good morning, america. as we join you this thursday morning, the impeachment surprise and a demand now for new answers. a new revelation raises question in the impeachment showdown. the key witness testifies about a trump phone call at a restaurant overheard by an aide. what it may reveal about president trump's role in the pressure campaign on ukraine. the reaction from the white house this morning as congress and the public prepare for the next witness to take the stand. state of emergency. the worst flooding in more than 50 years bringing venice to its knees. some swimming through the famous square. hotels and stores underwater. our reporter there live this morning. colin kaepernick's comeback. the teams now planning to attend the quarterback's workout giving him another shot, but is it just a pr stunt? why some critics are calling it all a sham.

caught on camera. a bus driver under the influence crashes into a ditch with ten children on board. thankfully everyone survived. holiday travel alert. the new numbers this morning predicting the busiest travel day ever and now the new warning about those portable phone charging stations. the dangerous malware that could steal your passwords and addresses. surfing shocker. the moment a giant gray whale sneaks up on this crowd in the water while they're looking the other way. ♪ let freedom ring and the country queens ruling the night, owning the stage at the cmas -- carrie, dh owopng numrs t record-breaking moment garth brooks scoring the biggest award of the night. we're backstage only on "gma." ♪ ♪

oh, that opening was something else, all those powerful women on stage delivering like that and a big night for garth as well. >> it was a big night for garth brooks. he was breaking records, winning his seventh trophy for entertainer of the year, and he made sure to thank his wife, trisha yearwood, of course. smart man. she tweeted, entertainer of the year and husband of a lifetime. love that. we'll have a lot more on that coming up. lara is in nashville. but first, we'll get the latest on the impeachment showdown and the surprise on day one. a new trump phone call tying him to the pressure campaign on ukraine. america's top diplomat in ukraine testified that one of his embassy staff overheard president trump discussing the investigations on a phone call in kyiv. that staffer now a new witness who will testify behind closed doors tomorrow. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce starts us off from capitol hill. reporter: good morning, george. well, both sides are digging in this morning. democrats say that this first day of testimony revealed that the president abused his power,

while republicans say this hearing didn't show any of that. they say there is no pressure that was being put on ukraine and now these new revelations about another phone call are raising new questions about the president's personal role here. on the first day of public impeachment hearings, surprise testimony from the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor revealing his aide overheard the president following up one day after his infamous phone call with the ukrainian president, trump checking in on the status of investigations into his political rivals. >> the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland told president trump, the ukrainians were ready to move forward. >> reporter: taylor says his aide pressed gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu and trump's point person in the ukraine, asking him what the president thinks about the country. >> mr. sondland responded that

president trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. >> reporter: over five hours taylor testified there was a clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly $400 million in military aid until they announced an investigation into the bidens. >> to withhold that assistance for no good reason other than help with a political campaign made no sense. it was -- it was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. it was illogical. it could not be explained. it was crazy. >> reporter: testifying by his side, top state department official george kent. both career state department officials who have worked for republicans and democrats. they detailed an unofficial channel of shadow diplomacy run by trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, that ran counter to america's national interest. >> what interest do you believe he was promoting, mr. kent? >> i believe he was looking to dig up political dirt against a potential rival in the next election cycle.

>> ambassador taylor. what interests do you believe he he was promoting? >> i agree with mr. kent. >> reporter: but republicans had their own plan of attack, pointing out that they never spoke to trump directly. you weren't on the call -- you didn't listen on his call? >> i did not. >> you never talked to chief of staff mulvaney. >> no. >> you never met the president. >> that's correct. >> reporter: republicans are focusing on the end result, insisting trump did nothing wrong because the white house eventually lifted that hold on the military aid to ukraine. >> security assistance was provided to ukraine without the ukrainians having done any of the things they were supposedly being blackmailed to do. >> reporter: but that money only flowed after congress launched an investigation and the whistle-blower filed that complaint. republicans are also demanding to speak to that person who sparked this impeachment inquiry. >> to make a motion that we actually subpoena the whistle-blower for a closed door secret deposition. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house continues to block several witnesses with firsthand

knowledge including acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton. if you feel so strongly you need to hear from the whistle-blower why not push the white house to also let you speak to those firsthand witnesses like bolton and mulvaney? whnot encourage the president to let you -- >> i want to hear from -- in the whistle-blower's complaint llet point numr i have talked to more than half a dozen u.s. officials. i want to hear from the whistle-blower and those officials that he or she talked to. i want to hear from those individuals. >> but why not bolton and mulvaney? why not those firsthand witnesses the white house is preventing you from talking to? >> that's their call. these are close advisers to the president. >> reporter: now, public hearings will continue tomorrow with former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. she says she was ousted after a smear campaign that was run by giuliani. democrats argue she is the first victim of this scheme while republicans will say that the president is entitled to his own team. george. >> meantime, this is also going to raise questions for

ambassador sondland who's scheduled to appear next week. he didn't report that phone call that the aide to william taylor heard about and that aide, david holmes, will testify behind closed doors tomorrow. >> reporter: george, david holmes will be up here tomorrow answering questions behind closed doors. lawmakers are likely to grill him about what he overheard of that phone call, and gordon sondland, they're also a lot of fresh questions for him and he has already revised his testimony once. the question now is whether he'll revise it again when he testifies here publicly next wednesday. >> mary bruce, thanks very much. robin. >> a lot of people watching yesterday, but president trump claims he did not watch the hearings and says he's not concerned about them. our chief white house correspondent jon karl has more on all this. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the first day of public hearings had some dramatic moments but didn't seem to change any minds in congress, and for the white house, that's a win. the president insisted he wasn't concerned at all about what went down on the first day of public impeachment hearings. >> this is a sham and shouldn't be allowed. >> reporter: at a joint press conference with the president of

turkey, president trump claimed he was too busy to watch. >> i haven't watched for one minute because i've been with the president, which is much more important as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: he denied new testimony that directly implicated him in the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate his political opponents. bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, claimed one of his aides heard president trump asking ambassador gordon sondland about, quote, the investigations on a phone call. >> i know nothing about that, first time i've heard it. the one thing i've seen that sondland said was that he did speak to me for a brief moment and i said, no quid pro quo under any circumstances. >> reporter: while he said he didn't watch it the president's twitter account was busy retweeting more than 20 times republican commentary about today's hearing. and the trump campaign is raising money on all of this, trying to bring in $3 million in one day, calling it a fake hearing to interview never trumpers. the two witnesses wednesday were

both career diplomats who have served democratic and republican presidents. the bottom line for the white house is the hearing didn't change anything. democrats are all but certain to impeach the president, but without any republican defections it will go nowhere in the senate and the white house will be able to portray it all as a campaign by democrats against the president. george. >> that is their hope. okay, jon, thanks very much. let's bring in our legal team, chief legal analyst dan abrams and kate shaw, professor of law at cardoza law school. dan, let me begin with you. we had that new revelation which added to a stream of evidence we saw laid out yesterday making it pretty clear that there was an effort to condition aid to ukraine on them pursuing investigations. >> right, and i think that that definitely supports the case that the democrats have been making. the question becomes, did it advance it? and i think that's the fundamental question, as you're examining what happened yesterday. i think they definitely

supported the case they've been making. these witnesses were incredible. they didn't really seem to want to be there. they were subpoenaed to be there. you saw the republicans didn't go after them questioning their credibility because of that. but when you ask the question, did they advance it? this is the single most advancing thing. there's going to be a new witness now who is going to testify about another conversation and overhearing the president himself. that is significant but it all fits into the same basic fact pattern that already seems to be clear. >> kate, and as dan said, they didn't really go after the witnesses' credibility. you saw a number of different republican arguments that this is hearsay, that the president had the right intent, going after corruption, and in the end, the aid went through no harm, no foul. >> you saw responses to all of those defenses laid out. in terms of no harm, no foul, well, so bill taylor made the strong case that, yes, the aid went through but the threat to withhold it at all, that in and of itself was damaging.

it's also i think when you look at the time line, a number of members pointed out, it looks like the whistle-blower comes forward, congress gets word of it and the aid is released like that. it's not as though the plot wasn't a plot, but that it was thwarted by detection, and so i think you have defenses emerging and you have responses to those defenses sort of, and we'll see it continue to develop in the coming days. >> and then to the point that you raise, dan. we don't know how the public is going to react to the hearings. we'll see that over the coming days. it does appear that there is -- at least the republicans on the committee are impervious to new evidence. and both sides have made up their minds. >> they're impervious to new evidence on this particular finite issue, right, of was there a condition -- was aid conditioned upon an investigation of biden? it's almost as if they're willing to accept that, yeah, yeah, there was some level of conditioning going on that doesn't matter. it wasn't a quid pro quo and in the end the money was released

anyway, and so any time you add facts to that pattern, the response from the republicans is, in effect, yeah, okay, but that doesn't change anything. >> but the question will be going forward, this could be a relatively long process. a few more weeks goes to the judiciary committee, vote on the house floor, a trial in the sena could bseral wes lo >> yeah, that's right, and i think that as the sort of a narrative develops, i think there was both a framing and foundation laying effort yesterday. but i think that the narrative actually changed a little bit in a couple of ways. one of the ways is the democrat story had been going in that this was corrupt and it was an abuse of power and that's because it was about the president putting his political interests ahead of the u.s. national interests. the witnesses seem to show that it not only ignored u.s. national interest but it might have hurt it and from the perspective of the seriousness of conduct that seems like an important development. >> we'll see if that advances. you'll join us tomorrow morning. the next witness, ambassador marie yovanovitch will take the stand at 9:00 eastern and i'll

be covering it with our whole political team here on abc and some other political news. and we have a brand-new candidate for president on the democratic side this morning. deval patrick, two-term governor of massachusetts, close ally of president obama, saying he wants to run for the democratic nomination acknowledging it's late, but he will compete in the states of new hampshire and south carolina. michael, over to you. we're going to overseas now to rising tensions in hong kong. new images this morning show students arming themselves with arrows and molotov cocktails. ian pannell is there again with the very latest. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, michael. it's looking more like a medieval siege and some of the hardcore protesters are there, and look at the bricks down on the road here. thousands and thousands of them to try and stop the police. here down on the ground, you can see this, this is flammable liquid and you've got spikes littered all over to try to slow the police down. inside, there are men with bows and arrows that have already been fired at the police. i've seen young men with baseball bats and also sledgehammers.

now, this scene is repeated across three universities here in hong kong and this time they say they're ready to stand and fight. robin? >> my goodness. all right, ian, thank you so much. staying overseas to that state of emergency in venice, the worst flooding in more than 50 years. want to take a look at this. this is what st. mark's square normally looks like and here it is now. james longman is there with the latest. good morning, james. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. what an absolute catastrophe. one of the most beautiful cities in the world now essentially under water. take a look. the water is still coming well above my ankle here. you can see tourists making their way past on these raised walkways. st. mark's basilica. water smashed through the windows and things could get worse, we're told. this ancient city is famous for its canals, now it's at their mercy as venice was hit by the worst floods in half a century. millions of dollars of damage caused as water rushes through

homes and businesses. this man seen swimming through rough currents right in front of st. mark's square as sirens ring out. 85% of the city flooded reaching 74 inches. water pumps also submerged unable to work. it's not even high tide yet and the water is already halfway up to my knee. floods in venice happen every year. the concern is they're getting more and more severe. the mayor of venice declaring a state of emergency saying the city is on its knees. he blames the flooding on rising sea levels caused by climate change. tourists with luggage in to wading through the streets of the 1200-year-old city. >> everything comes to a standstill. it kind of put our trip on hold pretty much for the last couple of days. >> reporter: world-famous st. mark's basilica only finished a $2 million flood repair last year. now inundated. precious marble and bronze underwater. so what can venice do? well, a project to protect the city from the water started back

in 2003 but people here blame politicians for delays and corruption which has stopped that from working. meanwhile with every flood, the danger here just gets deeper. mike? >> dangerous indeed. thank you so much, james. we'll go now to the latest on colin kaepernick and his attempt at an nfl comeback. teams are now signing up to attend his workout this saturday, but critics are calling this all a pr stunt. paula faris has the story. >> reporter: this morning, former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is preparing to work out this saturday in atlanta for a host of nfl teams. all 32 teams were invited to attend by the nfl and so far at least ten reportedly plan to send reps. >> he is a very good player. so we'll see what it looks like and do our due diligence. we'll take it from there. >> reporter: kaepernick tweeting, i have been in shape and ready for this for three years. he was a star quarterback who led his team to a super bowl six years ago.

♪ for the land of the free >> reporter: but created a firestorm in 2016 taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. that action sparking nationwide protests. the following year, kaepernick became a free agent. the quarterback later filed a grievance against the nfl alleging collusion after no team would sign him. the two sides eventually settling to undisclosed terms. >> i'm sure there are some teams that will stay away just because, hey, they don't want to deal with everything that surrounds him but there will be teams that show up. whether or not a team signs him that remains to be seen. >> reporter: but kaepernick's representatives were reportedly given very short notice about the upcoming workout and the league now is coming under fire for scheduling it on a saturday, which is the day before most teams play their weekly game. that means head coaches and gms won't be attending the workout because it's on a saturday. his reps asked for it to be moved to a tuesday, pushed back another week so more could attend. they were denied by the nfl, and

that's why some former players are calling this a setup and a pr stunt by the league. >> it is a little unusual because tuesday is the day you bring in all the players that you want to try out, not a saturday because everybody is on the road or focused on the teams that they currently have on the field. >> three days' notice. >> see how he does. thank you, paula. following a lot of other stories this morning, and up next, the longest sentence yet in the college admissions scandal. right now, let's go to ginger. ready to thaw out? everybody is going to see moderating temperatures and by tomorrow we'll have temperatures in the 50s in the afternoon. your local weather in 30 seconds. first the sunny cities sponsored by jeep.

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♪ ♪ ♪ let freedom ring back here on "gma," more than 40 of country music's talented, talented women taking that stage for a powerhouse opening performance. look at dolly right there in the middle. really celebrating women led by carrie underwood, dolly parton, reba mcentire. lara was right there for it all on the stage and presented the first award. backstage as well and got up early this morning and she'll be joining us live from nashville in just a little bit. following top headlines as well. including that demand for new answers after a surprise at the ifd oua phe call with president trump we did not previously know about

tying the president to the pressure campaign on ukraine. good news on the weather front, a warm-up on the way. by tomorrow we'll see highs near 40 in chicago and the 50s here in new york. and take a look at this. see that gray whale. he's swimming up on a group of surfers. they have no idea he or she is coming. but the whale just sort of casually weaved its way through them and that was in dana point, california. >> a little too close for me but. >> i was going to say. they were very cool. >> yeah, very cool pictures. now we're going to turn to the new sentencing in the college admissions scandal. the longest yet, a father pleading guilty to paying $450,000 to bribe his children's way into usc getting six months behind bars. whit johnson is here with the story. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. not only did this father admit to paying big money in bribes but he did it twice for two of his children and the judge let him have it in the courtroom llr inase that has striking similarities to other high-profile parents.

trying to dodge the cameras, toby macfarlane retreating into a starbucks outside bostononths longest prison term to date in that "varsity blues" college admissions scandal. macfarlane admitted to paying $450,000 in bribes to get two of his kids into usc claiming his daughter was a top level soccer recruit and falsely describing his son as a 6'1" basketball standout even though he's really 5'5". in court the judge calling macfarlane a "thief" saying, you had the audacity and the self-aggrandizing impudence to use your wealth to cheat and lie your way around the rules. a stiff sentence that could have implications for similar cases like "full house" star lori loughlin and her husband mossimo giannulli, accused of paying even more money, $500,000 to get

their two daughters in at usc as fake athletic recruits. nacot guilty ti. igor dvorskiy, the latest defendant to flip wednesday, the prestigious west hollywood prep school director now pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. he's accused of accepting bribes of $10,000 per student totaling nearly $200,000 to help them cheat on s.a.t. and a.c.t. tests by allowing a purported proctor to replace exam answers with corrected answers. according to authorities of the 35 parents indicted 14 including actress felicity huffman allegedly sent their children to dvorskiy's testing center. he's now cooperating with prosecutors who are recommending 24 months to 30 months in prison. dvorskiy agreed to forfeit nearly $150,000 which prosecutors say is close to the amount he made from the scheme.

macfarlane also has to pay a fine of 150,000 plus two years supervised release and that's after he gets out of prison. >> wow. kng.hank y. now to that startlinnthacau eny de. influence crashing into a ditch with ten children on board. diane macedo is here with that story for us. good morning, diane. >> robin, good morning. that driver is now facing charges of dui controlled substance after losing control of the bus and landing in a ditch, the whole thing caught on camera. >> it's a school bus in a ditch. injury accident. >> reporter: overnight, a school bus driver handcuffed and arrested after this bus slid out of control off the road and into a ditch. >> i am so sorry. >> reporter: this ring camera captured the scene as the vehicle careened off the road. on the bus you can see ten children on board screaming. after the crash one student called 911 telling the operator her grandparents were trailing

the bus trying to get her off. >> this is a 13-year-old calling in. they're on the school bus. there's a car following the school bus. it's possibly a lexus. the caller thinks it might be the grandparents. >> reporter: the driver jonathan gates appeared to be impaired and they arrested him for dui-controlled substance. thankfully no one was hurt. >> i'm glad the kids don't ride the school bus. i guess riding the school bus is not one of those things. >> reporter: gates remains suspended while authorities continue the investigation. police say he is cooperating. meanwhile, the school district is now discussing plans to screen bus drivers before getting behind the wheel. school officials say they're doing everything they can to keep a rare occurrence like this from happening again. >> i've never seen something like this before. obviously, the safety of our students is top priority for the district and i'm very grateful that none of them are injured. >> reporter: now the sheriff's office says alcohol was not suspected.

they didn't say what type of substance they do think was involved here but many people grateful that no one was hurt in this crash. >> we all are. >> thank goodness. >> thanks, diane. we have a travel alert. new numbers coming in show airlines are expecting the busiest thanksgiving seainhad b busiest travel in history. david kerley has all the details. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning. if the airlines are right, it could be the busiest air travel ever, the sunday after thanksgiving, and tsa is gearing up for a very busy season and they expect to set records this year. in fact, they're saying travel should be up 4% over the thanksgiving holiday season. that's nearly 27 million of us flying. and the airlines say on that sunday after thanksgiving, 3.1 million flyers may take to the skies. that would set the all-time record. now, as they gear up for all this, a warning out from law enforcement at one of the country's biggest airports about your phone and getting a charge here at an airport.

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she doesn't know we can see her. this year it was all about celebrating women. lara was there in nashville for every moment backstage and even on stage presenting the first award -- what were you doing during the commercial break over there? seeing you bouncing up and down. >> i was doing a little of this. >> okay. good morning to you. >> it is contagious. i'm doing the dance. you know what i'm talking about. it is just incredibly infectious down here. i can't begin to describe what last night was like but i'm going to try. as you guys know they had to put me in the front row because i was presenting the first award for the show, best single, right after the opening number so by default i got to see the most electric display of female power that has ever graced a country wrealking crystal gayle, tanya tucker, little big town, jennifer nettles, just to name a few who sang side by side with your hosts for the night. of course, we're talking the single named reba, carrie and

dolly, it's the first time they've done anything like this together. and we're all praying collectively it won't be the last. >> what do you call three women hosting the cmas? your lucky night. ♪ let freedom ring let the world ♪ >> reporter: on country music's biggest night it was the women taking center stage. ♪ let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning ♪ >> reporter: with a medley featuring co-hosts reba, carrie and dolly joined on stage by over 40 female powerhouses from legends like tanya tucker, martina mcbride and crystal gayle, to nashville's biggest new stars like maren morris and brandi carlisle. >> and the cma award goes to kasey musgraves!

>> reporter: kacey musgraves winning best female artist taking a moment to deliver a powerful message. >> and i feel that the female creative spirit, female energy, it's really needed right now. it's really important and i feel like it's something that earth needs. >> reporter: that female energy exploding on stage from reba's quick-changing "fancy." ♪ she said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down ♪ >> reporter: to guest appearances by pink, halsey. ♪ what if i never get over you >> reporter: to the star-studded ensemble joining little big town on stage for "girl crush." ♪ hey, i've got a girl crush >> ashley mcbryde. >> reporter: ashley mcbryde winning best new artist. >> maren morris. >> reporter: and maren morris taking home album of the year appropriately titled "girl." >> it just feels so timely and whether you're a man or a woman i think the people that won tonight have raised the bar for this genre this year and have made it proud an i'm just so

humbled to be one of them. >> reporter: now let's talk about the men who certainly held their own. >> oh, "god's country," blake shelton. >> reporter: blake shelton adding single of the year for "god's country" to his already extensive collection of cma trophies. >> whoever votes on these thing, i have no idea how this works after 20 years of doing this. >> garth brooks. >> reporter: and garth brooks taking home the night's biggest prize, entertainer of the year. winning the honor for an unprecedented seventh time. >> seven times in cool. but let's talk about tonight. this is a tribute to women. it's neat to see them all band together. >> he is so humble. what a great guy and he's right. the theme was all about celebrating women. the women of country music and as you see the men were all over that. backstage the male winners like dan + shay and old dominion were in awe, they told me, at the talent and the strength that

they saw on the stage and all agreed that women's records should be played every bit as much as the male artists. garth even calling out kelsea ballerini's performance as the kind of moment that should earn her entertainer of the year. he also said reba's performance of "fancy," if you missed it please go back and look at it. it was unbelievable. garth said that was the one that stole the show and we will have so much more from backstage at the cmas guy, coming up in the show. please don't go anywhere. >> and you looked beautiful last night. taking that stage in that -- i mean right after that opening number you have to get up on that stage, lara. >> oh, i know, robin. i was a nervous wreck. >> you pulled it off. look at you. look at you. >> i know. >> all right, lara. >> long island girl goes country. >> appreciate that. >> we'll see you a little bit later there, lara. and coming up, the family feud on the nba court. yeah, it's our "play of the day."

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in nashville, and carrie underwood, i mean since 2008, she has been one of the co-hosts and she brings it each and every year, and she has done it again, lara. >> she sure did. you know, all of these women wanted to make it clear just because they are powerful doesn't mean they don't enjoy fashion, in fact, i heard many times backstage they used fashion as part of their power last night and as you're saying no one captured that sense of owning who they are and their strength than carrie underwood. like superwoman transforming not once, not twice but ten times into looks that just blew away the audience, am i right? [ cheers ] but they also seem to feed and energize carrie's spirit throughout the night. it was something to behold, george. >> we can feel that energy this morning. okay, lara, we'll come back to g staing thicmpeachment hearin. a new trump phone call tying the president to the pressure campaign on ukraine. want to go back to our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary.

>> reporter: good morning, george. well, both sides are digging in this morning. democrats say that this first testimony showed that the president abused his power while republicans say that this hearing didn't show that at all. they argue that there was no quid pro quo with ukraine to pressure them to investigate the president's political opponents. but there was this surprise twist. this new revelation about another trump phone call tying the president to efforts to try to push ukraine to launch these investigations. america's top diplomat there, bill taylor, testified that one of his aides overheard president trump discussing these investigations on a phone call in kiev. that staffer's name is david holmes. he is now a new witness and is expected to answer questions here tomorrow behind closed doors. george. >> thank you, mary. of course, we will be covering this all tomorrow when marie yovanovitch takes the stand at 9:00 eastern right here on abc. michael. all right, george, now to that new study released this morning saying infants and toddlers in the u.s. are eating and drinking too much added sugar which can lead to problems

like obesity and high blood pressure. dr. jeif >> no, actually here's a study right here. we don't know a lot about the dietary behaviors in infants and toddlers up to the age of 2, so the good news with this is over the study period just over ten year, infants actually consuming slightly added sugar which, of course, is good news because that means they're getting some other nutrients that are just as important, bad news because you know -- >> what is the flip side? >> the flip side, toddlers still getting way too much and, again, that could lead to childhood obesity which we know is linked to adult obesity. here's what should be done. you want to avoid giving infants and toddlers any sugary drinks like fruit juices with added sugar, fruit that's packed in syrup and obviously candy and snacks with added sugar. absolutely no nutritious value for this age group or for any other age group for that matter. what you should be giving th, water, milk and it should be

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♪ good to be alive right about now ♪ ♪ good, good, good to be alive right about now ♪ [ cheers and applause ] i know. fired up and ready. we welcome you back to "gma." you can tell that we have a great audience with us here in times square. [ applause ] we also have a great tell t.j. for you this morning. t.j. is with country megastar dierks bentley there in nashville gearing up for a big, big surprise. hey, t.j., did you deliver my message to dierks this morning? >> yes, robin. >> okay.

did you? >> okay, robin. i'm sorry, dierks. robin says, i have to give this to you. >> all right, there you go. >> that's from robin, okay. are you happy now? >> i am happy. >> she c >> of course but we're here for tell t.j. going from the cma stage to the "gma" camera because why? how special is this woman? >> this woman is so special, the heart and soul of this whole community. we all love cori. she is right inside there but she is so special, so awesome and i cannot wait to see her reaction when she sees what you have cooked up. this is amazing. >> this is just a handful of the kids that are going to help honor her this morning, and i'm telling you, this is the best tell t.j. you have ever seen because one of the two of us is going to perform this morning. [ applause ] >> i hope it's dierks. i'm justg between the two. >> just saying. we'll come back to you. we are going to go backstage

at the cmas with lara. she was there with all the night's biggest winners and she joins us from rippy's on broadway. >> yeah, george. we are at rippy's. pst one of t it's one of the famous bars lining nashville's main brag right where the artists that we saw last night got their starts slogging away for years ten years for dan + shay, 13 years trying to get gigs for new artist of the year ashley mcbryde and then backstage they were able to finally exhale, share their shock, disbelief and pure joy being honored by their peers for a job they say they were born to do. ♪ >> reporter: when you hear your name called for song of the year -- >> "beautiful crazy," luke combs. >> unreal. ♪ let my heart know >> reporter: nashville's biggest night with a very clear theme this year, celebrating the women of country music. >> i love your choice too of

wearing sort of a masculine yet very feminine look. >> yes. >> i think that there is a message right there. >> i think so too. >> strength. >> i love you got the metaphor of strength and femininity at the same time. >> you won for album of the year for a little album called "girl." how appropriate -- >> little girl is good. >> how appropriate on this night that is celebrating women. >> the fact that the cmas stepped up and made this the theme of the night tonight, it was just perfect to kind of walk away with this thing tonight on a tight where they were celebrating all my heroes. >> reporter: in true cma fashion honoring country's biggest star, the atmosphere was one of celebration. >> the cma for single of the year goes to -- >> open it. ah. >> both: "god's country," blake shelton. >> reporter: and collaborations. ♪ jump in and join the club >> reporter: blake and garth singing "dive bar." >> "dive bar," the performance with blake shelton, how much fun

was that? >> it's just so much fun, and with him, it's just something weird about him. with him, it's not performing. just going out and having fun. >> reporter: other dynamic duos included pink and chris stapleton and kacey musgraves and willie nelson. ♪ someday we'll find it >> reporter: backstage lil nas x and billy ray cyrus celebrating their win for "old town road." 1992, "achy breaky heart," 27 years later, come on. i mean -- >> that's just -- okay, i'll get deep just for a second. persistence is the quality of character of man as carbon is to steel. it's not the force of a jackhammer that breaks the concrete, it's the repetition, bam, bam, bam. >> don't give up. >> don't give up. >> did you listen -- were you even born when "achy breaky heart" was a hit? >> i was not born. >> nobody here was born.

>> the fun continues. look who's with me. "american idol" mentor, host of "the bobby bones show," won a cma award for nashville personality of the year, congrats on that, bobby. thanks for getting up early. >> it's a big night for everybody. you know, we won an award but last night was all about -- a lot of the female power and presence of the awards show. you know, like you we talked before the show last night. we were there and i think that a lot of the people backstage had the same feeling like what's going to happen with all of this woman power, this message. >> we'll display it then what do we do with it. >> the display was awesome. you saw a lot of history all happen in the very physical act -- first act, and so you were seeing a lot of artists that were from my childhood in country music -- just setting the stage. >> tanya tucker. crystal gayle. >> so that was fantastic to see but with this powerful moment and then also when they came out and did "girl crush," the

younger females, it was a real message of, hey, we're here, we've always been awesome. how do we continue to keep pushing this forward? i thought it was awesome. >> jennifer nettles who wowed us in the opening act had a cape on that said, play our records, you know, we want to be played as much as the men. will that be heard? >> i think so. so it's a culture change, right? i think the worst thing that you can do is have everyone change immediately but i think what you have to do is change the culture so it stays. even with me and my company like when i negotiated my last deal, i had said, hey, i need an hour to play all females nationally then i put my female co-host to host the show so i'm taking my lead from a lot of the females in the industry and i think the culture change is slowly happening and that's the best way for it to happen because slow change is steady and it's a change that will stay and i loved it last night and i got to shout out to the producer of the show. that was his idea, let me get the strongest females and make

sure everybody hears their voice. >> speaking of strong female, reba, her performance for "fancy" was a showstopper. >> garth brooks said drop the mic. that's the entertainer of the year right there. >> as i went back and watched, you see me dancing extremely hard during this and you would think like a drake concert. that's my drake. reba is my drake. camera is right up in my face. she's peeling off clothes. it's a whole thing and, again, that's what it's all about. that's what country music is and was and still is today. i love reba. >> great community, great party. rate this year's 1 to 10. >> you have to go 10 because of the message. i loved kacey musgraves winning. >> thanks for coming in. we'll head back to you all in new york. and try to recover from a wonderful, wonderful cmas.

[ applause ] >> thank you, lara. thank you, bobby. definitely recovering. get back home. now to that "gma" exclusive. "real housewives of new jersey" star teresa giudice is sitting down for her first interview since visiting her husband joe in italy while he awaits a ruling on his deportation appeal. now she's opening up about the future of their marriage, and paula faris sat down with her. hey, paula. >> reporter: teresa giudice said we could ask her anything. there was no question off-limits. this is the first time that she and the girls have seen joe outside of prison walls in over three years. we talked about joe's future and if there's a future for the two of them. teresa giudice is the vibrant outspoken and as real as you get real housewife of new jersey who made her mark ten years ago with this. >> when i first started the show, they said, what do you see yourself five years from now? vedict mysf ing in legal pil. >> yeah. >> like never in a million years.

>> reporter: giudicepe almost a yr in prison for multiple counts of fraud and her husband three years for mail and bankruptcy fraud and out of prison, joe who is not a u.s. citizen is living italy while he awaits the ruling on his deportation appeal. teresa sitting down with us days after visiting him. just go back to italy. you get off the plane. tell me what happens next. >> i was so overjoyed seeing my daughters, how happy they were. seeing their dad. this trip was like all about focusing on our daughters. it really wasn't about us. >> do you still feel anything for him? >> there's always going to be a place in my heart for joe. i'm always going to love him no matter what. >> even together or separate. >> always, yes. >> reporter: rumors of infidelity making headlines and plaguing their marriage. can you say without a doubt that you have been completely faithful to joe? >> yes. >> throughout the marriage and

incarceration and everything? >> yes. >> you don't believe he's been faithful to you? >> i mean -- >> how are you able to move past that because that can be a deal breaker for a lot of marriages. >> well, because i never caught him, like i never caught him so it's hearsay. >> are you planning on filing for divorce? >> no. >> do you see a future with him? >> i don't know. imagine he lived in italy and you lived here. i mean, i don't know. i don't know if that's, like, a feasible relationship. >> do you think you could find happiness and love again with joe? >> to be determined. >> so you haven't ruled it out. >> we're taking it day by day. >> do you feel like you could love again and give your heart to someone? >> of course i do. i'm still young. if it does go that path i want the same for joe. >> you'd be okay seeing him happy with another woman. >> of course. if that's the path we choose, yes. >> do you think he will be happy seeing you with another man? >> we only really want the best for each other. we really do. like see i'll start crying. just cause we both do and

like -- i kept crying on the trip because of that. >> do you need to go back to italy and just the two of you spend some time together? >> i don't know about that. we'll see. i don't know. r for w, h daughters are her priority. you must take a great amount of pride seeing your four daughters grow into strong, independent women. >> as a mom you don't know if you're doing a good job but when you see your children and how they are and how they present themselves and how they speak, then you're like, wow, i did do something right. >> how tough is that for joe to miss so many milestones in his daughters' lives? >> i'm sure that's a guilt he has to live with every day. i do want happiness again. i want joe to be happy. my daughters, they are happy. >> reporter: looking ahead, it's all about as she says, namaste and standing strong. you probably learned a ton about yourself the last three years and eight months. >> i've learned i have powers i never knew i had. >> like what?

>> i'm unbreakable. unbreakable. >> she seems ready to move on, ghbo h four children at this time, but at this point, joe's awaiting his final deportation hearing. if denied he will permanently be deported to italy. he'll be separated from his four girls. she said he was weeping when he had to say good-bye to them. >> i'm pretty sure tough situation on all the family. >> great job, paula. ginger, what you got? >> i got a "gma" moment that makes you feel like we all feel the last couple of days. this is little ramsey. they couldn't find their dog. they couldn't find their dog then all of a sudden. there he was. wrapped up in the closet in a blanket like all of us when it's subfreezing. that's me, really. please take a moment. go to my facebook page and put your "gma" moment there so we can share with everyone else.

[ applause ] it is thankful thursday and the audience is always thankful when i'm on this side so they can be seen on camera. they don't get enough love over here. we have a great thriver thursday to share with you now from my production company rock'n robin productions. i want you to meet yusuf dahl. his life journey took him from prison to princeton. now he's showing how education helped turn his life around and inspired him to do the same for others. >> the day of my release i spent five plus years in prison and i was finally getting the chance to start over again.

my desire to apply to princeton was motivated by the desire to have a greater impact. >> the most effective tool at our disposal to help people behind bars break this vicious cycle is education. >> yusuf dahl. [ applause ] >> princeton just provided a tremendous education and it provided a tremendous environment to really pursue my passion and to think about how i could have a greater impact in the world. i'm incredibly fortunate. it's not lost on me the improbability of this moment. and it's something that i do not take for granted. how was school? >> it was good. >> my daughter has the same probability of going to college that i had of going to prison when i was her age. it's an incredible reversal of

fortune and it's one that i thank god for every single day. a thriver to me is somebody who has made a deliberate decision to not allow their circumstances or their environment to circumscribe what they can and cannot do. if one is thoughtful and deliberate on how one works and is determined to not just stand and knock on the door for opportunity but is committed to standing there and doing whatever the hell it takes until someone opens up the door and lets them in, you can do it. so be committed. believe in yourself because if you don't believe in yourself, no one else is going to believe in you and go get it. [ applause ] >> i love that. i love that and go get it. hey, ladies and gentlemen, yusuf dahl is right here. stand up, yusuf. he's here in our audience. [ cheers and applause ] princeton, yes. and the woman who nominated you,

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forecast is high 70s into the weekend. ♪ welcome back to "gma." welcome to our audience. it's time for a great "tell t.j." he will surprise a woman who has devoted her life to the kids of nashville. t.j. is there now. hey, t.j. >> hey, george, such a big "tell t.j." that i had to bring in country music superstar dierks bentley and we're actually going to divide and conquer to honor this lady this morning. you'll go that way. i'm going this way. good luck. i'll see you in this way. the kid, a fraction of t k this ladhas helped build their confidence and build community around a children's theater. now, she has no idea that i'm here, that dierks is here and that i am about to do a little theater. come on in.

theater now, and let me find my cori. >> yes. >> i'm t.j. and i'm here for my audition. >> do you have a 16-bar cut? ♪ this morning, this morning, we're here to honor you this morning ♪ ♪ live on "gma" [ applause ] i don't have stage experience but i have live audience experience and we're live in front of an audience right now in front of "good morning america." >> hello. >> come on up. thank you for that. come on up here with me. you're looking like what in the world is going on? we are absolutely here to honor you. first, how was my audition? >> you're cast. it was beautiful, it was heartfelt. it was really unique. >> it was unique. well to be honest with you i'm not used to performing alone. i usually perform with a group of professionals and we go by

the name of dierks bentley and the bugs. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ good to be alive right now ♪ it's good to be alive right now ♪ >> what? >> of course.apauyou know this y country muc superstar. i know you know these guys. but turn around here for me and show you our camera. i know you love these guys. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> it's okay. it's okay. but he's here, of course from the cma stage last night. he wanted to be here and you tell me why it was so important -- this lady has touched your family personally. >> this is where i learned to sing. she inspired me to be a better performer, actor. center hub of this huge creative spirit in nashville and draws from all over. she's a lead singer of our band, man, and these kids love her. it's just such an unbelievable community. >> miss cori, i know you're excited. this is only a handful.

>> yes. >> of the kids have you. >> my beautiful babies. >> i know you have hundreds of so, kid, why don't you come say hi to miss cori. ♪ good, good, good to be alive right about now ♪ [ applause ] >> come on in! ♪ good to be alive right about now ♪ ♪ i was dead in the water [ applause ] ♪ i was old news ♪ i was broke as could be >> i think they're all here. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, wow. i think they're all here. they all are here. oh, wow. oh, wow. >> yes, yes. >> now, now i need you all -- whoa, whoa, give me a second. give me a second. i need everybody to keep quiet and miss cori, i need you to watch this.

>> okay. ♪ this is my home this is my home ♪ >> reporter: these kids have all been bitten by the theater bug. that's the actual name of this place, a one-stop performing arts shop in nashville for kids who might not otherwise have a place to act, dance and sing their little hearts out. ♪ >> reporter: this is theater bug founder cori laemmel. she writes original plays that the kids perform. she saw a lack of opportunity in nashville and created her own children's theater which has grown into a community of hundreds of little performers. >> i always tell them they're just a bottle of possibility. there's nothing they can't do right now and i want them to walk into any room the way that they would walk into the bug. >> reporter: they walk into this

place fearless with confidence. >> oh, my big girl. >> reporter: and as a family. >> she tells me and makes me feel every single day that i matter. >> she's taught me to be myself and to be brave and to keep going no matter what is happening. >> reporter: cori created a safe space for them to learn and grow on and offstage. >> thank you, miss cori, for being such a kind, loving human being. >> thank you for teaching me everything that i know. >> thank you and i love you so much. [ cheers and applause ] >> okay, we found a hankie for y think now seeing they all came out here and had to tell some lies and needed some help from your staff to -- >> thank you. it's amazing. >> -- pull this off this morning. [ applause ]

>> there are so many people i love in this room, it's amazing. >> we tried to get all of them here but what a lot of people don't know is that you all are actually about to lose your space and i know you're looking for a new space and i know you're trying but the theater will go on. >> absolutely. >> but to possibly help with that, i have rick perez from u.s. bank and if he could come out for me right now, he heard about what was happening, he wanted to help and he has a $20,000 donation. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ good to be alive right about now ♪ [ applause ] >> i'm holding this check. [ applause ] >> now, miss cori, tell us how far can this go in getting a new space. >> i mean, i think it's an incredible, incredible movement towards being able to do what we want to do which is to have a

forever home and to make something that is as beautiful as all these people. you guys have absolutely no idea how incredible they are. they are the best that exist and to be able to build something that raises the level of the bug to the art that they're making into the kindness they're putting into the world is such a gift. >> you're about to lose your space but hopefully you'll get a new one. now, last thing -- [ applause ] last thing you all love this woman, you know how hard she works. she needs a vacation. well, adventures by disney, adventures by disney is going to give you one. you are going to be going to new york on a vip tour of broadway. [ cheers and applause ] you are going -- you are going to get special access to one of the theaters on broadway, a tour. you're going to get a special private dance workshop and you're going to get to see "frozen" on broadway and that's

all i got. i'm fresh out of stuff now. i'm fresh out. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] thank you. >> and, dierks, thank you, thank you, thanks you, dierks. [ applause ] >> guys, thank you. dierks they're actually in the program as well. they're right here. so thank you and we'll see you in new york. i told you it was a special "tell t.j." today and i was the one performing. >> boy, that was just a delight. [ applause ] very nice. congratulations. that was great. >> we'll be right back.

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we are back now with an exclusive look at the new way apple is trying to revolutionize medical research. dr. jen, you're back. >> i am, robin. chances are pretty good you have one of these or you know someone who has one of these. they're definitely great for talking, for texting, for listening to tunes but starting today, it may also be great for the advancement of science by collecting data about your health-related behaviors. this morning, the company behind the iphone and the apple watch now charging to the forefront in the field of medical research. apple launching its new research app starting with three studies on heart and movement. hearing and women's health.

i am thrilled that one of your studies has to do with women's health. tell us a little bit about that study. >> so we're really focused on areas that we can provide the information to a user so they can be more proactive and engage earlier on with the physician. >> reportesr: apple now hoping millions of its users will participate. but what about privacy? explain why people should feel comfortable sharing their personal information and their data. >> we will never sell your data. they can decide when to stop contributing data so everything is taken into account. >> reporter: the end goal in part to improve health in the age of smartphones. now, apple is taking this venture into research very seriously by partnering with some of the most prestigious institutions and organizations in the world like harvard's brigham and women's hospital, the american heart association, university of michigan and the world health organization. people who are interested can go right now to apple.com and learn more about participating in these studies. >> and it's not in lieu of

seeing a doctor. >> absolutely not. >> it's in addition to. >> you can learn about your health behavior and so other people can learn advancement of science. >> i normally have mine on. it's really helped me. >> close those rings. >> i know. hey, ginger. >> you know skiing would be a great way to get in those steps and get in some of the energy out and you can do it now. jay peak is open in vermont. that's what the cold air has meant. brad is excited. i see a couple who are pumped. michael, what is happening on your show this afternoon? >> oh, we have a super fun show today, ginger. all right, "the real housewives

of atlanta" is here bringing southern charm. >> and southern drama dishing on love and life. >> oh, these ladies are always a good time. i can't wait. >> i can't wait. we can't wait. you can't wait. check us out at lunchtime, everybody. robin can't wait so, robin, over to you. >> michael, michael, i'm right here. >> hey. >> how are you? >> they wanted me to go over there but i was just watching y'all swinging my legs. it's what i do at lunchtime right there. right there. but it's time for the debut of "the way back" trailer. the movie tells a heartwarming story of a man who returns to his high school to coach the basketball team sending him on the road to redemption. it hits theaters march 2020. but here's a first look. >> what's going on with you? what's new? >> not much. >> i hate the idea of you down there by yourself all the time just drinking. >> i'm fine. i appreciate it.

but i'm fine. ♪ ever sense i heard the howling wind ♪ >> i suppose you're wondering why i called you over here. ♪ i didn't need to go where a bible went ♪ >> our basketball coach had a heart attack the other night. we need a new coach, jack. ♪ and you know your gifts seem heaven sent ♪ >> is the team any good? >> no, the last time they made the playoffs back when you were playing. >> let's go. >> you're marcus, right? >> that's right. >> how many threes did marcus make? >> percentage of 26. >> wonder why they're leaving you open. they don't think you can hit the ocean from the beach. >> you know, he just did [ muted ]. >> how are you liking coaching so far? >> getting used to the players. >> what players? ♪ i was never sure how much of you walked in ♪ >> i heard you're coaching basketball. >> yeah, keeps me busy. keeps my mind off other things. ♪ won't you settle down baby >> i spend a lot of time.

i made a lot of bad decisions. i have a lot of regrets. ♪ >> i want you taking that shot. >> why is that so hard for to you believe? >> what? >> that you're the best player on the team. >> there you go. >> i know you're suffering. i just want you to be happy again but you got to want it too. ♪ >> keep pressing. trapping. taking charges. you guys earned this tonight. team on three -- one, two, three! ♪ the end ♪ my goodness ♪

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now, from abc7, live breaking news. >> i'm kumasi aaron, and we are staying on top of breaking news from southern california. several people have been shot at a california high school according to the sheriff department. this is happening in saugus north of santa clarita. this is new video from moments agoment and reports of multiple people being injure and we don't know the exact number, but anywhere between three and five people. this is a fluid situation, and we are updating it on abc7news.com with the latest and also an update at 11:00 on the "midday live." mike? >> thank you, kumasi. this is a look at the golden gate bridge, and we have clouds and haze and some sprinkles, but mainly the verga that will keep us cool which is rain that evaporates before it hits the ground. be careful if you are headed to the beaches.

and now it is time for "kelly and >> ryan: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, the doctor is in. "grey's anatomy" star, kevin mckidd. anna stand-up comedian and actor sebastian maniscalco. and plus your comments and questions on another addition all next on "live!" ♪ of "the inbox." [cheers and applause] and now, here we are, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: kelly ripa. what's up? [cheers and applause] all right.