"good morning america" starts now. good morning, america. the mueller report is out. new battles are brewing. this morning, calls for robert mueller and attorney general barr to testify after the release of the special counsel's report revealing 11 episodes of possible obstruction, laying out how president trump repeatedly tried to interfere in the russia probe and get his aides to fire the special counsel, and the moment he said he thought his presidency was over. overnight, president trump proclaims victory. >> i'm having a good day too. house speaker nancy pelosi swearing congress will not be silent. this morning the head of the house judiciary committee is here. will he start impeachment proceedings? also this morning, deadly storms on the move. three people killed overnight as reported twisters tear through the south. now schools closed in georgia

and florida as the threat moves east this holiday. as christians around the world prepare for easter, new clues about what started the fire devastating the historic notre dame cathedral. what investigators are now revealing. and an abc news exclusive. incredible video inside that daring cave rescue, the moment that diver is finally found lost and trapped inside. >> how are you feeling? >> and a dangerous escape only on "gma" this morning. good morning, america. thanks for joining us on this good friday. a good friday where we are dealing with all the fallout from the mueller report. >> take a look at this, the 448-page report in such demand this morning harvard book store says copies are selling as fast as they can be printed. >> 448 pages, a few big bottom lines. mueller confirmed that russia interfered in our election, made

repeated contacts with russian associates but did not conclude that the trump team engaged in a criminal conspiracy with russia. mueller wrote that he could not exonerate trump on obstruction of justice. here's the key quote, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. based on the facts and the applicable legal standards however, we are unable to reach that judgment. the special counsel spun off 14 other criminal investigations, 12 of those are still secret. >> our political team has been covering every angle of this story. let's start with our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl in washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the president is firing back at the special counsel's suggestion that he may have obstructed justice by saying that if he wanted to he could have pulled the plug on the entire investigation but he didn't. president trump was in a celebratory mood as he greeted supporters after touching down in florida for easter weekend. >> game over, folks. now it's back to work.

>> reporter: the president ignored reporters' questions on mueller's final report, but overnight he offered a stern rebuttal to mueller's suggestion that he may have obstructed justice by trying to curtail the investigation. i had the right to end the whole witch hunt if i wanted, the president tweeted. i could have fired everyone including mueller if i wanted. i chose not to. i had the right to use executive privilege. i didn't. the mueller report finds insufficient evidence to prove the trump campaign coordinated with the russians in their effort to meddle in the 2016 election. the report also offers vivid details about the investigation from start to finish, describing the moment then attorney general jeff sessions informed president trump a special counsel had been appointed. the president slumped back in his chair and said, oh, my god, this is terrible. this is the end of my presidency. on obstruction of justice, mueller outlines 11 instances that raise concerns about the

president's actions. one of the most glaring, mueller says the president pressured then white house counsel don mcgahn to have mueller himself fired. the president called mcgahn at home and directed him to call the acting attorney general rod rosenstein, the report reads. call rod, tell rod that mueller has conflicts and can't be the special counsel. mcgahn recalled the president telling him, mueller has to go. call me back when you do it. mcgahn refused deciding he would resign rather than trigger what he regarded as a potential saturday night massacre. weeks later the president denied even thinking about firing mueller. >> mr. president, have you thought about or considered firing the special counsel? >> i haven't given it any thought. >> reporter: the report details senior advisers declining to take action. the president's staff may have ultimately saved him by ignoring

his orders. the president's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, mueller writes, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the president declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests. the report cites at least seven different individuals close to the president including mcgahn who declined to do what he asked regarding the investigation. the report also documents several instances where the president or his senior advisers made public statements related to the investigation that were not true, including this assertion by press secretary sarah sanders about the firing of james comey. >> the rank and file of the fbi had lost confidence in their director. >> what's your response to these rank and file fbi agents who disagree with your contention that they lost faith in director comey? >> look, we've heard from countless members of the fbi that say very different things. >> reporter: sanders told the special counsel team that claim, a claim she repeated several times, wasn't founded on anything but was a slip of the

tongue made in the heat of the moment. president trump has often boasted that he has one of the best memories of all time, but in his written answers to questions from the special counsel, he seems unable to remember much of anything, using variations of the phrases, i do not recall, i do not remember, i have no recollection more than 30 times, virtually, george, in answers to every question. >> jon karl, thanks very much. let's bring in the white house press secretary sarah sanders. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> you said last night that the president is completely exonerated, no collusion, no obstruction, but robert mueller explicitly wrote that the report does not exonerate the president and we showed that quote where he lays out that he could not clear the president of obstruction of justice. >> he couldn't but he left that decision up to the attorney general and he made it. there was no collusion which is what the entire investigation was supposed to be about. it was to determine whether or not the president or anybody on

his campaign had colluded with russia. and not only did they determine that the president hadn't and that his campaign didn't but they determined that no american had colluded with russia. and i find it astonishing that the media isn't thrilled about the fact that no american colluded with a foreign government. it's almost -- you watched over the last 24, 48 hours as members of the democrat party and liberal media allies were almost sorrowful that something bad didn't happen -- >> sarah, that was the first headline -- >> -- a foreign agent for the russian government. >> that was the first headline that we had saying he didn't reach the conclusion there was a criminal conspiracy but what the report also does is expose a culture of lying at the white house, the president lying, telling others to lie and it calls your personal credibility into question as well. we showed that clip from your may 10th press conference where you said it was a slip of the tongue where you talked about countless fbi members, yet you repeated it twice the very next

day. here's one of them. >> i mean, really? so are we talking -- >> between email, text messages, absolutely, yes. >> 60, 70? >> look, we're not going to get into a numbers game. >> that's not a slip of the tongue, sarah, that's a deliberate false statement. >> actually, if you look at what i said, i said a slip of the tongue was in using the word countless but there were a number of fbi, both former and current, that agreed with the president's decision and they've continued to speak out and say that and send notice to the white house of that agreement with the president's decision. james comey was a disgraced leaker and used -- >> sarah -- >> -- authorization to spy on the trump campaign. there's no evidence of collusion. i stand by the fact, george -- >> sarah, hold on a second. the special counsel writes that those comments were not founded on anything. that's what you talked to the special counsel about when you were facing criminal penalties if you didn't tell the truth but now you're trying to walk away from it.

why can't you acknowledge that what you said then was not true? >> i said that the word i used, countless, and also if you look in what's in quotations from me it's that and it was in the heat of moment, meaning that it wasn't a scripted talking point. i'm sorry that i wasn't a robot like the democratic party that went out for two and a half years and stated time and time again that there was definitely russian collusion between the president and his campaign, that they had evidence to show it, and that the president and his team deserved to be in jail, that he shouldn't be in office when really they were the ones that were creating the greatest scandal in the history of our country. >> in fact, sarah, what you did -- >> that wasn't me -- >> sarah, hold on a second. i let you speak. what you did repeat time and time again is that statement. you said that countless fbi officials came to you. you repeated it on separate days on separate occasions, and this was not the only instance the special counsel reported. they also talked about one of the statements you made about the president's statement about the trump tower meeting where

you said the president clearly did not dictate that statement, yet the president's lawyers, according to the report, wrote that the president did indeed dictate that statement, so why did you tell the press that the president did not dictate that statement when he did? >> if you look at the play-by-play account, he weighed in, which i said that he did. he relayed information he wanted included -- >> did dictate it? >> i'm not denying that he had involvement in what the statement said. that was the information i was given at the time and i stated it to the public. the big question here was whether or not the trump campaign colluded with russia. they didn't. the president didn't. this has been a two and a half year witch hunt that has hurt our country and it should never happen to another american president. it's disgraceful what had taken place and the amount of time, money and interviewing that had been spent on that. >> you said the president did not dictate that statement after consulting with the president so did he tell you that, and why

did you repeat that to the country? >> again, as i stated before, he weighed in as anybody would do and that seems consistent with what took place that day. he weighed in on the statement. i know that there were changes that were made ultimately, but the big question -- >> sarah, that's just not what happened. you said the president didn't dictate the statement. the president's lawyer said that he did dictate the statement. that's what they wrote. >> my understanding at the time was that he hadn't dictated but that he weighed in, george. >> so the president's lawyers aren't telling the truth? >> i'm sorry, i lost the last part of what you asked. >> you're saying the president's lawyers weren't telling the truth when they wrote that the president dictated the statement? >> the information i had was that the president weighed in on the statement which he clearly did. >> sarah sanders, thanks for joining us this morning. >> the big takeaway that i think we saw yesterday and that we've seen over the last two and a

half years is that there wasn't collusion with russia and it should be a day that every american can celebrate and not be sorrowful like we've seen over the last 48 hours from the democrats that are actually sad that the president didn't work as a foreign agent, and i hope that you'll push adam schiff and some of the others just as hard to produce the evidence that they say they've had over collusion and obstruction and all these other things that they've claimed over the last two and a half years, and i hope that collectively as a country we can move on because great things can happen under this president just as they have over the last two and a half years. >> sarah sanders, thanks for your time this morning. cecilia. >> okay, george. there's still more on capitol hill. house democrats invited robert mueller to testify next month and they are now demanding a fully unredacted version of his report. senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with the very latest. mary, the big question this morning, will this lead to impeachment proceedings? >> reporter: cecilia, democrats say this report is severely damaging to the president but for now they are not rushing to impeachment.

democrats though feel that this report outlines disturbing evidence that they say shows the president obstructing justice and they feel it is far worse than how the attorney general has been describing it. democrats are making it very clear they are fed up with bill barr. they say he's mischaracterizing this report to benefit the president and now they want to hear from mueller himself, asking him to testify here on the hill next month. they want to hear directly from mueller why he felt he couldn't make a call on the question of obstruction of justice and whether he agrees with the attorney general in his belief that the president should be cleared. when it comes to the issue of obstruction, george and cecilia, democrats feel that the ball is now in their court to make a determination and they are still demanding that full report and the underlying evidence. this fight is far, far from over. >> we'll talk to one of those top democrats now, the chairman of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler. thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you. >> you just heard sarah sanders. she said the white house reading of the mueller report and the

attorney general's reading of the mueller report is he left the decision of obstruction to the attorney general who made it rightly. >> that's just wrong. it's another one of the lies that sarah sanders and the -- lots of people in the administration have been making. mueller, the special prosecutor, made very clear that he couldn't reach a determination on obstruction of justice basically because of certain justice department guidelines which didn't allow him to do that but that he laid it out for congress -- for congress to do, not to the attorney general. the attorney general has revealed himself, barr has reveal not the attorney general of the entire american people. he's a defense attorney for the people. he kept -- he clearly misled over a period of four weeks fro consistently misled the american

people as to what was in the report. he said that they found no collusion whereas the special prosecutor specifically said collusion is not a legal term and he didn't make any findings that we hadn't reached a finding on criminal conspiracy. >> do you accept that finding from robert mueller that there was no criminal conspiracy? >> well, he wasn't able to prove a criminal conspiracy and one of the reasons he said he wasn't able to do it was that lots of people destroyed evidence, perjured themselves, so i accept his conclusion that he couldn't prove it. >> based on the reading, 188 pages of evidence or so on obstruction of justice, do you believe the president committed obstruction of justice? >> i believe he committed obstruction of justice, yes, but it's not up to me. it's up to -- >> you're the chairman of the judiciary committee. you can open impeachment proceedings. >> well, we're not there. we have to now, because the special -- because barr misled the country, we have to hear from barr which we will on may

2nd. we have toeafrue ashit of qst. we he hpele the question of obstruction of justice, whereas i said the special prosecutor invited congress to look into that, not the attorney general. we have to look into all that. we need the entire report unredacted and the underlying documents in order to make informed decisions. after we get that -- and we will subpoena that entire report today. >> that subpoena is coming today? >> that subpoena will come in the next couple of hours. >> including the grand jury evidence? >> including the grand jury evidence, yes. because we have to see the entire report. by the way, in every previous instance, congress has seen all the evidence. the attorney general in previous instances both with clinton, grd ju enc went to court with actually opened an official impeachment proceedings.

>> yes, some people believe that. i believe that one of the things ed that evidence for is to determine whether to do that or not. we have to determine what the proper course of action is to deal with a president who's been shown in this report, very clearly shown, to lie all the time, a culture of lying, to have if not colluded -- well, in the plain meaning of the term colluded with the russians, not the criminal conspiracy. one of the things that the special prosecutor finds is that the russians were clearly out to help trump, that the trump campaign knew about it and welcomed their assistance and in some cases new about what they were going to do, what wikileaks was going to do in advance. they couldn't prove criminal conspiracy but there's certainly proving cooperation. that is very disturbing to cooperate with a foreign power. >> that is all the time we have for today. thank you. cecilia. we're following several other major headlines this morning on this good friday.

the very latest on the investigation is the notre dame. what investigators now believe may have sparked that fire. and exclusive footage of the very moment a trapped diver was discovered and then pulled from the water. in the meantime though, let's go to ginger. so much severe weather to talk about, at least ten reported tornados just in the last 24 hours. this damage from morton, mississippi shows you how strong these storms could be. this morning we've already seen damaging winds plow through atlanta. flash flooding happening as we speak. and today, a major area of our nation will see a mora rk. that is the second highest risk area from south carolina through virginia. let's get to the weekend getaways now.

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welcome back to "gma." you are looking live at vatican city, a beautiful day on this good friday. people flocking there from all over the world for a papal mass in st. peter's basilica, and on sunday tens of thousands will gather there for easter mass with none other than pope francis himself. >> that will be a special sunday morning. of course this morning they cannot have those services at notre dame cathedral in paris. instead they're going to take place nearby as investigators try to confirm what sparked that devastating fire. they now believe an electrical problem may be to blame. this morning the fallout from the mueller report, new battles are brewing already. democrats calling for robert mueller and attorney general barr to testify. the report revealed 11 episodes of possible obstruction. robert mueller said he could not reach a conclusion on that but did confirm that even though russia made repeated contacts

with trump associates, he could not conclude engaged in a criminal conspiracy with russia. and the new video out this morning is trending big time celebrating the earth, featuring stars like ariano. wel have more tt. you're going to be hearing that song quite a bit. >> looking forward to that. now we want to turn to that deadly storm that's on the move overnight. at least three people were killed in the south by the storm, bringing tornados, damaging winds and hail. now millions in the east are bracing to get hit. ginger is tracking the very latest. hey, ginger. >> this is a fierce line of storms that has not let up this morning. this is what it looked like in jackson, mississippi and this is what the radar looked like this morning, a tornado watch in southwest georgia, parts of southwest georgia, the florida panhandle and close to athens, georgia. peach tree corners had trees into apartment buildings. it's happening now through all of good friday. >> reporter: deadly storms ripping across the south, destroying homes in morton,

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that red area that is highlighted there is called a moderate risk but don't let that word throw you. raleigh, north carolina hasn't had a risk like this in three years so you're talking about virginia from lynchburg to greensboro, durham, raleigh all included in areas that could see winds in excess of 70 miles per hour today, taking down power lines, definitely going to impact travel and certainly have some flash flood potential all the way down to florida. by the way, flood alerts up all throughout the northeast because you can get two to even four inches of rain with this storm today into tomorrow. amy. >> wow, a lot of people traveling on this busy easter weekend. thank you, ginger. now to that dramatic video inside the tennessee cave rescue. abc news has obtained exclusive footage showing the moment that trapped diver was saved. steve osunsami is on the scene in jackson county, tennessee with more on this. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. this underwater video shows just how dangerous this rescue was. the diver who recorded it flew

in from florida and is one of the few people in the world who could have pulled this off. this is the beginning of a daring rescue from the camera of diver ed sorenson who flew in from florida to help. lost inside this murky underwater cave 40 feet deep in rural tennessee is josh bratchley, one of the best cave divers in the world. as you see here, sorenson is setting a line of thin rope that he'll use to find his way out of the dark. bratchley got lost when his guideline either broke or disappeared. from one end of the cave to the other is 400 feet. sorenson expected to spend two to three hours searching for the missing diver and he worried he was going to find him dead. but 45 minutes in, this happened. >> how are you feeling? >> reporter: in a large air pocket the size of a room, there was bratchley covered in mud, waiting for help and very much alive. >> where did my friends think i was? >> they were hoping you were right here.

>> reporter: the pictures of this rescue looked very much like the rescue of the soccer team stranded in the flooded cave in thailand last year where bratchley was one of the heros who risked his life to save the boys. >> thank you for still being here and calm. let's get out of here and go have something to eat. >> reporter: but to get out, the two men still had to get through several hundred feet of narrow and winding underwater pathways with jagged rock and low visibility. cave diving is a notoriously deadly sport. this time bratchley cheated death and said he immediately planned to go diving again. the entrance to the cave here sits a little bit away from here and it's on private property. last we checked the gates to it were closed. at some of these cave entrances across the country, they are

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good morning, pierre. >> reporter: amy, good morning. today the kremlin is calling the mueller report a, quote, waste of money. but the truth is the mueller report details an audacious effort by the russian government to impact and interfere with the 2016 election. first, a russian intelligence team targeted hundreds of email accounts used by clinton campaign employees, advisers and volunteers. they hacked the dnc and other democratic computer party networks, stealing hundreds of thousands of documents. mueller identified at least two states that were targeted as well, illinois where the russians stole information related to thousands of voters and according to mueller the fbi believes the russians gained access to at least one florida county computer network. next the russians engaged in social media warfare, pushing out reams of bogus news stories and advertisements all aimed at sowing divisions among americans on issues like race and immigration. and george, get this, the russians were even able to use covert social media campaign to organize rallies here in

america, some of which were attended by hundreds of people. all this activity, mueller said, was done to hurt hillary clinton and to help then candidate trump, george. >> it was a broad, audacious effort. thanks very much. let's inhief legal analyst dan abrams and former new jersey governor chris christie and abc news contributor. so russia interfered, no criminal conspiracy established by robert mueller between the trump campaign and russia but the big open question, and we heard both sarah sanders and congressman nadler address it, what did mueller intend to say about who should look at obstruction and why couldn't he reach a decision? >> look, i don't think that mueller is specifically addressing head-on the question of who should be addressing it but implicit in what he's saying is the office of legal counsel precedent that no sitting president can be indicted impacted everything that we did. if you take that at face value, the only other way to hold the president accountable is congress because the whole point

of the office of legal counsel memo is, in effect it's not the prosecutor's job to hold the president accountable. that would be something left to congress. i said that from the beginning, that i thought mueller was going to be hamstrung by the opinion and that's the way it should be. in my view the way it should be is the way the constitution has it which is if the president is engaged in conduct that we believe is over the line it's for congress to make that decision. >> barr shouldn't have stepped in? >> i don't think, a, and b, i don't think that mueller should have gone into -- i think he was in a real tough spot. dan and i were talking about this earlier. once he started to go down the road of saying i can't charge him, you're going to do what comey did to hillary, which is he puts out all this information but i'm not going to charge you and let someone else decide. and that puts the president in a really unfair and difficult position as well, although once you're the special counsel and you start to look, you have an obligation to report it under the statute. that's why yesterday was so nfie

oing through the rring charges. i concluded that the ooc opinion was the overriding reason that he kept hands off and said go elsewhere. >> doesn't this also paint a pretty unflattering picture of what was going on inside this white house, this culture of lying that george was just pressing sarah sanders on? it seems like it could be really hard for them to go out and claim fake news every day when they've got very serious questions this morning about their own credibility. >> this report actually verified some of the very news that has been called fake in the past. of course that's a problem. when you look at this in its totality, it's a damning document. i mean, i think that in the obstruction section there are sections, not all ten of them, but there are three of them maybe where it seems pretty clear that mueller is saying this would be a crime. i mean, he goes through an analysis, a three-part analysis

on each of these, and it sounds like he's saying that this is obstruction of justice but for coming back to this issue of the fact that a sitting president his noon tt isomow clears the president and that this shows that he's been exonerated is absurd. >> i'd say, listen, to answer your question directly on the white house, i'd say the answer is yes and no. so certainly some of the things that the president was engaged in, trying to encourage don mcgahn to lie about what went on regarding his direction to fire bob mueller is bad, really bad. on the other hand, don mcgahn's conduct in all this is extraordinarily -- >> formal white house counsel. >> yes. and a number of other people, corey lewandowski. >> who basically said no to the president. >> right. you look at the people who had the longest-term association with the president were the ones inside that building who were looking at him and saying, no,

this is a bad idea, i'm not going to do it. reince priebus deserves some credit as well for trying to control the doj situation with jeff sessions. so i think it's both. as you know, i've been critical of a lot of the white house staff over the course of the years, but a few of these folks, reince and corey on the outside, don mcgahn deserve credit, real credit for standing up. >> think about what we're celebrating here. you're celebrating the fact that people in the inner circle stopped the president from doing something. >> had they not -- >> it's kind of stunning. >> it is. but richard nixon probably looked back on it and wished that people had done that for him. >> i'm sure president trump will appreciate your comparison to richard nixon. >> it's the morning we're in, dan. >> thank you, guys. back to amy. coming up next, guys, our play of the day. stay with us. amy. coming up next, guys, our play of the day. stay with us. moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the new battle brewing in the wake of the mueller report. calls for robert mueller and attorney general barr to testify after the special counsel's report revealed 11 episodes of possible obstruction. and the moment the president said he thought his presidency was over. overnight, president trump proclaims victory. >> i'm having a good day too. >> but house speaker nancy pelosi swears congress will not be silent. will they start impeachment proceedings? deadly storms on the move. possible tornados and heavy rain heading east this holiday weekend after reported twisters tear through the south and damaging storms killing at least three people overnight. new trouble for reality tv major setback in their giudice. deportation battle and how the "real housewives" stars are fighting back to keep joe in the country and reunite him with his daughters.

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weekend, it's also a certain season. 'sonig a high schooler knows, e >> yes, and this morning we are breaking down the hottest trends for teens that are prom approved and mom approved, and we have options that won't break your bank either. >> a lot of good choices there. first we have a lot of news to get to starting with the fallout from the mueller report. earlier i spoke with the chairman of the house judiciary committee, jerry nadler. i want to go to our senior congressional correspondent marry bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. democrats say this version of the report that's been released simply doesn't cut it. they want to see the full report including grand jury evidence and chairman nadler has just issued a subpoena to get it as he told you earlier he would. >> we need the entire report unredacted in order to make informed decisions and after we get that -- and we will subpoena that entire report today. >> that subpoena is coming today? >> in the next couple of hours. >> reporter: democrats say what they've seen so far they believe

shows disturbing evidence that the president did obstruct justice and they are not rushing to impeachment just yet, george. they say that the special counsel they feel is now putting the ball in their court to make a determination on obstruction and democrats are making clear they are furious with the attorney general, and so they want to hear directly from mueller himself and have him to month. >> that will be a big day. mary bruce, thank you very much. to that severe weather threat with millions of americans in its path. overnight tornados and storms hit the south killing at least three people. ginger is tracking it all. hey, ginger. >> hey, cecelia. it's happening right now. the tornado watch has been extended through the bend of florida into more of georgia. tallahassee has a severe thunderstorm warning. clifton, georgia in the watch area. look at this, there's a tornado warning just north of athens, georgia. so it's a long line of storms impacting a lot of folks. we've had more than 300 severe storm reports. ten of those were reported tornados just in the last 24 hours.

this is the type of damage you could see again today. this is morton, mississippi. these storms killed three people, most of that from trees into homes, trees into cars. that's what i'm concerned about today. you're going to have winds in excess of 70 miles per hour. if you're in winston-salem, lynchburg, charlotte down to florence, south carolina you're in one of the highest risks there are, the second highest on the map. then you have a risk all the way from tampa bay to nearly washington d.c. if that's not enough, flash flooding is going to come with this. little rock, arkansas had a daily record rainfall. they smashed their record. we could see two to five-plus inches anywhere there in the flood alert area. a lot coming up as so many people are hitting the roads, george. >> could be a rough weekend. okay, ginger, thanks so much. coming up, we're going to look at the new sober curious movement, a lot of people choosing to give up alcohol. dr. ashton here to talk about it. also breaking down the new prom trends. will these moms and daughters find dresses they can agree on? and it is a very egg-citing morning here at "gma." yeah, you heard me.

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>> i don't know what he's pointing at, but hi. hi, easter bunny. [ applause ] is he telling me to talk? i think that's what he's doing. all right, easter bunny, i will take your direction and it's time for "pop news." or should we call it "hop news"? >> let's hop to it on this friday. earth day is this monday and we've got an early tribute to mother nature. rapper david burke goes by another name we're not going to say. he released a video called "earth" bringing together justin bieber as a baboon, ariana grande as a zebra, plus katy perry, ed sheeran, kevin hart, list goes on, all lending their voices to animated animals. take a look. >> everyone listening has been to earth, ariana. we're not making music for aliens here. ♪ are we gonna die >> you know what, bieber, we

might die. i'm not going to lie to you. so many people don't think global warming isn't a real thing. we've got to save this planet. we're being stupid. >> all the proceeds go to the leonardo dicaprio foundation to support the environment. leo taking to twitter to thank all the artists that came together to make this happen. that's cute. [ applause ] okay, so now a mega makeover for jason momoa. those of you familiar with the actor have probably noticed his signature beard, right? he's been sporting it for almost seven years but now it appears he's got the seven-year itch. so that beard is gone. momoa posted this video in the desert showing himself buzzing off his beloved beard. the video is titled, good-bye, drogo, i shaved, referencing his "game of thrones" character. amy, you like that?

>> wow, he looks so different. >> okay, i hear the response. he's not looking to bad without it, i guess. [ applause ] he goes on to explain that he said good-bye to his facial hair to inspire some environmental change all to bring awareness to the impact of plastics on the environment and the new line of canned water he's launching. what do you think of the look? >> he's very handsome. >> still havethe scrunchy? >> still has the scrunchy. three cheers to the fighting irish or boosting women, the university of notre dame making history announcing its first ever female leprechaun. lynette wukie is a senior from ohio who asked in her tryout, who says the fighting irish can't fight like a girl? good question. the school -- this coming school year lynette will be leading cheers and pumping up the blue and gold.

the university says she won her spot thanks to her passionate outlook and dedication to leadership. she says she's hoping she can be an inspiration and role model for young girls but i think young girls, old girls, everybody, she's an inspiration. >> she looks great. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, janai. now to our "gma" cover story, new trouble for reality tv couple theresa and joe giudice. this morning he appears one step closer to being deported after i.c.e. dismissed an appeal by "the real housewives of new jersey" star to remain here in the united states and linsey davis is here with more on that story. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, amy. just hours after her husband denied, last night teresa giudice diened with a trump loyalist but we're told she has not asked for trump to intervene in any way. a source describes everyone, at

least, joe, and their girls as numb. they're the reality tv couple known for never backing down from a fight. >> hey joe. >> what? >> apologize! >> reporter: and this morning the giudice family is vowing to do just that after immigration officials denied joe's appeal against deportation earlier this month. the family attorney confirming the decision to abc news thursday saying we are extremely disappointed and will continue to fight to keep mr. giudice in the united states, the only country he knows, and reunite him with his wife and four daughters. at this point joe could be removed from the country at any time. >> me and the girls still need him. >> reporter: after completing his 41-month prison sentence for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud last month, "the real housewives of new jersey" star was immediately moved to an immigration detention facility to await the appeal decision on whether or not he would be forced to return to his native italy. >> that's where you were a baby? >> that's where i lived when my mother was pregnant with me. >> reporter: theresa addressed the confusion surrounding her husband's citizenship status lastal >> he moved here when he was 1

year old. why did he never apply for citizenship? >> i guess that's something you have to ask his parents. i don't know why they never made him an american citizen. >> does it make you angry to know that he's never applied for citizenship? >> i never thought i would be in this position. >> reporter: it's been a rocky road for theresa who also spent time behind bars and away from her four daughters, serving an 11-month sentence in 2015 after pleading guilty to fraud. >> hi, honey. welcome home. >> reporter: overnight theresa sharing this photo on instagram saying, joe with the girls decorating eggs. days like this i love having photos. >> so here's the issue. according to u.s. law immigrants can be deported if they're convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or an aggravated felony. on wednesday joe and his attorneys filed a stay with the third circuit court. if his stay with that court is granted, the process is put on pause. if the court denies the motion joe will be deported back to italy, guys.

>> linsey, thank you. we're going to turn now to the new sober curious movement growing in popularity. people are choosing to eliminate alcohol from their lives not because they're addicted but because they say they want to be healthier and reduce anxiety. deborah roberts has more on this. hi, deb. >> hey cecelia. this is an idea that is gradually catching steam. remember dry january? well, this year i decided to give it a try, cutting out those cherished crisp glasses of wine just for a month to see how it felt. for the record, it wasn't bad. who knew that sober is the new cool? >> reporter: it's a night out at a new york bar. drinks are flowing. >> i am double fisting. >> reporter: but no one here is going to overdo it. no hangovers tomorrow. that's because these cocktails, even the shots, have little to no alcohol. >> it's the sense of going out but without feeling terrible later. >> it's got strawberries and an edible flower. elei is the founder of listen bar, a popup catering to those looking for a night on the town without the

booze. >> when you come in and you realize that literally everyone here is on the same page, you don't have to explain yourself. no one's going to think you're pregnant. >> reporter: these nondrinkers have lots of company lately. studies show that a third of people want to drink less because of embarrassment or regret, or others for health reasons. author ruby warrington calls it sober curious in her new book. >> sober, sobriety, makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable. >> i think in our society the word is so intertwined with ideas around alcoholism but actually sobriety can be a life-style choice for anybody. >> reporter: she says limiting our drinking may be the latest frontier in healthy living. >> we're in this culture now where we're paying a lot more attention to our health, but yet people are still drinking. >> i think this is partly the reason more people are getting sober curious. people are changing their diet, realizing that, hey, it actually feels great to eat more vegetables. who knew the doctors were right

all these years? then when i drink, oh, i feel like i'm undoing all of that. we've heard a lot about mindful eating. it might mean slowing down and really being careful about what you're putting into your body and why and i think it's about applying that same approach to alcohol. >> you set out to explore a question. is life better without alcohol? >> it's definitely different and it -- >> you didn't say better. >> it's helped me to embrace the ups and downs. i have more energy. i'm more optimistic. i feel more focused. i have deeper connections in my relationships now. my sleep is better. my gut has healed. now i'm saying all of this. yeah, life is better without alcohol. >> so if you have a drink now and aragain me yo ofheober curious crowd or not? >> anybody who's questioning their drinking is sober curious in my book, yeah. this trend has really been taking hold. alcohol sales are going down and the alcohol industry has noticed actually nonalcoholic beer sales

are through the roof. cecilia, i know you're a doubter, but there are some pluses. no age limit and of course since there's no alcohol you can drink on the street. >> yeah, okay, okay. i'm going to listen. i'm going to hold out and make a decision after this is over. dr. jen ashton joins us. let's break this down. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> these guys are saying we're going to give this up for at least a while, see if it works. we've seen these other studies that say some alcohol, including red wine, is good for you. you've tried dry january. >> yes, i did my own experiment. >> what's the verdict? >> let's talk about what the medical and scientific literature says. this is why it can be so confusing for people. there exists what we call a j-shaped curve and it's not j for jennifer which means i'm going to ask you to start pouring some wine. >> this i actually have experience in, yes. >> what that means is at rate l level of the j you can actually see some data that supports a reduction in stroke, a reduction drink on television or pouring what i would drink at home?

>> this is the point. as you get into the heavy range which for women is more than seven servings a week, for men more than 14, you actually see an increase in some types of heart disease, an increase in stroke, and an increase in some kinds of cancer. so again, think of that j for jennifer j-shaped curve. that means a little, not a lot, moderate. >> moderate seems to be the key. you've got a quiz to help people decide if sober curious is for them. >> this is really important. this movement is not for people who need to abstain completely sober for a significant alcohol dependance problem. here are the questions we go through with people. i want you to follow along at home and just yes or no to yourself. have you had times where you ended up drinking more than you intended? have you gotten into situations while or after drinking that increased your chances of getting hurt? have you had to drink more than you once did to get the same effect? have you continued to drink even

though it's making you feel depressed or anxious? and do you spend a lot of time drinking, being sick or hungover or getting over the after-effects. if you answered yes to even one of those questions, that is a sign you may have a significant alcohol dependance or abuse problem. >> sober curious is not for this population of people struggling with addiction. >> that's correct. i found it very, very this. interesting. if you're going to do it, track your alcohol intake on a calendar. it worked for me just like you balance your checkbook and i keep track of it. ask your friends to do this experiment with you because again that social unit is important. and be curious. see how you're sleeping, how your mood is, your weight is, how your skin is. if it's better, maybe you need to cut down. >> but not this weekend. >> not a holiday weekend. >> ginger, over to you. mine stts that's exactly right. your "gma" moment, you know the musician andy grammer. well, andy grammer has found the perfect individual to do a duet with.

♪ you got to keep your head up ♪ you got to keep your head up >> the sea lion does it every time. he's perfect. we got to see them live together at some point. all right, that is your "gma" moment for today. please put your "gma" moments on my facebook page. until then, let's good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. partly sunny, the warmth easing today. a cold front will bring us breezy conditions tonight, fog and drizzle for tomorrow morning. temperatures will tumble even more so tomorrow for a nice rebound next week. in san y low to mid-70s around the bay, tonight low to mid-50s. windndndndndndndndndndndndndndnd a lot of us starting to think about summer vacation and that means getting the best bang for your buck when booking flights. we saw some great ideas in "the

new york times" and berky wore y has the details. >> reporter: if you're like a working mom of a seven week old, getting your summer travel planned is a major feat. >> we'll fly to to the east coast to visit both sets of grandparents. >> reporter: vanessa, her husband and three kids are traveling from san francisco to new york to visit family, then a quick stop in boston before heading home to california. like all of us, she wants to find a good deal. >> normally i look at somewhere around 500 per ticket. >> reporter: luckily, elaine glusac of the "new york times" is out with a guide to airfare hacks and she'll show vanessa some of the strategies. >> that kind of itinerary is called an open jaw. that's a great way to start to play with different airfares. >> reporter: elaine has vanessa fire up a travel search engine and search for the city, not the specific airport. >> it looks like you're traveling to new york, boston, san francisco, all have alternative airports and those can really save you money. >> reporter: don't be afraid to go out on one airline and back

on another carrier, what experts call a hacker fair. now the timing question. does the day you search for and buy the ticket matter? >> it's not the day that you actually do the search. it's the day that you travel. it's the tuesday departure and the saturday return. that's what matters. >> reporter: because fewer people are traveling these days, you're able to get a better deal. also, how far out to purchase? elaine says generally the rule is to buy around 60 days in advance. >> so if you look three months out, you're probably going to see a pretty high fare. >> reporter: back to our intrepid traveling mom vanessa. she normally pays $500 each for these fares. with some of the elaine's tricks -- >> by doing two one ways, i basically got your round trip down to 380 on two different airlines. >> reporter: a total of $480 saved with a few smart hacks. now, some of these tips are a tradeoff of time and money so you have to weigh what's best for your family.

but i was surprised to learn it's not all about taking flights with layovers. those are only on average 5% cheaper than nonstops. now, another thing to add, if 60 days out is the optimal time to book a flight, that means today would be a good time to book for that mid june vacation. of course, there's an exception, george, holidays. a study of fares by cheap air says their cheapest is 90 days in advance. >> got to think ahead. becky, thanks very much. when we come back, we have the trends for prom season. when we come back, we have the trends for prom season. when we come back, we have the trends for prom season.

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and welcome back to "gma." prom season is almost here and nting on to find the perfect dress that is also mom approved. so we sent two mother-daughter di duos with melissa garcia to find a dress they both loved. take a look. >> reporter: with prom just weeks away, madison and olivia are still on the hunt for that perfect dress, but the only thing standing in their way, they need it to be prom approved by mom. we hit up macy's in new york city with fashion guru melissa garcia to see if she can make everyone happy. >> how about a two-piece. >> reporter: first up, 17-year-old madison and mom nicole. they have very different opinions about how she should look. >> tell me a little about what your ideal prom dress looks like. >> cinderella type of poofy situation. i like that. >> slit but not too high up.

i like a high slit and something tight. not a big, poofy dress. >> this is definitely a wow dress. how do you feel? relythbo lit me. i really like the color.e >>s l i like the criss-cross at the top. >> reporter: next up, 18-year-old olivia and mom. >> what does your ideal prom dress look like? >> tight fitted, neutral colors, not so much on it. >> what colors would you loike o see olivia in? >> light colors, pink, white or champagne. no dark color. >> wow, this is beautiful. how do you feel in this dress? >> i didn't expect to like it because of the bottom of it. >> this is in the color family that you like, so what do you think? >> i like the color and i like how the top fits. i like how it has pockets but i just like when it's more form fitting. >> this definitely incorporates

a lot of the items and trends you wanted to hit on. it's form fitting, sophisticated, sleek. >> i like how it fits my body. it's simple. >> reporter: so which looks did they pick? find out now, live. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, we're going to find out in just a moment. but first melissa garcia joins us now. welcome. >> thank you. >> tell us what some of the prom dress trends are this year. >> lots of floral, jewel tones and ball gowns, big ball gowns. >> moms, are you ready to see which dresses your daughters chose? [ applause ] let's see the dresses. first up is madison escorted by a very special guest. come on out. [ cheers and applause ] beautiful. tell me about this look. >> so beautiful. metallic and glitz is always a big trend that we're seeing every year and this year is no exception. she wanted a dress that had

sparkle and this definitely has that. it has that nude tone color that she was also looking for in that gold family, and the slit, she wanted a slit. she wanted to be able to dance and move so she has her slit but it's balanced out because the top is really conservative. i think it's so beautiful. >> nicole was shaking her head when she saw that slit. >> i was checking how far it went up the leg with it. i'm okay with it, yeah. >> how do you feel, madison? >> i enjoy this dress, the top, the silhouette and the slit was a nice touch. >> it's a compromise, right? >> i think you look beautiful. you look stunning. okay, let's now bring out olivia with her escort. [ cheers and applause ] beautiful. tell us about this gorgeous dress. >> so i love this dress. this is something that olivia didn't think she was looking for. she wanted something tighter and

form fitting but again like we were saying ball gowns are a huge trend and she fell in love with it. it has that pastel color that she was looking for, that light color family. again, it looks so beautiful on her. she looks like a princess. >> you do. i love it. olivia, what made you fall in love with this dress even though you thought it wasn't what you wanted? >> i never liked ball gowns. it was not my thing, like they're too big. then my mom was like, try it on, try it on, and i finally put it on and i was like, i'm in love with it. >> and you look like a princess. i like the little touch right here, too. that's so nice and subtle. how do you feel about this? >> i love it. >> both of the dresses are momemom approved and totally prom approv approved. thanks for joining us. guess what, we have a little surprise for you. you get to keep your entire looks so you get to take them to prom and look amazing. coming up next, our interview with the stars of the

first ever live action "star wars" tv show. stay with us.

ever live action "star wars" tv show, "the mandalorian," and will reeve got to go to chicago and meet some of the stars.

>> i did, and it was a great time. "star wars" fans are mostly in the dark about this series but it's a timeline between the return of the jedi and the force awakens. last year thousands of fans, i mean thousands got a look at the new show and the new character debuting in the "star wars" universe. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, a new character joins the "star wars" universe. >> he's all yours, bounty hunter. >> reporter: "the mandalorian," a bounty hunter in the franchise's most infamous characters, bobo fete. >> i never felt that i got to see enough of bobo fete. there was so much hype around him. >> reporter: director jon favreau living a "star wars" fan's dream, a new story for the saga. >> you should have fun making "star wars" and have fun. >> faf raw and his partner

created "the mandalorian," a character and show shrouded in history. >> i left the meeting and i was like, they want me to be "the mandalorian," what's "the mandalorian"? >> reporter: the highly anticipated show stars "game of thrones" alum pedro pascal, now trading his armor -- >> you could at least wear a helmet. >> reporter: for that famous helmet. >> he's a lot like bobo fete and a lone gun fighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy after the fall of the empire. i got my terminology right. ♪ i live in america >> reporter: other stars on the show include apollo creed himself, the legendary carl weathers playing the leader of the operation. >> "star wars" appeals to all generations but who is this show targeted you? >> you. this story is targeted to everyone who has ever heard of, who has ever watched, who is

inquisitive about, who are fans of ours. >> reporter: mma tighter turned actress gina carano plays an ex trooper trying find her place in the universe. >> i just showed up in the meeting and i didn't even know it was for "star wars" and i got there and was like, that's a big deal. >> reporter: "the mandalorian" was a huge deal at "star wars" celebration, getting a standing ovation from thousands at the big reveal. >> there was a reaction from the audience that felt like being on the receiving end of a jet. >> yeah. >> the energy coming from the fans, you know, who -- my sense of the whole thing is they really want to be satisfied, you know. they really wanted to feel good. >> being in that room literally gave me chills. it was the enthusiasm that was palpable, kind of like being at a rock concert, it was so loud. but the fans and you will have

to wait until november 12th, only on disney plus. >> did you have a costume on? >> i did not but i was very supportive of those who did. >> thanks. ginger, over to you. >> always next time, will. got to do it next time. you never know from one fandom to another, you never know where pikachu is going to pop up next. look, now he is almost 7,000 miles away in tokyo. next tuesday the stars of the new pokemon detective pikachu movie, ryan reynolds, and justice smith, will join us live good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist ni mike nicco. low clouds on the coast, but higher clouds will . cecilia, let's head back to you. >> thanks, ng. we've gotgmst

adults spend more than 11 hours a day interacting with media, thauding staring at phones,ns are all glowing with blue light. how helpful or harmful is that . the audience is going to help us out with this. you have your paddles, ready to go. we're going to take a quiz and show is your answer. >> 50% chance of getting it right. >> the first question, really hard, true or false, is blue light bad for you? oh wow. >> is it a coincidence that the true color is blue? this is actually a trick question because in some cases it's good for you, okay. so blue light which we get during the daylight, sunlight hours actually helps stimulate us. it keeps us awake, alert, gives us energy, improves our mood. at night because of those sir canadian rhythms it's not good for you, keeps us awake,

disrupts our sleep. >> you sort of just gave a hint. i think we have another question. one more time. blue light disrupts sleep, true or false? >> good, that means they're paying attention. >> but not you guys. >> i know, i did give it away a little. absolutely it does. now, obviously not when you get exposed to blue light during the daytime but at night 100%. so that's why you hear sleep experts and all the way down to pediatricians say get rid of those screen kind of interactions at least two hours before you want to be asleep because you don't want to be alert, awake, engaged when you're supposed to be sleeping. it's all about those sir canadian rhythms. >> you brought props. >> i did. >> these glasses we keep hearing about that are blue light blocking glasses. is that what they do i guess? >> this is a huge marketplace but when we consulted experts we say they're not going to do any harm but there's not really conclusive scientific data that they're going to help and they

can be expensive. so again, right now this is kind of all out there in the marketplace but not so much data behind it. the things you can do, just shift your phone to the night mode and again at least two hours before you want to be asleep, put that screen or that laptop or that computer away. >> that's for blue light digital stream which we all sort of suffer with. tips on that? >> these can help that a little bit but if you're in front of a screen all day long, your eyes can get dry. you're not going to get necessarily any eye disease but it can strain your eyes. >> we've got some other health alerts. good morning to you. this is nora. you work on our medical unit. >> she's one of our doctors. [ applause ] >> so what are we talking about in terms of how we all should be sitting at a computer? >> think about how many of us are in front of their computers really, really close. >> all the time. >> this is where, again, i call it -- not just me but a 20-20-20 rule. so approximately every 20 minutes you want to take 20 seconds away from looking at the

screen and stare 20 feet in the distance, kind of just give your eyes a break. >> are you going to give us some assistance? i think we have another -- >> this is another tip and we use the term 25 inches, cecilia. this is something i never thought i would be doing in medical school, working with the easter bunny. 25 inches away, farther than you think. that's way farther than you would expect to be sitting. >> this is the way we should be sitting at the computer. >> keep that distance. >> you set a 20-minute timer on your phone and carry one of these at all times. >> anti-glare screens, turn down the brightness, all common sense things to help your eyes. >> thank you. ginger, over to you. look who i have with me. coming up on "strahan & sara," it's not "strahan & sara." >> today on "strahan & sara" neither strahan nor s but we will have ashanti. i'm guest hosting with ali wentworth. >> and i'm guest hosting with

keke palmer and i'm pole dancing. >> ali and pole dancing, that's all i got from it and i'm watching. >> i love you george. coming up on "gma," instant upgrades for your home.

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family haeirlooms, a collection of plates, photos, art. first map it out. what you want to do is set out everything that you're going to put up and you want to trace it and cut this out so you don't put a nail in and then have to move it. >> very smart. you want to put the largest piece at eye level. so turn it around, guys. turn it around. >> you can turn it around. turn it around. >> turn it around. come on. [ applause ] >> that looks great. so the biggest piece is at eye level. >> the biggest piece is at eye level and arrange everything else around that. >> that's fun. i like that, very cool. and i love not having holes in the wall. so we'll move on to the next upgrade. >> a wall mural. so we had these great patterns. these are from minted. it's super easy because you just peel off the back. >> i thought this was it on the other side. >> this is a wall mural so this is one and this is one pattern and then you can just peel it off and this is another pattern

which is a seam -- well, this is part of it. so you can do like a painting or a seam. you want to prep the wall the day before and start putting it -- it comes in panels and start putting it panel by panel. so then when you -- okay, turn it around, guys. when you're done you've got a whole mountain scene. >> oh wow. can they be your own pictures? >> you can send a picture to be blown up and do any kind of design. >> that's so cool, especially in kids' rooms. >> they come with kids' patterns, everything. >> very cool. all right, all right. we've got our final update. >> the final is the super easiest. so the final one is super easy, changing up what you have on your bo goingpu on your shf. plants are super healthy and so here we have like a trend which is pink in plants to brighten up

your home and plants boost your so turn levels. ing. >> turn it around. >> that was a little creepy, easter bunny. >> so you can just arrange the plants -- you can arrange the plants or do your easter e hunt in it too. you can arrange the plants. succulents are great because you don't have to water them a ton. you can put tables against the wall. you can change them out. we have these pretty vases so it's a super easy decor upgrade. >> i love it. thank you very much, amy. great ideas for everyone for any budget too which is awesome. >> any budget, super easy. >> thank you so much. and we will be right back.

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good morning, i'm alexis smith from abc 7 mornings. let's check in with mike nicco for a look at the forecast. hey, mike. >> look at all the dew on the camera on the golden gate bridge. pretty much everything will be pretty nice except it will be back to cool and breezy. 50s at the coast but 70s for a lot of us on easter sunday. almost springlike warmth next week. hey, sue. low visibility on the golden gate bridge, too, as you might imagine. let's pop over to the richmond san rafael bridge. we had those steel plates on the span that kept everything slow, but it's cleared out and it's good and light on the bridge. we'll be back at 11:00 for "midday live"

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