undergoing several surgeries. japan. "good morning america" >> it's borderline depressing, starts right now. good morning, america. right? you're not able to go out and enjoy life. new storm on the move right now. >> reporter: one month later, millions in its path. he's still struggling to get cities in the northeast could face some flooding. around, now filing suit claiming mandatory evacuations in missouri. the cruise line failed to inspect and maintain the ride as towns told to get out now as a similar companies who operate these types of activities do on major river overflows, land. threatening homes and businesses. >> if the operation manuals are being followed, if the inspections are taking place, if breaking overnight. the crew is properly trained and major assault weapon crackdown. the prime minister of new experienced, an accident like this should never ever happen. zealand's swift and stunning ban just days after that mosque >> reporter: also upsetting terror attack. holladay, the way he says his girlfriend and friends were also this morning, chilling treated after the fall. >> i'm hearing the security guard telling my friends to stop new details in the boeing 737 investigation. filming. i'm hearing all these things. what the co-pilot said moments before that lion air crash. like, why am i not being inside those final seconds and now why the fbi is getting attended to a littlitte involved. >> reporter: holladay did not cruise ship accident. skypad billed as gravity defying the moment a passenger fun. it's the kind of attraction the entire industry hopes will attract a younger crowd. plummets 20 feet on a popular trampoline ride, the bungee cord snapping.

now he's suing for millions of dollars. the new warning about your hot cup of coffee or tea. royal caribbean putting $100 million into why you may want to wait before upgrades on this ship alone to include more options like the you sip. sky pad to lure millennials. >> all my other friends tried it ♪ i'm a fireball and that's when we decided to check it out and obviously and the shocking sight overnight. this fireball lighting up the it didn't go as planned. l.a. sky. the midair mystery and now this >> reporter: in a statement, morning what was really behind royal caribbean says they do not it. comment on pending litigation. ♪ we asked if the skypad is still in use and how they train their employees. they declined to answer our questions. >> big questions there. okay, victor, thank you. we're going to turn now and good morning, america. i hope you're well this thursday to that new fallout from the morning. college admissions scandal. >> that fireball might not be we're learning about a student whose parents paid her way on to what you thought. an alien? ucla's soccer team to help her it had something to do with the get into the school even though super moon. we'll tell you coming up. >> i love the pitbull song that goes with it. >> always a good day when you start with pitbull. she never even ended up playing >> exactly. but first, we begin our day on the team. with those two storms on the move. kayna whitworth joins us from the midwest facing more severe usc. flooding and here in the good morning, kayna. northeast millions are bracing for a wet and messy commute this >> reporter: hey, cecilia, good morning. morning. so here at usc the new president rob marciano is starting us off with the latest. said just yesterday that when it comes to admissions, trust is the most important thing. well, that seems to be missing for students here at usc and good morning, rob. >> good morning, michael. several other universities the rain will get here later in the day flooding out west, missouri across this country as the

river flowing at a rate of integrity of their admissions 300,000 cubic feet per second, that's enough to fill an nfl process and athletic teams is in stadium in less than ten minutes question this morning. this. >> toward the back post. >> reporter: the prestigious craig, missouri, evacuated ucla women's soccer team now embroiled in "operation varsity blues." because of a levee breach. >> how about that? >> reporter: one player still this town inundated. seen online as a member of the many towns seeing their worst flooding since 1993 or worse than that and obviously rescues continue to be under way. a dry break for them, then more rain next week. we are looking at this nor'easter taking shape over the 2017 team, freshman lauren carolinas right now, the isackson but it shows no stat, not even appearing in this team photo. heaviest rain this morning, her bio touts her as a four-year raleigh, virginia beach, d.c., team captain for her woodside soccer club and 2015 mvp. philly, then new york city for but their coaching director telling "gma" he's baffled. >> i went to ucla and we haven't the evening rush and then through boston tonight, the had any players from our club wraparound with heavy wind and recruited to any major colleges snow. wet snow accumulating, i think, mostly north of i-90. 6 to 12 inches of it, but it's up to now so definitely smelled going to be a messy travel day fishy to me, i would say team on the roads and in the air as captain and mvp would be hard to be that of a team that doesn't well. exist. >> thanks. now to that breaking news, >> reporter: prosecutors say the prime minister of new isackson had no prior competitive soccer experience zealand announced immediate action to ban assault weapons in the wake of that terror attack that killed 50 people at two mosques. abc's eva pilgrim has all the and that her parents allegedly details. paid more than $600,000 in good morning, eva. bribes through college counselor >> reporter: good morning, george. rick singer to get both lauren the shooter legally purchased

the weapons used in this attack and her sister admitted to ucla and the prime minister wasting and usc. no time banning those very guns singer allegedly using bogus saying, it's for all of us, it's sports credentials and falsified standardized tests. in the national interest and it's about safety. >> getting into the right college will set the trajectory it's been only six days since for the rest of your son's or the terrorist attack targeting two christchurch mosques left 50 daughter's life. people dead and already new don't leave it to chance. zealand's prime minister, >> reporter: singer cooperating with the investigation even jacinda ardern, is stepping up, appearing to wear a wire to the isackson residence after bruce immediately moving for a sweeping ban on assault weapons in her country. >> the time for the mass and isackson became paranoid saying, quote, i can't imagine they'd go easy availability of these to the trouble of tapping my phone -- but would they tap someone like your phone? weapons must end and today they will. >> reporter: the prime minister current ucla students outraged. who has vowed to not even say the shooter's name says the >> in a way it's almost as you drafted legislature targets the feel a little robbed because you type of weapons used in the worked so hard to get here and massacre, one of the most they sort of just bought their way into the school. extensive gun control reforms in the country's history. it's a little frustrating as >> new zealand will ban all another -- a fellow student athlete. military-style semiautomatic >> reporter: both daughters weapons. still enrolled at their schools. we will ban all parts with the ability to convert semiautomatic lauren no longer on the soccer team. at usc, student leaders seeking more transparency as the or any other type of firearm into a military-style embattled university has just

named a new president. semiautomatic weapon. >> do you think the school's reputation is tarnished? >> reporter: in the days following the attack, ardern >> i think it's a question for acting swiftly on a promise, the administration to take a vowing to quickly change the mirror up to their face and decide that for themselves. laws in a country where there are an average of 30 firearms for every 100 people. in the united states, where the >> reporter: now, she added that rate is approximately four times usc has a reputation of higher, the second amendment and upholding wealth and privilege political opposition have and at ucla the investigation is ongoing. stalled calls for similar their soccer coach has been reforms in the wake of mass placed on leave. shootings. just as the first funerals get as for the isacksons, according under way, the prime minister outlining those new changes to this indictment, cecilia, expected to be enacted by april they had already begun greasing 11th. 30 people remain in the the wheels for their younger son hospital. 7 in critical condition. apparently asking singer to, quote, control the testing environment for his entrance exams. >> it's about all of us. >> wow, okay, kayna, thank you. it's in the national interest these allegations are just and it's about safety to prevent stunning. let's bring in former federal prosecutor sunny hostin. an act of terror happening in good morning to you. our country ever again. >> good morning. >> i mean, you just sort of shake your head if that's the >> reporter: and these guns have only thing you can do. been pulled from stores to how much time do you think these prevent a rush to buy them. parents are facing? are they looking at hard time or as can you imagine, it's going to take some time and money to put in this buyback program. are they going to get to cut a they're estimating somewhere deal? >> the criminal exposure for charges up to 20 years in prison. if you look at the federal

sentencing guideline, that sort between $100 million and $200 million. those gun owners can arrange either online or by calling their local police departments how they will turn these weapons in. of breaks down to 12 months to cecilia. 24 months. any good defense attorney in >> amazing how quickly they court is going to say, well, give them about zero to six months and that should be no time served. moved there. eva, thank you. you got to think about the fact we turn to new developments that this has revealed systemic problems. in the boeing investigation. there are real victims here, this morning, there are even kids that didn't get into more questions about the safety of those 737s as we learn chilling new details about the school. final moments in that doomed lion air crash. so, when you're a prosecutor, yes, you sentence so that people abc's senior transportation get punished but there also has correspondent david kerley has to be this deterrent effect. the latest. david, the fbi is now involved. you have to send a message to society that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated >> reporter: the fbi joining one of several investigations into and, remember, there have been the certification of the 737 max, that is the stamp of cases where you have people of approval to allow it to fly. color that -- and women that meanwhile, the indonesians have just talked to reporters giving change their addresses and they new details about the very first get -- because they want their crash. kids to get into a better public school. they get sentenced for months to this morning, more details about several years in prison. the first boeing 737 max crash in indonesia. there can't be an inequity in prison sentences for the wealthy with investigators there telling us about the cockpit voice so i think that these parents recorder highlighting the confusion in the cockpit. "the new york times" reporting could and should serve real time in prison. >> what about the other side of this? some of the last words were prayers by the first officer, we've already seen some of these lawsuits filed by students who

god is great. say that they were harmed in the indonesians dispute that but this. confirm that as the jet was kids who were not directly dramatically moving up and down, the captain was at the controls trying to settle the plane. affected by the cases that up and down action caused necessarily, but say they've by an automatic safety system been harmed by this. is that going to be hard for the triggered a total of 21 times, government to prove there was the captain finally giving the this widespread harm at these schools? >> i don't think so. these aren't victimless crimes. control to the first officer and is going through his emergency checklist but they run out of time and crash. i think michael can attest to it. boeing says if the system i have a son who is a student malfunctions as it did, the procedure is to shut it off. athlete. i can't begin to tell you how that exact jet had the same many times i've woken up at 4:00 and have driven him to 5:00 a.m. swim practices. these acceptance rates at these trouble the day before, but schools are somewhere around 6% to 7%. think about the student athletes there was a third pilot in the that put in real time that jump seat hitching a ride and according to reports, he didn't get in to these schools. suggested to the crew that they shut down the system saving the >> and the coaches just secure a flight. the indonesians say all three worked together. slot for these fraudsters. >> i don't think it's going to be very difficult to prove. >> all right, sunny, thank you. and the indonesians have joined others in saying this first coming up, new details about crash is similar to the this youtube mom. she featured her adopted children in videos and got ethiopian crash a week and a hundreds of millions of views. under arrest now. hundreds of millions of views. half ago, even though we've not learned what the black boxes from the ethiopia say about that crash. under arrest now. humira patients, you inspire us. now, we know the fbi has joined the way you triumph over adversity. this investigation.

congress will hold hearings next and live your lives. week, and boeing, cecilia, yesterday shuffled three boeing that's why we redesigned humira. executives into the engineering we wanted to make the experience department changing some of better for you. now there's less pain immediately following injection. those engineering jobs out in we've reduced the size of the needle the wake of this crash. >> yeah, a lot of questions for boeing, david. and removed the citrate buffers. now there is another and it has the same effectiveness you investigation, this one with ties to the pentagon? >> reporter: yes, it has nothing know and trust. to do with the crashes. this is the acting defense humira citrate-free is here. secretary, shanahan, who is a former boeing executive. a little change can make a big difference. now, an investigation has been launched whether or not boeing got preferential treatment in humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections, some pentagon contracting. cecilia. >> okay, david, thank you. including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, to the white house now, serious allergic reactions, where president trump has spent the week unleashing a series and new or worsening heart failure. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain after attacks against the late senator john mccain. the latest yesterday at an ohio fungal infections are common and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. tank factory packed with veterans. outrage from mccain's family. ask your doctor about humira citrate-free. our chief white house correspondent jon karl has the here's to you. story, and jon, the president just won't let this go. >> reporter: he sure won't, george. donald trump's attacks on john mccain began long before he became president and now

bizarrely they are continuing long after mccain's death. president trump is showing no sign he's done attacking senator john mccain who died seven months ago with brain cancer. has me feeling super healthy. my new beneful superfood blend >> so i have to be honest, i've with salmon, cranberries... never liked him much. ...oh, but we are not done yet! here comes superfood wet with beef, salmon, and pumpkin. >> reporter: wednesday, the president who himself avoided it's like a superfood sundae. serving in vietnam with multiple on a monday. (avo) new beneful superfood blend dry and wet recipes. deferments, including one for you might or joints.hing for your heart... bone spurs in his feet, hammered but do you take something for your brain. the late senator and war hero in front of a pro-military crowd in ohio. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, >> mccain didn't get the job done for our great vets and the prevagen has been shown in clinical trials v.a., and they knew it. to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >> reporter: the crowd listened in silence as trump told them he never got a thank you for authorizing the use of an air force jet to transfer mccain's thto help janet change whher front tire... monsoon is the same type of person casket for his memorial service. who can help you find exactly the right car from our inventory of over 50,000, >> i gave them the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president i had to approve. because helping people is what carmax people are all about. i don't care about this. i didn't get thank you. that's okay. we sent him on his way but i wasn't a fan of john mccain.

not my kind of guy but some people like him and i think that's great. >> reporter: several republican senators including mitch mcconnell and martha mcsally who serves in mccain's senate seat defended mccain on twitter, both calling him an american hero but neither of them condemned trump. senator lindsey graham went further. >> i think the president's comments about senator mccain hurt him more than they hurt the legacy of senator mccain. everof coursechool hshe wants that one.. >> reporter: perhaps the and she wants the one with the doodads. strongest rebuke came from georgia republican johnny no one has the one with doodads yet. isakson who chairs the veterans because no one can find it. affairs committee. >> it's deplorable what he said. we should never reduce the for the glittery one, and the one with doodads. ebay. new tide pods 2.0 service people give to this country. with upgraded 4-in-1 technology. >> reporter: the president's attacks on mccain come amidst a torrent of attacks on a wide your detergent, stain removers, range of other targets including and odor fighters writers for "saturday night all fit, in the palm of your hand. live," the husband of one of his #1 stain and odor fighter, #1 trusted. top aides and a frequent target, special counsel robert mueller. it's got to be tide. >> yeah, and, jon, we're all waiting for robert mueller's report to be transmitted to the attorney general, william barr,

and you pressed the president yesterday on whether he wants americ pc ve a rig to report.rs see the mueller report? >> i don't mind. i mean, frankly, i told the house if you want let them see it. let it come out. let people see it. that's up to the attorney general. we have a very good attorney general. he is a very highly respected man and we'll see what happens. >> but jon, the president's wishes don't necessarily guarantee the public is going to see the report. >> reporter: no, not at all. back now with a back now with a mom who george, as you heard him say there that he is leaving that decision ultimately up to the attorney general and he's also been all over the map on this. featured her seven adopted just last friday he said there children on a youtube channel shouldn't be a mueller report. that got hundreds of millions >> okay, jon karl, thanks very much. michael. of views, now under arrest for now to new developments abusing those kids. involving that prostitution case against patriots owner robert kraft. amy is here with more. he's reportedly planning to >> you would never imagine that any of this was going on by watching episodes of the show reject an offer to drop the but machelle hobson reportedly charges against him and linsey punished them by not feeding davis is here. them, locking them in closets and at times, even pepper spraying them. every week, 800,000 subscribers linsey, he's pleading not guilty tune in to follow the fantastic

and apparently he didn't like adventures of one arizona family on youtube. one requirement of the deal, admitting guilt. >> that's right, michael. their videos racking up nearly that seems to be the sticking 250 million views in just a point and primary reason he little over a year. plans to turn down that plea deal and now kraft's lawyers are >> oh, yeah, you hungry. now fighting to keep any >> reporter: but despite what potentially video of the patriots owner out of public looked like fun in their online view. police say they have damning videos -- videotaped evidence and kraft wants to make sure that no one ever sees it. >> cookies, cookies. >> reporter: police arrested this morning, new england machelle hobson on friday patriots owner robert kraft is charging the adoptive mother reportedly planning to say, no with seven counts of child abuse after her adult biological daughter meghan seen in this deal, in response to a plea video -- >> oh, hi, meghan. offer from florida prosecutors, >> reporter: -- tipped them off which would have required him among other things to admit that saying, one of her siblings told her hobson was harming all seven if his case went to trial, he would be found guilty of of her adopted children using soliciting prostitution. pepper spray on them, depriving them of food and water for days kraft has pleaded not guilty to the charges. and locking them in closet. he's accused of two misdemeanor counts of soliciting a >> we then were sent to the prostitute at a florida massage house to do a welfare check. parlor. one of the kids was offered water. he was 1 of 25 men caught up in a major operation to uncover the kid consumed three bottles alleged human trafficking. of water in a short amount of time. >> this is about enabling a they hadn't eaten and they had made statements that they sometimes don't eat for days. >> reporter: the department of child safety removing all seven network of criminals to traffic women into our country for children from hobson's home. in interviews with authorities, the kids say hobson took them

forced labor and sex. >> reporter: if he had been out of school to film the willing to make that admission in f youtube series and disciplined perform 100 hours of community them if they did not recall service and attend a class on their lines or participate as the dangers of prostitution, the they were directed to. charges of misdemeanor hobson denying the allegations. soliciting prostitution would have been dropped. neighbors say they saw no signs on wednesday, his lawyers filed this protective order asking a judge to prevent any evidence in of the alleged abuse. the case from being made public >> we never saw them outside. including any footage of the which is odd because their alleged sexual encounters. videos showed them outside. >> reporter: tawny and zeb say two of hobson's children were >> the question was, does the video contain mr. kraft inside receiving the alleged acts? the answer to that is yes. >> reporter: jordan wagner brought to their home a few represents 15 other men, not including kraft, who are also weeks ago to collaborate with charged with soliciting their family on their popular prostitution. youtube channel extreme toys tv and were shocked to hear about >> we have to see if the videos were obtained properly. the alleged abuse and deleted i would dispute the notion that it was an exchange of money for sex. any videos they made with them. i don't know if there's any actual solicitation of >> i just wish there was something i would have seen or they would have reached out. i was one-on-one with these kids and there was no sign that they were in danger. >> reporter: police also prostitution evidence. >> reporter: kraft's arraignment arresting hobson's two adult is set for march 28th. despite his arrest president biological sons, logan and ryan hackney, who often appear in the youtube series charging them trst each with seven counts of he wants kraft at the white house when the patriots go to failure to report the abuse of a celebrate their super bowl victory. minor. that's expected to happen in the

coming weeks. and hobson is still behind bars >> i'm sure admitting guilt on $200,000 bond. would mean a big penalty from the nfl. >> the nfl can punish him her sons are both out of jail on separate and apart from any kind of criminal charges. no bond. >> so what is youtube doing about this? >> thank you, cecilia -- i mean, thank you, linsey. i'm looking at you. i'm looking at you. >> well, it's pretty remarkable. experts estimate she was making between $100,000 and $1.7 million off of these videos >> we're going to get you hot so youtube demonetized her coffee soon. we're going to turn now to account initially and since her that massive tropical cyclone arrest they have actually causing a humanitarian crisis in removed her account entirely. southern africa. >> thank goodness for that. take a look at devastation there okay, amy, thanks. coming up, our play of the in mozambique. day. what was really behind that those killed could number past a shocking sight in the sky. i hear it in the background and she's watching too, saying thousand and ian pannell has the latest. [indistinct conversation] >> reporter: this morning, the desperate search for the stranded and missing. homes smashed and washed away as desperate residents try to pick up the pieces. [friend] i've never seen that before. now, relentless rain creating floodwaters almost 20 foot high in parts. ♪ some have only trees and rooftops for survival. at least 200 confirmed dead but the president here fears there could be over a thousand killed ♪ by this category 4 storm. i have... ♪

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there are real fears of waterborne diseases, such as cholera, and the u.s. has dispatched an elite emergency management team to assess what you wouldn't accept from any one else. america can do to help. cecilia. why accept it from your allergy pills? >> it's a real race now. flonase relieves your worst symptoms thank you. now to new fallout from the including nasal congestion, jussie smollett case. which most pills don't. overnight, "empire" creator lee flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. daniels spoke out saying he and the cast have felt pain and anger over the incident, and most pills only block one. flonase. abc's alex perez is in chicago with the details. take a moment. >> reporter: good morning. he doesn't mention smollett to unwrap, by name but says this entire and unwind... ordeal has taken a toll on everyone who works on the show. ♪ ♪ i'm stuck on this roller coaster ♪ with lindor. a milk chocolate shell with a smooth, ♪ roller coaster >> reporter: as jussie smollett's character sang his melting center. crafted by the lindt heart out on "empire" last night, co-creator lee daniels master chocolatiers says he and smollett's castmates are on a roller coaster of emotions. whenever. wherever. >> me and my cast have lindor, only from lindt. experienced pain and anger and sadness and frustration. i really don't know how to deal with it.

>> reporter: lee daniels was one of the first to come to smollett's defense. had the power to manage their condition without fingersticks? >> you didn't deserve nor to always know their glucose levels and where they're heading anybody deserves to have a noose put around your neck. with just a glance at their smart device. the power to make treatment decisions. but police accused of to customize alerts and alarms orchestrating the attack with two friends. to help keep them in range. last night, smollett returning the power to lower their a1c. to the screen on "empire" as the all this knowledge... powered by a small wearable. former ratings giant struggles to keep its audience. the dexcom g6. last week it suffered its lowest mid-season premiere ever in the first episode to air since the controversy. and producers have already said that smollett has been cut out of the final two episodes of the season. he's due back in court april 17th. michael? >> all right, thank you so much. now, to some good news. good new foromeone who didn't t. brad, i see you over there

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as a new storm is on the move right now. flood and heavy snow watches for states from virginia to vermont. rob tracking the latest. also this morning, hot drink dangers. the brand-new study tracking thousands of tea drinkers and the increased link to cancer depending on just how hot the drink is. how hot is too hot? dr. ashton is here live. fertility fight.fod hospital was storing her frozen embryos for years and she had no idea until she got a letter in now she's suing and speaking out. her story and what she wants other couples to know this little things morning. can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. new overnight. otezla is not a cream. the study that says teens are lonelier than the elderly. less than a third of their time it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. spent with friends every day. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. what's behind it and what parents should know. ♪ we are family usife it's a pill that treats plaque psallergic to otezla.. "gma" exclusive. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. we're backstage with donny and marie at their vegas show as otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. they reveal a big announcement about their future. >> do you want to say it or tell your doctor if you have a history of depression shall i say it?

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show and this morning, as we've been saying, they're taking over "gma." we're so excited about that but what they don't know is that we've got a huge surprise for them coming up in a little bit. >> that's throughout the rest of the show. we'll begin with those ♪ the love shack is a little old storms that are hitting the northeast and midwest. parts of missouri already under place where we can get water and rob marciano is tracking the latest. together ♪ good morning, rob. >> good morning, george. right, you know that song, welcome back to "gma." the first full day of spring and we are dealing with spring flooding and epic stuff across the midwest. here's some fresh video of craig, missouri, north of kansas city where they you know who that is there, evacuated last night, some of donny and marie osmond. the river flowing at a rate that would fill up an nfl stadium in "love shack." less than ten minutes, the worst there in las vegas for their big since 1993 or worse than that. and in iowa, rescues are under show. they have a big announcement. you're going to hear it right way, so the tributaries in missouri and mississippi here only on "gma." continue to flood as they make >> talking to paula faris. that is coming up. their way toward the gulf of mexico. a lot of headlines we're following. washington bracing for the atlantic ocean is where we get mueller report, could come any day now. president trump says he wants it our moisture today, and the to be publicly released. heavy rain pushes through and some breaking news in d.c., philly, baltimore this morning, new york city later on that chemical plant fire. this afternoon. a messy commute with miserable authorities are warning resident air or land travel. to shelter in place even though the fears are out because there are growing concerns about air quality. north of i-90, we're looking at wet snow developing and with school canceled again today. this full moon we'll see coastal flooding as well.

first round of the ncaa tournament gets under way. so first full day of spring a bit of a mess unfortunately, one of the teams playing this guys, bear with us. back to you. afternoon, number one seed gonzaga playing this afternoon >> thank you, rob. going for the first championship. >> great tournament. and now to that "gma" health cannot wait to start watching that. alert. as so many of us enjoy coffee and tea this morning, like every morning, a warning that hot now, to that lawsuit over a liquids could be linked to a type of cancer and jennifer cruise ship accident an a passenger injured when a bungee cord snapped. ashton, our doc, is here with all of this. doc, please tell us about this story. we've been discussing it all morning. now he is speaking out. >> debating. >> you guys are peppering me with questions. abc's victor oquendo but another study linking is in miami beach. hot beverages to the risk of this happened in february and he's still recovering now. >> reporter: that's right, good esophageal cancer. morning, michael. one minute casey holladay is they found that people who drank flying high, next on the ground writhing in pain and the cruise three or more cups a day of tea hotter than 40 degrees fahrenheit increased their rick of developing esophageal cancer had to be cut short and brought to miami for treatment and he's by 90%. happy he's not dead or paralyzed. we used one of these >> whoa. >> reporter: watch the moment thermometers right here with things turn from fun to just a regular cup of tea. frightening for casey holladay it is not difficult to surpass high above reagan's "mariner of that number. the seas." most commercial chains serve tea suddenly plummeting 20 feet or coffee hotter than that and there is a theory about cause landing on the hard deck. and effect. >> are you okay? thermal injury causes inflammation, can disrupt dna >> reporter: bungees on the and cause cancer. >> 90% increase? popular skypad trampoline

attraction appearing to snap. >> it's a big number. >> but everyone doesn't carry a >> all of a sudden i'm on the thermometer around when they order their coffee. >> not yet. ground, not sure if i could walk ever again. >> reporter: holladay suffering a fractured pelvis, bruised rib >> but how do you protect yourself? >> a lot of this is common sense. if some beverage, whether it's soup, tea, coffee, is too hot in your mouth, it's likely too hot for your esophagus. you can wait a few minutes and let it cool off depending whether you're making it at home or getting it from a store. yes, we check meat with a thermometer like this, so you can check your beverages and then, michael, you can just start a new trend and wear it in your suit pocket but -- >> i tell you what, doc, the temperature went up 20 degrees. [ laughter ] >> this is actually my e thesapplnceshe can prram the teerursoknow, t lose t 0 d th git se that warning and we'll try that, and cool it down, cecilia. >> as long as you're not taking the coffee away, then i got an issue. all right. coming up, that fertility lawsuit, a woman claiming a hospital stored her embryos for

13 years without her knowledge. and we have an alarming new report that says teens are lonelier than ever and we'll check out the role that social media plays in that. and the cast of "queer eye" is here trying out some of tory johnson's "deals & steals" this morning. and we've got a great audience. we'll be upstairs with them in a minute. we'll be right back. minute. we'll be right back. but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer, approved, with hormonal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai is proven to help women have significantly more time without disease progression, and more than half of women saw their tumors shrink vs an ai.

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>> i did. karamo is here to join me, guys. >> i'm excited. [ applause ] >> exciting morning. >> welcome. we begin with some big news for jessica simpson and her husband eric johnson. they welcomed their third child tuesday, a baby girl, birdie mae johnson. jessica shared this photo on instagram showing their 6-year-old daughter maxwell holding birdie mae's hand. how cute is this. she writes, we are so happy and proud to announce the birth of her perfect daughter, 3/19/19, 10 pounds, 13 ounces, whoa, oty lsjoinher year-o and now karamo, two kids to three, that's a big change. any advice? >> yeah, definitely. get a nanny immediately. [ laughter ] a lot of work that's going to come with this third child so get as much support as you possibly can. >> i support that. now to a stash battle avengers style. iron man himself robert

downey jr. launched an infinity level war on twitter. the actor posting this side-by-side with the caption, okay, this time it's real. who wore it best? chris evans, mark ruffalo? ruffalo not one to take the challenge lying down responded with this collage of his many 'staches over the years, writing, i mustache -- he says, i mustache, does quantity count or different kinds of mustaches? i've seen quite a few unique styles over the years. the internet was divided but reminding us many other avengers like chris hemsworth, paul rudd have sported the look.iginal, r lee, right? of course. karamo, who wins this? to say m ruffalo. all the different ones, that's the type of variation you need when you're doing a mustache or my castmate jonathan van ness. >> that was the next question.

do we have that? we want to know, who wore it best? >> okay. >> was it -- which one? >> hands down -- i love them both, but jonathan van ness is killing it. yes. [ applause ] no question. >> and finally, this one is good. the most innocent internet debate that the internet has ever seen. the great choo-choo debate. a user on reddit posted this question. how many chuggas are you supposed to say before choo choo? he says two. his kid says three. the teacher only says one and oing.ays that's obviously enougg one on says we same the same number of chuggas as the nana in the batman song. ♪ na na na na na na na na >> eight. >> i think eight is the proper number. you need chugga, chugga, chugga. anything you need to get you going and motivated in the morning.

>> eight is a lot. >> hard-hitting questions. a lot of chuggas. >> you have just really ruined my whole day. that's all i'm going to think about. all right, janai, thank you so much. karamo, thank you for joining us. now to our "gma" cover story. the woman in a fertility fight, she's suing a hospital for allegedly storing her frozen embryo without telling her for 13 years. amy is back with that story. hey, amy.g,uy yes, michael, the massachusetts woman says she found out about the embryo in 2017 after she received a letter saying she needed to pay $500 in order to keep it in storage. well, now, she's fighting back and she's opening up about the child she could have had saying she doesn't want it to happen to another family. >> i received a letter in the mail from women and infants providence. they were now going to be billing for storage of frozen embryos. i thought, well, this is crazy. this has to be a complete mistake.

this has to be a mass mailing because i don't have a frozen embryo. >> reporter: the news devastating former marisa bristol, turning her fertility journey upside down in 2017. >> we had never dreamed of just having one child. we always wanted more. i mean, i could have had ten easily. >> reporter: in 2003 marisa and her husband at the time, john, were hoping to give a sibling to their young son brett. the couple going through three unsuccessful rounds of ivf. according to the lawsuit against women and infants hospital, the couple was told the remaining embryo harvested was not viable. and just three years later, another blow for the young family. john passing away suddenly in his sleep. >> my world was totally turned upside down. >> reporter: marisa moved on with her life, even remarrying, until receiving that 2017 letter stating that she had a frozen

embryo at providence's women and infants hospital. >> i felt like i was now grieving a child that i didn't even know existed, a child that i could have had. it was a piece of john. it was a sibling for my son brett. >> reporter: marisa now paying $500 to keep the embryo stored, but since john has passed away, according to court documents, marisa is unable to make any other decisions about it. now filing a lawsuit against the hospital seeking unspecified damages. >> she wants accountability for what happened for the fact that this embryo was in their possession for 13 years and she was never notified about it. she would like an apology. and the third thing she's looking for is an assurance that this will not happen to someone else. >> reporter: the hospital telling abc news in a statement, that due to privacy laws they will not comment on this or any patient's care but adding, we stand behind the expertise and professionalism of our entire fertility center team, whose

longstanding success stems from a sincere and passionate commitment to assist women and men in building a family. as for marisa, she says she is struggling with depression, seeing a counselor. >> i'm never going to have closure with this. >> reporter: now, we did reach out to the hospital and they reiterated that they, quote, had no comment on this specific case but certainly a sad story all around, george. >> it sure is. amy, thanks very much. we have a parenting alert now about teens and loneliness. a new study of the i-gen revealed only a third of them spent time with their friends every day, a big drop from previous generations. 39% said they often felt lonely, that's a big jump. here to talk about it is our friend rachel simmons. this is so complicated here, such a conundrum. kids are more connected than ever but more lonely than ever. >> exactly. we're seeing these new norms with kids now where they feel like they're not worthy if they're not busy all the time, so they're scheduling themselves constantly. i work on a college campus and i see my students feeling like

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