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representative elijah cummings passing away overnight. bomb cyclone. the deadly nor'easter on the move pummeling the east coast with winds whipping at up to 90 miles per hour. towns under water, more than a quarter of a million people without power this morning. ginger is tracking the latest on the powerful storm. megyn kelly back on tv, making her first appearance since leaving nbc. why she's calling for an independent investigation of how her former network handled the sexual assault allegations against matt lauer. vaping crisis. the stunning new testimony. teens are waking up in the middle of the night to vape. >> our adolescents simply don't have a chance. >> as the death toll from the epidemic rises. and a family that believes their son died from e-cigarette addiction files a lawsuit against juul. last second save. >> we've got a train coming. >> the heart-stopping rescue caught on camera. a trooper pulling an unconscious driver from his suv seconds

before the train slams into it. what the hero is saying this morning. wow. when you see that video, that driver is lucky to be alive. it is a very busy morning. >> very busy morning. we're going to see the video, talk to the police officer who was the hero. but before we get to that, the latest on the powerful storm working its way up the northeast bringing strong winds causing dangerous conditions on the roadways. >> ginger will have that. we begin with the crisis surrounding president trump and syria. with the republicans joining democrats to condemn the president's policy, trump lashed out in an intense white house meeting that descended into name-calling. prompting a walkout from house speaker nancy pelosi who called the president's performance a meltdown. our senior national correspondent terry moran starts us off from the white house. it was president trump's 1,000th day in office and it was a head spinner. >> reporter: it surely was, george.

it is a rare moment of bipartisanship in washington as you point out, strong majorities in both parties expressing outrage and dismay over the president's decision to abandon america's kurdish allies in northern syria and stand by while turkey invades and rampages through their enclave. and as you said, not just democrats, some of the president's closest allies, as this bitter clash is escalating. >> what you witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown, sad to say. >> he was insulting particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely, but he called her a third-rate politician. >> reporter: overnight, after democratic leaders criticized president trump's behavior during a white house closed-door meeting on syria, the president tweeted out these photos sitting with stone-faced democrats and asking, do you think they like me? and labeling this one of speaker pelosi pointing at him across the table "nervous nancy's unhinged meltdown." speaker pelosi seeing it differently responding by making that picture her background on twitter. all this comes after another

contentious day for the president. >> the yeas are 354. the nays are 60. >> reporter: both parties in the house voting overwhelmingly to condemn his decision to pull american troops from northern syria. >> i asked the president what his plan was to contain isis. he didn't really have one. he said the turks and the syrians will guard the isis prisoners. >> reporter: democratic sources claim trump downplayed his former defense secretary james mattis' recent warnings about isis saying trump, who once called the decorated combat vet a true general's general, was now labeling mattis the world's most overrated general saying he wasn't tough enough. i captured isis. but the president's handling of syria continues to draw sharp criticism from some of his closest allies. >> this is a defining moment of trump's presidency. if we abandon the kurds it will be to our shame and to our

national security detriment, and trump will own the re-emergence of isis. >> reporter: trump firing back. >> lindsey graham would like to stay in the middle east for a thousand years with thousands of soldiers fighting other people's wars. >> reporter: further distancing himself from the kurds who lost thousands in the fight against isis. >> nobody wants to say it. we're making the kurds look like they're angels. we paid a lot of money to the kurds, tremendous amounts of money. >> reporter: the white house also released a letter the president wrote to turkey's president erdogan on october 9th, which was sent after trump informed him he was moving troops out of the region. the president writing, you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people and don't be a tough guy. don't be a fool. one congressman tweeting an image of the letter and writing, this is insane. that letter didn't have any impact. the vice president pence has arrived in turkey today hoping

to change erdogan's mind. >> what a day. terry moran, thanks very much. we have more on the growing crisis in syria. vice president mike pence arriving in turkey moments ago to meet with that country's leader. our foreign correspondent james longman is in the region for us this morning. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, robin. international condemnation for turkey's assault is growing. but their attack shows no sign of slowing down even as you say vice president pence and secretary pompeo have just arrived in turkey in an effort to broker a cease-fire. but the prospects of that are highly unlikely. president erdogan argues the kurds represent a terrorist threat and refused to negotiate. his forces have been lined up along that border for months. everyone in this region knows what would come if the u.s. withdrew and this morning, turkish artillery bombardment is strategically important and nato's second largest army finding it increasingly difficult. u.s. adversaries are very much taking advantage of the chaos. this is a town liberated by isis

by u.s. and kurdish forces. now the world watches as syrian and russian tanks roll in. dozens of civilians are dead and at this stage the u.n. says at least 160,000 people have fled their homes. george. >> thank you, james. i'm going to take it from here, and bring in our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce for more. we saw that broad bipartisan condemnation of the president's policy in the house. the question now, what will happen in the senate? >> reporter: yeah, and george, this morning it is not clear when or even if republicans in the senate will take this up. even though republican leader mitch mcconnell has been incredibly critical of the president's move. we saw that vote yesterday, an extremely harsh rebuke for the president. republicans here have been incredibly hesitant to break with the president, to criticize him at all. and yet, here you had all of two-thirds of them siding with the democrats even if this was a symbolic move, george, we know it clearly did not go over well with the president. meantime, on impeachment, senator mcconnell is preparing

his senate troops for an impeachment trial. >> reporter: making clear he wants it to be a speedy process, one that could possibly wrap up before the end of the year. yesterday, we learned that leader mcconnell gave his members what's being described to us as a civics lesson on this process including a powerpoint presentation. he told his members to be prepared to convene six days a week. george, he does not want this process to drag on. >> does not. of course, a lot depends on the house and they continue their impeachment hearings today and the key witness today, a hand-picked ambassador by president trump who may not be entirely helpful in his testimony. >> reporter: yeah, george, this is the u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, he is a critical player in all this. he is a trump megadonor turned diplomat who worked behind the scenes to push ukraine to investigate the president's rivals even though ukraine isn't even a country in the eu. now we know that another top official who testified here told investigators that she was concerned that sondland could be a potential national security risk because he was so unprepared for the job and today sondland is likely to be pressed

about whether or not military aid was withheld to ukraine as a condition that they investigate the president's rivals including joe biden, sondland sent a text message insisting there was no quid pro quo, which the president has cited in his defense but that message was reportedly dictated to sondland by the president himself and he simply does not know if trump was telling the truth or not, george. >> the witnesses are piling up fast. mary bruce, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you, george. and a key figure in that impeachment inquiry and renowned civil rights leader representative elijah cummings passing away overnight. tom llamas is here with more on the democratic leader. good morning. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. this news stunning so many. baltimore has lost its biggest fighter and the country has lost one of its most dedicated public servants. congressman elijah cummings dying from longstanding health complications and went from being a sharecropper's son to one of the most powerful members of congress. >> and this time, this time all of our votes will be counted.

>> reporter: he fought for baltimore and for civil rights. representative elijah cummings served in congress since 1996. >> people are suffering and even dying, even as we debate today. that's a serious crime. >> reporter: becoming a national figure, serving as the chairman of the house oversight and reform committee. a key force in investigating the trump administration. >> the one meeting i had with president trump i said to him the greatest gift that you and i, mr. president, can give to our children is making sure that we give them a democracy that is intact. >> reporter: cummings and the president clashed repeatedly including this summer when president trump tweeted baltimore was rat and rodent infested. cummings defending his city and calling out language he called racist being used by national leaders. he also took on the white house when president trump attacked four freshmen women of color

tweeting they should go back to the countries he said they're from. >> when the president does these things it brings up the same feelings that i had over 50 some years ago and is very, very painful, it's extremely divisive and i just don't think that this is becoming of the president of the united states of america, the leader of the entire world. >> reporter: the powerful democrat known for his thunderous voice and fearlessness, he was 68. and he had yet to return to work after undergoing a medical procedure in september that he said would only keep him away from the office for a week or so. congressman cummings will be mourned there in baltimore and really all over the country. guys. >> incredible man. >> yeah, you pointed out, tom, he devoted his life to public service starting out as a teen on the front lines of that civil rights struggle in baltimore. what a life. >> thanks for bringing it to us. we're going to turn now to that powerful nor'easter slamming the east coast.

a quarter of a million people are without power this morning. let's go to whit johnson in massachusetts for us this morning. good morning, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. this is exactly what officials were warning about, those violent wind gusts up to 90 miles per hour in some places and take a look at the results here -- not one, but two trees coming down in front of this home. one slamming through the car, busting through the glass and take a look at this. this one splintering and crashing right through the roof of that home. a woman was inside at the time. firefighters tell us she's okay but this home is uninhabitable. scenes like this playing out throughout the region as hundreds of thousands wake up this morning without power. overnight, the driving rain and pounding winds hammering the new england coast. the same deadly nor'easter that wreaked havoc from virginia to new york now moving north. >> it's been crazy. i need like a boat out here. like noah's ark. >> reporter: parts of new london, connecticut

under water, inundating buildings and fire officials confirming multiple rescues in the area including one person from their basement apartment. in rhode island, the waves crashing over the seawall. hurricane-force wind gusts in the massachusetts area. up to 90 miles per hour on the cape. near cape cod, this massive tree uprooted. hundreds of thousands without power. dangerous driving conditions. 11 passengers inside this van that flipped over outside philadelphia. >> one possible ejected. multiple people still inside the van. >> reporter: several trapped inside. three killed and eight others sent to the hospital. >> one trapped in the vehicle. two possible doas. need an ems task force. >> reporter: crews tell us they have been working around the clock, clearing downed trees and debris and power lines, and a number of schools are still closed. driving is still dangerous. and if you're flying make sure you check with the airlines ahead of time, dozens of flights have already been canceled. robin. >> want everyone to take the necessary precautions. all right, whit, thank you.

ginger tracking it as well. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin. i don't have to tell anybody in here because very few people slept well last night because of those winds snapping trees and, of course, all that heavy rain which, by the way, more than 5 inches reported north of albany. but look at this map. it is not over. we have all day today to deal with the winds from the storm as far south as western north carolina you'll find a wind advisory. delaware through new jersey up to, say, rhode island and certainly massachusetts and maine, but it's not just the coast. this is what i want to you remember. as you go through the day today, this storm has now moved a little to the northwest of boston. that's where it's centered. you are going to see gusts say in pitsfield, massachusetts, over to rochester, new york, scranton, pennsylvania, in the 40 to 50-mile-per-hour range so, michael, it's not done and it's not just at the coast. >> all right, ginger, we'll keep our eye on that. and now we're going to turn to the teachers who are on strike this morning in one of the largest school districts in the country. hundreds of thousands of chicago students are home as their teachers walk the picket lin

demanding better pay and smaller classes. alex perez joins us now from chicago. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. the strike officially began at midnight. classes had been already preemptively canceled today. some 25,000 teachers already here now, headed to the picket lines. a lot of these teachers have been protesting for weeks. some of the main sticking points right now involve classroom size and the number of support staff available to the teachers. so because of this strike, no school for some 300,000 students in the school system. now school buildings will be open and serving meals for those students who have nowhere to go. contract negotiations are ongoing, george. >> we hope they can come to an agreement quickly for those kids. we turn now the to the vaping crisis.

two new deaths in minnesota bring the nationwide total up to 31, and one expert says our young people, quote, don't stand a chance against e-cigarette products. janai norman has that. good morning. >> reporter: we're continuing to see them, 31 deaths, and according to the cdc, one expert telling congress e-cigarettes have led to behavior she's never seen before describing patients with what she calls intense nicotine addiction. dr. susanne tanski with a shocking testimony before congress. >> in speaking with my patients, they admit they are, indeed, vaping throughout the night, this is something i have not seen with adolescent cigarette users. >> reporter: tanski testifying that a number of teenage patients admit they can't go more than a few hours without vaping. she blames their addiction on high levels of nicotine in vape pens and e-cigarette products. >> our adolescents simply don't have a chance. >> reporter: this as public health officials report there are nearly 1,300 probable or confirmed injuries related to vaping in 49 states and at least 31 vaping-related deaths in 22 states.

health officials have still not indicated any particular product or device as the source of the health crisis. the family of 18-year-old daniel wakefield believes their son was a victim of e-cigarette addiction. his mother, lisa marie vail, filing a lawsuit against juul after she says her son's death last year was caused by injuries from overusing juul products. a medical examiner attributed wakefield's death to natural causes. according to her attorney, wakefield had asthma but was overall a healthy teen. she says his mother wants juul to be held accountable claiming juul was the only product he used. >> juul has successfully addicted a new generation of people. >> reporter: juul has not responded to abc news' request for comment, but a doctor with the cdc says it's going to be a horrible winter with lung injuries and the flu so she's urging doctors to be prepared to screen and potentially treat for both.

when you hear that there are people waking up in the middle of the night to vape, lets you know how bad this is. >> an epidemic. >> okay, janai, thanks very much. in our next hour we'll have more on how one doctor is using delegate to alert kids to the dangers of vaping. michael. >> thank you, george. we'll follow a lot of those stories this morning including former host megyn kelly is back on tv and why she's calling for an independent investigation of her former network. and this heart-stopping rescue that was caught on camera. a state trooper pulling a driver out of his car seconds before it slammed by a train. we'll hear from the hero this morning. first, let's go back to ginger. >> we're watching a group of thunderstorms. you know what this means with a 70% chance of being subtropical cal or a tropical storm as it moves toward the gulf coast this weekend. that could mean heavy rain and some hefty winds and then up the coast we will detail as it gets closer. your local weather in 30 seconds, and the windy cities sponsored by carmax.

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nor'easter slamming the east coast. more than a quarter of a million people without power this morning with gusts of winds whipping it up to 90 miles per hour. and take a look at this incredible find in egypt. >> wow. >> archaeologists there discovering more than 20 wooden coffins calling it one of the largest and most important finds in the past few years. now, what's so amazing about these is that you can see the original carvings of faces and hands and the colors have not faded much over time. >> incredible. >> it is. we begin with megyn kelly in her first appearance on fox news since leaving that network, she's speaking out against another former employer, nbc, calling for an independent investigation into how the network handled sexual assault allegations against matt lauer and linsey davis has that story. >> reporter: good morning, george. megyn kelly had a lot to say and did not mince any words.

she's worked at two networks experiencing sexual assault and misconduct allegations, first fox news then nbc and now she's saying to nbc, if you have nothing to hide then don't hide anything and get afternoon independent investigation. >> nbc says it has nothing to hide, great. let's not hide anything. >> reporter: overnight, megyn kelly returning to fox news appearing on tucker carlson blasting nbc, her former network for their handling of sexual assault allegations leveled against former "today" show anchor matt lauer. >> show us all of the agreements, the enhanced severance agreements so we can see which ones pop out, which ones are superhigh. >> reporter: kelly says the network needs an independent investigation into the claims laid out by ronan farrow in his new book "catch and kill," including allegations that top executives of the company sought to downplay farrow's pulitzer prize-winning harvey weinstein article to

protect. andy lack recently described lauer's behavior as appalling and reprehensible and claimed farrow uses a variety of tactics to paint a fundamentally untrue picture. but kelly says more needs to be done. >> the number one thing i've wanted to know is, what did they know and when did they know it? there needs to be an outside investigation into this company. they investigated themselves. that doesn't work. fox news had an outside investigator. cbs news had an outside investigator, npr, the nfl. this is how it's done. >> reporter: kelly's comments come nearly one year after her rocky tenure at the network imploded following controversial comments she made about blackface. prior to her move to nbc she spent 13 years at fox. >> welcome to "the kelly file," everyone. i'm megyn kelly. >> reporter: becoming one of their biggest names. kelly has continued to remain a subject of national intrigue. >> i'm going to be the story. >> no.

>> reporter: oscar winner charlize theron transforming into the journalist in "bombshell," chronicling fox news' handling of their own sexual harassment allegations that led to the resignation of former ceo roger ailes. she went on to say ronan farrow's new book gave us "400 reasons to doubt the investigation and if nbc executives didn't know about allegations against lauer, why didn't they know? earlier this month in an interview with "us weekly" when asked about lauer, she said i know too much that others don't know. very ominous commentary there. >> all right, linsey, thank you. now to that stunning last-second save caught on camera. a state trooper swooping in to rescue a driver stuck on railroad tracks dragging the man to safety right before the train crashed into the vehicle. will reeve is here now with more from the hero behind that heart-stopping video. good morning, will. >> good morning, robin. footage from ruben correa's dash cam shows what looks like impending disaster.

the horn blaring, the driver unresponsive behind the wheel, the officer rushing to help with no time to lose. >> get out of here. we've got a train coming. we've got a train coming. >> reporter: this morning, this utah trooper saving an unconscious driver with just seconds to spare. his car stopped on the tracks with ae train barreling straight ahead. >> i actually wasn't really thinking, i was just doing my job and the main concern was getting him out and -- out of the vehicle and back to his family. >> reporter: in the predawn darkness highway patrol trooper ruben correa alerted to a possible car on the tracks. using a spotlight to locate the red suv up an embankment with a train in the distance. dash cam footage shows correa running up the hill pulling the driver to safety before running out of time. >> he wasn't responding, and i heard the horn from a train. >> we've got a train coming. >> reporter: correa yelling warning the driver of the danger. the train blasting its horn smashing into the car sending it flying as correa hurls them out of harm's way. the train grinding to a halt. the car ending up a mess of

mangled metal. riley nelson was operating that train. yanking on its emergency brakes when he saw the car dropping the speed by nearly 50 miles an hour buying a few invaluable seconds. >> had i been going the full 80 miles an hour if i hit the brake, even a few seconds later this would have had a very different outcome for sure. >> reporter: neither correa nor the driver were injured thanks to quick thinking and heroic action by the cop in the right place at the right time. utah highway patrol says the unidentified driver is safe and with his family. he reportedly had an unknown medical condition prior to the crash. officer correa says it was a much closer call than i would have liked. >> perfect time to be there to help save that man's life. >> just like that. >> all right, thank you so much, will. and we're going to turn now to the search for two women accused of being real-life hustlers. the unknown duo seen here allegedly drugging a man at a casino and robbing him back at his hotel room. victor oquendo is in florida with the latest. good morning, victor.

>> reporter: good morning, michael. the victim was on vacation gambling here at the hard rock hotel & casino when the women approached. everything was caught on camera and this morning those women are still on the run. you're watching what police say is a con playing out in realtime. the man in the pink shirt whose face has been blurred is playing poker in hollywood, florida, when he is approached by two women. the trio moves to the slot machines and watch what happens next. the woman in the leopard print hands the blonde woman a drink. she pours something into it and hands it to the victim. he would later tell police he felt drugged and had difficulty moving after that drink. police say the women then take hip to his nearby hotel where he says they stole his $15,000 rolex and $1,000 cash. >> he couldn't get out the car on his own and they were just going through his pockets right there and then at the hotel where i dropped him off. >> reporter: it's like a scene out of jennifer lopez's blockbuster "hustlers."

police now asking the public to help identify the dangerous duo still on the run. and the broward sheriff's office says those women are between 35 and 45 years old. there is a reward for any information that leads to an arrest. guys. >> all right. thank you, victor. coming up, we have the daughter of actor robert blake speaking publicly for the first time about her mother's murder. she's speaking to "people" magazine and on meeting her father for the first time. it's an abc news exclusive when we come back. rs of america, have been caught sleeping on breakfast. we have rehydrated egg on our faces... this isn't who we are! we're not plastic-sealed, breakfast-compromise people! we're mcmuffin people. we're fresh-cracked, sizzled and toasted-until golden people! it's time to come back to the breakfast table. mmhhmm. it's time to... wake up breakfast! with mcdonald's. ♪

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back now with an abc news exclusive brought to us by "people" magazine. the daughter of actor robert blake speaking publicly for the first time about her mother's murder. blake was charged and acquitted in the case and paula faris sat down with the now 19-year-old to talk about what she calls a traumatic childhood. good morning. >> traumatic indeed. good morning, michael. so many have spoken for rose lenore over the years. now 19 and getting ready to pursue a career in acting, rose says she's finally ready to publicly talk about her parents' murder mystery and answer those questions herself. robert blake was one of hollywood's biggest names famous for his emmy-winning role in the hit detective show "baretta." but all that changed in 2002 when he was arrested. >> wife of actor robert blake. >> wife of actor robert blake. >> was killed friday. >> reporter: accused of killing

his wife bonnie lee outside a popular restaurant. the trial captivated the nation and caught in the middle was the couple's 11-month-old daughter rose lenore. now nearly two decades later, lenore speaking out for the first time. what do you recall about your mother? >> nothing. >> you have no memories of her? >> no, not at all. i don't even like remember what she looks like. >> reporter: the 19-year-old opening up in "people" magazine for the first time to, quote, set the story straight about the hollywood murder mystery that tour her family apart. >> rose was this little baby who basically lost both of her parents right away. robert's daughter with a former wife eventually legally adopted her and they formed this family unit where rose called them mom and dad. >> you have this ordinary life inside. did you feel like you were just trying to hold it together? >> i think so, yeah. i felt a bit like there were two parts of me, one of them is, you

know, trying to kind of recover from what happened when i was young and trying to sort through the complicated family that i have and then one of them is just a normal teenage girl. >> not guilty. >> reporter: in 2005 blake was acquitted of murder but the damage done to his family was irreparable. lenore says she decided to reach out to blake over the summer. 18 years after her mother's murder. >> i felt ready. i don't think i did before. i was nervous. i had a lot of questions and i wanted to get to know him for who he is now. >> what kind of questions did you have for him? >> just what was i like as a kid? i mean, those kinds of questions and how was your life growing up and we went through old photos together and pictures from like my birthday parties when i was little. >> did you ever ask about what happened the night that your mother was murdered? >> no, and i specifically asked him not to tell me.

>> so if your father truly murdered your mother you don't want to know. >> i don'tt to kw. >> you don't want any resolution to that? >> not right now. i don't think i'm ready, you know. it's -- and that sounds crazy, i feel like anyone would want to know the answer. i think i've gone 19 years not knowing. if all of a sudden i know whether or not he killed her that would be shocking. >> do you want to believe that your dad did not kill your mom? >> of course. >> yeah. do you have any idea who may have done it? does your mind ever wander? >> not at all. >> do you want to know one day the truth? >> someday if it's ever an option. >> her father robert blake has always maintained his innocence. he's 86 and now lives in the california area. rose told me she visited her mother's grave for the very first time a few months ago. i asked her what she would tell that little girl, 11 months old who lost her mother and she says, been through a lot, but i would tell her that it's going to be okay. but a lot to grow up with there. a whole lot. >> strong lady.

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there. >> down there in my home state of mississippi, jackson, mississippi with lance bass right there from 'nsync about to surprise a couple of amazing teachers who are on top of their full-time jobs, also run the performing arts programs often dipping into their own pockets to pay for it because there's no money in the school budget for the programs. how often do we hear that? t.j., how is it going down there? >> reporter: hey, good morning. look, these teachers are so special, surprise so big, it wasn't enough just to give them t.j., we had to give them lance bass. but these are special folks you'll meet and some of these teachers in a word for us. >> a couple of words. they're saints, but also exhausted, i would say. >> you're going to see why and they have no idea that either of us are here. >> yeah. >> got something pretty special coming up. you know we always got something cool up our sleeves. >> always, thank you, gentlemen. >> you'll see big smiles soon. a lot of news to get to. starting with the crisis surrounding president trump and syria. republicans have joined democrats to rebuke the president's policy and the president's now lashing out, he lashed out in a white house

meeting causing a walkout by house speaker nancy pelosi and want to go back to terry moran. he's got the latest. terry. >> reporter: well, good morning, george. it's getting nasty here as you said even worse than usual. the president really just lashing out at democrats. president trump facing the strongest bipartisan opposition of his presidency for his decision to abandon america's kurdish allies and stand aside while turk invades. a huge bipartisan majority in the house of representatives voting to condemn the president's decision and then that scene last night here at the white house. democratic leaders arriving for a meeting with the president which quickly turned into a free for all. the president tearing into them lashing out at speaker pelosi, pelosi walking out and coming out to claim that the president had a meltdown. the president then responding late into the night on twitter saying it was nancy pelosi who melted down, not him, and all this bickering and name-calling happening while the humanitarian

and strategic catastrophe continues to unfold in syria so this is just another day at the white house, but a day of crisis around the world. >> sure is. thanks very much. michael. george, we're going to turn now to the royals. prince william and kate on day four of their official five-day trip to pakistan and this morning, the duchess making a big speech. maggie rulli is in pakistan with the latest. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, michael, this couple has really embraced local culture. you can see will and kate behind me. they met with religious leaders inside this absolutely stunning mosque, but today has also really been kate's day, so much of this trip has been spent talking about what she was wearing or who she was with but now we have heard directly from the duchess. kate's big day on tour. the duchess fighting for children as she says she realizes that times here in pakistan have been hard. >> i'm aware many of you who

have experienced extremely difficult times in your lives but it's inspiring to see how you've used your strength and positivity to help transform the lives of so many young children here. >> reporter: for prince william today is a chance to continue his mother's legacy. the couple retracing princess diana's journey more than 20 years ago visiting the very same hospital where she famously cradled this terminally ill child with cancer in the late '90s. and like diana, william and kate are embracing local dress and culture. this is such a fun, cute moment on the tour. the two playing around and to note will kind of dudded on his first try but kate absolutely crushed it. while also putting their own stamp on pakistan and focusing on serious issues. today for kate, that meant speaking up for children. will and kate had to leave their own three little ones at home for the trip but head back to london tomorrow. i'm sure exhausted from this jam-packed week but also excited to have the whole family back together. >> i'm sure of that. >> i'm sure they're exhausted

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♪ we are family ♪ i got all my sisters with me [ applause ] ♪ we are family welcome back to "gma" and go ahead, sing it. >> no, no, that's all right. >> just doing our thing. >> it's amazing when the music turns down people get quiet around here. but, hey, we want to thank you guys for joining us this morning. thank you very much. [ applause ] and on tomorrow's show we have another great foster care surprise. you don't want to miss it. we cannot wait to share that with you. but now we cannot wait to share "pop news" with lara. hey, lara. >> good morning to you, guys. good morning to you all. we're going to begin today with miss taylor swift, one of the biggest stars in the world just played a tiny concert. npr's iconic tiny desk concert to be exact. take a look.

♪ can i go where you go ♪ can we always -- >> the superstar is the latest a-lister to perform for npr's iconic tiny desk concert series where artists play in a little corner of the npr washington bureau. more than 300 people packed in the room. you can see right there to watch taylor who told them she wanted to, quote, take this as an opportunity to show you guys how the songs sounded when i first wrote them which for the "lover" album meant waking up in the middle of the night, she says, stumbling to the piano in her pajamas when she got ideas for songs. over 800 have been done since they started the series. i highly recommend you check them out, started in 2008, everyone from the jonas brothers to lizzo, classical artists have taken that tiny little stage. they are really remarkable shows. we're guessing this one, though, may be a hard act to follow. check it out. [ applause ] really, really nice. she's getting out there and that music is great. also today in "pop news," georgia state university has a

new artist in residence. ludacris. the three-time grammy winner giving back. he'll take part in lectures and mentor students alongside other professors -- excuse me. >> bless you. >> bless you. >> want me to pick it up? >> sorry. >> he studied music management at the university 20 years ago before his career exploded and georgia state announced the news with a picture of his old student i.d. stating it's time to update your panther card. we're excited to welcome chris bridges back to campus this fall as an artist-in-residence. ludacris wrote, georgia state is one of the most innovative and diverse universities in the country. i couldn't imagine a better place to work with students. check out his movie coming out in may 2020. >> george stephanopoulos.

>> way to go. >> nicely done. >> thank you. out of the bullpen. you know when you get something -- ooh. on live tv. good morning, everybody. finally, a cautionary tale on thifriday eve. a 20-year-old guy in iowa making a super bad judgment call when he used a fake i.d. in a bar and not just any fake i.d., a mclovin fake i.d. i'm not making this up. the same one seth rogen made famous in the hit comedy "superbad" in this classic scene. roll 'em. >> mclovin. mclovin. are you trying to be an irish r&b singer? >> you pick any name when you get down there. >> and you landed on mclovin? >> well, so did 20-year-old daniel. he landed on mclovin, he ws

approached by police at a bar in iowa city when they suspected he was drinking underage they asked for his i.d. and got quite a kick out of his choice. yes, an exact replica from the movie. he was charged with drinking under age and possession of a fake i.d. seth rogen who wrote the screenplay caught wind of the story and tweeted, yep, my work is done here. >> that's funny. >> i'm glad i was able to talk through that last one. thanks so much for helping. >> thank you, lara. to our "gma" cover story. how the popular app tiktok is helping battle the teen vaping end kick. janai norman has the story of one doctor who's using the social media platform to warn teens about the dangers of vaping. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics reporting more than 27% of high school students are using e-cigarettes. the organization calling on congress to pass the reversing the youth tobacco epidemic act which would prohibit flavored tobacco products including e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes

and flavored cigars, but while the act is still in limbo in washington, one doctor is turning to tiktok to address young people directly on the dangers of vaping. the video-sharing app tiktok is known for its memes. but with youth vaping a national health emergency, it's more urgent than ever to reach kids. >> there's a new disease associated with vaping and you need to know about it. >> reporter: so dr. rose leslie is going straight to her kids hanging out on tiktok. the family medicine resident at the university of minnesota says it's a great way to reach out. >> it's been a great way for me to understand what health topics are important to youth and young adults. >> reporter: the 29-year-old doctor discussing the dangers on tiktok, even if it's not the most popular opinion. >> as long as the risks are out there, i still think it's a topic that i want to make sure i am talking about. >> repter: followers like martin taking note. an avid smoker for five years finally calling it quits after he saw one of dr. leslie's

videos. >> here's a normal chest x-ray for reference. this is the chest x-ray of the person who has the new mysterious disease associated with vaping. >> she like showed the damage to your lungs and like i had never really had seen like x-ray photos of like damage to people's lungs after vaping so kind of like scared me and i wanted to do something about it. >> reporter: as the cdc continues to investigate and hopefully learn more about the lung-related injuries tied to vaping, dr. leslie says getting information to teens is critical. >> i share health information the way that i would to one of my friends. i really think that that's the most effective way at talking about a health topic and getting people to listen. >> and janai norman, thanks for that. let's bring in our medical expert, dr. jen asht ashton. i love the way this doctor is breaking through because it is

so hard to reach teens where they live. >> yep, and you know that as a parent, george, as do i. i think what's really important, you have to meet teenagers or any patient for that matter where they live. that means speaking their language, in this case leveraging social media. i think it's also really important to understand we have a lot of peer pressure factors to overcome, pop culture factors that may work for or against us depending on the issue and kids, in particular teenagers, they have difficulty placing their medical and health risks into perspective. their frontal lobe isn't developed. they haven't lived as long as we have to understand exactly what's at stake. >> but you also have to be careful about going online for medical information. >> yeah, whether you're a teenager or an adult. we talk about this all the time. i think it's very important to understand that should be the start of a dialogue about your health or medical condition. you have to understand where you're getting the information from. that person needs to be well credentialed. not just with a screen in front of them and in some cases the messenger can be as important as the message so you have to take that very, very seriously but i like it as a point of departure to begin a discussion.

>> we are doing this story just about every day because it is so important to get this message to teens. >> yeah, you know what, it's a very complex issue. there's commercial and industrial and political aspects to it but medically i think we need an all hands on deck here while we're still accumulating information. we don't have all the answers yet and everyone needs to increase their awareness. >> jen ashton, thanks very much. ginger. >> people always say dance like nobody is watching. well, in this "gma" moment, stella teaches us she likes to dance like everybody is watching. take a look. ♪ ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah [ applause ] >> yes. she was not done. stella is 3 by the way from calhoun, georgia. thanks for sending that. please go to my facebook page

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>> i grew up in a puerto rican/cuban household. my mother's a doctor, my father's a lawyer. my mother always trusted my judgment and she knows she raised a warrior ready for the world. >> october 2002. tell me what happened. >> my gosh, it turned from a really magical new york evening to like a horror story. i was in a wine bar with friends just really enjoying the night. moments later the perpetrator walks in, grabs me by my hair, a gun to my right temple and he proceeds to take the bar hostage. >> an attempted robbery erupts into a hostage standoff and a shooting rampage before police finally shoot and capture the gunman. >> when i recall it, it's all in slow motion because that's how i experienced it. so this probably was a matter of 120 minutes, 120 minutes that then set up the trajectory for the rest of my life. >> is that what brought you to marathon running? >> yeah, it is. i mean long story short it is, i

tried therapy. that worked fine. why would we be here if we're okay with just okay. >> haven't you been in 50 marathons. >> i've done 26 marathons and 10 ultras.. >> oh, excuse me. i just rattled it off. i'm sorry. forgive me. >> the difference between surviving and thriving is like taping into that feeling where you just are so in awe of being able to be here. i think gratitude goes a long way. gratitude turns why me into try me. like try me. >> that's got to be on a t-shirt. that has got to be -- come on. >> she's amazing. i love that. instead of why me, try me. give it up for these fellow thrivers who are here in the studio with us this morning. [ cheers and applause ] now, robin also has type one diabetes that she is dealing with. be sure to check out my facebook page after the show. i'll be doing a facebook live. she's like running commentary. okay, go ahead, robin.

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good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. this is "abc7 mornings." >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings," and we are looking back at the loma prieta earthquake and giving you a glimpse of the future and check out the abc7 documentary of the "earthquake effect" anywhere you get abc7 including fire tv and the abc news app. we will also rebroadcast it tonight at 6:30 today. >> i remember that with the bay bridge collapsing. we go to the san mateo bridge where we have an accident with the motorcycle down and the emergency crews halfway up the screen, and the tow truck has the left lane partially blocked so you have to merge to the right, and you arek staed up to

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the golden gate bridge is clear. 50s and scattered clouds around the nsula. we are looking at the temperatures cooler today. this is a look at t ♪ i'm on top of the world [ applause ] back here on "gma." thankful thursday and thankful for the teachers we're blessed to have in our lives. we heard about two inspiring teachers who really make an impact on their students' lives by going above and beyond. >> they use their free time and their own money to make sure their students have after-school activities even though the school has no funding for them so we sent t.j. holmes down to wingfield high school in jackson, mississippi, to surprise those two teachers and he's there with the man who brought us the story and, t.j., how is it going down there, my man? >> it's going well. just me and lance bass hanging out watching a high school

rehearsal. yes, some performing arts students who are doing their thing and they just -- [ applause ] well done. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> very impressive. very -- oh. hey, miss johnson. hey, miss gatewood. i'm t.j. holmes with "good morning america." this is lance bass from 'nsync. >> how is it going, guys? [ cheers ] >> and, hey, do you want to tell them? you tell them. >> let me tell them. guys, we are live on "good morning america" right now. >> let's go tell them what we're doing. come on, ladies. come on, ladies. [ cheers ] >> hey, everybody. >> how are you? >> hey. >> love you. >> let me tell you, everything you know about this morning has been a lie. >> okay. >> so let me explain. you're live on "good morning america," and the reason i'm here is because you all work with darren.

darren knows lance and lance called me and told me about you guys. got it? good. lance, you're from not too far from here. what stood out to you from the teachers and their stories? >> it started with darren. we're best friends, went to elementary school, through high school. he introduced me to these clear the list out there for teachers. i started clearing his and it inspired me to help others so we wanted to help wingfield, his school. >> we heard about you all and your story. these kids are in on it, they wanted us to come here and they wanted to honor you so what i need you to do. take a look at the monitors, i need everybody to take a look and listen. ♪ >> it's like new york if you can make it here you can make it anywhere, so most of our hershey go above and beyond for our kids. it takes more than just average to work here. >> reporter: teachers frankie johnson and chantal evans-gatewood are anything but average. >> miss frankie johnson, she's a breath of fresh air.

any time you're down she'll put a smile on your face. >> reporter: ms. johnson shells out her own money for cool -- school supplies, costumes, even lunch money. she is a lifeline for some of her students in so many ways. >> i used to doubt myself sometimes and by her motivating me, by her being hard on me it really opened up my eyes to, you know, i got to go harder than what i am doing now. >> she inspires me as an african-american woman no matter what anybody thinks. you make your own decisions. she is great. >> i used to be a bad student and i got into like a lot of trouble. miss johnson was a helpful teacher. she put me in the right direction. >> reporter: she's known for her school spirit in particular on dress up days. >> everybody is always waiting to see what miss johnson is going to wear because she always goes all out. >> reporter: her son, a junior at wingfield couldn't be prouder.

>> she loves teaching here. my mother feels that just because you feel like the students are unteachable she can prove to you wrong. >> reporter: another teacher at wingfield changing the lives of students is chantal evans-gatewood whose generosity doesn't stop at graduation. >> one student, they had graduated already but if you took a class and she knows you will always be her baby. >> reporter: she recalls one time her mom got a late-night call from a graduate needing a ride to work. >> she got up at 11:00, she got in her car and gave her a ride, and gave her money to buy food for ourselves. >> reporter: she organizes assemblies celebrating black history month on her own dime. >> this is not in her job description. she just wants to see these kids have these opportunities. >> you can tell the passion that she has for all of her students. even the ones that are really hard to reach. >> these two teachers impact the school by being the loving and caring teachers they are every day. >> we want them to know we love

them and we thank them for each day they come to pro guidance and teaching and learning to our students here at wingfield high school. [ applause ] >> now, reaction. now, her initial reaction was, t.j., i need some tissues so i'm sorry for not being prepared but give me -- the tears say a lot but your reaction to these kids wanted to honor you and i know you all just do your thing and you work, but -- >> look at you. >> but your reaction now to knowing what you mean to these kids that goes beyond just the classroom. >> this is what i do -- just to know that it doesn't go unnoticed is heartwarming and i don't really know what to say right now even though i always have something to say. i'm speechless. >> are you as speechless as she is at this point? i'm sorry. i did not come prepared with

tissues. i'm so sorry. >> i just -- it's very rare that i don't have anything to say. thank you guys. i -- we love you so much. like this -- [ cheers ] you know, because i'm not even going -- you know, i'm -- >> have you ever seen them this quiet? >> no. >> okay. you all and lance, i will bring you in. you all know each other. this is something -- you have found a way to actually give back to teachers all over the country, not just in your home state in mississippi. >> i was inspired by darren. my mom's a teacher. i have a special place in my heart for teachers and he was explaining that teachers spend so much of their own money for their own classrooms. so he started a clear the list and it inspired me -- i use that app cameo and every month i choose a different foundation or charity to donate to and i used all of my month's cameo to go to clearing a lot of teachers'

lists which i've done now over a hundred classrooms. >> speaking of cameo, we have something else here for the school and i know it's going to be able to help you all out. where is my man, adam. can i get a drum roll, adam? [ drum roll] >> and i want to bring out steven galanis, the ceo, ceo of cameo. there's $15,000 donation. [ applause ] it's going to your school. it's going to your school. now you all have to tell me again, $15,000 donation from cameo to this school. what can $15,000 do for a school like this? >> we need some books. uniforms for our students. >> i'm from the drama partment so this can go towards helping me fund some of my productions as far as costumes and props and things of that nature because that's something that i really want to --

[ cheers ] >> -- do here. >> okay, and as you all can hear back there in new york, the money is already spent. they didn't have to think of something. like, hmm, they already know what they can do with that money, guys. so we've honored a lot of teachers and there are many all over the country who are absolutely deserving of stories like these but to lance and cameo, darren as well and, ladies, thank you for what you do. you are absolutely worth honoring and noting and congratulations to the kids as well. [ cheers and applause ] i'll send it back to you, new york. can't hear you that well, though. >> everybody is so excited in the studio, can barely hear what t.j. was saying. a great example of being a teacher. they thought it was going unnoticed but it wasn't going unnoticed and very nice of lance bass to go and help and join in. >> 100 classrooms that he's already -- >> over 100 classrooms.

>> robin, you said it earlier, teachers all across the country every single day are digging into their pockets. >> how many times did we hear these stories? >> they make sure the kids get what they need. it's incredible.

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[ applause ] what a morning, back now, runway, the real life, fashion contributor jessica mulroney is here. she'll show us how to rock fall trends on a budget and still look like a million bucks. thank you so much for this. >> hey. i love this. >> i know. i know. so ladies, come on out. come on out. let's see you. >> oh. [ applause ] >> lovely. so these are the looks for less? >> these are the looks for less. so, you know i love this stuff. i love this stuff. women ask me all the time, a, how can i -- like how can i wear these looks that are on the runway in my everyday life? >> right. >> and also -- >> afford it. >> how can i afford them? there are so many great fall trends. so i want to show you how you can do it. >> let's take a look at the first fall trend that is on the runway right now. you can see it up there in the monitor.

okay, so tell us a little bit about it. >> so we are looking at a lot of long length, a lot of leather skirt, heavy knits and slouchy boots. now this one is by zimmerman, gorgeous, but about $4,500. >> yikes! >> not an easy price to swallow so -- >> okay. so what is the look we have here? beautiful. come on up. [ applause ] >> oh. >> so i think i did okay and this one is the real life version. i think it looks the same. what do you guys think? >> i think so too. >> and this one is $116 for the sweater, boots and -- >> the whole look. >> the whole look. >> for $116. all right. >> what do you think? >> good. thanks. thank you. thank you. what is your name? >> cara. >> thank you so much. let's see the second one. thank you. >> so the second look we're seeing on the runway is a lot of -- >> this is a trend that we're

seeing. >> yeah, this is a great one. a lot of big check prints and a lot of full kind of knits. you're wearing wool all the way from top to bottom. now this one is about $4,500 by dior, gorgeous. gorgeous. but i found this real life version. what do you guys think? i think it looks kind of the same. >> it looks like it, jess. >> and so for this one, the coat, the top, the skirt, the shoes, all together $173. [ applause ] >> i love this. >> i actually like this one better than what we see on the runway. i'm just saying. >> she looks quite elegant. >> your name? >> maria. >> now the next look we're seeing on the runway. take a look. >> a look that we love, the pantsuit. we love it. we love it and also seeing a lot of red and pink together. now this one is $2,700 by preval. gorgeous, but i think i can do better. >> i know you can do better. [ applause ]

so what do we have here? >> so, here, i found a gorgeous red pantsuit. pink top, gorgeous red shoes. the whole look altogether, $125. >> wow! [ applause ] >> i think -- i think -- >> you're killing it. that is right on trend. all right. thank you very much. we have two looks that we want to get to before we run out of time. the next look -- thank you very much --the next look that we're seeing on the runway. >> a lot of leopard and tailored coats and beautiful big hats. so we have this one, the one on the runway is $11,000. >> okay. >> i found this version the whole thing, $154. >> for everything, the coat, the shoes and the whole thing. >> i love the package. >> you have the hat? >> no, i love the hat. $154.

all right. thank you very much. all right. so we have one last one. >> one last one. >> and this is the look that we see on the runway. tell us about it. >> so it's big trend is the teddy coat, also we have lots of plaid skirts and white boots. yes, i know, white after labor day, now is okay. we're doing okay with it. so the runway version was $3,000. and i found this real-life version, the boots with the coat with the top with the skirt for $118. >> 118. [ applause ] >> i think it looks kind of the same. >> it does so lets you know -- oh. girlfriend, she's like sticking that hip out. she's ready. i love that. >> she's doing it. >> we thank you all. thank you all. beautiful and you have shown us once again that we can have that look for a lot less. what are the main tips you have for people? >> i just think all of the looks are out there.

a lot of affordable looks are out there. all you have to do is shop around and find them. you know, this took a little bit of time, but you can be trendy and you can be, you know, you can do it on a budget easily. >> one year this woman has been with us as a "gma" contributor. >> oh! so exciting. i'm so happy. >> thank you. thank you. go to our website for more bonus looks from this woman right here. ginger. congrats on one year, jess. you know what all these looks are missing a background like this. very fall-like in grand haven state park. look at those near 12-foot waves reported with almost 60-mile-per-hour winds. but really looks gorgeous. almost like that gurgling of the lake michigan. [ cheers and applause ] all right, michael, what's going on on your show

this afternoon? >> we have some good times coming your way because my man mike rowe is here. >> and all the styles happening right now with the hayley hasselhoff makeover giving one viewer to dress for her own body type. >> yes. plus, hair how tos even kids can do from celeb stylist vernon francois. >> francois. >> i love that name too. >> we'll see you at lunchtime. next on "gma," oh, the chocolate chip cookies. they're coming out. cookie time.

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our favorite week, chocolate chip cookie week, and we have author and food network host, the lovely and delicious lorraine pascale to show us how to make gluten-free cookies. it gets a bad rap. >> they haven't had my recipe. >> let's get to it. you're already in the midst of

it. let's talk about the flour because you have to get a little creative with flour. >> you need to use a flour at's gluten free and have xanthan gum in it. it makes it nice and chewy because gluten-free flour can be a little bit dry. >> if you wouldn't have told me i would have no idea. >> i promise you, you got people who don't want to eat wheat and stuff, so this is the perfect recipe for you. the sugar in there, vanilla extract, egg, water, the flour and the chocolate. [ applause ] >> so two questions for you. >> yes. >> do you need to add more of the wet liquid because of the dryness factor? >> yes. correct. gluten-free flour is dry. you need to add extra water. can you see how easy this is. throw it in a bowl. mix it together. >> no extra eggs needed. >> no, one egg, a bit of water and toasted the butter so you get more flavor. and the sugar, i used brown sugar because it's beautiful and caramelized, you know? >> a lot of people like the

white sugar. chewier which is what we're going for. i was excited to read that you also like coconut sugar. >> it's more expensive which we don't like but it has a wonderful flavor. so if you want extra, extra flavor, you can use coconut sugar. also, you can put nuts in this if you want to switch things up, white chocolate chips, you know, it's important to make the recipe your own, right? >> right. >> exactly. >> so it's all mixed up there. do this, do this with your kids. >> you like the ice cream scoop too. all of our chefs this week. >> they never look good. >> they're not really round. >> it's good to use -- >> look what i made. even with an ice cream scoop isn't great. >> you pop it in the oven, ten minutes, 350. bake them and there you go. [ applause ] >> lorraine, thank you. [ applause ] >> can i get our gorgeous crew out here? we're going to deliver them. we want to hear your take on gluten-free cookies.

lorraine, will you come back? >> i will. >> we love your recipes. we love your energy. you guys, you can get lorraine's recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. audience, enjoy the cookies, you guys at home check out the recipe. tomorrow we're making instagram-worthy chocolate chip cookies. we can't get enough of the chocolate chips. we'll be right back on "gma." enjoy, everybody.

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