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>> i appreciate that. welcome, t.j. but let's get to the prince now. >> you followed that, right? >> good transition. we want to get right to the breaking news. attacks on u.s. and european military targets in somalia. the terror group al shabab is claiming responsibility, details of the attacks just coming in, and our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz tracking it all from washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. there are hundreds of pentagon personnel at this base in somalia and reports this morning of this attack are dramatic. at least one large vehicle was packed with explosives. the explosives then set off by a suicide bomber at the gate of the military facility. bursts of gunfire then echoed across the base. the group al shabab did take responsibility for the suici bombing claiming they breached the heavily fortified facility but a u.s. official tells us there were no american casualties although the official says a number of enemy fighters were killed. there are also reports this morning that a convoy of italian

peacekeepers in somalia was targeted by a suicide car bomber but that explosion missed those peacekeepers although a number of somalia's citizens were reportedly injured. the u.s. base is a training site for somali forces. u.s. attacks on extremists have intensified this year as the u.s. ramps up its efforts fighting to take back that territory. robin. >> all right, martha, thank you so much. now to washington and the latest on the impeachment battle. the lead house investigator now says the whistle-blower will testify very soon. but there are concerns about that person's safety. so our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce has those details for us. good morning, mary. >> reporter: robin, good morning. well, the house is out of session this morning but this investigation is still plowing ahead. the relevant committees are working straight through the break and planning to speak with the whistle-blower soon but they are also acutely aware they need to protect his or her identity. this morning, new safety concerns about the whistle-blower who sparked this

impeachment inquiry. >> we'll get the unfiltered testimony of that whistle-blower. now, we are taking all the precautions we can to make sure that we do so. we allow that testimony to go forward in a way that protects the whistle-blower's identity. >> reporter: abc news confirming overnight the whistle-blower's attorney sent a letter saturday notifying the acting director of national intelligence of serious concerns we have regarding our client's personal safety. it alleges that certain individuals are offering a $50,000 bounty for the whistle-blower's identity, and cites president trump's own comments. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right, with spies and treason, right, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> reporter: on twitter, the president is demanding to "meet my accuser" and warning of big consequences for their sources while on the airwaves trump's allies are taking on the whistle-blower. >> i want to know all about him. i want to know what kind of dogs they have, how many marriages they've had, if they have a dui. i want to know if they're a

partisan. i want to know everything. >> reporter: but the intelligence community's istler's cnt to befound the credible and of urgent concern. and now even trump's own former homeland security adviser, tom bossert, says he hasio concerns. >> i'm deeply disturbed byt well and this entire mess has me frustrated. it is a bad day and bad week for this president and this country if he is asking for political dirt on an opponent. >> reporter: bossert sharply critical of the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani for pushing a debunked theory that ukraine, not russia, meddled in the 2016 election. >> i am deeply frustrated with what he and the legal team are doing and repeating that debunked theory to the president. it sticks in his mind when he hears it over and over again. it has no validity. >> reporter: giuliani now on the list of people that democrats may want to question. >> will you cooperate with this committee? >> i wouldn't cooperate with adam schiff. i think adam schiff should be removed. >> you're not going to

cooperate. that's your answer? >> i didn't say that. i said i will consider it. >> you said you wouldn't do it. >> i said i will consider it. i have to be guided by my client frankly. >> reporter: now, chairman schiff of the house intelligence committee says they may subpoena giuliani for documents early this week, and will likely want to hear from him directly at some point. as to when they'll hear from the whistle-blower, george, no date has been set yet. >> okay, mary, thanks. let's bring in cecilia vega for more on this. we saw the president's attorney right there, but the president leading his own defense on twitter overnight, lashing out saying adam schiff should be tried for treason even suggesting the possibility of civil war if he's impeached. >> reporter: yeah, george, and that tweet in particular caught the attention of at least one person in his party. let me get right to that tweet and show you. he said, quote, if the democrats are successful in this impeachment effort, he says, quote, this will cause a civil war like fracture in the nation from which our country will never heal. the president clearly feels like he is under siege on this one, george. illinois congressman adam kissinger was quick to denounce

that civil war tweet. let me show you what he said. he fired right back saying, i have visited nations ravaged by civil war. i have never imagined such a quote to be repeated by a president. this is beyond repugnant, george, you know this. this is a rare rebuke from someone in the president's own party. >> that's right. what we're also seeing in our latest polls, 64% of americans consider this a serious problem so how is the white house dealing with it behi the scenes right now? i know the first few hours, somewhat chaotic. >> reporter: oh, completely chaotic. even that chaos is showing on twitter from the president's outward appearance he is trying to be on offense on this. george, more than 60 tweets we counted this weekend alone related to this whistle-blower. inside his team has been consumed by this. we know that white house lawyers spent much of the weekend on meetings and in calls talking about this. we're hearing that they're really looking to model their operation over what they did with the mueller response. a team of white house lawyers working in tandem potentially with a team of outside counsel, but george, just to give you a sense of how nervous perhaps some people, or seriously people

are taking these allegations and this potential impeachment threat, we're told that some inside the white house are looking to hire their own white house counsel to respond to this. >> this appears to be on a fast track. this week the house intelligence foreign affairs, and oversight committees have set hearings and depositions with several key players. on wednesday, former u.s. ambassador to the ukraine, marie yovanovitch on wednesday who was abruptly removed from her place, and trump said the career omat was bad news. thursday it's kurt volker, the state department envoy who resigned after the whistle-blower complaint revealed he facilitated contacts between rudy giuliani and ukrainian officials. friday, it's michael atkinson, the intelligence inspector general who reviewed the whistle-blower complaint finding it both credible and of urgent concern. friday is also the deadline for secretary of state mike pompeo to turn over documents. what we still don't know is when exactly the whistle-blower will testify before congress. chairman schiff told me very soon, but the whistle-blower's

attorneys say no time or date has been set. i want to bring in dan abrams for more on this. we see elements of the white house defense strategy coming into play. a lot of lashing out at opponents, at joe biden. but it also seems like they're moving back towards this idea that their strongest defense would be that there was no explicit quid pro quo. >> right. you're going to see two prongs here. one is going to be sort of led by the president, maybe led by rudy giuliani which is attack, attack, attack. then, number two, i think will be a more legalistic defense which is going to be to say that there was never an agreement in place. there was never a quid pro quo. there was never a demand specifically. the problem with that is twofold. number one is a legal matter you don't need a quid you don't need to have a technical violation of a statute. we talk for example about abuse

of power. that's not a specific violation of a crime, but that has been determined in the past to be an impeachable offense. >> and as weee by that schedule we just outlined, really just the beginning of this process. we have no idea. we don't know as this begins. >> right, so all we can start with today is we got the ukraine issue. you have got to see if they bring up any of the mueller issues, but with all these witnesses that are going to come forward, there is always the potential to get more. more information. more questions. when you look at "the washington post" story, that clearly emerged more than what we know today, about the conversation with the russians, the president may have minimized significantly. >> election interference. >> election interference, and remember, robert mueller indicted two dozen russians for that crime. so imagine the idea of the president basically saying, criminal conduct doesn't matter. i mean, could that be deemed to be impeachable. anything in theory can be

impeachable. the question becomes, does the congress want to move forward with an impeachment proceeding on that? >> and even if the house does move forward with impeachment, even if there is a majority for impeachment, no guarantee for a senate trial. >> that's right. there are two avenues here. number one is they can make a motion to dismiss in the senate which requires a majority and that could just -- >> if republicans hold together that's it. >> they could end it. the other thing is, they could just delay. remember what happened in 2016 with president obama's selection for a supreme court nominee. it had always been the case that the senate would at least take it up and they decided, no, we're just not going to even vote on it. is it possible they could delay long enough not to vote? depends when it comes forward. >> and what the public opinion is like at the time. dan abrams, thanks very much. t.j. >> we turn to the ongoing chaos in hong kong where we have fears now that we could see more violent protests erupt ahead of a major holiday this week this after we already saw a weekend of clashes between pro-democracy protesters and riot police. ian pannell on the ground for us there in hong kong. ian, hello to you.

>> reporter: yeah, good morning, t.j. from a city that's barely recovering from what's just past and now bracing for what's about to come, there are now widespread fears that we could witness a ramping up of the violence we have seen over the last 48 hours. more than 150 arrested sunday. the youngest 12 years old and saw battles. police beating protesters who threw bricks and homemade gasoline bombs back. now there are fears it could be about to get worse as china prepares to commemorate the 70th anniversary since the people's republic was founded. president xi wants this to be a showcase for its economic and military might but what it doesn't want is distractions from the celebrations, but that's what pro-democracy protesters are planning. we're anticipating widespread disruption, intensified clashes across hong kong and they've just said in the last hour it's time to fight the last battle. it will be our most glorious moment. the stakes couldn't be higher.

robin. >> all right, ian, thank you. back here at home, to that historic september snowstorm slamming the rockies. montana's governor declaring a winter emergency as record amounts of snow pile up. ginger tracking the very latest for us. good morning, ginger. >> robin, good morning. so many folks from atlanta to cincinnati with record highs are saying, what? four feet of snow, yes, that is what they had up to that number in montana. so it's not atypical for them to get snow, but to get this much at this point in the year, it's a big deal. these pictures are from glacier county. great falls had their second biggest two-day snowfall on record. any month. it's a big deal in montana but now it's going to move east and partly that front is going to bring mostly rain, it's not going to be a snow event from wisconsin down through iowa. today it's tropical moisture fueling southeastern new mexico. they will see that deep tropical moisture pull up. some of the burn scars, the fire areas are concerned about flash flooding there, but we're talking 4 inches to 6 inches going through wednesday from

madison, wisconsin, back through northern iowa. george? >> ginger, thanks. we're going to move on now to a health alert about zantac. cvs is pulling the heartburn medication from shelves joining other drugstores over a possible link to cancer. gio benitez has the details. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning to you. cvs is the latest u.s. retailer to stop selling zantac and the generic version of the drug. walgreens, walmart and rite aid had already pulled it following an alert from the fda saying it may contain ndma, that's a substance the fda says could cause cancer. cvs saying it pulled the drug out of an abundance of caution but like the fda does not suggest you stop taking the drug. health authorities say there's no immediate risk but if you're one of the millions of americans who take the drug and you're concerned about it, they suggest you reach out to your doctor about any alternatives. the fda says it is still investigating whether low levels of ndma pose at the risk. an important investigation. >> sure is. thanks very much. all right, we have some breaking new developments to get to in that multistate manhunt for four men who broke out of an ohio jail. they were considered very

dangerous. they overpowered their guards to get out. at least three of them have now been captured. alex perez has the latest from greensburg and three out of four. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, t.j., good morning to you. authorities have been working this case around the clock. one of those men was spotted right here at this mall prompting an evacuion and panic. this morning, an urgent multistate manhunt for this man, lawrence lee iii, one of four inmates who escaped from an ohio jail. >> it's not safe for our community. it's not safe for our children. something needs to change. >> reporter: the other three, 40-year-old brynn martin, 24-year-old christopher clemente and 30-year-old troy mcdaniel jr. taken into custody over night. lee who was last seen wearing a black shirt and pants is considered extremely dangerous. the escape occurred after the four men overpowered two female correctional officers with a homemade weapon. >> once gaining access to the administrative wing of the jail,

the inmates stole the keys of one of the correctional officer's vehicles. >> reporter: the inmates drove for one block before hopping into another car that was waiting for them. >> our detectives have established that the inmates had the assistance in escaping from at least one individual on the outside. >> reporter: police here evacuating the area as a precaution. three of the four were apprehended nearly 500 miles away at a red roof inn in cary, north carolina. this jailbreak is the third in under a month for the same facility and was the second escape for brynn martin who previously fled with other inmate but both men were quickly caught. and there is a $2,500 reward for any information that helps authorities catch up with that last fugitive. guys? >> hope that will happen very soon, alex. thank you very much. >> point of personal privilege. >> a little bounce in my step this monday morning. why couldn't that be? why? >> tell us, robin.

because sunday night who dat nation, the saints with that big win over the cowboys. the previously undefeated dallas cowboys. >> it's young season. >> come on now. come on. give it to me. come on. the saints' defense coming out in full force with quarterback drew brees recovering from hand surgery taking what their defensive coordinator told them to heart and said they needed to go from, quote, good to great. they delivered. i'm telling you, teddy bridgewater coming through. the defense coming through. and then the cowboys had a chance there at the end. a little hail mary. we picked that off. we picked that off. we picked that off. >> george, want to grab some coffee. >> she is determined -- she'll make the saints america's team. >> you all can relate. you have no idea when the saints win, who dat nation, everyone, it just kind of lifts your spirits just a little bit. >> including this one. we all root for the saints because on mondays it makes a difference. >> yes, it does. >> a little bit. a little bit. thank you for indulging me. we do have to move on.

there a lot of other stories this morning, including this newly -- including a midair scare aboard a united airlines flight when part of an engine detached. and take a look at this video of a school bus driver allegedly drunk behind the wheel. what she was caught on camera saying, and the young student calling 911. could have possibly saved a lot of lives there. so smart of him to do that. but first, let's go back to ginger. ginger? >> you know i love that pep in your step too, robin. along that jet stream where the ridge has been in place we'll see record high temperatures possible, atlanta saying, yeah, we saw it all weekend. you'll see it all week too. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the select cities sponsored by walgreens.

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and as the whistle-blower at the center of the impeachment inquiry prepares to testify before congress there are new concerns about that person's safety. president trump is also saying that he wants to meet that whistle-blower, and of course, he's threatening to criticize the whistle-blower as well. this incredible site. northern lights stretching across finland. >> beautiful. we're going to stick to the skies but a little different. we have a midair scare to show you. everybody, take a look at your screens. i'm no aviation expert, but pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. that's part of an engine cover detached midflight and forced to make an emergency landing and david kerley has the story. what in the world is going on there? >> reporter: t.j., quite a scene, isn't it? the jet tens of thousands of feet in the air when part of that engine detaches, but as you can see, it was still flapping and the passengers saw it all. a frightening sight right out passengers' windows, a piece of the engine flapping in midflight. that's part of the engine's cover which broke loose shortly

after this united airline flight took off from denver sunday morning. the pilots of the orlando-bound jet quickly calling controllers. >> we need to get back to denver relatively quickly. >> when you get a chance, nature of the emergency. >> an engine panel has become detached from the airplane. we have about six hours of fuel and we have 196 people. >> reporter: it was a half hour after takeoff the jet turned around landing safely back at denver just before 8:30 in the morning. take a look at that mangled panel with the interior of the engine exposed. passengers who were not sitting near the wing getting a chance to see the engine on the ground. >> this pilot really took some pretty heroic, decisive action and made a big decision turning us around really quickly. that pilot potentially saved some lives. >> reporter: united saying in a statement that the flight landed at the airport due to a mechanical issue with one of the engines. the flight landed safely and taxied to a gate where customers de-planed normally. experts agree, it's a disconcerting sight there

for passengers, but that engine cover is only there for aerodynamic reasons, doesn't affect the operation of the engine. still a little bit scary for them. they all got on another aircraft and got to orlando, t.j. >> that makes me feel better, david, don't mind this piece just flapping in the wind here. we got more disconcerting aviation news talking about boeing 737 maxes, have been grounded for safety reasons. now there's another issue about an earlier version of that 737. >> reporter: yeah. it's called the next generation, the ng, the 737 ng, and what boeing has found is that the attachments of the wing to the fuselage and some of them are cracking much earlier than they ever expected. these are fatigue cracks, so they've asked and the faa has ordered that all airlines check this to see if they're having any cracks where the wings attach to the fuselage. they don't know how widespread this is, but they want to be safe and have everybody check out those wings, t.j. >> planes and cracks. all right, david, thank you so much for the updates this morning. >> some issues on the ground as well.

we have a newly released video showing those scary moments onboard a school bus with an apparently drunk driver behind the wheel. thankfully a student managed to call 911 and get some help. amy, you're here with this. >> yeah, and you can hear the kids screaming. it's so scary. police say the bus driver drove two routes dropping off kids in elementary and high school and, yes, thankfully a young student knew to call for help. >> yell and scream. >> reporter: you're watching newly released surveillance video of what children say was a terrifying bus ride home. >> no. >> reporter: students screaming while police say their school bus driver catherine maccarone was intoxicated behind the wheel. >> i'm crazy. i'm totally crazy. >> reporter: at one point the 48-year-old even rambling to herself while the bus was empty before picking up any kids earlier this month in washington state. >> you know why i'm doing it? because my marriage sucks and my

husband is a son of a gun and there's nobody on this bus. >> reporter: police say video from the bus camera show maccarone yelling incoherently for nearly two hours. one of the scared students on board calling 911 after getting off the bus. >> our bus driver, catherine, she was drunk because she was like she passed three red lights. >> why do you think she's intoxicated? >> she's like wobbly and then her eyes, you can tell she was drunk. >> did she smell of alcohol? >> yeah, her breath sort of smelled like alcohol. >> reporter: police officers locating maccarone say she smelled of alcohol and tested over the legal limit charging her with dui and two counts of reckless endangerment. >> this is going to be a dui. >> is it? >> yeah. >> i was hoping the kid wasn't right. >> reporter: they say she was talking about her divorce and told officers she takes sleep and anxiety medication. parents outraged. maccarone resigned from her job. the school superintendent

telling abc news, putting our students at risk with irresponsible behavior will not be tolerated. >> it's concerning as a mom. you want your kids to be safe when they go to the bus and you're trusting that they are safe every day getting to school, and that would be awful if something happened to them. >> now, longview washington made changes to its school bus policies, including requiring each driver to show up for a face-to-face check-in before they start their routes. background checks and random drug tests are routine, but rules and regulations involving school bus driver vary from state to state and even school district to school district so if you're a concerned parent about your kid's driver you probably are going to have been your own advocate. another complication, guys, is a widely reported shortage, nationwide shortage of bus drivers. they're looking for people who are willing to be, you know, the people who are taking our kids hopefully safely to school.

>> i've shared this. i was a school bus driver back in the day and it's quite a responsibility. to hear that little boy's voice on 911. >> it's heartbreaking. >> it is. >> he was 10, wasn't he? he had to be the responsible one for that bus. that's nuts. >> good thing he did. thanks amy. we're going to move on now to new charges stemming from that frightening scene in illinois where an suv plowed through a shopping mall and the driver now facing terrorism charges. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas joins us with details. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. today that suspect is being held without bail as we're getting new details that there may have been much more planning than we previously knew. >> this is not happening right now. >> reporter: this morning, a charge of terrorism after this frightening scene at a chicago-area shopping center. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: an suv driving inside the woodfield mall earlier this month plowing through, narrowly missing terrified shoppers. >> i was helping a customer and all of a sudden this suv started coming towards my kiosk. if i would have stayed in my kiosk i wouldn't be here today. i would be gone.

>> reporter: police now claiming the driver, 22-year-old javier garcia cased the mall before the attack. >> a search warrant of the defendant's cell phone was executed. the defendant searched woodfield mall, the aerial view of the mall and mall premises 124 times. >> reporter: after being held for psychiatric evaluation, this weekend prosecutors announcing garcia faces state felony terrorism and property damage charges. garcia first came into the sears department store on foot, but exited a short time later. in four minutes he's back driving his black suv at a high rate of speed directly into sears smashing through the glass and steel doors. frightened patrons initially thought there was an active shooter. >> a trailblazer driving through the mall right now. unknown injuries, unknown where he is right now. >> reporter: but no shots were fired and miraculously no one was seriously hurt. garcia's attorney says he's no terrorist.

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robin. it is shocking video, an aggressive bull elk in the middle of mating season attacking a defenseless woman, a quick-thinking park employee using his car to save her before it was too late. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: this is the dramatic moment a 700-pound elk confronts a group of tourists in a colorado park. one person jumping over a rock to get away. nearby, a woman is forced to the ground trapped while being struck by the animal's antlers. >> oh, my gosh. >> he did take an antler to the chest. he does have a superficial abrasion. >> reporter: that's when a park employee steps in driving his truck between the elk and the people. the animal undeterred charging the car immediately. >> it sounded like wood on metal. he just hit so hard and then the truck rocked. i leaned over and then when he backed off i leaned back in and, you know, i was just staring at his eyes thinking, he's pretty mad. >> reporter: wildlife officials say that fall is elk mating season. warning that males can become aggressive and attack

unprovoked. also this morning, a utah woman recovering in the hospital after she was attacked by a bison. >> i start running towards the lake away from it and it flips me up. >> reporter: 22-year-old kayleigh davis says she was moving out of the path of cyclists when a thousand-pound bison started chasing her. >> he was like doing the digging at the dirt like he was going to charge after me again. >> reporter: and earlier this summer a 9-year-old girl was thrown several feet in the air after being chased by a bison in yellowstone national park. she is okay. everyone in all of those videos is okay. the woman attacked by the elk in colorado is fine but, again, an all too frightening reminder, wild animals are called wild for a reason. steer clear, give them their space especially when you're in their space. >> all good advice right there. >> thanks so much. coming up, we have got our "play of the day," and it's a subway surprise you need to see and hear. ♪ baby you're a firework you need to see

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking news. terror attack on a u.s. base overseas. suicide bomb blast. a u.s. military base in somalia attacked. reports of a truck bomb and gunfire erupting. the terror group claiming responsibility. martha raddatz tracking the latest. impeachment showdown. new safety concerns for the whistle-blower ahead of testimony before congress. the latest from washington. prince harry on a mission in africa. his very personal passion project. our firsthand look at the challenges on the ground there and the moment duchess meghan skyped her husband. the creator of the labradoodle is speaking out about his designer dog saying it's his life's biggest regret. we'll tell you why. ♪ once i had a love and it was a gas ♪

one-on-one with debbie harry. the rock star opening up in a blockbuster new memoir. how she went from being on top of the world to very personal battles. her candid look back this morning. and it's about to get wild this morning. the irwins are here live. >> and she's here to say -- >> good morning, america. we have watched that young woman grow up. >> about to get married. >> i know. >> hope you're well this monday morning. and we hope -- it's a little arrogant for us to say this makes somebody's morning, watching us, but a mom of two, a nurse here in new york, and she has no idea that we have been working secretly with her husband, joe, for weeks to pull off a surprise that's going to

end up in a day off and a whole lot more. so we're really, really going to make her monday. >> yeah, we are, and nurses are the unsung heroes. they are there on the front lines and they know what's happening even before others there at the hospital. it's going to be great to give her a little surprise. that's later, but first we have other stories to get to this morning. attacks on u.s. and european military targets in somalia. the terror group al shabab claiming responsibility. our chief global affairs anchor, martha raddatz, is tracking the story from washington. good morning again, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the suicide truck bomber drove right up to the entrance to this u.s.-run military base in somalia, then detonated the explosives. gunfire then rang out across the base. the extremist group al shabab is taking responsibility claiming their fighters breached the perimeter of the heavily fortified base but a u.s. official tells us there were no american casualties although the official says a number of enemy fighters were killed and an italian peacekeeping convoy was also targeted by a suicide

bomber this morning killing several somali citizens. the u.s. base in somalia is a training site for somali forces. u.s. attacks on extremists have intensified over the past couple years with the u.s. fighting to take back territory from al shabab. robin. >> all right, martha, thank you very much. george. we move to the latest on the impeachment showdown. the lead house investigator says the whistle-blower will testify, quote, very soon as concerns grow over that person's safety. mary bruce has all the details. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. while lawmakers here are planning to talk to the whistle-blower at the center of this controversy sometime soon, but acutely aware they need to protect his or her identity as the whistle-blower's team is sharing new security concerns. they allege that some people are offering a $50,000 bounty for the whistle-blower's identity and citing the president's own comments comparing it to spies.

now the president this morning is doubling down demanding to meet his accuser saying there will be big consequences for those sources. even though, of course, inspector general deemed the whistle-blower's complaint to be credible. while democrats this morning are plowing ahead, they are now mapping out their next steps including hearings, depositions, more subpoenas, and we know that they are likely to want to talk to the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. but as for when they will get a chance to question the whistle-blower, george, they have not yet set a date just yet. >> we will stay tuned. okay, mary, thanks very much. now to game one of the wnba finals. the washington mystics defeating the connecticut sun, 95-86, the first time in franchise history that the mystics won a finals game. that woman right there, elena delle donne proving why she's so the mvp of this season, finishing the game with 22 points, 10 boards, 5 assists. game two tomorrow night in washington again. you can watch it 8:00 p.m. eastern and i'm looking forward to being on the sidelines for game three sunday in connecticut. >> are you working the sidelines?

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[ applause ] welcome back to "gma." welcome to our audience. very excited audience. okay, i'm going to ask everybody here, how many of you make new year's resolutions? >> why not. >> well, tomorrow, if you're here tomorrow, we'll talk about making them early. what if you switched things up and made them for the last 90 days. we'll talk about that tomorrow. time for "pop news." >> all right, george. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. well, it's a big day. wedding bells for justin bieber and hailey baldwin. that's right. today is the day for the happy couple getting ready to tie the knot in south carolina for the second time. they had a secret ceremony over

a year ago by themselves at a new york city courthouse. today is the big one though. a religious ceremony in palmetto bluff surrounded by family and friends described as one of south carolina's best kept secrets. not anymore. justin posting a sweet picture on instagram over the weekend. look at them. the pair has been pals for for a long, long time. he writes, my wife and i, where it all began. >> that's sweet. that's sweet. [ applause ] >> so a nice foundation. and j. lo and a-rod are one step closer to saying i do. the couple -- [ applause ] the power couple was toasted at a lavish engagement party in l.a. over the weekend. i love the word lavish, it was at this legendary singer/songwriter carol bayer's house and a-rod shared, so great celebrating with family and close friends last night. look at his smile. j. lo also shared a couple of pictures. this one thanking carol for a beautiful and one of a kind night and then one with their kids. it's been six months since they got engaged. they've been really tight-lipped

about where they were going to get married. a-rod did tease one clue saying simply it's going to be a long flight. so take your bets. >> both of these couples -- we're used to seeing them so long. i thought both of these couples were already married. >> that's what "pop news" is for. right there. >> and then also in "pop news," once again, oprah winfrey giving back in a big way attending the maya angelou women who lead luncheon in charlotte, north carolina, but by the time she got up to speak the group had raised $1.15 million for the united negro college fund. that's when oprah caused this reaction. >> great number. >> why the screams? oprah offered to match that $1.15 million. [ cheers and applause ]

and the crowd showing immense appreciation for all that money given to deserving students to attend historically black students and universities. they were hoping to raise $500,000 at that luncheon so the women on their own did it or the participants and then oprah just put it over the top. >> as always. >> able to do that without checking my bank of america app first. [ laughter ] >> pretty special, right? and then finally, babies are usually a good audience, right? but the guy you're about to meet, he has a real funny bone. winston is 1 year old. his dad was teaching him about the alphabet when he discovered that winston finds the letters "m" and "w" hysterical. take a look. >> "w." [ laughter ] >> "m." [ laughter ] >> "w." >> oh, boy. winston's nickname is according to his parents --

[ applause ] his nickname is mr. personality. well deserved, winston. so many people on social media commenting that winston and that laugh made their day and we thank you, we have to agree with that. [ applause ] >> thank you, lara. we're going to move on now to our "gma" cover story. it's the royal road trip across africa. prince harry and duchess meghan are spending their final day apart focusing on some of the causes that matter most to them and duchess meghan even made a surprise guest appearance though, alongside her husband via skype, and maggie rulli has all the details. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, george. well, it's not a bad view, right? we wanted to bring you guys here to the nature preserve to show you the kind of beautiful dramatic landscapes harry is trying to protect. one big issue for harry has been conservation and this morning actually in the british newspaper he wrote an op-ed saying conservation is fundamental to our survival.

in their last day apart on the royal tour today harry's tackling conservation from all sides. this morning in malawi, he saw the fight against poachers up close. the duke of sussex paying tribute to a guardsman to lost his life on a patrol mission and writing an op-ed in "the telegraph" saying we must overcome greed, apathy and selfishness to make real progress" and posting photos as part of their looking up campaign. later he dedicates land to the queen's commonwealth canopy. harry has long been a champion for the environment serving as president of african parks. on the ground we saw firsthand the challenges his organization is up against. a ranger says he has hope. does having someone like prince harry make conservation and anti-poaching such a platform for himself? does that give you hope? >> yeah, it's cool. the fact that he's doing it gets everyone else excited. ♪ >> reporter: and even though she's in johannesburg meghan isn't sitting out. >> i'm so happy to be here and i have been listening a little

bit. >> reporter: the duchess skyped into harry's meeting with an organization in malawi that empowers young women's education. >> we're just so proud at the queen's commonwealth trust that we can support you in everything you're doing. >> reporter: annd in case you were wondering where their little one is -- >> i wish i could be with you. we're here in south africa right now. archie is taking a nap. >> reporter: and tomorrow is the big day where all three are going to be reunited in johannesburg although we won't see harry and meghan together until wednesday but don't worry, guys. we'll be there right with them every step of the way. >> maggie is having a good time. >> she sure is. >> thank you, maggie. we turn now to what is maybe a surprising message from the guy who essentially invented the labradoodle, if you will. this is the breeder. he's calling the labrador/poodle mix his worst regret saying this opened up a pandora's box that makes breeding dogs big business with little regard for their health. will reeve back with the story

about a really popular dog here. >> yeah, they're hugely popular but he says he created frankenstein's monster, t.j. these guys, these labradoodles are so cute, that mix between the lab and the poodle, they're everywhere, but the man who created it, under a very specific set of circumstances wishes he never had. this morning, the man who invented the labradoodle, the trendy popular dog breed says his canine creation is his life's biggest regret. >> i opened a pandora box and released a frankenstein monster. >> reporter: in a recent interview with australia's abc podcast sum of all parts wally conron who created the breed in 1989 for a blind woman who needed a hypoallergenic guide dog, says his work was done with pure intentions but has created an unhealthy trend for designer breeds. >> i released the reason for these unethical, ruthless people to breed these dogs and sell them for big bucks. >> reporter: conron says some

breeders are more concerned about the dog's popularity and their potential price tag, than making sure the dog would be healthy. unhealthy breeding can increase a dog's risk of congenital disease, hip dysplasia, elbow problems and other issues. >> purebred doesn't mean healthy. in fact, a small population size and restricted mating can lead to the accumulation of disease and these mutations may be eliminated by natural selection in much larger natural populations. >> reporter: the aspca telling abc news in a statement, different breeds are predisposed to certain inherited disorders and diseases and a good breeding program should aim to minimize these risks and improve the overall health of the breed. but so many instagrammers loving their doodles, even though conron said that, quote, i find that the biggest majority are either crazy or have a hereditary problem, the president of the australian labradoodle club of america, amy murphy, saying this to "the new york times" in defense.

all dogs are crazy. these designer dogs fetch a huge price tag. thousands of dollars regardless, though, they're hugely popular so, if you are thinking of getting one, keep this in mind to have the healthiest labradoodle possible. look for places where the puppies live with the mother, and make sure both dog parents have been tested for those health issues and make sure you get a health certificate. you better certify that yourself. >> a checklist. >> yeah, and they are cute dogs though. >> i can see his point. >> when i first heard this story, i don't know about this but i see why he would -- >> i'm with you, will. there was some transitioning with ginger but i didn't want to get myself in trouble so let me toss over to you with a look at what's happening. a moment for us. a little "gma" moment. this one comes to us from san antonio, texas. you were talking about dogs. let's talk about the most patient cat in history.

that's lola by the way. lola sits there and takes it. the toy is chi chi and judi sent us this. i said, we could do so many memes about that. like, we all have that one co-worker, right? all righ [ applause ] i don't want to start anything, but when ginger said

that about a colleague, she kind of looked at you. >> wow. >> just saying. >> i've been gnawing at you this morning, robin. we have a "gma" exclusive for you right now with blondie's debbie harry. the rock star and style icon is releasing a blockbuster new memoir called "face it." it's going to be out tomorrow. it takes a look back at her fetime on the scene and behind the scenes and chris connelly, the one and only chris connell sadown with her. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know, when you heard her voice, when you listened to her lyrics, when you saw her on stage, you thought, debbie harry is fearless. well, it turned out she wasn't that fearless. she had to overcome that. in fact, as her new memoir proves she overcame a lot on her way to becoming a trailblazing rock star. ♪ had a heart of glass >> reporter: as front woman of the new wave band blondie from the mid '70s into the '80s, debbie harry was the undisputed queen of her scene. combining the torrid allure of a rock singer and ironic attachment of a french film star

on such hits as "heart of glass." now, four decades after blondie first roared out of new york city's punk mecca cbgb, "face it" offers candid, compelling when you were up on stage what did that feel like at first? >> terribly frightening, yeah, and i suddenly realized, well, i have to make them respond, i have to go out there. i have to get them. after that it was a no-brainer. i just went out and got them. >> reporter: did she ever. taking on the world with band mate and partner chris stein. ♪ call me >> reporter: with "call me" she could even make it sizzle on "the muppet show." ♪ call me >> reporter: blondie fans and the camera made harry an adored icon of her era, photographed by andy warhol, as she sold tens of millions of lps.

was this level of stardom anything that you could possibly have imagined? >> yes. i guess that's sort of what pushes you forward. you know. ♪ one way or another >> i feel that we had great times. we had horrible times. >> one you chronicle in the book, it's a sexual assault who involved someone who came into your house. how do you endure something like that? >> i have a great friend and partner in chris, and he helped me just to sort of put it into proportion. believe me. i felt anger, frustration, i wanted revenge, you know. i wanted -- i went through every you know, logical turn of emotion that you would normally go through when you're victimized. i think for whatever reason, my sanity took over and said, you can't carry around this kind of anger and sense of frustration. ♪ >> reporter: after seven years

of record sales and shows, blondie found they were penniless. you were broke. >> uh-huh. that's the story of rock 'n' roll, isn't it? >> reporter: drugs would also be in the story. harry writing that she'd buy heroin for herself and stein even after he was hospitalized with a severe illness. why? >> why? because we were junkies. and it was, you know, helped us survive this desperately horrible situation. the thing is, yes, i regret it because i know that, you know, it was a silly waste of time but then i don't really regret my life. the things that are important to me now are because i've, you know, gone through all of this stuff. >> reporter: she was a love child. adopted at 3 months by a family in new jersey. now in her 70s, debbie harry can look back with pride on a life of artistic indomitability.

if you could talk to that girl who graduated high school in 1963, what would you want to say to her? >> carry on. >> we're so glad you did. >> thank you. >> when pop was so segmented, they made music thatrought people together, and on the dance floor best of all. right? we are so grateful to her for making that happen. >> i have been around you for many years. you are fanning out right now. >> i am, i am. i had to do a little of this next to her. she was an icon. she was so brave. that was the thing that was so special about her. >> she does face it. >> yes, she does. >> especially in this memoir. let's go back to ginger. ginger. >> thank you, robin. thank you, chris. now to a "dancing with the stars" exclusive. we have got the stars returning to the ballroom tonight, and we have a sneak peek of lamar and peta rehearsing for movie night. >> open and -- >> hold on, hold on, hold on. oh, it's kobe bryant. let me put you on speaker.

this is my dancing partner, peta. >> hi. >> keeping my boy in line? >> he is working super hard. >> how long are you guys practicing? >> like three or four hours a day. >> might want to make that seven or eight. >> damn, homie. >> run, run, run, slide. yes. >> kobe bryant is a dear friend of mine. he's a winner, and we're in a position right now where it's all about winning. they're all saying the same thing. practice, practice, practice, practice will help me prevail. >> got some kobe power. i like that. you can see lamar dancing to a song from "risky business" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. coming up, the irwins are here. tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. coming up, the irwins are here.

zblncht good morning. the missouri man accused of intentionally setting fires near the reservoir east of mill peeds is keded to make his first court appearance this morning. he was in town for his 50th high school reunion. the mercury news reports told investigators he was emotional over his wife's death because the couple had pnned to drive on the road which leads to the reservoir. check out what's happening with traffic. it's been a busy morning. >> still busy on the bay bridge, we had an earlier car fire in the san francisco side of the p upper deck blocking the right hand should rer. the r car fire is out, but those right lanes remain blocked and a traffic alert still there until they get the right lane opened,

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♪ and the ones that mother gives you ♪ ♪ don't do anything at all ♪ remember what the dormouse said ♪ welcome aboard. ♪ feed your head good monday morning. the sun here in san francisco, we've had scattered showers this morning. 54 in the it is 48 in gilroy. 49, redwood city and the clear sky as you cross the golden gate bridge. sunny day. at the coast, it's a cool start.

40 in santa rosa. upper 60s near 70 today with the sunshine. another abc news update in b ♪ welcome back. i'm bouncing b ♪ welcback. i'm bouncing because we're about to make somebody's monday right here in new york city. lara, i know you're on your way to surprise her. what's going on? >> hey, you guys. yeah, i'm about four minutes away and we are abouto make her monday. we'll let you know. >> okay. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> technology. she's here in new york and the technology just always -- >> we get the idea. >> she'sn her way somewhere,

to make somebody really happy. >> that's the gist of it. we'll get back to lara if a few minutes. >> we hope. first we have some wild guests with us this morning. the irwin family, bindi, terri, robert and chandler to talk about the brand-new season of "crikey! it's the irwins." [ applause ] ♪ we are family >> hello, hello. >> congrats. congrats. >> please, have a seat. [ applause ] >> look at you. >> congratulations. >> that cannot be robert. >> this is me. >> what happened? what are you feeding him? >> lots. >> oh, my goodness. >> a lot of food. >> y'all look great. >> so good to see you. >> we're so proud of you. >> i thought of you. >> you're making it look stunning, by the way. >> from this group -- >> that's saying a lot.

>> we always say that khaki is not just a color, it's an attitude. it's a way to go. >> you are all smiles, in particular reason for these smiles, just engaged, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> now, i took a poll of our audience, and i asked the guys, what's the first thing you would say to a guy who just got engage and a lot said, well, why? but for the women they all say how did he pop the question, how big is the ring and when is the wedding. so tell us, how did you pop the question? >> we had a big celebration in the australia zoo for bindy's 21st birthday and organized a photo shoot and wanted to think of an excuse to get dressed up. i took her for a walk through the gardens and asked her at australia zoo. east even more special because roberts was taking photos in the bushes. >> so he actually captured the moment. >> it was organized. >> yes. >> let's just get that straight.

>> no, but it was so funny so chandler set it up with robert to be there taking pictures, but i had no idea. so i'm there crying, hugging chandler then all of a sudden robert burst through the bushes and i'm like a fainting goat. i just died so it was the most beautiful and terrifying moment of my life. it was great. >> you have a role in the wedding as well. >> i do. i'm actually going to be walking bindi down the aisle. i can't wait. it'll be so cool. [ applause ] >> i just love how you look at your children, just beaming with such pride and the second season, it is so quintessential what you are all about. tell us about the season. >> how lucky am i? i get to work with my kids, live with my kids, travel. it's really special, be you the

fact that wildlife conservation isn't just what we do, it's really who we are, and carrying on steve's mission is so important so all the work that he started we've expanded on and a lot of the things that you see that we're accomplishing include humanitarian aid as well. we're able to empower women in south africa, hire teams in sumatra to protect tigers and in australia as well, working with crocodiles is so important. our apex predators need our help now more than ever so those top of the food chain animals need protection so we're working with sumatran tigers, you're in the water with giant snakes, we're moving huge crocodiles. >> it's amazing. it's cool. >> it's what we love and we love wildlife so much and i hope steve would be proud. but absolutely season two is off the richter scale. applau ] >> would you all like to see a little sneak peek of season two? here it is. >> today moving bosco to another

enclosure so his area can be renovated. momentor me personally becauseig this is the biggest croc i've ever head jumped and it's all about timing. >> everyone come in. everyone, come in. whenever you are ready, i'm happy. >> i jumped in ready. >> go. >> wow. [ applause ] >> so cool. >> so excited just watching it. >> that's how the engagement went. >> exactly. >> they say -- they agree you're the one most like dad. is that something you try to do or is it just in you? you can't help but -- >> i think, yeah, from an early age dad had such a big impression on me and i love getting to continue what he did, but i mean when you're working with crocodiles it's hard not to get excited and be passionate about it because i mean really what we're doing is the same

techniques that dad used and it's all about teaching people that crocodiles are so much more than what you see. they're not just these big predators that go around eating everything. they're really special animals and i love getting to do what i do. it's exciting but for a purpose as well so it's awesome. >> terri, what's your final message you want to get out to people? >> i think in this day and age we seem to be kind of getting further and further from wildlife and i walk around new york and watch people dodging pigeons and they're not going to actually get you. so what we want to do is just help you with your wildlife relationship that it's okay to have squirrels in the backyard and a bird feeder and re-engage with wildlife again and we hope to get animals back in people's hearts so we can protect them. >> you all have a special place in our hearts. thank you. [ applause ] and crikey. how do you say -- >> crikey. >> "crikey! it's the irwins" saturdays on animal planet. thyou all. >> thanks.

coming up, our make your monday surprise. come on back. [ applause ] ♪ go big or go home i don't care where you're from, we're all just people. we want people to feel like they spent time with family. we want to create a place for more than just ourselves. we create the things that we want to exist in the world.

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welcome back to "good morning america." wanted to share with you one of my favorite photos from over the weekend from harbor beach, michigan. that is a kelvin helmholtz wave cloud.

one of my favorite types of clouds, and it was spotted there in michigan. we got a good audience. let's head to you. >> thank you. here now with former disney channel star and youtube sensation skai jackson, out with a new book called "reach skai:how to inspire, empowere, r clap back", and that you do, missy. so wonderful to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> tell me about this music video that you are anyway. >> the music video, lil nas x, he asked me to be in the panini music video. it was crazy. i was just listening to the song and i was like, okay, this is going to be my first music video

but it was really fun. it was a three-day shoot and he was the best thing ever. he's so polite and down to earth. it was great. >> when i saw the video, is that skai? i haven't seen you before. what is your core message in this book, skai? >> for me the message is be yourself. love yourself no matter what anyone tells you and to inspire, empower and clap back. but, yeah, just stay true to who you are and know who yourself is and be yourself. >> for those that are like clap back, explain it. >> okay, so clap back is when you might be in a confrontation with someone and they're coming at you negatively but you put them in their place but without being too nasty so you just clap back a little bit. [ applause ] >> you have suggestions for how to do that in your book. >> yeah, for me i would say if you want to clap back, just know your facts and then just tell them the truth and that's all you have to do and let it slide at the end of the day and block them. [ laughter ] >> i was about to say that last

one. >> block them. >> i know. i know. your book is really beautiful. the pictur, your mom, the way that she raised you. i know she's here. >> yeah, she's somewhere in the audience. >> she taught you to be a strong woman and also to embrace who you are and even how -- with your natural hair. that was something she was very -- it meant a lot to you. > it did mean a lot to me. i used to be bullied over the years in school and on social media but my mom has always just taught me that you are who you are, you can't change it and you should always love yourself and i used to not have a lot of confidence but as -- >> really? >> as i grew up i learned so much from my whom so she installed that in me at a young age. >> what do you want to do next? >> for me i want to do everything i can do. hopefully in more movies, hopefully doing another fashion line soon. i just want to put my hands in every pot. >> i know, i know. how old are you. >> i'm7. >> 17. [ applause ] oh.

and before you go, cameron boyce, because you were with him for "jessie." >> yes, i was. >> i saw pictures of you all together and, of course, we lost him much too soon. >> i know. >> and just tell us how it was being with him, and how he influenced you. >> cameron was like a big brother to me and everyone. he would literally when he would walk in the room just brighten up the whole room and if you were having a bad day he would just like make you feel like, okay, like everything was okay. he was just such a loving down to earth person and some people think that, you know, just because you're on tv you guys have to get along but, no, like how you saw him is how he really was but we'll always miss him and i miss him and we'll just continue his legacy and do everything that he would want to do. >> please do that. his mother and father, i had the privilege of sitting down with them. >> yes, i saw. >> and how they're going to continue on his great legacy. you go, girl. >> thank you. [ applause ]

>> i don't know about y'all. i'm having a flash back to when i was 17, this wasn't it. this wasn't it so good for you. >> thank you. >> "reach for the skai" is out tomorrow. everyone in the audience going home with a copy. [ cheers a applause ] let's go over now to t.j. yeah, yeah, robin, i don't want to flash back to when i was 17. well, it is international podcast day. we've got an exclusive announcement from spotify. starting today they're launching a brand-new feature that allows you to create podcast playlists and you can put all your favorites in one place like you do with your music, and i got a few recommendations. now your playlist can include abc's start here highlighting the day's top news in just 20 minutes. >> from abc news, this is start here, i'm brad mielke. >> we connect you with the reporters that you've seen on

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time to make your monday. this morning surprising melanie quinn. she's a nurse at new york presbyterian hospital, a wife and mom to go toddlers as well

as studying to become a nurse-practitioner. we saw lara jump in the car and she's at the hospital with her husband joe right now. hey, lara. >> hi, george. i'm in the post anaesthesia care unit at presbyterian. this is joe. joe, are you ready? >> yes. i'm scared but really excited. >> let's go. we'll make melanie's monday. she has no idea. all of her colleagues, her pals here are with me in on the surprise. she's right behind this curtain. ready? let's do this. hi, melanie. >> hello. >> how are you? you look like you're in trouble but you're not. i'm lara spencer from "good morning america." >> hi. how are you? >> this is your husband joe. i believe you know him. >> this is my husband joe, yes. >> melanie, this is my producer brad. we're putting this on you because we will like to make your monday. >> okay. >> in a really good way. not in a horrifying way. >> okay. >> all of your friends and your

husband joe, they all felt like you work so very, very hard that you do everything for everyone else. you take care of your beautiful children. you take care of joe. it's time for you to take care of you. >> wow. that's amazing. so i get a day to do homework? >> that is the best part. we'll get to that in a second. first i want to ask you, joe, you reached out to us. why was it so important for you to do this for melanie? >> well, it was a team effort. i don't want to take all the blame for this. you can't blame me for anything here. it was mostly her colleagues. it's everything she does here in the hospital, and her colleagues and her smile and what she brings to the teamwork, and how she takes care of her patients and being a mother and studying to be a

nurse-practitioner. >> give that husband a hug for saying all those nice things. >> you know it. we now know it. i'll let america in on the secret about the amazing melanie. roll 'em. with two toddlers at home the quinn family has their hands full and dad joe is in awe of his wife melanie, the mom who does it all. >> so melanie is just an incredible wife and incredible mother and we're just so lucky to have her and all she does to support our family. >> rorter:n top of being a mom, she's also a full-time nurse known for always having a smile. >> she always thinks of her patients. she just has incredible empathy and always thinking of ways of how she could be a better nurse to help those that she's helping. >> i love you. >> say we're proud of you. > i'm proud of you. >> reporter: and in what little free time she has melanie's back to school studying to become a nurse-practitioner. >> every minute of every day goes into taking care of our kids, taking care of myself, doing her job at work and taking care of people in the hospital and her studies, becoming a nurse practitioner. >> reporter: her husband says his wife, melanie, an amazing

mom and everyday hero deserves nothing more than a day off. >> she never takes time for herself. so i'm so happy that we have an opportunity to take care of her for at least one day. [ applause ] >> all right, so come with me, melanie and joe. let's walk over here. brace yourself. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my. >> melanie, your colleagues and pals here at new york-presbyterian hospital are covering for your shift today so you can play hooky. we have a little basket for you from our friends at the peninsula hotel. today is the day for you to have a spacation. you and joe are getting in a limo right now. your kids are okay. his mother is watching them. you're heading to the peninsula for a five-star day. joe said he's going to get his toes done. whatever you want.

>> yeah. >> you can get whatever you want this. is your day. these are for when you get home. don't worried about them. don't worry about your patients. they're covered. today it's all about you, my friend. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> don't thank me. thank your colleagues. >> from day one i walked into this hospital seven years ago and it's been a family from that day forward and i'm speechless. i'm looking around the room and there's so much love and support here, and i'm a just -- thank you. >> well, they thank you. they're a little jealous but excited to cover. you have a limo to head. you're off and running. bye, kids. [ applause ] back to you guys over at the studio. >> i love that. what! >> her expression like what. but as i said before, we all know this, nurses, oh, my goodness, they are just angels on this earth and for them to be able -- how excited she was to be surrounded by her colleagues like that. >> that's the moment that got her. seeing her husband, oh, my colleagues.

>> the expression, it was priceless. >> these are so great. we love making people's mondays. if you know someone who deserves to have their monday made message us on facebook or instagram. we'll be right back. [ applause ] ♪ go big or go home

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>> we're happy for melanie and for all of these nurses that are here in the studio joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you all. have a great day, everybody. skbroo everybody.

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carnival. choose fun. good morning. it's 8:59. lisa has a look at your monday. >> good morning. increasing sunshine after a few showers this morning. it's chilly out there. but look at oakland. nice rebound at 61. half moon bay, we're k loobing at a few clouds, 58 in concord, 46, santa rosa. another cool afternoon with temperatures below average. 68 in oakland. 70 in concord, but we are warming up as soon as tomorrow. >> we had an earlier sigalert with a car fire on the san francisco side of the bay bridge. that's been cleared up. as you can traffic is flowing nicely and we have a sigalert northbound 101 near spencer with a car overturned blocking the

right lane. that should be in the clearing phases. >> time now for live with kelly and ryan and we see you begin at 11:00 a.m. for midday live. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan." today, media superstar and businesswoman, paris hilton; and "inside edition" anchor deborah norville; plus, a one-pot dinner is served courtesy of award-winning chef aarón sánchez; and fun and games in the studio as we kick off our fantastic family faceoff, all next on "live." >> ♪ all night, gimme mad love >> announcer: and now, here are kelly ripa and that guy, ryan seacrest. >> ♪ yeah, don't let me down ♪ d-d-down ♪ all night, gimme mad love >> ryan: hi, there. >> ♪ all night, gimme mad love >> ryan: oh, wow! oh! i--i'm gonna--i'm gonna-- [cheers and applause] >> ♪ you know what i like lik like, like ♪ ♪ come put your body on mine ♪ mine, mine, mine, ,ne ♪ keep it up ♪ all night, night, night ♪ night, don't let me down >> ryan: whose is that?