side. not clear if any of the original stars are coming back. >> did you watch that? >> nope. >> mike? good morning, america. thank you for starting your morning with us. we're tracking that dangerous heat wave this morning. the new warning this morning, more than 150 million facing heat alerts as temperatures approach triple digits. the heat already ripping apart roads, sending young campers to the hospital. now cities racing to prepare for what could be the most dangerous summer scorcher in years. from the plains to the midwest and northeast, ginger is live with the latest. president trump ramps up his attack on the four democratic congresswomen. >> if they don't love it, tell them to leave it. [ chanting "send her back" ] >> the presidential singles out the lawmakers one by one, putting race at the core of his

campaign. all of this as congress kills a new effort to impeach. breaking news, a suspected arsonist sparking this deadly fire at a popular animation studio overseas killing dozens of people, injuring more. the search right now for survivors. fireworks and fury. thousands taking to the streets in puerto rico overnight demanding the governor resign. our correspondent right there as tear gas, pepper spray and projectiles go flying. now the famous faces joining the cause. the dropout in court. new images of former billionaire elizabeth holmes going before the judge facing fraud charges and the possibility of 20 years behind bars. faceapp fears. the new privacy concerns surrounding the popular app. the lawmaker now calling on the fbi to investigate. and swept out to sea. the couple lucky to be alive after they got knocked into the ocean while trying to take photos. the rescue crew who sad

and good morning, america. ouetr?ou're feeling great this >> i do feel better. it's that summer cold, you know. >> it is summer, indeed, right. >> it's kind of sexy. >> well, yes, robin, whoo. >> i'm just saying. >> unexpected, robin, but true. let's get to the summer temperatures. we have a summer scorcher out there, 32 states on alert, and it's not just the heat, the humidity is making it so unbearable for millions. >> you're right about that, amy. let's look at the heat index map showing how hot it's going to get. abc's alex perez is starting us off. he's there in chicago where it will feel like 100 degrees today. 116 by tomorrow, alex? good morning. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, robin. it is going be ho the oppressive heat is making getting around harder. the metro trains that run along

these lines will be moving slower because the excessive heat makes those steel tracks expand, creating problems. it's going to be a rough few days for a big part of the country. this morning, the heat is on as millions prepare to suffer through what could be the most dangerous heat wave in years. temperatures rising into triple digits, already causing roads to crack open in kansas. and hospitalizing seven children in connecticut, all of them suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion at a summer camp carnival. some areas in the northeast bracing for temps to feel almost as hot as death valley. >> it is too hot to be standing here. >> reporter: in the upper midwest milwaukee setting up cooling stations. here in chicago, in 1995 a heat wave killed more than 700 people. now emergency rooms are gearing up for an influx of heat-related emergencies. >> so if someone comes in and we think it's heatstroke, four, six of us will put the individual into this ice bucket for about 10 to 15 minutes to get their body temperature down as fast as possible.

>> reporter: dangerous temperatures hitting people who work outside the hardest. like roofer john weidel who faces long hours exposed to the sun. >> can be a lot hotter up there >> reporter: even with the exce you must limit your time outside. the emergency room doctor i talked to says if you're drinking water and staying hydrated you can still fall victim to heatstroke or heat exhaustion. they say the key thing is to make sure that you stay out of the heat and somewhere cool. robin. >> all to keep in mind, alex, thank you. let's go to ginger now for the timing and track for this heat. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin. new york city has not seen a 100-degree temperature in seven years. i think we will get very close on saturday. it's been six years since it was 98 degrees and i think we're going to do that. so some of the hottest air we have seen in more than half a decade. 111 the feels like in des moines

this afternoon. kansas city, 114. we circled the core of the heat. that slides east tomorrow. chicago gets it, detroit, louisville, of course, paducah will be included. watch this because it all moves east through the weekend and i'm tracking the core of the heat because saturday is when it settles in. sunday it doesn't let up much. we're still going to see temperatures in the mid to upper 90s in the northeast but will feel like well over 100 and we finally get break by early next week and much cooler and drier, george. >> thank goodness for that. ginger, thanks very much. we move to president trump fresh off a raucous rally in north carolina overnight right after the house voted to table a resolution on impeachment. it was prompted by trump's racist attacks on four democratic congresswomen but the president refused to back down at the rally, ramping up the attacks to chants from the crowd. our senior national correspondent terry moran was there. he joins us now from raleigh, north carolina. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, this was the first big rally the president's had since he began attacking those four democratic congresswomen igniting a racial and xenophobic firestorm.

it was almost as if he was road testing these new themes. last night the crowd ate them up. in his first campaign rally following days of attacking four democratic congresswomen, president trump was met with raucous chants of support and then there was this moment. >> representative ilhan omar -- [ audience reacts ] [ chanting "send her back" ] >> reporter: the crowd calling for minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar to be sent back to the country she left as a child. omar is a u.s. citizen. he even proudly refused to call representative alexandria ocasio-cortez by her full name. >> i don't have time to go with three different names. we'll call her cortez. too much time. it takes too much time. >> reporter: for days trump has hammered the four freshmen democratic lawmakers, all of them women of color, saying they

should go back to the countries they originally came from. >> if they don't love it, tell them to leave it. i'm just saying it's their choice. they can come back when they want. but, you know, they don't love our country. >> reporter: three of those lawmakers were born in america. the president's base doesn't see all of this as race-baiting rhetoric but as patriotism. >> it has nothing to do with races. it has more to do with our own values and whether they want to be an american or not. >> reporter: for the president and his campaign the strategy is to divide the country, lashing out at democrats. >> a vote for any democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the american dream, frankly, the destruction of our country. >> reporter: the president's crowds are always enthusiastic but it seemed last night this crowd was even more energized, more wild, revved up by these new attacks. george. >> the strategy on full display. ramp up his crowds, his base but

we haven't seen this kind of race-based campaign. it has echos of george wallace and richard nixon back in 1968. >> reporter: it is a classic american nativist populist playbook and the game in politics is usually described as addition not subtraction, you look for more votes. president trump as you say wants to get out as many of his votes as he can but it's more than a strategy, george. president trump and this movement are out to redefine who gets to be an american, and that's not based on citizenship, but on loyalty as he and they define it. >> and it is drawing quite a response as well. terry, thanks for that. let's bring in senior congressional correspondent mary bruce for more on the response. democrats rising in a chorus of opposition overnight including congresswoman omar. >> reporter: yeah, george, as you can imagine democrats are furious with the president's continued attacks here. ilhan omar shot back herself on twitter saying, quote, i am where i belong, at the people's house, and you're just going to have to deal. the president's 2020 rivals are also firing back. senator kamala harris called the president's attacks vile,

cowardly, xenophobic. she says it's racist and it defies the office of the president. joe biden says these members are examples of what makes america great, george. >> polls show a majority of americans reject this kind of attack on the congresswomen. you saw that impeachment resolution inspired by the president's attacks on the georgia house yesterday. >> reporter: this was a revealing vote. you had 137 democrats here vote to kill a move to impeach the president over these racist tweets and his recent attacks while 95 democrats voted to consider impeachment. it just goes to show how divided democrats are on this issue. now, speaker pelosi, this was a vote she had worked to prevent. she has argued that this move was premature given all the ongoing investigations up here and she is well aware of the political risk here that moving to impeach could backfire on democrats, but, george, while this fight for now is postponed, the debate over impeachment is far from over, in fact, the vote count up here just goes to show that democratic support for impeachment is only growing.

>> of course, robert mueller testifying next week. in the meantime on another front, mary, that 9/11 victims compensation fund held up again in the senate. >> reporter: yeah, george. two conservative senators, rand paul and mike lee, are holding up this fund. they say they're not trying to block it but add conditions and rand paul says they need to find a way to offset some of these costs. mike lee says he wants to add additional oversight but this move has sparked a lot of frustration and outrage here on the hill and from those first responders who depend on this fund. comedian jon stewart who has advocated for this is blasting these senators, but bottom line, republican leader mitch mcconnell has told us he wants it done by the end of the month. it will just take a little more political muscle. >> let's see if it can happen. thanks very much. amy? now to that breaking news overseas. a suspected arsonist setting off a deadly fire at an animation studio in kyoto killing at dozens people.

abc's ian pannell has the very latest for us. good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, amy. that's right. horrific scenes in japan's ancient capital kyoto as this blaze leaves at east 30 people confirmed or presumed dead. according to the authorities a man in his 40s screaming, you die, burst into the animation studios spreading some kind of liquid accelerant early thursday morning setting the three-story building ablaze. fire department officials say 36 others have been injured, some of them critically. they found more than ten people dead on the top floor alone. some of them collapsed on the stairs leading to the roof. the man suspected of starting the fire is reported to be among those injured in hospital and of has been arrested. it's not clear though if he worked at the studios or had any connection to anyone there, but the firm does make a number of anime films popular in japan and this morning the japanese prime minister said the incident is too appalling for words. robin. >> so troubling. ian, thank you. now to the massive protests erupting in puerto rico overnight. thousands of people taking to the streets doubling down on their calls for the governor to resign. the protesters getting support from some of the island's most famous faces.

victor oquendo was there and joins us now from san juan, good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it was a long night and a tense standoff. it finally came to a head when protesters threw fireworks at police behind that barricade. the governor's mansion just about a block away and the calls for him to resign have never been louder. overnight, thousands of puerto ricans flooding the streets demanding embattled governor ricardo rossello step down. protesters clashing with police, crowds sent running as canisters of tear gas are launched at them. some of the island's biggest stars like ricky martin and bad bunny calling for peaceful protests. puerto rican native, benicio del toro, lending his support. >> it's there for the people, put there by the people. so it's very sad. >> you understand their frustration. >> i completely understand their frustration. i'm on their side. >> reporter: times of unrest also at times turning violent.

protesters h>> at all. >> reporter: the anger stemming from a leaked group chat between the governor and several top aides. nearly 900 pages laced with sexist and homophobic language. one aide in the aftermath of hurricane maria appearing to mock dead bodies piled up at a morgue. in new york, broadway star lin-manuel miranda marching in solidarity. the unrest caused royal caribbean to divert two cruise ships from the island fearful that demonstrations could escalate. we're in the middle of this march from the capital to the governor's mansion. you can hear them chanting calling for the governor to resign. several officials have resigned but rossello is defiant apologizing but refusing to give up power. the justice department here on the island has ordered all 12 people in that group chat to turn over their cell phones but if you ask the protesters they'll tell you this is about a lot more than some leaked texts. george? >> okay, victor. thanks. we'll get the latest now on the jeffrey epstein scandal. the megamillionaire accused of sex trafficking will appear today in a new york courtroom where a federal judge will let

him know if he can leave jail on bail while he fights charges. tom llamas with us. you just visited his private island? >> that's right. good morning to you. we just got back and spent the last two days in st. thomas getting an up-close look at one of epstein's private islands, little st. james. we learned according to a former employee, at one point epstein wanted to change the name to little st. jeff's. the former employee said he had to stop there because of all the strange things he was witnessing from seeing photos of topless women in nearly every room to seeing topless women walking around. the one common theme, they all looked young. >> reporter: as jeffrey epstein sits in jail waiting to learn if a judge will grant him bail today, a former employee tells abc news, he must be going crazy being locked up. just over my shoulder is one of his private islands. i spoke to the contract worker who spent six years beginning in 1999 installing telecommunications on the caribbean compound. he says epstein was very controlling and particular about the way he lived.

>> can we talk to you? >> reporter: we tried speaking to employees who are still the island which is operating, but they did not want to talk to us. a former employee says what he saw inside was disturbing. photo after photo of young looking girls without their tops on. prosecutors have pointed to epstein's lifestyle and wealth to argue he's an extreme flight risk, and they dropped a bombshell earlier this week when they said during a raid of his manhattan mansion, they found inside of a locked safe piles of cash, dozens of diamonds and an expired foreign passport with epstein's picture but a different name and a stated residence in saudi arabia. >> we think he is a significant flight risk and that is why we are seeking detention pending trial. >> reporter: epstein has pleaded not guilty to the sex trafficking of minors and his legal team has argued he's willing to put up his mansion and private jet as collateral for bond, even willing to live

with armed guards, security cameras and a gps bracelet inside of his new york home. prosecutors have said epstein is not allowed to build his own jail inside of his manhattan mansion, saying it would be a gilded cage. and president trump, a one-time associate, has tried to distance himself from jeffrey epstein. >> i wasn't a big fan of jeffrey epstein. that i can tell you. >> reporter: nbc released a video from 1992 from one of their talk shows showing epstein and trump laughing and enjoying themselves. the president has said he had a falling out with epstein 15 years ago and the trump organization says epstein was banned from mar-a-lago. now, president trump has not commented about that video. a judge will decide later this morning if epstein gets bail. guys. >> what a story. okay, tom, thanks very much. now to new concerns this morning over that app taking the world by storm, faceapp which lets users alter photos they upload to it and lawmakers are now worried it could pose a national security and privacy risk for some of its millions of users. t.j. holmes joins us with more. there are calls this morning for a federal investigation. >> we are talking about the fbi

being asked to investigate an app that everybody is using for fun and games right now and the request is coming from none other than the senate minority leader. chuck schumer wants the fbi and ftc to look into the app over security concerns. you've seen this by now. this faceapp has been around for two years but experiences a whole new virality if you will because a lot of celebrities are using it. you see lebron there. but now with this new focus on it, new popularity, means new focus on some security concerns about it. now, the dnc has put out a letter to all the presidential campaigns saying if you got this thing on your staff get rid of it immediately. they said we don't exactly know the security concerns but still just get rid of it. don't roll the dice. >> this is really blowing up in a way that i don't think any of us expected. we thought it was fun two days ago and now we have federal investigations. what is the company saying? >> the company is now saying, hey, everybody calm down first of all. you expect this from them, but they're saying the data is not transferred. this thing -- the developers are

from russia. your data is not transferred to russia. most of the photos are erased and also they are not taking your entire photo gallery. that's the key thing. they're only taking the one photo you upload. >> all right. thank you, t.j. more to come, i'm sure. more to come here as well. take a look at this. a couple swept off the rocks in hawaii doing that while taking pictures. we have a new warning as we hear from one of the rescuers who saved them. first, let's go back to ginger. >> did you see the lightning last night? it was pretty impressive. this is from pennsylvania. the images there of that cloud-to-cloud -- that by the way means that the storm is often immature and dying but it was not doing that, when damaging winds killed one person. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the heat index sponsored by walgreens.

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more than 150 million people on alert for dangerous heat as temperatures approach triple digits from the plains and the midwest and the northeast. it could feel like 116 degrees tomorrow in chicago. also right now, congresswoman ilhan omar is firing back at the president after his raucous rally where the crowd chanted "send her back" calling for the minnesota representative to be sent back to the country she left as a child, even though she is a u.s. citizen. this comes on the heels of the president's racist tweets targeting omar and three other congresswomen. and netflix facing a setback this morning suffering a loss of u.s. subscribers for the first time since 2011 and only gaining about half of what they predicted they'd gain this quarter. the ceo blaming it in part on a recent price raise and the lack of original content. >> okay, thank you. we begin with the collapse of the sexual assault case against kevin spacey. massachusetts prosecutors decided to drop all charges over his encounter with a teen in a nantucket bar and linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: good morning. to say that this is significant is certainly an understatement.

rewind to 2017 when the two-time oscar winner was one of the biggest names embroiled in the me too movement. several accusers came forward with accusations against spacey but this was the lone criminal charge and now it's been dropped. according to the d.a. it is due to an unavailability of the complaining witness. the bombshell decision late wednesday by massachusetts prosecutors to drop the sex crime charge against kevin spacey came after the case began to unravel in court last week. >> you didn't go to the police the next day? >> no. >> the next week? >> no. >> the next month? >> no. >> you didn't even go within the next year, did you? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: stunning blow to the prosecution after the man accusing spacey of sexual assault initially answered questions and then started invoking his fifth amendment rights during a line of questioning about if he knew it was illegal to delete text messages before turning his cell phone over to police as evidence. >> he is the sole witness to establish the circumstances of

his allegation on the night in question. this case needs to be dismissed and i believe it needs to be dismissed today. >> reporter: according to the d.a., in a private discussion the witness later elected not to waive his rights under the fifth amendment going forward but then there were concerns about granting the accuser immunity calling his credibility into question and making prosecution more difficult. further complicating the case, the accuser's phone is missing, the same phone his mother deleted certain messages from before turning it over to police. >> i deleted a few things. there were just a couple of things that -- concerned me. >> reporter: the accuser was 18 years old at the time when he says the oscar winner groped him at a piano bar in 2016. spacey has long denied any wrongdoing. the same day the charge was announced he tweeted this cryptic video apparently in character as frank underwood, his iconic character in the

netflix hit series "house of cards." >> i'm certainly not going to pay the price for the things i didn't do. >> reporter: spacey's troubles may not be over just yet. there were reports he was interviewing involving six allegations of sexual assault. we reached out to spacey but did not hear back. >> let's bring in dan abrams. boy, you see the accuser up there on the stand taking his fifth amendment, end of case. >> those of us who have been following the case are not at all surprised that this case has now been dropped. there have been ongoing issues with this case, a lot of them centering around that phone that he had with him. it's a critical piece of evidence, but from the defense perspective, they're saying we need what was on that phone. we need to know what he was saying that night in order to be able to better present a defense that this wasn't an assault. and the fact that they don't have the phone, the fact that -- >> that data was deleted. >> data deleted from the phone immediately posed questions. but when you have the accuser taking the fifth when asked did

you know it's a crime to delete these kind of messages when it's potential evidence in the case, then right there you've got to say to yourself this case is this trouble. >> how does a case get this far with that kind of hole in it? >> it's a good question and i think the minute they brought a civil case and then dropped it a week later, you knew there were major problems with this case. look, i think that they didn't realize how significant this piece of evidence was going to be, the phone, and how much focus there was going to be on it. but you're right, there is no no explanation and it seems the investigators and the family here were at odds in certain ways meaning the investigators say we returned the phone to the father. the father saying i don't remember getting the phone. questions about when was the initial report made, et cetera. so you've had this -- they have not been working well in harmony here, the investigators and the family, and i think that has been part of the reason that this case ultimately was dismissed.

>> as linsey suggested, kevin spacey not out of trouble yet. >> not necessarily. we don't know exactly what's happening in this investigation in england. there had been a place he worked which said here's an anonymous email address. if you have any complaints about him, anything that happened, please let us know. they got a lot of reports from people and now you have people and now you have an investigation going on in england. we'll see what happens. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. robin. >> now to elizabeth holmes appearing this court to face fraud and conspiracy charges accused of misleading investors about her blood testing start-up. she could get up to 20 years behind bars. rebecca jarvis has been covering the story very closely. good morning, rebecca. >> yeah, good morning to you, robin. this is a scandal that's rocked silicon valley, sent shock wave founder once celebrated as the next steve jobs whose technology was supposed to make blood testing less painful and less expensive, now facing multiple fraud and conspiracy charges back in court. disgraced theranos founder and ceo elizabeth holmes who promised to revolutionize blood

testing seen walking into a san jose courthouse. her attorney setting the stage for what is sure to be a fireworks-filled criminal trial winning an order for regulators to hand over millions of documents they say are pivotal to the defense. now 35 years old, holmes dropped out of stanford at just 19 to launch her health care start-up. she and her co-defendant, former boyfriend and coo sunny balwani, are charged with multiple counts of today and conspiracy to commit fraud and have pleaded not guilty but if convicted both could face serious prison time. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> reporter: they claimed as early as 2010 their technology could run hundreds of tests on just a few drops of blood. holmes later admitting to the s.e.c. that wasn't the case. >> how many tests could it run at that time in 2010? >> i don't know exactly what the

number was. there was probably tens of tests. >> reporter: based on those early promises, their technology briefly made it into 41 walgreens stores, potentially putting thousands of patients' lives in danger due to unreliable test results. but since her company theranos folded last year, holmes has been spotted at times seemingly living it up, partying with fiance billy evans, a hotel heir. >> a lot of people think it was heartless that you were partying at burning man when your company was closing its doors. >> reporter: according to insiders, holmes even considering launching a new company. her attorneys declining to comment outside court. an attorney for balwani telling us late last year he is confident there will be acquittals. and elizabeth holmes and sunny balwani face up to decades in prison, hundreds of thousands of

dollars in fines if convicted. both have pleaded not guilty. their trial date set for august 2020 and is expected to take three months and we were just talking about the fact this is a company that was in business for over a decade. now it's coming to this and got into the hands of so many people in this country as well. >> your podcast and all that you've done in the reporting on this. >> thank you. yeah, it's been quite the story. remarkable just to see how far and how long it lasted and how big this company became. at one point worth almost $10 billion. today it's folded worth nothing, no longer in walgreens. you can't get a theranos test anywhere but the ripple effect is still present in the country. >> that, it is. thank you, rebecca. >> thank you, rebecca. coming up next, take a look at this. a couple swept out to sea while taking pictures in hawaii. the new warning this morning. -keep it down there. i have a system. -keith used to be great to road-trip with. but since he bought his house... are you going 45? -uh, yes. 55 is a suggestion. -...it's kind of like driving with his dad.

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no more bad blood. katy perry on reconciling with fellow superstar taylor swift. what she's saying about trust, growing up, their texts and cats. ♪ hakuna matata and hakuna matata. we're feeling the love for billy eichner here live in times square as we say good morning, america. good morning, america. hope you're doing well. we have a special guest here today, billy eichner. there he is. >> yes. >> yes, of course, he's the voice of timon in the new "lion king" and has pretty big shoes to fill. nathan lane voiced the original 25 years ago, and billy reached out to him as soon as he heard him about that and a whole lot more coming up. >> looking forward to that, and look who else is here, our dear friend sam champion. [ applause ] what's that whistle? >> everybody in the pool, robin.

>> has something to do with big savings. look at that face. i want to squeeze those cheeks. we'll get to sam in a moment. we have a lot to get to, starting with that summer scorcher. sam knows about this. taking over much of the country. ginger is tracking the latest on this heat wave. good morning again, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin. you know what, just like c and c music factory says, this will make you sweat. this is miles' favorite song, my baby. i have it in my head, but i'll tell you this is now to the point where we're talking dangerous heat. you go to wichita, kansas, where it was 101, their first 100 of the season. this w80an's why heat is cumulative and can be dangerous. we circled the core of the heat. it feels like 114, kansas city, 111 des moines. tomorrow the core moves over chicago and detroit. i mean look at those numbers.

it's hard to process but the excessive heat warnings there move. philadelphia to new york city, we're talking about feels likes around 110. we have not seen a 100-degree temperature here in new york i thk e intoet very close here this weekend, guys. >> i was talking to you about this this morning. i'm proud to be from the gulf coast, mississippi. this heat is unbelievable. >> it is. even a lifelong floridian tweeted me and said, i live in new jersey now. this is wild. so i feel like between you and that, that is real heat. >> you're bringing it. thanks so much. we turn to president trump. right after the house voted to table a resolution on impeachment prompted by the president's racist attacks on four democratic congresswomen, the president ramped up those attacks at a rally in north carolina overnight. i want to go back to our senior national correspondent, terry moran. he was there. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was quite a night. president trump has a good economy he can talk about. he does. he's negotiating trade deals and talks about that, but what really gets him and his crowd are attacks on those four democratic congresswomen that

ignited that racial and xenophobic firestorm. he's pushing the envelope, breaking the boundaries of the kinds of divisions that presidents are looking to stoke and his crowd loved it. in his first campaign rally following days of attacking four democratic congresswomen, president trump was met with raucous chants of support and then there was this moment. >> representative ilhan omar -- [ audience reacts ] [ chanting "send her back" ] >> reporter: the crowd calling for minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar to be sent back to the country she left as a child. omar is a u.s. citizen. he even proudly refused to call representative alexandria ocasio-cortez by her full name. >> i don't have time to go with three different names. we'll call her cortez. too much time. takes too much time. >> reporter: for days trump has hammered the four freshmen democratic lawmakers, all of

them women of color, saying they should go back to the countries they originally came from. >> if they don't love it, tell them to leave it. >> reporter: three of those lawmakers were born in america. the president's base doesn't see all this as race-baiting rhetoric but as patriotism. >> it had nothing to do with race. it has more to do with our own values and whether you want to be an american or not. >> reporter: you know, standing in that arena last night, it's almost as if something has been loosed in the crowd that's pent up, something they've always wanted to say and felt inhibited about like president trump is giving them permission to go places that they haven't at least in a long while. >> that's the irony. you mentioned the word permission. if someone made those chants in a workplace they'd be sued or fired. coming up here katy perry reveals how she reached out to end her feud with taylor swift. and the new research about women and memory loss. dr. ashton is here. and billy eichner is here live. we cannot wait to talk to him about "the lion king" and so much more. no more worries. come on back. ♪ hakuna matata, ain't no passing phrase ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to "gma." this wonderful audience that we have on this thankful thursday. we are thankful to have you here with us. friday eve. friday eve and tomorrow, blink-182 is rocking our big party in the park but you know who is rocking it right now with "pop news," sam champion. [ cheers and applause ] >> no way. i didn't know this was going to happen. i'm so honored. >> come on. let's start this way, meow, it's time for "pop news." okay, this will all make sense

in a moment. of broadway's legendary "cats." thus the meow. the producers are releasing a behind-the-scenes trailer to give us a sneak peek at the megastars, taylor swift, idris elba, jennifer hudson. i'll pause. you can clap at any time. [ applause ] judi dench, rebel wilson, all off their best "cats" choreography in the rehearsal areas, but we're also getting a chance to see the larger than life set. take a look. >> the design on the set, oh, my god, what is this, so spectacular. it's just so much fun to play in. >> the scale of this film is huge. three or four times bigger from the cat perspective. >> it's a massive undertaking. like an alice in wonderland experience. >> wow. [ applause ] that looks cool. i mean it's super cool. >> that is. >> it's even more super cool with a british accent. >> it is. >> from a cat perspective. >> meow. >> exactly. all righ c costumes or

over-the-top makeup, have no fears. take a look. >> oh, so you're going to use the digital fur technology that will be used to make the stars look like cats and create the here we go, purr-fect look. [ applause ] >> well played. >> i'm no lara spencer but every now and then i can sneak one in. like the costumes made famous by the original musical and if you "cat" get enough, paws. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's two in a row. >> wow. paws because the trailer comes out -- i'll do it again. then paws because the movie hits theaters december 20th. crowds will be felining up. >> where do you go from here? >> my gosh. incredible. >> it just gets worse. really and truly. >> all downhill. buckle up. we told you yesterday in "pop news" sometimes you got to

create your own winter. "game of thrones" received 32 emmy nominations for their final season, but now we're hearing some interesting back stories here about three of those nominations including gwendoline christie who plays brienne of tarth, and alfie allen who plays theon greyjoy. they were not nominated but they were so convinced that their performances were worthy they each ponied up their own $225 entry fee and submitted themselves to the academy and guess what -- >> oh, my god. that's amazing. >> you can do that? >> i didn't know you can do that. dear academy, have you seen "pop news"? [ laughter ] meow, it's time for "pop news." [ applause ] all right. >> all nominated. >> yes, they were. >> george, can you -- >> i can front you. >> i don't have it on me.

christie was nominated for best supporting actress, allen for best supporting actor, and ben houghton for the best guest actress. all nominations and pride summed up by christie in the instagram post where she writes, i can't believe it. thank you, universe, and sometimes you just got to toot your own horn, ladies and gentlemen. >> that's right, that's right. >> they all are deserving. so phenomenal on the show. >> i mean, it's a shame they weren't nominated the other way. this way they're still going to get -- >> i like the story better in a way. now, ladies and gentlemen if you're ready for your final "pop news" story, three, two, one, yell security. three, two, one. [ chanting "security" ] >> thank you, i knew it. somebody will come get me out of here but that's not the reason. we have surprise footage. while joe corsi was out for the day he got an alert from his security camera, you know like you do on your phone, that detected movement in the house. that's scary because you go to the footage and it turns out it wasn't a home invasion, it was this, take a look. the camera sees the motion and is turning around.

>> oh, no. [ laughter ] hello. hi there. how are you? >> oh. >> that's his german shepherd sasha having a standoff with the security camera. [ applause ] >> cute. that's cute. >> i'm telling you this is super cute. i could watch this all day long. sasha -- and it just goes on. security camera my what. like i've got this. >> i'm security. >> i'm security. >> someone call security? >> ladies and gentlemen, with that final security, that is "pop news." [ applause ] >> thank you, sam. >> emmy worthy. >> dear academy. we move on to our "gma" cover story. it's how katy perry and taylor swift made peace. perry is revealing how they ended their high-profile feud, and janai norman has the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. talk about cleaning up the bad blood. the two went from friends to trading jabs and hit songs but now after a literal olive branch and a plate of cookies things

appear to be all good between katy perry and t. swift. ♪ now we got bad blood ♪ you know we used to be mad love ♪ >> reporter: it's the pop feud that rocked the music world, but now, like katy perry's new song, it turns out their friendship was never really over. ♪ because it's never really over just because it's over ♪ >> reporter: for years, the two throwing shade at each other with their chart-topping hits. ♪ my name keeps coming out your mouth ♪ >> reporter: now katy revealing for the first time on "the kyle and jackie o." radio show, how she made filet out of that beef. >> it kind of was a process. i sent her a literal olive branch and a note apologizing for my part in all of it. >> reporter: per katy, the two buried the hatchet at an oscar party. >> i just went up to her and i was, like, hey, you know, it's been a long time, and i think we've grown up a little bit and i just wanted to say i'm sorry and that i'm here for you and i

love you and i hope that we can be friends in the future. >> reporter: just like that the battle of the pop princesses calmed down, and they showed up together in taylor swift's latest video. ♪ you need to just stop can you stop ♪ >> i realized how much we have in common and maybe there are only five other people in the world that can have the same type of conversations and understand where we're coming from. >> reporter: the two started texting and then went over to katy's house to meet her cat. >> she invited me over to her house and she made me some cookies and she actually makes those cookies, and they are actually so delicious. >> reporter: pop peace at last. >> i can trust her and she can trust me and we'll see each other in the halls of the music industry and not avoid each other and embrace. ♪ you need to calm down >> and katy says the two have matured and they realize they have so much in common and decided it was time to put the past behind them for themselves

and, of course, for their fans, robin. >> all right, janai, thank you. we have a "gma" health alert about women and memory loss. new research finds that working away from home could reduce the risk of decline later in life. dr. jennifer ashton is here. you have our attention. >> okay, big abstract presented at the current alzheimer's conference done in ucla and they followed women over two decades they followed women over two decades, with surveys and then did cognitive testing on them and found women who worked and got paid to work outside of the home whether they were moms or not actually had a slower rate of cognitive decline than women who were not paid to work. so put one in the column of some good news for working women. >> but also, come on. when you're working at home, raising your children, i mean -- there's nothing harder. >> i think that's harder than leaving the house. >> you don't get paid for it. >> correct, and we have to be crystal clear here. this is not about which one is harder. this is about passable different engagement in the brain, rain

that may exist when women leave the home and interact either with adults or work just in a different environment outside the home. now for some perspective, robin, a couple of years ago, data out of australia actually showed that women and people in general who worked harder through their mid age actually had higher rates of cognitive decline. so we have to caution association does not prove cause and effect. we're not saying which one is harder. we're saying not only can you lead by example and show women can work and financially contribute, but it may be good for the brain. >> aren't there some things we can all do to help with our brain? >> socially engage, you know, face-to-face, get enough sleep, mediterranean diet. be physically active, all good for the melon. >> for the melon right here. i hear that. [ applause ] let's get over now to ginger. well done. ginger? >> oh, sorry.

what's your name? what did you say? i don't remember anything. >> oh, i get it. >> okay. i do know this. we've got a great "gma" moment today. have you thought about how -- yeah. [ applause ] how you are going to like -- have you thought about how you're going to get the pool -- get the water out of the pool this summer before fall hits? well, sharon's got it for you. >> there's a lot of water in there. you got to keep going. >> yeah. okay. that was actually -- that was actually her nephew. that is not the way to do it. he is okay. he's okay, everybody. all right. let's go ahead and get a check closer t good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. it's back. and it's making us milder this morning but cooler this afternoon and the next couple of afternoons before we s warming . here's a look at today's temperatures. cloudy in the coast keeping you in the mid 60s with san

francisco. 70s around the bay. 90s are gone. tonight more clouds, more drizzle and mid to upper 50s. not as mild as this morning. the 7 [ cheers and applause ] it is time for day two of our "deals & steals" beat the heat event. we are back on the "gma" boardwalk and as you can see the shops are open for business. tory johnson is here and -- thank you. [ applause ] but, wait, there's more. come on out, our lifeguard, sam. we are drowning in all the deals. >> everybody in the pool. >> i know. >> i don't think this is the way you're supposed to be wearing it but okay. >> it looks perfect on you. you wear it well. first up this is awesome for staying hydrated, staying cool. make a smoothie wi nutribullet. this is the most powerful nutribullet on the market. you can throw in whole fruits,

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>> the technology is built into the fabric to prevent the night sweats and keep you cool and comfy all night. we've got a huge variety of sheets, pillows, pillowcases, mattress pads, sort of everything and you are going to feel cool and comfortable. >> they are cool to the touch. >> oh, yeah. >> these are amazing. so depending on what you choose, $30 to $239, is all slashed in half, so $15 to $119. [ applause ] okay. a lot of people here love a weighted blanket. >> i have one. >> well, this one has the cooling feature. 5 to 2pods, the ves off y c wat u buled but t t which is awesome abyodyu g up, pe heavy.>>t's heav 15ous avy. >> but gives you that hug or

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i love lip balm, okay. do you like it? >> love lip balm. >> this company makes this awesome product called lip blocks. for guys they make this intense therapy with extra beeswax so it's ultra hydrating. ultra hydrating. >> do bees find your lips attractive? >> it's a good one. it's a good one. >> no, no, no. >> everything from -- it goes well with your weighted blanket. >> i barely have hands left. >> normally $16.50 to $18. today they start at $8.25, and free shipping. >> free shipping! >> and then finally, for 40 years, 40 years this company has used the healing powers of aloe to create the ncdie skin care products and we have a big range. the number one best-seller is this one called special care.

this is just great for every day but we've got their foot cream, their deodorant. also if you've got a sunburn if we didn't heed the warnings, this burn gel amazing, everything from this company. $7 to $66, depending on what you choose, all slashed in half so today it starts at $3.50. >> wonderful. thank you. >> and for our lovely studio audience thank you for participating and our audience, by the way, i know, what, what. you'll get the nutribullet. you're going home with it. and tory is not done yet. we have more "deals & steals" just ahead. billy eichner is here as well.

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welcome back to "gma." and we are just one day away from the release of "the lion king." [ cheers and applause ] the movie is breaking presale records getting oscar buzz and our next guest is getting rave reviews for his character timon. please welcome billy eichner. [ applause ] >> hey, how are you? thank you. >> first off, congratulations on the oscar nod. >> and the emmy. >> and the emmy. >> emmy. i'm predicting. >> give me six months and we'll see. >> the emmy nod, the fourth one you've had. congratulations. maybe i was projecting the oscar. well, nathan lane, we know him

played in the original. >> sure. >> i know that you all have communicated since he knows that you have this role. >> yeah, he was one of the first people that i got in touch with once jon favreau, the director offered me the role. i've known him since i was a kid. i can't do what you did but i want your blessing. i'm going to try my best. he said, what are you going to do next? "the birdcage" with ryan gosling? so he was hilarious, and has been lovely and emailed me two days ago to say congratulations at the movie's opening. he is so nice. >> speaking of the movie opening you had your royal premiere in london. >> we did. >> yes. [ applause ] >> prince harry, duchess meghan, a video that you posted is going viral of the moments before meeting them. you look a little nervous. i think we have it figuring out how to greet them. so how did it go? look at you. >> so you can't see but i'm standing next to seth rogen and

then, you know, before you -- before you meet them they email you this whole list of very official protocol about what you're supposed to say and your until you're spoken to but we didn't know if they want us to do that so i was panicking about what to say. i was turning to seth, i was like, what are you going to say? >> what did you say? >> i think i just muttered like, oh, pleasure to meet you and we shook hands but they were lovely. >> did you bow? >> no, i didn't bow. bowing felt weird to me but they were great. they were great and meghan and i went to northwestern and we went to the same school. [ applause ] okay. so we just ended up having this casual conversation about our acting teachers at northwestern. >> nothing wrong with that. >> it was awesome, yeah. >> you and seth are so great together. you want to see a little bit of it? [ applause ] >> it means no worries. >> one and -- okay.

>> i do the counting here. >> i want to count. >> why don't we count together. >> okay, that's a good idea. one and a two and -- ♪ hakuna matata ♪ what a wonderful phrase ♪ hakuna matata it ain't no passing craze ♪ ♪ it means no worries for the rest of your days ♪ ♪ it's our problem-free philosophy ♪ ♪ hakuna matata [ cheers and applause ] >> the chemistry between you two. >> it works, thankfully. you never know. i mean i knew seth before we did the movie. we've never worked together this much and it just worked. our styles complement each other and the movie, i've seen it twice now. it's unlike anything anyone has ever seen. so beautiful what jon favreau and the designers have done.

it's amazing. [ applause ] >> you also share a song credit now with -- >> yes. >> beyonce. >> beyonce. [ applause ] very strange. i'm sure she's thrilled. yeah, i think seth and i are on the itunes chart with beyonce on "can you feel the love tonight." it's very exciting and bizarre. >> beyonce posted a photo of the cast at the london premiere and i want to take a look at it because i want to ask you, going to zoom in. >> don't do that. >> what's going through your mind right there? >> if you zoom out again you see it's -- that's jon favreau, tim rice next to us who's written so many great musicals, beyonce in the middle, pharrell, elton john, keegan-michael key, la boheme who sings "circle of life." and has always been

singing "circle of life." that is an insane group of people, so it was very exciting. [ applause ]no your own with that group. you hold your own. >> thank you. >> more than you know. >> so nice. >> i mean it. sincerely. a bartender at the "lion king" on broadway. >> this is a true full circle moment. when i was a struggling actor in new york in 2002, i was a bartender at "the lion king" on broadway. >> circle of life. >> circle of life. >> circle of life! this is it. [ applause ] >> well, thank you. jon favreau, the whole cast and "the lion king" is in theaters everywhere tomorrow and courtesy of our friends at imax everyone is going home with tickets. [ applause ] come on. i know. the nutribullet and the tickets.

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♪ back now with something very special. my dear friend bob ley has just retired after 40 years of groundbreaking reporting at espn. i was incredibly blessed to

share the "sportscenter" studio with him back in the day. he will join us live in a moment but first a look at his career. >> welcome to this week in sports. i'm bob ley. >> reporter: for 40 years, espn's bob ley has covered the biggest stories in sports. >> did you bet on baseball? >> you ask me that every time we talk. >> reporter: a trusted voice bob is espn's longest running anchor. >> i'm proudest of being part of -- being at the ground floor of something that's become an american cultural institution. >> reporter: and it all started on "sportscenter." >> welcome to "sportscenter." i'm bob ley. with me robin roberts. >> reporter: i had the privilege of working with bob at the desk, and alongside our colleague charley steiner. >> felt spring at the ballparks where matinees were played. >> yeah, it did. like we would know that being here in the office, the scores, highlights and more news of the day, here's bob. >> a window. >> reporter: with his signature humor and his grace. >> i will catch you on the flip side.

>> reporter: bob is leaving a lasting legacy in the sports world and beyond. >> you've been a mentor. you have been a good friend. cheers. >> please welcome bob ley. [ cheers and applause ] >> what a treat. >> i know. >> what a gift. thank you. >> i know. gift is right. you are the gift, my friend. you truly are. espn on the air for like three -- in business for three days when they hired you. >> i was hired two weeks prior to the sign-on and my first day of work was the third day, september 9, 1979. yep. >> my goodness. [ applause ] so you're the right person to ask this. when did you know that espn was this game changer? >> well, the checks cleared all the way. so that was good. >> that was a good sign. >> certainly when we acquired the rights to national football within our first six months we had two events that put us on the map, and that was the ncaa

basketball tournament, and the first year of coverage of the national football league draft, and if you were a sports fan -- if you didn't have it, you heard about it, and you had to feed out about it. that changed the paradigm for us in the first six months. >> i know and the athletes when they were like wanting to be on a highlight on "sportscenter," that's when you knew also. >> and be in a "sportscenter" commercial. we had trouble recruiting them in the beginning. back in the mid '90s, and suddenly, the line is out the door. they all want to be part of it. >> i know. i hope you understand how respected, how revered this man is. he is. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> and accolades. what your colleagues were saying about you. >> embarrassing. it's been -- >> what has this chapter in your life meant to you? >> you mean the last chapter. the last month has been incredibly emotional, fulfilling a gift i could not have imagined. it's been great. and, you know, tell my friends i'm not dying as far as i know. i'm around doing some stuff but --

>> you did want to make it clear nothing about health decisions. >> no. my decision. i want to go from mach 3 to only 200 miles an hour. >> he is an grandpa. has little ones running around. >> i'd show you pictures but we'd be here all day. >> we did a "sportscenter" at 6:00 p.m. and it was on "jeopardy." "jeopardy" was on and so we would watch "jeopardy" during the commercial breaks. >> the last commercial break, final jeopardy. >> and you killed it every time. charley and i just could not get it. so i got a "jeopardy" question for you. i got -- okay, he considers himself the greatest graduate from bradley university and just by looking at you, you'd make him laugh. >> who is charley steiner? who just turned 70 yesterday. >> they're playing our song. ♪ >> yeah, yeah. [ applause ] and look who's here. charley steiner.

[ applause ] >> hey, buddy. hi, robin. [ applause ] >> come on in. [ applause ] >> all right. >> oh, my god, it's the mod squad. yeah. there we were doing a show together and it didn't quite gender and racially break out to exactly what the old -- '60s or '70s show was. peggy lipton, and clarence williams or but there we were, the mod squad every night. >> only it was a negative photo. >> right, right. >> we were walking out one day after the end of the show. we had a long walk from the studio back to the newsroom over this overhang and the three of us are walking and could have been like one of those slow motion things and film and i turned and said, we're the mod squad.

>> you forgot the adjective you put on there. >> fill in the blank. >> what do you want to say to this man right here, our friend? >> i had never done television before until i got to espn and, all of you, both of you, i was there 14 years, with this guy for 12 years and the three of us for about six or seven years and it was the best time i ever had. i mean we -- for me the highlight was the 10:30 editorial meeting. we would fuss and we would fight and we would get a show together and by 6:00 or 7:00 depending on what night we started it was pretty damn good every day and the work -- [ applause ] >> what i appreciate because on the surface the three of us could not be more different. you know, we were like you're a good catholic boy from -- >> long island. >> yeah.

>> no, really. i'm from the deep south but it's been an enduring friendship and it lets you know that you can find common ground. >> there's a lesson there. present day terms. there is a lesson there. >> find your common ground. so what's on the "b" side? >> "b" side. more involvement with my school, seton hall. i know you're involved with bradley. [ applause ] and literally dropping the needle on some vinyl. saw little steven in new haven. >> i saw paul mccartney, huh. >> and ringo came out. >> i can beat that. i saw southside johnny and the asbury jukes and springsteen stood ten feet from me and does an hour with johnny. i will meet your ringo and raise you a springsteen. >> i'm getting a flashback right now. me thad ringo and paul check mate. >> jersey shore. >> this was our morning meeting every day.

>> and he still never won final jeopardy. >> let me say how proud i am of you, bob ley. thank you for this high standard that you have set. [ applause ] i'm a better journalist, i'm a better person because of you. >> that's humbling. thank you so much. >> brunch is on me. >> wow. whoo. all the best to you, all the best and charley, thank you. >> what a surprise. [ applause ] oh, my gosh. god bless you. robin, what a special moment. we love sharing that and i wanted to share with all of you, i got some ladies from scranton, pennsylvania, who will be very hot this weekend too. the cooling next week. can i show you this map really quickly? look at that all the way down to louisiana. i'm sure everybody down around robin's family saying thank goodness. good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. cloudy and a little bit milder this morning, but the clouds linger and keep us cooler this afternoon. the 90s are gone until they

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>> i don't know. >> i think i saw it over here. come on over. let's bring in the prize because i believe that was elias who got that. yes, congratulations. you not only get this lovely trophy but this certificate for a year's supply of halo top and guess what, you're on "gma," jalen, so no one goes away a loser. that's right. jalen also getting a year's supply of halo top and we are not leaving out our studio audience either. you are all going home with gift bags from halo top. congratulations. good ice cream. let's go upstairs. all right, ginger. thanks so much. look who i'm with, keke palmer ming up xt o"stran sara." >> lance is back and we've got a single dad looking for love, balling with ally brooke and an ultimate dance party. you can all join the fun. >> whoo-hoo.nnot wth. [ applause ]

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it's i'm reggie aqui. here's mike nicco with a look at the forecast. hi, erveg. we're going to talk about the activities. more clouds along the coast. we have small craft advisory north of the bay starting in about 45 seconds until about 9:00 this evening. mild to warm. let's look at the temperatures from mid 60s along the coast in san francisco. richard, 68. low to mid 70s around the bay and 80s inland. the 90s are gone. they are out until they return sunday. all right. taking a look at the commute, a new issue in emeryville. eastbound 80 before gillman. rollover crash. three vehicles involved. the two right lanes blocked. and ongoing issue bart em bar dare row stations with drainage issues. no problem at this point for bart trains. time for kelly

edits "live with kelly and ryan" today, star of "the operative," diane kruger. i am star of "the lion king," billy eichner. and another edition of "the inbox." all next on "live." and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. ♪ [cheers and applau] ♪