good morning, america. as we come on the air, hurricane dorian is devastating the bahamas. millions from florida to the carolinas have been told to evacuate. category 5 catastrophe. hurricane dorian delivers a massive blow to the bahamas. >> please pray for us. >> one of the strongest atlantic storms ever to make landfall. wind gusts up to 220 miles an hour. storm surge of more than 20 feet and relentless rain. >> off in the distance those waves crashing against the pier. >> our reporter right there. new footage in from the eye of the storm. now the east coast bracing for impact. more than 2 million people told to evacuate. the warning about life-threatening storm surge. more than a thousand flights canceled.

airports shutting down. ginger, rob and our extreme weather team spread out across the storm zone right now. breaking news for our viewers in the west. a major boat fire off the coast of california with dozens of passengers on board. >> coast guard has two copters in route. >> the rescue operation under way right now. the search for answers after another deadly mass shooting in texas. a gunman going on a miles-long rampage killing seven people including this postal worker and injuring 22 others, one of them a 17-month-old girl. kevin hart's terrifying crash. the actor hospitalized. his car completely totaled. the very latest on his condition. and the u.s. open shocker. why novak djokovic, the number one seed in the world, called it quits mid-match, and that moment between coco gauff and naomi osaka inspiring fans all around the world.

and good morning, america. we want to get right to hurricane dorian. category 5 storm hitting the bahamas heading for the southeast, one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, compact but fierce. >> and that's why mandatory evacuations are already in place from florida all the way up to north carolina and the storm leaving so much devastation in its path. take a look at this apartment building on abaco island, completely destroyed. >> here's what this category 5 storm looks like from the international space center's camera and take a look at this image, chilling. showing what it's like directly inside the eye of that storm. >> that's the eye right now but the winds are fierce. here's what we know. dorian has made landfall in the bahamas three times so far as a category 5 storm. winds up to 185 miles an hour. the national hurricane center says it's tied with the 1935 labor day storm for the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the atlantic.

we have team coverage all across the storm zone, ginger starts us off from jupiter, florida. far from the bahamas, but ginger, the winds already starting. >> oh, we've seen gusts just south of here to nearly 50 miles per hour already and i'm already feeling the sand blasting my face. the bands of rain coming in. those outer bands of the storm that is still more than 100 miles to my east/southeast barely moving. that thing is inching over the grand bahama island right now at only one mile per hour but that's good for the east coast of florida and georgia and south carolina, because the slower it goes, the more time it has to make that fateful turn to the north. so let's go ahead and see that track which still takes it east of the coast of florida. does that mean you have no impacts? obviously not. i'm standing here 100 miles away from it and you're already feeling it. hurricanes are not just a single point. they are broad. you can feel hurricane-force winds 45 miles outside of the center of that. look how slowly it moves. we'll still be talking right

here tomorrow about the impacts up to cape canaveral by wednesday morning, and eventually thursday into friday. south carolina up to north carolina, this is going to be a long story. we are on a hurricane warning here in jupiter, up to cape canaveral. hurricane watches extend to the georgia state line. even orlando in a tropical storm force watch. and look at this. people are asking me all over social media, why hasn't it moved? how is it going to turn north? it doesn't look like it will. they're very unnerved. as well you should be. you have two high pressure systems steering this or a lack of steering. that's why it has stalled out. eventually it will sink back to the south, that bermuda high and start to help move it to the north and east. most of those spaghetti plots do take it along the coast. we could still see 4 to 7 feet of storm surge. certainly some rain and definitely gusty winds so we can absolutely have impacts along the coast of florida and beyond but right now let me tell you that grand bahama island has been dealing with this for more than eight hours. i was in michael last year, a

category 5, for about an hour in the eye wall. they've been in it for nearly 12 by the time this thing is over with. you have got to see these pictures. >> please pray for us. please pray for us, everyone. please pray for us. >> reporter: dorian the most powerful storm ever in recorded history to hit the bahamas. roaring into the northern islands sunday with a 185-mile-per-hour wind, gusts potentially to 220 miles per hour. >> wind gusts of 200 miles per hour. you can see what it's doing here and off in the distance those waves crashing against the pier. >> reporter: the wind so strong, our team including marcus moore heading inside. >> look at that. those are the wind gusts that we have seen and that officials have warned about. this is absolutely a mind-blowing event that is unfolding right now.

>> reporter: one of the hardest hit island, abaco. homes shredded. this video capturing the utter destruction. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the violent winds ripping off roofs, toppling trees and taking power and cell service. the furious rain and intense storm surge flooding streets. jack petard of lexington, kentucky owns a home in the bahamas, and he sent us this video diary. >> look at the roofing going, and i'm worried about the structure next. look at all the siding torn off this house. >> reporter: boats flipped. homes shredded. the devastation all too evident in this neighborhood. the water so high, you can only see the rooftops. >> we've seen large pieces of debris flying in the other direction. all right. and looks like we've just lost power. >> reporter: this slow-moving storm just crawling, still torturing grand bahama this morning.

now, i know that a lot of people have friends and family, not just in the bahamas, but certainly here in florida and you're concerned about this track. we, of course, have folks all the way up, and are going to be covering it. but, again, i can't emphasize enough it will be weeks, if not, months, before we get into the bahamas to be able to get to what that type of damage can do. guy, watching the satellite was very upsetting last night. barely slept and i can't imagine what it's like out there. cecelia? >> okay, ginger, thank you. on that note, i want to bring in bruce sawyer who rode out the storm in abaco island in the bahamas. bruce, we are so glad you're safe and able to join us this morning. good morning to you. tell us what you're seeing right now. >> right now we just have the lingering effects of the storm. we have about 50-mile-an-hour winds and rain and a little bit of lightning. >> when you look outside your windows and see your neighborhood there, what are you talking about in terms of devastation? >> there's houses that are torn

apart. there's tree limbs in the road. i can't even -- we couldn't even evacuate right now if we needed to. just there's no green shrubbery left. it's just shredded. it looked like a bomb went off. >> completely gone. have you heard from your neighbors? do you know if people are okay? >> actually i have heard from some. when the sun comes out or when it gets a little bit better, i'm actually going to check on them. i've had friends calling me and asking to check on their family members for them. >> and for the folks who did ride out the storm i understand some -- in addition to yourself some of your neighbors did ride that storm out there. >> yes, they did.

>> is it true you saw and heard stories about people evacuating during the storm? >> yeah, actually on the -- i heard that there was someone -- their house was being ripped apart and they were calling for help and they had to wait until the eye wall until they could move. there was nothing they could do. >> so in terms of the damage there now, are you talking mostly about flooding? is it structural? >> structural, yes. i think when the eye wall hit we had 200 plus-mile-an-hour winds and that ripped everybody's roofs and destroyed everybody's structure and houses. >> can you tell us what that was like to ride that storm out as it sat there for hours over your island? >> probably one of the most terrifying things that's ever happened to me. the windows were caving. the doors were caving in. i honestly thought that our roof was going to be ripped off as well. >> and you've survived and rode out other storms in the past. how does this one, dorian, compare to what you've experienced before? >> it doesn't compare at all. i was never scared in the storms before. this one i was terrified.

>> and your biggest concerns for your community now as the sun comes up there, bruce? >> is -- the biggest is making sure everybody is safe. >> well, we certainly hope that is the case. we are glad you are safe and joining us this morning. bruce sawyer there on abaco island, thank you so much. amy? >> all right, cecilia, and here in the united states more than 2 million people have already been ordered to evacuate along the coastline. 1.3 million in georgia and south carolina, and more than a million expected to be affected by evacuation orders in at least eight florida counties. gio benitez is one of them, standing by in daytona beach where a mandatory order is already in effect this morning. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, amy. good morning to you. yeah, ginger talked about those watches and warnings up and down the florida coast. well, that's why these evacuation orders are in place as well this morning. take a look behind me. remember, this is labor day in daytona beach, florida and you can just see it is just so empty. that is good news. it means a lot of these tourists

have left preemptively. now it's time to get the residents out and the elderly out especially. take a look at this video now out of boynton beach, florida and we have police there going door to door in the evacuation zones. a lot of these coastal areas tend to flood very easily so ey want people out now. this morning mandatory evacuations have now been ordered from palm beach all the way up to jacksonville. the governor here suspending tolls on highways to get people out easily. let's take a look now at south carolina because officials there have ordered mandatory evacuations for nearly a million residents, that one takes effect tomorrow at noon. amy? >> gio, i know that you and i both covered a lot of these storms. when officials put out those mandatory evacuation orders, it's important to obey, but it's important to obey them now. tell us why. >> reporter: absolutely because you know what, if you are in the storm, and you need help, it's very likely that you won't have access to any emergency services during the storm or immediately after, so if you have that

mandatory evacuation, it is time to get out. amy? >> very important advice there, gio, thank you so much. george? amy, the entire eastern seaboard bracing for impact right now. rob marciano in cocoa beach, florida. he has more on the preparations. good morning, rob. >> good morning, george. with the catastrophic category are 5 storm so close to the florida coast line, it has been an unnerving holiday weekend to say the least. you can see from our live drone shot how vulnerable this coastline is to a potentially category 4 storm surrounded by water. for areas like this one that have been ordered to evacuate today, it's the time to get out. overnight, new images showcasing the storm's strength. the overflowing rush of water eroding this florida roadway, the tar and sand swept into the sea. in jacksonville, panicked residents preparing for the worst, customers stocking up on wood to board up their homes, cases and cases of water and

trying to fill up their gas tanks. this one gas station featuring a line of cars around the block. windows in this shopping center all boarded up. steel plates draped over these windows. >> we're just trying to keep the water from getting in our houses a little bit the best we can. >> reporter: this is low tide, and look at this water run-up. the issue with dorian expecting to hug this coastline is a long duration of these powerful winds that will push those waves and this water against these dunes that protect the thousands of homes that line this barrier island. over 100 trucks seen here as power companies prepare to provide hurricane aid from the hurricane dorian fallout. workers at this plant anticipating an increased need for assistance. >> we'll start working outages tomorrow. we'll have about five times our standard amount of resources will be here prior to the storm. >> reporter: shelters in this community also offering to house people with special needs who can't evacuate. providing beds, food and water as well as a place to safety house pets throughout the storm.

sunrise, obscured by the cloud canopy of dorian. reaching towards the florida coast line, the winds will be increasing today. that means the water will be pushed up and that storm surge will be pushed onto the shores. storm surge warnings posted from south palm beach to titusville including the kennedy space center, watches go from daytona to the georgia border. that will likely be extended. 4 to 7 feet of water extended. that mean places like this could be underwater. george? >> rob, thanks very much. to amy. >> george, thank you. joining us now from washington is acting fema administrator peter gaynor. thanks for joining us. as you know this is a massive category 5 storm. the track keeps changing. evacuations stretching from florida to georgia to south carolina. where is fema most focused right now? >> right now we're most focused on south florida.

if you looked overnight to see the track of dorian across the bahamas, it's stalled out right now, and we're watching that because once it stalls it becomes a little more predictable -- our message this morning is make sure residents of florida are prepared for any scenario whether it stays out to sea or touches the coast or comes -- makes landfall. you have to be prepared for any of those scenarios. >> are you confident fema has enough resources to handle the storm through all of these states? >> absolutely. we've been at this for five or six days now. we have resources as far south as miami and as far north as raleigh, north carolina. 700 miles. we have all our partners including d.o.d. and the entire federal family supporting this effort, this response. we have plenty of resources, plenty of staff, plenty of material for whatever dorian does during this trek north. >> in terms of whatever dorian does there are so many threats from this storm because of its massive size, of course, wind, rain, storm surge.

what are you most concerned about right now? >> you know, storm surge is water and flooding that cause the most deaths from natural disasters. 90% of all deaths from natural disasters are caused from flooding surge, inland flooding and half of those deaths are caused from deaths in cars. people driving through flooded waters. what we want to get across this morning is that time is running out to make preparations. if you're in south florida, west palm beach you're feeling the winds. right now you need to take precautions because again, the unpredictability, the uncertainty of where dorian will go is something we're all anxious to find out, but you have to be prepared for any scenario today. >> so what is your message this morning for anyone who is in florida, in georgia, in south carolina, even north carolina right now? >> first of all, heed the directions of your local emergency managers and public officials. they know best. if you're issued mandatory evacuation orders or voluntary evacuation orders you should consider that.

if you think you're going to tough it out in your home, that's probably the wrong idea if you're issued a mandatory evacuation. don't tough it out. get out. save your life. save the life of your family. make the smart choice today because again the clock is ticking when it comes to dorian and landfall on the south coast of florida. >> yeah, potentially life-saving advice. thanks so much, acting fema administrator peter gaynor. >> thank you. now the breaking news for our viewers in the west. reports of a serious boat fire off the coast of california. a rescue operation is under way right now. will carr has the very laistesl >> reporter: at least 30 people are missing right now on the waters of pacific ocean. that's where a search is taking place right now. the first call came in just after 3:00 a.m. this morning. we're seei the images of that charter boat. you can see the boat. it's a ball of flames on the water. we know at least 30 people are missing. five have been rescued.

authorities say this is a charter boat. it is a 79-foot boat that can house more than 40 people on any given night. it's unclear exactly how many people were on that boat. we don't know exactly what caused this fire. we know authorities are desperately combing the waters looking for survivors at this point. again, 30 people missing. five having rescued. this is a search that will continue throughout the >> we have new details about that deadly mass shooting in texas. right now, let's go back to ginger in jupiter. >> one last note, george, just seeing that video from inside the eye, from those hurricane hunters that are working so tirelessly to bring us the data updating us every hour, that is called the stadium effect. all right. let's get to the select cities now brought to you by amazon prime.

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being tortured this morning by hurricane dorian. a category 5 storm still max sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. you can see it just wobbling there. that wobble is right before we are hoping for the turn north. there's this high pressure system that is going to be -- well, two that are driving this system and will be hopefully paralleling the coast of florida. i say hopefully because the closer it gets the more impacts we feel. pay attention to the blue boxes. you see tuesday at 2:00 a.m., it's still off the coast. really far off the coast. tuesday afternoon we will still be feeling impacts here at jupiter up to cape canaver where it gets closer there, a category 3 to daytona beach. that's by wednesday morning. now thursday into friday this thing will broaden out. it will spread out. that means that tropical storm force winds will be felt on a much broader scale. rain could be a much broader scale through the mid-atlantic. so let's give you an idea.

one computer model to take you through that timing. look at that. that's tuesday at noon. we're seeing near 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts from west palm to fort pearce. you go up to daytona by wednesday early morning hours from cape canaveral up to jacksonville starting to feel those gusts that could reach hurricane force and then it will slide up the coast. right now this model alone brings you somewhere between 30 to 60-mile-per-hour gusts, even into georgia, south carolina and north carolina. that's why we are saying so many need to be on alert and why the evacuation zones have been issued. that plus you have the surge and then giant waves just offshore here. 35-plus waves possible. when you get closer to the coast it could be something like 15-foot waves and that will batter beach communities and cut people off potentially from the inland areas, so we're watching for that. power outages could be a problem and i want to mention, not compare storms because you

should never do that, but when i was here for hurricane matthew which was a weaker storm, and it was a little bit closer than this was forecast to be, it caused billions of dollars in damage. it killed many people, and injured many others by the time it got up to north carolina. it was a very similar track, but we hope that it does not have the same results. guys? thank you, ginger. >> millions of people affected and we'll keep our eye on that deadly storm. for now, we turn our details to that deadly mass shooting in west texas that left seven people dead. 22 others injured including a 17-month-old girl. the gunman's rampage on saturday covering miles before he was eventually killed by police. our chief national correspondent matt gutman is in odessa, texas with more on this. and matt, there is still so much mystery surrounding this shooting which began at a traffic stop. >> reporter: and amy, that's partly because of the sheer scale of this rampage. now it ended just outside this movie theater here in a massive shootout with police.

now it lasted over an hour. there are more than 15 separate crime scenes, hundreds of rounds fired. of course, the biggest mystery that remains, why did this man snap? authorities tell me it could be days until they unravel it all. authorities swarming the home of seth ator. investigating this morning what triggered a rampage that left 7 dead and more than 20 others wounded. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: that shooting spree which lasted over an hour and sprawled ten miles over odessa and midland ended as it began with violence. the 36-year-old gunman ramming that white van into a police barricade outside this movie theater here in odessa. each one of those pops a gunshot. the sound of gunfire mixing with screams. dozens of familys yards away in a field. that woman using her own body to shield a child. it began on saturday. police say the gunman's first victim was a trooper who pulled him over for a turn signal

violation when suddenly ator opened fire. >> we have an active shooter. the shooter is in a toyota headed westbound towards odessa. >> reporter: he took off authorities say firing randomly at motorists with an ar-style rifle. >> we have an active shooter on the interstate. there's a gunshot victim at the reporter: the shooter popping up all over the odessa/midland area. he left a trail of shattered glass and death spreading miles across the city. >> our problem now is the size of the crime scene. >> reporter: the rampage paralyzing the area, motorists warned off the roads. businesses closing. a local tv station even hastily getting off the air during a broadcast. >> okay, we're going to leave the set for a minute. we're going to slip away just for a minute. >> reporter: at one point the suspect hijacking a mail truck shooting mary granados. she's seen here delivering her mail route earlier that day. >> she told me that she heard

these gunshots. she started screaming, and she was crying. >> reporter: also wounded this 17-month-old girl. her mother saying she'll undergo surgery this morning to remove shrapnel from her chest. the final standoff at the synergy movie theater. s.w.a.t. teams clearing the cinema unwittingly herding hundreds toward that final gunfight. >> go, go, go. >> between here and there, you're trying to -- you're dodging bullets. >> reporter: this shooting was the second major mass shooting in texas since 22 people were killed earlier this month in el paso. i asked texas' governor greg abbott about assault-style rifles. do you think it's time to ban these weapons, sir? >> i do want to point out some of the shootings have not involved ars. >> reporter: amy, today a series of new laws goes into effect here in texas basically loosening restrictions on guns at schools and at places of worship. now "the new york times" is today reporting that on the day of that rampage, that gunman was fired from his job, and

neighbors have told us that he had been shooting outside of his second story window, that he had threatened them with the weapon. they called police about it, and they say there was never any follow up. amy? >> this story along with all of the others, just appalling. matt, thank you. >> you mentioned all the others. sixth mass shooting in america. that's just in the last month. 53 killed in august. adding pressure to the white house and congress to act on guns as they return from summer break. terry moran is back with the latest on that. good morning, terry. >> reporter: george, if it seems like you have seen this movie in washington before, of course, you have. now with congress coming back, as you say, there may be an opportunity, and white house aides say the president does want to get something done. the question is, what? president trump is back in washington and he's saying this latest attack hasn't affected his approach to combating gun violence. >> this really hasn't changed anything. we're doing a package and we'll see what it all -- how it comes about.

>> reporter: the details of that package are still unclear after more than 50 americans were killed in mass shootings in the month of august alone. trump claims legislative action is already in the works between the white house and congress. >> we're looking at a lot of different things. we're looking at a lot of different bills, ideas, concepts. >> reporter: but the president has been sending mixed messages in the wake of the dayton and el paso shootings. he sounded supportive of background checks. >> we need meaningful background checks. >> reporter: now it sounds like he's backtracking. >> going back even five or six or seven years, for the most part as strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it. >> reporter: democratic presidential contenders are blasting him. >> the biggest lies that the president has told include that he would have done something about universal background checks. >> if we don't call it out for what it is, if we're not able to speak clearly, if we're not able to act decisively, then we will continue to have this kind of

blood shed in america. >> reporter: the real challenge for president trump is political. his most loyal supporters are the most suspicious of background checks, and so when he's told by his white house political aides or the national rifle association that he will lose support in 2020 if he supports background checks, so far he backs down. george? >> been a pretty consistent pattern. terry moran, thanks very much. george, coming up, the latest on actor kevin hart's condition after he and his friends got into this terrifying accident. we'll tell you how they all survived. accident. we'll tell you how they all survived. survived. could be at risk of certain cancers later in life. from an infection, human papillomavirus i knew that hpv could lead to certain cancers. i knew her risk for hpv increases as she gets older. i knew there was a vaccine available that could help protect her before she could be exposed to hpv. i knew. so i talked to my child's doctor. now that you know that hpv can lead to certain cancers, don't wait.

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we are back with the latest on kevin hart's condition after that horrific accident in california. the actor hospitalized after his car crashed with two other people inside. thankfully everyone survived. eva pilgrim is here with more on this. eva? >> good morning. kevin hart was riding in that car, a friend driving and those pictures from the crash show you just how bad this was. that car was not a convertible. first responders having to cut it open and peel it back to get everyone out safely. >> reporter: this morning new pictures show kevin hart's car moments after it careened off a road in the hollywood hills and rolled down an embankment with him and two others inside. according to the california highway patrol, the vintage 1970 plymouth barracuda immediately went out of control as it turned from a canyon road onto the highway. hart and the 28-year-old driver jared black rushed to the hospital with what was described

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and hurricane dorian is already one of the strongest atlantic storms to ever make landfall. >> please pray for us. >> wind gusts up to 22 miles an hour, storm surge 20 feet. the east coast bracing for impact and life-threatening storm surge. ginger and our extreme weather team across the storm zone at this hour. ♪ i'm free i'm free first on "gma," some of the greatest athletes in the world like you have never seen them before. your sneak peek at "espn the magazine's" body issue this morning. ♪ you might just make it after

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want to start with ginger who is tracking the latest from jupiter, florida. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, george. hurricane warning in effect here up to cape canaveral. opical storm force winds could reach all the way into orlando. the storm is still about 120 miles to my east/southeast. that thing torturing grand bahama for the last 8 to 12 hours, and obviously the islands just to their east. i put the radar in here. we've been feeling the outer bands. we have had bands of rain pushing through. winds gusting to nearly 50 miles per hour, and the storm is still more than 100 miles away. its proximity to us will really give us the dependence on what will happen. the impacts that will happen. so let's see what that track right now -- we got the 8:00 a.m. update. there has not been much change. it's only moving west at one mile per hour. barely wobbling. this is the pivot point when we could potentially see this move to the north. that would be great, to keep it

off shore. doesn't mean you won't have impact. that also doesn't mean it won't take its sweet time. look at the timing. it's still a category 4 and well off west palm beach by tomorrow early morning. by tuesday afternoon, it's east of melbourne. by wednesday, early morning, east of daytona. so it stays offshore and moves really slowly then extends to the north. every time a hurricane moves north, even though this is a relatively compact hurricane with hurricane force winds, 45 miles outside the center, it will broaden. and so more people, by the time you get to south carolina, north carolina, are going to feel the impacts. now, four to seven feet of surge is one of the impacts we could feel. just because that right front quadrant will be out to sea, the one where we see the dirty side or most dangerous side, just because that's out there doesn't mean you won't see the piling of water and waves at the coast. i want to take you through the rainfall too because that is something that, when we see these parallel to the coast storms, interior rainfall can end up being one of the major

issues. so 6 to 10 inches along the coast of florida, 10 to 15 by the time we reach parts of north carolina. there are so many impacts, and this storm is something we're going to be talking about unfortunately through next weekend. guys? >> we know you will be on it. okay, ginger, thanks very much. let's head now to our gio benitez who is in daytona beach where mandatory evacuation orders went into effect just moments ago right at 8:00 a.m. gio, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning again. yeah, it's really encouraging to see how many tourists left this area it's a holiday weekend. our hotel has just been totally empty. we have first responders in there right now. but these mandatory evacuations are in place. let's look at the map because in florida you have these mandatory evacuations ordered from palm beach all the way up to jacksonville. the governor here suspending tolls on highways. in south carolina, the governor

there has ordered mandatory evacuations for nearly a million people starting today at noon. georgia has also issued evacuation orders also starting today at noon for the coast. this storm is just unpredictable. three states are in the cone of uncertainty. we have also seen evacuations in boynton beach, florida. police officers there going door to door to get people out. it's important to listen to these evacuation orders because if you are in the storm and you stay behind, you may not have access to emergency services during the storm and immediately after. you've got to just get out. amy? >> that's right, gio. we have seen that happen time and time again. there is a reason why the evacuation orders are mandatory. now to the breaking news for our viewers in the west. roars of a serious boat fire off the coast of california with dozens of people on board. a rescue operation is under way now. will carr has the latest. >> reporter: this is a dramatic search taking place right now on the waters on pacific ocean in southern california. the first call came in just after 3:00 a.m., a boat fire. the boat called the conception.

it's a charter boat 75 feet long. it can house more than 40 people. right now 34 people are still missing. that has led the coast guard to go into the waters. they're hoping to find survivors. we know five people were able to jump off the boat. they have been rescued. it's unclear what started the fire or exactly how many people were on board. authorities here tell us they're hoping the survivors may have been able to jump you have and swim to the nearby channel islands. it's a very fluid situation. again, 34 people still missing. george? a lot more coming up including a new flu report that talks about when is the best time for kids to get the vaccine. dr. ashton is here with that. also ahead, some last-minute labor day activities you can do with your kids. the tie-dye you can do with your kids. we love him on "black-ish," miles brown is here live and rapper rick ross also here as his new memoir comes out, plus graham norton. look at those guys.

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catastrophe like nothing i have seen before with my own eyes. we are getting our first look at the damage and the destruction here as hurricane dorian has continued to move towards the north. the building where we rode out this storm really is the only one in the immediate area still standing. >> you mean all the houses just swept away? >> reporter: we are at a resort complex and there were people who were inside their homes who, yes, were caught in the storm surge. it was during the eye where things had calmed down and we were able to go outside for the first time and started seeing people coming out of homes that had been destroyed in the area and there were four people who were several hundred yards away. we could hear them screaming and

our producer [ inaudible ] he was separated from them by this rushing, this torrent of water. he had to swim and the reason why is because it was really a race against time because we were in the eye of the storm so it was calm, but we knew that within minutes, that the rest of the storm would come through, and it would be intense once again. so they managed to make it across the torrent of water. it was two women and -- sorry, three women and a man, two teenage girls. they were very shaken, crying and very upset and they had superficial cuts, but other than that they were okay. so then moments after that they

went to a bunker, a safe area that's been set up here at the resort. and my crew and i, we stayed in the three-story condo building where we rode out the rest of this -- the rest of the storm, george. >> what's happening right now? >> reporter: george, it's difficult to hear you. can you repeat that question? >> i'm saying what's happening right now? what's the scene right now? is it still raining? still heavy winds? >> reporter: yes, it is still raining and there is a breeze that is not intense like it was the past 30 hours. right now there are people who work here at the hotel resort who are trying to get a sense of the scale of all of this and there's also, i can tell you, a bunker, a safe area at the hotel where i'm told there are about 70 people, between 60 and 70 people, men, women and children who have taken shelter there. but food is scarce. the food supplies are low, and

also it is -- the way it was described to me, is turning into a bit of a humanitarian crisis in terms of the health impact and also the food situation here. so i do know that some of the employees who work here with the resort, they are working to clear the helipad. so the helipad here near the marina, they'll try to clear a path there hoping that someone can bring in a helicopter to evacuate the elderly people and the people who are injured, the children who have cuts and get them to safer ground. that's the hope at this point. but i can tell you it's still -- the conditions are not great. continuing to rain, and it is quite breezy, but not nearly as intense and dangerous as it was in the past 30 hours. >> marcus, you may not know the answer to this. do you have any sense of the --

of what the damage is like in some of the outer islands, some of the smaller inhabited islands? >> reporter: i don't know, george. but based on what officials were worried about, there are some of the keys that are to the north that are low-lying. they feared that there would be homes that would be submerged entirely. and so based on here, again, the building we rode out the storm in a utility closet, it is the only thing that is still standing. just a few feet away, there's a -- part of the human resources complex if i recall correctly it has partially collapsed. there's also a couple of homes that appear to be wood frame homes that have collapsed as well. based on what i've seen here, george, i am afraid to even think about what it looks like

on some of the other islands that were low lying. >> yeah, it can't even be discovered yet. marcus moore, thank you so much. i know it has been a harrowing weekend for you and everybody there in the bahamas. let's go back to amy. >> our hearts and prayers go out to the folks in the bahamas. we'll be tracking the latest on the hurricane all morning long for the impact here on the u.s. coastline. but now we go to the morning's other top stories, and we have a great audience here by the way. thank you for being here on this labor day. and we're also lucky enough to have miss sara haines here for "pop." >> thank you, guys. [ applause ] this morning, we are remembering the incredible life of valerie harper. the beloved actress passed away over the weekend at the age of 80 after a long and brave battle with cancer. harper stole viewers' hearts as rhoda morganstern on "the mary tyler moore show." charming and wise-cracking, she was the upstairs lady who became

a leading lady herself in the spin-off series, "rhoda." she won four emmys and a golden globe over the course of her career and beat the odds as she battled both lung cancer and a very rare brain cancer, thriving despite being told she had months to live, even competing on "dancing with the stars." over the weekend, tributes poured in including some from her "mary tyler moore" co-stars, including henry winkler tweeting, my third show in hollywood. the vivacious valerie was so welcoming and gracious. rest in peace. from ed asner, her brilliance burst through and shined its light upon us. good night, beautiful. i'll see you soon. just like mary tyler moore, she could turn the wor on with her smile. >> she certainly could. >> absolutely. lost a good one. now we know love don't cost a thing for jennifer lopez and apparently neither does marriage advice is jlo is getting ready to tie the knot with a-rod. she wanted some wedding day wisdom. who better to turn to than the

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>> come to "gma." >> we'd love to have you. >> thank you, sara. >> thank you. we move to our "gma" cover story. a sneak peek at the brand-new 11th annual body issue of "espn" the magazine celebrating athletes from all different sports with all different body types, and paula faris is here with a first look. hey, paula. >> a lot of beauty to be seen. good morning, ladies. good morning, everyone. [ applause ] good morning to all of you. thank you. so 21 athletes from a myriad of sports, the body issue celebrates their form and physique. take a look at this year's class. >> reporter: "espn" magazine's annual salute to outstanding athletes photographed these athletes revealing their powerful bodies in a way you have never seen before. unclothed. the body issue athletes were celebrated and singled out by the magazine for their achievements in sport on the three alternating covers. super bowl victors, the eagles' offensive line all five of them having fun on the photo shoot and gymnast katelyn ahashi.

remember her perfect 10 that went viral. here she is perfectly suspended from the ceiling for her cover photo. and then there's u.s. women's soccer player kelley o'hara seen here popping bottles, still cherishing that world cup championship. so you're going to see athletes from the nba, nfl, major league baseball, surfing and ufc. the issue is on newsstands friday. we may have a sneak peek for you, cecilia. after 21 years this is the final years they will produce it in print. it will still go on in other forms. other mediums, probably online. >> and by see, you mean, see. we're going to see a lot of them. >> definitely. i was, like, yeah, exactly. that's what i'm talking about. make sure you grab one on newsstands because it is the last year we'll see it in print. thank you, friend. we're going to go to ginger in jupiter, florida. we are here in that hurricane warning. the storm is 120 miles off to my east/southeast, but the winds are really starting to gust. high tide still about 3 1/2 hours away, and the waves are creeping up on us already. you know there are major

impacts. that path, everybody wants to know why and when is it going to turn north? well, the why has a lot to do with that searing ridge, that high pressure system. that is in the atlantic. that will help to drive dorian. right now it has been stuck. that's why it stalled between the two high pressure systems in the midlevels of our atmosphere. we need that high to the right to kind of slide back and then allow dorian to move up to the north and east. it is going to take its sweet time, though. i'll tell you the next 24 to 36 hours here is going to be the critical time. going into even wednesday, we're going to end up seeing some of the impacts wind-wise, surge-wise, rainfall-wise, all the way up to north carolina. so we are going to bring you updates not just on those -- the worst parts of the storm out in the open ocean but, of course, along the coast.

we have a great way to destress with a no labor labor day party. >> "people" magazine's food and lifestyle director sonal dutt on how to make the most of your end-summer soiree. welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> it's good to hear it's not too late. you still have time to plan for the party? >> you still have time because everything that you need to pull off this entire spread is likely in your kitchen right now. i promise. >> okay. >> so first up we'll make a barbecue sauce using regular cola. you're just going to take a

bottle of soda, and put it into a saucepan. >> can you use diet? >> i would not use diet. the sugars in the soda is what going to give the barbecue sauce the taste. >> my barbecue is going to be lame. >> you bring it to a gentle boil and let it reduce. it's going to get super sticky and fit. >> you're literally just boiling cola, soda. >> you're boiling cola. >> boiling cola. you'll end up with this thick sticky sweet -- >> that's just from the cola. >> that's amazing. >> brush right on grilled chicken. and it's so delicious. try it on everything. >> okay. that sounds good. >> this is the miraculous ice cream cake. >> sara has been so excited about this. >> i have been talking about it all morning. >> i am in love with this. i love ice cream cake. i don't always love the ones you get in the freezer section because the cake is a little dry. the trick, using store bought ice cream sandwiches so what you're going to do. create a layer of ice cream sandwiches on the bottom of a casserole dish then you layer on your favorite ice cream flavors. >> can i do that?

>> yes. >> it is magical, and does it need to be slightly melted. >> soften it so you can spread it. >> wow, amazing and then you put the whipped cream on top. >> you can put some cookies and some cream, and you'll end up with this. it's so delicious. >> that's amazing. >> tie-dye fun, what do you have here? >> hello, childhood. back again. >> yes. >> so this is the easiest thing you do. you need vinegar and food coloring to create the dye and all you need to do is have a bunch of t-shirts. you soak it in the vinegar, add different colors onto it. >> amazing. >> in a few hours you end up with shirts super bright and colorful. >> we'll go to commercial. >> take us there. >> the latest issue of "people" magazine is on newsstands now. check it out, and we will be right back. this is so fun. e right become a. this is so fun.

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> happening today, actor danny glover will join kaiser permanente workers at a rally. glover will attend the protests on behalf of vermont senator bernie sanders. kaiser workers say the company engages in unfair labor practices but kaiser denies those claims. all right. we're taking a look outside right now at the traffic. not much to look at really because of labor day. the roads are kind of empty. cooper! did you eat all of your treats?

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did you eat all of your treats? ♪ help! i need somebody ♪ help! not just anybody ♪ help! you know i need someone now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> look how empty santa cruz beach is right now. that's not going to last very long. watch out for a small craft advisory. the beaches are going to be brighter and mild. if outside at the pool or park or lake, strong sunshine. we have small craft advisory, 2:00 to 9:00 in the areas you see in yellow. extra caution there. we're seeing weakening of dorian. down to a category 4 but still 155-mile-per-hour winds and it's still only moving at 1-mile-per-hour. so a life-changing and

earth-altering storm continues. for us, back to average starting wednesday. >> thanks, mike. we'll have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always you can find us on our ♪ welcome back to "gma." welcome to our great labor day audience. our next guest you'll love. great britain's biggest, funniest talk show host, won so many awards going one-on-one with the world's biggest stars for the last 20 years. also found the time to write a new thriller. it's called -- what is it called "a keeper." bring graham norton out right now. [ applause ] >> nice to meet you. >> hello. nice to see you. >> hi. lovely to see you. am i here? >> yeah. >> oh. thank you, wow. [ applause ]

thank you very much. >> so i'm tempted just to give you the floor and take over. you know how to do this. >> i'm in a foreign land. happy labor day. >> happy labor day. >> do we say hape labopy lor da >> sure. why not. >> perry labor day. >> usually you he a special talent. you get all these big stars to say things we're not expecting to hear. what's your secret? >> well, you guys are at a disadvantage. mucso will only open people up energy is up but the lips are not so loose. we have a variety of beverages and because we're in the evening and often people partake and that does help but also i think it helps because they're not just on the couch with me. you know, so like say someone like kevin costner was on and he has amazing stories but i could instantly tell he doesn't really want to tell me those stories.

but on his other side was helen mirren because she's on the couch at the same time. well, he wants to tell helen hiack was to me the w literally time but we still got all the stories we wanted out of him and i think that's one of the keys is they're on the couch with their peers and they want to impress each other. >> a good trick? that makes a lot of sense. you obviously have spent your career interviewing other people. what's it like when you go on a book tour and you're being interviewed? >> you always feel, well, you know, you feel lacking. you feel i am so sorry i'm not -- >> did you have any other beverages before coming on the show this morning? >> no. >> i was just checking. i was just checking. >> it's only 8:32. >> i was up late maybe. but, no, no. no, so i do feel underwhelming. i wish i was somebody else or better. >> you've said one of your favorite questions to ask people is what they did in their first job and we found out that

yours -- well, you tell us what your first job was. >> when i was in school i had a job, i was getting a pound an hour. that's how old i am and how long ago it was. it was a pound an hour and i was -- i think i was supposed to work behind the counter in the store but i was so bad at that that i was out the back and i had to peel apples for apple pies and turns out i was very bad at that as well so if you e a vegetarian you shouldn't have eaten those pies. like they were just -- the apple were in murky bloody water. like sweeney todd. there you go. >> so your goal, one of your goals is to get julia roberts and brad pitt, and/or brad pitt on your show. what's the likelihood of that? >> you know what, every time -- i am doing interviews and people say who would you like on the show and the list gets shorter because we've been really lucky. we've had nearly everyone but two of the ones that are still

outstanding julia and brad and i hope they're not going, never, i will never go on his show. hopefully it's to do with they didn't have a movie out when we were on or they weren't in town when i was there. >> "oceans 15." >> think i might be seeing brad pitt later this week. i'll put in a good word for you. >> if you could, thank you so much. [ applause ] >> let's talk about the book, "a keeper." where did you get the inspiration. >> it comes from a story my mother told me years ago when i was a kid. the daughter of a friend of hers did one of the characters in this book does, answers a personal ad and, you know, something so brave about that sort of dating where you're writing letters and don't know who is out there and then you arrange to meet and the first got a big twist in the book where the letters aren't quite what you thought they were. that comes from life. that happened to my mother's friend's daughter but then what happened to her was terrible. i turned it entertainment. dark, gothic but at the end you

hopefully there's enough redemption and hope at the end that you don't close the book going, why did i -- what? what was that? [ laughter ] so it's an entertainment. >> it takes place in ireland. you say every irish home has drama and scandal in it. >> i think so. i think -- [ applause ] 's true. there are. it's true, isn't it? there are things that happen in this book that if it was set anywhere else you'd go, really? but because it's in ireland just go, uh-huh, yep. that makes sense to me. no, and if i go out with my mother for a walk or drive, every house we pass something awful has happened in that house. you know, they've been terrible diseases, awful -- just terrible things have happened to them and backstage they were saying, what's the scandal in your family? i was thinking there's no scandal then i realize it's me. i'm the scandal in my family. when they drive past our house they're going there's a gay

television -- it's me. i am my family's scandal. >> you did the audio recording for the book. >> oh, i did. >> apparently it was difficult. >> it's mortifying. because you kind of think, oh you're going to read a book. but then people talk in the book and have you -- >> you do the dialogue. >> you have to come up with voices and you're going and thinking you're okay and turn a page, oh, no, this person talks now. and there's only so many irish accents. there are a lot of irish accents but if anyone from ireland listens to the audio recording it's weird. people come from all over ireland in this book. they're all in one little village but from northern island, dublin, yeah, everywhere, i have to use my full range. >> you all can read "a keeper." it's in book stores right now. thank you. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >> lovely. >> when we come back, miles

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♪ welcome back. right now it's time for one of our favorite guests here on "gma." you know him from "black-ish" now leading a movie for the first time. please welcome miles brown. [ applause ] >> welcome back. >> i'm excited. thank you for having me. >> tell me about "boy genius." >> first of all i'm excited to be here. this is super cool. i'm excited. [ applause ] well, boy boy is about a boy,

me, i play emmett and he's 12 years old. and he's growing up in high school. pretty much a kid genius like it is in the title but goes to high school with his brothers and basically has to go through the trials of growing up in high school and bullies and everything and his brother is being accused of all these false crimes that the school has been doing to him and he's the one who has to solve the crimes with his s.a.t. teacher who plays -- who is played by rita wilson. i'm excited for that. [ applause ] >> he is a legit genius in the movie. let's see him in action. >> i didn't. i got ferris bueller, the virgin suicide and breakfast club. >> if you don't see the originals, john hughes, penelope -- george lucas. look at spider in the grass. could there be any better narrative about teenage heartbreak and the fragility of

the human mind? >> so did you learn a lot from boy boy. >>. >> we filmed it throughout an entire high school. i do online school so every time we do school we would go inside one of the classes and pretend we're learning sufficietuff in classroom. >> what was it like. >> it was fun. all the castmates have graduated and everything. but it was just super fun being able to get my own locker and stuff. it was super cool on set and it was just a really fun experience. >> what's the number one thing you want people to take away from the movie? >> i mean, when people watch the movie i just want people to know that it's okay to be -- it's okay to be smart or it's okay to be a nerd. i feel like a lot of these people -- [ applause ] the objective is not -- i feel like it's okay -- however you want to be, it's okay. if it's with you and that's what you want to do, everybody should

accept that. >> we've seen you dance a lot on "black-ish." [ applause ] you also just came out with a new album. >> not yet. it's coming out soon. i'm really excited for that. i really -- i did the whole thing called "we the future" and my voice has like changed from last year to this year so it was going to be out but i had to rerecord the whole thing because my voice is totally gone. if i would have put it out you would hear my voice tone -- >> do you have to learn to sing again. >> it's rapping so it's a little different than singing. but i mean it was just really fun being able to redo kind of the whole album but it soups a lot better than it did the first time so i'm excited to put that out. >> we can't wait for that. cannot wait for "black-ish" and for "boy genius." season 6 of "black-ish" premieres on september 24th. the summer of grilling with

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>> you know we will have updates from here in florida to the bahamas throughout the day tonight on "world news" and right back here tomorrow morning. >> you're doing great work. now to kobe bryant, a five-time nba champ, academy award winner, the man behind a best-selling book and now a new book on the way. eva pilgrim sat down with kobe to talk books, fatherhood. >> this was a fun conversation. kobe bryant is the dad to four, yes, i said four daughters. and he told me being a father to girls has definitely changed him. his daughters are his inspiration for his latest book. you know him best as nba champion and two-time olympic gold medalist but kobe bryant got creative after his 2016 retirement from basketball. now out with his second novel, "legacy and the queen." this story about a young tennis prodigy who needs to summon magic to defeat the supernatural is close to bryant's heart as a longtime athlete.

>> you know, sports is a very emotional thing and our world that emotion is what creates the magic. >> why did you decide to write this book about a girl playing tennis? >> well, i have four girls at home and, you know, i wanted to make sure it's important that they see characters that look like them and that are also athletes and, you know, they get tired of hearing my voice of, be persist inter, work hard, you know, believe in yourself. okay, dad, i got it. we get it. so when i can put them into stories like this, hopefully we'll get that same message without having their parents in their ear all the time. >> what is the lesson that you want little girls and little boys to take away when they read this book. >> the biggest thing for this book and all our books in the series is self-awareness. how to be aware of anxiety you may feel, the pressures, whether self-induced or coming from parents or coaches, you know, how to deal with failure, success.

we tend to think for our children as content like that is a little too heavy or rich for them at this time and we disagree. we feel like it's important to have those conversations at an earlier age. >> now you have a 16-year-old. >> yeah, i got a 16-year-old, yeah. >> that's like dating age. i don't -- >> that's what they say. >> how is kobe the dad with the guys coming to the door? >> fortunately for me we haven't had that happen. >> so she's keeping it from you. let's be real, i mean. >> listen, maybe. yeah, yeah, i don't want to think about that but, you know, i think that's every father. >> for sure. >> stay away. stay away. no, i'm kidding. i'm kidding. >> nobody allowed. >> but i'm not. kind of but not really. >> you could feel his energy shift when i started talking about his 16-year-old dating. kobe's new book is out tomorrow, cecilia. >> looking forward to that thanks, eva. coming up on "gma," rapper

rick ross is here live and he's got a new book.

we're back now with rick ross, the rapper, nominated for four grammys for his music revealing his life story, candid about his struggles and success and now he is bringing that same no holds bar honesty to his memoir, "hurricanes." so great to have the legendary rick ross with us. go thank you for having me. >> this book holds no punches. you talk and go into great detail about your dealing drugs in your teen, conflicts with the law. your struggles for success and dealing with your health issues as well. why write this book? why now? >> it was just time to rewrite history, that's what it was about. ten albums in. i've accomplished so many different things and i just wanted to show the younger bosses, the younger generation that you could really start at the bottom, ten albums later i'm

a part of over a dozen different empire, partners with d-wade. i've seen a lot of different things and wanted the world to see this. >> there's something to learn in everyone's story, especially in yours and i love your recent amazing health issues where you have lost 100 pounds. >> right, close to 100 pounds. [ applause ] >> how did you do it? >> really just focusing on my eating. really just being more disciplined. working out three or four times a week. focusing. >> you had a number of serious seizures. >> i did. i really did. really life-threatening. i woke up in the hospital maybe a year and a half ago and that's what made me step on the gas with this memoir. this was nothing that was ever really on my bucket list but after waking up, you know, my mother, my family, my best friends and really we just reminisced on how far we came, everything, we've overcome. everything we moired and said, yo, life is about hurricanes.

you got to take the pain with the gain, the sunshine and the rain. >> oh, wow and you just had a nice little poem right there. >> i did. >> you're a poet and you didn't know it. nothing like realizing tomorrow isn't garn guaranteuaranteed. 13 years since you released "port of miami." 13 years. [ applause ] "port of miami 2." tell me about the follow-up album. >> the follow-up album was me traveling the world seeing different things, accomplishing different things, bei put in a position of power, but still finding a way to have that passion, still finding a way to go and get it. >> you're still hustling. >> you're still hustling. >> you see what i did there. >> i seen it in your eyes. i seen it in you. >> i love this on the new album you said a special thank you. kisses to my baby martha stewart. >> whoo! >> you're with martha and snoop's potluck party challenge,

the picture right there. there has to be a story. >> right there she baked me a personal cake celebrating my album. rather you than me. she's such a beautiful spirit. so cool. i'm blowing her kisses now, martha. [ applause ] >> you mentioned your mother and sister. have they read the book and what do they think about it? it must be hard as a mom to read yo son's struggles. >> you know, you just mentioned my mom. you know, my mom just laid her mother to rest so i want to send out my condolences to, you know, my grandmother, clarksdale, mississippi, i love you forever but my mother has always been there for me and that's the only type of parent i want to be, right or wrong, she would always give me the best words of encouragement and i believe that's why i'm here today and that's the type of parent i look forward to being hopefully. >> you have four. >> four. >> four kids.

from 17 to almost 1. >> almost 1. if so are they going to read the book. >> they will. because i want them to understand what life is about. you could really -- you can shelter your kids and not really, you know, let them experience reality and maybe one day after they graduate from high school you will let them see what the real world is like or you could start to dpeed them a little bit at a time and let them know the world could be a really cruel place but you can make it as beautiful as you would want it to be. >> i love that. you just gave me chills. >> ah. >> thank you so much for writing this book. rick ross, we appreciate it. it's beautiful and "hurricanes" is out tomorrow so go and get it. ♪

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron with abc 7 mornings. mike is standing by with a look at our forecast. >> thank you. hi, everybody. are you not ready for summer to end? double negative, right? we don't want summer to end. mother nature doesn't. 3 to 9 degrees warmer than average today. 66 at half moon bay. little sunshine. 72 at san francisco. near 80 in oakland. look at the 80s and 90s inland. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures pull back to average tomorrow and below average wednesday through the weekend. >> all right. let's take a look outside. don't have much traffic this morning. if you are out and about, just moving on really nicely looking at this shot of the golden gate bridge as well. you know, people just enjoying the labor day. see some people out there

strolling. so should be really good day for traffic. time now for a "live with kelly and ryan." we'll be back here at 11:00 for "midday >> announcer: happy labor day. it's "live with kelly and ryan." today, actor, producer, recording artist curtis "50 cent" jackson and fun and games with youtube superstar david dobrik. plus, an advanced class in smartphones as we kick off our school of life week, all next on "live." >> ♪ hey, look, ma, i made it >> announcer: and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. >> ryan: i like this. >> ♪ everything's coming up ♪ aces, aces >> ryan: oh! good morning. whoo! oh! hi, hi, hi. there we go. all right. come on in. [cheers and applause]