our house has a better chance of surviving in. good morning, america. state of emergency. tropical storm sally taking aim at the gulf coast. mandatory evacuations under way as the powerful storm is expected to become a hurricane, already bringing major flooding to the florida keys and turning miami roads into rivers. new orleans bracing for impact and for a potential life-threatening storm surge. this morning, we're live in the region tracking the latest on the hurricane warning. wildfire catastrophe. new evacuations under way this morning.g atpe a burning out of control. the thick, toxic smoke smothering several major cities. portland now with the worst air quality in the entire world. the hazardous conditions shutting people indoors in san

francisco. the latest on the dire situation right now. overnight, president trump holds his first indoor rally in nearly three months, packed, no social distancing, many not wearing masks ignoring nevada's covid restrictions. >> if the governor comes after you, which he shouldn't be doing, i will be with you all the way. >> the president takes aim at joe biden as the democratic nominee heads to florida where he is about to get a $100 million boost from former rival michael bloomberg. urgent manhunt. the desperate search for the shooter who ambushed two los angeles sheriff's deputies, walking up to their vehicle and opening fire. the news on their condition this morning. kicking off. sunday football re stands. the nfl stars sending their messages about social justice. and brady and the bucs. the two oldest quarterbacks in the league, brady and brees squaring off in that historic match-up. and who is "jeopardy's"

greatest of all time? ken jennings, and he's live on "gma." his new role on the show as the new season gets under way with alex trebek back at the helm. and good morning, america. we hope you're well this monday morning. it is a busy one, we are tracking two natural disasters on america's coasts. those unprecedented wildfires in the west still ablaze, shrouding seattle, portland and san francisco in toxic smoke. the president is heading to california today, and we'll have the latest on the fires in a few moments. but we begin with tropical storm sally taking aim at the gulf. take a look at the satellite of the powerful storm which is expected to intensify and reach hurricane status tonight, robin. >> and the governors of mississippi and louisiana declaring states of emergency. new orleans is under a hurricane warning. ginger is there now with where the storm is heading and that major storm surge concern.

good morning, ginger. >> robin, i'm here along the mississippi river. your family in pass christian to pascagoula and even mobile. this storm, on the satellite lopsided. it will organize, wrap up, become a hurricane later tonight and then make landfall tomorrow. if it makes landfall in louisiana, the fourth of the year which is unbelievable to think. move northward as a hurricane it will bring inland rain. the heaviest rain up to 2 feet will be there, too. that's why we have rob marciano in biloxi. >> reporter: there's been 18 named storms so far this season. so many of those hitting the u.s., three hitting this part of the gulf coast just in the last three weeks, this as we mark the anniversary of hurricane katrina, 15 years ago which

engulfed this lighthouse with a storm surge. yet here comes another hurricane. >> power is going out right now. >> reporter: tropical storm sally gaining strength taking ot of ra in the ke csinge streyn major street flo saturday one of the wettest days the area has seen in 15 years. residents in mississippi and louisiana bracing for impact as the storm is expected to slow down right before landfall and torture the region for several days. >> it's better to be safe than sorry, get your vessel out. >> reporter: in biloxi, mississippi, long lines of boats waiting to evacuate to safer waters. both states have declared states of emergency. mandatory evacuations ordered for low-lying areas of hancock county, mississippi, and grand isle, louisiana. >> everybody should take this seriously. please understand that you should be moving now, acting now to get you and your family ready for the storm.

mir huankagof -tteng 11-tocityei imoveders andegno it is ge 26 feet high and nearly two miles across. and with the track of this sally, it will put persistent east winds and water up against that storm surge barrier for multiple tide cycles. here in biloxi, we'll see at least a nine-foot storm surge which means this lighthouse will be surrounded again, but will survive. to say that residents here are storm-weary is an undere understatement. we're just halfway through this hurricane season here. >> i know. i'm so glad that you said that,

some of these places in coastal mississippi or alabama could end up with big-time problems. we know it's a problem along the gulf coast. so why this part of the gulf coast is so different and more susceptible to water? let's look at what the east coast looks like. the continental shelf where the ocean meets the land, it has that drastic dropoff, that can act as a wall or a defleck or the from the surge that comes from in, if you only have a couple of feet, though, and you got the gulf coast which looks like that, a much more shallow incline, that's allowed to reach inland faster and that's why we're concern right here, and to the east, amy. >> so much concern out there. so glad you're warning everyone. ginger, thank you. ashenpdeed season to the ro shows no sign of letting up. here's what we know right now. at least 25 people have been killed in california, oregon and

washington over the past week. dozens of people are still missing, and a record 3.3 million acres have already burned in the golden state this year. president trump heading to the state today for a briefing on the fires, and will carr has the very latest. >> reporter: this morning, new historic fires and thick smoke continue to plague the west coast. at least 25 people have been killed and dozens are still missing. in oregon, mary joyner is fighting back tears, telling us that her beloved 92-year-old aunt violet may not have made it out. >> she kept calling me on my cell phone at work, yelling at me to come get her and i kept trying to tell her i can't come get you. they won't let me in. i said just get the hell out of there. >> reporter: with the flames comes that toxic smoke that's blanketed the west coast, smothering several major cities blocking out the sun and posing serious health risks for millions of people. in san francisco, residents are urged to stay inside. the air quality in portland, the worst in the world.

>> the debate is over around climate change. just come to the state of california. observe it with your own eyes. >> reporter: senator jeff merkley describing what he saw to george sunday on "this week." >> george, it is apocalyptic. i drove 600 miles up and down the state. i never escaped the smoke. >> reporter: firefighters on the frontlines are dealing with their own losses. this fire chief losing everything in the holiday farm fire, her home and her fire station. all a casualty of the unforgiving flames. >> it's tough to fight fire with a broken heart. >> reporter: cal fire captain leithan dryden moved into his new home just three weeks ago. all that remains of his house now is this chimney. >> our shed, our pump house, our house, all the trees were just scorched. >> reporter: in california, the north complex fire has destroyed spaceships taking off.

every tree was -- and it just makes you sick to your stomach. >> reporter: with tears in his eyes, dalan cameron describes how he's lived in this neighborhood for 58 years. his property is now survived the nearby camp fire which killed 8 fire, many of his neighbors have not been as lucky. do you want to stay here? >> well, where am i going to go? everything is gone. no housing, no nothing. >> reporter: so far, this has been a brutal record-setting wildfire season. in fact, one veteran fire chief tells me it is the worst he has ever seen. when you take a wide look you can see it has left destruction just like this, and of course, that toxic smoke. that's why i'm keeping my mask on this morning. hopefully that smoke will move out of this region in the coming days, george. >> okay, will, thank you very much. we're going to turn to the race for the white house now, 50 days now before the final votes, and president trump

held his first indoor rally in nearly three months last night defying nevada's covid restrictions and vowing to be vicious on joe biden in the home stretch of the campaign. mary bruce tracking all the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, the president last night openly defied nevada's restrictions and his own administration's health guidelines packing supporters into this indoor rally. the last time he held an event like this in tulsa, that city saw a spike in cases. but the president is trying to have his campaign match his message, as he insists the nation is turning a corner on the virus. overnight at a packed indoor rally, president trump breaking nevada's covid restrictions to court voters in the key battleground state. >> we're going to win nevada. a throng of mask-less supporters, the state prohibits gatherings of more than 50 people but trump defiant. >> and if the governor comes comes after you, which after you, which he shouldn't be

doing, i'll be with you all the way. i'll be with you all the way. don't worry about a thing. >> reporter: the president unloading on joe biden declaring the gloves are off. >> this man is totally unfit to be president. up here, he's totally unfit. he can't be your president. >> reporter: in a statement, biden's campaign slammed the president's rally, calling it a superspreader event saying, if donald trump cared about curbing this virus and protecting the safety of his supporters he wouldn't hold events like this, but trump doesn't and he won't. biden is stepping up his own campaigning in key battlegrounds. his formal rival michael bloomberg now pledging to spend $100 million to help him win florida. biden heads to the critical state tomorrow but his campaign promising to put safety first. >> the reality is vice president biden is actively campaigning as is senator harris but the difference is, george, we're doing so safely. we are letting the science lead us. we are listening to the experts. >> reporter: the pandemic is taking a toll on the president politically. our latest abc news/ipsos poll shows 65% of americans now disapprove of trump's handling

of the coronavirus. and he still is facing fallout from those explosive revelations in bob woodward's new book. trump's defenders this weekend struggling to explain why the president knowingly downplayed the severity of the virus in the early months of the pandemic. >> think of what would have happened if he had gone out and said this is awful. we should all be afraid. we don't have a plan. it would have been a run on the banks and hospitals and grocery stores. >> reporter: after 18 interviews, woodward a veteran journalist taking the unprecedented step of issuing his own opinion. >> the president is the wrong man for the job. >> reporter: now, both president trump and joe biden are ramping up their campaign events. between the two of them this week they are hitting six key battleground states including arizona, pennsylvania and wisconsin. george. >> thank you, mary. we'll be in pennsylvania tomorrow. i'll be anchoring a town hall with president and uncommitted

voters for a special edition of "20/20," "the president and the people: a national conversation," tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern. robin. all right, george, but now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. there have now bee 194,000 american lives lost to the virus. with cases rising in 18 states but overall in the country, the number of cases is trending downward. over the weekend some positive signs for a vaccine but troubling new reports of political pressure on the cdc. steve osunsami in atlanta tracking it all for us this morning. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. this is an agency that provides vitally important information to americans need and these reports raise questions about credibility. the official message we keep hearing from the cdc is that their work is guided by science and not politics, but politico this morning is reporting that communication aides appointed by the president demanded and received the right to edit the cdc's weekly reports on the coronavirus. emails show that michael caputo

and his team changed scientific reports so that the reports didn't undermine the president's messaging. in a statement to abc news, caputo explains saying that our intention is to make sure that evidence, science-based data drives policy through this pandemic, not ulterior deep state motives in the bowels of cdc. a vaccine can't come soon enough. and the ceo of pfizer says it's truly possible one might be ready next month. >> we will know if the product works or not. by then -- the end of object. it doesn't mean it works. it means we will know if it works. >> reporter: concerns over the spread of the coronavirus are putting football games on pause. the bu/army game and virginia tech's opener against virginia, scheduled for next saturday, now postponed. the risk of playing those games are underlined by the death of 20-year-old jamain stephens, a defensive lineman

at the california university of pennsylvania. >> i was talking to my son. he was in good spirits. we were talking. we were laughing, we were planning for him to get out of the hospital because his 21st birthday is on the 21st of this month. >> reporter: his mother says he died last week of a pulmonary embolism just ten days after testing positive for covid-19. >> we were sitting in the hospital talking about covid responsible kinds of celebration that we could do for his birthday so to go from that to get to the hospital the next day and he's gone. >> reporter: there's some encouraging news from astrazeneca, working on a potential vaccine. they are now resuming human trials after one of their volunteers suffered a possible adverse reaction. george. >> that is encouraging. okay, steve, thanks very much. we turn to the nfl kicking off a very different season during this pandemic. changes sweeping the league with players leading protests for

social justice, tom brady off to a shaky start as a tampa bay buccaneer. marcus moore has the story. >> reporter: the nfl back in action on this unpennt openind. teams rosshee acknowledging the fight for racial equality and social justice. some linking arms, other players kneeling. quarterback cam newton, tom brady's replacement with the new england patriots, led his team to victory wearing cleats with the words "no justice, no peace" and "seven shots" referencing the number of times jacob blake was shot. but many are critical of how the league is handling racial injustice and the black lives matter movement after not allowing any protesting at all for years. before kickoff, a number of teams remaining in the locker room during the national anthem storuding th fluff te49 quarterback colin kaepernick ignited the movement on the field four years ago by taking a knee to protest police brutality. over the weekend tweeting, while the nfl runs propaganda about how they care about black life they are still actively blackballing eric reid for

fighting for the black community. reid, who knelt alongside kaepernick when thein a great season with the panthers last year, and saints quarterback drew brees anxious to get back to football after preseason controversy over his comments about the flag following the death of george floyd. facing off sunday against a very familiar name in a not-so-filr iform. >> i don't think there's been a more anticipated uniform change maybe in the history of the league. >> reporter: at 43 tom brady becoming the oldest quarterback to throw a touchdown pass in nfl history. >> brady throws and touchdown. >> reporter: playing his first game as a tampa bay buccaneer facing off against the saints and 41-year-old brees. the two quarterbacks making >> brady will keep and take it in for the touchdown. >> reporter: the saints defeating brady and the buccaneers.

>> i think we're all disappointed it didn't go our way, but the only ones to do something about it is the guys in the room and put more urgency on the things we have to do and get back to work and do a better job. >> reporter: what a remarkable moment to see tom brady in that buccaneers uniform. amy, you had to do a double take. >> yeah, it is a big change but a lot of fans are watching and certainly happy everyone is back on the field safely. marcus, thank you. we're following a lot of other headlines this morning, including that urgent manhunt for the shooter who ambushed two l.a. sheriff's deputies. and "jeopardy!" gearing up for a brand-new season with alex trebek at the helm. all-time champ ken jennings will join us live on his big new role. first, back to ginger. and, george, we'll get the select cities now sponsored by geico.

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at least 25 people still burning. president trump is heading to the golden state for a briefing later today. you see that thick, toxic smoke that smothered several major cities. hazardous conditions forcing people indoors in san francisco. portland with the worst air quality in the world. but we begin with that urgent search for the gunman that shot two deputies in an ambush, the brazen shooting captured on a surveillance camera. our chief national correspondent matt gutman joins us now from los angeles with the very latest on that. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, amy. both of those deputies are now recovering after surgery at that hospital behind me. they're now in stable condition. i spoke the l.a. county sheriff last night and he said he's deploying every single asset to apprehe apprehend that gunman. this morning, that massive manhunt for the gunman who ambushed two los angeles sheriff's deputies walking up to their cruiser and unloading multiple rounds before fleeing

on foot. >> stand by for a gsw. >> one deputy was hit four or five time, the other one was hit at least three times. >> reporter: the deputy is a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old and a 24-year-old were both sworn in only 14 months ago. somehow though shot through the jaw, the female deputy tends to her partner. >> and she goes around the car, applies a tourniquet to him to stop the bleeding and she gets on the radio and she's calling for help but having a hard time because she can't speak very well. you can hear the voice of that. >> been shot, send help. >> reporter: both rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> your patient was transported by sheriff's en route to the local trauma center. >> reportest gathering at t hpital to heartinghe deputies. thred deputies. >> i hope that [ bleep ] die. >> reporter: tensions have been soaring in south l.a. since

sheriff deputies shot and killed this man on august 31st. firing 15 shots at him. since then, there have been nearly nightly protests at the local sheriff's station. overnight at his las vegas rally, president trump responding to the shooting. >> our thoughts are with the two sheriff's deputies in los angeles who were fighting for their lives when a vicious criminal walked up to their vehicle and shot them at point-blank range. >> reporter: and this morning, the sheriff telling us they're concerned about additional attempts on officers' lives. >> it's going to cause us to be a lot more concerned about when we approach vehicles when we're out on the streets. we have everybody paired up in two-man vehicles now, so we're going to have to watch out for each other's backs out there on the streets. >> reporter: what you have is a situation in which one of the largest law enforcement agencies is increasingly on its guard during heightened tensions and nearly nightly protests here in

south l.a. should be mentioned that community leaders in compton have condemned the shooting and and now there's a $100,000 reward leading to the apprehension of the suspect or accomplices, robin. >> hopefully they will be found soon and we're thinking of those two deputies and wanting them to make a full recovery, matt. now to the sale that could save tiktok here in the united states. the wildly popular video sharing app with a potentially new partner after being threatened by president trump. janai norman joins us now with more on all that. good morning, janai. >> hey, robin, good morning. the original deadline for that ban was set for tomorrow. the president said tiktok is a national security risk. the company denies that, but now has reportedly rejected microsoft's offer and instead op after weeks of talks, micrkt, t sharing app, has been rejected. microsoft issuing a statement, we would have made significant

changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety and combating disinformation. the short form video app has been downloaded more than 750 million times. "the new york times" reports garnering the attention of millions with coordinated dance-offs and viral challenges. multiple reports citing sources familiar with the deal say tiktok's owner has chosen tech giant oracle as its technology partner. amid national security concerns for being a chinese-owned company, president trump signed an executive order early august threatening the tech company behind tiktok to sell its u.s. operations, giving the popular app just 45 days to strike a deal with another tech company or face being banned. as the deadline approaches next week president trump saying there won't be an extension. it's unclear why microsoft's offer was rejected.

neither oracle or tiktok have commented but oracle stands out because of the tech company's reported ties to the trump administration. robin, some may argue the biggest headline is that we'll get to see more of those tiktok dances and challenges. >> oh, boy, what are we going to do if we couldn't see those, janai, thank you. but now we have the u.s. open, two fantastic finals, both, naomi osaka staging a comeback to win her second u.s. open title. the 22-year-old making headlines throughout the tournament for wearing masks with the names of different victims of racial injustice. naomi also paying tribute to the late nba legend kobe bryant wearing his laker jersey writing on instagram, i wore this jersey every day after my matches, i truly think it gave me strength always. boy, what a comeback by her. and over on the men's side, dominic thiem winning his first major in a five-set thriller. first man in more than 70 years to win the tournament final after dropping the opening two sets.

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>> reporter: the game show taking precautions to keep everybody safe introducing a new socially distant set with spaced out podiums, as well as implementing disinfecting measures. the changes not just about spacing and cleaning. >> ken jennings, you are the champion. >> reporter: a familiar face is coming on board. 74-time champ and recently crowned "jeopardy" g.o.a.t. ken jennings is officially joining the show as a consulting producer and will present special video categories, develop projects and act as an ambassador for the show and help with contestant outreach as casting goes virtual this season but all eyes will be on trebek. >> on a personal level i'm excited because it gets me out of the house, it gives me something to do on a regular basis and i was missing that. >> reporter: trebek diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and sat down with him to talk about his new memoir and his beloved show which he has no plans of ever leaving.

but still as long as you can do the job you can't find a reason you would ever want to stop? >> correct. you are absolutely right. >> so, therefore, you're never going to walk away from this show or crawl. >> you're an argumentative son of a gun, aren't you? i've had you up to here. >> yeah, our relationship hasn't recovered from that interview, guys. but trebek on a more serious note he does, george, he's going through treatments and he goes through a lot of pain but he says he's happy the show is back because when it's time for the show to start that's when he weigh not in pain, he goes out there and something happens, it turns on and he can do the job. nobody happier than trebek. >> i think he was happy to talk to you t.j. too. let's bring in ken jennings. thanks for coming back to "gma." tell us about this new role. >> well, i feel like i have a unique perspective on "jeopardy" having been a fan of the show for over 35 years now, a huge

part of my life growing up and then the last 15 years or so as a contestant. i've played more than anybody else on earth and probably know as much or think as much about "jeopardy" as anybody in the world the p so i'm happy to be on the team. >> i think that's probably true. what exactly are you going to be doing? >> you know, you'll see me regularly on the show presenting video categories, collaborating with the writers on clues and working with the casting team on contestant outreach, finding the best trivia people where they hide. it's a great gig being a goodwill ambassador for a show that has so much goodwill. >> it sounds like it will be fun. things are going to be different in this covid era. >> yeah, the set has been a little spruced up this season. the thing you'll notice for covid is that the individual contestant podiums, the lecterns are now socially distanced, they're feet apart instead of being a single bank and trebek will stay at the host podium instead of coming over to the

contestants because alex's health is priority number one on that set. >> no question about that. i guess i mean you've known and worked with him for so long. as you said, 15 years, watched him for longer. what a privilege it must be to be able to work with him. >> he is the last of the old school broadcasters. thwapen peopomes.op family. i know he's rearing to go and wasn'ted happy about the hiatus. >> ken, thanks for coming back on "gma." good luck with the new season of "jeopardy." >> thank you so much. >> 37th season premieres tonight, check your local listings for the time in your area. amy. >> george, alex trebek is certainly a member of our family. we will be watching tonight. coming up next on "gma," our "play of the day." ♪ wish you were here. to see how bghthhun hi.

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one-on-one with rachael ray, the television host opening up about that harrowing fire at her home in the middle of the pandemic after welcoming her fans inside her kitchen. how she made it out safely with her husband and dog and why she feels lucky. she joins us live this morniti re joins us live talking about the 30th anniversary of her classic album "rumor has it" going one-on-one with dolly parton, and bringing us a special performance. of one of her biggest hits. ♪ don't stop the party and the party in the ballroom is back tonight. >> i am so excited. i'm also freaking out. >> right before the big premiere we're going behind the scenes with bruno and "dancing's" new host tyra banks. this morning, your sneak peek at the spectacular new set and their advice for this e dance floor and they're saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ a lot of pretty women

and good morning, america. thank you all for starting your week with us. >> that's right. we have a lot coming up this morning, including some advice on facing your fears from a man who does just that for a living. nik wallenda talks about what made him too afraid to get back on the high-wire and how he got over it and back on it, robin. >> what, what. i cannot wait to hear what he has to say about that. also this morning, we're going to tell you how you can reconnect. becky worley is at it again. has the best tips to give your wi-fi a big boost, you know, the whole family is working and learning from home and that can cause some issues, george. >> it slowed it down in our house, robin, that is for sure. haesofmergen and the storm is intensifying expected to reach hurricane status tonight. back to ginger in new orleans. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, george. we just saw strengthening in the

last hurricane center update and so now still tropical storm sally moving north-northwest at eight miles per hour, has big impact possibilities. east of new orleans especially, so i'm thinking coastal mississippi and alabama, even the florida panhandle getting in on the heavy rain. let's talk about key west though. look at what it did already. sally dropping some foot or more of rain and the heaviest rain that that chain of islands has seen in more than a decade.trop. see how all that convection is to the east? that does not mean it isn't well organized. it will get more organized and become a hurricane later tonight, make landfall tomorrow and that dirty side, right quadrant, we call it, that's where the worst of the surge up to ten feet in some places will happen. now, robin, we know that even here in new orleans, and you can see from my drone camera, three to six feet of surge possible. that's a problem because this area as we know becomes that bowl, that catch-all of water. when you have water in the surga bumpgainst the coast that is the trouble. especially when we have a slower

moving storm than we have in the last few. this by the way, robin, could be the fourth to make landfall in louisiana this season. >> i know, people are getting weary down there but they need to take heed and so glad that you are there in the region for us, ginger. it means so much. we want everybody to take care. and we're going to turn now to those catastrophic western wildfires killing 25 in oregon and california and washington over the past week, and dozens of people are still missing. president trump is heading to the state today for a briefing on the fires. let's go back to will carr with more on this for us. good morning, will. >> reporter: and, robin, the beesibe this air quality is choking smoke. that's why i'm leaving my mask on this morning. with the north complex fire, when you take a wide look, you can see some of the destruction here as fires are continuing to race up and down the west coast. this morning, new evacuations are under way as historic fires

and thick smoke continue to plague the west coast. at least 25 people have been killed and dozens are still missing. in oregon, mary joyner is fighting back tears, telling us that her beloved 92-year-old aunt violet may not have made it out. >> she kept calling me on my cell phone at work yelling at me to come get her and i kept trying to tell her i can't come get you. they won't let me in. i says just get the hell out of there. >> reporter: with the flames comes the toxic smoke smothering several major cities blocking out the sun and posing serious health risks for millions of people. in san francisco, residents are urged to stay inside. the air quality in portland, the worst in the world. >> the debate is over around climate change. just come to the state of california. observe it with your own eyes. >> reporter: senator jeff merkley describing what he saw to george sunday on "this week." >> george, it is apocalyptic.

i drove 600 miles up and down the state and i never escaped the smoke. >> reporter: that smoke has been smothering t hopefully 'lgea reprieve in the weather though, and help crews jump on these fires and push so much the smoke out of the area, amy. >> we can certainly hope for that. thank you so much, will. from the wildfires out west. coming up, we have rachael ray joining us live talking about that terrifying house fire and how she and her family mad it out. also this morning, how to get your internet back up to speed with the whole family working and learning at home. simple tips to strengthen your signal. "dancing with the stars" is back tonight. we are taking you behind the scenes with bruno and tyra all coming up here on "gma." under control. got tha with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups.

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♪ good morning, good morning and welcome back to "gma." let's get our monday going way with a little more "pop news" from lara. hey, lara. ♪ >> hi, george, good morning to you all. we'll get right to it with taylor swift. her fans might need to calm down when they hear this. taylor is returning to her roots. she will perform at the american country music awards this wednesday singing the song "betty" off her new album "folklore." she made the announcement on social media writing about to show up at your party. at the acm awards and this will be the first time she has shown up at any country music awards in seven years. this time around the amc awards will be held at a couple of special locations in nashville. the legendary grand ole opry, the ryman auditorium and the bluebird cafe where taylor swift was discovered in -- that's not

right -- in 2004. that doesn't sound right either. i'll get back to you on that. the talented singer showed his actingn 2017's world war ii film "dunkirk" and now he's partnering with olivia wilde who will direct "don't worry, darling." the singer joins a star-studded cast including florence plugh, dakota johnson and chris pine set in an isolated community in the 1950s california desert centering on disturbing a secret life. looks good. everybody, steve martin taking on a personal problem and his solution to twitter posting this photo and writing, i always wear a mask when i go outside but something about it was leaving me anxious and unsettled. i thought about the problem. addressed it and is the solution. martin's tweet getting a half million likes since he posted it including one from jimmy kimmel who referenced martin's early t

know-how is finally paying dividends. steve, don't worry, we recognize you always. that's "pop news" sending it back to you in the studio. we love steve. all right, now we're going to turn to our "gma" cover story. rachael ray is opening up for the first time about that fire that destroyed her house. rachael welcomed us in shooting new episodes from her kitchen. in just a few moments we'll talk to rachael live about the fire and why she actually feels very lucky right now but first, here's a look at her story. for the last several months rachael ray has been welcoming viewers into her kitchen in her down production in studios in it turns brown. >> reporter: but in the early evening hours of august 9th, a very different scene, a fire breaking out. quickly engulfing the couple's home sending smoke and flames

through the roof of the lakeside property. ray, her husband and the couple's dog all home at the time making it out safely. the accidental fire later determined to have started in the chimney after an animal burrowed inside. ray tweeting her thanks to local first responders for being kind and gracious and saving what they could of our home. these are the days we all have to be grateful for what we have, not what we've lost. >> i couldn't be more grateful. grateful for my life, grateful that i can survive this and rebuild the home. and joining us live now is rachael ray herself. rachael, thanks for when yk at pictures, when we saw that fire burning, it is a miracle that you, your husband, your new puppy all made it out alive. tell us how you got out safely. >> the kindness of a stranger who was riding an atv through our backyard, first day of summer. my husband had gone out with

friends, the first time he had seen anyone in a long time and he went to play a round of game and he came home. didn't like his performance so i thought i'll make pasta and light a fire and put him in a good mood. it was a cool evening. a few minutes after we started the fire in the fireplace, a fellow screaming, your roof is on fire and we ran outside and sure enough it was. by the time i had gone upstairs to determine what we could save i could hear the fire crackling through the walls and spreading through the building and because of my work with the denis leary firefighter foundation, i knew from training for several years with actual first responders, i knew we had to leave immediately. my mom actually lives across the street and we were just so rilled that the fire didn't come down the hill and wipe out her home. you know, our summer started with the loss of our beloved dog of 15 years and we felt we learned so much this summer. in her loss we felt so incredibly grateful that we

could be with her when so many humans all over the planet couldn't be with their loved ones, you know, in their hours of need. and then we lost our home and i just can't tell you how important it is to listen to your first responders to have that connection with them for over a decade now, where we just trust in them and the remediators, the first responders, all the people in our community that came to help us, and again, we've learned nothing but gratitude. we see our fellow americans suffering out west, these horrible wildfires and they don't have a place to go. you know, a few years ago we bought a small property across the street to make a little guest house for our friends and we've never been so happy for a bed and roof over our heads. you know, we had a place to go to. and we just -- it's made us so mindful of what we have and so grateful and so grateful for our show too. we feel so much stronger and together with our viewers because we've been able to share all of these really personal

experiences and the huge actors in our lives and we feel a part of things even though we're so far away. it's ironic. i watched the house go down, the bulldozers are here now and excavation units and it's tough to literally watch it. we're literally across the street. just 15 years of our life. but we have so much to be grateful for. we're still here. >> you can feel the gratitude, 2020 has taught a lot of people some painful lessons, you especially and we can feel your gratefulness for those first responders and what you have when so many people don't. but you did lose quite a bit of irreplaceable memorabilia, yes. >> yeah, i think the first thing -- first of all, i was shocked that living through it, it doesn't hit you right away, like we were very practical and we literally watched our house

burn and just thinking like what do we do now? what do we do next? it hits you in waves and my husband and i kind of take turns at this. the first one to hit me was realizing i had lost so much of my mom's handwriting. she has bad macular degeneration and she's written me so many letters and notes over the years that i had saved. all of my notebooks, 40 years of my life's work, remediation teams are working tirelessly trying to save what they can. we don't know, we may get back some things, but as you can see from just the picture of our home today, there's not a lot there. we have our lives and we just feel so much. the connection, this connection with both our first responders and the folks that are going through the same thing this summer. it's overwhelming but you have to stay mindful and positive and it's remarkable how many people

come out in your community and your friends and your viewers. circle than we know. >> yeah. i can feel that resilience building in you and the connections that you formed in such new and more beautiful ways so, rachael, thank you so much for sharing this deeply personal experience with us and we want to mention to all of our viewers, season 15 of rachael ray premieres today as well as the new self-shot episodes of 30-minute meals on the app. rachael, thank you. robin, i'll send it to you. >> always great to see her. glad that she's doing as well as she is. we have advice for boosting your wi-fi if you're there at home. you know, distance learning, working from home ramps up against. so many families are having connection issues, so becky worley will join us now with insight into all of this and how you can get the most out of your signal. a lot of people are interested

in this, becky. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you're right, wi-fi dropouts, buffering and slow connections. these are the bane of kids at home but the good news, new easy solutions to make a difference. for this california family juggling work and school from home. >> it's been kind of a nightmare and super frustrating. >> reporter: the biggest issue, wi-fi. >> i'll be talking on a zoom call and all of a sudden it'll start to be really fuzzy. >> reporter: good news, i can help. welcome to my wi-fi fix it clinic. we go through some known tricks to improve performance. close open applications, turn off high definition video and avoid corporate vpns. >> when you're on zoom, are you trying to close all the tabs in your browser and all your other applications? >> never. >> reporter: i ask her to turn off hd video. that's an option that can eat

bandwidth. >> we have to go through the vpn for privacy. >> reporter: after hearing these limitations it's time to get geeky. >> what i want you to do, go to a website called speedtest.net. >> i asked her to test the wi-fi speed right next to the router then around the house. >> oh, wow, not even 10. >> reporter: she's paying for up to a gigabyte, a thousand megabytes of bandwidth but in portions only getting 10. call her internet provider to upgrade the modem. how old is the mod em that you have? >> i think it's two or three years old. >> okay. even though that seems pretty young, these things have gotten faster. when the new modem arrived. >> in my office, it was around 20 to 30 with the old modem and 60 to 70 with the new modem. >> but the speeds in ava's bedroom are still low, up to about 60 megabits now so the next move. >> let me explain a mesh network. there are a bunch of little

boxes that you plug in around the house and it creates one big network. so after it is installed. >> and in ava's room and in my office it was so much better. >> i'm going to give you the virtual high-five. nice work. now, these mesh networks are ideal for whole house coverage. but they can run about $200 so another option if you have just one dead spot it's a wi-fi extender. they're much cheaper, just $30 and they can be the perfect solution for a small dead spot or an apartment, robin, so here's to faster wi-fi, right? >> yes, indeedy. we've done that here at the house and it has helped a great deal. so thank you there, becky. hope that you are continuing to do well out there in the west coast. please take care. now we are going to get back to ginger. ginger, quiet before the storm and it's such an anxious time, not knowing exactly where the storm is going to hit.

good morning again. >> good morning to you, robin. i can tell you that coastal mississippi, alabama and far western panhandle of florida will likely take the brunt of the rain. 15 to 20 inches at the coast but don't let your guard down even up to montgomery, 6 to 10 inches, so we will see flash flood alerts even inland from the storm. also really busy atlantic. i know we just hit the peak of hurricane season, but my goodness. five plus, first t

we're going to take a look now at tonight's "dancing with the stars" premiere. this morning, we're taking you behind the scenes before the big night. lara back with all the details. hey, lara. >> hi, you guys. yeah, so excited for the big night. back to the ballroom for tonight's "dancing with the stars" premiere. with a new look, new judges and new host, tyra banks leading the way, we caught up with her and judge bruno for a sneak peek. ♪ tonight. >> i am so excited for the season to start because we have a cast of these amazing -- the set looks superb. we have special effects that are going to blow your mind. >> reporter: and with new host tyra banks, anything can happen. >> i am so excited. i'm also freaking out because live tv, you don't know what is. >> reporter: the brand-new ballroom without an audience due to covid will still be packed with all the energy you love. >> we've replaced the audience with amazing, amazing panels.

this will project all different kind of images. it is going to be fantastic. the set will literally transform with every performance. >> we need to be super-duper safe and then i'm going to need all of you at home tweeting, texting friends like creating that atmosphere and that energy in the country so i can like feel it and then give it right back to everybody through that tv lens. >> reporter: tyra bringing the glitz and the glam. >> it is a dress that would probably take like three people to carry it. it's a lot. i have not done my final practice in it to see how i'm going to walk downstairs and strut. >> reporter: whether they get 10s or 2s from the judges, tyra says she will be there for all the dancers. >> my job is to be the cheerleader. when they've had something that's challenging and they almost want to cry to be that

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♪ good morning, america. good morning, reba mcentire. so excited to talk to her. >> reba is re-releasing a special anniversary edition of her wildly popular album "rumor has it" and will perform in just a bit. let's chat. good morning, reba. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. how are you doing this morning. >> we are doing better now that you're with us. can you believe it's been 30 years since your album "rumor has it" was first released? what's changed in your life? >> everything. everything's changed but the best part about 1990 is that's when i had my son. he's a very healthy, happy 30-year-old boy now and young man. everything's doing great. i'm a very happy camper. it's been a wonderful 30 years.

>> it certainly has. you've done so much and you recently had a performance at the grand ole opry with vince gill to help artists needing help during the pandemic. what was it like to be performing that, you know, iconic space with no crowd? >> it was weird. it was very strange. we'd get through the song and it would just be silence. you know, crickets, and -- you didn't hear anything but it was to make sure that the opry never went black. never went dark. so it was a good way for keeping it going. i was so proud to get to be a part of that and to get to sing with vince gill. who is going to complain about that? >> no one is going to complain about that, reba. i tell you that. but i do have a complaint. i want to see your show "reba" back. i want reba hart, the way you go after it with barbara jean and cheyenne and everything. is there a chance for a reboot? >> well, if it was up to us we would definitely be doing a

reboot because everybody is 100% on board ready to go. we don't care if it's a family reunion, if it's a two-hour special or a total reboot. we just want to get back together because we have so many more stories to tell. >> well, reba, you do have a new podcast which is very exciting and you've got dolly parton joining us for one of the episodes. after years of friendship you see living and learning you did you learn anything new about your friend dolly? >> well, i didn't know she was such an expert or -- she has got the greatest one-liners of anybody i've ever heard. she's so witty. i knew that, but she said the other day she said, prayer is not a formal affair. and then the one i like, a loose tongue can lead to broken teeth. >> that is a keeper right there. you know, you're also featured in thomas rhett's "be a light"

and hillary scott is it part as well. you've known them both since they were kids. >> did i what? >> you've known them for a long time. >> i have. since they were little kids, thomas and hillary, you know, linda davis, hillary's mother and i did the duet "does he love you" back in '94/evacuation 95 so we were always together. they went on -- hillary's mom and dad were both on the road with me and the band and thomas rhett, red aikens, my manager before clarence, he managed red aikens so it's kind of a big family -- a bunch of us together second, third generation like the rodeo business is. we watch their kids grow up then we go watch them at the national rodeo. here i am watching these kids grow up. i'll be watching them at all the country music awards and just cheering them on. i'm so proud of both of them. >> we feel like you're part of our family as well.

glad you'll come back to perform "fancy." can't wait for that. >> thank you so much. good talking with you guys. >> we are looking forward to that. yeah, but we have somebody else that we want to talk about right now. another fantastic guest that is joining us. she is an eight-time grammy nominee. she is a phenomenal actress. she can do it all and starring in a new movie. it is called "antebellum." would you please welcome janelle monae is here with us this morning. oh, always looking fierce, looking ready to go. so nice to see you again. my goodness. hey, turntables, a new one and you wrote something on twitter that i want to say. you said, you wrote, what's a song without a revolution, what's a revolution without a song? so is this song for a revolution? >> well, one, hi, good morning. i'm so happy to be here. i love you. and we are in the middle of a revolution right now. i know you can feel it.

and i think that energy is going to be important and giving each other energy because there's a lot of emotional fatigue as people march, as people are online as people are fighting for black lives and marginalized voices so this song was just my way of giving energy to the revolutionaries and to the revolution that we're in. >> it is powerful indeed. you also have a powerful new movie coming out. i've seen the trailer and cannot wait to watch it, absentee accuweather. you play a successful modern day author who gets trapped in a terrifying situation that forces her to confront the past and say the movie is like a mirror. >> yes. this movie is a reflection of america. and america is many things and we are many things and my hope is when people watch this film that they will be able to see themselves in here and some people who watch it won't like what they see.

that means it's time to deal with it. it's time to be truthful because the first thing we need to do in order to change and to improve as americans, as, you know, accomplices, especially to help marginalized voices and folks is hold ourselves accountable so, yes, this did a mirror. you may not like what you see when you watch it. >> we cannot wait to see it. we want to take on the challenge. let's give everybody a look right now. >> we must choose our moment wisely. we keep our heads down and our mouths shut. do you understand me? >> i know you and i know that you my only way out of here. >> well, you can tell that's an emotionally taxing role, and physically taxing.

how did you handle that? >> well, you know, as an actor you have to have your piece, you know, something that centers you and i do a lot of meditation, i also called on the ancestors, this film really does deal with our past and it reminds us that our past is never dead. the past is not even the past. and there's some things we're experiencing right now that are directly connected to our past and in order to make sure that our future is brighter, is better and is more inclusive, we have to deal with them head-on so there were a lot of moments where i would film and there were some uncomfortable scenes, but i really did have to think about the heroes of the past. i had to think about women today who inspire me like maxine waters, angela rye, brittany packnet. angela davis, you know, black women have led revolutions for so many years and my character

veronica was inspired by all of them and wanted to honor the ancestors and the modern day women who show up for us every day. >> yeah, you're also doing that playing dorothy pittman hughes, gloria steinem reached out to you and asked to you play the role, yes? >> yes, she did. i love gloria. she really didn't have to do this. but she wrote me a letter and she asked me if i would portray dorothy who is such an icon, not a lot of people know about her and that's why i said yes. she was one of the first black women to own her own business in harlem. she started it in her community and in addition to being like this incredible singer and speaker, she's really one of the reasons why gloria stieng them can speak because gloria had -- she would get stage fright and dorothy would have to come and walk her through it, so she credits dorothy for helping her become a better public speaker

and helping her also start "miss" magazine which was the iconic magazine for women. >> we can't wait. we can watch them. janelle monae, thank you so much for being with us. "antebellum" debuts on premium on demand platforms this friday. cannot wait. we'll be watching. coming up next the man who faces fear for a living, high-wire artist nik wallenda sharing his tips for

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♪ we are back with high-wire artist nik wallenda opening up about being afraid in a new book detailing his rise following a devastating fall. he nailed niagara falls. >> he breaks the tape. >> reporter: conquered the grand canyon. >> how are you feeling? >> good, a lot of wind. >> reporter: and licked a lava spitting volcano. >> i thought i was fearless. >> reporter: but one years ago fear found him. wallenda and seven others losing balance while he was able to grab the wire. five people including his aunt and sister plunged 25 feet to the ground below. >> we have a total of five rescues. >> reporter: despite severe injuries everyone survived but nik lost his knack for the craft he loved. >> i would get on the wire and shake, tremble uncontrollably.

>> reporter: he sought professional help after the traumatic experience. >> it was the fact that i caught the wire and i was okay and they weren't. the fact that all these people look up to me. they respect me. and i let them down is what i felt like. >> reporter: the tightrope walker says the first step to recovery is acknowledge the fear exists. the next step, a healthy dose of positivity. >> i encourage people to take captive every thought that comes in your mind, surround yourself with positive people, read positive books and listen to positive music. if you feed positive in, it will eventually build up in your life. >> reporter: the final step, resurrecting your dreams. for him, his final step was a liltal step back onto high-wire walkingster >> thawas w came full circle. that's where it was like, okay, i started down this wrong path but i was able to turn around and get back up. >> he certainly did. "facing fear" is available tomorrow. let's go back to ginger in new orleans.

hey, ginger. >> and, amy, such a busy atlantic. i have to show you paulette. the hurricane that made its way over bermuda earlier this morning. you can see between 3:00 a.m. and aa.m. that's bermuda inside the eye. i am sure once they get communications we'll get impacts from that storm. that will move away from land so other than higher surf along the east coast you will not see impacts from that one, now to an inspiring story about second chances. this segment is monday by lays whose smile with lays campaign is honoring people who bring positive change to their communities. this morning we're introducing you to a restaurant owner and

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have a good shift. >> as soon as i put together my first shift i thought, this is wonderful seeing the guests eat the food and just start smiling. that puts a big smile on my face. >> my hope for every one of the young men and women that come through the program is truly believe in themselves. >> reporter: when the pandemic hit chad and his a(diss answered the call. >> we flipped night a food distribution hub and served 350,000 meals to food insecure students and their family as cross dallas. >> reporter: for all of his life-changing work chad is being honored by our sponsored lay's. his infectious smile along with the smiles of the 30 other inspiring individuals across the country now on millions of bags of potato chips, these everyday smilers nominated by family and friends, each of their incredible stories of giving written on the back. acts of service that are inspirational to us all.

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shack on the outskirts of new orleans ♪ ♪ we didn't have money for food or rent, to say the least we were hard-pressed ♪ ♪ then mama spent every last penny we had to buy me a dancing dress ♪ ♪ well, mama washed and combed and curled my hair and then she painted my eyes and lips ♪ ♪ then i stepped into a satin dancing dress that had a split from the side clean up to my hips ♪ ♪ but it was red velvet trim and it fit me good standing back from the looking glass ♪ ♪ there stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood ♪ ♪ she said, here's your one chance, fancy, don't let me down she said here's your one chance ♪ ♪ fancy, don't let me down ♪ well a man took me off the streets and one week later i was pouring his tea in a five

room hotel suite ♪ ♪ i charmed a congressman and an occasional aristocrat ♪ ♪ and then i got me a georgia mansion and an elegant new york town house flat ♪ ♪ and i ain't done bad but she ain't done bad ♪ ♪ now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that'd call me bad ♪ ♪ bad ♪ and criticize mama for turning me out no matter how little we had ♪ ♪ but though i ain't had to worry about nothing for nigh on 15 years ♪ ♪ i can still hear the desperation in my poor mama's voice ringing in my ears ♪ ♪ here's your one chance, fancy, don't let me down ♪ ♪ she said, here's your one chance, fancy, don't let me down ♪ ♪ lord, forgive me for what i do but if you want out well, it's up to you ♪ ♪ now don't let me down your mama's gonna move you up town

and i guess she did ♪ ♪ ha, ha ♪ oh, fancy

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