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games from their airwaves as the nba commissioner tries to do damage control after that houston rockets official tweeted about hong kong. hot air balloon horror. >> i did have some witnesses saying that the balloon did catch fire. >> three terrifying accidents caught on camera, flames erupting at one of the nation's largest festivals. breaking his silence. the prosecutor in the college admissions scandal now praising felicity huffman and his new warning for lori loughlin as she prepares to face the judge. ♪ and four-way tie for first. the couples blowing away the ballroom in a fiery night on the dance floor. ♪ i'm walking on sunshine >> and the moment of pure sunshine, "dawson's creek" star james van der beek and the big reveal. he and his wife now getting ready for baby number six. ♪ and don't it feel good ♪ hey all right now ♪ don't it feel good good morning, america. that song will get you going on a tuesday morning. >> it sure will.

it sure will. >> what a night in the ballroom last night. that four-way tie for the top scores and james van der beek really lighting up the dance floor with this dance and big news, congratulations to him. >> i know, one for the thumb. six. that's it. but first right to the confusion growing this morning over president trump's sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from a key part of syria. the move getting backlash from both parties. this morning, our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz starts us off. she has the latest for us there in washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. a u.s. official telling me this morning that the commander of those kurdish forces who have fought and died in the fight against isis sent an emotional letter to u.s. forces saying, he knows they would not betray his soldiers. he understands it is president trump's decision alone. a decision that has blindsided the pentagon and lawmakers who are warning of dangerous fallout. in parts of northern syria this

morning, u.s. forces acting on orders from president trump now all but gone. >> we want to bring our soldiers back home. these are the endless wars. >> reporter: abandoning the kurdish allies the u.s. has long relied on to fight isis, using curds losing thousands of soldiers in that fight against the caliphate. the situation on the ground coming after an extraordinary 24 hours in which president trump after a call from turkey's president erdogan first essentially gave the greenlight for turkey to launch a military operation against the kurds, american allies, who erdogan considers terrorist insurgents. the white house saying, turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into northern syria. united states forces having defeated the isis territorial caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. but the reaction at home and from the president's own party swift and furious.

the president's closest ally on capitol hill, lindsey graham, attacking trump's decision. >> i hope i'm making myself clear how shortsighted and irresponsible this decision is in my view. >> reporter: and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying it would increase the risk that isis regroup, even former u.n. ambassador nikki haley calling it a big mistake. then, the president seeming to change his tune tweeted this warning to turkey. if turkey does anything that i, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off-limits, i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey. i've done it before. the department of defense also making clear where it stands saying in a statement, we do not endorse a turkish operation in northern syria. the u.s. armed forces will not support or be involved in any such operation. a u.s. official tells abc news

the biggest fear that the 11,000 isis prisoners that the kurds refucamps where some scape and children are dancing under the isis flag become more of a breeding ground for terrorist activity. after a day of pushback, trump still appearing confident in his actions surrounding himself with the pentagon's top brass. >> at some point we have to bring our people back home and that's what we're doing. that's what we're doing. >> is it a firm decision, sir? >> it's always a firm decision. >> reporter: of course, last december, trump unexpectedly said he was pulling out all u.s. forces in syria, which prompted defense secretary jim mattis to resign. trump eventually reversed the decision leaving 1,000 troops in syria, but a senior official says the pentagon is now working on initial planning to pull out those troops in the next 30 days, although that could change, george. >> okay, martha, so much to dig into here. let's bring in our seen your

white house correspondent cecelia vega and our military analyst steve ganyard. cecilia, let me begin with you. we just saw the president say his decision is now firm. but these last 36 hours have been such a scramble inside the white house. >> reporter: exactly, george. aides here have really struggled to interpret the president's decision but perhaps more importantly than even inside the white house, outside the white house this is causing mass confusion. military leaders were forced toish sue that statement, trying to clean up the president's move. even evangelicals are frustrated with the move. of course, those top republican scathing really a rare statement from mitch mcconnell saying that american leadership. the president said he consul tated with everyone, that doesn't seem to be the case at all, george. critics are calling this another

impulsive foreign policy decision from this president. this one with life or death consequences. >> let me bring in steve ganyard. i worked in the white house. you served in the state and defense department. nothing about the way this has unfolded in the last 36 hours is normal. >> no. george, as you know, every democratic and republican president relies heavily on staff, both the interagency staffs and nsc staffs to help set foreign policy. usually when you have conversations between heads of state and a president, they're quite benign and nothing really changes. but in this case every time we see mr. trump talk to mr. erdogan some radical changes come out that seem to be unilateral. so mr. erdogan seems to be the trump whisperer. >> the big question right now is -- because this blindsided the kurds whhapartners. what will isittionn th ground? what will happen with all those isis prisoners, thousands of them, that the kurds have been protecting -- i mean imprisoning, excuse me. >> yes, there's about a thousand u.s. special forces troops

maintaining the status quo to act as a buffer between the turks coming south and take on the kurds. the kurds as you note are keeping 10,000, 11,000 prisoners, 2,000 of which are foreign fighters who could go home and become sleeper cells within their home country. the real problem here is, if the u.s. pulls out, it creates a vacuum. when president obama pulled out of iraq isis took over 25% of that country. the military knows that -- they've seen this movie and they don't want to see it again. >> okay, steve ganyard. thanks very much. all this unfolds as the support for impeachment rising fast. support for impeachment is rising very quickly. 58% support an impeachment inquiry and 49% actually support removing president trump from office. this all comes as a key witness has been blocked from testify g testifying. this comes as congress grappling with how they scramble to secure

testimony from whistle-blower without putting him in danger. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce >> good morning. the ambassador had agreed to answer questions voluntarily. the state department have ordered him to not to appear. this morning on capitol hill, a key witness is a no-show. just moments ago, abc news confirming that the ambassador the eu, gordon sondland are not be testifying today after the state department ordered him not to appear. in a statement, his lawyers saying that the ambassador is profoundly disappointed that he will not be able to testify today. democrats are outraged. >> the failure to produce this witness, the failure to produce these documents, we consider yet adaxal strong evidence of obstruction. the president and secretary of state are taking actions that prevent us from getting the facts needed to protect the

nation's security. >> reporter: he worked behind the scenes to help ukraine carry out president trump's wishes. text messages turned over appear to show sondland push to ukraine to investigate the president's rival joe biden. this morning, democrats are weighing every option to protect the whistle-blower who sparked this impeachment inquiry. even considering obscuring the person's voice and appearance or questioning the whistle-blower at a remote location. as they demand to know his or her eidentity. >> so this extremely unusual situation unfortunately demands extreme measures in terms of protecting the security of the >> reporter: the president says he deserves to meet his the whistle-blower republicans are largely standing with the

president. some suggesting that trump was just jeking that china should also investigate biden. when asked if that's true? the president wouldn't comment. now, as this investigation deepen, they have subpoenaed the pentagon related to the president's decision to hold aid to ukraine. >> the whistle-blower needs these special protections in part because of the threats from the president and his allies. >> reporter: george, this is pretty remarkle. a real concern here from democrats on the hill public and colleagues may try to out this whistle blower. now, the president of course has insisted he has a right to meet his accuser but the whistle blower of course is protected by law from any retaliation.

>> mary bruce, thanks very much. michael. >> all right, george, a high-stakes day at the supreme court which is back in session and taking up three potentially landmark cases involving gay and transgender rights and discrimination in the workplace. senior national correspondent terry moran is at the supreme court with more this morning. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this is a huge day here. the court will be taking up three cases and focusing on a crucial question for the country -- the horn there -- does the great civil rights act of 1964, which among many other things, prohibits discrimination because of "sex, protect gay and transgender americans." there's a skydiving instructor from new york, a state employee from georgia, they say they were fired because they were gay. and a funeral director from michigan says she was fired after she transitioned. they say this law should protect them and their employers say congress did not intend this law to mean that. all eyes will be on justice brett kavanaugh who replaced justice anthony kennedy, a staunch champion of lgbt rights,

kavanaugh is expected to shift the court to the right. and we'll be looking to see if justice clarence thomas is up there. he missed opening day. a rare absence. he still gets a vote. the court said he was ill. justice ruth bader ginsburg reported for duty as usual, but the stakes are so high here, michael, no question about it. >> thank you so much, terry. robin? now to that breaking news, china announcing this morning they're pulling nba games from their airwaves. abc's kaylee hartung is here, has the la good morning, kaylee. >> good morning, robin. this story developing as the nba commissioner is making his position clear and defending daryl morey's right to freedom of speech despite the consequences in china. >> reporter: this morning, nba commissioner adam silver voicing his support for daryl morey, general manage for the houston rockets. >> the long-held values of the nba are to support freedom of expression and in this case daryl morey as the general manager of the houston rockets enjoys that right. i understand there are consequences.

we will protect our employees' freedom of speech. >> reporter: chinese state television reacting swiftly. announcing they will not air any nba preseason games and the network says we are strongly dissatisfied and we oppose silver's claim to support morey's right of free expression. we believe that any speech that challenges national sovereignty and social stability is not within the scope of freedom of speech. the controversy began when the rockets' morey fired off this tweet, fight for freedom. stand with hong kong, referring to the massive protests against china. the chinese basketball association run by former rocket yao ming immediately suspended all cooperation with the houston team and the rockets were quick to distance themselves from morey's sentiment and the team tweeting morey does not speak for the houston rockets. the nba said morey's comments have deeply offended our fans in china which is regrettable. the nba is the number one sports league in china and big business for the league. with at least 25 marketing partnerships and 200 nba stores.

silver says the nba does not want to upset its legends of fans in the communist country, but that it must stay true to its american principles. >> daryl's tweet has hit what i would describe as a third rail issue here in china. >> adam silver is going to shanghai tomorrow to watch a preseason game and he hopes to meet with chinese officials to smooth this over, silver says he recognizes this issue will probably not go away quickly. >> sure will not. okay, kaylee, thank you very much. another incident, new developments in the case involving the wife of an american diplomat in britain accused of killing a teenager in a car crash, then fleeing the country claiming diplomatic immunity. the british prime minister has now revealed the woman's name and vowed to take the case to president trump. ian pannell is in london with the latest. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. that's right. the pressure is building for america to send back the wife of a u.s. diplomat who fled to america despite being accused of killing a british teenager in a car crash. both the police, politicians and the parents now all demanding that anne sacoolas return to

face justice. sacoolas shown here in a now-deleted facebook post is a prime suspect in that head-on car crash that killed 19-year-old harry dunn. now, he was riding his motorcycle when sacoolas allegedly hit him while driving on the wrong side of the road. the 42-year-old initially cooperated telling police she had no plans to leave the uk. but when british officials and officers were planning to make an arrest, she was gone claiming diplomatic immunity. now, the u.s. says they won't send her back but now prime minister boris johnson and the family saying they'll reach out to president trump directly if there is no response. george? >> okay, ian, thanks very much. michael? we're going to turn now to two big plays that are trending overnight. for the undefeated 49ers, first up, it's a moment of sweet revenge for a niners defensive end who has really a good memory. take a look. that is nick bosa sacking browns quarterback baker mayfield and then he is waving a flag in celebration. well, that move was two years in the making because two years ago

both mayfield and bosa faced off in college and mayfield did this. he planted the oklahoma flag in the middle of ohio state's field. bosa, obviously not pleased with that so a little sweet revenge last night. what a memory. two years. don't want to get on his bad side. and then there was this play on the sideline, a pregame proposal. lineman d.j. jones popped the question to his unsuspecting girlfriend on the sidelines before the game. she was shocked but she said yes. >> the onlooker looked a little more happy than she did. >> she was in shock. >> that's what we'll say. we are following a lot of other stories. there's a new twist in the college admissions scandal. the prosecutor's now speaking out for the first time and he says lori loughlin should be worried. and we're taking you live to one of the most beautiful places in the world. look at that. but it's facing a serious threat

and our correspondent james longman is there live and i know people will want to see that, ginger. >> i am so ready to see that. and chicago, memphis and houston, i hope you are so ready to see the coldest air of the season that will settle in by this weekend. so, yes, i know it will be refreshing for people in texas, but it comes with a big snowstorm too. so let's talk about where that air is going to move through and when. let's pop up a state like colorado. denver, for example, had their second hottest september on record. tomorrow should be around 80 degrees. we come up and over and see the southwest flow. see all the red. that represents about 80 degrees tomorrow but watch as the front moves through. we are going to see temperatures drop significantly, see that blue and purple coming through eating away at the red. that's a 65-degree temperature drop in about 36 hours. you'll get your first flakes of snow there. up to a foot and a half in parts of the dakotas. let's get to tuesday trivia now. it's brought to you by capital one.

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made his nba debut last night playing for the new orleans pelicans. preseason game. >> right to the hole. >> yes! >> delivered that first dunk in less than two minutes, finished with 16 points. >> oh, my goodness. >> he plays hard. >> uh-huh. welcome to new orleans. now to the college admissions scandal and that new warning from the prosecutor saying if convicted, if convicted, lori loughlin's prison sentence could be, quote, substantially higher than felicity huffman's. eva pilgrim is here with details on that. good morning, eva. >> good morning to you guys. expect jail time, that was the warning from the lead prosecutor to lori loughlin and the other parents caught up in the "varsity blues" scandal who are fighting the charges. make a deal and you could get less time but take it to trial and the prosecutor says these parents should expect he will recommend real time. >> reporter: this morning, a revealing new interview with attorney andrew lelling, massachusetts top prosecutor currently at the center of the country's largest cheating scandal. >> we're here today to announce charges in the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted

by the department of justice. >> reporter: lelling speaking out to our affiliate wcvb for the first time since announcing charges against dozens of high-profile wealthy parents including actress felicity huffman, who was recently sentenced to two weeks behind rt paying a $15,000 bribe to have her daughter's s.a.t. scores altered. >> there is a few things working in her favor. she took responsibility almost immediately. she was contrite, did not try to minimize her conduct. i think she handled it in a very classy way. >> reporter: huffman was 1 of 15 parents who pled guilty and one of five who has been sentenced so far to prison time. ranging from two weeks to five months. >> what i value in the felicity huffman sentence is that i think it sent a clear message to other parents involved that there really is a good chance that if you're convicted of the offense, you're going to go to prison for some period of time. >> reporter: 19 of the parents facing charges are still maintaining their innocence.

including actress lori loughlin and her husband who have pled not guilty. the couple accused of paying $500,000 bribe to have their daughters recruited to the crew team despite not playing the sport. the couple claiming those alleged bribes were actually donations to the college and to what they thought was a charity. >> if she's convicted, we would probably ask for a higher sentence for her than we did for felicity huffman. i can't tell you exactly what that would be. >> reporter: lelling also saying he thinks the scandal is more widespread than just this case. >> what you have here is coaches in those sports given slots to play with, but there's no real oversight of what they're doing with those slots. so the temptation grows to sell them. >> and lelling also saying he would be recommending at least a month prison time for all these cases. loughlin's lawyers are expected back in court in january. >> it continues. >> yeah. >> thanks. >> thank you so much, eva.

now to a former college cheerleader who is taking on her school accusing her coaches of bullying her into cheering after she suffered multiple concussions. paula faris is here now with this story. good morning, paula. >> good morning, michael. she says the university treats chgheerlearsheufltle concussions she claims she was told not to go to the doctor. >> reporter: while many are seen on the sidelines, cheerleaders are often as physically tested as the athletes on the field. but one cheerleader says the dedication to the sport that she loved came at a price. 23-year-old missy martin was once a cheerleader at uc, berkeley, until she says she suffered multiple concussions while cheering for the squad. >> every day i have a headache. yesterday specifically i was dealing with nauseousness and i couldn't work on my homework. >> reporter: now the former cheerleader is filing a lawsuit against the university and her former coaches claiming the coaches bullied her to keep cheering at both games and

practices after she suffered her first concussion in october 2017. missy says the injury occurred when she accidentally got kicked in the head. according to the complaint missy developed a severe headache and eventually other symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, confusion and sensitivity to light and sound. she alleges that her coaches failed to take her head injuries seriously and that she was even instructed not to go to a doctor. while most of the national conversation around head injuries centers around football, concussion risks for cheerleaders are on the rise. in fact, according to a recent study, concussions are the leading injury among high school cheerleaders accounting for nearly a third of all injuries. now, missy is hoping that her lawsuit will create stricter safety measures to be put into place. >> the biggest thing i want is change for cheerleaders. i want them to be safe. i want people to take them seriously and i want them to treat them like athletes. >> now she took a one-year

medical leave of absence from school because of her concussion symptoms. her lawyers say had the university exercised reasonable care, it could have all been prevented. you just heard her. she wants to move the needle, push the conversation forward and she wants to initiate initie systemic change. >> cheerleading can be really dangerous. >> thank you, paula. we move to that hot air balloon scare at the popular albuquerque international balloon fiesta. there were actually three accidents, one balloon burst into flames. gio benitez is here with the details. good morning, gio. >> good morning george. when you see these videos it's just incredible everybody survived. some were injured and taken to the hospital. thousands gathering from all over the world to watch these balloons soar. >> reporter: fire falling from the skies. a hot air balloon engulfed in flames with a passenger and pilot on board. >> i did have some witnesses saying that the balloon did catch fire. >> reporter: just one in a string of balloons in distress during one of the nation's largest festival, the albuquerque international balloon fiesta in new mexico.

videophones rolling on this frightening scene. a hot air balloon's gondola erupting in flames as another fire burns on the ground, the pilot and passenger treated for injuries. >> any incident like this is a little bit nerve-racking for everyone involved. >> reporter: but this wasn't the only incident. authorities also rushing to help the passengers on this balloon after it goes flying into the cable line and not far from there, a balloon crashed into a tree on a golf course and is ripped apart. every year thousands of people gather to take part in a nine-day celebration in albuquerque. the main event showcasing hundreds of balloons filling the sky. and while most events go off without a hitch, onlookers capturing this video as a hot air balloon starts flying into trees. a rough landing for those passengers but incredibly no one was hurt. and we don't know just yet what caused all of these hot air balloon accidents.

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scientists warning that a glacier on the tallest mountain in europe could collapse at any moment. take a look at this time-lapsed video showing the mont blanc glacier melting at an alarming rate over the course of a month. this is just a month. james longman is there in france for us. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, robin. and what a morning it is. we are 12,500 feet up mont blanc. this is the tallest mountain in western europe. the weather gods have been kind. they are the three massive peaks here. white peak mont blanc is the translation and it's truly a spectacular place. but it is the new battleground for climate change because a glacier on this mountain is in the process of breaking off. it poses a risk for people who live near it but it is a dire warning for us all. it's the tallest mountain in western europe and a tourist destination for millions stretching across the borders of three countries but this morning mont blanc is in the crosshairs of climate change.

this is the glacier on the italian side of the mountain and it's breaking apart far more quickly than anyone expected. >> it's moving ten times as fast as it should be. >> reporter: why? a warming climate, say scientists, over 66 million gallons of ice at risk of collapse. that's about 100 frozen olympic swimming pools. we went up to take a look for ourselves. what we're looking for here are major cracks in the glacier. if this part of the glacier cracks off, there would be an enormous dramatic episode of all that ice crumbling down the mountain. we often think of climate change as taking place on the outer reaches of our world from greenland, the antarctica, but what's happening here on mont blanc shows that the changes are happening much closer to home. the danger zone below has been evacuated and a main road closed. people here insist life will go on but their experience is not isolated.

this frozen ocean is only one of many melting glaciers around the world. >> you could lose two-thirds of the glaciers. >> almost everything will disappear by 2100. >> and that's just 80 years. >> yeah, it is. >> reporter: so like i said 12,500 feet up. i can really feel the altitude up here. it's difficult to breathe. where i am right now, this is france and behind mont blanc is italy and switzerland is over there. this mountain sits on three countries. it is truly vast and when we were in that helicopter flying through the crevasses, you could really get a sense of just how much ice we're talking about that could fall off this mountain. the big question is, will it come off the mountain? well, scientists hoping as we go into the winter months the glacier refreezes to the side of the mountain and hopefully won't come off but there is no escaping it. this is a worldwide trend both here at mont blanc and around

the world. glaciers are melting, they're melting fast and more dramatically than ever before. >> we can see by the pictures. james, i understand you insisted to the bosses that you wanted to do this story. you wanted to be there. tell us why. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. look, this is something that a lot of people have been talking about for a long time but i feel like only just recently has come back into kind of the public spotlight. i was in antarctica this year. we saw the effects of climate change but as i said in the piece, you know, this is coming right home. it's coming to where we live, where we breathe, where we eat and our homes are being affected by this and i think it's such an important thing for the whole of america and the whole world to take notice of right now. >> all right, thank you, james. everybody stay safe. the camera crews and everybody out there bringing us those spectacular pictures. >> you can agree with everything he said. >> uh-huh. coming up, everybody, we have an incredible catch and the catcher that may be even sweeter. it is our "play of the day". >> i'm intrigued. ♪ we're having a good time it is our "play of the day". >> i'm intrigued. ♪ we're having a good time

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. chaos and confusion. the president facing fierce backlash for the sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from key parts of syria abandoning american allies who helped fight isis. thousands of lives and a resurgent isis hanging in the balance. martha raddatz tracking the latest. also overnight, ellen's message defending the shot of her at the cowboys game with former president george w. bush, what she's saying about finding common ground and the one thing the bushes owe her. secrets to a successful relationship. the researchers who say a contract is the key to being a couple that works. interviews with over 100 couples who pulled off work/life balance and the one thing they all have in common. ♪ i love it could the secret to a longer life be having a dog?

the brand-new study is out. dr. ashton is here live. ♪ i'm walking on sunshine." big drama on and off the dance floor. james van der beek with the emotional reveal that he and his wife are having baby number six. as karamo and jenna tango to "old town road," the judges saving them for another week and sending lamar and peta home. all that and josh groban live here on "gma". >> and he's here to say -- >> good morning, america. [ applause ] >> singing. you know it's going to be fun having him here. we always enjoy having him visit. uh-huh. >> and we'll get to that study on dogs and their owners and so many of our viewers, they are tweeting us photos with their dogs this morning. love seeing these photos. we'll have much more on how your dog can help your heart.

>> good new study there. we have a lot of news to get to including the latest on president trump's sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from a key part of syria.at itna security experts, the military, both parties in congress. want to go back to our chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. this was a decision that blindsided the pentagon, the state department and lawmakers, prompting fury and confusion from even the president's closest allies. this morning, parts of syria abandoned by u.s. troops under order from president trump leaving the kurds who have fought and died for the u.s. in the battle against isis on their own. trump pulling those american troops out after a call with turkey's president ahead of a planned assault against the kurds who turkey considers an enemy. republicans including mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham blasted trump's decision which was seen as giving a greenlight to turkey to attack these u.s. partners. amid the outcry that the

president changing his tune warning turkey against anything he considers off-limits, but those u.s. forces are not returning any time soon to that area and trump says he wants all 1,000 americans out of there soon. george? >> so many consequences. okay, martha, thanks very much. robin? now to those new major lawsuits. two major lawsuits in the battle against vaping. three school districts are suing e-cigarette leader juul accusing it of endangering their students. amy is here with those details. good morning, amy. >>s that right. good morning, robin. e-cigarette makers under fire now from several fronts including local governments from all over the country and the federal government and now in what is believed to be the very first time school districts are joining that fight. >> reporter: this morning, e-cigarette giant juatrenghe team vaping epidemic. the suits filed by three public school districts in kansas, new york and missouri. the missouri suit accusing juul of addicting a generation of

youth to nicotine and in kansase social media extensively knowing full well that teenagers are the primary users. >> vaping, especially with the juul device, is very easy to do even in a classroom where you can bend over, suck it out of the usb port, put it back and no one may know. >> reporter: officials have not identified a particular product or device associated with the illnesses but across the country, more than 1,000 probable cases of vape-related lung injury have been reported with at least 18 deaths, the most recent death being a massachusetts woman in her 60s. that state's first vaping-linked fatality. juul declined to comment but in the past the company has adamantly denied marketing to teens and says it has launched an aggressive action plan to combat underage use as it is antithetical to our mission. >> keep in mind, juul only debuted a little over two years ago. a lawsuit, o dtrict

says it has seen a meteoric rise in use during that short span of time. according to the francis howell school district they had 54 nicotine-related injuries but in the last year they've seen 248 including three cases at an elementary school, guys. >> elementary school? >> that is incredibly disturbing but it is astronomical the numbers that we're seeing right now. >> it is an epidemic. >> yes, it is. >> thank you so much, amy. we're going to turn now to this moment in the stands at the dallas cowboys stadium on sunday. that is former george w. bush sitting and laughing with ellen degeneres. it's unlikely duo that's getting blowback on twitter. she took the stage to defend her decision and her friendship with the former president and take a look at what she had to say. >> i'm friends with george bush, in fact, i'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that i have. we're all different and i think that we're forgetting that it's

okay we're all different. just because i don't agree with someone on everything doesn't mean i won't be friends with them. when i say be kind to one another, i don't mean only the people that think the same way as you do. it doesn't matter. >> well said. very well said. and she is saying not only was it a fun afternoon, she said the bushes owe her $6 for the nachos. >> $6? all right. >> that's cheap at a game. >> i was going to say that. good for her for standing up like that. >> absolutely. coming up, we have the new research, the conversation couples should have for a true work/life balance and when to have that conversation. and the new study that says having a dog could help you live longer. dr. ashton and mason, the morkie are here. lara is upstairs. hi, lara. >> hi, i'm here with megan hilty and jessie mueller. so happy to have them to talk about their new roles as country legends, patsy cline and loretta lynn. juicy and we have a terrific audience with us. lots coming up on "good morning america." so don't go anywhere.

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♪ ♪ had to have high high hopes [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to "gma" and we had a great tuesday morning crowd. [ applause ] thank you guys for joining us this morning. and we have a big day tomorrow on hump day. clive owen will join us live. yes. [ applause ] he's going to tell us about his new film with will smith, "gemini man." i saw it last night. i'm looking forward to talking to him about that but now looking forward to "pop news" with lara.

>> thank you, michael. good morning to you guys. good morning to you all. we're going to begin with rihanna who's giving us serious eye candy to enjoy while we wait for her new music to drop. a visual autobiography spanning 504 pages including over 1,000 photographs. the book is titled "rihanna" and it documents everything from, quote, her childhood in barbados to her worldwide tours and private time with friends and family. rihanna taking to twitter to announce the news writing, over five years in the making, happy to finally share this collection of incredible memories. thanks to all the photographers and artists for working with me to publish my first piece of art in a new industry and she is conquering many industries, isn't she? >> she is. >> it's 15 pounds, guys. so there you go. multitask, that's correct. out october 24th. the price is $150 and it looks quite beautiful. she is calling it arthere you h. >> 150 bucks worth.

>> i'm in for that. i'll pay 150 bucks. [ applause ] >> you love rihanna. >> no, i love those books. >> oh, yes. [ laughter ] >> that was describing the book. okay. speaking of books, everybody, julie andrews is also in the news. >> is she? >> yes, she sure is. >> please tell us. >> the academy award winner who stole our hearts as mary poppins and climbed every mountain in "sound of music" as a new memoir coming out called "home work a memoir of my hollywood years." it gives us a look at her career in her own words and an excerpt in "vanity fair" which is such a great article saying of dick's rforncseed eortless to me, althou he asked her help with it so an irish actor who voiced several

of the animated characters tried to coach him. it was such a funny paradox. irishman trying to teach an american to teach cockney. that's just one of the great back-stage stories we'll hear from dame julie herself. by the way she's coming to "gma" she sat down with our diane sawyer for a deeply personal conversation. you do not want to miss thursday and friday before julie's memoir is released tuesday, october 15th. [ applause ] i couldn't put it down. i was reading "vanity fair." she's such a legend. her stories are so personal. it's a really, really great read. check that out. jennifer aniston is in the news for her friendship with howard stern. she was one of the first stars to visit howard stern in his studio. his sirius radio show is based in l.a. for this week. jen and howard talked about a recent trip they took together to tennessee along with howard's wife, jimmy kimmel and his wife molly. jen also revealed she's single but please doney als a "friends" st had at courteney cox's house. there's a picture from that special night that courtney

posted. here's what jen had to say about, the possibility of, yes -- we all wish for -- a >> we all miss it every day. >> really? >> uh-huh. >> i would think you don't even look back on that. >> oh, yeah. i would -- i would be nothing without it. >> would you do like a reunion show like where everyone is now like older and we find out what happened? >> i honestly think it would -- we would love it. i really think there is an idea that if there's a reboot of the show, it will be -- it won't be even close to as good as what it was. so why do it? >> it would ruin it. >> it would ruin it. >> so there you have it. i think we have to stop talking about it. we keep wishing but it doesn't sound like it's going to happen. a great interview with jennifer aniston. you can hear all of it on the sirius app with howard stern and that's "pop news." [ applause ] >> all the hope is gone now. >> i think we have to stop. i want it so badly but we always have the reruns, everyone. >> that is true.

>> thank you. great job, lara. >> we were on a break! [ laughter ] and now we're -- now to the "gma" cover story and the new research about a key conversation working couples should have that can help them balance their careers and relationships. it's all part of a new book called "couples that work" and juju chang is here with that. hey, juju. >> good morning, michael. you know, if you were to boil down decades of research on couples it would boil down to this. what do you want? what do i want? let's work this out together. that's the marriage contract. of course, it's not that simple and it's not just one conversation. it's one that you have over and over and over again. >> i got four minutes to get roscoe to the vet. i love you kids. get out. get out. >> reporter: they're the tiny day-to-day struggles and the huge life decisions all working couples face. >> they are suggesting that they will replace the present dean with me. >> that's in philadelphia. texas is where i work. >> but i feel like this is -- this is an opportunity of a

lifetime. >> reporter: michael and victoria both enjoy hard-charging careers but after welcoming a son, they had to make it work. >> in what ways did the baby change the formula? >> i think it made it like just no longer possible to function the way we were functioning. >> something had to give. >> reporter: both shifted their priorities. victoria, a psychiatrist saw fewer patients at night. michael left a corporate job to start his own financial company. >> eventually changed my career entirely and the primary reason i'm doing that is to spend more time with my family. what success looks like for me is to be able to walk the baby to school. >> you know, i've become less flexible in terms of my availability which i don't think is necessarily a bad thing. it took some adjustment. but what i've realized is it does make me just more focused because i know this is the time i have. >> reporter: jennifer petriglieri, author of "couples

that work," is sharing her new research based on conversations with over 100 working couples who have balanced career and relationships over a lifetime. >> so you could choose either to have one career be a primary career or coequal career. >> really any arrangement can work. so even if your career is, say, more important than mine, we prioritize it, do i still get the chance to go after the things i want to go for and do i still get the chance to pursue my dreams? and if the answer is yes, then couples do pretty well. >> and yet, there's also the idea of a primary parent, right, a parent who takes the lead on doctors' appointments, soccer practices, carpooling. >> it tends to fall to the female. for couples are really committed to pure co-parenting they divide and conquer. you take care of all the school stuff and friends and i'm in charge of the holidays and health care. >> reporter: one study shows couples have more sex and more satisfying relationships when they both do the chores but petriglieri says it's most important to define what couples want through couples contracting

where they outline shared values, boundaries and fears. >> and what i found in the conversations that are important are really about the principles of our relationship. what is it that really matters to us most? what vision do we have, if you like, for our relationship? what are the lines we're not going to cross as a couple and what are some of the things we're really worried about happening? >> reporter: michael and victoria say it's all about communication. >> what does your day look like today? >> every morning we have a standard that we meet. what time are you coming home from work? what time am i coming home from work? what is on the docket? what has to get done? we divide up the tasks that have to get done. >> so you've put life goals right up there with career goals? >> that's exactly right and i think in this weird way professionally i'm better off for it. >> now the author breaks down three stages of marriage. michael and victoria are clearly in the first stage, how to make it work stage but midcareer couples encounter what we really want stage, a little existential, you change

companies and careers which means re-adjusting and finally there's the third stage, the who are we now stage and that's like empty nesters, early retirees and you're constantly redefining who you are as individuals and as a couple. >> life always changes. so in all your conversations with jennifer, is there one key to a successful marriage? >> she says it's about balancing power within that couple and it could be anything from like housework, for example. and who is going to do the lion's share of the housework. the key to marital bliss is housework but ask for help. get the grandparents involved to help baby-sitting. ask a friend for favors. maybe subcontract out the housekeeping. >> either that or just say, yes, dear, to everything. >> there you go. that's the key to marital bliss. >> there you go, juju. we all got it, all right. "couples that work" is out today. you can read an excerpt on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. juju, thank you, again. robin, over to you. okay, michael, now a "gma" health alert. new research out this morning saying dogs could help you live longer. dr. jennifer ashton is here to break this down with a little four-legged assistant here.

mason. >> mason the morkie, this is my doggie. >> yes, he's been speaking a little bit. just a little bit. >> so this is an interesting study. big numbers done out of sweden and actually tracked the rate of death after a severe stroke or heart attack compared dog owners with nondog owners and found a 33% lower risk of death after a major cardiovascular event of dog owners compared to those who lived alone. now interestingly they also looked at breeds and found certain breeds were more protective than others, terriers like my morkie. sptz, hounds and retrievers even more protection. more interesting. >> like you have your little one right there, a lot of people, a lot of people are tweeting photos of themselves with their little four-legged fur babies. >> i know. >> tell us what is the real theory behind it. >> again, this study was based on association obviously not cause and effect but the

theories are people who own dogs are more physically active and they're more socially connected. interesting for future research. yes, mason. you know, he's a little bit of a diva. he wants more time. they didn't study cat owners or other pets but, again, i think that this is some interesting initiative and work being done by the american heart association. really encouraging people to be active and having a dog is one way to do that. >> that it is. so what if you are not able to have a dog. what are ways you can help yourself? >> you know, this opens up the option of pet therapy after a cardiovascular event or even preventively. being physically active and socially connected are the hallmarks in anyone who owns a pet of any kind, i guess even reptiles, know that those things at least the social connectiveness is definitely there. >> i know. i love how you're rocking little mason there. he did very well. thank you, mason. good job. let's go now to ginger. >> just one more reason to say for me to my husband we need a

dog. okay, thank you for that. how about we do a "gma" moment? this one from evans, colorado. eluwyn meeting her little brother asher. >> thank you. give a kiss. >> toddlers don't know their strength all the time. that's all, she loves him so much. we get it. we get it. he's fine, by the way. please send your "gma" mom nba star lamar odom and his

partner peta, ginger is here. those good-byes are always hard. >> it's always hard, but there were a lot of tears. when lamar was done dancing people were crying. when james van der beek announced that he has a new baby on the way people were crying. the level of dance better than ever. karamo, for goodness sakes, did a tango to "old town road." a tango to "old town road"? yeah, it was a wild night on "dancing with the stars." ♪ i can't write one song that's not about you ♪ ♪ left a good job in the city working for the man ♪ ♪ i got this feeling on this summer day when you were gone ♪ >> reporter: the contestants heating up the dance floor. last night's routines better than ever. >> rolling, i can't stop rolling. >> reporter: bringing the heart and passion to the ballroom. james van der beek with an emotional reveal. his wife pregnant with their sixth child. the star revealing that they've coped with several miscarriages.

>> miscarriage is something that people really don't talk about and we wanted to recognize that it happens to people. we wanted to destigmatize that as much as we possibly could. >> reporter: his dancing partner emma saying that their dance would really be in the spirit of celebration, a quickstep set to "walking on sunshine." ♪ i'm walking on sunshine >> reporter: van der beek's family right there cheering him on and over at the judges' table for "dancing" favorite leah remini back in the judge's chair this time starting drama with the other judges. >> that is unacceptable. unacceptable. [ cheers ] >> hey, hey, it's all right. >> i understand that they know the technical, but i'm just speaking from my heart and sometimes i don't give a crap about the technical. >> reporter: lamar odom giving it his all on the dance floor. ♪ hold on >> i'm getting emotional, lamar, because i don't think everybody knows how hard you are working and how hard this is for you.

>> reporter: but his best was not enough. lamar, the latest star to exit the ballroom. >> never been cut from a team before. there's a first time for everything. i've learned a lot about myself and what i have on the inside. [ applause ] >> hannah and lauren alaina both impressed me but i have to point out it was really sailor that has improved so much. you have to see this video. her feet are moving like they have not yet so he's got her going. i think she's one to watch for disney week. and then also i've got to bring kel in, because kel did a cha-cha with witney that i think was his breakthrough night. >> a lot of talent this season. >> i would say eight of them looked like they could be in the finals. >> all right. you are heard it here first. disney night next monday night, 8:00, 7:00 central. josh groban is coming up here. [ applause ] central. josh groban is coming up here.

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. this is "abc7 mornings." i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." pg&e is warning customers in seven bay area counties their power could be shut off tomorrow morning because of the fire danger. the outage covers every bay area county except for san francisco and marin countys, and so that is what is happening starting tomorrow. but right now, we are looking at the morning commute, and how is that going? >> not so well, reggie. we have had so many delays. the bay bridge toll plaza and incidents and accidents at the bay bridge and the toll plaza and also, you see the red out there with the new motorcycle crash westbound 24 at communal pablo slowing down through

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the emergency meeting place set. tomorrow morning we have a red flag warning through noon thursday. the highest fire danger is ♪ we made it to the desk just on time. casual stroll in here, george. welcome back to "gma," everybody. it's great to have you with us on this tuesday morning. yes. [ applause ] >> who dat. now we have a great guest to bring out. he can pretty much do it all. tony, grammy nominated, multiplatinum singer, actor, songwriter, musician extraordinary, mr. josh groban. >> josh, good to see you. > good to see you.

>> he can do it all. >> all right. >> sit on down. sit on down. >> that's a great suit color. looks good on you, man. >> brings out your eyes. >> fun dressing up in the morning. >> we love having you here. we really do. you're such a good guy. we're loving the beard too. >> are you? >> yes, we are but "the new york post" had an article about the mustaches are coming out. >> i've noticed a lot of actors and sports figures have the 'stache now. >> what do you think about the '70s comeback? >> the 'stache? >> i've had the '70s hair for a long time now so -- i'm into it. >> you're into it. >> george, you never thought about growing a 'stache? >> never had a 'stache. beard a little bit. >> when you're on vacation you get a little stubbly. >> this is the best we could do about george. >> whoo! >> yes. >> nice. >> i like that. >> put my wife up.

it's good. >> i had to go back to 1993, my rookie year. >> oh, my god. that's a look. >> i look sad that i have a mustache. i mean it looks bad. >> looks like a lot of work. >> it is a lot of work. it's aggravating but -- >> have you ever had just a mustache? >> no. i had like stubble -- i had the george stubble for a really long time. i had a goatee once in a movie. that was a weird experience. but then like i grew the beard out for a broadway show a couple years ago and said, oh, it's nice to i felt like i looked mike lie singing voice so, yes, i had that beard then i shaved it all off for this tv show called "the good cop" and i miss having a place to keep coins and snacks so -- [ laughter ] >> you're clean shaven or mull beard. a mock-up, what you would look like. >> oh.

it's me, joshua.uger yeah, i feel like i'm about to hatch a plot. if you're going to mock up a mustache on somebody go all the way. take it to 11. thank you. >> but we've also noticed that you've been changing in a different way. on your tour, your suit. i commented you on your suit. i love the color but you've been rocking some colorful suits on tour. >> yeah, i just -- i started out we just got off the road a few weeks ago and started off and was wearing, you know, just kind of wearing grays and darker colors and stuff and i watched -- i wound up doing a television special and watching it going i need to brighten this up and teamed up with a new designer and i got the beard -- >> that pop. >> that was at red rocks and i felt like i got to look like the rocks so i just wanted to blend in at that point. thank you for noticing it. i appreciate it.

[ applause ] >> a little orange, a little purple. >> you want the whole show to be spontaneous. >> when i'm on tour, i, for me it's about those moments in between, the things you know you'll do and that interaction with the audience that is the unexpected that makes it special. yeah. >> we'll see that because you have an announcement to make. >> i do have an announcement to make. should i just go ahead and come out with it. i have been given an extraordinary opportunity to do a series of shows at radio city music hall unlike anything. last night, last night on 51st street i got to put up my name on the marquee. all the local crew guys let me go up and do that there and as we zoom out, such a nerd. this is a show that's going to be unlike anything else i've ever done in my life. i have been able -- lucky enough in my career to have been able to do concerts and lucky to do

movies and tv and sometimes some hosting but radio city music hall said we'll give you this venue as a playground to craft a show once every couple months that involves all those things together, interview, guest, music, there will be unexpected moments with the audience and so it's the biggest challenge for me that i've ever had. an honor to be asked to do it and i'm excited. it's going to be new york central. so very new york central. [ applause ] >> how far ahead will you plan them? >> sorry? >> how far ahead will you plan them. >> first one on valentine's, february 14th. which is like, you know -- >> good day for lovers. >> it's going to be a day for lovers. i'll bring out the mustache. hello, lovers. might be some proposals. i don't know, hopefully to each other, you know, and it's going to be a blast. so you know, radio city music hall was the first venue i ever played in new york when i did my first tour so it's a place that has good memories for me in

concert doing the tonys so to have a chance to go out there and craft something that's unique that puts all those elements together is something i'm excited about. >> everything is excited about that. that's right. [ applause ] he made the announcement, everybody. now go out and get tickets. tickets for josh groban's show at radio music city hall go on sale this week. make sure you go out and pick them up and coming up, charlize theron and oscar isaac get animated talking about their new movie. we'll be right back with more

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take on a classic story, "the addams family" is back on the big screen as an animated film starring charlize theron and oscar isaac as the husband and wife at the center of it all. paula faris had a chance to sit down with them. paula. how are you doing? ♪ ba, da, da, dum >> one more time. >>. ♪ ba, da, da, dum if they play husband and wife, morticia and gomez and had so much fun developing their characters but did they spend much time together in the recording studio with one another? that was the most surprising aspect of all. >> welcome to the neighborhood. >> reporter: "the addams family" is back in action. >> it's hideous. >> it's horrible.

>> both: it's home. >> reporter: charlize theron and oscar isaac breathing new life into macabre matriarch morticia and her husband the ghoulish gomez. >> come and join us. >> reporter: a new animated take on the beloved classic. >> you made it! >> trying to retell the story of "the addams family" to a new generation, why do you think now is the right time? >> well, i think there's something that's kind of really beautiful about this story that we're telling which i think really focuses on this strange, unique family that comes from the old country and immigrates to new jersey of all places and has to find their way there and has to figure out, you know, what is fitting in mean? >> it's all so different. >> they celebrate their weirdness, their darkness and all of the things that makes them addams. >> reporter: even though they're co-stars they recorded all their lines separately.

>> we just met for the first time. >> 20 minutes ago. >> in the hallway. >> you're joking. >> you ago like old friends. >> i know. what we're so good at. >> faking intimacy. >> meantime, the film -- >> time to wake the children. >> has proven to be a family affair. >> i know you have really, really young kids. >> they loved it and, no, it's so nice because, listen, up until two years ago my kids weren't going to see any of my movies until they were like 52 so this is really nice. >> let's show them what it mines to be an addams. >> any time you can do something for the entire family that has a bigger message that has real heart for an actor, that's a real blessing. >> i would feel like i totally failed as a journalist if i didn't get you to skink and snap. >> oh, well, the snapping is going to be a little problematic. >> what happened there? like too much snapping? >> that's how committed she was to the snapping. >> i snapped until i broke my hand. >> you did? >> that's what i will do for a

film. >> so if i sing, will you at least snap with me. ♪ da da da they're creep and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky and altogether -- >> ookie. ♪ "the addams family" ba, da, da, dum ♪ >> we're excellent snappers. >> impressive. >> i'm embarrassed that i just did that. did i actually just do that? the movies, it is out october 11th so this friday, it is so good. there's something in it for everybody and you talk about an all-star cast. remember, we are talking off camera, you said snoop dogg is in it. >> yeah. >>ousen it, bette midler, martin short. ♪ ba, da, da, dum everybody, we're all simpatico today. great job. >> ginger. ♪ ba, da, da, dum >> paula, you sounded good. speaking of superstar cast, it is cast from the past week on abc so we are reuniting cast members from dom of our favorite tv shows and flips all week long

in primetime. a sneak peek. the stars of "girlfriends" are reuniting with tracee ellis ross on "black-ish." >> any girlfriends in mind? >> yes, yes, i do. >> hmm. [ screaming ] >> oh. >> ooh. >> oh, my god. >> oh. >> oh. >> oh, it's been too long. ♪ >> that's going to be good. see more tonight on "b

[ applause ] robin, i see you there with will reeve. what's going on? >> how much do you love what ginger is wearing this morning? [ applause ] the shoes, everything. every day. now it's time to meet our next disney volunteer family of the year finalist. one of the most amazing families chosen by disney and the nonprofit points of light for the impact they make on their communities and, will, i love that you are doing this and bringing us a nominee each morning. >> thanks, robin. it is a great week highlighting all these family, some of them who are going above and beyond to help others and narrowed it down to the top five. this morning we're visiting a family from texas. take a look. it was a chance encounter with a homeless person that launched this morning's finalist from mcallen texas when daughter emily was 6, seeing that person in need prompted questions and action. >> i really couldn't believe how someone could be homeless and

wanted to do anything i could to help them. >> reporter: from emily's teachable moment came emily's meals feeding the homeless 40 meals a day. a family operation. >> you know that that meal made a difference. you know that it means the world to them. deep down that's what we're meant to do. >> how are you doing today, miss stacy. >> reporter: they don't just supply food. >> do you have shaving cream. >> reporter: they created this homeless shelter for them 240 shower in. >> they can get a fresh pair of clothe, a towel, some shampoo and conditioner and will go somehower. >> they're helping somebody that can never repay you. we don't want anything in return. >> how are you doing? >> the homeless people have stumbled and they need help getting up sometimes and with this family right here they give you motivation to stay up once you get up. they keep me going every day. >> we're homeless but not hopeless. >> exactly. exactly.

homeless but not hopeless. there's always hope. [ applause ] >> and we still have three more families left to tell you about this week. then we want everyone at home on friday, we want to pick who you think should be named the volunteer family of the year. the winning family, robin, gets a trip to disney world and a $10,000 donation to the organization of their choosing. >> i love what they said about how they help you stay up once you get up. >> it's really powerful. a 6-year-old girl doing that for her community. >> texas strong. we got a lot of proud texans in the audience this morning. we do. [ applause ] >> the texas orange going. >> tennessee orange. >> objection oh, excuse me. don't make that mistake. all right, let's get over to michael. >> i'm a proud texan. it looks like u.t. to me, robin. i'm just saying but, you know, guy, we've got a great show today on "strahan, sara & keke," lil' kim is in the house. >> we are hyped about it. catching up on all things motherhood and so much more. >> you will see her in a whole

different light. >> good times at lunchtime as always. we'll see you guys then and we'll be right back on "gma." [ applause ]

so we're back now with two of broadway's biggest stars, megan hilty known of course for her performance in "wicked" and mueller mu, the tony award winning actress from "beautiful," the carole king musical, among many other things. these two are starring as country music legends, loretta lynn and patsy cline in "patsy & loretta." what fun that must have been, ladies. >> no pressure. like no pressure to play legends and icon, not at all. >> megan, what was that like because broadway is filled with pressure. but to sing for someone as legendary as patsy cline, to become her? >> oh, it was terrifying. i mean, it's thrilling too.

i jumped at the opportunity because the script is so great. yes, it's about two iconic women and everybody knows the story about patsy cline and about loretta lynn but not a lot of people know that they were really good friends and really supported and loved each other. >> jessie, let me ask you about your experience playing loretta. >> you summed it up right there. you have this idea and i think many of us do and this understanding of who she is and the culture of country music and the history of that wonderful entity and then but then you get to step inside of it and it really is this amazing story about a friendship between two women and how they really leaned on each other and loretta learned so much from patsy, she ushered her along. >> i love that. >> and helped her along in her career and said, let me help you. >> instead of being threatened. >> that's how you do it. >> amen to that. let's take a look. >> just a girl from there.

i go out looking like a glam other puss, they're going to hate me. >> well, who sold you that? >> nobody. i -- i don't know. >> all right. people like you because you're good. all this, this just means you take the job serious and it is a job. [ applause ] >> that was you. >> was it fun doing a southern accent? >> it was fun. it was super helpful to be in nashville to film it too because we're surrounded by people naturally speaking with that accent so it's -- >> kind of steeped in it. it's a really special town. it really is. >> do you have a favorite loretta song now? >> oh, gosh. there's one that i just love called "whispering sea." one of the earlier ones she wrote not featured in the film but it captures the simplicity of -- and the eloquence of her writing and her lyric writing and the poetry there. so, that's one of my fave.

>> so exciting. we just learned thattal actuallt say loretta lynn, i did, okay. i said -- she will actually be at the premiere. >> in nashville. >> we just found that out. >> we haven't met her yet so we're -- i mean we're doing this. >> yes. >> we're experiencing w like, o >> two broadway icons also supporting each other, great friends now doing this in this role. it's been so nice talking to you behind the scenes about it. [ applause ] i'm really looking forward. i love stories about women helping women and i mean you said so juicy to play these roles so looking forward to it. guy, you can all see "patsy & loretta," it premieres october 19th, 8:00 p.m. on lifetime. such a jai having you both on the show. come back again. "good morning america" will be right back. [ applause ] the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection.

to craig, this rock. i leave these things all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california.

what don't you know about one of the most loved stars of all time? starting thursday, julie andrews, a deeply personal conversation about love, laughter, passion and pain. the diane sawyer interview revealing, surprising, starting thursday on "good morning america." "good morning america" is sponsored by stanley steemer. call stanley steemer and get back to clean. [ applause ] so looking forward to julia and diane together. thanks for starting your day with us.

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