good morning. we're coming on the air with breaking news related to the impeachment investigation of president trump. the justice department has just released the phone call between president trump and president zelensky where they discussed a possible investigation into former vice president joe biden. i want to bring in pierre who has seen the transcript. tell us what you know. >> the president of the united states did speak with the president of ukraine and made a

direct pitch for the president of ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. here's one of the quotes. there's a lot of talk about biden's son, quote, that biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that. whatever you can do with the attorney general that would be great. the attorney general he's referring to is attorney general barr. the president used the name of attorney general barr and rudy giuliani who he said would be looking into the matter. he said both men would reach out to the president of ukraine and ask him to get started on this. the president of ukraine said he was going to investigate the matter. >> they had a fairly extensive conversation about this. the president mentioned he wanted to enlist the attorney general. what has the attorney general said about the fact the president mentioned him in the phone call. >> a rather extraordinary set of events took place after the

inspector general got word of the whistleblower complaint. he referred it to the justice department involving possible campaign violations. the justice department did a review involving the national security division and the criminal division. they concluded that there was no violation, potential violation of the campaign finance laws. they also say that attorney general barr was not involved in knowing about this request by the president of the united states, he never talked to the president about this particular request and also that he never spoke with rudy giuliani about this request either. >> pierre, in the course of the phone conversation, the president not only mentions joe biden, he also talks about this crowd strike issue which was related to the hacking of the dnc emails in 2016 and asked the president to look into that as well. >> he did, george.

he seemed interested in wanting to know what role the ukrainian government might have played in that. he men shunsed in a derogatory way bob mueller. he talked about how incompetent bob mueller was as well. >> they discussed investigating the the u.s. service officer who has been the ambassador to ukraine. >> he did indeed. the president had negative things to say about this ambassador. the other thing that's interesting is we've got a little more detail about the whistleblower and how all this came about. the office of legal counsel point out that the whistleblower supposedly heard about this conversation, this phone call between the president and the president of the ukraine from white house officials. >> pierre, before i let you go,

we have the president saying as you mentioned in the phone call that he would like to have the attorney general call the president so he can get to the bottom of all this. the attorney general is saying he never spoke to the president about any of this? >> the attorney general is saying flat out he never spoke with the president about this. he never spoke to rudy giuliani about this. the first time the attorney general became aware of this is when the inspector general and the dni's auoffice contacted th justice department. >> pierre, thank you. i want to bring in jon karl. pretty extraordinary bits of information in this phone call. the president clearly asked for joe biden and his son to be investigated. >> this will be seen as more democrating than anticipated. the president is explicitly looking for help here. the president says the united

states has been very good to cr ukraine. then he says i would like you to do us a favor. the first favor is the crowd strike. he brings up a server. there's only one serve that's been in the news. he said the server they say, ukraine has it. i don't know where that's coming from. he's asking for an investigation. >> he says your economy will be getting better at a time we know he had been withholding aid. >> i think this will be more explosive than anticipated. it's interesting that the white house decided to put this out. we were being told over and over this won't be so bad once people see it. this looks damning. >> it's a multi tiered effort. when giuliani said he was going to go to ukraine there was an

uproar. here we have the president saying he'll be involved and william barr. >> the president bringing up the attorney general more than once. i'll have the attorney general and rudy giuliani contact you. he's explicit here. >> dan abrams. >> the critical thing is what has the president said to this point. he said it was a discussion about trying to root out corruption in the ukraine and ensuring the money was going to the right places. there's almost nothing about that in this transcript. this transcript is almost -- you can say largely about the personal agenda of the president. when you read through it, the majority of the what the president is talking about is with regard to personal agenda items, the crowd strike, hunter biden, joe biden. he repeats again and again -- >> the ambassador. >> who was on president obama's

side according to the transcript. >> right. >> talk to my attorney general. the most important point is the biden piece. you can say that the hillary clinton piece is inappropriate, shouldn't have done it. when you're talking about trying to get information about your potential 2020 rival, you're now crossing into potential legal issues. you're now talking about the possibility of influencing an election. that's different than just looking back. >> let's break that down a little bit. we should remind everybody this is the day after robert muellerer testifies on capitol hill. there's a different between what is illegal and impeachable. you had the criminal referral from the intelligence inspector general sent to the justice department, cleared by president trump's justice department. >> that's almost meaningly. the reason you have a special counselor independent counsel is because you don't want the president's appointee judging

the president on something this important. that's why when people said barr came to his on conclusion about the mueller report. the whole reason robert muellerer came in is so the attorney general doesn't make those decisions. here you see the department of justice making a decision on important questions. >> and deciding to not turn over to congress the complaint. there's a difference between what is illegal and what's impeachable. that gets into that question. the president brings up mueller just testified. he said as you saw that whole nonsense ended by the very poor performance by a man name robert mueller. it's extraordinary he's bringing up robert mueller with the president of ukraine. that was about whether or not there was conspiracy, collusion.

>> this is worse than i think people expected, meaning, when we were on with chris christie earlier this morning, the s suggestion was it wasn't a big deal. >> or it might have been vague. >> maybe he asked him something about joe biden. this is unambiguous. >> let's bring that to mary bruce on capitol hill. any initial reaction on capitol hill? >> this is likely to add fuel to the impeachment fire. democrats are getting out of their weekly meeting, all the house democrats have been huddling with nancy pelosi. they're walking out to a sea of cameras and reporters asking for their reaction. democrats are likely going to pounce on not only we see that the president asked a foreign leader to investigate his political rival, but george, they're going to have a lot of questions about the attorney general and the fact you see the

president offering up his attorney general to help investigate his 2020 rival here. democrats here on the hill have long questioned the attorney general and the independence of this justice department. democrats often refer to him as the president's personal attorney for the way he handled the mueller report. george, i would not be surprised if they have a lot of questions about the fact that the justice department is now in a position of trying to adjudicate a matter that the attorney general was directly involved with. >> that's why they're pursuing impeachment proceedings. i want to bring in terry moran. i want to put that letter up on the screen. he says the other thing there's a lot of talk about biden's son that biden stopped the prosecution. a lot of people want to find out about that. whatever you can do with the attorney general could be great. biden went around claiming he

stopped the prosecution. whatever you can do with the attorney general. >> those sentences will be the battle ground for the coming impeachment. it's fair to say the democrats will move forward on the basis of this alone. there's more to be found out as they develop the facts in committee hearings. the question will be before the country are those sentences, are the president's actions in the nagt interest or in his own personal political interest. he'll argue corruption is a huge problem in ukraine. it's part of the problem with giving money to ukraine. it ends up in the wrong hands. president obama was aware of that. he will argue that vice president biden's son hunter who is involved in a company that was involved in corruption is of national interest. >> i understand that's going to be the defense.

does it pass the smell test when he mentions joe biden? >> joe biden was involved with the dismissal of a prosecutors. that prosecutor dropped the initial investigation. that will be hashed out. there's no question the impeachment will be is the president operating cynically, corruptly or is he pursuing the national interests. that will be the question. >> terry raises an important point about the timeline. the prosecutor in ukraine was investigating this company in 2013 for actions that happened in 2013. hunter biden joins the board in 2014. there's no evidence that hunter biden was part of the initial investigation. >> that's point number one.

point number two is the prosecutor was part of an international effort biden was involved with because he wasn't going after corruption cases hard enough. >> correct. if you read media coverage of back then of when the ukrainian prosecutor was pushed out, it's talking about international pressure that had been put on ukraine to get rid of him. >> it didn't smell right. you had the vice president's son making tens of thousands of dollars a month. you had the vice president. there was an appearance problem. look at this. why would that be of pressing concern right now what would happen in 2014? why would this be a pressing concern to be a central part of his call with the president of ukraine? there's an important point here too. when the president asked him to do this investigation it comes right after president zelensky

brings up the issue of military help from the united states. then the very next sentence from the president is i would -- from president trump -- i would like you to do us a favor though. you're asking for something? i've got a favor. >> mary bruce we're getting reaction from the house speaker. >> our reporter john park inson caught up with the house speaker. she said she hasn't read the transcript yet. she stressed no one, not even the president, is above the law. he said in breach of constitution responsibilities has asked him to help him in his police call campaign. that cannot stand. he will be held accountable. >> let's go back to pierre thomas. pierre, take a step back. one of the things revealed in this letter is a multi tiered

effort regarding rudy giuliani, the president says his attorney general william barr. i know the attorney general said he didn't know anything about this phone call, didn't know the president was invoking them. have they made any judgment about whether it was proper for the president to be discussing this with the president of ukraine? >> they have not made any judgment about that. the justice department looked at whether it was a campaign finance violation. when you look at the transcript, what jumps out to me is the degree to which giuliani is playing a role. he's not a member of the trump administration per se. he's playing a role where the president is invoking his name. get this. the president of the ukraine insists that a member of his staff has already been in contact with rudy giuliani and he was open to furthering this investigation with rudy

giuliani. >> jon karl, as we look at this now -- we still haven't seen the whistleblower complaint. hard to imagine -- you have 200 members of congress for impeachment. what happens next? >> you had the speaker of the house come out and make the argument not for an impeachment process, but for impeaching the president. adam schiff said based on what we already know he should be impeached. i think even before this comes out the house was clearly moving in the direction toward impeaching the president. it's hard to see how this doesn't add fuel to that. >> dan abrams, one of the questions will be how broadly do they define articles of impeachment. >> right. in previous impeachment proceedings, nixon and clinton they went broad. there were numerous counts under

each of the broad buckets. here you've got to believe they're likely to be more narrow. they're likely to want to convince the public they're not overreachi overreaching. they're going to have to prove to the american people it's overdue. >> it's going to involve constitutional principles, constitutional principles, national security, the executive branch versus congress. >> absolutely. the next step is fact and evidence. to do that they have to get the attorney general before congress. they have to get the secretary of state before congress. rudy giuliani said mike pompeo asked him to go to ukraine. the democrats will want to bolster the evidence in this transcript with witness evidence and others. among those people who would have been listening into this

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we're back now with that exclusive interview with demi moore, one-on-one with diane. this morning, we're hearing her story of tragedy and triumph. how she came back from it all. great to have you here, diane. it's been riveting all week long hearing from her. >> thank you. i think we all feel the same way. it's still surprising when you discover that someone you think you know from the movies and the red carpet turns out to have a very different life and we've learned this week how she had to teach herself to be brave through so much fear and the mistakes that she made along the way but today we're going to head back to her house in the hills because she says at the

age of 56 she may finally have discovered what strength really is. today, a lot of life in the house up in the hills demi moore calls her tree house. >> all right. just go in barefoot. are you kidding? i have seven dogs. >> reporter: not just the dog, most rescues but wander in the kitchen and the big fridge is always stocked with juice and soda for friends and family dropping by. she's been filming in london, a new tv series based on the legendary book "brave new world," and says she's loving this new decade on screen. >> you know, i used to question why me and maybe i'm not the most talented or the most intelligent or the most beautiful, but it doesn't matter. i certainly have done enough in my life to know that we're created. i -- sorry. >> is this you? >> i just heard that beeping on you.

>> reporter: we're interrupted at one point by a torrent of loving messages from her three daughters with bruce willis, rumer, scout, tallulah. >> this is the lineage of females, the houses of moore and willis. that is what our thread is called. >> nearly every day there they are celebrating each other on instagram. now seven years away from that terrifying time. >> is an ambulance on the way? >> reporter: it would be a turning point. her marriage over. she says she had lost herself and lost her 20 years of sobriety. at a birthday party there were party drugs, synthetic pot, nitrous oxide. she used them. she had a seizure. >> is she breathing normally? >> no, not so normal but more sort of shaking. >> everyone else was witnessing my body flailing. my daughter terrified that she was going to see me die right in

front of her and within me i was in a place that was thinking, wow, how did i get in here? isn't this interesting? and then my very next thought was, oh, i wonder if i can get out and all of a sudden i was back in my body and i think it was a moment that i was somehow being given a choice. >> you think it was that close? >> i think certainly emotionally it was. i think something had to give. when you come up to those places, you either go in or you go out. >> reporter: it's the title of her new book which she says has a purpose. >> sharing of myself in a way that if it can elevate or open someone else to loving themselves a little bit better. >> reporter: and a promise she says of what can happen if you just reach out for help. she got treatment and began seeing her real strength in a different way. >> i did have someone say to me,

a mentor i worked with that, did i think i was ready for someone my own size? not my own age but my own size. so i thought that was kind of an interesting perspective. >> what does that mean? >> i think own size would mean someone who's experienced life, who's gone through things in a way that are parallel. >> are you ready for someone your own size? >> we're getting there. we're getting there. >> reporter: and the healthier she became, the more her family moved close again. her ex-husband and friend bruce willis. and the children who were so worried about her strange behavior and her health, they stopped speaking to her, began to come back as she proved she was turning her life around. the oldest, rumer, reached out first the way she had once done on screen years ago.

>> you looked really pretty. >> no, i didn't. >> yeah, you did. you looked great. >> thank you, baby. >> what's your prayer for them and to them? >> oh, my hope is that in understanding me, that they would better understand themselves and love themselves. >> reporter: and there was one more bridge, a healing resolution demi moore built to the past before it was too late, the one that led back to her unstable alcoholic mother who was finally diagnosed as bipolar. her mother became ill with cancer. demi went to help care for her and try to redeem the time they had left.

>> i had to stop and recognize that i had pushed my mother away. i decided who she was and when you decide who someone is, you take away the opportunity for them to be anything else but if i can't have compassion in my heart for her, how can i expect my children to hold that for me? >> you were with her when she died. >> yes. >> reporter: she writes, i've had extraordinary luck in this life both bad and good, but we all suffer and we all triumph and we all get to choose how we hold both. >> i don't feel a victim to my life. if i had it easier would i have had the courage, the strength to pursue the career i have? would i have had the guts to go and step into something i had not a clue of? >> so survival, success,

surrender, and celebration which does not begin with an "s." >> whoo. i'm sorry, wow. and again, she says she is just writing it in case it's someone else's story too. >> how she opened up to you. how she was just -- >> again, i think -- i think we wander in sometimes and as she said you decide who someone is. >> when she said that. >> somebody said to me once a time to make up your mind about someone is never. >> oh. >> and learn it. learn it. let them prove something to you and, you know me and my poetry. >> yes, indeed. t.u ve to beeve that. y r ght? >> i think she i shsays. >> glad you asked her -- i was wondering too. >> i saw your face going --

>> what do you mean by that? you always ask the questions that we want to ask. >> thank you. >> and the answers that you receive. i've heard from so many people they never wanted to read a book more than after seeing this. it is out, "inside out" is available now. thank you, diane. you can come back any time. >> just for any reason, just get up in the morning and feel like my hair looks good today, i'll come in. >> and how about i take a copy of that book for myself. coming up, when archie met the archbishop. it's our "play of the day." >> you know you missed this, diane. archbishop. it's "play of the day." >> you know you missed this, diane.

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♪ we are back now with "play of the day." we're calling this one the royal edition this morning. baby archie making his big debut with mom and dad on their africa tour, nearly five months old. archie heading out in cape town heading out with prince harry and mom meghan, today, to meet archbishop desmond tutu who is a hero of the anti-apartheid movement. his parents sharing a sweet photo of the archbishop kissing baby archie on the forehead. you see there and this marks baby archie's first official appearance on the ten-day tour. such a cute little baby. >> such a wonderful blend of both. he looks like his daddy. >> he looks like his dad. >> those first months, so -- wonder if he still has the baby

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the push for impeachment. speaker of the house nancy pelosi officially launches an inquiry accusing the president of betraying his oath and our national security. >> the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> the president calls it a witch-hunt but now in danger of becoming only the fourth president ever to face impeachment after encouraging ukraine to open investigations into his political rival joe biden. also this morning, twister touchdown. multiple tornadoes tearing across the midwest overnight. buildings completely destroyed. and now the southwest bracing for monsoon conditions and possible flash flooding, damaging winds and dust storms. vape nation. a public health emergency declared in one state with a ban now on all vaping sales as this mother testifies before congress about what she calls her daughter's near-death experience saying it's a losing battle for parents. what parents should be looking for this morning.

baby archie's big day. the duke and duchess calling it arch meets archie. he's at tea with archbishop desmond tutu and getting a kiss on the forehead as mom and dad show off their beautiful baby boy to the world. ♪ oh mickey you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind ♪ and hay, "gma" viewers. it's national one-hit wonder day. the songs we know and love by heart. this is so fine it blows my mind. what's your favorite as we say good morning, america. and you know what is so fine, having amy with us in this hour. michael had to go off on assignment though he didn't mind, you'll see. >> pretty good assignment. >> it's a really good assignment for him. looking forward to having you here. >> it's an exciting wednesday. >> she came in here thinking it was tuesday. >> then she told me it was wednesday, and it was like the

best moment of my entire day. i was like, are you serious? is it really wednesday? >> you were in l.a. so you got -- >> all turned around. it's wednesday, y'all. all right. there is new research out today saying that there is scientific proof that dogs are capable of love in a unique way that separates them from all over animals. we have the experiments behind it, and we have some pictures that might be proof enough. let's look at george with daisy and then robin and amber's little man lucas. he's smiling there. >> yes. >> and then my brody who just loves everyone. he's stoic there but he's very spirited. >> yesterday the case for cats. today the case for dogs. sflmplts first a lot of news to get to. the breaking news out of the white house. they just released the transcript of the july 25th phone call between the president trump and ukrainian president. our chief justice pierre thomas has more on that. pierre? >> reporter: george, good morning. we just read the transcript

involving the conversation between the president and the president of ukraine. one thing is clear -- president trump absolutely did directly ask the leader of ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son. president trump invokes the name of rudy giuliani as a person who would be pursuing the matter, his personal attorney. he tells the ukrainian president attorney general barr would also be pursuing the biden issue. the president of ukraine indicates that he's willing to investigate. the other headline here is that the inspector general from the intelligence community referred the case to the department of justice and the fbi for the president of the united states to be investigated for possible campaign finance violations. the justice department ultimately decided there was no campaign finance violation and closed the matter. the justice department em fa sizes that president trump and barr never spoke on the ukrainian issue nor did barr

speak to rudy giuliani and barr never contacted the ukrainian president on this matter. george. >> thank you, pierre. let's go the capitol hill now for the latest from mary bruce. >> reporter: george, this is only adding fuel to the impeachment fire. telling us this transcript than than thought. the fact of the president of united states in breach of constitutional responsibility asked a foreign. democrats are pouncing on this to investigate his political rival joe biden. they're going to want to speak with william barr. george. >> okay, mary, thanks very much. now to the latest on that severe weather. tornadoes tearing across the midwest overnight and ginger, i know you've been tracking it

all. >> good morning to you, robin. everybody else. you see chippewa county, wisconsin. you know there were tornadoes there. they're going to do the surveys today. there are at least five reported from wisconsin back through iowa and into kansas. today the threat goes into for flash flooding the southwest. we've got this upper level, kind of midlevel low that will be pumping up moisture, helping it lift and create convection. you can see one to three inches fall very quickly. when it happens like that in the desert you get flash flooding. that's what happened with the topography of puerto rico when karen passed by. those are images from tropical storm karen and the flash flooding but now it's north and so karen is really the only one that would have any concern about impact to land, because jerry won't and certainly not the others on the map there. watch and the models right now, it sits over the weekend and just hangs out in the open ocean. we love when they stall over the open ocean. some of the models trying to dissolve it after that. we will be watching it, of course, amy. >> we know you will, ginger. thank you. breaking just a few moments ago, the co-founders of juul announcing ceo kevin burns has decided to step down. k.c. crosthwaite will join the company as ceo effective immediately.

the company also making policy and marketing changes revealing it had suspend digital advertising and broadcast print and coming up, more on the growing concerns about the vaping crisis across the country. >> that is huge. >> it's very, very big news. we're going to get into the hidden devices that some teens have been using to get away with vaping. and after oprah's health scare, who needs a pneumonia shot and when should you get it? dr. jen ashton is here with more. and lara, what's going on upstairs? >> robin, we have a wonderful audience. so happy to have them all with us today. we also have will smith, he's joining us live from a very special location. "good morning america" will be right back. ready. or nothing." ptable and it's definitely not "close enough or nothing."

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♪ [ applause ] and welcome back to "gma." welcome to our great audience here this morning. great wednesday audience. >> wednesday. >> wednesday. >> which means tomorrow is thursday, which means it's "deals & steals," two-day "deals & steals" event. something for everyone for at least 50% off. [ cheers and applause ] let's go over to lara. good morning to you, george, and to you all. we begin with movie news. "jurassic world" is coming back and there will be some familiar faces. back at the park there you see laura dern confirming she's going to reprise her role posting this photo with director colin writing, love joining my buddy to announce the return of the original cast of "jurassic park" back into the jurassic world.

this will be the first time jeff goldblum, sam neill and laura dern have been back together since the original inju jurassic park. chris pratt and bryce dallas howard will be back. the new installment of this very popular franchise out in june 2021. good news there. [ applause ] meryl streep is in the news this morning. she has a new project. the oscar winner will narrate a new audio book of the classic "charlotte's web." imagine meryl streep reading your kids a bedtime story. what could be better? she'll be joined by an ensemble cast of more than 20 veteran audio book narrators to bring the 1954 classic to life. comedian billy eichner wants in tweeting in all caps, let me play wilbur. [ laughter ] this will be the first recording

of "charlotte's web" since the author narrated it himself nearly 50 years ago. looking forward to that. a public service announcement. if you were at the lenny kravitz concert in l.a. this past weekend, he's asking for help. you need to help him find his favorite sunglasses, everyone. i'm not kidding. the grammy winner taking to twitter writing, i'm missing this pair of sunglasses. do we see them? is that them? hopefully it is. they're incredibly sentimental to me. they're vintage -- well, you had me at vintage -- and they belonged to a family member. hoping to get them back. no questions asked. lenny even created an e-mail address for people to get in touch with him directly if they have information. according to his instagram the glasses were sitting on stage and he let some audience members up at the end of the show. the glasses were taken from the riser. i know. he likes to let his fans up. he clearly loves these shades. he also sported the same ones there they are on the vma red carpet this past year. his fans quick to offer support but so far no leads in the great

glasses caper. if you know what happened to lenny kravitz's sunglasses, please send him a message at kravit i understand that. something special. finally, everybody, today is national one-hit wonder day. [ applause ] we are honoring all those songs we know by heart but we have no idea who sings them. like this one. ♪ take on me take on me >> see, you know the words. but do you know who sang it? name that artist. >> a-ha. >> a-ha. george, the one-hit wonder kid has done it again. [ applause ] >> all right. >> don't read the prompter. name this song. ng it.

the entire song is in german and yet we know the tune. we all sing along with artist nina. this was her one big hit back in 1983. remember the video. the balloon, turns out the '80s was the most prolific decade for one-hit wonders. remember this one. ♪ oh micky what a pity you don't understand ♪ >> i know you love it. toni basil, everybody, she was the artist for that and "come on eileen" the classic. ♪ come on eileen at this moment you mean everything ♪ >> dexys midnight runners, where have you gone? we love you so. that song is still so popular even today. >> i've never heard of that band ever. >> dexys midnight runners. [ laughter ] but you all know "come on, eileen." oh, i swear. we'll have to pay for it if we sing.

>> i know what it's going to be. >> america's own vanilla ice. ♪ ice ice baby ♪ ice ice baby >> his one hit, "ice ice baby" was a wonder, 21 weeks on the billboard hot 100 peaking at number one in november of 1990. happy one-hit wonder day, everybody. [ applause ] >> the videos are special. >> you should be dexys midnight runners for halloween. >> don't give the producers any ideas. >> wouldn't that be fun? >> don't. >> sorry, sorry. >> we digress. that's "pop news," everybody. >> thank you, lara. we're going to move on now to our "gma" cover story. we just learned that the ceo of juul has stepped down, as concerns grow about the vaping crisis. the governor of massachusetts has announced a temporary ban and now have seen the hidden devices some teens are using and isvieally fast.details.ilge

people keep getting sick allegedly from vaping and health officials haven't linked any specific substance or product to these illnesses. no single product has been associated with the cases but the numbers are still growing. >> reporter: this morning, the governor of massachusetts officially declaring a public health emergency. calling for a four-month temporary ban on all vaping sales including thc, flavored and nonflavored products. >> we as a commonwealth need to pause sales in order for our medical experts to collect more information about what is driving these life-threatening vaping-related illnesses. >> reporter: according to public health officials, there have been nine deaths in the u.s. linked to vaping-related illnesses and 530 cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette or vaping products across 38 states with no particular product or device linked to all cases. the vapor technology association telling us there is a definite need for effective regulation

saying, we stand ready to work with governor baker on thoughtful and effective regulation. on tuesday, ruby johnson testified before congress about what she called her daughter piper's near-death experience last month. >> her pulmonologist said he feared had we waited another 24 hours to seek medical attention she'd most likely have been unresponsive on a ventilator. >> reporter: johnson says when the 18-year-old's symptoms started she revealed to her mother and doctors that she had been vaping both nicotine e-cigarettes and thc since her sophomore year of high school. >> i'll never forget watching her cry that she literally couldn't breathe without excruciating pain. >> reporter: although she improved she still has shortness of breath. now johnson's urging parents to work with their children's schools to create an open dialogue about vaping. >> devices that look like flash drives and apple watches, it would seem we're fighting a losing battle. >> reporter: many teens now

turning to vaping hoodies and even devices that resemble smartwatches to keep their vaping habit discreet. meanwhile, one doctor is taking on the vaping crisis by reaching teens the best way she knows how through social media. >> do not use anything inside of these devices. >> reporter: dr. rosemarie leslie is a second-year resident at the university of minnesota medical school who started using the popular app tiktok about six months ago giving her more than 200,000 followers medical advice and urging them to stop vaping. >> this is such a social media dominated world. we need to use that to our advantage. >> and officials in california issued a vaping warning on tuesdaciti t iase ceand pro uc ilud ising thstate ying ne t considered safe, robin. >> will, thank you very much. we have another "gma" health alert about pneumonia now. oprah revealing she faced a very serious bout highlighting the importance of getting the

vaccine. dr. ashton is here with how to know if you should get the shot. and we were so happy, so happy that she's on the mend. many people think it's just a cold. what are the symptoms, though? >> robin, you took the words right out of my mouth. this is not a bad cold. mini med school here. so pneumonia is a severe infection that can occur in the lungs and it can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungus, and then the air sacs in the lungs fill up with fluid. that can be life-threatening. it can spread to the bloodstream. 50,000 people a year approximately die due to pneumonia. symptoms in adults are major and everyone needs to know this. typically fever which is a high fever, a cough, chills, severe fatigue. you need to get a chest x-ray. you need to have someone listen to your lungs and you need to seek medical attention. >> we heard oprah talking about the vaccine. who should get one? >> so this is a great opportunity for people to understand about this vaccine.

it is approved and recommended by the cdc for all babies under the age of 2 and all adults over the age of 65. it goes by the names prevnar or pneumavax. people with certain high risk conditions, liver disease, hiv, they should absolutely get this vaccine. it can dramatically reduce the chances of someone getting this pneumococcal pneumonia. >> what are other ways? >> listen, it's very important. people need to understand if you smoke or vape, stop. that increases your risks of pneumonia. obviously staying active. getting a flu shot important. you're going to hear more about that. influenza can lead to pneumonia and basic hand hygiene, wash your hands. cover your cough, very, very important. >> what juul is doing, the co-founder stepping down, the changes they are making that is really good. >> it's very important. we now unfortunately need to start looking at vaping no differently than smoking. >> all right, thanks so much. 'l tiza where, you know, it's hard to get your shoes sometimes.

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harry and meghan's baby archie is in south africa. this morning. part of a ten-day trek across four countries. maggie rulli is there in cape town with all that's happening. archie had a big meeting this morning. >> reporter: what a day here on the royal tour. baby archie made his big reveal in what turned out to be a historic moment here in the country. now, we're in a bakery right now that actually played a small part in making that moment happen. as the tour continues to be all about meeting and involving the people here in south africa. baby archie all smiles in his first official appearance on a royal tour. dressed in pinstripe baby blue overalls matching mom's dress and dad's tie as he clutches onto mom. >> so we've seen baby archie for the first time officially on this trip now. it is the moment that people have been waiting for. they have described this trip as their first trip as a family. so, of course, people wanted to see that moment when we see them all together as a family.

and everyone always wants to see how archie is doing, how he's growing, what he looks like. so there's a lot of excitement around this family. >> reporter: people inside tell us the royal family of three was joking around and comfortable meeting archbishop desmond tutu, an iconic leader in south africa. >> it was quite amazing. as the baby came in being carried by his mum both archbishop tutu and his daughter sort of squealing and laughing and joking and making all these sounds and both harry and meghan were smiling. >> reporter: local sugar cookies were sent out made right here in cape town at charlie's bakery. we've seen baby archie. this is the moment that everyone has been waiting for, the three of them together. after that big family appearance harry is now heading to botswana to continue his work as meghan steps out on her own in her first solo appearance of the trip meeting with a group of female entrepreneurs in cape town as she continues to make her mark as a champion of women's rights. now the bakers here at charlie's

bakery said this was the most vip cookie they have ever had to make. guys, we have an exclusive. this is the practice cookie that they made for prince harry himself. it's supposed to be a buttery, buttery shortbread cookie and obviously i'll taste test it for you guys. i can confirm it tastes worthy of royalty. >> thank you, maggie. coming up, will smith will join us live. happy birthday, will. [ applause ]

good morning, north bay. will let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." there is a change for the san francisco-based juul labs. kevin burns announced he is stepping down immediately. the e-cigarette said it is suspending all advertising as the federal government is trying to learn more about people getting sick from vaping. all right. we have a couple of injury accidents out there northbound 880 at davis and hayward and traffic is slow. another injury accident at westbound 80 as you are going to the richmond parkway. it is not blocking lanes now, but once the emergency crews arrive, it is going to slow things down further. a slow ride getting across the bay bridge because of a stall and traffic bac

now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> all right. updated on what is going on. the high fire dangers in the north bay mountains right through through 11:00 this morning. we have the threat of heat creating illness from 11:00 this morning to 7:00 this evening. outside of the east bay hills and the mountains and along the coast. the temperatures are 90s in san francisco and the rest of the bay 100s inland and 80 at the coast. 10 degrees cooler everywhere with cleaner air and

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you have seen our next guest play every role from the fresh prince to a man in black to muhammad ali, now his own clone in the new movie, action movie, "gemini man," joining us from budapest, please welcome the one, the only will smith, everybody. >> hey. [ applause ] good morning, good morning. >> good morning. i hope you feel the love all the way here in nyc. we wish we could be with you there in budapest. we know part of the film was shot there. you brought your family there. we wish we could be there with you, will. >> i know. yeah, it's really beautiful here. like the weather is fantastic. we're here, we got the buda-castle in the background. jazzy jeff and i are performing tonight. but i sent you something. i sent you something. >> oh, you something? >> bring it out. check it out.

>> yeah. >> some strudel? just so you can feel it, some budapestian strudel. it's all the way from here. you should eat it fast. >> always the guest. hey, you know, i know you spent time there in budapest and we remember the in my feelings challenge on that bridge there. >> that was fantastic. it was 4:00 in the morning and, you know, it was our last day here and, you know, as an american when you go somewhere, you want to leave an american mark so i was like, let me legally climb up on this bridge and do something really powerfully american. >> yeah. that's it. >> you accomplished that, will, for sure. we can't wait to talk to you about your new movie, "gemini man" in just a moment. first you opened up about something very personal. you and your wife talked about talking to your son, jaden,

about his health. tell us why that was important for to you share. >> yes, yes. you know what, what happened and really i had a personal experience with that -- with my blood pressure and i've been on blood pressure medicine for about eight years so jada and i just really started opening up and talking -- i'm 51 today [ applause ] >> so it's like turning -- turning 51, i think my birthday, i think that half century really got me started thinking about health and being a lot more conscious and, you know, jaden was struggling. he was vegan for awhile and he's trying to be conscious about his eating but we were noticing it wasn't -- it wasn't doing good for his body. so we had a little bit of an intervention but he's doing very well. >> good. >> happy to hear that. happy to hear that. [ applause ] >> happy birthday, will. you said you're 51. in the movie you play two parts.

your retired government assassin but your clone, 23-year-old clone who knows your every single move. did you study your old movies? >> yeah, you know, it was funny because i had to go back, looking at "fresh prince" and the model they were using to create the digital character was bad boy, the first bad boys so they were using the imagery, the hair, the look of the body and it's such a mind twister when i saw that 23-year-old version of myself because i want meme to understand it isn't a deaging process. they didn't take my face and deage it. they created a totally digital character. it's the first ever created 100% digital human that you've seen in a movie. something that is spectacular. >> let's show everybody then. let's take a look.

>> oh. [ applause ] whoo! >> close encounter with a motorcycle. >> what was your first reaction when you saw this for the first time? when you saw yourself like this for the first time? >> when i first saw the two characters together, the first thing that crossed my mind was i just made a movie so i think i made half as much money as i was supposed to make, you know. because there's two of me in there. [ laughter ] no, but i looked at it and as an artist it was like the world just totally opened up what you can do creatively now. it's like there is a 23-year-old

digital version of me that i can now make movies with a character at any age that i want. it's photo realistic. if the audience gets in there and they totally buy this as a human being, as a character, it is un -- it's unlimited what you can do now and how you can create and what you can make in terms of, you know, being a creator in this industry. >> well, you are always the artist, always pushing the envelope like that, will. and since you were so it is you birthday so we have a little something for you there in budapest. we have a birthday cake. it's actually -- >> thank you, thank you. thank you. [ applause ] mm-mm. this is -- this is absolute perfect. i haven't had breakfast yet and i'm kicking it off right here. >> there you go. [ applause ] >> wonderful. always a pleasure to see you,

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same trainer at lift. >> we're trying to lift our torsos. >> i have long legs. you have a long torso. >> i feel like the one over here, i don't have either of those. [ laughterf for one of our favorite tv families, "modern family" is saying good-bye. >> yes, they are but not until what a greexpe. season with thel we caught up with them in l.a. not too long ago when they were just beginning to film the season. so difficult to believe their final farewell begins tonight and not all of them are ready for it. >>. it's been the show that's pushed the envelope changing the way we think about family. >> i'm going to take a shower. do you care to join me? you know, honey, there is a gun in the foot locker in the garage. if i ever say no to that i want to you use it on me. >> reporter: it's made real-lie

family situations so much funnier. >> pretend i'm not your dad but a couple of friends kicking it in a juice bar. >> what's a juice bar. >> reporter: premiering its 11t. raise your hand if you are emotionally ready for this series to be over? >> not yet. >> reporter: the show's critical and ratings success not lost on the cast. >> when people actually like something you do, it's a positive and when people like it and it's actually getting good ratings that's better. if it has social ramifications that is more exciting and our show kept surprising us. i don't think anyone was expecting the impact had it. >> reporter: turning heads and households around a mul multicultural family. winning awards for its depekz of a gay couple starting a family. >> don't be mad. i just got up to change her. >> reporter: the significance of how they were able to portray a gay couple and a stable loving home with a daughter, what is the significance of that? >> it means a lot to both of us.

i think that, you know, growing up as someone who is looking for role models on television not necessarily finding them i love that we can be that to kids now and i think it's been a talking point for a lot of families. >> i always from the beginning wanted to play cameron as a human bng first defines him. >> i think it's really brought families together in an age where kids and teenagers can be so separated from their families because of things like social media and phones and computers. >> we all have 10-year-old kids that come up to us and say are you that guy on "modern family"? are you that girl on "modern family"? that's the lasting impact. in ten years there will be another 10-year-old and we'll keep making hopefully generations laugh. >> mitchell, why don't you ride shotgun? >> he doesn't do that well on splash mountain in the front seat. >> reporter: how do you end that mark? what's an idea ending. >> maybe i get divorced and have

a younger wife. >> how dare you. >> sofia, you can't let him get away -- >> we get divorced and i get all his money. >> younger man. >> no, the money. >> the money. >> there's a great chemistry between this group of people and i think we've experienced something that's been profound in our lives and something we carry through the rest of our lives. >> maybe like in 30 years they can do again a "modern family" like now, you know how it's like in fashion to bring back -- i don't know if eddie is going to be here. [ laughter ] >> i don't think i want to be. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh. >> she got you back. >> don't mess with me. >> sofia -- >> i should have known. >> you can drop your mic and walk off set now. [ applause ] >> so none of the cast knows how the season ends and they joke they're not to be trusted but

the writers and purchases feel they owe it to the fans to send the characters off on the path they deserve to be. 13 people, the largest interview i've ever conducted but said which character because each of these characters were developed so beautifully and each are so unique. they said they'll miss phil's character the most. the iconic dad. >> yes. >> they've spent a lot of time with us over the years here in the studio. i've gone on set with them too as you have. what a wonderful group of individuals and having an ensemble like that you can tell they truly enjoy each other and family in every aspect. >> the interview started late because they were all catching up but giving each other hugs. >> i can't wait to the final season. i mean i can wait but can't wait. >> the final season of "modern family" starts tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central on abc. ginger. [ applause ] >> okay. so now we actually have something, an exclusive sneak peek of something we all love, jimmy kimmel's live, one of my favorite segments, mean tweets.

let's take a look. ♪ >> maisie williams looking lie's very young grandma. >> it must suck to be a cute little kid only to grow up looking like a creep. yes, fred savage, i'm talking about you. >> i bet zendaya's feet smell like funyuns. let's check, shall we? nope, smells like success to me. >> so good. you can see all of that tonight

reh, finn wittrock who is in "judy" playing her fifth husband mickey deans. we have a couple of gifts for you. >> oh, no? it's your first morning show. >> i haven't even done anything yet. all right. >> now you have to be good because you got a t-shirt. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. umbrella. >> let's get out of here now. [ laughter ] so tell me, we had renee on and how in character she was. what was it like working with her. >> it was a dream. i think she's an amazing lesson in how to be a kind and generous and awesome person while giving a great performance, you know. i rarely saw her not as judy in the time i was there. >> right. >> so she didn't break character. >> we didn't like -- she didn't make us call her judy or she wouldn't respond but like i actually have realized lately hanging out with her for all the press that how different she

really was. like because she was so in it and i was so much always seeing her in the judy getup and as the character that i didn't realize till now, oh, right, she's a very different person and came out in the rap party with the blond hair, like, right, that's your hair. totally forgot. >> let's get a little look. a little taste of it. >> this has been a good time, huh? >> well, we're not done yet, are we? ♪ >> i hope not. you ever want to get together, just click your heels. that's how it works, right? [ applause ] >> and in this, obviously it is the 1960s and so you are so 1960s. i was reading your wife was a fan of that look. >> oh, well, she was kind of like, honey, want to bring that

wig home. >> i mean, it looks good. >> mickey deans was was a flamboyant dresser and enjoyed all of the colors of the '60s, that was kind of a fun thing to jump in and in the movie mickey gives judy kind of a sense of like youthful exuberance so that was kind of what we were going for. >> i think it's working. i think it's working. okay, so also i was reading that even during production, some of the actors forgot that it was an actual movie and got so into it. >> yeah, well, we had in these amazing performance thing scene she does we had about 40 or 50 extras who were sort of just paid to be there and sit and like act like they're at a dinner theater concert and inevitably after she sang they would get up and applaud. >> wow. >> without being prompted and till the sound guy was like stop these people from applauding because it's messing up my work. but it really was, yeah, it was amazing. >> finn, we can't wait to see

it. finn in "judy" hits theaters this friday. coming up too we've got the science of puppy love. it's real apparently. don't forget. do

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dogs do feel that emotion. >> the hormone, the brain activity and even the genetics of dogs shows us that loving people is etched into the very fiber of dogs' being. >> reporter: drawing on new research from his behavioral studies, dr. clive wynne says dogs have a unique capacity for love that separates them from all other animals. to prove it a couple of experiments. this one is called the escape experiment. will a dog act when their owner is in trouble? >> rescue. >> help me. >> reporter: hearing his owner in distress ozzy heads straight for the box circling and sniffing around rescuing her within 11 seconds. >> well done, that's great. hey. pleased to find your mum. >> well done. >> reporter: next the next testt how much time does your dog want

to spend next to you. >> you can talk to him gently if he comes up close to you but if he doesn't choose to come up coast to you, don't invite him in. just leave him be. it's up to him to do whatever he wants to do. >> ozzy returns to her three times in between exploring the room before ultimately laying down right next to her. >> what stands out for me this capacity to connect. that's what i think is really special about dogs. [ applause ] >> any dog owner knows this is true. "dog is love" is out right now and "good mo

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." it is short of 9:00 and mike has the forecast. >> thank you, kumasi. a look weather-wise, we have healthy air out there and moderate to go and sensitive for 2/3 of us later today and this is why we are under the spare the air moniker. look at these temperatures. from san francisco throughout the bay, and 100s inland, and about face starting tomorrow and this weekend. all right. if you are trying to take b.a.r.t., a head's up that there is a 10 minute delay due to a medical emergency, so if you are trying to spare the air, you will find delays for the cable car line and climate protesters are blocking the california street between kearney and s samsome and lots of delays there including a cable car that is blocked. now it is time for "live with kelly and

two days from the series, >> ryan: it's "live with kelly and ryan." and from "stumptown," cobie smulders. from "liza on demand," liza koshy. apostate tour. and now, here are kelly ryan and ryan seacrest. ♪ [cheers and applause] b2 hello.