right. [ applause ] thanks. you know, i mean, that's -- you know, it's only -- it's a reflection of them. you know what i mean. i'm only as good as they are, you know, and they're amazing and they're open and they're their beautiful sows and it's like you just want to give that back. you want to give them everything. >> just so humble. i love it. >> it's a testament to them and it's all bradley and stephanie, they're amazing. >> they are, they are. >> calls her stephanie. not lady gaga. >> i know, yeah. >> i saw something, though, your mom was dancing like a song playing. >> one of my song, oh, you saw that? okay, good. >> has she seen it yet. >> no, we're going to see it next week. >> oh. >> i'm going to take my mom.
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she's going to flip. >> i'm sure she will. you have been so complimentary of everybody in your life including a drama teacher you talked about. what advice would you give somebody young break nothing this field? >> just listen, you know. you don't know it all. you'll never know it all. don't stop learning. you know, every moment is a chance to learn. so i think, you know, the more you listen and the less you talk i think the better off you'll be in life, period. [ applause ] >> notice i was listening. >> i saw, i saw. that look. >> that is so true. we talk but we don't take the time to actually listen. you are a bright talent. didn't spike lee, didn't he leave you a voice mail. >> spike left me a voice mail. the shortest voice mail you'll ever get from anybody. >> what is he day. >> he was like hey, it's spike,
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spike lee, call me ba. that was it. and he gave me a job. >> yeah. hey, congratulations. i know this was just a drop by. we'll have bradley coming by. we'll have stephanie. dave chappelle is in the movie as well. >> he sure is. >> you more than hold your own and i know it's just the begins for you and thank you for sharing. >> thank you so much. thanks for having me. it was so good. >> anthony ramos. [ applause ] run, run to go see "a star is born." it hits theaters friday. >> friday, go see it. >> i can't wait to see it, robin. i'm so envious you've seen it. my new friends from outside milwaukee, wisconsin. it's feeling good this morning. it's really warming up back where you're from. look at the numbers here. not feeling a whole lot like october. the jet stream is not listening. 83 in chicago. you're here through thursday? 80 degrees here in new york city.
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>> yay. look at little ethan. the sweetest boy out here, lara. >> thank you, miss ginger. i've got my southern going right now because i'm with country singer/songwriter mom of three. jessie james decker. >> hi. >> so cute. she has a new single booth and a book out called "just jessie" but it's not really "just jessie," it's jessie does a lot. we welcome you to "good morning america." >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >> i wish you could smell it in here. it is delicious, isn't it? >> yeah. >> it's all about the cajun food with you. i know a lot of your family, most is from louisiana and you love cajun food. what is it about those flavors
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that just does it for you. >> you know, it's just -- it feels like home. it's just that comfort food. i grew up eating cajun food my entire life and i just -- i take pride in it. >> we're boiling, i see. i'm going to talk about this. >> yes. >> so you're going to show us how to make this which is like a chicken, a sausage gumbo. >> chicken and sausage gumbo, oh, yeah, y'all. so i like i said my momma is from louisiana and she taught me how to make all of this food and so gumbo is one of the things she taught me. there's my gorgeous mother. she taught me how to make gumbo and the thing about gumbo, the most morn is the roux. don't buy the boxed stuff. you do it yourself. it's a cup of oil, cup of flour and stir until it is the perfect color brown you want. >> and a little thick. >> it can be a little thick. it just depends what you like. i like mine on lighter side so once it's this perfect color like it is now we'll move on and help with this.
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a cup of onion, bell pepper and celery, the holy trinity. you'll have a little seasoning in here. yeah, a little salt. oop. good luck. >> over the shoulder. >> chicken, sausage. >> so after we'll come over here so now it's already done. >> i want to turn this down. >> once all the veg gies are in there. pouring the ingredients in, can you tell us, your very handsome husband, eric decker and recently retired. you guys fell in love over some cajun food. >> we did. so we spent -- he flew -- after talking on the phone for a few weeks he flew to nashville to spend time with me and i cooked him jambalaya and i tell you, it sealed the deal. after that he wanted to be together forever. >> also robin roberts, you know, you know gumbo. >> do you like it? thank you.
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[ applause ] i need you to tell everybody, robin, we got big news here. jessie has some news she wants to share on "gma." thank you. >> absolutely, so i am actually heading on tour for the first time in two years. [ applause ] yes, i'm excited. you know, it'll be great. i haven't been on the road a long time because i just keep having babies but i'm going to calm down onta for awhile and i'm ready to get out there and make music and sing for everybody again. >> all right. >> it's called "booth." >> thank you so much. >> thanks for bringing your brand-new book in. >> thank you. >> thank you for the gumbo. robin is a happy lady. >> it'll make you want to slap your momma. >> i'm an island. i don't know what's happening here. but you can get jessie's gumbo recipe and her new book is just delight phful delightful.
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what a day at "gma." we have erin and ben napier. in mississippi on the show "hometown" and they have a new book out. this morning they're each here to make a homemade anniversary gift for each other. they're separated by a divider as you can see to keep these gifts a surprise. the only rule is that you need to incorporate traditional materials for a ten-year gift. you know how every year for marriage there's a material, so ten-year is tin. are you up for the challenge? >> absolutely. >> okay. >> you're separated -- i'm going to come over and start over here. >> okay. >> hello, miss erin. i'm so happy to meet you. you've been married ten years. he always gets you these great gifts. >> he's incredibly thoughtful. >> year number two was seriously over the top. >> he like turned cotton is the anniversary for second year and he turned our entire living room into a cotton tent and it was incredible.
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>> he has on those noise canceling headphones so he doesn't know what your gift is for number ten incorporates tin so go for it. what are you makeing? >> okay, i'm making a christmas on many. he's obsessed with christmas. he wants to be santa claus in the macy's parade when he retires one day. anyway so -- >> a guy can dream. >> i'm going to make a christmas ornament out of tin to commemorate the tin anniversary. >> you'll make that and i'll go over to him. put on your headphone. ben, hello. take those off. hello. >> what's up. >> i know you're tall. do not look over. >> i'm not going to peek. >> you guys are so creative. you're going to use tin and do this every year. >> the books are the big one. everybody loves the books. >> explain to everybody real quick, this is the best idea. >> so the first wedding anniversary which you'll have one in about a year. >> yes. >> so first one is paper. and i was pretty poor when we first got married.
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>> you better start making while you talk. >> i better work while i talk. >> but it was paper so i made a book and which is, you know, perfect since we have a book coming out and --s if. [ applause ] so it was paper and we -- i made this book and it was about the best thing that happened every month of our marriage. >> and he makes one every year. >> every year. >> the truth is we did let them without them seeing make their gifts for each other in the commercial breaks. you used old cookie tins. >> yes. >> cold cookie tins which is such a great idea and turned it into a shadow box. >> it's 3d. momma, dad and baby helen. so, yeah. little shadow box. >> you think that's good. you should see what he does to house, you guys. all right, so take off -- you can take off these. >> okay, okay. >> i don't want to ruin your hairdo. happy tenth anniversary, napiers. you guys now present your finished gifts. >> coming around to the front. >> do front.
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>> don't hide. don't show me. >> okay. >> and present your love to each other. i made you an ornament. >> christmas. because i'm santa claus. >> yes. >> it's a beautiful thing. guys, the book is so wonderful. >> that's sweet. >> "make something good today." >> we just made something good today. >> "make something good today" available now. check them out on hgtv and everyone in the audience is going home with a copy.
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let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. i'm sure you've noticed the rain. here's mike nicco. >> yes, it's been rather heavy up in the north bay. it will continue to be steadiest up there through the morning. scattered showers are possible, even some thunderstorms today and tomorrow. so a 1 on our storm scale, even though we have downpours like this moving through the north bay from time to time. and you can already see the shift offshore of the next batch of rain. so, scattered for the rest of the day and into tomorrow. alexis? zpr ok >> okay, the north bay is where we're having all of our trouble. i want to show you a live look outside at san rafael, here's 101, southbound just crawling. and check it out, you can see some heavier rain net area, too. we've had multiple crashes along this corridor throughout the morning. check out this long line of red that's about a 40-minue delay between novato and san rafael. reggie? >> we can't say we haven't bee n now for "live with ll wll agait
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