everyone. have a great wednesday. "good morning america" starts now. good morning, america. breaking new developments in that deadly boeing 737 max crash. the stunning new report revealing pilots on that fatal ethiopian airline flight did initially follow procedures to correct that system malfunction but couldn't get the plane back in control. the new details about those final moments. also overnight, president trump taking on joe biden, mocking him over those accusations of inappropriate dozen women. security breach at mar-a-lago. a woman from china now in custody accused of sneaking past multiple secret service checkpoints carrying a thumb drive wi mal town. breaking overnight, making

history. first black woman and openly gay person elected mayor of chicago, saying the city has been reborn. also this morning, the suspect accused of killing nipsey hussle now arrested and the powerful tribute overnight on the court from nba star russell westbrook. ♪ i need a hero and the "avengers" breaking the internet and the box office. ticket sales setting records weeks before the opening and taking down websites. why you may need superhero help to get a seat. ♪ i need a hero get it, michael. >> good morning, america. you know what, everybody needs a hero. i'm sitting next to two of mine right now. >> ah. >> he's trying to be nice today. >> it is nice.

>> it is wednesday. i'm happy. i'm happy everybody at home is watching the show, and there is a lot of excitement for th that "avengers: end game." the trailer dropped yesterday and has more than 11 million views. >> the rush to get tickets so fast so furious websites crashed leading to fans -- leading fans to tweet these, me with my phone while getting my tickets to go see "avengers: endgame" and a error message. a lot of people pushing refresh. >> there was a lot of funny memes out there. we'll have much more on that ahead. first, we begin with that breaking news overnight about the ethiopian airlines crash and what happened in the cockpit in those final moments. there is a new report that is saying the pilots initially followed procedures to correct that malfunction before the plane went down. david kerley starts us off. has the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this morning we are still awaiting the ethiopian report,

but this report suggests that the pilots did follow procedure turning off a system but for some reason turned it back on before losing control, crashing and killing all on board. it's "the wall street journal" now reporting to us that they have talked to people familiar with the investigative report which is based on the black box data, and they say when an anti-stall system engaged and nosed down the jet liner, as we found out, the pilots did follow -- we saw this in the simulator, the procedure that they followed. that is to flip two switches down, shut off the electricity that noses down the aircraft and go to a wheel and manually level out the plane. but for some unknown reason or at least unreported reason, they decided to turn that system back on. the electricity back on and try and use the autopilot again to control the aircraft. they lost control and crashed. now, boeing has a software fix they were expecting to submit last friday. that's now been delayed for as possibly as many as four weeks or longer and that means the two major airlines, american and southwest in this country that fly the maxes, that are still

grounded, the entire fleet around the world will have to cancel nearly 200 flights today alone, cecilia. we continue to await for details from the ethiopians. >> a lot of frustrated people out there. david kerley, thank you. we turn to washington now where overnight, president trump went on the attack during a free wheeling speech to republicans. he now seems to be backtracking on everything from shutting down the border to health care. he's also going head on after a new target. his likely 2020 opponent, former vice president joe biden. jonathan karl has the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. donald trump is looking ahead to the 2020 campaign taking aim at the most high-profile potential candidate, former vice president biden. at a fund-raiser overnight for congressional republicans, president trump took aim at joe biden. >> we're going into the war with some socialists and it looks like the only non-sort of heavy socialist -- he's being taken care of pretty well by the socialists. they got to him.

our former vice president, he's -- i was going to call him -- i don't know him well. i was going to say, welcome to the world, joe. you having a good time, joe? >> reporter: that was a clear reference to allegations biden now faces of inappropriate conduct from several women. more than a dozen women have accused trump of sexual misconduct, but that didn't stop him from going directly at biden. >> i said, general, give me a kiss. i felt like joe biden, but i meant it. >> reporter: allegations of inappropriate behavior directed at donald trump span years, both before and during his bid for the white house. the president has denied all of them. in his speech, the president also hit his signature campaign promise. [ chanting ] but after threatening to close down the southern border last week, a sudden reversal. the president seems to have changed his mind. >> i really wanted to close it.

but now mexico is saying, no, no, no, first time in decades, we will not let anybody get through. and they've apprehended over a thousand people today at the southern border, their southern border and they're bringing them back into their country. >> reporter: so the president is claiming a major change in mexico's policy since he threatened to shut down the border just last week. but we can find no evidence of any major change in the number of migrants that mexico is detaining over the last several days. cecilia. >> yeah, jon. mexico says they are basically doing what they have been doing, but it's not just the border. the president seems to be backtracking on health care, basically backing off this plan to introduce a republican replacement before 2020. >> reporter: he now says that the republican plan would be voted on after the election. he is saying this because he would like to do it after a big electoral victory when he is

re-elected, when republicans win election, the president says. >> jon karl at the white house for us this morning. jon, thank you. michael. >> thank you. now to that startling security breach at mar-a-lago while president trump was in florida over the weekend. a woman from china is under arrest after talking her way past secret service agents allegedly carrying a thumb drive with malware. chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has more in washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yujing zhang who is in her early 30s remains in custody charged this morning with making false statements to federal law enforcement and unlawfully entering a restricted zone. there was a secret service protective zone around mar-a-lago all weekend with layers of security, agents and signs warning that the area was restricted. but according to court documents, yujing zhang got in anyway. it was just after noon on saturday, the president golfing

nearby, when authorities say she presented two chinese passports to an agent as i.d. and said she was there to go to the pool. the agent passed her information to mar-a-lago security to verify she was on an access list. while the court documents make clear zhang easily conversed in english, authorities say due to a potential language barrier issue, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative of a member of the club who was also named zhang. a valet then drove her to the main reception area in a golf cart. prosecutors say zhang made it through another secret service checkpoint, magnetometers and more agents before she was finally stopped by a receptionist who asked zhang why she was there. according to the complaint, zhang finally responded that she was there for a united nations chinese-american association event later in the evening. the receptionist knew this event did not exist.

at that point, the secret service took over. when they say she claimed her chinese friend, charles, told her to travel from shanghai to attempt to speak with a member of the president's family about chinese and american foreign economic relations. and investigators are still looking at that thumb drive which they say contained, quote, malicious malware, along with four cell phones, a laptop and an external hard drive, but what zhang did not have, robin, despite saying she wanted to go to the pool, a swim suit, robin. >> all right, martha, thank you. now to history being made in chicago overnight, lori lightfoot elected mayor becoming the first african-american woman and openly gay person to hold the city's highest office. our chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas has the latest on this. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning. both historical and it was a landslide. in a city known for its back room politics, the win was a jolt to chicago's political machine. lori lightfoot, a former federal

prosecutor who never held elected office ran on a platform of cracking down on government corruption and helping lower income neighborhoods. she will be the city's first female black mayor taking office at a time of high tension between the police and its black population, which makes up one-third of the city, and a group moving out of the city in recent years, due in part to violence and housing issues and she will be the first openly gay mayor after beating out another black female candidate and earlier bill daley of the legendary chicago political family who served as chief of staff to president obama. the historic moment was not lost on lightfoot last night. >> i remember something martin luther king said when i was very young. faith, he said, is taking the first step when you can't see the staircase. well, we couldn't see the whole staircase when we started this journey. but we had faith, an abiding faith in the city, its people

and its future. so we took that first step. >> reporter: now lightfoot faces big challenges ahead, including a pension crisis that's ongoing, and though the murder rate has come down recently, crime still remains a major issue in chicago. guys. >> one of my favorite quotes from martin luther king. >> very powerful. >> it was. she came out of nowhere. >> came out of nowhere. landslide and never held elected office so it's impressive. >> thanks, tom. okay. now we turn to the latest on that deadly chemical plant explosion outside of houston killing one person and injuring two others. it's the second major plant fire in the area in just weeks. abc's marcus moore is on the scene in crosby, texas with more. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: cecilia, good morning to you. the roadways around the plant are still closed this morning, but that massive fire is out, and the powerful explosion killed one employee at the chemical plant in crosby and critically injured two other workers. this morning, we know that the particular plant has been the

focus of osha violations in the past, and the current company that owns it, they are facing a lawsuit. the county suing the company saying that it has violated the clean air and water laws. the company has said -- has apologized for this most recent incident and they say they are cooperating as they investigate -- try to prevent this from happening again, but the top environmental official here in harris county says that this particular plant has been a thorn in harris county's side for years. michael? >> all right. thank you so much, marcus. now we turn to the latest on the shooting death of grammy-nominated rapper nipsey hussle. a suspect is now in custody and overnight the rapper's longtime girlfriend broke her silence. abc's adrienne bankert has more. >> reporter: overnight actress lauren london, the love of nipsey hussle's life and mother of his child addresses the rapper's death for the first time writing on instagram, i am completely lost. i've lost my best friend. we are lost without you, babe.

i have no words. >> nipsey's death has sent shock waves across the city and across this globe. >> reporter: london's heartbreaking tribute comes as authorities arrest this man. >> there he is, there he is. >> reporter: 29-year-old eric holder, the suspected killer of the grammy-nominated artist. you police say the murder was not a gang fight, but a personal dispute. >> mr. holder walked up on multiple occasions and engaged in a conversation with nipsey, subsequently came back armed with a handgun striking and killing nipsey hussle. >> reporter: the suspected getaway driver turned herself in to authorities. she was not arrested and she left freely tuesday night. sources tell abc news that the woman is saying little to investigators for fear of retaliation. and in the same place that hussle was murdered to prevent the chaos from large crowds earlier this week, police have imposed a curfew at the memorial site to allow mourners to pay their respects peacefully. >> you might as well call him the president of the hood then,

for real. barack obama of the streets. >> wow. >> for real. >> was he that big? >> he was that big. >> reporter: and nba superstar russell westbrook -- >> for nipsey. >> reporter: dedicated his win over the lakers to the slain rapper with a historic performance. >> that wasn't for me. that was for my bro. that's for nipsey, man. >> reporter: and westbrook also said the rapper inspired him being someone who is also from the inner city. there are still a lot of people grieving here. we hope to receive further updates from the lapd sometime today. robin? >> good to have you there, adrienne. thank you. now to new developments in the penn state hazing case more than two years after the death of timothy piazza. three fraternity brothers are being sentenced to time behind bars. gio benitez is here and has those details for us. gio, we're hearing from timothy's parents this morning. >> reporter: we are, robin. good morning. they believe these sentences of jail time, pro mmite willha

this morning, a judge handing down the first sentences in the death of 19-year-old penn state fraternity pledge, tim piazza. more than two years after an alcohol-fueled frat party three of the former penn state frat brothers luke visser, michael bonatucci and joshua kurczewski now going behind bars. their sentences ranging from one month to nine months. all of them pleading guilty to hazing and conspiracy to commit hazing. piazza's parents speaking to abc news overnight. >> you know, these guys, they committed serious crimes and, you know, now they have to deal with it. so we're really all about making college experiences safer at this point. >> reporter: and we know this morning that the pennsylvania attorney general's office which has been prosecuting this case has obtained a large number of guilty pleas. more sentences are expected in the next few months, guys. >> all right, gio. thank you very much. and i can remember when tim's

parents came here to our studio and they have -- they have not given up in wanting to make this a message for others. >> and possibly save some lives. >> yes, indeed. and now we're going to turn to a record-breaking day for the marvel universe dropping the brand-new "avengers: endgame" trailer tuesday and it broke records at box offices becoming the biggest first-day ticket seller on fandango in just six hours, and some other things broke too. the site crashed. >> thanos took out half the universe that included most i.t. departments because the websites didn't work. so amc theatres, website and app crashed. fandango, if you go there to try to buy your tickets you were put in a queue for an hour. why were they not ready? we reached out to the companies but the theaters, it was their issue. they couldn't keep up with demand. fandango tells us straight

crushed the previous record held by "star wars: the force awakens." they say, we have never seen anything like this. it is groundbreaking. amc says the traffic was ten times their normal amount and double their previous record. if you go by the numbers this is the most anticipated movie we've ever seen. >> i think i already know the answer to this. but when the site crashed how did the fans react? >> very calmly. [ laughter ] people on twitter are usually chill, right? so, yes, these were great. somebody from -- loki, you had one job. one job to do, all right. and a couple other folks in their attempts. look at this one. this is good. these are their hopes of getting a ticket just kind of fading away. and, again, some people took their tickets and put them on ebay, selling them for thousands of dollars. some say for charity. i'm not having a cynical day. so i'll give them the benefit of the doubt. >> benefit of the doubt, all right. also this morning it is a big day in the college admissions scandal.

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and a woman from china is now in custody accused of trying to breach security at mar-a-lago making it past multiple secret service checkpoints and carrying a thumb drive with malware while the president was in florida over the weekend. and duchess meghan and prince harry have officially set a guinness world record with their brand-new sussex royal instagram account, 1 million followers in just six hours. more on that ahead and we'll be sharing what they're sharing as well. >> she looks stunning as always. we're going to turn now to that big day in court for the famous parents at the center of that college admissions cheating standle. actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin among those going before a judge in boston today. abc's linsey davis is right there at the courthouse with the latest. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. we're talking about 15 of the 50 people who were charged so far in this college admissions scandal, expected to appear in this court right behind me this afternoon. according to authorities we're talking about parents who paid

to have their children's standardized test scores corrected and/or bribe coaches in order to ensure their children got into the colleges of their choice. judgment day for many of the parents named in "operation varsity blues." on tuesday evening actress lori loughlin seen here smiling signing autographs after arriving in boston with her husband mossimo giannulli, and it's expected to be a full house today. loughlin among the 15 parents set to appear later this afternoon in boston federal court. among them real estate executives, a lawyer, doctor and a litany of ceos. for their part loughlin and giannulli stand accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their two daughters into usc. >> this is olivia jade. >> reporter: one of them 19-year-old social media influencer and youtube star olivia jade, seen here in the passenger seat with sister isabella last week in los angeles. her first public appearance since the scandal broke. also set to appear, "desperate housewives" star felicity

huffman who allegedly paid $15,000 to have an s.a.t. proctor correct her daughter's answers. >> when your friends tell you to lion your resume, you 100% do not do it. >> reporter: marketing ceo jane buckingham is expected today accused of paying $35,000 to have an a.c.t. proctor take her son's exam, even submitting a writing sample. her son, jack, apologized immediately following the news of the alleged bribe, telling "the hollywood reporter," i am upset that i was unknowingly involved. his mother is reportedly working with authorities on a possible deal. some of the parents insist they did absolutely nothing wrong. like dr. gregory colburn and his wife amy who are accused of using $25,000 of company stock to cheat on their son's entrance exam. their lawyer tells us they are innocent of these charges. meanwhile, we still don't know the identity of the mystery parent who prosecutors say paid $6.5 million to get his or her

child into an elite school. and while some of the parents have been fighting back through their attorneys, the prosecutors have been putting pressure on the parents saying, look. either cooperate or face more charges. the grand jury has until april 11th to hand down additional charges. cecelia. >> thanks linsey davis. let's bring in dan abrams and former federal prosecutor sunny hostin. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> big day in court today. so much outrage over this case still. what do you guys think happens? will we see pleas? >> i think you might see a plea. this is really a pretty pro-forma proceeding. they're going to let them know what the charges are, potential sentences. some of the other defendants in the case thus far have not even entered a plea. if they enter a plea, it will be to say not guilty and basically the legal proceedings effectively begin today. >> i would agree with that. i mean we know that some of them appeared on friday, last friday and it was very, vy justun i don'thinwe'll sehing

spectacular today.ese two high- that everybody is talking about, how are they different from each other, and is one in more legal jeopardy than the other? >> well, you know, we're talking about different monetary amounts. with felicity huffman, we're talking about $15,000 and someone taking an exam. the other group, i think, lori loughlin's $500,000 and so under the sentencing guidelines that are just discretionary, there is a bit of a difference there, but there was so much outrage here that i think everyone is sort of grouped together. we're talking about 50 parents, 50 defendants that were involved in this. so i don't know that you can just separate the actions based on the money because they're all charged with the same type of conduct. >> they are charged with the same crimes. but i do think that when it comes to sentencing it will be very different. i mean, as sunny points out, it's not just that it's $15,000 for felicity huffman and $500,000 for lori loughlin,

which matters when you're talking about fraud. fraud is about money and the amount of money matters when you're talking about fraud but it's also that she did it twice. lori loughlin did it twice. felicity huffman did it only once and didn't do it the second time. >> although contemplated doing it a second time but didn't complete the action. >> and that will -- all of that will help in terms of sentencing. so i do think in terms of what kind of prison time they're facing, you're talking about pretty different scenarios. >> prosecutors reportedly, they want you to cooperate or face more charges. so someone supposedly discussing the deal, but what would a deal look like? >> that's what i can't make sense of actually because i was in the business of making deals with defendants. and when you look at this case, rick singer who is the mastermind, and he made millions of dollars, he has already pled guilty in cooperating. the yale coach that accepted the bribe, he has already cooperated. the person that was taking the exams has cooperated. these are the little fish at this point, the parents, so what do they have to offer? will they offer up other parents? >> accepting responsibility and not getting more charges, meaning i think they're holding

over them the possibility of tax charges with a lot of them and saying, look. you plead guilty and take responsibility, we won't lay any other charges on you. >> we still don't know who the $6.5 million -- >> yeah, spent $6.5 million. >> i personally think they have to go to jail. prosecutors have to send a message. >> i tell you what eventually we'll find out because this is not the last time we'll talk about this. thank you two. to the mother who wrestled her 7-year-old son free from the jaws of a cougar using her bare hands. abc's eva pilgrim is here with the story. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. momma bear versus cougar. we always say moms have superhero powers doing all they do, and this story is proof of that. a little boy attacked by a cougar. his mom jumping in and saving his life. 7-year-old zach bromley is lucky to be alive this morning. >> i heard the metal fence, the barrier to the property, it was bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: the terrifying noise, a cougar like this one attacking her son in their backyard.

>> i turn the corner and i see this animal on my child and at first i didn't even know what it was. >> reporter: his mom jumped into action fighting the big cat. >> mom instinct, right, you just -- i just leaped on it and just -- i tried to pry its mouth open and obviously i'm human. so i knew that in my own power and in my own strength, i wasn't going to be able to pry its mouth open. >> reporter: mom, a petite woman, without even thinking twice about it wrestling that hungry cougar. lockhart crediting her faith with saving her son's life. >> and i'm just crying out to the lord, you know, just this really deep from the depths of the inside of me and three me , it just -- it released and it ran away. >> reporter: wildlife experts say these types of attacks are extremely rare, but this isn't the first time a big cat has attacked. about two months ago in colorado

travis kauffman on a jog through the woods found himself facing off with a young lion forced to fight it off with his bare hands. >> my fear response turned into more of a fight response because i realized how close it was getting to my eyes. >> reporter: as for zach while the attack was scary, it could have been a lot worse if not for his mother's quick response and a thick hoodie he was wearing that helped protect his neck. >> i'm so grateful for him to be alive. >> reporter: zach is already out of the hospital. he is at grandma's recovering. his mom said he to get stitches but otherwise shockingly her little boy is okay. >> i know. i love how she said three sentences into her prayer. >> yes. god answered her prayers and -- >> sure did. >> the cougar ran away. >> that's a momma bear. >> you hear about moms raising cars off their kids and stuff like that. thank you, thank you, eva. coming up from hollywood to capitol hill, how actress michelle williams is fighting for equal pay for all women.

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back now with a battle for equal pay going from hollywood to capitol hill. actress michelle williams promoting the paycheck fairness act and telling her story. amy is here with that. >> yeah, she has some story, doesn't she, robin? we all remember it. michelle williams famously became a symbol of this fight when her own story of unequal pay went public and now she wants to make sure it does not happen to any more women. she's one of hollywood's biggest stars making a name for herself on "dawson's creek."

>> we met before. i'm jenn. >> reporter: earning four oscar nominations for her work on the big screen. >> why do the people i love always leave me? >> reporter: now michelle williams is taking on a new role as an equal pay advocate. >> in late 2017 the news broke that i had been paid less than a thousand dollars compared to the $1.5 million that my male counterpart had received for the exact same amount of work. and guess what, no one cared. >> reporter: speaking out to lawmakers on capitol hill, williams is tackling the issue head on. >> if it was like this for me a white woman in a glamorized industry, how were my sisters suffering across their professions? >> reporter: on average women in this country women earn 80 cents for every dollar men make. it is an issue williams discovered firsthand when in 2017, she became part of one of the most publicized cases of pay inequality. >> i don't have any money. >> reporter: when reshoots were

needed on "all the money in the world," after allegations of sexual misconduct, led producers to recast the role originally played by kevin spacey, williams said at the time she thought only of doing the right thing. >> i said, not only would i, but i'll give you back my salary if that would help. >> reporter: it was later revealed while williams made under $1,000 for that work, her co-star mark wahlberg earned $1.5 million. >> is this some kind of joke? >> reporter: after a public outcry, wahlberg donated his pay to the time's up legal defense fund. now michelle williams is joining politicians on capitol hill as they aim to pass the paycheck fairness act in the senate. >> women, families in our country will win if members of the u.s. senate take the decisive action. ♪ >> reporter: williams is starring in the upcoming fx series "fosse verdon" alongse sam rockwell saying things have changed for her. >> and on the job i just completed two weeks ago, let me tell you something. i was paid equally with my male

co-star. >> something to cheer about. the bill passed ahead of yesterday's equal payday which marks how far into the year women have to work to make the same as men. it passed. now it has to become law and then it has to be enforced. cheers to her. >> the fact that we're still talking about this -- >> it's 2019. >> and we're still fighting for equal pay. >> let's keep shouting about it. >> you're right. michelle williams normally she doesn't like the spotlight, but she knew how important this was, and her story is so meaningful, and powerful. >> it is. we're cheering her on. >> she's getting her just due. >> absolutely so. >> thank you, amy. coming up, everybody, our "play of the day." introducing 's next big thing. performance organics. finally organics that work. tested and refined by plant scientists... for twice the results, guaranteed. don't grow a snack, grow a feast. don't grow a flower, grow a million dollar view. this new organic collection of soil and plant food

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getting in, inside so-called contract cheating. how some applicants pay for college admissions essays buying them right off the internet. the global business worth millions of dollars. this morning, the "gma" experiment. four former admissions officers, five essays to read. could they spot the one bought online? and super fans have been waiting 583 days. "game of thrones" is almost here. this morning, brienne of tarth in times square. gwendoline christie is live as a haunting new teaser drops and a deserted winterfell and what will happen to all your favorite characters as we say good morning, america. ♪ i was like where is that? >> what are you doing back there, justin? haday is it?

>> it is hump day. >> there you go. >> wednesday, it is. you know, 583 days and we're excited though to have gwendoline christie here for "game of thrones." they dropped a chilling new teaser for the final season called "aftermath." dropped that yesterday. millions watched that. just a few hours. >> so many are waiting for this final season. it's really become a cultural moment. take a look at this. even oreo getting in on the action. take a look, so they re-created the show's epic opening sequence. that's almost 3,000 oreos you're looking at there. >> who counted? >> not me. >> that's a lot of oreos. >> very creative. first we have a lot of headlines to get to starting with that breaking news overnight about the ethiopian airlines crash and what happened in the cockpit in those final moments. let's go back to david kerley there at reagan national with the latest. good morning again, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. a surprising development this morning about this ethiopian crash.

the second crash of a 737 max raising even more questions this morning. "the wall street journal" is reporting that people familiar with the investigative report which still hasn't been released say that the pilots did initially follow the emergency procedures, but then for some unexplained or unreported reason, reversed themselves as the jetliner was nosing up and down dramatically. we visited a simulator to see that procedure. if it misfires and sends the nose down the pilots are supposed to shut off the system. the electricity to it and use a manual wheel turning it by hand to level out the jet. well, the pilot as apparently shut off the switches but then for some reason they turned it back on and tried to control the aircraft with the autopilot but lost control and crashed. this all as boeing continues to work on a software fix. it's been delayed by several weeks. it could be mid-may before this fleet has a chance to get back in the air. robin. >> so again the fleet is still on the ground here in the u.s. >> yes.

200 flights a day. >> 200 flights a day. thank you, david. okay, robin. overnight, president trump's free wheeling speech to republicans taking aim at a potential 2020 opponent, joe biden. chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has the latest. good morning again, jon. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. as biden is facing some intense criticism from within his own party, president trump is hitting him while he's down. at a fund-raiser overnight for congressional republicans, president trump took aim at joe biden. >> we're going into the war with some socialists and it looks like the only non-sort of heavy socialist, he's being taken care of pretty well by the socialists. they got to him. our former vice president, he's -- i was going to call him. i don't know him well. i was going to say, welcome to the world, joe. you having a good time, joe? >> reporter: that was a clear reference to allegations biden now faces of inappropriate conduct from several women.

more than a dozen women have accused trump of sexual misconduct, but that didn't stop him from going directly at biden. >> i said, general, come here, give me a kiss. i felt like joe biden, but i meant it. >> reporter: among the democrats criticizing biden now is speaker of the house nancy pelosi who says biden needs to do a better job responding to these allegations. but, cecilia, the only response we've heard directly from biden was a written statement last week and that was before the latest round of allegations. >> okay, jon karl, thanks. 2020 already under way. >> yes, it is. coming up, prince harry and duchess meghan's record-breaking move on social media as they prepare to become parents. and what happened when "gma" bought a fake college admissions essay online and showed it to the experts. could they tell it wasn't real? and lara is upstairs. >> i'm with gwendoline christie. [ applause ]

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she has things to make your life easier. >> oh. >> and it's never hard to listen -- >> there you go. >> i know. never hard to listen to lara do "pop news." >> you nailed it. good morning to you and to you. we begin with bette midler who earned the cover of "variety's" power of women issue. congratulations to bette. she's been a sure bet in hollywood for five decades now. midler had a production company long before reese witherspoon was born paving the way for women in the industry to have more control of their careers. at one point she was the highest paid actress in the biz. she says she's always considered equality her biggest goal. you can read more of her interview in the new issue of "variety." [ applause ] it's a great read. very exciting. she's so honest. she talks about the oscars and what she wore this year. it's a must read. it's very funny. >> love her. also in "pop news" this morning, they may not be the new

kid in town any more but the eagles are still selling out shows. this time should be no different. the iconic rock band has just announced they'll perform their classic 1976 album "hotel california," the album in its entirety for the first time ever. the show is called an evening with the eagles, two nights only at the mgm hotel in las vegas. don henley, joe walsh, glen frey's son deacaon, timothy b. schmit, and vince gill will round out the band. really good. [ applause ] did you know "hotel california" is the third largest selling album of all time? hits like "life in the fast lane," "new kid in town" and of course, this one, "hotel california." the two-day performance of the once in a lifetime show takes place in september. after that the band will likely take it easy. [ applause ] >> we saw what you did there.

finally, robin roberts, a new way to fight off bug bites that doesn't involve spray chemicals. >> why me? >> because you liked my joke so i decided to focus on you. whoever is the nicest i then talk to. all right, so this is a new way to fight off bug bites without chemicals, it's a type of electronic music called dubstep like this song by skrillex. ♪ wait for it. >> it's slow. >> can you dig? this is real -- this is not an april fools' joke. this song is called "scary monsters and nice sprites." it is cited in this study. high and low frequencies and disrupts the brain function of the little blood suckers delaying attacks, even disrupting their mating. i can agree with that. [ laughter ] not firsthand, i'm just thinking. [ applause ]

we reached out actually to skrillex to see what he thought of the news about how his music, which i can't stop hearing, is stopping mosquitos in their tracks. listen up. >> i thought it was a crazy april fools' joke at first. my friends were texting me and i didn't even believe them. my dad even texted me so come to find out it's true. it's kind of crazy, funny, sorry, mosquitoes. [ applause ] >> sorry, mosquitoes. researchers believe that this could provide new avenues for music-based protection from bites and more importantly mosquito-borne diseases. so have this on repeat at your next barbecue. >> sounds fun. >> sounds like a good time. >> how long will you be staying if you did that? >> right. all right. we move on. another "pop news" headline, the record breakers. prince harry and duchess meghan making a big social media move launching their own instagram page and within hours, it had more than a million and a half followers.

abc's will reeve is here with the story. good morning, will. >> good morning, lara. so it's a royal split, but not what you might think. it's an instagram account seen as the latest effort by harry and his american bride to carve out their own identities as they get ready for the royal baby. >> reporter: harry and meghan are breaking the internet. the royal couple launched their new instagram account @sussexroyal tuesday and the site started crashing. in just six hours the sussexes had a guinness record-breaking 1 million followers. this morning, it's at 2.3 million and counting. >> the couple already have some of hollywood's biggest names following them. this is very much the start of them doing things their way. >> reporter: on the duke and duchess' debut post nine special photographs including this romantic snap seen for the first time. the couple's first caption reading, quote, we look forward to sharing the work that drives us, the causes we support, important announcements and the

key issues. it's all part of the split from kensington palace. the sussexs now have their own household. they are also off the kensington palace twitter page, now strictly for the cambridges. there is a new photo of william and kate with their children up alongside a post saying welcome to instagram, sussex royal. with their baby due any day, the parents-to-be are creating the sussex brand and starting their new working life together. >> people will be checking their instagram account every day for the announcement of his or her arrival. when there's photos dropped, they're certainly going to break the internet. >> reporter: while harry and meghan are off to a really good start, they still have a ways to go to catch up with their old instagram account which is now solely in will and kate's hands. that account has over 7 million followers. >> wow. >> something tells me they'll be there. >> by lunch. [ laughter ] wpr tt. > let's geover now to rob. >> good morning again, guys. ane

we cover a hurricane, there is always animals that need to be adopted. we want to shine a light on a "gma" celebrity friend who adopted a dog from hurricane harvey, justin theroux. i was at a benefit with him last night at the best friends animal society. that is kuma. emmy rossum was there. spreading the love and support, amanda seyfried and sunny hostin. i was lucky enough to emcee. that is my wife there. pirate is up for adoption. if you want pirate, i will hook you up. we raised nearly $500,000 last night and we're going for a no kill usa by 2025. what do you think about that? no kill. hi there. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicca. drizzle for the morning commute, really patchy. cloudy this afternoon with a random shower. a better chance of wet weather and breezy conditions on thursday, more so on friday, and then i have some spring warmth blossoming in my accuweather

forecast. tonight upper 40s to mid-50s. another mild night. now, we do have a better chance of raiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai [ applause ]aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai we'll turn now to our "gma" cover story. as the parents involved in that college admissions cheating scandal go before a judge this morning, we're now looking at the lengths some go to, to get into school. t.j. is back with me. we have a big experiment. >> i am holing in my hand a college admission essay in which a student writes i was reminded i had the strength to love, to heal, to forgive, to change what was broken in my life. that's beautiful. >> sounds good. >> it's also bs. and i know this -- i know this because we bought this online. we commissioned someone to write this for us. there is a big business out there, and we were curious because could something like this fool our admissions

experts? >> reporter: it's the country's largest ever college admissions scandal. millions of dollars allegedly paid for bribes and cheating on tests. but some college cheaters applying to college or are already there can pay much less. it's called contract cheating. >> contract cheating has grown a great deal over the past ten years. students are willing to use internet sites, family members, friends. >> reporter: it's a global business worth hundreds of millions of dollars according to industry estimates. advertising on social media. >> it is quite covert. it's designed not to be able to be investigated very effectively. >> reporter: "gma" did a simple internet search. buy college admission essay. countless options popped up. some writers even submitted bids to us in realtime while we were searching. for less than 50 bucks, we purchased this online, a fully written college essay. then we did a little experiment. we gave these four former admissions officers and directors five essays to read. one we bought and four others from real students who got into colleges including the ivy league.

could they spot the fraud? all right. gang, this is the moment of truth. i need you to put your hand on the one you believe that we bought online. hold it up so i can see that number please. >> we all did. >> would you be surprised if i told you every single one of you is wrong? >> no. >> but listen to why our fraudulent essay got by them. the topic, a public service trip to help poor people abroad. losing myself in the service of others, it read. >> honestly it was probably the worst essay and that's why i thought it couldn't be the fake one. >> there are definitely schools where this would not have flown. >> they wrote about a topic that a lot of people write about because they think it's what admissions wants to hear, and it isn't. >> reporter: they point out the limitations of our experiment. >> i'm looking for does the essay hold up with the rest of the application. so the challenge really here for me was that i have no idea what's in the rest of the application.

>> something just utterly fake and submitted off the internet, agreed, if it didn't jive with the rest of the details in the file, it would stand out. >> is there anything that's just a glaring red flag? >> i think language that doesn't sound like a teenager would write it. >> reporter: if the teenager didn't write it -- >> parental tinkering. that is the most prevalent example and the question is often, can you tell when a parent got their hands on it? and, you know, it's difficult. >> reporter: the current college admissions scandal could spark reform. >> i'm really excited about the conversation that now is being forced. i think it will resolve in positive changes. >> advise two different groups, the students and parents when it comes to that application. >> be your authentic self. >> this is really not about the parents. the focus should be on helping your child successfully manage about how do you stand out when it comes to choosing a topic?

>> the only way you can do this is by being yourself. you're a 17-year-old kid. act like one. don't try to be the 24-year-old graduate you want to be one day. please stop writing about your humanitarian trip. that's their advice. we get so tired of reading about some service project that you did. tell us who you are, this is the only chance you have. s.a.t. scores, grades, are all one thing. this is one chance to show them who you are. >> that's the one good thing coming out of this scandal. we are all talking about the changes that need to happen. i love this piece, thanks. michael, over to you. >> thank you, cecilia. now to a popular workout craze that people can't get enough of, high intensity interval training or h.i.i.t. it's very physical. with this type of work out, how do you keep your knees and joints safe? let's take a look. >> let's rock 'n' roll and get warmed up. >> reporter: high intensity interval training also known as hiit is the hot workout class that gets you sweating. >> it works your heart rate and

cardiovascular system and we're talking about heart health, your muscles and your bone density. it's working all of that. they're fast, efficient and fun. >> reporter: when done right it's an a-plus workout. without care it can be dangerous. >> i tell my patients you have to watch out for causing shoulder and knee injuries because there's a lot of high impact. >> reporter: how do you do hiit without getting hurt? >> we warm up properly but we have to cool down even better. it's important to do a proper warm-up. take your time with it. also stretch and roll out. your body is connected from head to toe. the more you can actually prep it, the better you'll perform in a hiit class. >> reporter: stop and listen to your body. >> we want to work in a pain-free range of motion. find the range that works for you. if your knee starts to hurt, pull back a little. >> it's very common to feel some pain a day or two after an exercise. the pain shouldn't be persistent. there shouldn't be swelling of joints. there shouldn't be any buckling or instability.

>> reporter: and finally, speak up. >> it's important you talk to your instructor if you have any knee injuries or limitations. when you let the coach or instructor know you set yourself up for success right from the get-go. >> you crushed it. [ applause ] >> speaking of crushing it, we're joined by jeannette jenkins who is the creator of the hollywood trainer club. you're here with a few friends and you're going to show us some moves. >> yes. >> a lot of people go to workout class and feel a lot of pressure to work out harder or work out more intensely but that could lead to a lot of injuries. >> most definitely. >> what is the difference between high intensity and high impact? >> well, right here we have the high impact burpee and jamie is doing the low impact. you notice she has both feet on the ground so you don't have that impact. we get that high intensity where you have that perceived exertion between seven to ten, and she's getting the heart rate up and still working the

muscles without as much impact on the joints. >> i got to be honest with you, my heart rate is up watching you do all that. another thing that -- nobody wants to seem vain when they are in the gym. >> why not? >> but you say you should use the mirror. >> yeah, absolutely. check yourself out once in a while. but more importantly you got to check your form and technique so as you see, our friend jamie is not looking in the mirror and she's doing a dead lift with a rounded back. so, jamie, come on back and check your form in the mirror and by keeping a long extended spine she's going to correct her form and look in the mirror and make sure because basically we want to just decrease injuries so it's easy, i've been training 30 years and it's easy to just be tired, fatigued and have your brain wander, right, while you're working out and it's easy to get injured. >> use the mirror, just don't be in it like this, yay. that's not what you do. >> that's good too. >> speaking of injuries, knee injuries can be common in a gym. >> yes. >> what's the best thing to do?

>> you want to make sure you're doing strength training before you even start doing high impact, high intensity so you want to make sure the joints are nice and strong before you start impacting them. so as you can see, kenta is doing a jump squat. that repetitive motion whether running or sprinting or doing jumps is going to put more strain on the joints so adding a strength training routine where you do it at least two to three times a week to make sure your joints are ready for hiit training. >> hiit training, that's right. [ applause ] well, let me tell you. you guys can work what with jeanette by joining her club online. thank you so much. coming up, "game of thrones" star gwendoline christie is here live. come on. keep on going, you two. [ applause ] plause ] squoo

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look pretty nice. >> we'll have another update in ♪ it's time to get the chains n off ♪ welcome back, everybody. and the world is anxiously counting down the days to the final season of "game of thrones." no one more so than the person to my left. >> that is correct and in case you're wondering, there are only 11 days left for those of you who are counting and we are excited because, that's right, you're almost there. one of the stars and one of the fan favorites joining us, give it up for the brilliant gwendoline christie would plays the fierce warrior brienne of tarth. [ applause ] ♪ what's wrong with being confident ♪ ♪ what's wrong with what's wrong with being ♪ [ applause ] ♪ what's wrong with being confident ♪ >> good to see you. [ applause ]

>> oh. well, thank you for being here. >> thank you so much for having me. what a welcome. [ applause ] >> everybody is so excited and anxiously awaiting the final season, the kickoff in 11 days in yes, 11 days. >> but you heard when you read the script you couldn't put it down. >> i really couldn't actually. i was in a different time zone. i was doing some work in canada and i woke up at 4:00 a.m. and checked my email because i heard the scripts might be coming through and they dropped in and i sat there and i read them all the way through from the start to the end and it was a really -- it was a real emotional roller coaster because things happen that deeply startled me, upset me, i went bright red in the face, had to put them down, was sort of walking around. i had to go out for a walk. i was with my partner. i don't really spill secrets

about the show but i was sort of talking in the abstract. >> you literally just gave me chills. i'm not kidding. i'm so -- >> it was a very -- it was a really extraordinary experience and i realize they pulled out all the stops for this one. >> wow, that is a teaser if i've ever heard of one. [ applause ] now, given that, have you ever had anyone, a fan, friend, family go to any great lengths to try to get you to tell them something, a spoiler of any kind. >> do you know, i realized while i was aching for the trip i realized i hadn't even told my partner how it ends. >> wow. >> i thought, shall i tell him and i thought, no. [ laughter ] >> i love that. >> make him wait just like everyone else. [ applause ] >> and this has to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in all of hollywood. but are you a little worried you may let something slip out?

>> you know, i haven't done so far. i've been hugely lucky to be involved in some really large projects that have extremely high levels of secrecy and so i tend to just -- i'm like a vault. you know, it stays locked in there. >> you can unlock it right here right now if you want. >> no. >> they all want to hear. >> no, it's the last season. i don't need to worry about being employed for another year with the company. i am open to offers. i love cash. cash is king. >> cash is king. that's right. [ applause ] >> so you said that fans may need therapy after watching the final episode. [ laughter ] >> i love that laugh. >> what a thing to say. >> it's fairly telling then. what was your reaction to the last episode, the finale? >> it's being a part of the show has been enormous part of my life and what's wonderful about that is that it's only mirrored

in the audience that so many people say to me, i love -- they have a great experience watching the show. they love watching it. they have a communal experience and now it extends beyond just our living rooms into the rest of the world with the internet and at the final episode, i just -- i put it down with a very heavy heart, digesting everything that occurs and some things are put to rights and some things truly are not. >> oh, wow. ooh. >> come on. you got to give me something. [ laughter ] >> i'm giving you everything here. >> oh, man. well, you know, we see you in your armor all the time but recently you broke out of your armor at fashion week. >> i did. >> you stole the show. >> let's put up a side by side. >> whoa. that's armor of another kind. >> what is more terrifying facing a sword battle or fashion week? >> facing a sword battle. fashion week is my natural

habitat. [ applause ] that is where i come home. it's actually a really incredible story that this brilliant japanese designer and my partner discovered him on instagram. he told me about him. he put up a picture of his work and the super stylist katie grand, she got in touch and said they wanted -- she wanted to give tomo a show with marc jacobs and give him this opportunity at new york fashion week because he's a young designer and to have that kind of ability to shine and asked me would i like to do the show. there was a choice of outfits, there was the one you see there which is entitled the queen or there was a slightly more low key one. and ow think maybe my team woult me to be more normal. i'll go for the queen. because i can't defy -- >> a big fan, i hear. >> what was amly

ha she is a wonderful person and she has such beautiful manners and such a light that shines out of heir as a person, she was very into the queen and gave me a huge hug but i thought that she might get lost. i think she might still be lost in the layers somewhere in that gown. >> you are talking about bringing light. thank you for being here because you brought a lot of light to the set today. your laugh is one of my favorite, i will tell you that. gwendoline, thank you so much. we can't wait to see this. you got me salivating over here. the final season of "game of thrones," it premieres sunday, april 14th on hbo. [ applause ] you don't want to miss that. we'll be right back.

♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ >> will committee back to "gma." victoria osteen, see henry husband joel osteen minister to millions on tv as co-pastors of america's largest church, the lakewood church in houston. she is also a best-selling author. out with a new book, "exceptional you! 7 ways to live encouraged. empowered, and intentional." please welcome victoria. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> you couldn't hear. we were playing "ain't no mountain high enough." that is what you are about. you tell people and i love this, you begin with saying, live this

truth today, you are exceptional. you really want people to know that and believe that. >> i want people to know that because they are exceptional. every one is exceptional. unique on their own journey but sometimes we feel ordinary. we feel common and that's why this message of being exceptional is so important. just because you're exceptional doesn't mean everything is going to be perfect. but knowing you're exceptional can help you overcome challenges. >> you have seven principles that you say that can help us be encouraged and empowered. all of them are important, of course, but what one stands out to you. >> i really feel like that when we understand who we are and whose we are. >> whose we are. >> we get our identity from that and not our identity from social media or other people, i mean, it's great to have mentors, i mean, you know, i look to you and you are an amazing woman. >> that's kind of you. > and but you have to take that and then be your own unique self. you don't think about it.

we have all a different fingerprint. not one person born in this world has your fingerprint. that's how unique every one of us are. >> you also talk about loving well. to love well. you and your husband, i'm not saying he's here, you and your husband celebrating next week, 32 years. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> 32 years. [ applause ] >> huh. >> how have you managed for three decades to love well. >> you know, as far as joel and i are concerned we have learned lessons in our marriage. that's the key. learning from your lesson, growing through challenges and not getting stuck or getting bitter but we've learned respect aone of the most important things you can have in any relationship because respect equals value. you know, what you value, you're going to take care of and respect and i think that's so important not to just throw words around that you don't mean even though they may make you ood athmont

it's not worth it in the long run. >> you have to have core values in common, don't you think? that helps. >> absolutely. you have to have common ground and i just believe at the end of the day, opposites attract, they say, right, so you think that doesn't make sense. you have to have your core values very close, i mean, you have to be agreeing on these core principles. >> i agree. i think we have sean, is sean here? you have a question? >> hi. how are y'all doing. i'm a nurse actually. so i just wondered if you had advice for dealing with stress at work and home. >> i tell you what, i applaud you. taking care of people, being a caretaker is exceptional and you are exceptional. i know that it's difficult sometimes to shut things off, but when you're at home, you have to understand that whats y because self-care for yourself is not selfish. the better you are emotionally fed, then you can go out and

make that difference that you're making and you can do it with joy and gladness so take care of yourself. that's not selfish, it's helping you help others. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> thank you for your work. thank you for your work. we appreciate that prech. okay. we see you here and but, you know, people want to know, when you have to have down moments. we all do. what do you do when you are down, depressed? how do you get out of that. >> challenges come to all of us, robin. no one is exempt from challenges. the pressures of life, when they start to get me dunn, worry, stress, sometimes i worry about things that don't really matter but they still come into my mind and, you know what i've learned, this one little practice i like to do. when i feel like things crushing down i imagine that i have a helium balloon and i begin to put those cares and those concerns, those things that i can't do anything about, i put them in this helium moon and in

my imagination i hold it out and i look up to the heavens and i just release that balloon up to the heavens with all my cares, with all my worries and say, god, i can't do anything about this but you can. the things we can change, we should but there's many things we want do anything about. so i just give them to god. >> vicky, i know, we're running out of time. i know you have -- i want to make sure you get your question in. >> what's your guilty pleasure? >> oh, my guilty pleasure. well, okay, my guilty pleasure would be to binge-watch tv. big bowl of popcorn. [ applause ] >> i thought we had her. i thought we had her. >> i love these period pieces like "victoria," "downton abbey." joel is like, not doing it. lock that door and binge. >> thanks for being here. thank you. "exceptional you!" is in stores

now. our audience, you're all getting a copy. [ applause ] rob. >> all right. binge-watching tv, that's our kind of lady. we appreciate that. good for business, snow is good for business if you like that sort of stuff and this horse particularly seems to like it. either that or is tired of the dog harassing him or just trying to get the snow off his back side. 1.5 inches of snow southeast of charlotte was the only snow on apri . good morning, and welcome to our driest day this week. a little drizzle through 9:00 and a random shower this afternoon, otherwise no storm impact scale today, but they do return for tomorrow, friday and saturday morning, and then look all right. you guys ready for chelsea clinton. she's here live on "gma" coming

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oh, boy. we are back now with chelsea clinton. [ applause ] >> good morning. >> author, activist, former first daughter, of course, also bringing awareness to the issues our planet faces with her latest children's book, "don't let them disappear." please don't let them disappear. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you so much. congratulations. >> thank you. >> your third, a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old, you guys are going to have to play zone defense now with three in we're whatter of that. my husband is 1 of 11. yes. so -- whoo. 1 of 11 and it's wonderful because so many of his older siblings are actually parents of three so we're getting really good advice about how to manage the transition from two to three but we know we'll be outnumbered. that's inevitable. >> you know that going in. do you read to your little ones. >> we read every night to our little ones and thankfully they

love books. it's also our daughter's favorite strategy to push bedtime back because she knows it's very hard to say no, just one more book. >> how about with grandma and grandpa. >> they always give in. my husband and i are much more like precise about saying, nope, 7:30, lights out. my parents are much more easily persuadable, of course, you want one more story, of course, by one more story you mean every one in the peppa pig book. >> you're talking about 12 species endangered all around the word. what motivated you to write this. >> two thing, one, i kept hearing from kid, my nieces and nephews and other kids i met while working on my other books that one of the issues they care most about are animals, animal welfare, saving endangered species and i remember when i was a kid, the first issue that i really felt galvanized by was trying to save animals so i wrote this book for kids today and also because when i was a

kid i wish i had this book to talk about the animals that captured my heart and imagination like elephants and also so that i really knew what i could do to save them. >> do your little ones have favorites? >> my daughter loves sharks so she was very happy that whale sharks are included and she tells everyone who will listen that we kill 100 million sharks every year which we do. >> wow. >> and why she thinks that's awful which it is. my son kind of seems to have a different favorite animal every week. this week it's tigers and he loves that tigers are one of the only cats that swim. he thinks that's very fun so now in the bathtub he pretends he a tiger. >> the illustrations are so beautiful. >> gianna did an extraordinary job and shared her talents. >> she brings them to life. you could write about anything. i know, see that. you ul write about anything. what is it about children's books? what is it that drives you here? >> well, i think children's

books are really kind of the first ways in which we either expand or limit a child's imagination, kind of what we say is possible for them as themselves, in the world, and while i had kind of known that academically when i became a parent i really could feel that and understand that because i watched it happen in our own home and so i'm just so thankful to be able to share stories and information that i hope are empowering for kid us because i think that's what we should be doing for all our kids. >> i appreciate that. this is all about empowerment and another trouble with children, social media, and there's negative and positive and you've had to deal with that too. some backlash and criticism. what is your message? how do you deal with that. >> i think bullying is just a challenge that we all have to reckon with candidly and it's something that predates social media and it's something that has just found sadly like another vehicle and venue on social media so i think you

thought only as parents but as aunts because i know you have nieces and nephews, you know, as teachers, grandparent, you have to ensure that our kids know that they can always talk to us, that it's always important that they say like what they're feeling, what they're experiencing and that we teach them how to be brave and resilient and also kind so that even if they're receiving ugliness any never return split that's what you have learned. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> thank you so much you so much. >> thank you, robin. thank you so much. a little onesie, "gma" tradition around here. >> oh, fly gosh. thank you so much. >> neutral color. but thank you, chelsea. >> thank you so much you for having me. >> "don't let them disappear" is out now. read what's on the book, on the back. i love what -- >> we can work together to change the future. >> we can work together to change the future. [ applause ]

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