we'll be back in 25 minutes with an abc 7 news update. >> thanks for watching this morning. >> that's a nice shot, san francisco wakes up this morning. go"good morning america" starts right now. we appreciate you starting your day with us. and we're going to begin with celebrations right now in puerto rico. breaking overnight, the governor of puerto rico resigning after those massive protests. the streets erupting in celebration. we're there live with the latest. robert mueller grilled on capitol hill sounding the alarm about russia interfering with our elections. he refuses to clear president trump of wrongdoing but stops short of calling for impeachment. what it means for 2020. will russia try to meddle again? north korea sending a message firing two missiles, their first launch since the historic meeting with president trump in the dmz. breaking overnight,

disgraced financier jeffrey epstein reportedly taken to the hospital as he faces sex trafficking charges. this 2-year-old caught on camera climbing onto an airport conveyer belt travels through a maze of baggage. the moment tsa saves him and what his mother is now saying. ♪ we're halfway there and the inventor trying to make history on his flyboard by crossing the english channel but falling into the water halfway through. thankfully he's okay. now his wife promising this won't stop him from getting back on the board again. guess there is a bon jovi song for everything. halfway there. exactly halfway there across the channel. good morning, america. hope you guys are doing well today. >> i don't know, george, yesterday you said you wanted to try a hoverboard. >> well, i can make it across maybe, who knows. >> i've got another one for you. take a look at this one. check this out. can you imagine getting stuck on that airport conveyer belt or maybe worse your young child,

your toddler going all the way through to the baggage handling area? my mom might have said keep her. if she did it, keep her. >> i'm glad he's okay. we'll speak with his mother a little bit later. we begin with the breaking news from overnight. the governor of puerto rico resigning announcing his plans to step down aftero weeks of protests. people, you see, erupting into celebrations in san juan. that is where victor oquendo starts us off this morning. good morning, victor. >> good morning, robin. it was a late night across the island especially right here in old san juan right in front of the governor's mansion where police officers are still in place. for the hundreds of thousands who have been calling for him to resign he made it clear in his late night message their demands were overwhelming. >> reporter: the streets of old san juan erupting overnight. moments after governor ricardo rossello announced his resignation the celebration under way. this crowd just erupted. they've been waiting to hear those words from the governor

for nearly two weeks. what is this like right now? describe this moment. >> this is amazing. this is what we all wanted. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: as the embattle governor's message started, the crowds silenced huddled together holding their phones to their ears as the highly anticipated address streamed live. confirming his resignation will go in effect august 2nd. and ricky martin hosting this video on instagram saying we did it puerto rico, we did it. these protesters looking forward to a new era. now, do you feel like there's hope for the future? >> i do. last night maybe i didn't but tonight i definitely do. >> and now the focus is on a smooth transition of power. the secretary of justice will be taking over as governor. her name is wanda vasquez. in a statement she says that her and rossello are working to make it happen in a responsible and transparent manner. george?

>> all happened so swiftly. victor oquendo, thank you very much. now to the fall out from robert mueller's marathon day before congress. more than six hours of testimony before two house committees. the special counsel's somewhat halting performance did not advance the ball. mueller did raise questions about russia meddling in our elections. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill with the latest. >> good morning, george. well, after mueller's testimony what comes next is now up to nancy pelosi. the house speaker has called yesterday's hearing an indictment of this administration but that doesn't seem to be enough to move the needle on impeachment. this morning, democrats are staying the course. >> reporter: after robert mueller's six hours of testimony, president trump insisting he won the day. >> this was a very big day for the republican party and you could say it was a great day for me but i don't even like to say that. >> reporter: mueller made clear his report did not clear the president of wrong doing. >> director mueller, the president has repeatedly claimed

your report found there was no obstruction an it completely and totally exonerated him. that is not what your report said, did it? >> correct. that is not what the report said. >> reporter: over and over again democrats tried to knock down the president's claims. >> would you agree that it was not a hoax that the russians were engaged in trying to impact our election? >> absolutely, it was not a hoax. >> reporter: mueller said russia is still at it today and described accepting foreign assistance in stark terms. >> i gather that you believe that knowingly accepting foreign assistance during a presidential campaign is an unethical thing to do? >> and a crime. >> and a crime. >> circumstances, yes. >> and to the degree -- >> and a crime given certain circumstances. >> and to the degree that it undermines our democracy and our institutions, we can agree that it's also unpatriotic? >> true.

>> and wrong? >> true. >> reporter: democrats zeroed in on possible obstruction by the president including trump allegedly ordering his former white house counsel don mcgahn to fire mueller. >> your investigation actually found substantial evidence that mcgahn was ordered by the president to fire you, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: mueller did not reach a conclusion on obstruction because the justice department said a sitting president cannot be indicted. >> you could charge the president of the united states with obstruction of justice after he left office? >> yes. >> reporter: but republicans argued it's case closed. >> it's time for the curtain to close on the russia hoax. >> reporter: they accused mueller of political bias. >> it's starting to look like having desperately tried and failed to make a legal case against the president, you made a political case instead. put it in a sack, lit it on fire, dropped it on our door, rang the bell and ran. >> reporter: mueller pushed back offering this passionate defense of his team. >> we strove to hire those

individuals who could do the job. i've been in this business for almost 25 years and in those 25 years i have not had occasion once to ask somebody about their political affiliation. it is not done. >> reporter: republicans now say it's time to move on. but house speaker nancy pelosi isn't taking impeachment off the table. >> my position has always been whatever decision we made in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts. it's about the congress, the constitution and the courts. >> reporter: now, i've talked with some democrats who admit this was not the turning point moment some had been hoping for. in fact, so far one additional democrat has come out in support of impeachment since the hearing bringing the total to more than 90. that is still not enough to force pelosi's hand. so for now democrats will try to build their case through their lawsuits and >> let's get more from jon karl and our chief legal analyst dan abrams is in the studio. impeachment clearly stalled

after the hearing yesterday, not advanced at all which is why the president is claiming victory but robert mueller also in so many instances yesterday contradicts the president's key claims. >> he sure did. he contradicted the president over and over again. he wasn't exonerated. this wasn't a witch hunt, that russian interference was not a hoax. he criticized the president quite bluntly on his praise of wikileaks during the campaign. he said his written answers to his questions were not truthful. so over and over again and for those reasons i expect that the president will continue to attack robert mueller and his investigation. but that said, george, the bottom line is that this hearing, mueller's appearance fell miles short of what democrats were hoping for, what they expected and not only did it not advance the ball on impeachment, i think it's possible it may have set that cause back quite a bit. >> your judgment? >> i agree. look, the democrats sort of set the standard here which was we're going to bring this to life. we're going to be able to have the mueller report as a story so people can understand it and that didn't happen in the context of this.

now, the flip side of that is, you know, some of the contradictions with the president are striking. i mean, for the president to now come out and again say no obstruction, no collusion when robert mueller specifically said that's not true, no obstruction isn't true, no collusion isn't true. the answers that we got on russia and on the president's involvement with them, et cetera, were inadequate and often untruthful. >> one of the things also i want to get straight watching, the second hearing, the whole approach putting this in a legal context was inadequate as well. what you saw and mueller affirmed the trump campaign was working -- people were working with russia welcoming their help and lying about it to the public, pretty damaging claims right there. >> right, but not quite enough to get you over the legal hurdle. so that becomes the fundamental question. look, congress, the political body is supposed to be able to make determinations about also

what's right and wrong. we talk about high crimes and miss demean yours. it doesn't always mean technically crimes but abuse of power and that's for congress to decide. it seems that as a result of the hearings the impeachment movement has been set back rather than set forward. but i will tell you one thing i was stunned that they didn't focus on more were the fact that mueller in his report talked about people associated with the trump campaign deleting relevant emails in the context of this investigation. i mean, how can that not be talked about considering how much time we've talked about hillary clinton's deleted emails? >> it's a very good point. cecilia, you were there with us all day yesterday. the impeachment may be stalled right now but this is clearly going to be -- >> it's going to be a primary focus. impeachment may be on the backseat but as it relates to 2020, one of the big points mueller made yesterday, this threat is still ongoing and can't forget to keep talking about it. he says russia is doing this right now and will be doing it again in the next election. >> why isn't there united outrage about that?

you can disagree about that, but why can't both sides get together about that and the public too? >> it's an excellent question. all day yesterday you saw there wasn't a single republican with the exception of will heard who expressed alarm over what the russians were doing in our elections. >> that should be the number one take away. that should be the single take away from this, oh, no, this is crazy. it's still happening. >> today and tomorrow. okay, guys, we turn to that new provocation from north korea. pyongyang launching two short-range missiles into the sea of japan, their first since president trump met with kim jong-un in june. martha raddatz is tracking the latest from washington. martha, there are reports this morning that both of these missiles may now be a new type of missile? >> exactly cecelia. south korean military officials confirming now that both missiles had features indicating they were a new type of

short-range ballistic missiles, one of them traveling more than 400 miles into the sea. the other traveling more than 250 miles, both fired from mobile launchers. there were two short-range missile tests back in may as well. these most recent launches could be in reaction to u.s./south korean military exercises that are planned for next month. kim has warned that if those exercises were not canceled, it could affect nuclear negotiations. but as you know, president trump continues to say he has a very good relationship with kim although there has been no progress on denuclearization, cecilia. >> okay, martha, thank you. george? we turn to that mystery surround disgraced financier jeffrey epstein. he was taken to the hospital from the jail cell where he is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges and back now in the cell amid questions over what happened. abc's whit johnson is here with what we know right now. good morning, whit. >> george, good morning to you. jeffrey epstein is now reportedly back in his jail cell after suffering some kind of medical issue. it is not clear what led to that

hospital visit or whether it was self-inflicted but a source telling abc news that epstein was removed from his jail cell on tuesday night taken to the hospital to be checked out and was then back at the metropolitan correctional center by wednesday. the 66-year-old is accused of sex trafficking and awaiting trial. just one week ago a judge refusing to let epstein out on bail. the megamillionaire offered to put up his mansion and private jet as collateral for bond. prosecutors made their case that epstein's lifestyle and wealth made him an extreme flight risk after investigators found 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. epstein's attorneys were planning to appeal the judge's decision to hold him without bond. he's expected back in court next week. george? >> yeah, need a lot of answers there, thanks very much, whit. robin? now to the race to contain

those dangerous fires out west. more than 40 large wildfires are burning from texas to oregon including a massive blaze near a nuclear site in idaho. ginger is tracking it all. she's there in pittsburgh for us this morning. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin. that nuclear site was a nuclear lab where they had to get nonessential employees out because they were worried about the sheep fire. 13,000 acres burned already and idaho falls is close to there. so many other fires, this brush fire north of san jose that built up, very hot there and the heat is building going into the weekend. so the fire conditions aren't great. you see some of the watches all the way up to montana. this ridge is taking over the west and flash flood watches for much of nevada into southern california because of the burn scars and monsoon, you could end up seeing some of that rain. look at that heat. some of the deserts above 120 this weekend. cecelia? >> a scorcher out there. thank you. we turn to breaking developments involving american rapper a$ap rocky. this morning, he was officially charged with assault in sweden

where he's been held in custody for three weeks now. gio benitez has the latest. ♪ what's your problem ♪ i swear we gonna have drama >> reporter: this morning, swedish prosecutors making the decision to charge rapper a$ap rocky and two others of assault. in a statement, prosecutors saying, despite claims of self-defense and provocation, the three men will remain in jail until the trial. a$ap arrested while in the country to perform in a music festival. the 30-year-old new york native along with two of his backup performers were taken into custody days after this street fight obtained by tmz. the platinum artist has maintained he acted in self-defense posting this video moments before the melee where you can hear rocky repeatedly tell the two young men to back off. >> we don't want no problems with these boys. they keep following us. >> reporter: there's been a huge campaign of support and a petition on social media led by celebrities including justin

bieber, kim kardashian and kanye west who personally lobbied president trump to intervene. the president announced his support this past weekend. >> i have been called by so many people asking me to help a$ap rocky. >> reporter: the president saying he spoke to the swedish prime minister offering to vouch for rocky's bail but the swedish government claiming they're unable to help saying, quote, the government cannot and will not attempt to influence the legal proceedings. according to swedish court records obtained by abc news, the two men involved in the street fight with rocky and his crew have criminal r in custody. prosecutors now revealing they will come face-to-face with rocky when they testify at trial. the swedish prosecutor tells abc news a three-day trial will take place next tuesday and they say new evidence on a mobile phone will be played in court.

y rocky is being held in jail because they believe he is a flight risk. he could face up to two years in prison. >> their justice system moves fast. >> absolutely. >> a lot of people watching that. now to that high-flying attempt across the english channel on a flyboard. the daredevil inventor taking off this morning but crashing halfway through. thankfully he's okay. janai norman is here with more. >> good morning, guys. the man nicknamed the flying soldier is okay after crashing while attempting to make history. he hoped to become the first person to cross the english channel by hoverboard. it was the same device we saw him soaring high on earlier this month during bastille day ceremonies trying to re-create the flight of a pioneer who 110 years to the day earlier made the crossing in a plane. the french dare devil looks to fly that stretch on a hover board, about the size of a skate board. he believed he only had a 30% chance of making it. we knew he'd have to refuel along the way. as he hit the halfway mark,

he fell into the water trying to land on a refueling station but the thing is, guys, he is a world jet skiing champion. he's used to winning and his wife says that he will try it again. >> he'll get back on that board. >> he'll do it. >> you inspired me this morning. i saw you in the overnight wearing that. that's why i'm wearing this. you also inspired me to do some push-ups. >> thank you, robin. >> thanks, janai. we have a different kind of daredevil story coming up. look at this toddler climbing on to an airport's baggage belt and went through the x-ray machine. we'll tell you what his mother is saying now. the hero ceo stepping in to help more than a thousand students who couldn't cover their school lunch debt. first back to ginger there in pittsburgh, our "gma" road trip. ginger? >> yes, latest stop on the road trip. lara, we made it. almost to pittsburgh. you have so much fun coming up, you don't even know. let's get to the stormy cities brought to you by pro enamel.

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when you step outside you'll notice milder conditions from the mid 50s to the upper 60s. a quick warming today. but then temperatures pull back just a little bit as the sea breeze quicks in. we'll have another small craft advisory north of the bay bridge. cool this morning. mass transit back to the inland neighborhoods, limited clouds along the coasts this morning. here's a look at the 7-day. hottest this weekend. >> mike, thank you. back to the story we were telling you about this. in car cut in half after a violent crash in the bay view. it shirred off a fire hydrant sending water into the air. coming up on gma, an airport

scare caught on camera. a toddler climbing into the baggage belt. what his mom is saying this morning. we'll have another update in about 30

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♪ unstopables in-wash scent booster ♪ downy unstopables ♪ life is a highway i want to ride it all night long ♪ >> another great tune. back here on "gma" and we're back on the road again. this morning we're live from pittsburgh. ginger, t.j., tory, they're there for a huge day celebrating a special woman. >> both hands on the wheel. >> oh, my gosh. i love those shots. very special woman we're celebrating who made it her mission to help children in need get the birthday parties they deserve. we cannot wait to share. that's why we love going on the road and meeting people but also those everyday heroes in their own hometown. we love to celebrate them. >> we'll check that out in a little bit. also a lot of headlines. robert mueller sounding the alarm about russia interfering in our election and says it

could happen again. they're still trying to meddle. it could be happening again for 2020. he doubled down while being grilled for more than six hours but did not advance the ball on the question of impeachment. breaking overnight, disgraced financier jeffrey epstein taken to the hospital as he faces sex trafficking charges. epstein back in his jail cell this morning. don't really know what happened there. >> that's the big question. also, more than 45 large wildfires are burning out west from texas to oregon. one of those fires in idaho is burning near a nuclear site. thankfully the threat there is no longer at risk. >> thankfully so. now to an investigation into an incident that was caught on camera. a 2-year-old sneaking onto an airport's baggage conveyer belt while his mom was trying to print her boarding pass and linsey davis is here with that story. >> i want to start out with the little boy is okay but certainly after some really frightening moments for his mother. classic 2-year-old behavior here as little lorenzo's curiosity leads to airport exploration and

the discovery of a conveyer belt. once he was on he tried to get off. mom said she wanted to get on to save him but the belt moved too quickly. >> reporter: georgia toddler is recovering after a shocking incident earlier this week in the atlanta airport. this is 2-year-old lorenzo, just moments after his mother edith vega sat him down at the airport to print her ticket. within seconds he walks past the spirit ticket counter to check out the luggage conveyer belt and swings his leg and then his entire body onto the belt then quickly disappears behind the black flaps. his mother realizes what's happened and alerts an airline employee who promptly stops the machine. >> i just went blank. i wanted to jump in and try to go get him but they didn't allow me. >> reporter: vega stands by while employees try to figure out where lorenzo went. >> i was just freaking out and i'm like, oh, my goodness, i hope he's okay. i hope he's just enjoying the ride. >> reporter: but the child is still on the move caught up with all the other bags where he enters and passes through an x-ray machine. >> probably 2 or 3-year-old male

has lacerations to his arm from coming down the carousel. >> reporter: his travels then take him further down into a massive bag room where almost simultaneously all the tsa employees look over in disbelief as they see 2-year-old lorenzo come ridinllindical he christopher strickland describes the moment lorenzo came down the belt. >> he was clearly suffering and going through a lot of anguish. >> reporter: watch as you see him grab the child. >> it was quite a moment that really brought perspective to life and how important life is, so at that time that child became all of our child. >> reporter: a tsa spokesperson tells abc news they will participate and assist with the broader investigation into the incident and spirit airlines says the boy passed by a section of our ticket counter that was not staffed or open at the time. but they are currently working

with tsa and airport officials to ensure all protocol was followed. lorenzo was quickly reunited with his mom. he did go to the hospital but is now back at home with some cuts to his arm and a fractured hand. any mom could imagine that can happen within seconds. >> toddler like that, especially a little boy. the x-ray exposure, some people are concerned about that. >> you know, most medical experts are saying there shouldn't be any concern even if he was scanned, that the idea here is the ct scanner is a lot like what you'd find in a doctor's office as far as medical diagnostics are concerned. the larger issue might be any kind of emotional trauma or physical injuries he suffered while on the conveyor belt. >> that video and seeing him, it was like the lazy rients i investigation into the murder of that university of mississippi student, the preliminary autopsy report is now in as we see newly released surveillance footage showing the 21-year-old the night before she went missing. marcus moore is on campus with

the very latest on this, good morning, marcus. >> cecelia, good morning. this chilling video is a key piece of the puzzle as we trace ally kostial's final moments and this morning we have learned just how brutal her murder was. >> reporter: this morning newly released video from the oxford, mississippi, police department. the last known images of 21-year-old ole miss student ally kostial before her death. kostial seen here wearing a long sleeve white shirt and blue shorts levering a bar near campus friday of last week, police say walking towards her ride share. the next day she would be dead. police now confirming the preliminary autopsy report which reveals the business major whose body was found miles away from campus in the remote mississippi woods died from multiple gunshot wounds. the manner of death ruled a homicide. charged with her murder, 22-year-old brandon theesfeld, a classmate of kostial, this photo posted to one of the victim's social media sites shows her

posing with theesfeld. >> i have never once had a bad conversation, never once felt threatened, never once, you know, thought he was capable of that. >> reporter: the ole miss senior now suspended from the college appearing on these surveillance affiliate at a gas station in memphis, tennessee moments before being taken into police custody. a local reporter telling me the city of oxford is stunned. >> you know, just kind of catches you off guard because everybody says you don't expect it to happen here. >> reporter: and theesfeld's father in a statement said that his son is innocent and he urged the public to withhold judgment. in the meantime, theesfeld has reportedly retained a high-profile legal team as he waits for a bond hearing. cecel cecelia? >> okay, marcus, thanks so much. george? the latest on the pennsylvania school district that threatened to place children in foster care if their parents didn't pay their lunch debt. they're backing off and will accept a donation to cover the

cost from alee hartung is here with that. >> this was met with outrage when we learned of that threatening letter that parents received. then there was disbelief when offers of donation were rejected, but this morning relief. after days of public outrage surround a threatening letter sent to parents, a sudden reversal. the school district in pennsylvania will now accept a local businessman anticipate offer to erase a $22,000 school debt owed by a thousand students. >> i think they owe us an apology. >> they should apologize to everybody. i think they made us all look real bad. >> reporter: this after the district initially turned down the offer from todd carmichael, the ceo of la colombe coffee. saying it was the parents responsibility to pay. this was the district's letter this morning.

now saying they sincerely apologize for the tone of the letter and has agreed to accept the generous donation. now todd carmichael will be able to pay off those debts saying he wants to pay it forward. >> i was very familiar with the feeling of being food shamed and i know that feeling of being at school and not being able to eat and, you know, i empathized. i know what that's like. you hope at some point you would be given the opportunity to pay it back like i have. >> in addition to mr. carmichael's generous donation the school district says it's qualifying for a federal program giving all students free breakfast and lunch for the next five years regardless of their income. more good news for this community. >> good for you to bring good news on your first one. >> so glad i could. [ applause ] >> welcome. >> come on breathe. you got this. you got espn roots. >> i do.

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scorching heat wave in franceat very worried about a possible collapse. david wright is right there in paris with the latest. good morning, david. >> good morning, cecelia. it is a scorcher here today. 98 degrees right now and it's expected to climb up to 108 this afternoon which would make this the hottest day ever recorded in paris and that is troubling news for this great cathedral which is still so fragile after the fire. >> reporter: this morning notre da dame, the world famous landmark is once again under threat. this time from a scorching heat wave sweeping france. back in april fire ravaged the iconic cathedral taking down the spire and most of the roof. now the chief architect overseeing the restoration worries that the summer heat will bake stone walls still saturated with water from the firefighters. he says he worries the heat will make the waterlogged masonry dry

too quickly compromising the strength of the walls which he fears could lead to a collapse of part of the structure at any moment. workers have placed sensors throughout the cathedral and so far the walls show no sign of movement. our own david muir got an upclose look at the restoration. our cameras among the first to document the monumental job of repairing the fire damage. >> there was so much hope that next morning when people saw the cross, the smoke still rising in the cathedral but that it was still intact. >> reporter: now that hope appears to be threatened by record-breaking temperatures that could forever change one of the world's most beloved landmarks. notre dame survived the fire but now this heat is posing a new threat. this heat wave sweeping across europe this week, it's been

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>> good morning to all of you. hope you're doing well this morning. we are live here in times square this morning. also in pittsburgh, take a look right now. "gma" rv supposed to be pulling up to that dock, i think. >> where are they? >> getting a warm pittsburgh -- there they are. >> inside that rig -- >> ginger, t.j. holmes, these guys you know, there with "gma" super fans getting off. a river cruise along the allegheny river. they're going to have a lot of fun there. >> looks like a beautiful morning. >> i love pittsburgh. it's a beautiful city. >> it is beautiful. wtae, our abc station there, we wish them well and what did you say deal and steelers. >> you like that? >> i did. i caught that. also this morning it's national intern day and we're celebrating our incredible intern class. we have enjoyed getting to know them so much over the summer and to learn about their goals. now they're going to share what they have learned. ah. look at them. >> great class. >> they grow up so fast.

they grow up so fast. >> that is coming up. we have some headlines to get to as well, including the fallout from robert mueller's mar ton day before congress. you see president trump declaring victory this morning but mueller did contradict his key claims about the probe and raised serious questions about russia's meddling in our elections and want to go back to our senior national correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill. morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. after more than six hours of testimony, president trump and congressional republicans say they won the day. but robert mueller made it very clear, his report did not clear the president of wrongdoing. mueller said he did not exonerate the president on obstruction of justice, and he shared serious warnings about russian interference in our elections, but mueller's testimony was at times halting and i've talked to even some democrats who admit this was not the turning point moment that so many had hoped for, so the big question. what comes next here on the hill? so don't expect any imminent action here on the question of impeachment. democrats aren't taking it off the table but instead making it

clear their plan is to continue with the course. they'll keep trying to build the case against the president through their existing investigations and lawsuits. >> yeah, filing lawsuits. okay, mary. thanks very much. robin? now to those -- back to those dangerous wildfires burning from texas to oregon. so we'll return to ginger tracking the latest there in pittsburgh. good morning, ginger. >> hey, good morning to you, robin. you know the ohio idaho falls fire, the sheep fire, 13,000 acres burned. now, that is the one that threatened that laboratory, the nuclear laboratory. they got nonessential employees out of there. also small wildfires burning in california but you know it just takes a little. this one here north of san jose so we've got that high pressure that's bringing in monsoon moisture. that's why you see flash flood watches on the map as well from nevada through california. redding to fresno, all in excessive heat watches and fire danger as well as red flag warnings, goes all the way up to montana. we're burning fires from oregon to texas and will only get hotter. numbers will approach 120 or

even in excess of that so that will not help any fires that get going, guy. >> it will not. we'll be back to you real soon. coming up, that health alert. an urgent recall on a type of breast implant. dr. ashton is here with that. m. live in pittsburgh and tory johnson with super fans about to sail away with pretty big savings. a special edition of "deals & steelers" just ahead. we're going to keep saying it. ♪ all night long ♪ all night long [alarm beeping] {tires screeching} {truck honking} (avo) life doesn't give you many second chances. but a subaru can. (dad) you guys ok? you alright? wow. (avo) eyesight with pre-collision braking. standard on the subaru ascent. the three-row subaru ascent. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru.

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river. ginger, right there, they are in pittsburgh this morning. they're going to go all over the city of pittsburgh. a very special show coming up. a special guest. talking about special, time for a very special edition of "pop news." it is national intern day and we want to take some time to celebrate all of the young'uns over here. [ cheers and applause ] yes, we have an incredible group of interns at "gma." and, okay, they have written, shot and edited the piece you're about to see right now and richelle riley from my alma mater, lila, take it away. >> well, we've learned so much this summer and here it is in our own words, take a look. ♪ what does it take to be an intern at "gma"? >> hi, my name is -- >> i go to lehigh university.

>> i'm a production -- >> intern at "good morning america." ♪ early in the morning >> it's early mornings. >> not yet. >> and we mean really early mornings working on set with the team. >> we are live. >> oh, we're live. >> scientific computers -- >> doppler. >> hi, george. >> ginger. >> how are you? >> great. how are you guys? >> then prepping for the next morning's show. >> good morning, america. >> this is our room. >> can't find them anywhere. i don't know what to do anymore. >> this is a normal day for us and learning firsthand what it takes to make it in this biz. [ chanting "good morning, america] [ applause ] >> well done, y'all. >> good job. >> do you feel the love? [ applause ] look at those faces. in all sincerity, thank you,

bless you. you guys, you're learning but you're also teaching us so much and we've enjoyed getting to know you better and sydney, did i facetime with your mom. >> you did facetime with my mom. >> that was so sweet. >> this is the time -- little things like that. that bring us a lot of joy but in all sincerity the way you carry yourself and i told you, you know, it's very competitive to be an intern anywhere and here as well so you have your formula for success because you earned the right to be here. hey, george, didn't ellie your daughter -- >> i'm a very proud dad. she had her first internship on monday. she's out in los angeles and we were talking this week about what maybes to are a good internship and how you get the most out of it. when i told her very simply, you know, pitch in, be polite, but most important, pay attention because really what this internship is about is the experience to see how something works and see if it sparks your passions. i know that's done -- i hope that's done that for you.

>> leaning in and listening to every word. what about you? >> i think it's along the lines of what george was saying, do everything you can possibly do. do everything they'll let you do because you never know what you're going to like and what you're not going to like. now is the time you get to start to check those boxes and also every job is important. i meet a lot of interns who introduce themselves, i'm just the intern. you're not just the intern. these jobs are so important and hard to get. you guys are doing -- you're part of the ship that keeps us going. you know, you're part of the machine. so we need you here, and it's a big job. >> can you tell us what the experience has been like for you. >> it's honestly been such an amazing experience. i think just being to be part of this company and meet the people we work with and do our job every day to the best of our ability has been something that's really by been touching for me and so grateful. >> what's the silliest job we've given you? >> oh, yeah. [ laughter ]

>> i have one. probably the first week, the other intern, kate and i -- we had to call every single basketball stadium and have them send us popcorn, and michael strahan tasted it live on the show. >> oh, my goodness. >> all on morning tv. >> into politics. >> yes. >> do you have a question for george since -- i don't mean to put you on the spot. you said that was your area. >> yeah. what's your most memorable interview? >> oh. >> good one. >> you know, it's probably -- it's top of mind i'm getting old so i can remember a month out. no, but it was actually this one i did with president trump last month. that was probably the most memorable one i've ever done. [ applause ] >> all right. >> how about your advice? >> continue to dream big but focus small. there's nothing that's too small to do but i know that right now you want a job. i know that. you're sitting there like all great advice but i want a job. >> here's your papers. here's my resume. >> and i get that.

it's going to happen for you. set those big lofty goals, i mean really go for it but what are the day-to-day things you'll do? there's something you can do each and every day that will ultimately get you to your goal. i don't know if your goal is to have a cupcake but that's part of the celebration for interns here. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> are there faces on them? >> oh, my goodness. >> wow! >> come on, guys. get a cupcake. >> grab your face. >> oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] ginger. >> oh, my goodness, hey, guy, i wanted to show you off this hardware. this is the pittsburgh passion women's football team. give it up for them. yes.

we are so happy, 27-game winning streak. you all are so inspiring. also you have a chant you want to share, yeah? go for it. >> i stand by my sisters. >> my team i believe. >> strong and united. >> passion family. >> passion pride on three, one, two, three. good morning. i'm mike nicco. temperatures, they take a temporary tumble today. they're going to be above average. a slight chance of a thunderstorm tonight thanks to the moon soon moisture and sizzling week in temperatures. hotter than yesterday. 60s alone the coast to san francisco. low 80s on the bay and 90s inland. temperatures fall back to the mid 50s and 60s t t t t t t t tt all right, guys. we got an important "gma" cover story. a health alert about a worldwide recall of certain brand of breast implants due to a risk of

a rare type of lymphoma. dr. ashton is here to break it down. you've been following this closely. this came as a result of an alarming report. what do you know this morning? >> there is a big story, very anxiety producing. a lot of numbers so want to get right to the numbers. since 2011, there have been 573 documented cases of this rare type of lymphoma associated with breast implants. 33 deaths so far worldwide. of the cases where they know who made the implant, which is only 13, 12 of them are made by a particular manufacturer. this is allergan textured biocell implant and this has nothing to do with what's in the implant, cecilia. it's not about saline or silicone but this texturized surface. >> these are the ones. textured ones. >> exactly. most people don't know if they have these inside them. these are only about 5% of the

implants used in the united states, and sadly, mostly used in cases of reconstruction after a woman has been treated for cancer. so this is a very vulnerable population. >> your advice to them is what this morning? >> number one, look at the card you were given with your implant. everyone is given that card. if you don't know what device you have call your plastic surgeon, monitor yourself for sign answer symptoms which is asymmetry, pain in that area and again right now, no recommendation to remove those implants if you are not having symptoms. >> okay. this is a really important one. thank you. >> we're going to stay on it. >> we are. you can get more information about the specific recall on our website. robin, over to you. >> thank you for that important information. now to a "gma" exclusive with dr. priscilla chan, the woman who is leading a multimillion dollar fight against rare diseases, all around the world, and she's doing it with the chan/zuckerberg initiative co-founded by her husband, facebook ceo park zuckerberg. i spoke with dr. chan on monday. this is before the ftc's latest announcement about facebook and users' personal data. we sat down to discuss one of

her true passions and that is her new medical initiative. she is fast becoming one of the most prominent philanthropic leaders of her generation. dr. priscilla chan, an up and coming game changer in the field of medicine and science. >> science, technology, engineering. >> reporter: the harvard educated ucsf school of medicine grad is a pediatrician who also runs the chan/zuckerberg initiative which she and her husband facebook ceo mark zuckerberg launched in 2015 following the birth of their first daughter max. >> we're going to have a front row seat to the biggest medical breakthrough in a generation. >> reporter: the initiative's most recent program called rare as one focuses on driving progress in the fight against rare diseases. grants will be awarded to ten organizations with $4.5 million in initial funding. >> people ask us are you going after one disease at a time? no. it's really about making every scientist, everyone who participates in the scientific process better.

>> were there experiences that you had that led you to do the work that you're doing right now? >> when i was a young physician, i would open up a patient's chart and like read something about it and i at first was embarrassed. i would walk into a room and say, i don't know anything about your disease. can you tell me? how do you take care of yourself? and these patients and families would teach me, train me on what it was like, what the disease was and how to best take care of themselves and what worked for them and rare as one is about bringing in that patient voice, because they have the insights. i can still remember exact patient rooms where the research didn't materialize in time or we didn't find the right treatment and exact families, and i think those experiences is what makes me realize that we have to do more.

>> the daughter of chinese-vietnamese refugees, chan the first in her family to go to college says she always knew her life would involve service to others. >> a lot of people open doors for me and if i didn't work hard and try to continue getting trained to actually open doors for others, i wasn't doing my part. >> reporter: she and zuckerberg who married in 2012 are passing on those same lessons to daughters max and august. how do you instill in your children who are growing up in an environment that was different? >> we talk about it. >> do you? >> yeah, they're 3 and 2 and we talk about how lucky we are, how lucky we are to have each other, to be happy and healthy and they're also kids. they don't -- you know, my 3-year-old, one day she tells me, mom, i know about honey nut cheerios. i'm like, what do you know about honey nut cheerios? she says i've heard about them and i want a box for my birthday.

>> i mean, you can't get more -- come on. >> reporter: there is also the challenge of navigating philanthropy under the spotlight, with controversy surrounding facebook's handling of user data. do you have discussions about that, people's concern about privacy and other issues? is there something that you and your husband that you think you can do to help alleviate those concerns? >> data privacy is a top concern and should be for everyone, especially in medicine. what we've really grappled with is what have we learned from mark's experiences at running facebook to make sure that we are being incredibly proactive about this. >> how did you get into this field? what was it about medicine? it's so apparent the emotion that you have, the passion you have. >> there are so many times when i feel like this could be me. i don't have a rare disease that i know of, but i've gotten really lucky and i've had a lot

of people champion for me and i don't take that for granted. >> she really does and it's worth noting the chan/zuckerberg initiative is one of the most well-funded philanthropic organizations in the world. the couple have committed 99% of their facebook shares to this mission which also includes improving education and reforming the criminal justice system and keep talking about rare disease. about 25 to 30 million americans suffer from a rare disease and -- >> jimmy carter paved the way for these almost overseas. if they could do that here, that would be incredible. beyond that if they keep their kids thinking honey nut cheerios is the ideal birthday gift, they're doing their job. >> back to ginger in pittsburgh. oh, here in pittsburgh we are in steeler nation. the pittsburgh steel line stealing the scene helping us to transform "deals & steals" to "deals & steelers," right, tory.

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more news now with good morning america. have a great day. ♪ life is a highway i want to ride it all night long ♪ ♪ if you're going my way all summer long, we have enjoyed it, and today our "gma" family is making a pit stop in pittsburgh. ginger, t.j., tory are there and t.j., you brought us so many incredible stories all over the country and we love the one that you're about to bring to us right now. thank you. >> yeah, and, robin, to do this one i need you to actually -- i need you, robin, to do something that might be difficult for you and a little scary for you, which is to imagine a 5-year-old t.j. holmes. yes, a tiny terror going crazy at his birthday party when he got a g.i. joe playset. i still have that memory as a

grown man from getting that set but a lot of kids don't have those birthday memories. you know why? one in four kids in this country lives below or at the poverty line. this lady right here, megs, has made it her life's work, her full time job to make sure kids 1k get memories and birthday parties like i did. our hometown hero literally parties for a living. [ cheers and applause ] >> we had a 9-year-old boy at a shelter once. said why are birthdays important. they're about letting the world know you matter. >> reporter: in this room he matters, she matters, they all matter. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: this is their birthday party hosted by beverly's birthdays. >> beverly's birthdays is a nonprofit organization that was founded when i met a little girl named beverly that shared with me she had never had her own

birthday party or even her own slice of birthday cake. >> reporter: megs yunn learned she was from a low income family who couldn't afford the extra expense of a birthday party and megs decided to start a nonprofit calling it beverly's birthdays to provide birthday parties for kids like beverly. she entered the idea in a contest and she won $2,500. >> oh, my goodness. you have sloths on yours. >> reporter: she quit her job and used that seed money to spread birthday cheer any way she could giving children and families birthday parties to be proud of. now beverly's birthdays has grown. partnering with school districts and social service agencies celebrating 30,000 birthdays every year. >> it takes a lot of pressure off of me as a single mom. >> your kid is always going to ow what a birthday is. >> worry about showing that love to your children and i'll get the presents. >> reporter: the parents always grateful. watching their children get the birthdays they know they deserve. >> you're a superhero. you love without regard or

concern or without reward. you just do it. >> thank you, i appreciate that. >> reporter: but megs says she's no hero, just doing what she thinks she was born to do. >> everybody deserves to know love and we always say that's why we maertd -- matter, and that's why you matter, and then that's #whysmilesmatter. [ applause ] >> now, it's wonderful that you're doing this but the demand is such -- you actually have a waiting list now for people to be part of the program. >>e do ha waiting list. in particular our school-based program. we have a waiting list and able to partner fully with 57 schools but there are 33 some pore schools that want to be able to recognize birthdays in the classroom. >> you throw parties for a living. >> full time job. i wake up every day and i have the privil >> that is a great gift and we

have a bit of a gift. i want to bring in mark sevko. he's the president and ceo of upmc children's hospital. he has something for you. >> hello. >> show her what you have for her. >> we have a check for beverly's birthdays of $10,000. [ cheers and applause ] now, i want to actually for our audience, megs -- don't go anywhere. this means that you'll actually be able to for the 15 schools that are represented -- these are all teachers here, guys. they're representing 15 schools, this $10,000 gets all of those schools off your waiting list. yes! >> you're all off the waiting list. [ cheers and applause ] and you know how many kids that serves, guys? mascots, help me out. is

this is how many kids will be served now because of this check. [ applause ] and i want to bring in county executive rich fitzgerald who has something for you as well. >> w county in pittsburgh but on behalf of myself and the mayor, mayor peduto, we county executive fitzgerald and mayor peduto by virtue of the authority vested in us do proclaim july 25, 2019 as beverly's birthdays day. [ cheers and applause ] in the city of pittsburgh. >> thank you. and it's a birthday party. we've got a birthday cake but tell us, please, thank you for what you do. we want to come here and honor you. this is your day and for what you're doing for these kids and this number of kids and all these teachers off your list, thank you so much for what you do. ouorin the opportunity. >> thank you, thank you. >> spreading birthday cheer, 365 days a year. [ cheers and applause ]

>> robin, there you have it. [ applause ] >> it doesn't get any better than that. >> absolutely priceless. i love how t.j. goes around and does that. we're trying to get the image of a 5-year-old t.j. out of our head when you started with that, t.j., it was really hard to get past that. >> it was a curly headed kid. he was a mess but he loved that g.i. joe. >> he turned out all right. he turned out all right. thank you and thank you to all the teachers in pittsburgh. we'll get back there in a moment but coming up, barry manilow. ♪ she was a showgirl with yellow feathers in her hair ♪ [ applause ]

♪ her name was lola she was a showgirl ♪ we are back now. barry manilow. the legendary. [ applause ] legendary singer/songwriter but let's have a little chat and it is great to see you again? >> yes. great to see you too. you look great. >> thank you, barry. i remember when we took the show on the road, diane and i, and we hung out with you. >> yeah, what year was that? >> i can't even -- it was 1875. >> yeah, it was. [ laughter ] >> i feel like that. >> yeah.

>> but you are just doing it. you are so incredibly busy. you got l.a. you've got the broadway show. still exciting for you. >> i don't get it. i honestly -- this career should have stopped years ago. but i'm still here. [ applause ] >> tell everybody what they can expect from the broadway show. >> it's a beauty. it's a real beautiful show. i'm trying to do all of the hits i've been lucky enough to have and honestly there's a lot of them. by the time it ends, you want to throw something at me. really, it's just enough already. by the time we hit "i write the songs," it's big. beautiful show and a beautiful show for broadway too. >> it really is, and you have done this before. you pack the house every time that you do this, and it was really -- i think -- did you all see this video of bella hadid. posted "copacabana." >> it's timeless. >> that was great.

>> that song is, what, 40 years old. >> that was great. they didn't expect me to be there or even have a music act. that was the first time i think anybody had ever done that so when that curtain opened, there was a wow from this very sophisticated audience. yeah. it was crazy people. it was great. it was a lot of fun. >> i know this is not a fair question. >> all right. >> but do you have a favorite song that you -- >> they're all my children, robin. i just ask that they call me on sundays. [ laughter ] really, it always goes back to the very beginning, "could it be magic" is always my favorite because i based it on a show prelude and the second one is "one voice" because i wrote it in a dream. it wrote me. it came to me. i got up in the middle of the night and it was all there. the melody, the lyric and i whispered into the cassette machine, remember cassette

machines -- >> i do remember that. >> then i went back to sleep, and i played it in the morning, and there it was, the whole song. >> and there he is right here with us and you're going to hear him perform coming up, the one and only barry manilow performing. [ applause ] wait a minute. but wait a minute, wait a minute. whoa, whoa. we are talking about the broadway show. it's hard to get tickets, but you all have tickets to the broadway show. [ applause ] >> yeah. let's go back to ginger in pittsburgh. thank you. >> oh, wow. >> i would love to see that show, robin. so good. we got our sunglasses on. it's sunny here in pittsburgh. such a great "gma" road trip. we are loving it. [ cheers and agm rip yokn i'm a great lakes gal so going around lake erie to detroit to sandusky to cleveland and now pittsburgh, it rocks. you smell that? that is michigan air. pure michigan. i'm home, baby.

hello. hi. the winnebago, the big summer road trip and all my friends from wxyz have to get on with me. >> let's do it. ♪ >> reporter: in detroit, you can have your toes in the sand in the middle of the city. >> ginger zee. >> mwah. >> it's a gorgeous morning here. it's the spirit of the people. that's why we're really here. reece was 11 and came to the auto show when i was here in detroit, and he's here today. we'd like to invite you on the road trip with us. ♪ >> there is no way you go from detroit to cleveland and not str point, tallest, longest, fastest hybrid roller coaster on the planet. >> whoo-hoo! >> this is the west side market in cleveland, the oldest indoor/outdoor market in the state.

>> wow. it is. we just looked up. it's gorgeous. >> it is an architectural gem. ginger zee. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ life is a highway >> yes, so i'm holding down the anchor desk with amy and reece and thank you for coming along. and joined by wtae, our pittsburgh affiliates, ashley dougherty. pittsburgh is about to transform into picklesburgh. the festival. it's a big deal here. we have millie's ice cream. you know the flavor right, reece? >> we have grandpa joe's pickled cotton candy and oreos. >> you have pickled sorbet, and you have pickled cupcake, and a

day-old baby dressed like a pickle because that's the tradition. everything is pickle all around including the pickle juice. we got to do a big cheers, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] thank yo good morning. i'm abc7 news mike nicco. off to a warmer start but cooler ending with temperatures above average. my accuweather 7-day forecast, i'm not joking. i really like that. that was really good. now we've got to move on. our sponsor ppg has done something incredible. you know how it gets too hot on the ground for all of our pets when it's this hot outside. well, they have created it. innovative paint that will help us all. check it out. >> reporter: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, home to the super bowl champs, the steelers and the global headquarters for our sponsor, ppg, one of the world's

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temperature which is pretty furrific for man's best friend. i love that so much. i love a good science story, but you know what? i love pittsburgh even more. we got to get the pickle juice in the winnebago, all right? [ cheers and applause ] right here in pittsburgh. cheers. >> cheers. ♪ ♪ at the copa copacabana and you score the you knperfect outfit?at ross ooooohhhh! game on! now, that's yes for less. nothing beats getting the latest trends at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less.

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♪ with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there ♪ ♪ she would merengue and do the cha-cha ♪ ♪ and while she tried to be a star tony always tended bar ♪ ♪ across the crowded floor they worked from 8:00 to 4:00 ♪ ♪ they were young and they had each other who could ask for more ♪ ♪ at the copa copacabana ♪ the hottest spot north of havana ♪ >> where? ♪ at the copa copacabana ♪ music and passion were always in fashion ♪ ♪ at the copa they fell in love ♪ ♪ his name was rico he wore a diamond ♪ ♪ he was escorted to his chair he saw lola dancing there ♪ ♪ and when she finished he called her over ♪ ♪ but rico went a bit too far tony sailed across the bar ♪

♪ and then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two ♪ ♪ there was blood and a single gunshot but just who shot who ♪ ♪ at the copa copacabana ♪ the hottest spot north of havana ♪ >> where? ♪ at the copa copacabana ♪ music and passion were always in fashion ♪ ♪ at the copa she lost her love ♪ ♪ copa copacabana ♪ that poor little thing ♪ her name was lola she was a showgirl ♪ ♪ but that was many years ago f lola ♪st her mind ♪ ♪ at the copa copacabana ♪ music and passion were always the fashion ♪

♪ at the copa don't fall in love ♪ ♪ don't, don't fall in love ♪ copa copacabana >> my steps. that's it. ♪ ♪ we fell in love, ole

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made it to thursday. i'm reggie aqui. >> hi, everybody. here's a look at the golden gate. a little bit cooler today. above average away from the coast. we have shorter periods if you're out and about the next several days as we've got the hotter air. we're still in the low to mid 90s in the east bay. as you look at the weekend, dangerous with a couple of days of hundreds. even 90s around the bay. hot spots for traffic. a new crash in the dublin grade southbound at andrade. railroad traffic is jammed approaching the scene. the two right lanes blocked for a while. south 101 cleared through brisbane. >> time for live with kelly and ryan. see you again at 11:00 a.m. for midday live. you can find us at

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