good morning, america. new warnings right now as severe weather slams the heartland. tornadoes and flash floods pound the plains. >> holy smokes. >> at least 18 twisters reported and more than half a foot of rain is causing flooding. the rescues right now and the new alerts as we come on the air. ginger zee and rob marciano in the storm zone. breaking overnight, a new deadly plane crash in alaska. the same company involved in a deadly collision last week that killed six tourists. the investigation right now. overnight, president trump unleashed on the trail vowing to fight back against congress after taking a major blow in court. a judge orders trump's accountants to hand over his financial records. this as the president blocks his former top attorney from

testifying on the hill today. great white warning. just days before the summer season kicks off, reports this nearly ten-foot great white shark has been tracked to the long island sound just miles from new york city. eiffel tower scare. thousands forced to evacuate as firefighters race to catch this man caught on camera scaling one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world. "jeopardy" james' big return. overnight the champion taking home his 23rd win. now he's just ten games away from topping ken jennings. the new message from the biggest winner of all time overnight. and golden state now going for gold again. overnight the warriors sweeping the trail blazers in an overtime thriller. and the touching moment just after between the curry brothers. ♪ what do you mean you

turned the game off when the warriors were down at the half? >> and then i wake up to a surprise. >> now we wake up to a possible dynasty. that's right. big win for steph and his golden state warriors heading for their fifth consecutive finals. there he is with his brother. >> that's amazing. amazing feat and the curry brothers you saw there exchanging jerseys after the game and steph says he's going to hang seth's jersey in his house and it is a moment and something that he will never forget which is really, really great. >> first time it happened. maybe not the last time. >> parents can relax a little bit. >> yes, they can. we begin with the weather in the heartland. 70 million americans in the path of storms, tornadoes, powerful winds and flash flooding. >> we have team coverage this morning. ginger will start us off in oklahoma where they're facing flash flood warnings and good morning to you, ginger. a lot going on there. >> yeah, good morning to you,

michael. rivers and creeks are at record level in oklahoma. that is a spill way between two lakes. it has lodged a boat into the railing. that is not supposed to be there. a lot of things displaced this morning. schools going on day two of being closed in oklahoma. this time it's for flash flooding. blinding rain swallowing the heartland. in tulsa, coke coke walls of water cascading down this overpass. >> that's a lot of water. >> reporter: rivers and creeks reaching record levels. streets looking like raging rivers themselves. >> i've never seen flooding like this. it's all around my home. >> reporter: up to 8 inches of rain forcing major flash flooding. [ sirens ] >> reporter: and as tornado sirens rang out firefighters pushing cars back to the shallower water. rescuers using boats to help people escape from waist high water.

at least 20 high water rescues playing out in just this neighborhood. school buses in collinsville surrounded. this man using a canoe to navigate the flooded streets and in wichita, kansas, a car flipping over in the downpours. a pickup slamming into the median. in texas the severe storms came with hail the size of baseballs. the rainfall rates somewhere between 2 and 3 inches per hour. that line is still torturing parts of the plains and will throughout the day. i'll give you the full forecast and tell you where you'll see more severe storms today. robin? >> we'll get back to you in just a moment, ginger. we go to rob now who is in mangum, oklahoma, hit hard by twisters overnight, good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we were tracking a cell that dropped a tornado and that heavily damaged this home behind me. look at that damage. there's debris all over this property. corrugated steel.

old overgrown trees. look at this. full size suv, the windows completely blown out and these trees have been toppled. around the corner is the front porch where the family was as the tornado was approaching. this morning communities across the plains states left reeling. this tornado ripping through mangum, oklahoma. watch as it rips this barn to shreds. >> got to back up. >> reporter: across town this home taking heavy damage by the same twister. this is the path of that tornado, the northern side of mangum hitting this 112-year-old home blowing out the windows, ripping off the roof and l littering it with debris inside and pushing it off its foundation. the first reports of a tornado touching down around 4:07 in the afternoon near paducah, texas. over the next few hours more than a dozen reported across oklahoma, kansas, texas, arkansas and missouri.

a massive stovepipe tornado sweeping through this field in granite, oklahoma. our abc affiliate chopper capturing twin tornados spinning north of oklahoma city whipping up debris and a dust cloud along its path. >> holy smokes. >> just crossed the road. >> reporter: residents shell-shocked. >> it came through real fast. >> glass and tin was coming through the hall. >> in your home? >> yes, we could feel it sucking stuff out but had no idea it done this kind of -- >> reporter: the rogers were huddled inside the center of their home in the laundry room. you saw the shock in their eyes when they came out and saw all the damage this had done. that couple, the rogers, obviously very happy to be alive and happy to report zero fatalities which was an explosive day, but the severe weather not over. robin? >> let's go back to ginger on

where the storm is heading and when. ginger? >> it's critical people in oklahoma, arkansas and missouri watch out. it's not just the flood threat. the storms drop rain so much slowly and there's the chance of enhanced storms. it's arkansas, mysterissouri an kansas city. this is another severe day setting up with the same system. we'll be following it the whole way. robin? >> okay, ginger, thanks very much. we get to the latest on the showdown between president trump, congress and the courts. the president took off on his opponents at a rally in pennsylvania last night after he ordered his former white house counsel not to testify before the house judiciary committee and responded to a court ruling that congress can see his

financial records. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce with the story. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. we are seeing a real escalation in the fight between the president and congressional democrats. the president's strategy to resist all of their requests lost an early test in the courts but trump infuriated democrats when he instructed his former counsel not to show up. instead of being able to question don mcgahn democrats here this morning will face off with an empty chair. overnight on the campaign trail in pennsylvania -- [ chanting ] >> reporter: -- president trump is promising to fight congressional democrats at every turn. >> angry democrats all after us with all of it and they still have -- it's like little embers that are burning. >> reporter: this morning on capitol hill, the president is blocking his former top attorney, don mcgahn, from testifying. instructing him to defy a subpoena, citing constitutional precedent. mcgahn was interviewed by the special counsel for more than 30 hours. democrats say he's a key witness to the president's obstruction. they're accusing the white house of stonewalling.

>> you're dealing with a lawless president willing to go to any lengths to prevent testimony that might implicate him. that does implicate him. >> reporter: and they're promising to fight back. >> first thing we'll do is hold -- we'll have to hold mcgahn in contempt. >> reporter: as the standoff escalates democrats scored their first victory in court asking a federal judge ordering the president to hand over eight years of financial records. the president is vowing to appeal. >> we won round one today. >> reporter: democrats are clashing over what comes next. house speaker nancy pelosi facing calls to initiate impeachment proceedings. >> this is not just about this president. this is about upholding the rule of law and future presidents will be guided by what we do in this moment. >> reporter: but, george, democratic leaders are pushing back against these calls, especially with 2020 right around the corner. top democrats are concerned that any impeachment proceedings might overshadow their agenda and point to the court victory

shows they are on the right path. >> meantime, the house intelligence committee yesterday released documents detailing michael cohen's claims against the president's current lawyers. >> reporter: yeah, george, we're getting a new look at these transcripts. they show that cohen said jay sekulow asked had him to lie. cohen also told investigators that he had multiple conversations with sekulow about receiving a potential pardon. sekulow's team is disputing that account. >> thank you. let's talk about it with dan abrams. for more on this, let's go to the judge's ruling. the accounting firm has to turn over the records. quick and clear decision by judge saying it's not a close call. >> in any other world this would be a huge decision, the idea that the president of the united states has just lost a major court ruling. and yet for now it's going to sort of fall and people are going to wait for the next level in this and that's going to be

the appellate court. no question it's a brig big loss for the president. it was a clear loss. the judge in his ruling referred to the possibility of impeachment proceedings saying congress has the oversight power including for impeachment proceedings and as a result the congress has got to be able to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing. >> the president also defying congressional power saying his former counsel don mcgahn should not testify today. >> right, and this is a tougher call. really there are two doctrines, one we talk about a lot, the idea of executive privilege, confidential conversations between the president and his inner circle. that's not what they're focusing on now. now they're actually taking a broader view and saying it's presidential immunity meaning don mcgahn shouldn't even show up to answer any questions because there is this broad theory that he's effectively an arm of the president and that this would be like calling in the president to testify. this one is a closer call.

both on the issue of executive privilege and on the issue of presidential power. >> closer call but in all these cases it appears that congress goes into these fights with a stronger legal hand in the courts which has led a lot to say what's really going on is the president is trying to run out the clock. >> yeah, because every time there's a district court ruling, they'll still wait for an appeal before they implement that. aha, they'll turn over the documents. no, no, you'll still wait for the next ruling which should be -- they're saying let's hold off. we'll appeal it to the appellate court and if they lose they'll say i want to appeal it to the supreme court. >> how about this argument that some democrats are making that if they opened up impeachment proceedings it would streamline the process and make it go more quickly. >> it's true it would help it go a little faster and would have stronger arguments in certain cases to say we have an official proceeding ongoing. but this now becomes a balancing of the political price versus the legal advantage and the

legal advantage is relatively small in adding impeachment proceedings. it's there. it's real. but you have to factor in politics. >> for now nancy pelosi thinks that the political argument -- >> absolutely. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. george, now to that breaking news overnight. another deadly float plane crash in alaska. two people killed and this comes just a week after those two tourist planes collided killing six people. abc's adrienne bankert has the story. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, too, michael. terrible news. it's the same company involving the same model of aircraft in the same community that is now experiencing double grief. overnight another aviation tragedy day in southeast alaska. a taquan air float plane crashed as it came in for a landing leaving the pilot and passenger dead. weather and visibility were clear at the time. good samaritans were nearby to help tow the plane to shore. monday's deadly crash just one week after a taquan air flight collided with another small

plane, both carrying cruise ship passengers for a sightseeing excursion 22 miles away in ketchikan, alaska. that collision took the lives of six people. ten passengers were rescued. >> the larger of the two quickly began to sink where it was. >> it's the part of the job that you don't look forward to. >> reporter: following the crash taquan air tells abc news the company had suspended prebooked flightseeing tours for cruise ship passenger. >> this type of action is the result of landing in a more raw area of avenue vacation. it is a fairly wild area even though it is a beautiful town and a lot of wonderful things to see. to do so you have to be low and slow. >> reporter: and the names of those victims have not been released yet until family members have been notified. george? >> okay, thank you, adrienne. we go overseas to the eiffel tower scare. a man caught on camera scaring that tourist attraction. nearly made it to the top, 1,063 feet when a special firefighter

unit was called in to get him down and the sight closed and 2,500 people evacuated. firefighters finally talked him down last night. the climber in custody today, the tower back open. >> dangerous. >> very, very. now to the golden state warriors heading back to the nba finals for the fifth consecutive year, sweeping the portland trail blazers in an overtime win, michael. t.j. holmes is here with more. >> listen to the night steph curry had. 37 points, had a triple-double, had to bring the team to go into overtime and now their fifth straight nba finals but to do that he to beat his baby brother. >> reporter: the golden state warriors living up to their name. >> the warriors do it again. another comeback. >> reporter: battling back in an overtime thriller to take out the portland trail blazers and complete their western conference finals sweep. golden state once again led by steph curry. the all-star dropped three -- >> puts it in, steph curry from downtown. >> reporter: -- after three.

>> curry nails a three-pointer. >> reporter: even overcame a rare missed step. his first missed fourth quarter free throw in nearly four years to finish with 37 points, closing out a game and a series that were very much a family affair. after the final buzzer steph jerseys and an emotional embrace with his little brother seth. >> somebody had to lose but this is just the beginning for him and his career in terms of being in this stage and he's proved a lot of people not only does he belong, he can play big minutes in the playoff game. we'll remember this for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: in the locker room it was another curry, 10-month-old cannon stealing the show and celebrating with dad as the warriors collected their fifth straight conference trophy. that hasn't been done, five straight, right, nba finals, hasn't been done since the '60s with the celtics. when you say greatest teams, you'll say russell, celtics or magic's lakers, jordan's bulls

and you have to say curry's warriors now. what a cool moment for the curries. thanksgiving will be interesting. >> he makes the three look so easy. >> i know, i know. >> it's not. he works hard at that. i've been to a lot of those practices. those guys go at it like you won't believe. >> bucks and the raptors. >> bucks still look like they're in told but toronto last a chance to even up the series. i would love to go to toronto for the nba finals. love you, milwaukee. but that game is coming up tonight but it's been a fun want. antetokounmpo. >> can't root against my greek. >> your greek. you'll have to do an interview. i want to hear the stephanopoulos/antetokounmpo interview. >> whenever you're ready giannis. take a look at this. first ever great white shark spotted in long island sound before memorial day. >> oh, wow. also, the former bachelor now facing up to two years behind bars for a deadly accident going before the judge today.

but first let's go back to ginger in oklahoma. ginger. >> hey, robin. we've been tortured by the rain. can you imagine if we turned this into frozen precipitation. that's exactly what happened. you're seeing images from interstate 07 west of denver. they had about three inches of know in denver. this is not out of the ordinary. it was just something that caused accidents on the roadways. these images coming to you from interstate 25. we'll be following the snow there. the rain in missouri and illinois, watch for up to 6 inches. now tuesday trivia brought to you by amazon prime wardrobe.

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♪ my beautiful trauma >> welcome back to "gma" and who can forget pink's incredible gravity defying performance singing "beautiful trauma" at the amas in 2017 suspended by a high-wire on the side of a hole tell. well, this morning wait till you see what her 7-year-old daughter pulled off and we can only say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. that's coming up. >> nice tease there, michael. that's ahead. first the top headlines. 70 million americans are in the path of dangerous storms bringing tornadoes and flash flooding to the heartland. at least 18 reported twisters tore through four states overnight and flooding forced water rescues.

also this morning, the cdc is out with new measles numbers. reporting 41 new cases bringing the total to 880 affecting 24 states. a summer travel alert. a new report out predicts it could be a record year for air travel. we'll have all those details coming up in our next hour. >> that's coming up but the summer beach season starts this weekend and for the first time now a great white shark has been tracked on the long island sound near new york city. so we'll go to gio benitez out there on the water. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. yes, somewhere in these waters underneath us that shark has been swimming all over the place. so many this morning from around the world are going online right now to track its every move. take a look. with just days to go before the summer season officially begins, a great white shark has already made it to northern waters. for the first time ever a great white is being tracked in the long island sound just off the

coast of connecticut. according to the tracking group ocearch the shark sending out this taunting tweet, hello, greenwich, how are you today? ocearch says the shark named cabot sent off a ping around 11:00 a.m. monday morning. cabot is almost ten feet long and weighs over 500 pounds and was tagged off the coast of nova scotia traveling all the way down to florida and back up north. the shark's track reminding us of that 1975 summer blockbuster "jaws" which followed a great white terrorizing the fictional amity island. but this real shark surprising researchers with how far into the sound it swam. crediting recent efforts to clean up the waters off those shores for cabot's unexpected cameo. >> it's interesting that he's gone so far west into the sound and i think that's because it's cleaner than ever. i think it's because there's a lot of life there and they're always on the life, these white

sharks. he wouldn't be in there if the water was dirty. >> reporter: while the odds of a shark attack remain slim the u.s. saw the largest number of unprovoked attacks worldwide last year. back in september a great white killed a boogie boarder off the coast of cape cod. this year they will see more warning signs about sharks and safety kits for traumatic bleeding. some believe officials have responded too slowly and tried to raise money to get more shark detection technology. >> i would say to people, have some common sense. don't swim out in the middle of the food chain when it's going off and the bait fish are there and the game fish are crashing and the sharks will be on that. >> reporter: yeah, some good advice and, listen, we just checked with researchers and they say that the latest readings show it may be on the south side of long island right now. but, listen, these great white, they can swim more than 100 miles a day so it could be anywhere in this area right now.

not something that gives people peace of mind, guys. >> you're going to stay out there for the day. looks like a pretty good day. are you going to come back in? what are you going to do? >> reporter: it's a little windy but not in that water. not with that shark in there. >> somehow i knew that but the water is cleaner. that's the bottom line too. thank you, gio. now to the former bachelor who could wind up behind bars. it is sentencing day for chris soules who pleaded guilty for his role in a fatal accident and paula faris has that story. >> reporter: good morning. chris soules' legal team was trying to delay today's sentencing but the judge denied that request and he now faces up to two years in prison. >> chris soules, i'm 33 and i'm from arlington, iowa. >> best known by millions as prince farming. >> life is a lot like farming. you plant a seed. hope it grows. >> reporter: looking for love on season 19 of "the bachelor." but now four years later former

reality star chris soules is living a new reality, set to appear in court this afternoon facing up to two years behind bars for his involvement in a deadly accident. the now 37-year-old has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a personal injury accident after rear ending 66-year-old grandfather of three kenny mosher on a rural iowa road one april night in 2017. >> what's your name? >> my name is chris soules. >> reporter: in this frantic 911 call soules can be heard asking for help just after driving mosher's tractor off the road with his pickup truck. >> is he breathing? >> i can't tell. he doesn't appear to be. >> do you know how to do cpr? >> no, i don't. anybody know how to do cpr? >> reporter: authorities say after performing cpr and waiter to first responders -- >> can i call you back really quick? >> yeah. >> reporter: -- soules fled the scene before officers arrived. officers arresting him at his home 15 miles away finding

alcohol in his pickup truck. mosher later died from his injuries at the hospital. soules' lawyers told abc news after the accident while initial reports suggested soules fled the scene, the 911 call confirms that soules, in fact, was the one who contacted law enforcement immediately. soules attempted to resuscitate mr. mosher and remained on the scene with him until emergency medical personnel arrived. soules has a history of alcohol-related incidents as well as a series of speeding tickets and citations for drinking underage dating back to 1998. his lawyers maintain that he did everything he could to save the victim. soules was originally charged with a felony for leaving the scene but avoided a trial by pleading guilty to a reduced charge, a misdemeanor, which carries a much lighter sentence. possibly two years and a chance he could avoid prison altogether. >> we'll see what happens. thank you, paula. >> thank you paula. now to the massive reaction

to that "game of thrones" finale. this morning the stars are weighing in on the shocking series ending which set records for hbo, sent fans into a frenzy and is now raising questions about what's next for the network. amy is here with it all. >> yes, good morning, guys. 13.6 million viewers tuning in for the long awaited finale with nearly 6 million additional people watching on other platforms but now that our watch has ended will hbo be dethroned as the king of cable? we do want to warn you in this one there are spoilers. the game is over. pop culture behemoth "game of thrones" drawing nearly 20 million viewers for the final episode according to hbo. becoming the single most watched hbo telecast of all time. queen daenerys famously portrayed by emilia clarke was very surprised by her character's fate. the mother of dragons telling the "l.a. times" she called her mom after reading the final

script. it was a huge amount to digest and my response was complete shock. in the end it wasn't danny or jon that ruled westeros but it was a stark. >> why do you think i came all this way? >> bran stark surviving to reign over the realm and if that surprised you, you're not alone. isaac hempstead wright who plays bran was equally stunned telling "entertainment weekly" he genuinely thought it was a joke script. but this massive finale not without its share of critics. disappointed even outraged fans taking to twitter with the #unsubscribe. an action one research firm says fans might follow through on due to a possible uptick in hbo now cancellations now that it's concluded. >> you know nothing, jon snow. >> reporter: actor kit harington who portrayed jon snow told "esquire" if people feel let down by the final season, i don't give an expletive because

everyone tried their hardest. that's how i feel. sophie turner told "the new york times" so many worked so hard on it and for people to just rubbish it because it's not what they want to see is just disrespectful. you know, disrespectful or just honest. some of us just feel what we feel because we've invested so much of our time in the show. wright tells "the hollywood reporter" those final scenes of the megahit show so top secret the cast were told not to leave their hotel rooms. hbo booking every single room with a possible view of those climactic scenes so nobody could capture covert photographs. certainly the secret was well kept because we were all so shocked. >> i think we ought to give you an extra 30 seconds to tell us what you really think. >> wow, my goodness. >> it wasn't what i wanted. it wasn't how i wanted it to end. >> we have kit harington on the phone. >> he has a few choice words for me. >> our director lily, big fan of

the show, she didn't see it because she has been traveling. she didn't watch your piece. so it's amazing how we were able to get the shot. >> that's amazing. >> yeah. >> all right. well, it's over. >> it is over. >> is it? is it, amy? >> well, there is a prequel so i'm excited about that in ten years. >> you're going back in. there we go. when we come back that interesting story about your child's brain on fortnite. it's an eye-opening experiment. coming up next, "jeopardy" james is back. ken jennings has a message for him. has a message for him. hey, that baker lady's on tv again. she's not a baker. she wears that apron to sell insurance. nobody knows why. she's the progressive insurance lady. they cover pets if your owner gets into a car accident. covers us with what? you got me. [ scoffs ] she's an insurance lady. and i suppose this baker sells insurance, too? progressive protects your pets like you do. you can see "the secret life of pets 2" only in theaters. "the secret life of pets 2"

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back now back now with that "jeopardy" phenom, james holzhauer back from a two-week break back to winning. 23rd victory. will he catch ken jennings? that is the big question. ken jennings has something to say about it. janai norman here with that story. >> even those who don't regularly watch "jeopardy" know his name because james holzhauer is on fire. if he continues to average about 77,000 bucks a show, he'll best ken jennings' record in just ten more games. >> james. >> what is a puggle? >> correct. >> reporter: jeopardy james jockeying his way to the top again. >> his response was correct. >> reporter: for the 23rd consecutive time james holzhauer walking away champ. this time winning nearly $90,000. >> how long will it take him to reach 2 million? >> reporter: he has been more than happy to explain exactly how he steamrolls his challengers. >> just kind of lucky in a way that the buzzer technique i practiced turned out to be such

a successful one. >> reporter: now past challengers are speaking out about facing the champ including competitor claudia walters who lost by more than $100,000. >> 118,816. >> reporter: she believes only one person is capable of stopping holzhauer's dominating run. >> it's going to actually take james taking himself out. he's going to have to make a mistake on doubles and go all in before we see him lose. >> you know what's funny is seeing all these media depictions of me as an intellectual. i'm a con sour of low culture. >> reporter: holzhauer has earned his share of critics. calling him everything from unfair to a menace. but ken jennings is not among them. >> i used to be mr. "jeopardy" but no longer. >> reporter: despite holzhauer closing in on jennings' record for highest winning champion set 15 years ago his predecessor says he admires how the reigning champ is changing the game by aggressively wagering and playing the board from the bottom up.

>> 11,914. >> reporter: in a "washington post" op-ed jennings confessed i i may hold a bunch of "jeopardy" records but at heart i'm just a fan of the show and this streak is something special. so $1.7 million. 23 games. jasmine leona says in addition to his strategy, she says he has superior buzzer skills. that helps him. >> i was on "celebrity jeopardy" one time. >> how did you do? >> i was bad. bob costas beat me bad. it was the buzzer. when -- >> it was the buzzer? >> it was like -- [ laughter ] but it is true. you've got to time it just so but you also have to know the answers. come on, give the guy some credit. >> he's good. he would end up beating ken jennings' record in about half the amount of games. >> the buzzer is robin's story and she's sticking to it. >> it's true. i'm coming after you, costas. coming up -- thank you, janai. coming up our "play of the day." it's going to be a lot of fun.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. twister outbreak. 18 tornadoes reported over 4 states. hail the size of grapefruit and now flash flood emergencies. the rescues right now and new alerts this morning. ginger and rob in the storm zone. president trump unleashed on the campaign trail after that major blow. a judge demands his accountants hand over his financial records and the president is blocking his former white house counsel from testifying before congress. new this morning, 250 million people play fortnite. some for hours every day. so what does your kid's brain look like on video games? the side-by-side scans showing how this 10-year-old's brain lights up when he is watching fortnite. what parents should know about

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he is retired from racing but we'll tell you what's got him headed back on the track. it's going to happen in just a few days and we'll talk to him about that, his family and he has a lot more stuff coming up. we'll talk to you about that as well. >> he is a good guy. first, a lot of news to get to and we start with that severe weather threat. 70 million americans in the path of those dangerous storms bringing flash flooding and twisters. just moments ago a tornado touched down at tulsa international airport there in oklahoma. ginger is there with the very latest in oklahoma. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, robin. that severe line that had that tornado in it just east of us. we are just on the back side. obviously flash flooding, an emergency in many places here in oklahoma this morning. that is supposed to be a road behind me. i'll show you that wider shot. that's two lakes here with a spillway in between. that is a boat lodged into the railing that is not supposed to be here. this is what a lot of folks are waking up to here in oklahoma, this plus all the tornado warnings. let me take you straight to the

map. it is a nasty line stretching from eastern kansas right down eastern oklahoma into texas and arkansas, also in the watch this morning because we're seeing tornadoes already, obviously. tulsa, oklahoma, overnight, nearly 8 inches of rain. that's what does it. you have 2 to 3 inches per hour rainfall rates and rescues happening with both people trying to get out of waist deep water. this is what a lot of folks are doing. what you shouldn't be doing driving right through the water. who has to be on alert? flash flood alerts go all the way into illinois. two pockets of rain coming through. they're very slow-moving storms. they train meaning that go over the same region over and over again. violent storms come again as the atmosphere destabilizes. springfield, st. louis, kansas city all have to be on the lookout. little rock too. robin? >> those images are so startling. want everybody to take care. all right, ginger. thank you. we'll get the latest on president trump's escalating battle. battle with congress and the

courts. this morning the president is blocking his former attorney don mcgahn from testifying in front of congress. >> reporter: good morning. well, democrats here were hoping this morning to question the president's former top attorney, but don mcgahn, but instead they will be faced with an empty chair. the president is instructing mcgahn not to show up and to defy a congressional subpoena citing constitutional precedent. as can you imagine democrats here are furious and say mcgahn is a key witness to obstruction and now vowing to hold him in contempt but democrats did just score a big victory yesterday in the courts, a federal judge ordering trump's accountants to hand over eight years of the president's financial records. democrats see this as a win but, george, they are also clashing over what comes next. in a meeting late last night house speaker nancy pelosi got a lot of push back from some of her own members who feels time to start impeachment proceedi s proceedings. george? >> they feel that will streamline the process. thanks very much. another political headline in chicago. lori lightfoot sworn in, the

first african-american woman to become the first mayor and first openly gay mayor. her wife and daughter right there with her for the swearing in. it was quite a moment. >> all right. thank you, robin. as the summer travel season kicks off there is a new report out that says the nation's airlines are expecting a record number of passengers. and our chief transportation correspondent david kerley is at reagan national airport with the details. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, michael. a record breaker expected. a lot of folks in terminals like this, nearly 3 million of us a day. according to the airlines association, airlines for america, they say it's a 3.4% increase from last summer's season, that's 257 million americans who are going to travel this season. why? the airlines believe it's because of ticket prices and say adjusted for inflation the price is averaging $350 which they say is 16% less than it was five years ago. so how to deal with these flyers, the airlines will add 111,000 seats every day to get

you where you want to go this summer, michael. >> david, what about the 737 maxes still grounded and that seat total. >> reporter: that's a problem actually. it's really a problem for american airlines and southwest. between them they have about 60 of those grounded jets. united only has 14 but they'll feel the squeeze in the summer. the winner is delta and jetblue. they don't fly the max. they may get a few more passengers until the max is flying again, michael. >> thank you so much, david. a packed summer at the airport. >> it really will. coming up, what do your child's brain look lying on fortnite. the side-by-side scans revealing how the brain does respond to video games. lara, what's going on upstairs? >> we're playing race car, robin. i am here with one of the most popular drivers ever. the great dale earnhardt jr. he's going to talk about life off the track. we're doing a little test run as you can see and have some work to do. "good morning america" coming right back. ♪ i want in a wanna drive it ♪ all night long

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summer, it was believed she never made a will and it's been almost a year later and now three different handwritten versions have been found inside her detroit area home. the most recent dated march 2014. found under a cushion in her living room written in a spiral notebook. lawyers say the four pages are difficult to decipher but definitely written by franklin. that's been verified. the other two wills written in 2010 were found in a locked cabinet. they finally found the key and that was also in the house. according to the most recent will, though, she reportedly leaves her assets to family members including her four sons. the estate currently checking to see if a handwritten document is legal under michigan law. a hearing scheduled for june 22nd. it was pretty surprising when we reported she had not left a will. now we know she, in fact, did. >> absolutely. >> but she always did things her way. >> yep. >> i hope that always works out for everybody. amy schumer also in the news. she may have just had a baby a little over two weeks ago but she's already on stage. the comedian taking to instagram

to share a photo of herself performing a set at new york's famous comedy cellar writing, i'm back! congratulations, amy. [ cheers and applause ] she snuck out to work some material. chances are she has plenty of it. she welcomed her son on may 5th. no word on what the topic she touched on was but schumer has not been shy needless to say in sharing the ups and downs of a pregnancy. she even posed with her baby bump at the met's red carpet on her way to give birth at the hospital and then later welcoming their own royal baby, as she called him, into the world just hours before meghan and harry announced the birth of their son archie. glad amy is back. [ applause ] and finally this one caught our eye. david jacobs of georgia vacationing in miami returned to his rental property to discover an uninvited guest.

a full size gator chilling on a blow up gator. that is not photo shopped. we have verified that really happened kicking back soaking up the rays like we do. a wildlife management company was there to remove the real one. the other one they left behind. >> that was not photo shopped? >> how did he get up there? >> gators are talented. [ laughter ] >> in other words she has no idea. all right, lara, thank you, as always. lara spencer. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> we'll take it. our "gma" cover story, a parenting alert about your chilled's brain on fortnite. the game's creator says more than 250 million people are playing it. so we're taking a closer look at what -- how it could affect a child's mind. becky worley is here. do we want to know these results, becky? good morning. >> good morning, robin. good question. you know, we've seen popular video games before. but fortnite, it just feels like something different.

more compelling, more compulsive. but why? we used an fmri to look into a child's brain on fortnite to find out what may make it so tough to stop. 10-year-old cash loves fortnite. he plays every day. his mom says sometimes as much as five hours on weekend days. that he doesn't want to go on play dates because he'd rather play fortnite with friends online and the game is the first thing he thinks about in the morning. >> he would definitely choose to do fortnite over most things. >> is there anything you'd rather do than play fortnite? >> that's a good question. um, no. >> reporter: he says sometimes he plays so long that -- >> when you're lightheaded and can't get enough fortnite but it hurts inside. >> reporter: fortnite has 250 million players. while the company doesn't report

hours played daily, parents are at wit's end. how much money do you think cash has spent on the game? >> thousands. i no longer pay him allowance in dollars but in fortnite bucks. >> they have a recipe to make you want to keep playing. >> i just killed it. >> completing challenges. at the end of those various challenges you level up and earn rewards. cosmetic items that you can show off. >> reporter: to see what happens in cash's brain when he's playing fortnite, we head to the marcus institute of integrate tiff health at jefferson health and andrew newberg if we'll put a helmet on you. he uses an fmri machine. how does it respond to three thing, random visuals with color and motion, a similarly violent video game from a few years back and then to fortnite. >> so hopefully we'll get a good picture of how these games affect the brain and halso how

there's a difference between the two different games. >> reporter: cash will do this exercise but as a comparison his schoolmate 12-year-old amato will go through the same process. one big difference, amato doesn't play fortnite. >> it's one of those games where you kill each other and i just -- i am not interested in the game. >> reporter: he prefers race car games and reading about sports. amato watches video of the birds and the older game and then fortnite. >> i enjoyed the one with the flying birds. >> you liked the birds better? >> yeah. >> sounds good. >> nice job. >> reporter: now it's cash's turn in the fmri machine. not much activity in his brain with birds and the older game. fortnite, dr. newburg says it was a different story than his schoolmate. what lit up? >> so the area that really lit up is a dopamine area of the brain. >> reporter: you can see cash's brain on the left. amato's on the right. watching fortnite the doctor said cash's brain had much

greater activation than amato's did in the anterior cingulate. for some it can be associated with addiction. >> these are areas very involved in our reward system of the brain. >> reporter: the doctor says gaming addiction is a real disorder. gaming has also though been proven to improve visual and spatial awareness and while the reward centers of cash's brain are lit up, none of this is predictive of addictive behaviors. >> just because we see a dopamine area lighting up in the gamer we saw today, that doesn't inherently mean that the person has an addiction. what it means is that it's affecting the areas of the brain that are involved in that. we ultimately have to find out how they're doing as a person. >> reporter: cash by all accounts is doing well in school and in other areas of his life but for his mom even this rough association is scary. how does that make you want to alter or adjust cash's playing because what i witnessed is an incredibly patient, polite,

functional kid who is obsessed with fortnite. >> it's a big deal. i think everything in moderation and i don't know what moderation is with fortnite. >> moderation with fortnite. we reached out to the makers of the game but they declined to comment. dr. newburg says more research is needed and cash's mom, rusty, has put time limits on his gaming. 30 minutes on school days. no more than three hours each weekend day. >> so what is it about this game? what is it about fortnite? >> yeah, you know, this game in particular has kids so hooked, right? many experts that i spoke with say the sophistication of the game is in play. it's really good at random rewards. think of a slot machine when you play the game, you find loot, weapons, it's like christmas to players. there's the social aspect. they talk to their friends. plus it's mobile, right? it goes anywhere and everywhere with them. >> so what should we and parents

in particular take away when they see those brain scans of cash? >> yeah, i mean, the thing is is he is really dealing with brain chemistry. it's not really about self-regulation at a certain point. asking your kids to know when to stop playing is probably unrealistic. you, the parent, need to tell them when it's time to take a break. >> thank you. thank you for saying that. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. i mean, i got -- becky, i know you're a parent. i got to tell you looking at the audience during the piece and they were just going like where is the parents' responsibility in this as well? i mean, you've got to take a little ownership in that, don't you think? >> it's a tough conversation and parents don't like being the bad guy but this is a place where boundaries are equated to love and care. >> that's right. thank you for that, becky. we appreciate it. let's get to ginger again in

oklahoma. ginger? >> and you know what, right here in oklahoma, robin, we have finally seen some drying skies but that's all moving east and i have to show you some other pictures. flag staff, arizona had a daily record of snow. that's what's flying in front of the national weather service sign there. almost an inch. a foot and a half above average. they're going to get another inch or so with this next low that comes out but, look, more than a foot and up to 20 inches sto stomp. good morning, i'm meteorologist meek. upper 60s coast, san francisco, lower 50s elsewhere. the rest of us in the upper 40s to low 50s. now, it does dry out and get

warmer >> and now to the royals and duchess kate's special moment with the queen and we showed you those new images of george, charlotte and little prince louis in the garden their mom created for charity. now the queen is paying a visit. amy is back with us again for another visit to tell us about it. >> that's right. i got royal duty again today. it's called the chelsea flower show and the queen is the patron. her majesty came to visit kate and the queen-to-be gave her a very royal tour. it was a moment of majesty. duchess kate welcoming the queen to her own personal passion project, a wilderness garden she helped design that includes a rope swing, waterfalls and a tree house. kate reportedly consulting the queen, a keen gardener herself as she planted. this pair have a close bond with kate, a de facto queen in

training constantly learning from her majesty's rule book. >> it's an opportunity for them to further their bond with her and learn on the job. she's been queen for 67 years and knows what she's doing. >> reporter: kate explaining that she hoped the garden would help encourage children to play outside. >> i really feel that nature being attractive outdoors has huge benefits on physical and mental well-being, particularly for young kiddies. it's a natural creative place for them to play and i really hope the woodland we've created and the huge collaboration here really inspires families and kids. >> reporter: this is all part of the duchess' focus on the importance of a child's early years of development. >> an amazing fact i learned recently is that 90% of our adult brain has developed before the age of 5 and what a child experiences in those early years directly affects how the brain develops. >> reporter: the duchess' garden given the royal seal of approval

by not only the queen but also her son, prince george who gave it his own rating. >> what would you give it out of 10? how many marks out of 10 would you give it? 10 being the highest. >> 20. >> 20 out of 10. okay. that was pretty good. >> looks like prince william was enjoying that swing there but a very important message for families to get outdoors, especially after we had the fortnite story. >> a little different than fortnite being out in nature. i tell you that much. thank you so much, amy. let's go over to lara. >> thank you, michael and amy. we'll switch gears again and go to all the drama on last night's "the bachelorette." two of her suitors pushing the boundaries. one making a surprising confession. abc's abbie boudreau has it all. good morning, abbie. >> reporter: good morning. we're only two weeks in and already so much drama. from the first group date to breakdowns and breakups. the first group date. brought the guys out of their comfort zone and down the

runway. >> cowboy. >> reporter: the men impressing hannah with trumpets, try sickles and song, but what ultimately won the votes, luke's confession of early love. >> i'm genuinely starting to fall in love with you. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the other suitors questioning his intentions after only knowing hannah for 42 hours. >> you really fall in love with someone within ten minutes of meeting somebody? >> luke told me he was starting to fall in love with me and i believe him. >> reporter: as the night unfolded so did the drama for luke p. and hannah. >> what's going on? >> sorry. i don't usually say that but [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and a roller derby group date ended in a bang. >> howdy, howdy, y'all. can i jump in when you got a second? >> with cam crashing the date he

went invited to upsetting the other men. >> i lost a lot of respect for cam tonight. >> cam. >> reporter: but still getting a final rose. for hannah it's all about going big and bold or going home. and these guys are doing everything they can to stand out before she hands out that final rose. lara? >> yes, they are, abbie. thank you so much you so much. we'll be watching. you can too. a brand-new "bachelorette" airs month on abc at 8:00 p.m. dale earnhardt jr. coming up live on "good morning america." we'll be right back. >> announcer: friday, your holiday weekend starts with this "gma" summer concert. it's hozier, live in central park friday. it's a party in the park on "good morning america." presented by king's hawaiian.

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this is what it loo ♪ 24 karat magic in the [ applause ] welcome back to "gma." it is great to have you with us here on this tuesday morning and we want to start off this morning by introducing you to a high school spanish teacher going viral for his dance moves. >> take a look at this. that is dr. trevor boffone of bel air, texas, dancing and his dubsmash videos are racking up the moves. and the dances also have an important message. he is joining us with two of his students. good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> all right, what made you come

up with this idea? what's the message behind all this. >> i've been teaching for 11 years and it was really a way to connect with students on their level. right? they love music and it's breaking down carriers between teachers and students and creating more of a connection in the classroom. and something i've always been doing. it just happens to have gone viral. i don't know. >> and, doc, when did you realize you had gone viral? who told you. >> well, it happened immediately. i got about 10,000 followers within a week and then 50,000 followers within six weeks and it was a very interesting experience at school and, yeah. but everything has been the same in my classes. i'm doing the same things i've always done. >> you're not getting the celebrity treatment from your students. >> a little bit. my students, they're used to me and know i'm silly and know i dance and like tlc and en vogue

and all those things but outside of my class the students are very interested and what i walk down the halls, they want me to hit the low. that sounds ridiculous. you know. this sounds ridiculous but i feel like beyonce at school sometimes, you know. >> that's great. >> you're two of his students. what do you think of his moves? >> they're awesome because we taught him mostly everything that he knows. >> everything. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> and one more question for you two. how is his love of dancing helped you two learn? >> it connects with his students and makes a better bond. >> all right, all right. so let's see. what else do we have left to do? do you all want to bust a move right here live on "good morning america"? >> i would love to see it.

>> we can do that. >> go for it. ♪ whatcha trying to do 24 karat magic in the air ♪ ♪ look out ♪ showtime showtime >> whoo! oh. ♪ they know as soon as we walk in ♪ >> all right. ♪ >> nice. [ applause ] all right. dr. boffone, talia and takia, thanks for joining us. this is such a great message and, doc, we know you are popular at the school dances. rightfully so. thank you guys for joining us. >> wow. >> he was good. >> good. >> get a hold of michael jordan,

get the tongue out. >> and the backflip. >> now we have another impressive guest we'll bring out right now racing into times square. he is a two-time daytona 500 winner named most popular driver 15 times. >> wow if now he's gearing up to drive the pace car in the indy 500. let's hear it to dale earnhardt jr. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ life is a highway i wanna ride it all night long. >> hey, good to see you. [ applause ] >> how are you? >> good to see you. >> hey. >> all right. [ applause ] ♪ all night long >> welcome, welcome. >> i was debating whether i needed to come out here dancing. that was incredible. what a story. >> it was. i wish my teachers were dancing like that. >> what a connection he has. >> your daughter was 6 months old and she took her first steps what is that like for you. >> you know, it's just amazing to watch them every day process new things and when he started

crawling, i was like, you know, we were so excited that she started moving around and now she's just running everywhere and we were all together at my mom's house and the whole family was there when she did that and it just blows you away. i was so worried i wouldn't be there. i was so worried i was going to miss it and be doing something and not at the house when that happened but we were all together, the whole family and just incredible to see her do that? i'm sure she had her first words. i'm curious, what were they, faster or dad? [ laughter ] >> well, i been encouraging her to say mom and amy's been encouraging her to said dad and she just now -- she's a year and a month. she just now started to mimic the words we say and like, you know, mimic our dog's names so she's really smart and everybody says that about their kid, right. she is so smart. but she says mom, she says

mum-mum and dad and i asked her what the duck does and she says quack and all that so she's a year -- >> she's a genius. >> it's amazing. >> 13 months. [ applause ] >> that's wonderful, though. i didn't realize we're about to have something in common, the two of us. you'll be driving the pace car. >> oil a little nervous. >> i did that back in the day. i had some instruction to know how to do it but are you prepared? are you prepared to, you know -- >> i'm nervous. i think even -- race car driver -- >> you're nervous about. >> it's different. >> in the pace car there is a process. there's rules of there is a speed you have to run and in indy i think there's a protocol where they speed the car up with each lap and that's different than what we do in nascar and nascar there is a pit road speed and run that during the pass laps and doesn't change so i know it's not going to be that complicated. >> you know, i think you'll be all right. i think --

>> i'm overthinking it a little. [ applause ] >> you know, i've heard this. most of us have to deal with losing car keys. you lost a car for a year? >> i did. i posted that on instagram recently where -- so i have this race car graveyard. it's hard to explain. there's the car right there. that's a car that there's a land speed record car and somebody donated that to me to be able to put in this race car graveyard. it's like 80 acres of woods and about 80 or 90 race cars in the graveyard and they all have a different story and so that car there is in the graveyard. there you see a few more. the car -- i actually tanked my property manager, a friend of mine to put the cars back there. i don't know where they go or -- that's the fun part. you get on the four-wheeler and side by side and go riding back there with isla and amy and find out where they're sitting and that land speed record car hid from me for a year before i

found it. [ applause ] >> time travel. we hear that back in the day your dad had a dealership. >> yeah. >> and that you were the mechanic. >> i changed the oil, yeah. >> but that -- kind of lost your job. >> i got fired, yeah, i didment it's the best thing that ever happened to me. [ laughter ] i was working at the dealership and the service mechanic -- service manager wanted us to stay after work and i said, well, can we stay on the clock. i got a haircut. i'm going to get the haircut and he said you just do what you need to do ena came back the next day. he said i think you need a couple days off the job and see if this is really what you wanted to do. it was a 45-minute drive and wasn't making a lot of money. i couldn't drive all over town and driving home. i figured dad would see me and send me back up there. i called him and said tell the guy you're working, you're not going to home so i went in and said i'm either working or you

send me home for good and he said go pack up your toolbox. >> i went home and dad said, wow, he sent you home for good? i was like, yeah. he did. he goes, well, i'll put you to work on race cars and got to start working on race cars so that was the best thing ever, right, because that's all i ever wanted to do. it was a great transition for me. >> aren't you going to give -- [ applause ] yeah. aren't you going to get in a car like your dad in the first -- aren't you going back on the track and doing something. >> absolutely. we'll race at darling ton. we have a throwback weekend every year where everybody sort of has an old school paint scheme and nod to the past. >> that's cool. >> i'm going to drive in the xfinity series race in darlington saturday and the car is basically a throwback to my dad's 1975 paint scheme. his first race in the cup series at charlotte. >> that's going to be special. >> yeah, i'm really looking forward to it. great looking race car and one race i'll run this year, i don't have any plans to race anything after that. never say never but this might be the last one. >> i tell you what, don't be nervous about the pace car. if you want to practice just go

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charged for products compared to men. becky worley is back with the story. hey, becky. >> good morning, michael. what if you and i went to a fast food restaurant and you paid $4 for a burger and i had to pay $7 for the same burger? well, according to a new study of moisturizers, that's pretty much what's happening when it comes to our skin care. moisturizer, it's every dermatologist's most basic recommendation for healthy youthful skin. everyone needs it. and a trip to your local store has whole rows. the stuff some marketed for men and others for women. what is the difference? it turns out the main difference pay simply be price. a study published in the journal of cosmetic dermatology compared prices of 110 facial moisturizing products from three top online retailers, amazon, target and walmart. they found that on average facial moisturizers marketed to women were $3.09 more per ounce than those marketed to men.

more than $3 an ounce? the study conducted by the dermatology department at massachusetts general hospital on products purchased in october of 2018. >> with the personal care product industry, it is just accepted and normative apparently that women are just expected to pay more. this product right here is a typical one marketed to women, probably somewhere in the $0 range whereas this same amount of ounces marketed to men probably somewhere in the $10, $12 range. >> reporter: dr. cena notes there are some difference, mostly how they smell and packaging and a comparison of this moisturizer from the same manufacturer shows that of 36 ingredient, 16 were exactly the same but the women's product cost $10 more per ounce. >> we looked at color, so pink, reds for women as opposed to black, gray, navy for men. hard edges on bottles for men. in the there is more value in something that's being provided

to women at a higher cost i just think that it's not fair practice in something that needs to change. >> so should women just buy men's products? i have men's lotion here. smells crisp, kind of spicy, maybe a little manly for me so dr. cena said look for unscented gender neutral products. these are on average $4 per ounce cheaper than those marketed to women, michael. >> all right, becky, i love when people find out how to save money on things that they're overpaying for and as i was saying to robin during the piece you charge women more for these products but pay them less for the same work. >> thank you so much. thank you very much. >> i don't understand it. ginger back in oklahoma. >> hey there, michael. the flash flooding still happening. we will not be going this way and we won't be going on interstate 40 west out of oklahoma. look at that image, one of the lanes completely overtaken by water. that's near el reno, oklahoma,

so big water proble good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. we have a 1 on the storm impact scale which means hit and miss showers all day today with 50s and 60s for highs. so happy to have dale earnhardt jr. with us again. show you something personal to him. the challenge of quitting smoking. i know you're working with our sponsor, nicorette on a new campaign. you smoked for how long. >> 15 years, yeah. >> 15 years. >> i did. >> it was really hard to quit. >> i spoked -- i got up to a pack and a half a day and i've been smoke-free or a nonsmoker for over six years now and it's something i kept from a lot of friends of mine and obviously i kept it hidden from fans and partnered up with nicorette, really excited to be able to

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iconic presidents, this is about a trial that happened to him after he left the white house. it was called the trial of the century. >> at the time, yeah, it was covered everywhere. this is the former president of the united states testifying for eight days in his own defense and we have the full transcript of the trial and franklin roosevelt testified for him in the case. so it's this fascinating trial where roosevelt is really defending his legacy and he's being cross-examined by a lawyer who, a, doesn't like him personally, and, b, disagrees with him politically and makes for fascinating reading. so, basically he had accused a political boss of being corrupt. he had said this guy is corrupt and he's in cahoots with the democrats and the republicans working together, et cetera. and the guy sues him. he says you called me corrupt. that's libellous and the case goes to trial. and as you can imagine, not just the former president of the united states but someone as you

pointed out as iconic as teddy roosevelt and as outspoken every newspaper in america was there covering the case and somehow it became a footnote to history so david fisher and i, my co-author try to bring it back to life using the actual transcript, roosevelt's own words to tell the story. >> you're saying it's relevant to today. >> oh, sure. when you talk about all the fights that are ongoing today. you talk about people accusing people of political corruption, money in politics, these are all the same issues that were coming up then and, again, the idea, you know, donald trump right now is being sued by a number of people. who knows what's going to happen with those cases but you can imagine the former president of the united states on the stand for eight days being cross-examined by someone who doesn't like him and it makes for fascinating, fascinating read. >> you have uncovered this hidden history so famous then. >> somehow even though it was front page news everywhere at

the time. people were sort of battling to get seats inside the courtroom. every moment of the case, "the new york times" literally had 6 to 12 pages of coverage every day for weeks and this is also in the lead-up to world war i, really interesting how that intersects with the book, the elite up to world war i. >> i love the dedication. your son, 6 years old. >> to my soft everett, yep and i just recently -- that's everett and i at roosevelt's home. i took him there to teach him history. when we got there, he wasn't that excited but by the time we left, he was quoting things that happened there. he was very interested in what happened to the roosevelt kids, and so -- >> read the book one day? i hope so.

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