good morning, america. cover-up crisis. grisly new details about the likely murder of that "washington post" writer as the paper publishes his final column overnight. his chilling message written just before he disappeared and what his closest friend is telling abc news about the barbaric way he was killed, as president trump denies he's protecting saudi arabia and asks for any recordings that may exist to be turned over. deadly flooding alert. rescue crews pulling people from their homes and cars trapped by raging rapids as waters rise in texas. while the midwest and northeast brace for a big chill. the coldest temperatures of the season moving in. urgent warning about those mysterious explosions rocking a town.

authorities arresting this couple, now warning there could be more homemade bombs scattered around just waiting to explode. our exclusive interview with the 13-year-old who survived being bitten by a great white, now returning to school. what he told his classmates about the moment he was attacked and the first thing he told his mom. saying good-bye to big bird. the man behind one of the most famous characters on "sesame street" hanging up his feathers after nearly 50 years. how he's saying farewell to millions of fans this morning. ♪ put me in coach the astro fans that may have cost their team a trip to the world series with this play. the possible home run ruined. the red sox walking away with a win. why so many are outraged this morning. ♪ i can be centerfield

good morning, america. okay, michael, you have to stand in for all astros fans. can you forgive your fellow fan? >> well, let's see that play again. let's see that play again. oh, man, i know you want a souvenir. robin, this has been bugging you all morning. >> i mean, come on. a souvenir costing your team -- they lost by two. that was a two-run home run, just saying. >> a lot of unhappy astros fans, me being one of them this morning. it is what it is. hopefully they can win the next three. >> hopefully so. >> we'll have more coming up. but first, we begin with the latest on that deepening crisis over the missing "washington post" columnist apparently murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. his final op-ed published overnight as we learn new details about what may have happened. abc's ian pannell is there in istanbul with the latest. good morning, ian. >> reporter: robin, good morning.

what the arab world needs most is free expression. that's the prescient haunting title to an editorial by jamal khashoggi published this morning in "the washington post" 16 days after he was last seen alive going through that door behind me. one of his closest friends speaking to abc in his first sit-down interview revealing details about what security forces told him about what happened to his friend. as the world searches for an answer into the disappearance of khashoggi, what looks like his final work published overnight in "the washington post." his editors saying they had held off publishing because they had hoped jamal would come back to us so that they could edit it together. in it, khashoggi urges readers to understand the need for freedom of expression in the middle east. the arab world facing its own version of an iron curtain imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power and he remains

highly critical of arab governments as intolerant of criticism. arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. chilling words seemingly from beyond the grave, the kind of words that may have cost him his life. one of khashoggi's closest friends, turan kislakci, telling us overnight that the saudis not only killed him in the consulate but in a terrible way. he describes what he was told in multiple briefings by turkish security officials. they told me directly, jamal khashoggi had been killed using a barbaric method and this was on the audio recording. kislakci says those audiotapes reveal that when khashoggi walked into the consulate, he was given a document to sign. he refused and was then killed. turkish forensic investigators have been combing through the grounds in recent days. turkish sources releasing images of 15 saudis they say traveled here to istanbul the day the journalist went missing.

according to "the new york times," among the suspects, an autopsy expert. "the times" also reports several of the suspects have ties to the saudi crown prince like this man, maher abdulaziz mutreb, seen here in boston within a few feet of the crown prince earlier this year. another photo of the man in houston and another traveling together in madrid. as for khashoggi's closest friend, he says he's in shock. "jamal did not deserve this and no person ever deserves such a death, not even if he were the most extreme adversary." well, meanwhile, investigators finishing looking over the consul general's office taking away a vast amount of material and we're awaiting the results of that examination. robin. >> all right, ian, thank you. president trump awaiting those results as well, he's meeting with secret of state mike pompeo this morning for his report on khashoggi. he has asked for any recordings of the killing to be turned over

and insists he's not giving cover to saudi arabia as the pressure mounts for a tough u.s. response. our senior national correspondent terry moran tracking it all from the white house. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is such a nightmare scenario for president trump. he staked his middle east policy on closer relations with saudi arabia and that young crown prince so now he's trying to walk a fine line between preserving that relationship and standing up with american leadership against an apparent act of savage murder. with secretary pompeo returning overnight from his fact-finding mission, president trump declares he'll have definitive answers by the end of the week. >> we'll get down to the bottom of it. i hope that the king and the crown prince didn't know about it. that's a big factor in my eyes. >> reporter: with a mounting trail of evidence leading to senior members of the saudi royal family, the president brushed off concerns he's covering up for them and accepting their claims they knew nothing about the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. >> i'm not giving cover at all. with that being said, saudi arabia's been a very important

ally of ours in the middle east. >> reporter: but throughout the crisis, the president has consistently stressed saudi money and power, the country's critical role in the region, and a big arms deal trump negotiated. >> $110 billion worth of military. those are the biggest orders in the history of this country, probably the history of the world. >> reporter: the saudis seem to sense their leverage. just as secretary pompeo was landing in riyadh earlier this week, saudi arabia transferred $100 million to the u.s. to help pay for stabilizing war ravaged syria. the state department says the timing was a coincidence. president trump said he requested a key piece of evidence turkish officials claim to have, those tape recordings if they exist. secretary pompeo did not hear those alleged tapes but says the saudis promised a transparent investigation. when asked what saudi officials were telling him -- >> i don't want to talk about any of t facts. they didn't want to either and that they want to have the opportunity to complete this investigation in a thorough way. >> reporter: and now there's

growing pressure from capitol hill to impose some form of punishment if the saudis are proven responsible even from the president's own party. >> they didn't take the bone saw in to play beer pong, okay. i think he is dead. a mean, the aliens didn't abduct him. i think he is dead. all indication is that the saudis did it. >> reporter: president trump went so far in defending the young crown prince seeming to compare him to justice brett kavanaugh saying, quote, here you go again with your innocent until proven guilty. he added, i don't like that. george. >> but the evidence is mounting. >> the evidence is mounting. now to the investigation that is under way into that midair scare for the first lady. smoke and a burning smell filling the plane's cabin, forcing the pilots to turn around minutes after takeoff and abc's david kerley is at reagan national airport with the details. good morning to you, david. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the first lady, staff and some reporters had just taken off

and a couple of secret service agents got to front of the aircraft. reporters were told to put wet towels over their noses and mouths if the smoke got too bad. this morning we now know what caused the first lady's jet to quickly return to andrews air force base. >> we're having some issues up here. would like to turn around and go back to andrews. >> reporter: the issue was smoke in the cabin, a smell of something burning. if you listen closely you can hear that the pilots of mrs. trump's jet have their oxygen masks on. >> do you require any special assistance? >> no assistance required at this time, thanks. >> reporter: turns out on the converted 757 jet called bright star some communications equipment was overheating causing that smoke. the crew shut off the gear and the smoke cleared and they took off their masks. >> we've got the situation all cleared up now but we still want to go back to andrews. >> reporter: the air force has a fleet of four of these jets to fly government officials. the average age of jets, 18 years. once this was on the ground the first lady called the president before she boarded another smaller jet. >> i said i hope this plane is

better than the first one but they had a problem, yeah, they had a problem but she's fine. >> reporter: and on the ground in philadelphia, melania trump made only a passing reference to the smoky cabin. >> i'm sorry for a little delay. [ laughter ] >> reporter: these 757s fly high ranking government officials including the vice president and occasionally the president when air force one is too big for an airport that he wants to visit. michael. >> thank you. robin. now to new information on the disappearance of that 13-year-old wisconsin girl, jayme closs. police now confirm her parents were shot to death and they believe jayme was home when it happened. abc's alex perez has new details. >> reporter: this morning, authorities revealing new details about the night 13-year-old jayme closs vanished. investigators believe she was home when her parents were killed. were her parents shot to death? >> yes, her parents died from gunshot wounds. that's why we were ruling it a homicide. there was no gun found on the

scene. >> reporter: police say they arrived at the family's home just four minutes after a suspicious call was made to 911 around 1:00 a.m. monday. but the girl was nowhere to be found. police say no one spoke to the dispatcher but the commotion they heard on the call leads them to believe jayme was home at the time of the call and that wherever she is right now, she's in danger. >> no one was on there asking for anything, except we heard background noise and that's what these experts are working on that 911 call to break it down. >> reporter: since her mysterious disappearance, police canines and forensic experts have been combing the scene for clues. more than 200 investigators now working the case around the clock, chasing down some 400 tips from across the country. >> i just want to bring jayme home. that's what i want. >> reporter: and authorities say they are now reviewing surveillance camera from across the area hoping for any clues.

jayme was last seen on sunday at a family gathering. robin. >> so curious. all right, alex, thank you. we have a new warning about those mysterious explosions that rocked a pennsylvania town last spring. authorities now say there could be more homemade bombs prepared to explode. abc's whit johnson is in bucks county with more. >> reporter: good morning. authorities want to avoid an accidental tragedy here. the fear is that anyone, someone going for a jog, a child, a pet could trigger one of these undetonated bombs. now, these mystery explosions have been haunting this community for months and despite developments in the case, the threat might not be over yet. this morning, a new explosive threat rattling nerves in this community north of philadelphia. authorities warning that live homemade bombs like this one could be scattered throughout the area. >> the possibility became real that there may be unexploded devices out there. >> reporter: it's the latest twist in a months-long investigation into a series of mysterious blasts in sleepy bucks county, pennsylvania.

last spring, an all-out hunt to find the source behind about 30 mysterious explosions, some leaving behind large craters. in june, police arrested 31-year-old david sermon jr., then on friday police taking his longtime girlfriend, tina mae smith, into custody. officials say the pair would drive around neighborhoods tossing the bombs out of car windows. police now worried more undetonated ones may still exist. >> i absolutely think there's others out there. >> reporter: the echoing booms awakening residents in the middle of the night but never causing any injury. >> we kept hearing it go off and off and off and we never knew what it was. >> reporter: authorities say, while searching sermon's home and chemical business, they found several bombs, a cache of guns and drug paraphernalia. some of the explosives with almost cartoonish-like features. this shaped like a wrecking ball with a long wick. others made out of bottles labeled with a frowning face.

local officials, now teaming up with the fbi and atf, hoping to track down any remaining devices. >> we don't want somebody to unintentionally come across one of these devices and pick it up. >> reporter: now sermon and smith are both facing a long list of charges relating to the explosion. sermon is also now facing child pornography charges following a search of his property and personal computer. still the couple was able to make bail and get out from behind bars while they await trial. george. >> okay, whit, thanks very much. michael. now a reason to keep your lottery hopes alive. there's no major powerball winner last night which means that jackpot has now soared to $430 million. you combine that with the mega millions, which no one won the other day, and you've got more than $1.3 billion that are up for grabs. a smile. somebody bought a ticket. the next mega millions drawing is tomorrow and the powerball is saturday. never too late. can't win if you don't play.

>> that's right. it's an absurd amount of money. but this is not exactly a priceless moment if you're an astros fan as i stare at you. >> trying to make me cry this morning. >> some worry this could cost the 'stros a trip to the world series. fan reaching for the ball. a possible home run ruined. gio benitez is here with that story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey robin, good morning. yeah, this is sparking some nationwide outrage right now but the fan is now speaking out saying he did nothing wrong, so many this morning playing back that tape in slow motion. >> reporter: this morning, controversy surrounding the play during the astros/red sox alcs match-up leaving some wondering, was boston given an unfair advantage? in the first inning, jose altuve hit what looked to be a two-run home run over the wall in right field. as the ball landed, umpires ruling that the fan prevented red sox outfielder mookie betts from making a play on the ball. but the question remained, did the fan interfere?

>> did they reach over that yellow line into the field of play or is mookie over the field of play? >> reporter: the mlb says this about fan interference. "when a fan clearly prevents a fielder from catching a fly ball, the umpire shall declare the batter out." >> he gets stopped from catching it from the hand of the fan. >> reporter: the ruling taking two key runs off the scoreboard for the astros. >> reached my hand up. i felt like somebody was kind of pushing my glove, you know, out of the way or something. i got to see a little bit of the replay. i guess he got the call right. >> there's no mechanism for me to change their mind, change their interpretation, change the fact that i thought it was a row or two into the stands. it doesn't matter what i think. >> reporter: the red sox went on to win 8-6. the final score taking a 3-1 lead in the best of seven series. this isn't the first time an action by a fan has changed the outcome of a conference series game. in 2003 at wrigley field, steve bartman was launched into infamy when he reached for this ball

during the cubs/marlins playoff game. his reach disrupted a potential catch by the cubs. the marlins wound up winning the game and the series. when the cubs finally broke their world series curse in 2016, bartman received a world series ring. it's not known yet if such a ring is in the future for troy caldwell, the fan many are now blaming for the interference call. caldwell maintains he didn't cross the home run line. he was mobbed as he left the stadium. >> there's nothing to talk about. >> reporter: yeah, listen, when word got out that caldwell was worried that he'd need a security escort after the game, a local barbecue spot in houston tweeted during the game that he was just being a fan and told people around him at the game to buy him a beer and they offered him some free barbecue. >> get a whole mob down at the barbecue joint. >> an ulterior motive for offering that? >> oh boy, all right, thank you, gio. now to rob with flooding in texas and more rain on the way.

>> that's right, michael. this is far west of houston, although there are some high water areas. this is northwest of austin and the -- where the llano river combines with the colorado river, you see this woman being swift water rescued. yesterday we showed you a bridge that was broken down by the flooding. look at this, part of that bridge almost breaching like a whale and slapping down as this high water continues downstream and one more drone shot. this is the colorado river, the buchanan dam. look how high this is running. they have 8 of the 30 gates now releasing some of those floodwaters and more in the way of rain for the next 24 to 36 hours. time now for your chilly cities. brought to you by capital one.

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> check out this gorgeous sunrise from our east bay hills camera. about to wake up that slumbering lair of cloud cover that's going to move away quickly, well, after the morning commute. the fog up in the north bay. the fog and sunshine around the bay today and grab a coat. you need it this morning. we're in the mid-40s to mid-50s, but look at these temperatures inspect afternoons, 70s and 80s. alexis? >> sounds good, mike. coming up on "gma," the former surgeon turned reality star and his girlfriend accused of drugging and sexually assaulting

women. they're in court today, now facing new charges. we'll have another abc 7 news update coming up in just about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com.

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♪ you come from a land down under ♪ >> welcome back to "gma" and that is prince harry and duchess meghan greeted by thrilled fans in the land down under. >> yeah. >> yeah, this morning. one of them holding up a sign that says pregnancy suits you referencing meghan's hit series. >> another special moment. prince harry taking time to hug a young woman holding a sign that says been here since 4:00 a.m., loved you since i was 8. ah. oh, i don't blame her at all. much more on that royal visit coming up. right now, we have some top headlines to get to including secretary of state pike pompeo delivering news to president trump this morning on the missing "washington post" writer apparently murdered after disappearing in a saudi

consulate 16 days ago. the president has asked for any recordings of the killing to be turned over. and a rescue near phoenix. a man was stuck down a mineshaft for two days. he was alert and talking when authorities came to get him. the rescue operation took hours. he was airlifted to the hospital. >> glad he's doing all right. and the nba season is just under way. it's already a good one for this knicks fan. nothing but net. did you see the rotation? can we just show that again? the form. i guess we're not but it was a great shot. half-court. $10,000. watch this, watch this. look at the rotation. swish. even better, the knicks were losing at the time, came back and won inspired by that, i'm sure. switching gears now, the new trouble for that reality show doctor and his girlfriend for drugging and assaulting several women. prosecutors say more victims are coming forward.

abc's kayna whitworth spoke with the district attorney. she joins us from los angeles. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: george, good morning. prosecutors say they have a total of seven victims now and they're still looking for more. in court, the couple's behavior was described as predatory. the orange county district attorney's office unleashing new charges against a well-known surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and sexually assaulting several women. >> it's a crime of predatory nature. >> reporter: prosecutors say the surgeon who was feature on the 2014 reality show "online dating rituals of the american male" -- >> you seem too perfect, what's wrong with you? >> reporter: -- was charged with five additional assaults. a total of seven victims. >> putting it in their drinks and being made to lose their consciousness and wake up -- in locations that they don't know how they got there. >> reporter: they're facing

kidnapping charges. it sounds like one victim says that she was actually unconscious and that they carried her upstairs in order to sexually assault her? >> well, that's right. that's right. if the victim is intoxicated to the point of being unconscious, or past the point of being able to consent, then that movement of that person from one place to another place of less safety is kidnapping. >> reporter: the picture-perfect pair seen here enjoying a vacation in mexico, now holding hands in court. riley visibly upset both entering not guilty pleas. the pair arrested in september after two women came forward. authorities say the duo would meet their victims socially at bars and restaurants and drug them. oftentimes filming the sexual encounters that followed at robicheaux's residence. the d.a.'s office says investigators found more than a thousand videos fearing there could be more victims. you're still getting calls. >> we're still getting calls and we expect to continue to get

more. >> reporter: outside court wednesday riley's sister coming to her defense. >> she's a loving and kind person. she's a christian. she loves god. she has been nothing but a wonderful sister, niece, daughter to our family. >> reporter: in the meantime, prosecutors convinced they have enough for a conviction. >> i think justice is better served the more victims that come forward. >> yeah. >> but i think we do have a strong case at this point. >> reporter: robicheaux's medical license is suspended. they'll have a pretrial hearing in january and they're both out on bail this morning. george, we have to remember this is a guy who was once dubbed bachelor of the year. >> boy, that is some nickname now. okay, kayna, thanks very much. robin. now to the urgent search for a pregnant postal worker who vanished in chicago without a trace more than two weeks ago. police releasing this surveillance video of kierra coles showing her hours before she was reported missing. linsey davis is here. the postal service now offering a reward for information? >> that's right, good morning to you.

the postal service is now offering a $25,000 reward. that's in addition to another 3500 from the postal union for information leading to the safe return of kierra coles. she is said to be about three months pregnant and hasn't bn seen since october 2nd. the search is intensifying this morning for missing pregnant postal worker kierra coles. >> my daughter is missing. >> reporter: the 26-year-old who recently told friends she was about three months pregnant with her first baby was last seen just over two weeks ago captured on this surveillance video in her chicago neighborhood leaving her apartment dressed in her work uniform. >> whatever it is going on, i wish she'd come back. i wish this never happened. i hope whatever it is on her mind or whatever, i hope she comes back to us. we all waiting on her and i'll be out here. return my baby back to me. >> reporter: but instead of getting in her car she walks past it, her family says they found her cell phone and purse in the car. >> the locksmith pretty much

came and he got in her car for us and i moved her jacket and her cell phone was sitting right there on the seat. >> she wouldn't go this long without talking to me. we talk every day. we talk every day. she wouldn't have me worrying like this. basically i'm just waiting for her to just walk through the door. >> reporter: the u.s. postal inspection service where coles works said she called in sick that morning. >> we won't rest until we find our sister. >> reporter: police have no evidence of an abduction but they believe foul play may be involved. they're praying she comes home safely. >> we don't know if she's warm, if she's hungry, you know, like what's really going on? we just don't understand and we want her to come home. >> coles' mom says she remains hopeful her daughter will return safely. you can imagine for any mom but she says that she feels sick every morning waking up and

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well, now he's back at school and our cameras were there for his first day and amy is here with more. good morning, amy. >> that's right, good morning, everyone. keane hayes suffered serious bite wounds when that shark attacked him but he has made a remarkable recovery and now he is sharing his story with his classmates. [ cheers and applause ] a round of applause awaiting keane hayes. making a triumphant return back to his classroom less than a month after being attacked by a great white shark. >> when i was in the water, i was like probably a big fish and my mind instantly went to shark. >> we have a shark attack. >> reporter: just 2 1/2 weeks ago keane was diving for lobsters with a friend when out of the blue emerged a great white taking a bite out of the 13-year-old. keane miraculously escaping the jaws of the shark making his way to a nearby kayak. >> lucky we got him out of the water. once we threw him up on the kayak and started heading in, that's when i looked back and a

shark was behind the kayak. >> on the kayak and then tow in and then i'm on the beach for like ten minutes then we get a helicopter. >> reporter: keane was airlifted to a nearby hospital where he endured five hours of surgery. his mother overcome with emotion grateful that her son was still alive. >> i just want to tell him that i love him from the bottom of my heart. i just feel very lucky. >> reporter: today keane's on the road to recovery, a process his doctors say will likely take months. but back inside the classroom it was light-hearted banter between keane and his friends. >> the first thing that i said when pie mom came up, can you take pictures for instagram? [ laughter ] >> reporter: his curious classmates also wanting to know about keane's celebrity hospital visitors, including tony hawk and well-known shark attack survivor bethany hamilton. >> how was it to see bethany hamilton? >> it was really cool. she showed me how she plays

pool. she holds the stick and then hits it with her hip so that was pretty cool. i tried that. >> reporter: as to the question of when keane will take to the ocean again, well, his mother has just a few safety ideas in mind. >> any plans for when you're going to start skiing or skating? >> hopefully really, really soon. definitely want to go back out there. >> he'll be wrapped in bubble wrap, though. [ laughter ] >> reporter: yeah, and wrapped up for a good reason. she says keane has a thousand stitches from those shark wounds and despite all of that you guys, you'll love this, guess what, keane wants to lobster dive again and says he likes sharks even more now than he did before his experience. >> wonderful. glad that he's doing so well and it's great to have you back. ain't no mountain high enough. >> i listened to that on the way up, robin. i thought of you. i did. i summited kilimanjaro with my family and my friends and there we made it to the peak and that was hard fought, people. hard fought. but glad to be back here at sea

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the man behind big bird and oscar the grouch since the very beginning is stepping down and chris connelly, pull back reveal, chris is here to tell us about the story. >> good morning, robin. i know, you talk about laughter for families, life lessons for children, the man who brought us not one but two of the most beloved figures on "sesame street" is indeed stepping away leaving us with a half century of fantastic memories. >> hello, big bird. >> hi there, gordon. >> reporter: since 1969, when an 8'2" loveably childlike bird tried to pronounce the alphabet. as if it were a single word -- ♪ abcdefghijklmnop -- >> reporter: caroll spinney was responsible. captivating young and old on thousands of "sesame street" episodes. >> 8. >> 9. >> what's next? >> 10. >> oh, of course. >> reporter: through a half century of spinney's mastery, big bird would become a cultural

phenomenon. spinney had been chosen for big bird by jim henson. >> i'm sure that big bird is the most well-known children's character in the world and it's really neat. i think it's due to caroll and his talent. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: it was also spinney who brought to "sesame street" that dispeptic inhabitant of the world's most famous trash can, oscar the grouch. >> oscar, come on out. >> what? >> reporter: originally orange in those early episodes. >> close my can lid there. you're letting all the fresh air and sunlight in, boy, i hate that. >> reporter: even his new puppeteers will continue to perform the characters, spinney says he takes pride in what his artistry brought to life. >> it's probably a little bit better a place than if he -- if big bird hadn't been there and had his suffering and his joy and i think that that's what i'd like to leave.

>> now fear not, big bird and oscar aren't going away. caroll spinney actually handpicked his replacements so lots more good times with those still to come. i got mad love for big bird but you can't sleep on oscar the grouch. we were singing i love trash the other day. it gets you all sentimental. it's like an ed sheeran song. >> just like it. >> but physically taxing to play big bird. >> with the 8'2". i don't think you could see out of that costume so he did a phenomenal job for a half century. >> a long time. >> 50 year, boy, the memories. good to have you here in the studio with us, chris connelly. >> thanks for having me. >> you like the weather? >> i love the weather. nice and cold. >> he's from california. that's why i'm giving it to him. coming up, "deals & steals" for your home and your kitchen and the duke and duchess down under. the special tribute to princess diana. tribute to princess tribute to princess [woman 1] this... [woman 2] ..this... [man 1] ...this is my body of proof. [man 2] proof of less joint pain...

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an alternate. >> all right, thank you, sue. and coming up on "gma," meghan and harry down under. the latest on their australian adventure as they take melbourne by storm. we'll have soot abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our abc 7 news app and abc7news.com. join us each morning, 4:30 to 7:00, for all

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. cover-up crisis. new details about the murder of that "washington post" writer as the paper publishes his final column overnight. the chilling message just before he vanished. what his closest friend is telling abc news now as turkish officials release gruesome details about what happened, as president trump denies he's protecting saudi arabia and asked for any recordings that may exist to be turned over. lottery fever. more than a billion dollars up for grabs. the combined jackpots now at a never-before-seen level. mega millions tomorrow, powerball saturday. anyone could end up with a golden ticket. ♪ come from the land down under ♪ meghan mania. crowds turing out for harry and meghan. the nose-to-nose meeting with a guide dog.

fans bursting into tears meeting prince harry and what the couple is saying this morning about a name for their baby. we're live from australia. strong is the new healthy. that's what "parade" magazine is saying, and look who is on the cover. we're talking to a leading doctor from the cleveland clinic about what you need to know when it comes to being healthy, feeling good and getting your wellness on track. a surprise that's been months in the making. you're going to meet three students august struggling to make their way through college with big dreams and even bigger support from their families. this morning we teamed up with the college board for a surprise that could change their future and it all happens live as we say good morning, america. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ ♪ nothing can keep me keep me from you ♪ ♪ ain't no mountain such great news, i had to say it twice. good morning, america.

wonderful to have you here with us. we are so looking forward to recognizing some really amazing young people. they're in a quiet room behind a closed door so they have no idea what's coming, but you do. >> they've been working so hard to achieve their dreams, robin, and this surprise is going to change not just their lives but the lives of so many college students. we can't wait for that. plus, we have meghan mania. the royal fans are going crazy for the duchess. it's not just the people, it is the dogs too. >> ah. >> who can blame them? >> headlines this morning as well. we'll begin with that deepening crisis over the missing "washington post" columnist murdered inside the saudi consulate in turkey 16 days ago. this morning what could be his last column was published by "the post" written just before he vanished. i want to go back to ian pannell in istanbul, turkey. good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning.

what the arab world needs most is free expression, that's the prescient haunting title to an editorial by jamal khashoggi published by "the washington post" 16 days after he was last seen alive. one of his closest friends speaking with u.s. media revealing details from turkish security about what happened to his friend. as the world searches for answers into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi, what looks like his final work published overnight in "washington post." in it khashoggi urges readers to understand the need for freedom of expression in the middle east. the arab world facing its own version of an iron curtain imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power, and he remains highly critical of arab governments as intolerant of criticism. arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. chilling words seemingly from beyond the grave. the kind of words that may have cost him his life.

one of khashoggi's closest friends, turan kislakci, telling us overnight that the saudis not only killed him in the consulate but in a terrible way. he describes what he was told in multiple briefings by turkish security officials. "they told me directly that jamal khashoggi had been killed using a barbaric method and that this was on the audio recording." investigators overnight finishing examining the consul general's office taking away a vast amount of material. we now await the results of those examinations as the detective work continues. george. >> could come any day. ian, thanks very much. michael. now to some good news for those who love to play the lottery. there was no major powerball winner last night, and the mega millions jackpot, it is still up for grabs as well. combined there's more than a billion dollars at stake.

let's bring back abc's gio benitez and you'll break the numbers down. >> reporter: yeah, the new powerball jackpot has just soared. it's now at $430 million. let's put them up on your screen right there. the mega millions drawing this friday at $900 million. now, potential winners are still lining up. they're playing their lucky numbers in hopes of cashing in but this morning, we're also getting some very important tips for these potential new millionaires. brian and mary losi won back in 2012. they won $202 million, and when it comes to spending they say winners should pace themselves. >> it's great to have a second home but -- great to have a car and boat and things like that but there are a lot of other costs that come with that. property taxes, insurance, gas money that goes along with that purchase. >> reporter: so, good news there. good advice there. when combined more than $1.3 billion are up for grabs right now, so, guys, good luck to all of us. >> thank you. i think we all need it. >> at least. we go from lottery history to nba history. wnba all-star kristi toliver is

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♪ i'm thinking up good vibrations ♪ [ applause ] welcome back to "gma." this wonderful audience that we have with us on this friday eve. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow the one and only, oh, we love when he's here, john stamos will be here live. looking forward to that as always. but right now, give it up for lara spencer and some "pop

news." [ cheers and applause ] >> good morning to you all. good morning to you. so move over, celine. there is a new queen of vegas. [ applause ] thank you. "the daily mail" reporting britney spears signed a new residency deal and is set to make a mind-blowing $507,000 per show, everybody. right? that tops celine dion as sin city's highest paid entertainer. reports say britney loves performing in vegas. loves being -- >> i bet she does. >> yeah. loves to make her fans happy and her two boys who are doing so well with her. the money seems astronomical but insiders say it's a fair price for a woman who continually sells out shows. i'm sure whoever did that deal did the math. it is by the way the 20th anniversary of her first hit "hit me baby one more time" this month which i'm sure she loves singing since it means 500 grand

a pop. her new show is at the monte carlo. kicks off sometime next year. if she does another four-year residency which she just finished and does four shows a week and works only 40 weeks a year, that's $160 million pretax. a little math for you this morning. >> four days a week. >> four days a week for 40 weeks a year, that would be 12 weeks off just in case you were wondering. congratulations. [ applause ] and watch out, zac efron, whose birthday is today. happy birthday, zay. there is a new high school heartthrob in town. disney bringing back its highly successful franchise "high school musical." this time it's a tv show and joshua bassett is the name to remember. he will take the starring role. the show will follow a similar story line, a group of students,

their lives as they stage a production of the beloved musical, hence the name. [ applause ] do your girls still watch and sing? >> i was just having flashbacks of ten years ago. >> kate knows every word to every song. >> loved it, yep. we all did for a while. >> yeah, the series promises to bring us the classic music from the movie along with some new tunes from this whole new class of talented kids. the show set to debut on disney's streaming service in 2019 which is coming very quickly. and even the most avid burger fan is likely to have a bad dream after this. in honor of halloween, i guess, burger king has come up with a treat that sounds like a horrible trick. that's it, their new nightmare king. yeah, i'm with you but i needed to share this. this is what's popping. this features a quarter pound beef patty, chicken fillet,

melted american cheese, thick cut bacon, onions and creamy mayo surrounded by a glazed green bun. >> that sounds delicious. [ laughter ] >> the ingredients did not sound shabby. the part i'm perplexed about though is that burger king actually worked with sleep specialists and found the amount of nightmare -- wait, i can't read the handwriting. thank you. the amount of nightmares increased 3 1/2 times for those who ate one of these nightmare kings before bed like it's not already a nightmare to eat anything that big before you go to sleep, now you want to add the nightmare king to your bedtime snack routine. >> burger king science. >> burger king science, that's right. are you in or are you out? >> i'm in. >> are you? >> i'm in. i'm not going to eat it right before bed, though. >> we just so happen to have one -- no, we don't. >> i'll save you, michael. we'll move on to the "gma" cover story. thank you, lara.

it's about the royals, meghan and harry in melbourne meeting with fans a and special dog. james longman travels with them, has all the details. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, george. actually, i just wanted to show you, we're in sydney now. that is sydney opera house playing images of the invictus games. it's beautiful. melbourne was the focus. that city going absolutely crazy for meghan and harry. day three of the royal tour down under and meghan mania in melbourne. a modern, diverse city, the perfect fit for this cosmopolitan couple taking australia by storm. meghan stepping out in a navy custom folded sail dress by aussie designer dion lee immediately causing the website to scratch. her outland jeans from yesterday also sold out. presents pouring in like this teddy bear for baby sussex. look at that. so many kids here. it's the children who have really taken to meghan. harry ever the hit too. this girl sobbing uncontrollably after a hug from the people's prince.

meghan meeting amabasadog willow. enjoying an aussie lunch of grilled kangaroo, wild boar and barramundi, supporting sustainability, marginalized communities and women's empowerment like this project. then a moment to remember harry's mother. meghan offered a bouquet of lilly of the field flowers, diana's favorite. after a quick change into a club monaco dress, a final stop to the beach and some advice for the expectant duchess. you are the melbourne mums who love meghan. is that right? >> yes, definitely. >> when you found out she was expecting a baby? it just gets better, doesn't it? >> i was very excited for her. >> best thing you can ever do. >> what would be your advice to new mum meghan? >> get lots of sleep now while she can. >> reporter: one question on

everyone's mind, the baby's name. on their royal tram ride the kids weren't holding back. well, those kids then told the reporters the duchess said she'd been given a long list of names and that she and harry would sit down and definitely take a look at them. tomorrow it's world famous bondi beach and maybe we'll see a bit of surfing. george. >> now over to robin. >> now to our "gma" health alert. "parade" magazine is out with a new survey taking a look at what america thinks it means to be healthy and i am so honored to be on the cover of this week's magazine, and to get more on this topic that affects all of us, joining us now are lisa delaney, the editorial director of "parade" magazine and parade.com and dr. mark hyman, director of the center for functional medicine at cleveland clinic. welcome to both of you. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> these views, how are they changing? >> well, we really wanted to take the pulse of how americans are thinking about their health.

we've seen some shifts away from the perfect body image and towards things like yoga and more of a mind/body focus so we embarked on the survey with cleveland clinic and, you know, we're going to explore those findings with you today. what it means to be healthy now. >> and great partner with cleveland clinic like this. >> yes. >> medically speaking what does this mean? >> this is a great shift because we're moving away from the beach body lose ten pounds in ten days for the summer and get rid of your belly fat to actually focus on health, wellness and well-being. the wellness industry is a $3.5 trillion industry and they care about optimization of their health. that's a big shift in our culture. >> we'll let the audience take part in this because you saw some shift with asking people how they see themselves. so i'm going to ask the audience a couple of questions and you have a, b panel to these answers. i'm going to ask you first, would you rather be viewed as

se sexy, a, or, b, smart? okay. a lot of smart. i guess there's one sexy back there. all right. that's okay. got to keep it real back there. okay. >> that's right. >> would you rather be, a, thin, or b, physically strong? a, thin or, b, physically strong. >> there you go. now, that's "b". that's a good answer. >> that's what we found. >> that's what we found in the survey. people were much more interested in the sort of less superficial things about their health and wanted to be smart and strong and that came -- you know, the whole findings of the survey really comes to this idea that strong is the new healthy. and that's one of the reasons we wanted you on the cover because -- >> so kind. >> you really exemplify that. everything you've been through with your cancer and you've been so positive and strong, inner and outer strength, you've really shown that. >> i appreciate that.

it's as much mental as it is physical. thank you. it was truly an honor. some misconceptions. people think if i pop some vitamins, maybe an hour of exercise, i'm good to go. >> we have this myth you can exercise your way out of a bad diet. if you exercise enough, you can eat whatever you want. if you have one soda, you interest to run four miles. if you have a supersize meal you have to run four miles a day every day of the week. you cannot outrun a bad diet. eating the right food is key. low sugar and star shall and right fats and vitamin thing, the sad news is our diet is so nutrient depleted because we eat processed food we actually do need vitamins. the average american, 90%, are deficient. it's not a replacement, it's a suppleme supplement. it's not going to replace a whole foods healthy diet. >> bottom line, your recommendations for people? >> my bottom line i think, one, we need to go for parental screening. with cancer we all need to go get checked for diabetes and cancer. 90% of people in this country have prediabetes and aren't diagnosed with it so getting checked is important.

the second thing is we need to focus on vegetables. it's boring, but, you know, we actually eat far less than our recommended five to nine. should be 9 to 10 or 12 and we should have 70, 80% of our plate as plant rich foods and meat as a condiment. and then the last thing is sleep. we're sleeping two hours less a night than we did 100 years ago and that affects our cognition, performance, our happiness, our mood and also it's a risk for disease like heart disease and even dementia so we need to make sure we prioritize sleep. >> it is not a luxury. it is a necessity. and meditation, meditation is key as well. >> i know that helped you through your struggles and helps you get the energy to do this every day. that's exciting and one of the things we found was that people are valuing meditation and prayer more as a measure of their health. but they're not following through. i know that's hard, but there are easy ways to take ten minutes out and get your head together. >> so worth it. thank you so much.

we want to note these results from an op-ed online survey. now over to rob. good morning, guys. not meditating, not sleeping, but eating. not sure what this is. this is a hamster. your "gma" moment. this little hamster dresses up as freddy krueger from the hamster file -- from the hamsterhouse.com and they say if you put him in a ball, [ applause ]

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i'm like, nope, it's balsamibal. >> that one was not me. >> it's gorgeous. these start normally at $19 but all slashed between 50 and 60% so $9.50 to $30, gorgeous gifts. >> this is my favorite. >> finally coastal carolina, these gorgeous cutting boards, these are all made by veterans and servicemen in north carolina. they range from $45 to $95. i love the turkey one but all the shapes are gorgeous. half off, they start at $22.50. functional and beautiful. >> support the troops. this is a great one. all are great but this balsamic is divine and everyone here is going home with products from happy wax, spatti and wet-it! we partnered with all the companies. thank you, guys. go to our website. buy them.

now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> good morning. it's 8:27. i'm reggie aqui a abc 7 mornings. that breaking news, the evacuation order for 4,000 people in the pittsburgh bay point area will hold until chevron gives the all-clear. a fire in a natural gas pipeline triggered the order. firefighters hoped to lift the evacuations by 10:00 a.m., but that is not an official time. there are two evacuation centers. one's at calvary temple church in concord and the other on leland road. hopefully, we'll have this wrapped up soon. let's go over now to sue and see what traffic looks like. >> we have a couple of messy spots, reggie. good morning, everyone. we have a sig alert still there on westbound 580 near benedict and that's really jamming things up, and even northbound 880, not

a real good alternate. and we had an earlier accident still blocking the left lane. westbound 580, this one involving several vehicles and a motorcycle. and you are stacked up all the way over the dublin grade into narrator: he claims to be an education reformer, but marshall tuck's failed record managing actual schools won't work as superintendent of public instruction. as ceo of l.a.'s partnership schools, the teachers gave tuck a vote of "no confidence." and tuck's total mismanagement of l.a. charter schools caused financial problems that cost taxpayers thousands.

tony thurmond. the only candidate endorsed by classroom teachers. holding all our schools accountable and always protecting neighborhood public schools. tony thurmond. for our schools. profited millions from tobacco, oil, and wall street. as a rich developer, she violated clean water laws. now she's trying to buy this election. the lt. governor's office isn't for sale. i'm dr. ed hernandez. as state senator, i worked across party lines. held drug corporations accountable. invested in schools and middle-class jobs. our campaign's people powered by firefighters, teachers and nurses. because i'll put you first - not big money. now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> still wching some fog around the santa rosa airport, napa airport, out near discovery bay. it's a little hazy everywhere else with that cloud deck

clinging right now. everything else turning sunny and warmer later this afternoon. in fact, it will be warmer than average through at least saturday. reggie? >> thanks, mike. another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com. "gma" is very happy to say this morning good morning, america. >> from abc 7 news in san francisco -- >> all: good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> hey, it's elizabeth and my producers. >> from 91 the mix in milwaukee. >> we want to say -- >> all: good morning, america. [ applause ] >> it is such an incredible privilege to say good morning, america, to millions of you every day and we want want wantt tweet us your videos using # mygma and you could see yourself on tv and we can't get enough of people saying good morning to

america. okay, i'm already -- [ applause ] i'm already tearing up so you know what's about to -- what's heading our way. it's giving my all. we all know the importance of a college education but we also know how expensive it can be to give one, in fact, 60% of college students will graduate with student loan debt. the college board which administers the s.a.t.s has an exciting new initiative that can help with sticker shock and this morning we're going to introduce you to the three students who they say helped inspire it by going above and beyond to make their dreams for a higher education come true. meet them. >> i'm edson, i'm 18 years old. my dream is become a field director in hollywood. >> for edson his big hollywood dream all but evaporated when he googled the cost of film school. >> i looked at it and closed my laptop. it wasdemoralizing because i thought college was exclusive to only certain types of people who

had a certain amount of money. >> reporter: the child of mexican immigrants he's the first in his family to go to college. he's grown up in some tough neighborhoods. >> violence and drugs are very big in my neighborhood. i want to do something that will further my family and provide them with a better life. >> reporter: a lot of hard work and hope. >> i'm searching for scholarships at the moment. and i hope to get them. >> i'm autumn. 20 years old. i want to be an agricultural educator. >> growing up in rural michigan on a farm, autumn knew early on she wanted to work in agriculture. >> we grew numerous different animals such as horses, rabbit, peacocks and chickens. >> reporter: just listen to her idea for a business. >> i want to open up a pumpkin farm one day with a petting zoo because i think that would be really cool. >> reporter: autumn is one of ten children. her parents told her she'd have to pay her way through college. >> i turned to financial aid and scholarships as another

resource. >> with limited funds for her teaching degree she entered a community college finding money for college is daunting. >> i'm always looking for scholarships. i just try not to freak out because i know in the end that i'm going to end up where i'm supposed to be. >> my name is matthew. i'm 19 years old and i would love to be a radio personality. >> matthew's dream is to be on the radio. list listen those pipes. m-a-t-t- m-a-t-t m-a-t-t-h-ew. >> i knew i had to go to college. >> life was not easy. >> it was a struggle, but she made sure that i didn't get to see that. she made sure that i always saw the peace. >> he was homecoming king and played football. finding money for college has been difficult. a sophomore at langston university in oklahoma, he still

is not sure how he's going to pay for the rest of his education. >> the first thing i did feel was helplessness. how am i going to pay for it. how many loans will i have to take out? i alived to different scholarships but don't get them. i just keep going. >> and we are so happy to have matthew, autumn, edson and their moms here in the audience with us this morning. [ cheers and applause ] hello. your moms are right behind you. and also joining us is david coleman, ceo of the college board. thank you so much. thank you so much for all the work. just explain to pple the work of the college board. >> yeah, the kids are amazing, aren't they? the college board is known for advanced placement courses for the s.a. tvenlt but we want to clear a path so all students can own their future. for example, it was never fair -- >> i'm sorry. >> want to take that. >> the college board is known for advanced placement and s.a.t. but our purpose is to

clear a path for all students to own their future. so it was never fair that some kids had access to costly test prep and others didn't. so that's why i part earnered with kahn academy to make it free for the world. the way we found autumn, matthew and edson is after taking our psat they practiced and improved and we saw them shine. >> what inspired you meeting them and hearing their stories and i know, david, you have spent time with them. >> there is so much to that question. and but i will sum it up this way, these students and students like them have insipired us to start a new scholarship program. [ applause ] we have heard -- we have heard from families, from students across this country that going to college is too complicated and too expensive. >> how is this going to be different from other scholarships. >> here's how it works. the college board opportunity

scholarship lays out six simple steps that any kid can take to go to college. doing each step earns you a chance to earn i scholarship and doing all gives you a chance at a $40,000 scholarship and the difference is, yeah, that's good news and the difference is that most scholarships kids think are for only the best athletes or the best students. >> the highest scores. >> you get it. these scholarship are not about how high you score. they're about how much you grow. it's not about where you start, it's about how far you've come. you know, many kids in high school have already pulled themselves out of the running so in this scholarship we're trying to call to all kids, not just in the front of the class but all throughout and the other difference for most scholarship you start by writing an essay or filling out an application. just go to cb.org/opportunity, make a starter list of six colleges you might want to go to. just doing that irngs you a chance at a scholarship. >> just by doing that. >> just by doing that.

>> oh, great, great. all right. [ applause ] well, these are three -- let's bring up the three pioneer. >> let's do that. >> come up here, matthew, autumn, edson. come on up. you got great pipes. come on up. >> hi, autumn. hi, edson. [ applause ] >> okay, you guys -- you inspired david and the board to come up with this concept, with this idea. i know that has to make you feel so, so incredible. autumn, i want to begin with you. you say your family is like the brady bunch. what does it mean to your family that you are going for it, that you're going for your goals. >> i think they're just happy for me in the long run that i continued and that's something that i learned from my mom. she went back to college, you know, after stopping for a couple of years, so just following through i think they're happy for me. >> i love your goal of having a pumpkin patch and then the

petting zoo. i think that's perfect. how about you, who has been your inspiration? >> well, mostly my parents. they sacrificed a lot to give me and my brothers a proper education and i don't really want to put that to waste and want to give them a better life. >> that's beautiful. and matthew, the one with the pipes, the one with the pipes. we know your mother, we saw in the piece, your mother means so much to you and it's great all your moms are here what is it about your mom that inspires you? >> she always like i said she always showed the peace and not the storm and made me just want to always just go full steam. you know, on an objective and on a mission and she always instilled college into me at a young age. i remember when i was 5 she always said college, college, college so i knew i had to go. >> and you're in school right now and i know it's really been taxing. i can see your eyes about to get the funds for that but as we said you're the pioneers, the ones that helped them create this scholarship and so many

people are going to benefit because of what you've done and do you have anything you want to say to them. >> i have some very good news for you this morning. matthew, autumn, edson, you are the pioneers. the college board is so honored to award each of you today a $40,000 scholarship. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> holy cow. [ applause ] >> come on, guys. come on. you've earned it. you've earned it. i thought we were going to have some confetti or something. come on, guys.

moms, i see your mom is in absolute tears. what does this mean for your family. >> this means a lot. i can relax a little bit and i'm so happy for him because he has done so much and he deserves this. >> oh. and autumn's mom. >> thank you very much. this takes off the financial burden that they can shoot for their dreams. i appreciate this so much. >> oh, i know your mom is too overcome to say anything but just -- i know. i can just see it. i can see it. so david tell people again how they can be a part of this. >> we've made a $25 million commitment over five years and every student is invited. please go to cb.org/opportunity, make a starter college list and you're on your way. take that step.

[ applause ] >> can you just -- can you each sum up -- just to see your reaction when david said that, each of you are receiving this $40,000 scholarship, just briefly just tell us what is in your heart. >> you know, i'm extremely grateful right now. and it takes a lot from my financial problems and i think it really -- it's giving me like a clear path to a bright future. >> autumn. >> thank you. >> i'm just kind of like shocked. thank you so much. it's an incredible blessing and opportunity to work with you guys and i just -- i can't thank you. it's just never going to be enough. thank you so much. >> i appreciate you. thanks. [ applause ] >> all right. thank you all. and, david, thank you.

thank you all. and matthew i'll let you take us to break. go ahead. say it. >> we'll be right back. [ applause ]

welcome back to "gma." we mentioned the cold in the northeast. first tracks, sort of. talk about rock skis. that is desperation at sugarloaf but more snow is it coming. winter is

this weather report is brought to you by lincoln. lara, who also loves to ski. lara, over to you. >> thank you very much. we'll move to a fall fix for your face. skin is everything. dermatologist dr. whitney bowe is here to share her tricks for keeping it healthy and hydrated as the temperatures cool down. not an easy thing to do. you can feel it drying up. >> the air gets colder and drier and it steal moisture right out of your skin leaving you with dull skin, rough patches. it can make wrinkles more pronounced so you got to up your game when it comes to moisturizing in the fall. when you think about layering clothing think about layering your skin care. >> i love that. >> think thinner to thicker. first you want to apply the

thinner, more lightweight products like a serum and on top of that you put your day cream or night scream. that layering really helps trap extra moisture. >> layer like we do with fashion during the day and at night. >> you layer in the morning and at night. >> and hands too in you can drink a bathtub full of water every single day. >> but it may not do the trick. >> it's not enough. you have to think about what you're eating. have lots of different fruits and vijay tables. naturally rich in water and healthy fats. this is what i wanted to show you. there are some very cool new technologies out there. so these gummies and these drinkable shots have an ingredient called hyaloronic acid. it is a sugar gel, it's naturally found in our skin. it's found in our joints. it works by binding a thousand times its weight in water. do you remember these foam animals we used to play with. >> it looks like this. >> the number one prom injected by dermatologists. i inject these into my patients every single day. >> you're saying to consume them

is the same thing. >> new studies showing you might be able to moisturize your skin from the inside out by eating and drinking hyaloronic acid. the studies are small and preliminary but go for it, take a shot. >> don't ask me twice. >> it tastes like orange juice. they're promising enough to make it on to my radar. want a taste? it tastes like orange juice. >> mm-mm. not exactly like orange juice but do i look younger already? >> she does, guys. look at that skin. [ applause ] look at that glow. >> obviously you don't want to overdo this. you want to be careful, right? it's a gummy. you don't pop these -- >> gummies hies have a little s but only one gram per gummy. everything in moderation. >> brand-new science out there. tell us the name of the actual ingredient that -- >> hyaloronic acid. >> hyaloronic acid. >> a dermatologist's best friend. >> shots all around. dr. whitney bowe, our skin is very important. thank you for always keeping it

protected. thank you very much. more news on this on our website and we will be right back.

[ applause ] a lot going on. >> "gma," it's our ultimate make-off challenge halloween edition. j.j. abrams ky j. j.j.keras is here. michael's is inviting you 1 to 3:00 p.m. to make fun halloween t-shirts. >> we know that halloween, my kids get so excited because the costumes are coming so we have the easiest ways to show you how to do it. >> t-shirts are everything. we got some on our wonderful audience. >> they're already made. >> t-shirts that you say are super easy. >> super easy. for instance, you have your t-shirt and you can take a punny

saying like creeping it real and decorate it with foam stickers. i love this for family because each one is unique. so if you want to create a uniq unique kid's costume. >>s that owe our challenge. rob and amy are here and doing three different things. >> we have a cape which is so easy. this again is made of -- >> superman. >> my color. >> this is a cape. so it's just made out of i t-shirt and you just cut it along the black lines. >> will you show that. >> that's the end product. >> cut it and he can decorate it. >> you know what is even better, if you -- >> then i can't decorate it. >> i know. >> and then we can put on -- >> now you can decorate it. >> something amy is making. her t-shirt will become a trick-or-treat bag. then you just tie it up and you can see our audience members have the neon one with the black bats.

>> decorate it. >> you're all going to have a make-off then i'll tell you who gets the golden pumpkin prize, okay, ready. >> okay. >> set, make. rip it all off. you can rip it all off and go and, okay, good job. stick it on. you got the saying. hooray. i don't know. that's really good. >> let me see. i love your eyes on the bat. that's pretty good. trick-or-treat bag is really good. okay. five, four, three, two, one. [ buzzer ] >> hold it up. who gets the golden pull king. oh, my gosh. i'm going to go with amy. i'm going to go with amy. your trick-or-treat bag. >> good job. that was adorable. that's adorable. you can do all this in stores at michael's saturday from 1:00 to

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>> announcer: tuesday on "gma" elle king is lighting up your morning when she performs live. elle king, tuesday only on "gma" presented by carmax. we appreciate you all being here with us and all being there with us there at home. thanks for watching, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms,

supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent.

good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. it's 8:59. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. and mike nicco is here with a look at your forecast. >> open up the window on santa cruz. you can see the sun starting to break through the clouds. and it's going to be pretty nice there today. sun and haze on the bay. and if you're exercising, grab the sunglasses. the clouds will go away and we'll hit the mid- to upper 70s around the bay. 66 to 71 from half moon bay to san francisco. low to mid-80s inland. our warmest days are today through at least saturday. we'll cool off a little bit back to average next week. hey, sue. >> good morning. we have a situation happening over on 580 eastbound. that accident earlier has been cleared near benedict. also an earlier accidet near castro valley. that's been cleared, but that backup still remains up and over

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