good morning, america. new overnight, president trump praising a congressman who assaulted a journalist. >> any guy that can do a body slam is my kind. >> hours after promising severe consequences if the saudis are responsible for killing that "washington post" columnist and this morning, secretary of state mike pompeo denying reports he's heard a recording of the gruesome murder. breaking news, the justice department now opening a major investigation into the catholic church sex abuse scandal. the shocking footage. a woman carrying a

2-year-old ringing a bell, dropping him on a stranger's porch, then running away. the latest on the investigation. abc news exclusive, the 9-year-old boy wrongly accused of groping a woman in that corner store caroline case now telling his story. >> it's still hard because it's lately on my mind like i can't -- i can't think nothing mo but this. >> what he's asking for this morning. the boston red sox are headed to the world series. >> world series bound. the boston red sox knocking off the defending champion astros a day after that play that may have cost the astros their shot. the huge home run putting them a huge step closer to the title. ♪ i wanna be rich and mega millions morning. lottery fever gripping the nation. so many hoping to be billionaire bound. the massive payday just hours away.

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instant billionaire. look, the chances of winning one ticket, just one of those games, it's pretty tough. but the chance of winning both the mega millions and the powerball, we're talking 1 in 88 quadrillion. michael, i don't even know what that looks like. >> you know what it says, gio? it says you got a chance. that's what it says. thank you so much, gio. amy? all right, michael. now to president trump at a rally praising the congressman who body slammed a reporter just hours after warning of very severe consequences if saudi arabia is responsible for the apparent death of that "washington post" reporter. abc's ian pannell has the latest on all of that. good morning to you, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, amy. the act of violence against a journalist that the president was celebrating at last night's rally was something the montana congressman himself apologized for last year, even pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault charges. and the newspaper whose journalist was attacked, "the guardian," is warning in the aftermath of jamal khashoggi's

possible murder, these comments could invite, quote, assaults on journalists across the world. overnight at a rally in montana, president trump praised republican representative greg gianforte for body slamming a journalist. >> any guy that could do a body slam, he's my kind. he's my guy. >> reporter: this coming after gianforte was charged with salting " -- assaulting "guardian" reporter ben jacobs back in 2017, an incident caught on audiotape. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> they said, oh, this is terrible, he's going to lose the election. then i said, wait a minute, i know montana pretty well. i think it might help him. and it did. >> reporter: this as president trump threatened severe consequences if the saudis are found responsible for the murder of "washington post" writer jamal khashoggi. >> well, it'll have to be very

severe. i mean, it's bad, bad stuff. >> reporter: abc news has been told exclusively that secretary of state mike pompeo allegedly heard an audio recording of the writer's murder during meetings in ankara, according to a senior turkish official who spoke anonymously. the official adds that pompeo was also given a transcript of the recording. but overnight, pompeo vigorously denied the claims. >> i've heard no tape. i've seen no transcript. and the network that recorded that ought to pull down the headline that says i have. >> reporter: when asked for comment yesterday, the white house referred questions back to the state department. on his way to that rally yesterday, president trump was asked if he believed khashoggi was dead. >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. >> reporter: but pompeo's urging the need for more time saying the saudis promised him a complete and thorough investigation. >> i told president trump this morning that we ought to give them a few more days to complete

that. >> reporter: and now new details appear to tie a member of the saudi royal family's entourage to the incident. images from a pro-government turkish newspaper claim to show one alleged member of that squad, maher abdulaziz mutreb, in istanbul the day the journalist went missing. in the newly released images mutreb is seen apparently entering the saudi consulate just hours before khashoggi. later that evening mutreb is then allegedly outside the consul general's home, the same one that became a key focus for turkish investigators. he's then seen clearing security at the airport before apparently leaving turkey. well, one of the developments after much pressure and delay, treasury secretary steve mnuchin also pulling out of that major saudi tech conference joining a long list of ceos and companies also deciding not to attend, leaving saudi plans for a davos

in the desert in tatters. whit? >> ian pannell in istanbul. our thanks to you. and at that rally in montana we mentioned last night, the president also taking on the battle over the border as a caravan of thousands of migrants heads to the u.s. the immigration debate front and center ahead of the mid-term elections. abc's mary bruce is at the white house with more. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, whit. well, the president continues to be on this midterm campaign blitz and he's hammering the issue of immigration while questions about how to tackle this challenge are sparking some testy exchanges here in the west wing. at that rally in montana, president trump incensed about the rising level of border crossings. >> it's going to be an election of the caravan, you know what i'm talking about. >> reporter: trump whipping up supporters as a caravan of migrants from honduras make their way to the u.s. more than 3,000 people fleeing violence and poverty. >> it's my problem. i caused it because i have created such an incredible economy. i have created so many jobs. i have made this country

with you so great that everybody wants to come in. so they're all pouring in or trying to. >> reporter: back at the white house, the issue reached a boiling point thursday sparking an explosive shouting match between chief of staff john kelly and national security adviser john bolton. the two men cursing at each other outside the oval office. in a statement, press secretary sarah sanders says, while we are passionate about solving the issue of illegal immigration we are not angry at one another. the administration's frustrated that their policies have not discouraged migrants from flowing into the u.s. a record number of families have been apprehended at border crossings, up nearly 40% this summer. with the midterm elections just two weeks away, trump has made clear he thinks immigration excites his base and is good politics, tweeting, great midterm issue for republicans. now, he's ramping up the rhetoric. >> i'm willing to send the military to defend our southern border, if necessary, all because of the illegal immigration onslaught brought by the democrats.

>> reporter: threatening to close our southern border if mexico doesn't do more. mexico's sending planes of police to intercept the caravan. now that fight between the president's two top aides was apparently so heated that it's renewed rumors of a possible white house departure but sources tell us neither bolton nor kelly have any plans to resign, at least not over this fight, michael. >> we'll see how it plays out. thank you so much, mary. now to breaking news in that sex abuse scandal rocking the catholic church. the u.s. justice department has now opened an investigation in pennsylvania. abc's david wright is here with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this is believed to be the first time that the federal government has launched a statewide investigation of sexual abuse in the church before. so far as we know, they've only looked at cases in individual communities, so this is a significant development. the federal grand jury issued subpoenas this week to roman catholic leaders across pennsylvania, seeking a trove of

sensitive documents and testimony about past abuse cases. federal prosecutors clearly following up on the work of the pennsylvania grand jury which this summer gave the first comprehensive view of abuses going back 70 years. >> priests were raping little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing, they hid it all for decades. >> reporter: the statute of limitations had already expired on the vast majority of those cases. what's not yet clear is whether federal charges might apply. the pennsylvania report is part of a worldwide reckoning over the church's past history of abuse and the massive cover-up that enabled it for years. here in the u.s., pennsylvania was the first to take on the issue statewide. now a number of other states are following suit. already the pennsylvania report has had a major fallout within the church prompting the resignation this month of one of

america's most prominent catholic leaders, cardinal donald wuerl of washington, d.c. s. bishops have also launched a nationwide investigation of their own with the pope's blessing with a particular view to holding church leaders accountable for the cover-up. the u.s. bishops actually wanted the pope to go even further. they wanted what's called an apostolic visitation, kind of like the papal equivalent of a special counsel but pope francis turned them down so instead the bishops will be investigating themselves, but you have got at least a dozen states looking into this now. plus this federal probe. this is a big deal. >> and possibly more down the road. >> nobody's ever done a nationwide look at it so that presumably would be what would follow. >> all right, thank you so much, david. >> thank you, david. well, now to that deadly flooding emergency in the south. flood watches in effect now for texas as those rivers rise and more drenching rain moves in. abc's victor oquendo is in austin with all the latest on

that situation. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, amy. more rain again this morning. every drop is bad news at this point. this is the mansfield dam. you can see the water just gushing out of those floodgates as lake travis approaches record levels. this morning, central texas bracing for more rain. the floodgates are open on multiple dams across the area. more than a foot of rain in the last week has turned rivers into raging rapids. families rescued by boat. high water vehicles bringing others to higher ground. at the buchanan dam eight floodgates are open. in austin officials hoping they don't have to open more flood gates on the mansfield dam. if they do, communities downstream will flood. lake travis has taken on more water than the city of austin normally uses in four years. bill lockett is one of thousands whose home may be in peril. >> i have some concern that this is going to get more serious than we've ever seen it. >> reporter: across the flood zone, at least two bodies have been found in the floodwaters. >> unbelievable.

>> reporter: in the town of kingsland, the water receding. the cleanup beginning. residents who live along the lakes and rivers will be on high alert. flood watches have been extended throughout the day, whit. >> all right, victor, thanks so much. now to new details on that amazing rescue. a man falling down a 100-foot mine shaft in arizona, breaking his leg, surrounded by snakes, stranded for two days. abc's eva pilgrim is here with more on how he was finally saved. eva, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. that 62-year-old man found because he did a really smart thing. he told a friend, if he wasn't back in two days, to come looking for him. that's exactly what the friend did, finding him screaming. a remarkable rescue caught on tape. search and rescue crews in arizona pulling this man to safety. after being trapped in an arizona mine. >> his leg's broke all to hell and you're gonna have to have

somebody to rebel doappel down there. >> reporter: 62-year-old john waddell went searching for gold on monday but ended up trapped at the bottom of that dark hole for more than two days. >> the actions of the folks standing with me and many others not present saved a life yesterday in a very challenging circumstance that had incredibly dangerous dynamics. >> reporter: according to authorities, waddell rappelled halfway down a 100-foot mine shaft when he fell more than 50 feet, breaking both of his legs. the conditions, brutal. no food or water, trapped in a den of rattlesnakes. >> he's tough. three of them he said he killed, i guess. >> reporter: waddell made a deal with his friend terry schrader to go looking for him if he didn't return. >> i pulled up in my truck and i could hear him hollering, help, help. >> reporter: rescuers arriving on the scene hooking up hundreds of feet of rope, creating a pulley system to lift the man out of the darkness. >> i've been around a few rescues but nothing like this.

>> reporter: and to survive he had to kill three snakes in that mine shaft. he is recovering this morning but all of us -- i don't know that it's worth going down that mine shaft looking for gold. >> instead he gets the pit of snakes. >> yes. >> it's one thing to break the leg but the snakes, that's a whole different ball game. >> he has a good friend, though. thank you, eva. now to a big night for the nba. king james, he made his lakers debut taking the court in the purple and gold for his first regular season game. number 23, and he started the night off like only lebron can with a steal and a nice tomahawk slam dunk and finished out with 26 points. th looks like whit back in high school. but unfortunately, his 26 weren't enough. they lost to the trail blazers, 119-128. >> i was a soccer player so -- >> i'm just trying to make you look good. >> the lakers are excited. they got king james in the house. it's a big deal in los angeles. >> you know what, there's the big celebration going on, sorry,

michael, for boston. yeah, that city waking up happy. see what i did there, because the red sox are heading to the world series. the sox beating the defending champs, strahan's houston astros last night, winning the american league pennant. this comes a day after that play that may have cost the astros their shot. we all remember this. whoo. >> uh-huh. >> oh. boston going back to the world series now for the first time since 2013 hoping to win their fourth championship since 2004. after the win the team saying happy birthday to their first year manager alex cora who turned 43. >> young man. >> yeah. and may have an even bigger celebration ahead if they can win it all. we'll see. >> we're just going to get away from that story and go to rob who has more on the rain heading for texas. hey, rob. good morning, again, michael. houston, they were champs last year but this time as much as it pains me to say it, boston did outplay them. they are a solid team this year. good luck to them in the world

series. all right. we have got more rain coming, unfortunately. they've extended flash flood watches, austin, san antonio and now into dallas. in the ft. worth area, flood warnings as well, further west of that. this front will come down and squeeze a little bit more moisture and not going to take much to flood this area because it is saturated another 3 or so inches there and will dry out starting on sunday. time now for your weekend getaways brought to you by carmax.

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following this morning. lottery fever gripping the nation. we are just hours away from the giant mega millions drawing. nearly a billion dollars up for grabs. we will find out if there is a winner when those numbers are drawn by that machine right there in atlanta tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. and there are new developments this morning in the urgent search for that 13-year-old girl that went missing after her parents were found dead in their home. police believe she is in danger and authorities have now recovered the cell phone they say made the 911 call. and the royals are having fun in australia this morning. take a look at prince harry and duchess meghan on the beach visiting with the group promoting mental health and the duchess also revealed what she's doing at 4:30 in the morning to help with her pregnancy. we're not going to give it away but we'll have more on that coming up later in the show. >> a good tease there, whit. now we're going to go to our abc news exclusive with a mother and her 9-year-old son who was wrongfully accused of groping a woman in that cornerstore caroline case. now they're telling their side

of the story and linsey davis sat down with them and has that for us. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, michael. many have chuckled at the nicknames created like coupon karl or barbecue becky, monikers for the white people who erroneously 911 on black people who aren't guilty of breaking any laws, but last night i sat down with 9-year-old jeremiah harvey and it stopped being funny. >> it's still hard because i just -- lately on my mind, like, i can't -- i can't think nothing more but this. >> reporter: the little boy at the center of the viral video dubbed cornerstone caroline is now sharing just how deeply this moment has impacted him. >> i was just sexually assaulted by a child. >> reporter: 9-year-old jeremiah harvey was in a brooklyn convenience store with his mother and little sister last week when teresa klein accused him of sexual assault. >> that's right. the son grabbed my [ bleep ]. >> reporter: she then called police. >> did you have any idea why the

woman said she was going to call the police? >> reporter: a review of surveillance video proved that jeremiah had not assaulted the woman. his backpack accidentally grazed her. >> i felt humiliated. >> she falsely accused you of something. >> i'm going to stay right here. i'm going to stay right here. >> reporter: jeremiah says that night he cried out of fear that he or his mother would be taken away by police. >> are you concerned that this has permanently scarred jeremiah? >> yes, i certainly am. it was devastating for him because even after walking away, he was pointing to, you know, patrol cars on flatbush avenue and saying, mommy, are they here to take you away from us? >> reporter: now, more than a week later jeremiah still visibly traumatized by the incident. >> to be having a conversation with your son about sexual assault at the age of 9, i never

thought i would be having this conversation with my son at all. >> a little while ago while mom was talking you started tearing up. can you tell us why? >> i started to tear up -- >> do you need a moment? >> she had to sit down, explain to me while i was going to bed. >> that fear that was placed in your heart, jeremiah, is going to be placed for something great. you're going to be an example for other children, jeremiah. do you hear me? >> reporter: as for klein, after watching the surveillance video she did issue an apology to jeremiah. >> young man, i don't know your name, but i'm sorry. >> i accept her apology. i want unity. i don't want no harm brought to this lady. >> do you accept her apology? >> yes. yes, i do. friendship is the key. >> mom, how are you feeling right now?

>> oh, it's just going to take some time. it's going to take a lot of healing. >> certainly will. jeremiah initially said that he did not forgive teresa klein as you can see from our conversation, he has had a change of heart. he and his mother are hoping that this will be a lesson for people, that people will learn to be kinder and more accepting, but jeremiah still has a lot of healing to do. before this, this was always just talked about as a hashtag. what we saw last night was true heartbreak. >> the impact, and what a mother he has. i mean, it was beautiful to see her guiding him through this. >> she was comforting him. he was comforting her. it was really quite an emotional exchange for all of us in the room. >> and for a 9-year-old too, just how thoughtful and impressive he was about the whole situation. >> too young to have to be dealing with this. >> powerful interview, thank you. coming up next, the story behind a shocking moment caught on camera. a woman putting down a toddler on a stranger's doorstep,

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television newscasts, on the internet, in newspapers hoping someone might recognize the boy and they could find his family. now police say there are charges coming in this case. this is the doorbell surveillance video that had people across houston alarmed. at first it appeared that the woman with the long hair wednesday night was abandoning this child at a stranger's home roughly carrying the child to the porch by his arm with an odd smile on her face before she runs back to the car and speeds away. the homeowner called police who took the baby and alerted the media. that's when courtney fisher stepped in. a reporter at our local station in houston. she wept -- went and knocked on the house next door and met this man, willie simmons. >> where he at? that's my son. his momma -- i live here. >> reporter: who she showed the video and discovered he was the boy's father. >> i never met that lady. i never seen that lady in my life. >> reporter: police say the mother who had custody of the child was supposed to bring 2-year-old royal prince simmons to his biological father's house

wednesday afternoon, but mom ended up in the hospital. police report that the woman in the video is the mother's friend dropping the child off in the dark, hours late at the wrong home, and then speeding away. >> had she waited just seven more seconds the homeowner would have opened the door and maybe would have started a conversation, a dialogue, to direct her to the correct house to drop the child off. >> reporter: police say they're charging the unidentified woman with felony child abandonment. the boy's father says he was away from the home most of the evening. police say they knocked on his door, but no one answered. amy? >> all right, steve osunsami with the latest in that case. whit? >> incredible story. now to the kendall jenner lashing out at tmz for putting her, quote, life in danger accusing the website of revealing her address after an alleged stalker made his way to her swimming pool. abc's chris connelly here with that story. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, whit. kendall jenner's strong words on social media very much conveying her deep concerns after a troubling incident with an

alleged stalker outside her home in los angeles. who or what does kendall jenner say has been "putting my life in danger"? not exactly what you'd suspect. the lapd on tuesday arrested a 37-year-old alleged stalker who was standing on jenner's front porch, and charged him with criminal trespass. but on social media, the 22-year-old jenner aimed her ire at tmz and the celebrity news gatherers' report on the incident. how do you guys think these terrifying people know where my house is? you released not only photos but my location, she tweeted. i understand what i signed up for, but when you release the exact location to where i live, that is when you are putting my life in danger. >> get this. kendall jenner has a new stalker. this one is different. she lives in a beautiful gated community. multimillion dollar homes. >> reporter: the tmz report does not appear to identify jenner's location, only saying that she lives in a gated community that the stalker had allegedly gained

access to by climbing down through the surround hills. tmz also showing two photographs apparently near where jenner lives but neither of which appearing to show jenner's exact address. >> yesterday they find the guy on her front porch. he scales the mountainside again and this time the cops come and they nab him. >> reporter: tmz said in a statement, we reported on a public criminal case that has been filed against this individual. we never reported on her location. there is also a history of famous people objecting to intrusive videographers such as halle berry calling out a paparazzo taking pictures of her child. >> i'm doing something honorable. i'm not harassing people. get a [bleep] life! >> reporter: meanwhile kendall jenner's alleged stalker is due back in court next month. and there's a report that security at jenner's home is being beefed up. the report from tmz. well, one thing everyone can agree on, celebrity stalking is a serious matter that's had

tragic consequences. inside those strong feelings from kendall jenner, other self-aware words, i know what i signed up for. if you watched young people dealing with celebrity you can't help but ask yourself, do you? do you really? >> but someone in the swimming pool is a different level. >> that's upsetting. you can certainly understand somebody's strong feelings in that situation. >> a lot of emotions over privacy. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much, chris. coming up, the lottery queen, how do you say her name? >> yolanda vega. >> she'll join us live as we count down to that massive mega millions jackpot and get her best tips on how to win. ♪ people are managing their type 2 diabetes with fitness... ...friends and farxiga, the pill that starts with "f." farxiga, along with diet and exercise, helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's one pill a day and although it's not a weight-loss drug, it may help you lose weight. do not take if allergic to farxiga. if you experience symptoms of a serious

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♪ back now on "gma." and those machines right there, they will determine the winning numbers for tonight's mega millions drawing. $970 million up for grabs, and joining us now, someone who knows a thing or two about lottery drawings. yolanda vega, a longtime face of the new york lottery joining jus. there she is right there. good morning, yolanda. how are you? >> good morning, "gma." how are you doing? >> we are great, and you're one of the most recognizable personalities in the country. with the jackpot this big, this must be a very exciting time for you, i could imagine. >> well, you know, it's really, really exciting. i've been doing this job almost 29 years and it totally amazes me that when the jackpots are a

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what happens when you prank golden state? they thought they were listening to drake and got rickrolled instead. the moment steph curry just starting singing along. ♪ waste the chance that i've been given ♪ it's a "full house" here in times square. john stamos is joining us live. and he's saying -- >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ good morning, america. happy friday to everybody out there. you know it's always a happy day when john stamos is around and he's here. we're excited for that. >> the man doesn't age. it's remarkable, right? >> he's got a baby now. that changes things. see what happens. >> looking for gray hairs. also, it was an exciting morning because i walked in and i heard this. i heard rachel platten rehearsing. obviously we all know her and love her for "fight song." she is now debuting a new song

right here on "good morning america" this morning. it's something she said she never would have thought she could do while pregnant, but from what i heard, she's doing it really, really well. so excited for that. >> definitely delighted to have her here. she's also going to reveal whether she's having a boy or a girl. so the gender reveal happening right here on "gma." >> oh, wow. >> cannot wait for that. that is exciting. but first, we're going to get to that lottery fever. nearly a billion dollars are on the line tonight in the mega million jackpot. people lined up across the country to buy tickets. we'll go back to gio benitez at my old stomping grounds of rutherford, new jersey, at a store many lottery players think is lucky. good morning again, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning again. yeah, and the name of the store is just perfect. leprechaun news, right? check it out. about a year ago they sold here a $2 million ticket. but also a $258 million jackpot was won right here and people are coming in here all morning

long. they want yogi to personally sell that ticket. i want to show you what's happening on the california/nevada border right now because people are standing in these incredibly long lines waiting for as long as three hours hoping to buy that winning ticket. the lines are just stretching all around the block and since the game is not played in nevada, people are going to the border and into california to get those tickets. now again, those jackpots are massive right now, $970 million for the mega millions. $430 million for the powerball tomorrow night, and no doubt about it as we often see these jackpots do grow when there is this much interest and in this case, the mega millions could reach a billion or more. just incredible, michael. >> all right, thank you, gio. definitely worth the gas money and the time. >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. you got to be in it to win it, michael. moving on to president trump and those comments at a rally overnight praising the congressman who body slammed a

reporter hours after threatening severe consequences for saudi arabia if they're responsible for the death of a "washington post" columnist. let's go back to ian pannell in istanbul with all of the latest on that. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, amy. the act of violence against a journalist that the president was celebrating at last night's rally was something the montana congressman himself has apologized for. and the newspaper whose journalist was attacked now warning that these comments could invite assaults on journalists across the world. overnight at a rally in montana, president trump praised republican representative greg gianforte for body slamming a journalist. >> any guy that could do a body slam, he's my guy. he's my guy. >> reporter: this coming after gianforte was charged with assaulting "guardian" reporter ben jacobs back in 2017. an incident caught on audiotape. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> reporter: this as president

trump threatens severe consequences if the saudis are found responsible for the murder of "washington post" writer jamal khashoggi. >> well, it'll have to be very severe. i mean, it's bad, bad stuff. >> reporter: abc news has been told exclusively that secretary of state mike pompeo allegedly heard an audio recording of the writer's murder during meetings in ankara, according to a senior turkish official who spoke anonymously. the official adds that pompeo was also given a transcript of the recording. but overnight, pompeo vigorously denied the claims. >> i've heard no tape. i've seen no transcript, and the network that reported that ought to pull down the headline that says i have. >> reporter: on his way to that rally yesterday, president trump was asked if he believed khashoggi was dead. >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. >> reporter: well, after much pressure and delay, treasury secretary steve mnuchin also pulling out of that major saudi tech conference, joining a long

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[ applause ] welcome back to "gma." and we've got a great audience here on this friday morning. everybody is getting ready for the weekend and on monday we're showing you how to childproof your home because there are hidden hazards you may not know about from the nursery to the kitchen. we're going to tell you about all of that. now it is time to tell you about "pop news" and adrienne bankert. what's up, adrienne? >> family friendly for all ages, let's do "pop news." we begin with some wedding news. congratulations to super model and businesswoman karlie kloss and joshua kushner. she posted this photo. this beautiful photo of her new husband. she's stunning there in a custom-made dior gown. the ceremony in upstate new york was very intimate. fewer than 80 people in attendance. friends tell "people" magazine the wedding was very moving. the couple was beaming with happiness. the new "project runway" host

has a lot to change in her life. she stepped in for the show after heidi klum and tim gunn left the design competition, but we are ecstatic for congratulations. >> seems like they just got engaged a few months ago. >> she was dating joshua for a few years. i think, like, six years, so it was time to put a ring on it. >> and he did. >> yes, he did. now to a surprise visit on the set of "dancing with the stars: juniors." sofia pippen, daughter of scottie and larsa pippen was surprised by her famous godmother while rehearsing. check out who it is. kim k. baby sofia. >> she stopped by to give her a pep talk and share advice from her time on the dance floor. kim competed on the show back in 2011 if you can remember. she's no stranger to being on camera. and, yeah, you can catch sofia's dancing and all the other talented kids when "dancing with the stars: juniors" airs this sunday at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central right here on abc. >> pretty good. the kids are good.

>> she is adorable. i mean but they are all adorable so we're rooting for them. finally let's end with a little steph curry action for you. famous moves on the court. let's talk about his dance moves. check out how he reacted to a pregame prank. his music switched from drake to george michael. listen. ♪ with the pick and roll young flame ♪ >> oh. oh yeah. oh, no. you ain't do that to me. ♪ >> he got into it, though. he was, like, i'm going to roll with it. i think "careless whisper" warriors -- wait a minute. let's listen to him sing it. ♪ the way i dance with you ♪ with the pick and roll >> i love it. i mean i have to say this is great tv. >> were you singing? >> were you singing just now? was that you? >> i think i sound better than that. >> hits the high note better for sure. >> thank you, adrienne. >> that's your "pop news." have a great weekend, everybody.

>> great job. [ applause ] >> great job, adrienne. we're going to shift gears now to our "gma" cover story. it is about an exclusive interview with this young man who grew up behind bars, arrested for murder at just 11 years old. his conviction was just overturned and now he's telling his story for the first time sitting down with abc's juju chang for a special "20/20." juju, so many years lost for this young man. >> reporter: absolutely, michael and, you know, there were headlines everywhere. he was dubbed the world's youngest monster. jordan brown though, has never spoken publicly about being arrested for murder as a fifth grader until now. this summer the pennsylvania supreme court in a rare move overturned his murder conviction and jordan spoke exclusively to us for tonight's "20/20" about how his childhood was turned upside down. >> child killer accused of a shocking crime at the age of 11. >> reporter: it was the brutal crime and shocking arrest that garnered national headlines.

february 2009, 26-year-old kenzie houk found dead in her rural pennsylvania farm house. she was 8 1/2 months pregnant. the suspect, her 11-year-old soon-to-be stepson, jordan brown. less than 24 hours later, state police arrested jordan, accusing him of using his shotgun, a hunting gift from his dad, to fire one fatal bullet to the back of her head execution style before getting on the bus for school. >> this is the mug shot that was taken. >> i was crying in the picture. i was crying that whole night. i didn't understand what was happening. i didn't know where i was at, what was going on or anything. >> did you understand what you stood accused of? >> no, i didn't understand. >> what do you see in this mug shot? >> i see somebody who just committed a murder. that's why there's a mug shot. >> reporter: with his son facing life without the possibility of parole if tried as an adult, chris brown began a years long fight to free jordan, driving four hours every day to visit him in juvenile detention. >> we were there over a thousand times.

>> and so what made you need to be there? >> he's my son. >> reporter: three years after his arrest, a now 14-year-old jordan is found guilty in juvenile court of double homicide. obviously the police believe that you killed kenzie. did you kill kenzie? >> no. >> reporter: undeterred and convinced of his innocence, his lawyers bring his case to the supreme court of pennsylvania. and just this past july a stunning victory for the browns, pennsylvania's supreme court sides with jordan writing that the prosecution had presented insufficient evidence. jordan's conviction overturned. >> everything's gone. that made me happy. the truth finally got out. >> reporter: during his incarceration, jordan taught himself how to play guitar and became a pretty good basketball player. >> i'm not angry. i think the whole -- like what happened and the way it happened is b.s., but i'm not -- can i say that?

>> reporter: now 21 jordan says he's determined to focus on brighter days ahead. >> what are your hopes for your future? >> i just want to be successful. i just want to graduate college, you know, get a job in my major and be successful. >> what do you want to tell the world about you? >> that i'm innocent. that's the only thing i want people to know. >> reporter: you know, i first spoke to jordan's dad a decade ago for "gma" and for tonight's "20/20" we interviewed several investigators, the original prosecutor and members of kenzie's family who are still convinced that jordan is guilty despite what the supreme court says was a lack of evidence. but there's also tonight a new witness who was there that morning in the house who has never spoken publicly before. not for the trial. not for the defense team. the young daughter who found kenzie's body, and honestly, michael, she seems to shed new light. >> shed new light on the case that this young man spent seven years in prison for. >> absolutely. >> we cannot wait to see that.

we can all watch the exclusive interview with jordan tonight on "20/20" tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central. you can see more on "nightline" as well right here on abc. now over to you, rob. michael, i'm going to change gears and get right to this piece of video, our "gma" moment. check this out. sometimes when you're kite boarding in ireland you get a little bit of hungry and, well, you kind of scoot up to the dock where some of your friends may have a piece of pie and reach down and dip the left shoulder and go in, no hands for not one but two slices. you know, he's hungry. he does nail the landing. some of the best pizza in the city, i don't think they provide this sort of delivery service for you.

and now to the anniversary of the me too movement. one year after the internet hashtag took off, what's changed and where do things stand right now? well, abc's deborah roberts sat down with men and women of different generations to find out that very answer. >> reporter: very serious stuff, amy, and boy, what a year it has been. scores of women and men going public with painful stories of sex assault and harassment, and a number of powerful men being called out or forced from their top positions. many call it a time of reckoning but it also seems to be a time of uncertainty. that me too hashtag now a rallying cry for stories about sexual misconduct, but is anything different?

>> all we've talked about is relationships between men and women and what are the new rules and how do things -- how do we come together. >> reporter: we joined ann shocket. >> i'm so thrilled you're here. >> reporter: author and former "seventeen" magazine editor for one of her hot topic dinners. this time to get real about me too. first up two women from two different generations. >> when we talk about the me too movement it very much is like a women finding their power. >> reporter: millennial writer and comedian, akilah hughes. >> that used to be the attitude too because people would turn the other way and just say, listen, that's the way he is. >> reporter: carmen wong. >> have things changed, do we think, over the last year? >> i think people are policing themselves in ways they never have. >> reporter: we asked is there a spectrum of bad behavior? >> for sure. part of our culture has always been right or wrong, you know, black or white and there's very little gray in the middle and i'm a big fan of understanding that nuance because we're all

human beings. >> reporter: what about male and female colleagues going out for a casual meal? >> i think, like, as a society, we need to grow up. men and women can be friends and also have to work together. >> i'm a grown-up. you're a grown-up and treat me with the respect you treat your own gender and there's no problem. >> the men who have been at my table say i don't know where i stand anymore. i don't know which way is up. i don't know what the rules are in person, at work. >> i tell you, i just hope we can -- if anything we can get from this is i always wanted to be treated as a human being first. >> reporter: which leads some to ask if the new rules have taken the fun out of seduction and dating. >> i think you test the waters. if it's a no it's no. you watch a movie and this man is chasing this woman and eventually she's going to turn around and kiss him. >> playing hard to get. that idea. >> right. i don't believe that hard to get is actually a thing. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: we put the same questions to the men. >> people come out of the woodwork because it is the hot topic.

>> reporter: security expert jason hanson, a dad of three, had lots to add. >> there may be somebody who says i don't like my boss because he didn't give me a raise or he looked at me funny so i'm going to accuse him of sexual harassment. that's what they're worried about, that they're going to have false claims because it is a fad going on. >> in the midst of me too, the pendulum is swinging in the other direction. >> reporter: law student and also dad of three jermaine cherry. >> this feeling of fear that men are talking about kind of sounds a lot to me like accountability. >> is there a spectrum of bad behavior that we should look at men in a different way? >> i think everybody has to be judged differently, obviously, versus people who are doing horrible things, criminal things versus some knucklehead thinking he's funny and he's not funny. to lump them all together, that would be like lumping a pickpocket with a rapist. >> do you feel men are being targeted? >> i think a small percentage of men ruin it for everybody. >> reporter: unlike the women we met, these guys are divided on the boundaries at work. >> so you can't ride in a car to go to lunch with a new employee?

>> a brand-new co-worker who i was still kind of feeling out, i probably wouldn't. >> i don't think i cannot go to lunch with a woman i go to school with or that i immediately put myself in danger. men who are saying, wow, you know, i can't even ride in a car with a woman without feeling i'll be the target of an accusation, well, that's how women have been feeling for a hundred years. >> does it feel like you don't know what the rules are? >> i feel like men feel like they don't know what the rules are, but it's almost like the rules that you should have been following all along. >> has me too changed what it means to be a man? >> america needs men to be men but me too i think has made them more feminine. the media is telling them you need to be more feminine and more sensitive. you should always be sensitive but going overboard where, again, men can't be quote/unquote men. >> maybe the message is that men should be more considerate, more thoughtful. >> i think men should always be thoughtful but i don't think -- i can't remember who said the quote the wussification of america. we don't need to go down that road where a man can't do

anything without somebody saying he opened the door, look at him. he's so sexist because he opened the door for that woman. >> reporter: these two men we spoke to are not alone. in fact, we found that polls show that more than half of men and even women feel that men should be concerned about being treated fairly should they find themselves in the midst of accusations over sexual misconduct, and a growing number of americans in general say they're worried about the possibility of false accusations, so there's a lot of concern out there about where we're going to shake out with this whole thing. >> what a smart, interesting conversation. i want to bring in author of "the big life" ann shocket. thanks for being here. you were there at the dinners and you host these dinners all over the world with these hot button issues. what else were the women you talked to saying about the me too movement and the nuances and the gray areas that are certainly there? >> before we had me too as a language, women would come to my table and they would talk about

toxic bosses and predator co-workers, but just as often they would say that they felt outside of the power structure at work. they felt diminished or dismissed because they were a woman, because they were young. >> the good old boys club. >> because they're a woman of color. right, they felt outside. and me too has given us a language to talk about those gray areas, to talk about the full spectrum of finding your power. >> yeah, and, deborah, i know there has been some backlash with the kavanaugh hearings and the #himtoo movement. what were the men saying about that? >> what i thought was interesting, is the men were reflecting some concern but even women, i mean i've gone to dinner parties lately and people have been whispering in my ear, women, i'm worried about my sons and worried about my husband or my brother. i think the backlash is being experienced by everybody in the sense that people are worried about false accusations. >> right, and where is the line, where is the boundary between something criminal and something just creepy and what do we do about both? it's very confusing. how much of this is an issue for

generations, like people look at it differently based on how old you are or what you've experienced. >> generational is at the heart of this issue. there's so much friction between millennials and the generations that came before them. millennials are leading a change at work, in life, in love. and they don't want to have the status quo and they keep butting up against these old ideas, the way things used to be. >> but the folks with the old ideas also feel like let's just temper it and think about the golden rule also, treat people as you want to be treated. i think ultimately that's kind of what it's coming down to. >> so much more to say about this. i know that, ann, you will be answering questions on facebook live. to find out more, you can of course go to our website. thank you both for a very important conversation and we will be right back. go to our website. thank you both for a very important conversation and we will be right back.

good morning, i'm alexis smith. oakland police have recovered a gun while searching for a suspect who remains at large. sky 7 was over the scene near 23rd avenue and foothill boulevard earlier this morning. police say just after 3:00 a.m. an officer was chasing the suspect when the suspect opened fire. the officer was not hurt. i'm also hearing the streets in the area are back open. good news there. we've got still some slowing on 80 westbound. an accident still out there blocking westbound 80. traffic is now very slow back towards hercules. let's zoom in and you can see the volume there. speeds of less than 20 miles an

hour. thank you, sue. meteorologist mike nicco h

fog still an issue, especially around places like petalu petaluma. now across parts of the bay bridge, that will be around for the next couple of hours. turning into hazy sunshine on the water and dress in layers because we may be in the 40s and 50s now, but 70s and 80s this

afternoon. cooler next week. we'll have another up date in 30 minutes and always on ♪ baby there's nothing holding me back ♪ [ applause ] we have a great audience here on this friday morning and you know our next guest as uncle jesse from "full house" and "fuller house." well, guess what, he's actually a new dad and starring in the new thriller "you." please welcome john stamos. [ applause ] ♪ there's nothing holding me back ♪ >> the real thing. >> yes. >> good to see you. >> wow. all right, huge congratulations. >> thank you very much. can i just lay down here? >> you can. >> you need some sleep. >> take the sleep when you can

get it. >> you have kids, right, amy? >> they're much older now and i sleep through the night. it's great. >> this is a new, deep shade of tired that i don't think i've felt before. >> no one can explain it to you until you've actually experienced it yourself. how do you like being a father minus the sleep issue? >> i love it. oh, i'm so happy. my heart is just like bursting into a million pieces. it's just more beautiful than i thought it would -- i'm also -- i swear i was thinking this today. when i'm holding him i always feel like somebody will take him like i'm on a tv show or something, you know. like, oh, he's mine. >> no, he's mine. i get to keep him. >> nobody say cut in this house. >> yeah, we watched you raising a family on tv, uncle jesse. now that you're a dad for real, actually, what has been the most surprising part? >> oh, i don't know. i mean, it's more emotional than i thought, i think. it's just -- i can't even speak about it. this is four days away from him so let's hurry up. >> you've been away for awhile. >> yes. >> difficult.

but let me ask you about the dad duty, though. are you diving right in? are you a diaper changer? >> you said duty. >> not intentionally that way. >> i do it all, man. i just love being with him. diapers i'm pretty good at and swimming. we like to swim. we lay in bed in the morning and go bgggg. >> i thought my kid would be more swarthy like a little ricky or something but he looks -- he looks like he could be your kid. >> give it time. >> do you have kids? >> i got two kids, 6 and 4, two girls, yes. >> two girls. >> so you know. >> absolutely. i wanted to ask you as well, that's what happens. it starts with one and then sometimes you start thinking about number two or beyond? >> we are thinking now. we're trying but the kid is -- >> trying already? >> yes, we want to get going here but it's difficult when you have a baby. we don't have a nanny so he's always around. >> they don't keep quiet. >> this one, no.

bggg and he's squeaking. >> it is a little bit of a mood killer sometimes, i can understand. everyone is also excited for you, by the way, because of your "full house" family. "fuller house." [ applause ] have you thought about who might be the best baby-sitter when you're willing to hand over the reins? maybe to get that time alone. >> the girls are great. candace, you know, would be good. lori, i don't trust lori because she'll steal him. dave came over and he -- he would be the one i would not -- he came over and said let's re-create that thing in "full house" in the first episode where we were taking michelle down the stairs and we were squirting. i said, no, no. we're not going to recreate -- that's the scene. [ applause ] >> looks innocent enough. >> candace, bob, you know, he would probably talk the kid's ear off but that's okay. i'm going to get a text right after this thing from bob. i love bob.

>> from "full house" to your new show, "you." that is a thriller. you play a therapist, correct? >> right. >> and it's a job you say you were actually interested in when you were younger. to be a therapist. >> well, i'm just interested in therapy and the way people work and -- i've always wanted -- do you go to a therapist? >> i have, yes. >> i have in the past. >> multiple times. >> you should. >> instant diagnosis. >> very indulgent. >> you can see it in the eyes. >> i turn it around. i ask this guy all the questions. i took the script in to him and we worked on it and he writes these crazy little cards and gives them to you so i use that in the show as well but this guy is -- i think a lot of shrinks may be more messed up than their patients and that's certainly what this -- it's interesting. so many different things going on. so hard to promote and talk about because there's a lot of twists and turns but it's a different character. >> let's take a look at some of those twists and turns. this is you in a therapy session with penn badgley's character

who has a few skeletons in the closet. take a look. >> you two seem pretty copacetic. sort of things were ross and rachel with you. >> yeah. i guess they were. until they weren't. >> see, i thought i'd eliminated all the obstacles between us, beck, bengi, peach, but another has reared its head and he's sitting right in front of me. >> wow. a bit of a dark side here. so aside from the beard how did you get into this role, this character? >> well, i read the book -- they asked me to do it. i said let me look at the book. the book, i saw that part of his technique was to smoke pot, so i didn't smoke pot. but they -- so i put that in the role and mainly just talked to my therapist about it. but it's a different one. has anyone seen the beginning of this? nobody? oh, okay. >>, no. tune in this sunday.

>> i think they're stunned, mesmerized by the interview taking place. >> before we let you go, let's do a little flashback friday. you ready for it? you're a diehard beach boys fan and toured with them as well. and 30 years ago you were on the drums in their music video for "kokomo." >> 30 years ago. >> 30 years ago. >> there you are. >> look at the tank top. >> also how is it that you do not age, john? i must ask. >> i'm aging now with this kid. >> that's what happens. >> that was -- that fuchsia tank top was a mismatch. >> it was "miami vice." you were in the moment. >> you look the exact same, by the way. >> no, i don't. >> yes, you do. [ applause ] the crowd agrees. >> you know, my trick, i drink the blood of lori loughlin. that's how i -- >> good to know. >> easy to come by. pick it up at the whole foods. >> thank you, john. appreciate it. you can see john in his new episode of "you," sunday night on lifetime.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> we cannot wait for that. wub we are back now with the latest on the royal tour in australia. meghan and harry enjoying another packed day spending time at the beach and putting the spotlight on an issue that's very important to them. and the duchess opening up also about her pregnancy. abc's james longman is traveling with them in sydney. hey, james, how are you doing, my friend. >> reporter: i'm good. happy friday. this was probably my favorite day so far. meghan and harry in some of australia's most famous spots just relaxed and having fun. today just really highlighted who they are, a new kind of royal couple unafraid to show emotion and to talk about it. day four of their aussie tour

and meghan and harry hitting some of the country's most famous landmarks. first up, surf's up. a royal wave for bondi. one of the world's most iconic beaches and one of the most increasingly iconic couples. meghan slipping off her wedges to walk barefoot in the sand with her prince. another dress from aussie designer martin grant billowing in the wind as they visited the colorful mental health project, one wave. now a worldwide phenomenon on 100 beaches around the world, the project helps people open up through physical activity. yoga, a favorite for the royal mum-to-be. meghan revealing she was up at 4:30 a.m. to do yoga and her pregnancy feels like jetlag just without the travel. harry telling one woman if you've suffered mental health problems you don't want anyone else to suffer from them too. the death of his mother diana a trigger for harry's own problems. but with her spirit alive in his new wife, the pair now dedicated to helping others. >> got to talk about them --

about mental health and harry talked about heads together and why it's important to, you know, have an outlet to talk about these things. >> reporter: meghan and harry always hand in hand, a very different type of tour. >> very close, very intimate and i think it was nice to see that, you know, even though we're in a public space you could still see they were authentic and being themselves. >> reporter: then meghan stunning solo at a school in a blue roxsanda dress and told pupils her first job at 14 included taking out the trash which made her the person she is today, and the crowning glory, a climb up sydney harbor bridge heralding the opening of the invictus games. at the 2017 toronto competition we sold meghan and harry for the first time. just one year on, it's now duke and duchess down under. and harry will officially open the invictus games tomorrow.

the beckhams among the guests expected to attend the ceremony at the opera house. these games were his idea. 18 nations now competing at events the prince is super passionate about. michael. >> we love seeing those two doing so much around the world. i know it's nighttime for you so go get some rest. we appreciate you. now over to rob. >> all right, michael. hey, i just took a little survey of the folks behind me from all across the country. not many of them are excited about skiing so this is a hard sell for me. mt. snow, if you love it, they don't have natural snow but pumping it out with temperatures near or below freezing. killington opening up and snow will come next hopefully. noaa released its winter forecast looking milder than average across the northern tier. the southern tier with an an el nino developing, maybe severe weather across the gulf coast and warmer than average for much of the western half of the country including the

this weather report sponsored by king's hawaiian. coming up next, rachel platten is performing live. [ applause ] revealing whether she's having a boy or a girl. stay tuned. boy or a girl. stay tuned.

[ applause ] we are back with one of our very favorite performers here on "gma." emmy award winning singer rachel platten. she's going to debut a brand-new song for us in just a moment but first let's catch up. congratulations, you look amazing, and i've been following you on social media as i always do. >> thanks. >> you've been very open about your pregnancy and all the struggles that come with it. did that come easy for you to

share so much? >> i think that i just do that anyway. i have a hard time not being really real about what i'm feeling. my songs are really honest. it's just the way i am. i'm an open book and i just felt like this thing that could have been private i wanted to make public because there was a lot around it that i hadn't heard talked about before that i felt like i wish i had known. >> body image issues and how you're feeling, how you're looking, all of that so we thank you for doing that and sharing that with everyone. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> how is your husband kevin doing? >> my husband is overwhelmed. he opened a restaurant two months ago, sorry, how long ago? two months ago. i'm killing it. >> baby brain. baby brain. i got it. >> so he has a lot on his plate right now and i'm like it's fine. i'll handle it all. i feel very responsible right now. >> you're already being a mother. >> i'm growing in myself. >> i love it. i know you haven't revealed yet

what gender the baby is. >> i know. >> but you're going to do it right now so i'm going to give you the floor. >> how am i doing this. >> just say it. >> just say it. >> i thought we had this whole onesie situation. >> it's coming. it's coming. >> the thing is that -- no, stay right there. no, come, come. all right, i am having a -- what do you guys think? >> girl. >> boy. >> i having a girl! [ cheers and applause ] yay. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> i have two of them. they're the best. that's amazing. now, you wrote this song. >> that's it, that's the gender reveal. that's amazing, right? >> we are so excited. so you wrote this song for your soon-to-be baby girl. >> oh, my god, i can say daughter now. i keep saying it, they. >> you were going to reveal it. you weren't going to share it with the world but you decided to. why? >> yeah, the song was so

personal. i kind of gave myself a little bit of a break, i felt like i had been working for so long and i realize that i had been striving for like 20 years trying to prove something to myself for just always climbing and i thought pregnancy was just going to be my break but i am a songwriter. it's how i express what i'm going through and i wrote this honestly just for her. and -- >> aw. well thank you for sharing it with us. >> yeah. >> are you guys ready to hear it? all right. here it is. i'll take the onesie from you but we'll keep it safe for you. let's do it. she is performing, rachel now, her new song "you belong." let's hear it for rachel platten. >> thank you. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ i'm patiently waiting for you to arrive i wanna meet you so much i could cry ♪ ♪ i wonder whose hands and whose eyes you will have ♪ ♪ i wonder if you're gonna smile

like your dad ♪ ♪ nothing you ever do will be so wrong you belong, you belong ♪ ♪ and i wanna help you be better than me there won't be a star in the sky you can't reach ♪ ♪ i'll wipe off your tears but i'll let them fall first and i will be brave when you fall and get hurt ♪ ♪ you can be you, you don't have to be strong, you belong, you belong ♪ ♪ you belong, you know i don't know your name but i can't wait to say it ♪ ♪ and i don't know your face but i bet it will blow me away ♪

♪ i'll show you what love is and all that you're worth you'll show me how to put somebody else first ♪ ♪ i hope you like music as much as your mom ♪ ♪ that you'll understand that i'm there when i'm gone ♪ ♪ it's probably too much for me to say in a song but you belong, you belong ♪ ♪ you belong, you know i don't know your name ♪ ♪ but i can't wait to say it and i don't know your face ♪ ♪ but i know it will blow me away ♪ ♪ i'm feeling and watching you

grow every day it's so amazing so why am i afraid ♪ ♪ we packed up to move and we're painting your room ♪ ♪ i can't believe i'll be holding you soon ♪ ♪ safe in my arms where you're finally calm, you belong, you belong ♪ ♪ you belong you belong [ applause ]

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♪ you "good morning america" responded by well connected 2019 mkc. >> we want to give a big thanks to rachel platten and this is sister and hubby. >> this is charlie and my husband kevin. my sister melanie. >> congratulations to everyone. >> welcome to the daughters club, by the way. >> yes. >> i'm making her best friend. >> cheers. have a great weekend. >> cheers. have a great weekend.

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good morning, i'm alexis smith. here's mike nicco with the forecast, hi, mike. >> i want to show you what's going on in santa cruz. it's going to be 80 there. along the coast we'll have hazy sunshine, about 70 for the rest of the beaches. look at all this warm sunshine. 75 in san francisco to about 85 inland. my accuweather seven-day forecast, a couple more days of warmer than average temperatures and then autumn finally arrived tuesday. no friday light at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are still on. sluggish on the upper deck coming into san francisco. we'll take a look at recovery westbound 80 earlier accident,

that's clear. traffic is improving drastically. all right. glad to hear that. time for live with kelly and ryan. we'll be back at 11:00 a.m. for >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, basketball legend shaquille o'neal. and, from the new series "chilling adventures of sabrina," kiernan shipka. plus, it is time to complete our inflatable fun as we continue our "pump it up" week. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> kelly: hi. >> ryan: