good morning, america. breaking news, multiple wildfires burning out of control through california right now. >> go, go, go. >> one destroys a town called paradise, burning down homes, businesses, a preschool, even a hospital going up in flames. >> we lost everything. >> wind whips up this firenado as thousands race to escape. >> oh my god, the tree is burning right next to us. >> abandoning their cars, running on foot as flames close in on both sides. also this morning, the search for answers in that deadly mass shooting at a california bar. the video showing those moments of terror. what we're now learning about the 12 people who were killed, some as they were trying to save others. breaking overseas, terror attack. a car up in flames, a man going on a stabbing rampage killing at

least one person before police take him down. new clue, as authorities search for that 13-year-old girl snatched from her family's front yard, the fbi releases this surveillance video. why they want to speak with this man. an abc news exclusive. one-on-one with former first lady michelle obama. revealing new details about her marriage and her struggle with infertility. >> i didn't know how common miscarriages were because we don't talk about them. >> her empowering message about taking control of your own future. and president trump, why she says she'll never forgive him only on "gma" this morning. morning. cannot wait to hear your conversation with michelle obama. she says they're talking about things you don't talk about. she really does. >> she really does.

she's very open. very candid. it's all in advance of her memoir, "becoming," which will be released next week so we'll have a first look coming up. that's a little bit later this morning. cannot wait for that, but we'll begin this morning with the race to escape those massive wildfires this morning in california. three major fires are burning across the state right now, two of them exploding in southern california overnight. let's take a look at the flames that are completely destroying homes, and thousands are being ordered to evacuate. >> another even bigger fire that's being called the camp fire is burning in the north completely destroying a town called paradise. a state of emergency has been declared and evacuation orders are in place. our chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas starts us off on the ground there in paradise, good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning. it's hard to believe that a place called paradise could now look like this. as you mentioned, the mayor of this town says everything is troid, a-- destroyed, and it is.

just behind me, this used to be a neighborhood pharmacy that was burnt to the ground. it is still burning at this hour. the cell phone towers here have either been burned down or knocked down. it's hard to get information here this morning, and what survivors were telling us is what was different about the wildfire was how fast it was moving. this morning, tunnels of fire forcing people to run for their lives. a raging inferno burning through northern california. the camp wildfire destroying homes, hospitals and businesses and burning an entire town off the map. a town called paradise, now hell on earth. >> i'm so scared. >> reporter: overnight firefighters working to beat back the towering flames. the widespread fire engulfing everything in its path. this house covered in flames slowly burning to pieces. this car completely incinerated. this hospital just one of the estimated 2,000 structures reduced to ashes by the fire.

doctors forced to evacuate patients from the threatening flames. >> any units that are around the hospital, we've got four people trapped in the basement. >> reporter: one of them, a nurse trapped in the hospital basement with no way to escape. she posted a good-bye letter to her family on facebook, attaching this terrifying video of what she was facing. tamara ferguson writing, to all my friends and family and especially john and my kids, i love you with all my heart. i am trapped in this horrific fire and can't get out. but police got to her just in time rescuing everyone trapped. teachers also saving lives. travis pendergrass from paradise charter middle school helped evacuate children before getting out of town himself. >> we lost everything. trailers, all our belong now we're on grinding rock just trying to save everybody else's >> southbound fr hospital all blocked by fire.

>> reporter: the fire which broke out just before dawn on thursday, erupting into a massive blaze bigger than the island of manhattan in a matter of hours. the column of thick, black smoke blotting out the sun, turning day into night as the entire town of paradise scrambled to evacuate. a community of 27,000 ordered to get out. residents fleeing from the fast-moving wildfire taking only what they could carry, some with no hope for what was left behind. >> i tried calling the house and the machine didn't pick up. >> reporter: the whipping winds also a cause for concern. gusts of up to 33 miles per hour feeding the growing fire. the culmination of the chaos resulting in this firenado captured by laura anthony of our abc station kgo. >> to sit there and watch that and the ferocity of it, it was quite a scene, fascinating on one hand but mostly my heart was sinking. >> reporter: the mayor of

paradise staring at a town in ruins. they said they will rebuild. even hours later, we're hearing buildings collapse and it is dangerous here. people aren't being allowed in just yet and getting information is very difficult because cell phone towers have either been knocked down or they have been melted. more than 500 firefighters and fire crews from all over the state are trying to fight this wildfire, robin. >> such an unbelievable scene. all right, tom, thank you so much. those heroes that stepped up like they did. >> absolutely heroes. we have more on the desperate race to get out as the flames move in. drivers surrounded by walls of fire stuck in a gridlock as they tried to escape. abc's will carr is also there in paradise and has moronha good m. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this entire community looks like a wasteland. you can see this truck still mo smoldering as you go streetly

street. all charred and many people only had seconds to get out. the race to escape -- >> go, go, go, go. >> reporter: more than 30,000 people fleeing for their lives. >> move, people. >> reporter: hurrying down clogged evacuation routes. >> this is bad. >> reporter: watching destruction unfold around them. >> all those homes gone. >> i can feel the heat now. >> can you feel the heat? >> yeah. >> reporter: this chatfield family fleeing down a road, consumed in flames, driving into the unknown. smoke blacking out the afternoon sky. >> heavenly father, please help us. please help us to be safe. i'm thankful for jeremy and his willingness to be brave. >> reporter: narrowly escaping, finding daylight on the other side. we're in butte county surrounded by flames in this neighborhood. you can see flames shooting out of the home next to me. this is the camp fire. it exploded today. the homes next to us have completely gone up in flames. this looks like a scene from

"armageddon." as we're walking along you can feel the heat coming off of these homes. you can see right here, this home already burned to the ground. what looks like a tree that is still burning here, all of those homes in the background on fire right now. people driving straight through roaring flames, the fire bringing a tree down right on this man's car. >> oh, my god. the tree is burning right next to us. >> reporter: this mother and son frantically escaping, the roaring flames on both sides closing in. the conditions aren't getting any better for firefighters. we're still in a red flag warning. that means strong winds, low humidity and bone dry conditions. perfect fire conditions. michael? >> thank you so much, will. such frightening video there. george. that fire in northern california not the only one burning right now. two other fires broke out within miles of each other in the southern part of the state forcing thousands to evacuate overnight. abc's clayton sandell is there

in oak park, california with the latest. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. we're here at the woolsey fire and this blaze exploded overnight. now more than 8,000 acres and still growing. you can see what it did to this neighborhood overnight, in fact, this house right here, neighbors tell us is owned by a firefighter and his family. he is out fighting these blazes even though his own family home is now gone. now as the sun has come up, you can probably see the wind has kicked up again. we saw gusts overnight in excess of 50 miles an hour and more, and when the fire and the flames are moving that quickly, firefighters cannot get a perimeter around this fire. they simply have to run ahead of it, try to get ahead of it and save some homes, but obvioen a some omin h estroyedfa ,000 hom are now under out of t homes, and this isn't the only fire burning in this area. the hill fire about ten miles

away is burning 10,000 acres and it's a dangerous situation, george. >> yeah, those fires are fierce. okay, clayton, thanks very much. robin. now to the other major story in california, that deadly mass shooting in a bar. we are now learning more about the 12 people killed, some of them as they were trying to save lives. 18 people were also injured and we want to you take a look. hundreds, hundreds waiting in line to donate blood for those who were injured. kayna whitworth is there in thousand oaks with more. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. the sheriff saying this could have been so much worse if not for the heroes inside that bar and grill, but for those who didn't make it, their family, friends and community is mourning this morning, and today one mother is calling for action. this morning, newly obtained cell phone video shows what happened in those terrifying moments when the former marine stormed a popular country music bar shooting everything in his path.

six endless seconds of eerie silence between rounds. >> he's coming out this door! >> reporter: 12 killed including a sheriff's deputy. hours after the shooting, the fbi arriving at the home of the shooter, ian david long. he lived here with his mother. these images on facebook show long in what appears to be happier times, but police confirming they responded to a disturbance at long's home in april. >> he was somewhat irate, acting a little irrationally, felt he might be suffering from ptsd, basing that on the fact that he was a veteran. >> reporter: this morning we're learning more about the victims. jason coffman spoke to his son cody as the 22-year-old was on his way to the bar. >> first thing i said was please don't drink and drive. last thing i said was son, i love you. that was the last thing i said. >> reporter: a few hours later he learned the devastating news. >> i just wanted him to know that he -- he's going to be

missed. >> reporter: 18-year-old alaina housley, a freshman at pepperdine university enjoying a night out with friends line dancing when she was gunned down. she is the niece of "sister sister star" tamera mowry-housley. the actress writing on instagram, my sweet alaina, my heart breaks. i'm still in disbelief. it's not fair how you were taken, how soon you were taken from us. zach frey and tyler odenkirk say two of their friends who worked as security guards at borderline are among the dead. >> i know they did everything they could in their final moments. >> we were told one of them was -- he went out a hero. he went out fighting the shooter. >> reporter: one of their friends, telemachus orfanos, an eagle court and navy veteran who survived the las vegas massacre only to be killed at borderline. his mother now pleading for change. >> i don't want prayers. i don't want thoughts.

i want gun control and i hope to god nobody else sends me any more prayers. i want gun control. no more guns! >> reporter: sheriff's deputies around the country mourning the loss of ron helus, a 29-year veteran of the force who was killed when he tried to confront the shooter. >> sergeant helus was having a conversation with his wife on the phone as he does several times during the shift and said to her, hey, i got to go handle a call. i love you. i'll talk to you later. >> reporter: overnight a heartbroken community coming together as they try to make sense of the unthinkable. authorities saying that he did purchase that gun legally, a .45 caliber glock but it did have an extended magazine and people i spoke with said the sound of those gunshots will keep them up at night and, robin, this morning, still no word on a motive. >> how do you make sense of the senseless? all right, kayna, thank you so much. >> as we remember the victims take a look at a procession

that's held for the hero sheriff's deputy, sergeant ron helus, who is among the first to arrive on the scene and run toward danger. he exchanged gunfire with the shooter helping save some of the hundreds of people inside that bar. helus was a 29-year veteran of the force. the sheriff said he was looking to retire in the next year or so and he leaves behind a wife and a son. the sheriff saying he was a cop's cop and we miss him. we miss him already and we're in mourning as an agency, we're in mourning as a community, and our prayers are definitely with everyone there. >> he did not hesitate at all to go in and do his duty. >> nope. we'll switch gears and go to washington and growing fallout from president trump's firing of attorney general jeff sessions. the president's temporary pick to replace him, matthew whittaker is now facing a possible legal challenge and calls to remove himself from the russia investigation as the president considers permanent nominees for the attorney

general. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tracking all the new developments. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. before he was at the justice department, whitaker was a conservative commentator means there is a long public record of all of his comments on all things donald trump and now those interviews on radio and television are coming to light and fueling these calls for his recusal. this morning, president trump's defending his acting attorney general. >> matt whittaker is a very highly respected man. >> reporter: then he added -- >> i don't know matt whittaker. he worked for jeff sessions. i think everybody looking at a permanent position in any department has done many shows. does that mean we can't hire anybody? >> reporter: the president appointed matthew whittaker after jeff sessions was ousted in the hours after election day. and now whittaker is under fire for talking about what happened overs overseas. last year in a series of radio

interviews, he bashed mueller's russia probe. >> there is not a single piece of evidence that demonstrates that the trump campaign had any illegal or even improper relationships with russians. >> reporter: on obstruction by president trump? >> if all he did was make a mere suggestion and not an outright command -- >> reporter: he also called mueller's appointment ridiculous and sounds fishy. >> i just hope it doesn't turn into a fishing expedition. that's the way it's supposed to be. >> reporter: he forcefully defended president trump. >> it is not helping this administration and not helping the federal government generally to have the president and his associates under the cloud of a federal investigation. i mean, it is -- it is very hard. >> reporter: unlike sessions, sources tell abc news whittaker will not recuse himself from overseeing the russia probe, something that has democrats outraged.

>> i think he has a clear conflict of interest in terms of overseeing any part of the mueller investigation. >> reporter: but inside the white house, sources tell abc whittaker is on the short list to permanently lead the justice department. that list also includes at least a half dozen other political supporters like the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, former new jersey governor and current abc news contributor, chris christie, senator lindsey graham and florida attorney general, pam bon bondi. it's not just democrats that are sounding the alarm. the husband of kellyanne conway wrote an op-ed along with the former solicitor general and they say it's against the constitution and anything whittaker does should be invalid. they say there has been no scrutiny of his record. >> and that could lead the a challenge. how quick is it for the president toorr: real

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and some midterm election results still up in the air, florida and georgia, where there could be possible recounts. in florida, both the senate and governor's races are extremely close. rick scott has filed a lawsuit over the florida senate vote even though he's ahead right now. in the governor's race andrew gillum said he's ready for a possible recount as well as more results come in. in georgia, brian kemp has declared victory, but democrat stacey abrams refuses to concede and says she's considering legal action. the senate race in arizona is still up in the air as well. and we have an update on supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. remember, she fell, broke some ribs but her nephew says she's up and working and she is doing just fine. >> glad to hear that. she's on the mend. now we go to your exclusive with michelle obama. at least preparing to release her book as you said, her memoir, "becoming." and boy, in the book and also in this interview she really digs deep. >> she's extremely revealing. she does not hold back. she's been in the public eye for more than a decade, open, honest, now sharing personal stories about everything from

her struggles to getting pregnant to how she and her husband work through challenges in their marriage. >> reporter: in her book, michelle obama calls this part of her story, becoming us, about the meeting and marriage that would transform the trajectory of her life and challenge her in ways she would never expect. >> are you ready to talk about barack? >> who? >> reporter: while their mutual affection has always been on display, now for the first time michelle is opening up about parts of their marriage she held deeply private for years, first infertility. she writes, it turns out that even two committed go-getters with a deep love and robust work ethic can't will themselves into being pregnant. she did get pregnant but then weeks later, she miscarried. >> i felt lost and alone and i felt like i failed because i didn't know how common miscarriages were because we don't talk about them.

we sit in our own pain thinking that somehow we're broken. >> reporter: she reveals that it was with the help of infertility treatments that malia and then sasha were finally conceived. >> the biological clock is real because egg production is limited and i realized that as i was 34 and 35, we had to do ivf. i think it's the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work and how they don't work. >> reporter: and for the first time she shares details about how the stress of their hectic schedules infiltrated their marriage. >> you write about at one point in your marriage that you and barack went to marriage counselling. >> uh-huh. >> why did you think it was important to share that? >> for those young people out there who think that marriage is supposed to be easy and marriage counseling for us was a way to learn how to talk out our

differences. what i learned about myself is that my happiness was up to me and i started working out more. i started asking for help, not just from him, but from other people. i stopped feeling guilty. it's important for me to take care of myself. that's not on barack. i know too many young couples who struggle and think that somehow there's something wrong with them and i want them to know that michelle and barack obama who have a phenomenal marriage and who love each other, we work on our marriage and we get help with our marriage when we need it. >> wow. >> again, she was very insightful, very revealing, sharing stories she has never done before and it wasn't just limited to that. >> it can't be easy to talk about marriage counseling there. >> no. and i asked her why did she want to do that. you heard what she said. because she feels -- you see them dancing and happy and the kids and all that and she said it's so important and feels that, you know, our story, all of our stories unite us and it's very important to be open and to let people in and to see what

their lives are really like. >> you've interviewed her quite a few times over the years. is there a change since she's left the white house two years ago? >> no -- well, there is a change because now -- she was mrs. obama in the white house. she's michelle again now that she's not in the white house and able to freely express herself. the thing that's always remained the same about her and we'll show you something, she surprised her old high school and went to a dance class there. they weren't expecting her. they thought the cameras were there because they thought we were filming something else. she walked in and they absolutely erupted in seeing her and that is the thing that's been consistent with her. she really -- they went on for quite some time. but she really wants to have an impact in young people's lives. that's why a lot of her initiatives when she was first lady were dealing with children and trying to do away with childhood obesity and such. but she -- it was totally unscripted that she was there.

she was only supposed to get in and out and she spent an excessive amount of time there. the way that the young people responded to her and she said, you don't have to be in politics to be of service to others and she does touch upon politics in the book. >> she's been staying out of the political fray but in the book she has words for president trump. i want to put up something on the screen right now and, of course, he was propagating the whole birther issue and she wrote, what if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun, drove to washington. what if that person went looking for our girls? donald trump with his loud and reckless innuendos was putting my family's safety at risk and for this i'd never forgive him. >> because the rhetoric, because of the mistruths and lies that he was saying about the birther situation that was not true, she's a momma bear. maybe that's michelle now. >> sorry about that. >> i actually -- i actually have -- no, i have an excuse. my wife had surgery yesterday and i had kept the phone on but she's doing great.

>> oh, is she? >> she's doing very well. >> oh, my goodness, okay. [ laughter ] >> so don't make fun of me. >> saved by the bell. saved by the bell. but, no, but michelle obama is a momma bear when it comes to her family. just like how you are. you have the phone on because you want to know if ali is okay. she wants to know her family is all right. when then-candidate of president donald trump was saying those things, it's something she cannot forgive so i want to be very clear, and she is as well that politics is nothing more than a chapter in her life story. it is not her life story. it is something that she touches upon, discussing about the optics being different at the inauguration in 2016 as opposed to the two inaugurations when she was there and she speaks about that and she is really i think also it's going to be surprising to a lot of people, her candor in discussing how people underestimated her,

doubted her, but also her level of honesty and her self-doubt. throughout the book she kept saying am i good enough? am i good enough? and that's something -- >> even in the white house? >> even in the white house. and that is something that a lot of times there will be women that will be reading or watching this special on sunday and nodding along and that's again what she said. her story is relatable but it is not -- it is so much more than politics and i know that a lot of people will pick up the paper today and seeing the headlines and that, it's such a small portion of her story, some portion in the book, but, yes, what she said about the president and not being able to forgive him because she felt he was putting her family at risk. >> and the family that she went through so much to have and which she put in the book as well but her honesty has always come through. i think that's why she's always been relatable. i think that's why the reaction that we saw those young ladies have and the reaction that pretty much everyone has when they see her. >> she's going to have go on

this book tour. in fact, we're going to have her live on the program, on "gma" on tuesday, and that night she'll be with oprah winfrey in the united center. 23,000 -- >> forget about a book store. >> but she's also giving away 10% of all the seats on this tour, 10% going to high school students, other women's groups and that because she wants to make sure everybody has a chance to hear her story. >> oprah will interview sarah jessica parker, reese witherspoon. >> reese witherspoon and the list goes on and on and the book is coming out tuesday but she is really someone who -- she just -- i can't stress this enough, that she feels that our stories unite us and that hers is the american story, and you'll see that when you read her book and see the special tonight. >> the book is tuesday, the special is on sunday night. "becoming michelle: a first lady's journey" with robin roberts, that's sunday right here on abc. >> now call ali back. >> that was her doctor.

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about a suspicious suv that investigators say they're now starting to put the pieces of this puzzle together, and now they're asking for help from the public once again, this time to identify the man seen in a surveillance video. this morning, police are trying to identify the man seen in this surveillance video as they investigate the case of missing 13-year-old hania aguilar. >> this individual may have information because as far as we can tell he's the only person who is on foot at that time of day, at that time of the morning in the area. >> reporter: the man was seen walking toward the mobile home park about an hour before aguilar's disappearance from the front yard of her home in lumberton, north carolina as she waited for relatives to take her to school monday morning. police have already received a helpful tip that led to the stolen suv they believe was used in her kidnapping, a call in to 911 about a vehicle backed into the woods. police then found the suv thursday morning in a vacant lot nine miles away from where aguilar was abducted. >> this is one piece that will

lead us to hopefully the rest of the puzzle. >> reporter: investigators and canine units now searching the suv for clues. authorities say one eyewitness told them a man wearing all black with a yellow bandanna covering his face forced the girl into the stolen suv monday morning. despite the amount of time that's gone by, investigators say they're optimistic. >> we still remain upbeat and positive and we're moving forward. >> reporter: members of the community also praying for the best. >> god, we expect great things and great things that you will do. >> reporter: investigators say several cars are seen in the video driving by the man they would like to talk to. they are asking anyone who saw him or may know him to call police. last night the local affiliate interviewed her mother and she said she believes in god and she believes she will return. >> not giving up hope. >> no. >> thank you. >> thank you, linsey. coming up, going to try to put some good in your morning and tell you why t.j. is on the lookout for this very special duck.

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central park and look for one duck in particular. the rare mandarin duck showed up here about a month ago and people just started flocking hoar -- here trying to get a glimpse of it. it became a social media sensation, and then over the weekend it disappeared. people couldn't find it but showed back up again yesterday so our collective pet is back and people can breathe a sigh of relief. >> t.j., where did the duck come from? >> well, it's from east asia. we don't think it made the trip on its own so it possibly was a domestic pet. it was somebody's pet, so i might have escaped or somebody just let it go here, but either way it's here now. it's back. everybody's cool. our collective pet is back. >> the duck is gorgeous. and you have a big one to cross off your bucket list. >> that was on the list, wasn't it? >> all right, t.j. we'll talk to you later. coming up, we have the new interview, how prince harry asked his father to walk the duchess down the aisle. i can't even focus, george. coming up, "gma's" concert

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. state of emergency. massive wildfires burn out of control roaring through california right now. one destroys a town called paradise. burning down homes, business, a preschool, even a hospital. the race to escape at this hour as thousands are ordered to evacuate. we're live from the scene. michelle obama one-on-one. the former first lady revealing she felt lost and alone after suffering a miscarriage 20 years ago. her struggle with infertility and turning to ivf, only on "gma" this morning. prince harry revealing for the first time what happened when he asked his father to walk meghan down the aisle. their whispered moment at the en meghan and her new father-in-law. ♪

it's a girl. gabrielle union and dwyane wade welcoming what they're calling their miracle baby. the new pictures out this morning. ♪ and somewhere in america this morning ginger is about to surprise one of the biggest disney fans we could find with the adventure of a lifetime. celebrating mickey's big birthday, a race around the world to nine disney parks in one week. it all starts live in just moments, and mickey is there for it all. ♪ get ready to go country. carrie underwood and brad paisley live in times square as applseg,merin to the cma awards. ♪ i love when they host. it's going to be their 11th year in a row hosting the cma awards. happy friday, everybody.

celebrating 90 years of mickey mouse by making a disney super fan's dream come true. >> yep. you're looking at patrice jenkins. as you can see, she is a fourth grade teacher at hensdale academy just outside of chicago and they'll begin the trip of a lifetime. they'll travel around the world to nine different disney parks in just one week. patrice has no idea so can't wait to see her face. >> you can see she's a super fan, no question about that. >> she has no idea. she thinks she is asaid. a lot of headlines as well. we'll start with those massive wildfires burning out of control in california. thousands of people are racing to evacuate as the flames close in. we want to go back to abc's tom llamas on the ground in paradise. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning. as the sun is coming up here in paradise, california, we're getting a better sense of the destruction and it is absolutely horrific. just behind me, this was a

neighborhood pharmacy, and this is just one of what they are calling thousands of structures in this northern california area that have been destroyed. tens of thousands had to evacuate. some people literally running for their lives. this morning tunnels of fire forcing people to run for their lives. a raging inferno burning through northern california. the camp wildfire destroying homes, hospitals and businesses, and burning an entire town off the map. a town called paradise, now hell on earth. >> southbound from feather river hospital on pence all blocked by fire. >> reporter: overnight firefighters working to beat back the towering flames. the widespread fire engulfing everything in its path. this house covered in flames slowly burning to pieces. the fire which broke out just before dawn on thursday erupting into a massive blaze bigger than the island of manhattan, in a matter of hours. the column of thick black smoke

blotting out the sun turning day into night as the entire town of paradise scrambled to evacuate. a community of 27,000 ordered to get out. residents fleeing from the fast-moving wildfire taking only what they could carry, some with no hope for what was left behind. >> we lost everything, trailers, all our belongings. >> reporter: the smoke is still very thick here. more than 500 firefighters are currently fighting this wildfire which is still out of control. as we drove overnight into paradise, we saw several different fire crews coming in to help from all over the state. it is a massive effort right now as people are still not allowed to come back here because it's just too dangerous. there are power lines down everywhere, and information, again, hard to come by because cell phone towers have been melted or knocked down. george? >> a lot of devastation there. i want to thank tom for that. we switch gears to robin, more of your interview with michelle obama. the special is on sunday night

and she really opens up about many of the challenges she faced in her life. >> in hopes of helping others. she was so candid, she was personal. she shared much of her life when we talked, surprising at time when she revealed like her struggle to start a family hoping what she's saying now will encourage others to talk more freely about what they're going through. here's a look. >> the biological clock is real because egg production is limited and i realized that as i was 34 and 35. we had to do ivf. i think it's the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work and how they don't work. >> for her to do that will make a difference. >> it really will make a difference. and let me tell you, her book is over 400 pages and she begins by saying, she has a lot to say. she has a lot to say. >> we'll see a lot of it sunday night. "20/20" special, "becoming michelle: a first lady's journey" with robin roberts sunday at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on abc. coming up, new behind-the-scenes details from

the royal wedding, the special moment prince harry had with his father right before harry said "i do." and take a look. that's ginger and mickey mouse. they are on a mission, about to surprise that teacher with a trip to every disney park around the world. we cannot wait to see that. and lara, you have a group with you upstairs. >> oh, i do. one of the biggest in hip hop history, wu-tang clan. handing out wu-wear to all their fans. they will perform live. you do not want to miss this, coming up on "good morning america." [ applause ]

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[ applause ] [ applause ] i'm still trying to get over the fact that wu-tang clan was just here. [ applause ] who would have thunk it? >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] great audience we have here for this friday morning and gearing up for the weekend. what better way to start things off than with some "pop news." >> well, thank you. >> with lara. good morning to you, guys. good morning, everybody. and you, it is a lovely day. hit it. [ applause ] can we hear it? yeah. ♪ lovely day for actress gabrielle union and her nba star husband, dwyane wade on this friday. why? well, the couple welcomed their miracle baby girl as gabrielle

calls her born wednesday by a surrogate. look at those photos. the couple, so cute. gabrielle has been open about her three-year long struggle. robin spoke to her with infertility at one point telling dr. oz she had eight or nine miscarriages. no word on the little baby girl's name yet but wade called out of his miami heat game for personal reasons. now we know why. and the team sent this little onesie for congratulations as we send ours as well. >> so happy for them. [ applause ] why didn't i think of that? also in "pop news" this morning, no more lonely old nights for john mellencamp. his engagement to actress meg ryan is now instagram official. [ applause ] that's where we're at, george. the actress posting this little drawing with the caption engaged on her account. so cute. the couple began dating in 2011 and had a long distance relationship for three years and

took a break but got back together two years later and the rest as they say is history. this will be ryan's second marriage, mellencamp's fourth. of course, a lot of pressure proposing to the queen of ro rom-coms. remember this scene from "when harry met sally." >> i came here because when you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. >> yes, you do. yes, you do. isn't it nice to have happy news, happy news? let's do it again. well, actually, this is more of a chatter. this is a talker. think about this at home. if age is just a number is it okay to change it? this guy from holland is 69 years old but says he feels like he's in his 40s. so he has gone in front of a local judge there and asked for his birthday to be officially changed from march 11, 1949 to march 11, 1969. he says, and i quote, nowadays,

we are free feepeople. if we want to change our name or our gender, we can, so i want to change my age. the number one reason why, well, he says, it will boost his online dating prospects. [ applause ] >> i read about this. i didn't know the reason. >> in the "washington post" and he is a life coach and says it will get him more work but he said frankly on tinder 69 not that hot. but 49 feeling better. [ applause ] that number was unfortunate. >> you may need the age of 69 -- >> the age of 69. >> let's dig in a little deeper. [ applause ] >> a judge is expected to issue a ruling next month. that's all for "pop news." >> that is all for "pop news." >> hey. >> something tells me you might be seeing that "pop news" again

someday. >> uh-huh. did you know that wu-tang clan is here? [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, maybe they'll sing with brad paisley. we're going to move to our "gma" cover story right now. we have new behind-the-scenes details about the royal wedding in a new documentary where prince harry explains how his father helped save the day. amy here with the story. hey, amy. >> reporter: saving the day. that's what i'm doing. billions of people we know around the world watched the royal wedding in may and now a new documentary is giving us a much closer look at the moments we didn't see on tv when prince harry asked his father to walk duchess meghan down the aisle. a new documentary by the bbc gives an unprecedented look at the man who will be king. prince harry revealing for the very first time what happened between father and son when meghan's father bowed we >> i asked him to. i think he knew it was coming and immediately said, yes, of course, i'll do whatever meghan needs and i'm here to support you. >> reporter: prince harry whispering thank you, pa, at the

alter, showing the love between father and son and the close bond between meghan and her new father-in-law. >> just because he's my father doesn't mean i can go, that's it, i'll take it from here. i was very grateful for him to be able to do that. >> reporter: camilla giving a glimpse into a side of charles we rarely see, a devoted grandfather absolutely adored by his grandchildren. >> he will get down on his knees and crawl about with them for hours, making funny noises and laughing. he reads harry potter. he can do all the different voices and i think children really appreciate that. >> reporter: a man described by his sons as committed to his work and beloved by his family. >> i would like him to have more time with the children, so having more time with them at home would be lovely and being able to play around with the grandchildren. >> reporter: charles speaking for the first time answering criticism on how he will one day rein. -- reign. >> some have accused you of meddling. >> really? you don't say. i won't be able to do the same things i've done, you know, as heir. i'm not that stupid.

i do realize that it is a separate exercise being sovereign. >> prince charles of course becoming a grandfather once again when harry and meghan have their baby due this coming spring, in case you haven't heard, charles turns 70 next wednesday, but it's pretty remarkable. he looks great. 70 and still waiting to be king. >> he is. he is waiting. amy, thanks very much. let's go over to michael. >> thank you. george. with veteran's day on sunday, you know, we get ready to celebrate our nation's heroes i thought it would be nice to take my pal, sara haines, to a place that is close to my heart. i'm glad you came along. >> now it's close to my heart as well. you took me to an amazing place called mvp where veterans and athletes come together to support each other and it blew me away. plus, we got the chance to surprise one very special veteran. ♪ >> reporter: sure, this may look like some high intensity workout class. but here at l.a.'s unbreakable

performance center, this is a room filled with warriors. thanks to the gym's owner, sports reporter jay glazer, military veterans and retired athletes are coming together to support each other in a special program called mvp. >> jay, what does mvp stand for? >> merging vets and players. we're trying to take ex-combat vets -- started with nfl players but now we're spanning all sports. just need a new team again. we need to realize that the uniform doesn't define you. >> reporter: with a little help from his pals like michael strahan, jay created a workout that's part group therapy, part workout session. >> i just got eight months sober, signed a lease for a new apartment. two bedrooms. one person. >> reporter: giving these heroes >> peoplin here who came in whw have hes bause of mvp and people had attempted suicide who now said not an option and pulled their brothers and sisters out of similar things.

>> it's so open and people come here to open up and say things that they had never told anybody, but they're sharing to a group because they feel so comfortable in this group and they feel so supported. >> reporter: one of mvp's superstars, denver morris, a retired marine who battled homelessness and even attempted suicide. now he is thriving as the program's outreach director. he doesn't even own a car, but that doesn't stop him from taking the bus all over los angeles to help dozens of veterans who have fallen on tough times. >> went from the bottom and now i'm here, so, you know, that's kind of the simplest way of saying it. >> reporter: little does he know the mvp team has one big surprise for him. his very own car. >> everybody, stand up. come on, big boy. >> got a little surprise for you. >> got a little surprise. >> yeah. >> check out your new ride. [ applause ] >> this is so moving and so special to see this. this is one of those stories

that affects you forever. what a special group. >> when he got the car he said it's going to help so many of us. he didn't look at it as just for him but it's going to benefit all of those guys. we'll have much more about mvp later on "gma day" and spotlight some incredible inspiring veterans tonight on "nightline" so make sure you check that out as well. we'll go back to illinois to ginger who is hanging out with our favorite mouse. hey, ginger. yes. michael, i am so excited to tell you about this journey. it starts here at a school in hinsdale, illinois west of chicago but we're about to surprise a disney super fan with the adventure of a lifetime. i can't do that alone. i got my buddy mickey mouse in the house because we are celebrating 90 years of mickey, taking this woman who is in the thve to be kind quiet around huge trip, she has no idea what's about to hit her.

epic surprise right here on "gma" in just a couple of yes. yes. what a great morning. what a great morning. we are less than a week away from country music's big night. we're talking about the 52nd annual cma awards, must-see tv, conversations with some of isnd

[ applause ] i cannot believe this is the 11th year that you all will be co-hosting together and it's so special. you guys, the way you play off each other and everything, what are the moments what you remember most that stay with you over these last 11 years you've been together? >> i mean, us getting together and talking about everything and writing script and i feel like those are always great. >> i think finding our characters was a big deal, figuring who we are up there which is different than who we are necessarily with other people. and being able to write it ourselves has been a big deal and we have a big hand in that so i think that's why it works. >> you can tell. it's your voice. 're wahe t at, you feel safe age. you know that you're going to have fun. >> you're not. >> no. >> glad you feel that way. >> you have a way of being

humorous and having fun and but not at the expense of others. usually at the expense of each other. we appreciate that as viewers because we can sit back and watch good music and see good people on the stage. >> we try. [ applause ] >> but we also saw something where your long lost cousin gary paisley showed up. >> my brother. >> a benefit. your brother gary showed up and we're going to show everybody when he showed up at this -- >> it's not something i'm proud of. >> oh, boy. >> you've been trying to hide him but he got through somehow. >> anybody ever hear of brad paisley? yeah. yeah, i'm his older brother, gary paisley. thanks, brad, for not leaving me a ticket tonight but i got it anyway. [ applause ] >> he looks -- it's funny, we don't look a thing alike. but, no, his other name is will

ferrell. >> looks a lot like will ferrell. will gary be showing up at the cmas? >> that would be great. we're trying to keep him out. we'll see. >> we started a campaign. >> you didn't leave him a ticket? >> i didn't leave him a ticket at that and he showed up. >> also, worth the price of admission, first of all, congratulations, carrie expecting your second one. so happy for you. >> thanks. thank you. >> always look wonderful. but we also tune in because you go through like ten outfit changes during the show. how do you do that and can you do it again this year? >> we'll see if things zip. it's kind of amazing. we had a fitting a week ago but i don't know if they'll fit me me wedneayo we'l >> good. good. >> i'll try to -- >> shimmy in. >> yeah.were pregnant, brad, yo revealed the sex live on air so are we going to have a gender reveal this time around? >> i think you're taking great pains to make sure that i don't even know.

>> i didn't even tell brad. >> right now i'm so in the dark, she knows better. i'll blow it again. >> since you might blow it then instead of doing it then you maybe want to do it now? >> right, right. [ applause ] >> i'm not even sure we like really told all of our family and stuff. >> just tell me right now. >> right now. >> whisper in your ear. >> it's safe with me. >> she made that mistake one time before. we have gifts for you, okay? >> ah. >> this is for the little guy -- little whoever is coming but also -- >> thank you so much -- oh. >> it won't fit you. >> but also for -- >> a muscle shirt. >> also for isaiah. it says future big brother. >> thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so cute. >> that's not going to -- >> do you have one of those for my brother gary? >> but once you finish up the cmas, thanksgiving is around the corner. what are your holiday plans? >> family.

in these times too, everybody is trying to hold each other close. i mean, you turn on the news this morning and there's these fires and shootings and -- [ applause ] we're hoping especially next week at the cmas to give everybody a bunch of laughs. it's just going to be fun and we're going to try our best. >> and great music. >> robin put it best, you two, you do such an incredible job of bringing joy to this type of broadcast. it's so great to have you back doing it for the 11th time, which is really amazing and everybody at home, be sure to watch country music's biggest stars in the spotlight with robin roberts sunday night at 10:00 p.m. >> and brad and carrie hosting the cma awards wednesday 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. >> right here. >> yeah. stay with us. stay with us. stay with us.

good morning. it's 8:27. you will notice it when you walk out the door, a spare the air alert is in effect today. the heavy smoke from the campfire in butte county is now spreading across the bay area. the air quality is so poor, many school districts are closed and they include pet loom ma city schools, santa rosa city schools and the high school district. we have a full list of the closures on our website, abc7news.com. >> good morning, reggie. i have the visibility layer on. that is not fog, that is smoke. so, yeah, it is all over the bay area this morning. still have our sig alert in effect. eastbound 80 at state route 12

in fair ffld due to a fatal crash that happened several hours ago. and a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, still have those metering lights on. car pool lanes are the only ones moving through without any

as ridge yeggie mentioned, the air. about 65% to 70% of our neighborhoods right now, the fire danger is increasing again

right now saturday night through sunday. warm and dry, reggie, forever. >> okay, mike, thank you. ♪ a world of -- [ applause ] >> welcome you back to "gma" and what we have for you about to see a dream come true. we have patrice jenkins, we've been showing you, a schoolteacher who is a disney super fan in case you didn't notice by what she's wearing in a class with ginger and, ginger, you have a special guest there with you about to crash that classroom. tell us about it. >> i do, so i'm here with mickey and this morning i'm actually really nervous. i'm feeling myself because i know how big of a surprise this is about to be. not just for the kids to see mickey himself but for patrice to go on a trip around the world with me to nine disney parks. before we get to the surprise, though, i got to share her magical story.

>> hi, my name is patrice jenkins and i'm the biggest >> mrs. general kins is a phenomenal teacher. very animated. just full of joy every day. she uses disney to teach the students about kindness, about friendship. >> my kids and i have been talking about mickey mouse and just the fact that it's his birthday this month. this is a custom-made vintage mickey mouse dress. when i was younger i didn't have a chance to go to disney world. at the time my parents couldn't afford it but my parents did their best to bring disney into our home. ♪ my husband and i got married at disney world. we had a mickey cake. mickey was at our wedding to give us the first dance, to talk to guests, i have a lot of mickey mouse ears. one for every occasion. spife ears, i love pretzels, they are my favorite. i think it's important to

incorporate disney themes because students have the opportunity to dream, it's important to groom our students to become innovative thinkers. >> it teaches us to be positive and inspires us to do better. >> it makes it fun and like it makes me want to come back every day and learn more. >> my friends tell me i'm so lucky because they said, oh, i wish i had her as a teacher because i want somebody that's actually fun. you know? >> talk about fun, this is about to be so much fun. are you ready? let's do this. hello. is there a patrice jenkins there? oh, there you are. hi. >> hi, patrice. i'm ginger, i'm going to give you a hug and i'm from "good morning america." >> nice to meet you. >> i i know you think you are a finalist to do this crazy trip around the world and you are. but we have some other big surprises and your kids are actually in on part o >> oh. >> kids, are you ready? >> all: yes. >> three, two, one.

>> all: look at the door. >> are you going to cry? give him a hug. ♪ [ applause ] >> look at that. >> come over here. come over here. i know, i'm going to get between the two of you in the most magical moment. it's not just that mickey is here. my friend, you and i are about to spend a lot of time together. you and i are about to go around the world starting today to every disney park, nine resorts, and we're doing it all in a week. >> oh, my goodness. >> you havery is going to be hard. t's acto so i kouleyre but this is going to come together. michael strahan has a little tip because we're not telling you where got a little tip

for her. >> hey, patrice, i have a nice clue for you. >> hi. >> see what you can get out of this and here it is. in a land full of mountains, beware of a beast, heralded his name and snow is his game. do you think you know where you're going? >> i don't. [ laughter ] >> that is good because even if you gave us an answer we weren't telling you. >> give it another try. [ applause ] we'll give her a second chance. ready for this one? and after a journey of nearly 6,000 miles, a dragon awaits you below the caca >> i do not know that either. yes, i'm in shock. >> you will find out soon enough. not right now. but, robin, this is all for an incredible cause. >> it really is and now, can you imagine somebody shows up in your classroom, puts you on live

tv 7:30 in the morning. of course she's not going to be able to answer these kind of questions but she's really somebody -- you saw her in the classroom and brings joy wherever she goes. we'll bring smiling children as well. disney is partnering with make-a-wish to unlock donations by sharing pictures showing mickey mouse ears like this or any creative ears at all, go to instagram, facebook, twitter with the #shareyourears and when you post your picture disney will donate $5 up to $2 million. [ applause ] to make-a-wish. [ applause ] >> tell everybody. you'll be saying bon voyage to your teacher because this is such an exciting morning, guys. really, this is going to be an epic trip. >> i can't wait. >> physically it's going to be tough but magically we will be taken care of around the world.

>> i can't wait. i'm excited. [ applause ] >> we'll get back to you. we'll be right back. [ applause ]

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connecting people... ...uniting the world. ♪♪ welcome back to "good morning america." i am here in hinsdale, illinois, and with miss patrice jenkins beside me. she's coming around the world. >> i can't believe it.

>> the entire time we'll be going through lots of different climates and wanted you to be set. we have a little coat with you with your name on it going mickey around the world. you put it on. i'll show off what it looks like on the back. can you guess we where we're going first? >> france. >> okay, that's a good guess.gu. >> we're not telling anyone. you know what, she's just going to wake up in places and will find out. all right, guys. this is a brilliant morning on "gma." an epic journey about to take place. thank you so much. ssportright, you have your >>yes, i do.

>> good. we got that set. lara, let's head back over to you. see new a week. >> ginger, thank you very much. we'll switch gears to that miracle rescue from a cave in thailand, 12 boys and their coach surviving ten perilous days trapped in darkness before they were rescued and matt gutman was there on the scene and wrote a book about it called "the boys in the cave," matt, as a parent, this touched you deeply. >> i was on vacation with my kids and like so many other people, the story resonated because my daughter is 10 years ole. she plays on a soccer team and go on excursions and the thought of her and her team being lost in a cave was horrifying. as soon as i heard they were discovered i had to get to thailand and luckily we work for a fantastic company and through their resources it became the feel-good story of the year because they got out. >> amazing.hing. why was it so perilous trying to

get them out? >> everything was stacked against them. the morning going into the rescue itself after the kids had been in there for 16 day, the divers themselves who were bringing them out thought that maybe 75% to 80% of the boys would die. that's up to 10 of the boys of the 12 boys in the cave plus their coach. everything was against them. they had been in there for 16 days with no food. no oxygen, the oxygen had been down to 15%. 30% less than you and i are breathing right now. no light, no families. they heard chickens and humans and dogs barking and then the divers basically had to drug them and drag them out through one of the most complicated cave dives in the world. >> i know i was asking and a lot are asking why did they have to sedate them. >> the kid was have panicked in this murky water. the dive is endless. it took three hours and so the concern was that if they woke up and panicked or if they were swimming and panicked, they could hurt the divers, possibly killing both of them at the same time.

so the prerequisite for the divers to go through with this was that the boys had to be sedated and they were so knocked out, lara, you could have done open heart surgery, amputated a limb. the problem is every 20 minutes they had to resedate them because they were using ketamine so they had to find an opening where they could get out of the water and resedate the kids and these are like british cave divers. they've never injected anyone with anything and here they are in the dark tunnel trying to sedate the kids and they had to do it four times. >> everything that could go wrong. >> i'm going to get a little active but you're talking about areas that are -- the distance from the chair to the floor and they're stuffing the kids through that space in this dark forve ae and, you just krerd th out. >> you're so connected to the story and you've actually gone back, checked in with the families. how are those boys doing now. >> they're doing well and one

thing that surprised me about the parents, here, right, your natural inclination if your kids survive something like this, you hold on so tight but in order to hold on they had to let them go and allow them to be adventurers. they celebrated one of the boy's birthday parties riding around on dark on mopeds. >> life goes on in a beautiful way. [ applause ] i know you're so passionate about it. it really shows in the book. it is terrific. congratulations. "the boys in the cave." it is a great read. audio book, as well. coming up, switching gears, wu-tang clan this morning live. stay with us on "good mor and all thro' the house. 'twas the night before christmas, not a creature was stirring,

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we are back now with the wu-tang clan and they are one of lb that made them famous.

it's called "enter the wu-tang clan, 36 chambers. it's still relevant today and since then they sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. yeah and paved the way for countless hip-hop artists. in a moment they'll perform one of their biggest hits but happy you guys are here. got to say thank you for joining us this morning. >> yes. >> the whole studio buzzing and it's been 25 years since you guys released that album. it still stands the test of time but how is the group different now than 25 years ago? >> well, now, you know, now we're men, you know what i meanment we started off as young bohe stories of our lives in the hood and grown as men and can tell our stories as men to the world now. >> that's the big difference. almost 14 years to this day you lost one of the original member

stepped in to fill his shoes. >> how are you doing, brother? >> how is it to step into the group and fill the shoes of your father. >> my father would have been here, he would have been proud to see. word. >> we're glad you stepped in, man. you know, today, today is a big day. you guys are from staten island, new york. some of you but there's a little something we got over here, right? there's a prom cla nation declaring today, november 9th, wu-tang clan day. >> yeah. >> yeah. [ applause ] wow, you got your own day. so, hold up. is there a celebration under way now? >> we got to celebrate, yo. >> 25 years. >> well, you know what, you're going to celebrate with us right now to kick off the celebration wu-tang clan day, the 25th performing one of their classics here's wu-tang clan with "protect ya neck."

yeah. [ applause ] ♪ yeah yeah >> let's get it on ♪ >> wtc yeah ♪ ♪ yeah, what's the deal ♪ >> let's go ♪ ♪ wu coming at you ♪ watch your step, kid watch your step, kid ♪ ♪ watch your step, kid watch your step, kid ♪ ♪ watch your step, kid watch your step, kid ♪ ♪ watch your step, kid watch your step, kid ♪ ♪ swinging through your town like your neighborhood spider-man ♪ ♪ so, uh, tic toc and keep ticking while i get you flipping off ♪ ♪ the lone ranger code red danger deep in the dark with the art to rip charts apart ♪ ♪ the vandal too hot to handle you battle ♪ ♪ the rebel, i make more noise than heavy metal ♪ ♪ the way i make the crowd go wild sit back, relax, won't

smile ♪ ♪ rae got it going on pal, call me the rap assassinator ♪ ♪ rhymes rugged and built like schwarzenegger ♪ ♪ and i'm gonna get mad deep like a threat blow up your project ♪ ♪ then take all your assets 'cause i came to shake the frame in half ♪ ♪ with the thoughts that bomb like math ♪ [ muted ] ♪ and set it off, get it off, let it off ♪ ♪ small change they putting shame in the game ♪ ♪ i mn, flow ♪ ♪ off because i'm hot like sauce the smoke from the lyrical blunt oh what ♪ ♪ watch your step, kid watch your step, kid ♪ [ muted ] ♪ because i'm hot [ muted ]

♪ ooh ♪ ow here comes my shaolin style ♪ ♪ stoop, ba, buh-byu to my crew with the sue ♪ >> put your hands up. ♪ first things first [ muted ] ♪ i'll attack anyone who's slack come fully packed ♪ ♪ shame on you when you stepped through to the ol dirty bastard straight from the brooklyn zoo ♪ ♪ and i'll be damned if i let any man come to my center you enter the winter ♪ ♪ straight up and down that packed jam you can't slam don't let me get fool on him, man ♪ ♪ the ol dirty bastard is dirty and stinking ♪ ♪ ason, unique rolling with the night of the creeps ♪ ♪ be rolling shimmy shimmy yeah ♪ ♪ so book me ♪ how long

that this rhyme took me ♪ ♪ ejecting styles from my lethal weapon my pen that rocks from here to oregon ♪ [ muted ] ♪ i come with stuff that's all types of shapes and sounds ♪ ♪ and where i lounge is my stomping grounds ♪ ♪ i give an order to my peeps across the water to go and snatch up props all around the border ♪ ♪ again get far like a shooting star 'cause who i am is dim in the light of pablo escobar ♪ ♪ point blank as i kick the square biz there it is you're messing with pros and there it goes ♪ ♪ you chill with the feedback [ muted ] ♪ feeling mad hostile ran the apostle flowing like christ when i speaks the gospel ♪ ♪ stroll with the holy roll then attack the globe with the style ♪ ♪ the ruckus, ten times ten men committing mad sin ♪ ♪ turn the other cheek and i'll break your chin ♪ ♪ slaying boom-bangs like african drums we'll be ♪ ♪ coming around the mountain when i come crazy flamboyant for the rap enjoyment ♪ ♪ my clan increase like black unemployment yeah another one dare ♪ ♪ took a genius to take us outta here ♪ ♪ the wu is too slamming for these cold killing labels some ain't had hits since i seen aunt mabel ♪

♪ be doing artists in like cain did abel ♪ ♪ they money's getting stuck to the gun under the table ♪ ♪ that's what you get when you misuse what i invent your empire falls and you lose every cent ♪ ♪ for trying to blow up a scrub now that thought was just as bright as a 20-watt lightbulb ♪ ♪ should have pumped it when i rocked it, brothers so stingy they got deep pockets ♪ ♪ this goes in some companies with majors they're scared to death to pump these ♪ ♪ first of all who's your a&r ♪ a mountain climber who plays an electric guitar ♪ ♪ now he don't know the meaning of dope when he's looking for a suit and tie rap ♪ ♪ that's cleaner than a bar of soap ♪ ♪ and i'm the dirtiest thing in sight matter of fact bring out the girls and let's have a mud fight ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ check your neck." "gma" c

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good morning on this smoke and hazy morning. mike has a look at your forecast today. >> hey, reggie. hi, everybody. we'll start with the poor air quality. it's red, just about 75% of our neighborhoods and it is continuing to slide into the south bay, the odd healthy air because of the north winds. winds will calm down a little bit today, but they pick up tomorrow night from 7:00 through 11:00. right now, lake county under a fire weather watch. i imagine the entire north bay will fall under that at some point. this poor air quality will be around forever. there's no cool air on the way. >> i'm going to take you live to sky 7. over that sig alert we've been tracking all morning. this is eastbound 80 at state route 12. look at that vehicle. hardly anything left of that. this is at least a double fatality collision that happened a couple of hours ago. definitely some delays. >> we'll

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