good morning, america. white house outbreak. at least 24 people in president trump's inner circle have tested positive for covid-19 including now the president's close adviser stephen miller. plus, the joint chiefs of staff, america's top military leaders, all but one now in quarantine after being exposed. the crisis center stage for tonight's debate as vice president pence and senator kamala harris get set to face off in salt lake city. harris' team demanding for more safety precautions including these plexiglas barriers. all this and the president sends shock waves through the economy by abruptly ending talks with the democrats over economic stimulus and back-pedaled overnight with just 27 days until the final votes. breaking overnight. hurricane delta slamming full force into mexican resort towns cancun and cozumel.

people racing to escape the brunt of the powerful storm and sheltering in close quarters amid the coronavirus. dangerous delta now taking aim at hard hit louisiana. covid long-haulers. the patients under the radar and why they can't seem to escape the virus' grip. plus, a first look at the new technology in schools that could make going back to the classroom safer. will it help detect signs of covid in the race against the virus? the terrifying moments caught on camera when a 9-year-old was abducted after getting off the school bus. how the little girl made it home. oh, my god. >> king james and anthony davis powering through tyler herro and taking down the miami heat. lebron and the lakers now just one win away from the ring. plus, seattle taking the wnba finals by storm. mvp breanna stewart, yep, stewie leading the charge with four-time champ sue bird for a stunning sweep. ♪

and celebrating the ultimate guitar hero. ♪ panama >> tributes pouring in for rock legend eddie van halen. his speedy, sizzling skills influenced generations of rock superstars, they are honoring the guitar virtuoso this morning. ♪ ain't like it shiny machine ♪ hot shoes good morning, america. you were rocking out this morning. a little eddie van halen right there. it's good to be with robin and george of course, on this wednesday morning as it is great to be with you as well. we're celebrating that incredible rock legend this morning, eddie van halen. lenny kravitz writing, eddie was a musical innovator. and heaven will be electric. and johnny nash passing away as well, we can see clearly now. and now we are going to take a live look at the debate stage in salt lake city.

vice president pence and senator kamala harris getting ready to face off tonight, with the spotlight on the covid crisis in washington. >> the number linked to the president continues to climb including 24 and stephen miller. all but one of the military chiefs have gone into quarantine. covid is still spreading in congress. it's a chaotic situation in our nation's capital right now. senior white house correspondent cecilia vega starts us off. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the white house has become a hotbed of infection. as for president trump, his doctor says that he is showing no new symptoms and continues to improve. we haven't seen him since he left walter reed but he has been as active as ever on twitter. this morning, the covid outbreak spreading through the white house has reached the pentagon and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff, including the military's most senior general mark milley and other top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guard's number two officer, admiral charles ray. it's unclear exactly how ray contracted the virus, but he did attend a white house event for

gold star families a week and a half ago. the pentagon insists there is no change to the operational readiness or mission capability of the u.s. armed forces. former director of national intelligence james clapper says it puts the country at risk. >> this is an ideal time for adversaries, particularly and adversary intelligence services, to look for ways to further confuse us, to distract us. >> reporter: this, as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at the white house in recent days spiked to 24. the latest name, senior adviser stephen miller who was part of a debate prep session with the president last week. six out of nine people present now testing positive. >> don't be afraid of it. >> reporter: as president trump continues to downplay the severity of the virus, the white house has become a hotbed of infection. his military aide who calls the

so-called "nuclear football," a presidential valet who serves his meals, plus two more staffers in the press office testing positive. aides insist resident staff wear full ppe and those who have direct contact with the first family are tested daily. there inside the white house and in isolation the president also sending shock waves through the economy using twitter to announce he abruptly ended talks with democrats on an economic stimulus bill meant to deliver much needed aid to americans struggling in the pandemic. the market immediately tanking. president trump accused house speaker nancy pelosi of not negotiating in good faith. pelosi fired right back saying, clearly the white house is in complete disarray. now, president trump said that he wants his party to focus on approving judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court rather than this economic stimulus, but this abrupt move angered even some in his own party. susan collins of maine called this a huge mistake.

his position became more confusing overnight as he suggested that he might willing to sign a bill for another round of checks for americans, but democrats have said they don't want to do this in a piecemeal way. george, they're looking to do this as a broad economic recovery package. >> all over the map and part of the tweet storm. about 40 tweets he sent out over a two-hour period last night on all kinds of subjects. >> all over the map and by our count over the course of the day, 65 some odd tweets, everything from hillary clinton to russia, blasting his own fda, now, you know, we've covered this president for a long time, he's someone who craves the spotlight. he just is in isolation. that could be at play here, but, george, joe biden responded by telling the president, get off twitter. >> get off twitter. that was late last night. okay, cecilia, thanks very much. this all comes as the virus is surging in the u.s. 32 states reporting increases in case, more than 210,000 americans have died. 31,000 people are currently hospitalized and we have just heard from dr. anthony fauci who said the number of deaths could

climb to up to 400,000 if people in this country do not do what we need to do. we'll have much more on this in our next half hour, robin. >> we will, george. but now to tonight's vice presidential debate taking place at the university of utah under those extraordinary circumstances. with 27 days to go until the final votes, an estimated nearly 5 million americans already taking advantage of early voting options to cast their ballots. our mary bruce has the very latest. she's there in salt lake city for us. good morning, mary. >> reporter: robin, good morning. well, this is it. the only match-up between senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence and there's new urgency to this debate tonight. with the president's diagnosis and with joe biden possibly set to become the nation's oldest president americans are looking to have some confidence, some reassurance that the vice president can step in if needed, and already the coronavirus is front and center on tonight's debate stage. kamala harris and mike pence now just hours away from their first face-off. >> we're looking very much forward to the vice presidential

debate. >> reporter: but this morning, new questions about the vice president's safety after white house adviser stephen miller tested positive. his wife, katie miller, is pence's communications director. she was traveling with him in utah, but after her husband's diagnosis, she was abruptly sent home. she's tested negative the past two days. the white house insists the vice president is safe to debate. his doctors saying pence has not been in close contact with anyone who has tested positive and is encouraged to go about his normal activities and does not need to quarantine, but pence was seen here at what is now being called a superspreader event. that rose garden ceremony sitting right in front of senator mike lee who shortly after tested positive. the harris team is not satisfied demanding more safety precautions at tonight's debate. the candidates will now be at a greater distance, more than 12 feet apart, but the harris team also wants these plexiglas barriers to remain in place. initially, the pence team mocked the request saying, if senator harris wants to use a fortress

around herself, have at it, but overnight changing their tone saying, if such a barrier is critical for the harris team, then we're not going to let it stand in the way. and the hurdles for this debate pale in comparison to the charges for next week's presidential debate. the president still covid positive, is promising his supporters at that debate in miami, but overnight, joe biden drawing a line saying that there will be no debate until after the president tests negative, and is rid of this virus. the debate host telling us, this is all up in the air. everything depends on the president's health. robin? >> it certainly does, and mary, you know less than a month to go until the election, and now top intelligence officials are now trying to boost americans' confidence when it comes to election day? >> reporter: leaders in the intelligence community are joining forces releasing a video trying to assure americans that they can be confident that the 2020 election will be conducted safely and securely, and also urging americans to be patient

as the election may not be called on november 3rd. it, of course, is a sharp contrast with the message coming from the president who has been trying to sow doubt, spreading false claims that this election is going to be fraudulent, robin. >> quite a contrast, yes, and i know it's going to be a long day for you, mary. we're going to have full coverage of the vice presidential debate tonight. george is going to be anchoring with our political team starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, michael? >> looking forward to that. now to that qanon crackdown, facebook banning pages devoted to the conspiracy movement and the fbi warning about a potential domestic terror threat. rebecca jarvis joins us now with more. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. this is one of the most drastic policy changes facebook has made in its history. the social network banning any pages, accounts, instagram accounts and pages linked to this group, qanon. this is a movement that ultimately at its core believes

a cabal of satan worshiping child sex trafficking politicians and a-list celebrities are trying to selectry overthrow president trump. it's grown in its popularity on social media during the pandemic. you have a number of republican people running for public office, who have expressed support, the president has said that while he doesn't know much about the group, he appreciates the fact that they appear to support him and now the fbi has recently deemed qanon as a potential terrorist threat. facebook earlier this summer tried to introduce measures that would stop some of the spread that deemed some of the most violent measures coming out of qanon of videos expressing violence. now they're taking this new step hoping to squash it.

>> they believe they are linked to different forms of real-world harm. they say this will take time and they'll continue to do this in the coming days and weeks. but users, individuals who postabout qanon, they'll be able to continue that, michael, this did not stop those users from making those >> all right, rebecca jarvis. thank you so much. george? >> thank you, michael. the latest on hurricane delta slammed into mexico and made landfall moments ago as a category 2 hurricane and victor oquendo has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, hurricane delta slamming into mexico. the storm intensified from a tropical depression to a category 4 hurricane in just over 36 hours. winds reaching 145 miles per hour yesterday taking aim at the popular resort towns of cancun and cozumel. mass evacuations taking place ahead of the storm's landfall.

>> very crowded. >> people running, screaming. >> reporter: residents boarding up preparing for the storm, a group of workers seen here securing this small plane tying it down. the airport packed with people hoping to catch one of the last flights out before it was shut down. >> just said get me on any flight to the u.s. >> reporter: dawn becker and her daughters made it there but were told to turn around. >> a whole bunch of us got into taxis. we got to the airport and they told us, nope, you can't stay overnight here. >> reporter: vacationers stuck without a flight home, are forced to ride out the hurricane in shelters including ben bars and his girlfriend erin silvers. once they arrived, they found lounge chairs from the pool turned into makeshift beds. >> they were picking up the chairs. we just thought they would get washed away and we're sleeping on them now. >> reporter: tens of thousands of guests had to evacuate their hotels including our team.

a very long morning ahead for everyone in the eastern tip of mexico as hurricane delta bears down. michael. >> thank you so much. that storm is far from over. it's now taking aim at the u.s. and we go to ginger who has more for us this morning. good morning, ginger. good morning, michael. it was a 106-mile-per-hour gust already recorded as it made landfall as a cat 2 on the yucatan peninsula there. it will move across the yucatan and that land is going to shred it a bit so you will see it weaken more and then re-intensify when it goes into the super warm waters of the gulf of mexico. it has plenty of time to reinvigorate itself and head straight toward the gulf coast. i think anyone from galveston and lake charles, cameron, port arthur needs to be on alert for impacts. however, right here, morgan city, lafayette, all of you need to be on alert for this to come very close to you, especially that bad side. landfall friday, robin, and i want to show you that high pressure is what's driving it. i want to show you this map. it's kind of unbelievable to think. we have had nine landfalling storms already this season.

delta will be the tenth which we have never done in recorded history. i'll be headed back to the gulf coast, robin. >> unbelievable is the word. thank you so much, ginger. now, let's hoop it up and we'll start with the nba finals. lebron james and anthony davis charging ahead leading the lakers one game closer to the title, and l.a. bouncing back from the loss in game three against the heat. t.j., bring us those highlights. >> okay, robin. lebron james took a nap before the game yesterday, and then he woke up with an epiphany, and he sent the message to all his teammates. he said, this game is a must win. that's all i need to say. and then the game started, and it was clear he was not done sending a message. >> the lakers bounce back after that disappointing loss in game three and are back in control of these nba finals. >> reporter: the lakers hanging tough and hanging on, depending on their dynamic duo of anthony davis and lebron james to seal a pivotal win in game four of the nba finals. >> james drives, goes inside and

throws it down. >> felt like a finals game. felt like both teams were desperate understanding the situation they put themselves in. >> reporter: both teams battled back and forth, then deep into the fourth quarter, the lakers' prized off-season signing, anthony davis, reminded everybody why he was so prized. >> anthony davis from downtown! >> reporter: not only did the all-star forward drill that three to seal it for l.a., he also shut down the heat on the defensive end. >> blocked by davis! >> me and a.d., we hold each other to a standard no one else can hold us to. we have to do things to help our team win. he did that tonight. he was spectacular. >> reporter: heat all-star bam adebayo who missed game three with a neck injury, returned to the court, but his 15 points were not enough. >> james against butler, one-on-one! >> reporter: and l.a. was able to hold heat all-star jimmy butler to 22 points after his 40-point triple-double in game three. the lakers now a game away from bringing a title back to l.a. for the first time since 2010.

>> a tough loss for jimmy butler. >> reporter: the heat now facing a 3-1 series deficit, but they have some recent inspiration. the only team to ever overcome a 3-1 series deficit in the finals, the cavaliers in 2016. the difference that 3-1 comeback, that other team that came back from 3-1 down had lebron on it so it's a little difference this time, the miami heat, boy, they have it. >> they fight, though. >> they do. >> they fight. they do not give up. >> okay. t.j., seattle storm. >> yes. >> wnba, game five. well, i'm sorry. game five of the nba finals. >> yes, that's coming up tomorrow. >> okay. my bad. >> wnba. >> i was jumping in because we have to congratulate the seattle storm. breanna stewart leading the team. that sweep over las vegas, they beat the aces, 92-59, to win their fourth wnba championship. veteran superstar sue bird has been there for all four trophies and three different decades and

the other half of the sports power couple, megan rapinoe, was there in the bubble to see bird's spectacular championship. the team celebrating and had confetti, they had the champagne showers, and no one had a bigger smile on their face than stewie, 26 points in the game, unanimous pick for the finals mvp. congratulations to the storm. >> congratulations to them. coming up, tributes pouring in for eddie van halen. we're going to have a lot more on that coming up this morning. also this morning, a closer look at covid's under-the-radar patients. the so-called long-haulers at home with severe symptoms. but first, let's go back to ginger. and we'll get you to the sunny cities sponsored by peloton.

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amid new questions about the vice president's health. harris is demanding more safety precautions including plexiglass barriers. also take a look at this. a 9-year-old girl in providence was abducted while walking home from the school bus stop. you see her right there. sparked a 24-hour manhunt. thankfully, the little girl made it home and overnight police took the 34-year-old man into custody. and finally, take a look at this. a pro surfer right there, close encounter with a shark. the shark swam right up to him as he was paddling in the ocean. luckily the shark just swam away. >> too close. >> that's why i stay in the pool. right there. all right, but we're going to begin with the tributes pouring in for eddie van halen. the rock 'n' roll icon erupted onto the world stage in the 1970s, a force of music who would redefine guitar playing for generations, becoming one of the most influential musicians of all time. chris connelly joins us now for

more about the music icon. >> for a few decades there, it seemed like half the bands in america had a guitarist who thought they were eddie van halen, but there was only one eddie, and his singular brilliance made van halen a pre-eminent band of its era. ♪ playing with finger-tapping flair and all those sizzling skills, eddie van halen was a guitar god with an impish grin and a rare gift for musical invention. ♪ panama ♪ panama >> reporter: eddie van halen combined dazzling technique with hitmaking creativity to lead his group, van halen, to chart-topping success from the 1970s to the '90s. ♪ on tracks like "hot for teacher" he joined forces with singer david lee roth's state-of-the-art swagger. ♪ i'm hot for teacher

>> reporter: van halen's odd couple kept a heavy rotation of hits coming, from the speed burner "eruption" to the power chords of "runnin' with the devil." ♪ runnin' with the devil ♪ ooh, ooh >> reporter: in '83 eddie would get michael jackson played on rock radio, an almost unimaginable feat with "beat it." ♪ ♪ beat it >> reporter: hard rock's mozart would lead his group from f.m. to mtv with the pop smash "jump" playing guitar and synthesizer. ♪ might as well jump ♪ jump . >> we might have an image of being crazy guys or whatever, but we're all four individuals. you know, we're all different, but we work together. ♪ panama ♪ panama >> i think we're good. >> reporter: his 1981 marriage to beloved actress valerie bertinelli also brought him some

mainstream attention. they had a son, wolfgang, before going their separate ways in 2007. just as high profile wore be eddie van halen's split with david lee roth replaced in '86 with sammy haigar on hits like "why can't this be love," "when it's love" and "right now" ♪ doing it right now ♪ ♪ oh >> reporter: eddie and dave would reteam in 2006 as eddie would go on to face health issue, would marry his second wife janie and son wolf would join them on bass. he was the best father i could ever ask for, wolf said on social media tuesday. valerie bertinelli sharing a message of her own saying, i'm so grateful wolfie and i were able to hold you in your last moments. i will see you in our next life, my love. eddie van healen died of cancer at the age of 65.

his influence on generations of guitarists live on along with him pushing limits or as david lee roth put it, what a long great trip it's been. eddie van halen came out of the rock clubs right here around los angeles to become one of the most admired guitarists of his time. he'll be missed and he'll be remembered. guys. >> thank you so much, chris. i love you said every band had a guitar player who thought they were eddie van halen. >> right. >> i saw a lot of bad air guitar here in the studio too when he was playing. thank you, brad. we have much more on the life and career of eddie van halen in our next hour. and coming up next, a look at coronavirus long-haulers, people who recover but can't who've got their eczema under control. 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

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and our life turned upside down in a day. >> reporter: in march, caitlin a dietitian working at nursing home, was diagnosed with covid. she recovered at home and she thought that would be the end of it. she's had repeated negative covid tests, the virus gone from her body but the lingering effects are not, now even worse. >> we call it the corona coaster because one day could be okay and the next day i am on the floor having convulsions thinking i'm having a heart attack. you don't know when you're going to drop. >> reporter: caitlin can't walk on her own. she's so weak her husband and family have to help her walk, stand, even shower. are you worried about is your life going to go back to normal? >> absolutely. it's been six months and i don't know what my future holds. >> reporter: caitlin is a

covid long-hauler. her debilitating symptoms include a rapid heart rate, fatigue and loss of bank cognition. several doctors' visits brought her here to mt. sinai's post-covid clinic. >> a lot of patients after covid have similar symptoms. >> reporter: dr. zijian chen is the director here. it's the largest clinic in the country dedicated to treating long-haulers. is there a typical patient that you're seeing? >> what we're seeing at the center is a very wide distribution of both age, sex, ethnicity, pre-existing conditions versus healthy patients, so you're not protected if you're young and healthy unfortunately. >> reporter: michaelene is also a long-hauler. the delaware mother of two was able to run and do yoga after recovering from a heart attack two years ago. >> the headaches are so extreme that i'm taking migraine medicine and sleeping for, you know, 14 to 16 hours a day. >> reporter: michaelene sees her doctors at mt. sinai over zoom because there is no treatment program near her. >> i have patients not only

across the country but across the world that are seeking advice because they haven't been able to find support in terms of the health care system. >> reporter: at mount sinai the post-covid clinic currently seeing more than 500 long-hauler patient, the waiting list to get in, growing. you've been quoted as saying this is an impending tsunami of patients. >> this other group of patients with symptoms are unrelenting that need to see many doctors in order to, you know, discuss and treat all of their symptoms. it is a large group, almost tsunami-like, that will just hit us over the next i think six months. >> your story, you're sharing it as a warning to other people. >> i don't share my story because of me. i share my story for everyone else. i want people to see this story and protect themselves. >> reporter: and dr. chen saying he never expected there were so many patients at home who had never been hospitalized with these long-term symptoms.

a lot of the patients that we've spoken to say they found resources and advice on facebook support groups and that's how they found the clinics and the doctors that they're now going to, robin. >> glad to hear that, eva. thank you so much. joining us now is dr. jennifer ashton and, jen, you know, i'm trying to think. are there any other illness that affect patients like we just saw in eva's report? >> well, robin, imagine how terrifying and frustrating it is to be suffering these symptoms like we just heard and doctors have never heard of this, they've never seen it. they don't know what causes it and they don't know how to treat it. yes, we've seen other similar syndromes after infections, sometimes after viruses, epstein barr. we've seen it in chronic lyme. we see it with chronic fatigue syndrome. we've even seen it after sars and the theory and i want to emphasize the theory is that somehow this virus attacks the

lining of the blood vessels and/or the autonomic nervous system and produces these debilitating symptoms. >> what are long-term possible effects of coronavirus and the complications that we're seeing these patients suffer with? >> well, robin, this, it seems to be producing a vague array of symptoms ranging from fatigue, we have body aches, muscle aches, shortness of breath. this mental fog or cognitive changes. people can't concentrate leading to basically in some cases an inability to function and as we heard this number seems to be growing. if you remember the tip of the iceberg that we heard from epidemiologists that so many millions of people may have had covid not even be diagnosed. we are talking about potentially a significant number of people. >> and, jen, a new study out this week about the mental effects of coronavirus. nearly a third of hospitalized patients experiencing some type of mental dysfunction. so do we know why this is happening?

>> we don't. somehow this virus is accessing the brain tissues. we've seen it again with other types of coronavirus. it's not clear whether it's due to a change in blood supply to the brain or an inflammatory response but huge numbers for neurologic and mental and psychological effects that, again, we're keeping an eye on. >> okay, jen, thank you so much. we thank the patients for coming forward to let others know that they're not alone if they're suffering with this. thanks so much, jen. coming up later, we have our exclusive first look at new technology that can help detect signs of coronavirus in schools. how it could make going back to the classroom safer. and coming up next, we have our "play of the day." safer and coming up next we have our "play of the day." my father always reminded me, "a good education takes you many different horizons" and that sticked to my mind. so, when $1 a day came out, i said, "why not"? why not just utilize that resource.

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that can take temperatures of 30 people at once. will it help detect signs of covid and the race against the virus? "bachelor" fallout. a messy breakup for former bachelor colton and cassie. she's filed a police report against him. allegations he put a tracking device on her car. the latest this morning. ♪ celebrating eddie van halen. ♪ jump, jump >> the tributes pouring in for the larger than life rock star. this morning, we're headed into the "gma" vault. the interview right here with then-wife valerie bertinelli and the "gma" interview with him and his band. plus, what music's fans are saying about the man they call an innovator and guitar god. all ahead as we say good morning, america. ♪ ain't nothing like it a shiny machine ♪ we've been jamming out all morning long. good morning, america, on this wednesday morning, and we cannot wait to also talk with the newlyweds, the betts, niecy nash

and her wife jessica betts will join us live. jessica is a musician. she has a beautiful new video out. you'll get a sneak peek of that this morning as well. >> it's going to be fun. also this morning, if you are tired of takeout, chef jason wang is here to save your dinner. he is a chef at one of the most famous chinese restaurants in all of new york city. i said save your dinner. he is showing us how to make one of his most popular dishes at home. >> i want to do a double dutch. i want to jump in. >> you can see the double dutch later. first, we have a lot of news to get to. we'll start with the latest on the coronavirus crisis. a number of cases linked to the president's inner circle, 24 including stephen miller. it is a chaotic situation in our nation's capital right now. let's go back to senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning again. the president's doctors say that he is improving and showing no new symptoms, but as you said there are growing concerns about this number of people who are now testing positive who are linked to the white house, including concerns over the safety of those who work in the

white house residence. this morning, the covid outbreak spreading through the white house has reached the pentagon and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff including the military's most senior general, mark milley, and other top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guard's number two officer, admiral charles ray. it's unclear exactly how ray contracted the virus. but he did attend a white house event for gold star families a week and a half ago. the pentagon insists there is no change to the operational readiness or mission capability of the u.s. armed forces. former director of national intelligence, james clapper, says it puts the country at risk. >> this is an ideal time for adversaries, and particularly adversary intelligence services, to look for ways to further confuse us, to distract us. >> reporter: this as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at the white house in the recent

days, spiked to 24. the latest name, senior adviser stephen miller who was part of a debate prep session with the president last week. six out of nine people present now testing positive. >> don't be afraid of it. >> reporter: as president trump continues to downplay the severity of the virus, the white house has become a hotbed of infection. his military aide who carries the so-called "nuclear football," a presidential valet who serves his meals, plus two more staffers in the press office also testing positive. now, while he's there in isolation at the white house the president also abruptly killed negotiations on capitol hill for another economic stimulus package. it happened on twitter, part of an all over the map twitter spree. 65 we counted just yesterday alone of those tweets from russia to hillary clinton. the president, george, is saying he wants republicans to focus on approving judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court instead. >> although they were surprised by the president pulling the plug as well.

okay, cecilia, thanks very much. michael. and george, we can expect the covid crisis to be at the center of tonight's vice presidential debate with just 27 days to go until the final votes. we're going to go back to mary bruce in salt lake city with the very latest. good morning again, mary. >> reporter: michael, good morning again. the candidates are hunkered down preparing for tonight's debate. with the president's diagnosis and with joe biden, possibly set to become the nation's oldest president, voters are looking for reassurance that the vp can step in if needed. kamala harris and mike pence now just hours away from their first face-off. >> and we're looking very much forward to the vice presidential debate. >> reporter: but this morning, new questions about the vice president's safety after white house adviser stephen miller tested positive. his wife, katie miller, is pence's communications director and she was traveling with him in utah, but after her husband's diagnosis, she was abruptly sent home. she's tested negative the past two days. the white house insists the vice president is safe to debate, but

pence was seen here at what is now being called a superspreader event, that rose garden ceremony. sitting right in front of senator mike lee who shortly after tested positive. the candidates will now be at a greater distance more than 12 feet apart, but the harris team also wants these plexiglas barriers to remain in place. initially the pence team mocked the request, but overnight, changing their tone saying, if such a barrier is critical for the harris team, then we're not going to let it stand in the way. now, the hurdles for this debate pale in comparison to the challenges for next week's presidential debate. the president still covid positive is promising his supporters he will be there to debate, but overnight, joe biden drawing a new line saying that there will be no debate until the president tests negative and is rid of this virus. organizers are telling us this is really just all up in the air and all depends on the president's health. michael. >> time will tell. thank you so much for that. we'll have full coverage of

the vice presidential debate tonight, george will be anchoring with our political team. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern, robin. >> all right, michael. this morning we are also celebrating the life of johnny nash, the singer/songwriter of that wonderful chart-topping hit that you're listening to right now. ♪ i can see all obstacles in my way ♪ >> oh, yes. that was his signature song. you know, it was covered by so many artists including ray charles. the tributes are pouring in, boy george writing on twitter, johnny nash had so many amazing tunes, a voice like silk. he was one of the greatest. he passed away from natural causes at the age of 80 at his home in houston, texas. >> and a big influence for bob marley as well. >> absolutely. >> amazing. >> reggae. coming up, we have much more on the life and legendary legacy of rock star eddie van halen dubbed the mozart of rock guitar. and could this detection device make schools safer? we have an exclusive first look at technology that could help kids get back into the

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♪ ♪ jump, jump we could just play this all morning long. welcome back to "gma" on this wednesday morning. tomorrow -- good to have amy joining us. >> thank you. great to be here. >> tomorrow, we have a great "deals & steals" beauty edition and you do not want to miss that tomorrow. now we go to our "gma" cover story, the loss of rock icon eddie van halen. we're celebrating his life by

dipping into the "gma" vault and lara is back with more. hey, lara. >> reporter: michael, from that big hair to the dimpled grin, to those guitar riffs many called the work of a virtuoso, eddie van halen leaves a huge hole in the world of music this morning. thankfully we had a chance to speak with minimum on "gma" over the years. ♪ jump, go ahead and jump >> reporter: to the world he was a rock legend. ♪ and the namesake behind one of the greatest bands in history. ♪ ♪ panama >> reporter: but in his own words eddie van halen was just normal talking to "gma" in 1985 when he was at the peak of his fame in a joint interview with then-wife valerie bertinelli. >> people think that someone in my business or whatever wouldn't want to settle down and have a wife, you know, and have kids. i'd love to have kids. i guess i'm just weird.

>> it's weird because you're normal. >> i am normal. and i guess people have this image of me that i'm not but i am. sorry. >> reporter: van halen and bertinelli opening up about the secret to their relationship four years after their rock'n' roll wedding. >> i think the only way to keep a relationship going is you talk to each other. if you don't talk to each other, then things build up, and you're a goner after that, and he taught me all of that about the talking. >> reporter: the actress releasing this tribute overnight writing, through all of your challenging treatments for lung cancer, you kept your gorgeous spirit and impish grin. ♪ after frontman david lee roth left the band in the mid '80s -- ♪ girl, you really got me now >> reporter: the band found its sound again with sammy hagar. ♪ doing it right now >> reporter: eddie describing that electric moment to "gma" in 1988 before the band headed on tour. >> we got together, jammed and that was it. >> did you know right then when you jammed?

>> oh, yes, instantly. instantly. >> it wasn't even a question. >> it was like it was just meant to be. it was incredible. i've never, you know, experienced anything like that with anybody that i've played with. >> reporter: hagar sharing this photo with his former bandmate tuesday tweeting, heartbroken and speechless. ♪ and overnight, music's most famous paying tribute to the man many described as an innovator, kiss' gene simmons calling van halen not only a guitar god, but a genuinely beautiful soul. keith urban posting, he was a master of complex solos that spoke to non-musicians, and attributing some of his talent to the exquisite melody in his heart and joy of playing for people. ♪ it's got what it takes ♪ so tell me why can't this be love ♪ >> reporter: but it was his beloved fans who were seemingly at the forefront of van halen's mind. >> want the people to show up, bring the peanut butter and

we'll bring the jam. >> so talented and that impact on music felt by a younger generation of guitar players, john mayer writing on instagram, eddie was, quote, a true virtuoso. looking up to him as a young kid was one of the driving forces in my needing to pick up a guitar. such a big loss. loved his music. >> oh, my gosh. >> i know you did too. >> absolutely. >> gone too soon. but i will tell you as we were watching that, everybody here is happy. i mean, what incredible music they made and that brings a lot of memories to us all. thank you for that, lara. now we go to ginger. hey, ginger. >> hey, i've got an update. the yucatan peninsula keeps shredding what's left here of a category 2 storm called delta that made landfall earlier this morning, and now it's going to make its way back into the

gulf of mexico. restrengthen, recharge for a friday landfall. impacts will start being felt as early as friday morning anywhere from southeast texas all the way to the mississippi coast, but i think central right there. just east of lake charles looks good morning. welcome to wednesday. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. the cooling trend arrives today. temperatures average to below average. still a slight chance of sour air in the north bay. chance of rain not looking as good for friday and saturday but still in the forecast. and offshore and warming winds hit us sunday. today, 58 in half moon bay to only 84 in antioch. tonight back in the 40s and 50s. my accuweather seven-day we turn now to the breakup rocking "bachelor" nation. colton underwood and cassie randolph's very straining split is taking another surprising turn and will reeve joins us with more on that. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, amy. colton and cassie's journey on the show was never the smoothest.

now, the latest turn in their relationship off camera has gotten ugly. the police are involved. >> this is so, so incredible. >> reporter: it's the latest twist in one of the messiest bachelor breakups in history. cassie randolph versus colton underwood. abc news confirming randolph's temporary restraining order now extended to november after the 25-year-old recently filed a police report claiming he put a tracking device on her car. an allegation she first made when the order was granted last month. >> i want you to know how much i care for you. how much i love you. cheers. >> cheers. >> reporter: the couple first meeting on season 23 of "the bachelor." >> i can't. >> so that's it. >> reporter: their on-screen breakup culminating in the season's memorable jumping the fence moment. >> open the fence, guys. open the fence. >> reporter: the duo reuniting later on the season finale and sharing their happiness with "gma." >> we've been smiling the last like 24 hours.

>> i know, my cheeks kind of hurt. >> reporter: together for a year and a half they seemingly weathered underwood's covid-19 diagnosis, but during a march "gma" appearance, cassie was mia. >> cassie -- i understand you were taking -- can cassie talk to us? >> she just -- she literally just ran upstairs. let me just say this, her family has been unbelievable helping me right now. >> reporter: in may, they announced what appeared to be an amicable split. cassie posting, sometimes people are just meant to be friends and that's okay. but four months after their breakup, randolph petitioned the court for a restraining order detailing a string of allegations against the former bachelor according to court documents filed accusing him of stalking and harassing her and sending her unsettling text messages. the exes now trying to work out their problems before their next court date. randolph's attorney told abc news in a statement, quote, it is her intention to first try and work through this process privately in a manner that gives both her and colton safety,

security and respect. we are confident that this is possible. a new season of "the bachelorette" debuts next tuesday on abc. that's at 8:00, 7:00 central. amy. >> all right, will, thank you so much. we'll head back now to lara for some "pop news." hey, lara. >> thank you, beautiful lady in yellow. we are going to begin with a tv chef who is cooking up some fresh controversy this morning. i say that lightheartedly please, ina garten, a/k/a the barefoot contessa, is so great with her instagrams and now she has sparked a dishwasher debate. amy, i feel like we've talked about dishwashers in the past. this time it's all over this photo. over the weekend ina shared a picture of her dishwasher on instagram and she writes, if you're not sick of unloading the dishwasher, could you please come over and unload mine? but it wasn't the caption that got people talking. it was how she puts everything in there. we're talking knives, a wooden spatula, all clad cookware. one person writing and many did, one person writing i cannot

believe what i'm seeing, knives and all in there. i thought that was a big no-no. to which ina replied, i do it many times a day and some are 40 years old. well, guys, if it's good enough for ina, it's good enough for me. one thing she says she won't put in there, cast iron pans. that is where the contessa draws the line, controversy solved. now it's natural -- it's natural, right, to get a little nervous before going on a date so the dating app hinge is teaming up with the meditation app, i love this idea, headspace to help users with those pre-meet jitters. putting minds at ease, helping daters be their very best selves. take a listen. >> how does it feel to be fully present in your body? that sense of feeling grounded. remember, it is okay to feel some nerves. in fact, it's healthy.

but it's when we become so preoccupied with them, that is when it can cause us to feel stressed or anxious. >> okay. >> i hope nobody falls asleep listening to that. >> that voice. >> i'm so relaxed. most relaxing date ever. hinge and headspace also providing inner voice meditation aimed at stopping self-judgment which is fantastic, also helping users get comfortable in their own skin. hinge is releasing the meditations for free, guys, this week online, ahead of world mental health day on october 10th. >> great idea. >> both apps encouraging daters to focus on mental well-being during this most stressful year. i was so happy to share that with everybody. and then finally, guys, did you vote? yesterday we talked about the fattest bear contest, it came down to two. did you vote? >> no. >> in my heart i did. >> you were asking us?

okay. >> all right, fine. well, many people did and i now have the winner. it was whittled down to two finalists from a bracket of 12 grizzly bears vying for the title of the fattest bear for their annual march madness-style tournament celebrating fat bear week as bears prepare to go into hibernation there in alaska. it came down to 747 named for the huge airliner versus chunk smaller but a fan favorite after a very close vote online. >> 747. >> it was 747 coming in with the landing. congratulations, 747. >> came in for the landing. that's who i would have voted for. >> all the salmon you can eat. everybody, here's to 747. i pass it back to you. >> i got your text overnight. i know that you also love johnny nash and the song "i can see clearly." i heard that from you. >> it's an anthem for me. >> yeah, i know. we got to get to a "gma" exclusive. new tech that may help detect signs of covid around the

country, could be a new tool in the fight against the pandemic. janai norman with the latest. >> reporter: "gma" with an exclusive look at a new device said to be able to track coughs, sneezes and fever in the classroom. teaming up with engineers and epidemiologists, clorox, the company famous for bleach and wipes, taking us along for its first test run in a classroom. how can it pinpoint coughs and sneezes? >> there is a microphone in the device, and it is trained to look at the unique frequencies that are coughs and sneezes. the temperature is monitored with a thermal sensor. >> reporter: at this empty elementary school in new jersey, researchers showed us how they say this illness symptom tracker works. to replicate real coughs and sneezes, researchers played audio files and staff used heated blankets and hand warmers to imitate fevers, all tracked on this dashboard accessible by computer. >> so it says 109 coughs and sneezes detected. three high temperature readings. >> this device time and time again is able to detect coughs

and sneezes in the classroom. >> all along this is a race between us and the virus and any tool that we can use to give us a head start can really help. >> reporter: with the help of epidemiologists clorox says they determined the point at which teachers should take notice of possible illness in the classroom depending on size and other factors. for example, if a class of 24 students reaches 66 total coughs and sneezes in a seven-hour period, an alert email is sent to administrators, but experts caution that just tracking symptoms won't catch all cases of covid-19. >> one of the great challenges and mysteries of covid is that people can be asymptomatic and still have covid. that means no cough, no sneeze, no runny nose, no fever. >> reporter: and while clorox is looking for 100 schools across the country to participate in a trial run of this device, other schools are turning to different technology. one houston-area school district dispatching specialized cameras

that the district says can take the temperature of up to 30 people at a time capturing readings while students walk into school or down hallways and motorola recently introduced an ai program it says can help schools by calculating the distance between people and monitoring building capacity. the software also aiming to track mask compliance. florida atlantic university confirming to abc they're exploring using this technology in high-traffic areas on campus like the library. and as far as privacy concerns clorox says its device does not record audio or any data that could identify students. robin? >> people were concerned about that, janai, thank you. the newlyweds, niecy nash and jessica betts when we come back. newlyweds, niecy nash and jessica betts when we come back.

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♪ bring me a higher love ♪ bring me a higher love makes you think of sundays with love. we always play this song, coming back to "gma" we are so excited to have our next guests joining us emmy nominated actress niecy nash and jessica betts. they are in love, y'all. we'll talk to the newlyweds in a minute but first let's take a look at their story. ♪ niecy nash is on cloud nine after tying the knot with musician jessica betts a month ago in a private ceremony at their california home. putting no limits on love, niecy telling "people" magazine her

marriage has absolutely nothing to do with gender and everything to do with her wife's soul. a chance to be honest about who she loves. their friendship began 4 1/2 years ago on social media. then blossoming after they met face-to-face on the set of "claws." >> anybody here. ♪ catch me catch me >> reporter: the newlyweds now partnering for another magical moment. jessica's new music video for her single "catch me" ♪ ♪ all the words i was taught took hold ♪ >> reporter: niecy has her feet up soaring through the clouds knowing that love always wins. ♪ catch me catch me >> trying to get a pair of those shoes but her feet are much smaller than mine. welcome the newlyweds, niecy and jessica joining us live from one of my favorite cities, new orleans, louisiana, in production again for "claws." good morning to both of you.

so let us know -- good morning. "people" magazine, it was a beautiful article and the pictures and everything, niecy, you said something that struck a lot. this was not about you coming out but rather you going into yourself. can you explain a little more what you mean? >> sure. yeah, i was asked like is this your official coming out and i was like, coming out from where? i wasn't anywhere to come out of. i never lived a sexually repressed life. i just love who i love when i love them and it's as simple as that. it has nothing to do with gender or -- it has everything to do with being an amazing person and this is the most beautiful soul i have ever met in my life so there you go. >> it's about the soul. you were friends for quite a few years so, jessica, when did you know that there was something there between the two of you? >> i knew it was something the

moment i met her but when i fell in love is when i desired no one else. i knew. >> hello. >> drop the mic there. can i just tell you the video is absolutely beautiful. we showed a snippet of that. "catch me." it's just so emotional and it was inspired by the wedding. can you tell us, niecy, when you heard that song, a couple years ago when you heard it for the first time, you said that's when you knew, aha, there's something here with this woman? >> well, actually i knew that there was something with me, not so much her, because, you know, the love, the being in love is new but loving her as a soul, i've done that from the beginning but when i heard that song, what it said to me was that is what i'm looking for. that is the missing ingredient.

i absolutely want to be caught when i can't fake it anymore. i absolutely want somebody to see me and that was when i knew i was fully in love when i felt fully seen and fully accepted. probably for the first time in my life. >> "catch me." i know what you just said, niecy, i want to get clear, who caught who? who caught who here when you said catch me? come on, jess. >> i'm definitely caught. i believe that would be me. >> oh, i love that and, you know, there are people that are watching and hear you being your authentic self. both of you, what is your message for someone who is struggling to go into their authentic selves no matter what that is, what's your advice? >> man, i guess we just say to each other all the time and that

is that when you live in your truth is when you're the most happy. >> you are. >> right? >> and free, and free. >> and there's nothing like that i mean, you know, you can get caught up in what other people think if you want to but the main thing is what you think and how you feel in your being and we feel so satisfied and so happy and we just -- you see it. you see it. >> well, you know, i got to tell you, jess, when niecy gave me a call some time ago and i didn't know that it was leading to marriage, but just -- i've known niecy for a long time and have never seen her happier or more herself and it's a beautiful thing to witness and the video is as well. so just what are your plans going forward, both of yo >> we are actually trying to find a place where both of our

art intersects, so we're working on something like that right now. we don't want to be too premature about exactly what it is, but we definitely have our own endeavors but -- >> some things in the works. >> she got her thing, i got my thing but we want to have a thing together too. >> it's morning tv, it's morning tv. i know you're in new orleans but it is still morning tv. but wishing you all just nothing but love and happiness and thank you for sharing that with us. blessings to you. >> we love you and thank you, robin. you held our confidence for a long time so. >> i did. >> thank you for being a part of our tribe. we love you. > right back at you. >> cannot wait to meet you. >> i cannot wait either. and can't wait to see the new season of "claws" but also to see the full music video, yes, the first full music video for "catch me" go visit jessica betts' youtube page and can you

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it's spreading through our capitol. what do you think the world makes of this? i know some intelligence officials are warning that our adversaries could try to take advantage of this chaos. >> well, absolutely could because what the president seems to forget is we are in the midst of a raging global pandemic. the worst in a century. he says don't let covid dominate your lives, well, how do you make that not dominate your life when it's the largest event in several decades? this is the most consequence shall event bigger than 9/11 and bigger than the financial crisis and not done yet. we may have covid fatigue but the virus does not. >> but you also say it's an opportunity. explain that. >> well, look, you always learn as a human being, as a country, as a company, you learn from failure and the first thing we need to understand is we have failed. we have failed at tackling covid and we can learn how to do it

better and the best way to do that is look at people who got it right. first acknowledges we screwed this up. it's not just trump, this has been a large systemic failure but from that lesson you can then start to ask yourself what can you do better? we are not still in the learning mode because we're still in the denial phase. >> i know you write it's not all president trump's fault but you're pretty tough on president trump in the book as well. can you imagine this country doing the things we need to do if he's re-elected? >> no. i think that president trump is in denial. i think that part of it is also, george, and i talk about this in the book, you have had a movement for the last 30 years that says government is bad, the federal government is the problem. the federal government is a source of all evils. you have people like grover norquist saying we want to get the federal government so small we can take it into a bathtub and drown it. well, if you're trying to drown and starve and destroy the federal government, guess what, when you have a pandemic it's not going to work very well.

>> your final lesson is something of a paradox. sometimes the greatest realists are idealists. >> well, i think if you look at the people who changed the world in the 1940s and '50s, franklin roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower they were idealistic about what they wanted to do, build a united nations and create nato and the world health organization, unicef and in doing all that, in imbuing the world with in idealism they really did change it. you haven't had a major war between the great powers in 75 years. you've had a world of peace and prosperity and i think what donald trump represents in some ways is a rejection of that grand, broad, big-hearted american tradition of engagement with the world of generosity and of openness and i think it's also unrealistic because we did change the world. we can do it again. we just have to learn the right lessons. >> fareed zakaria, thanks very

much. "ten lessons for a post-pandemic world" is available right now. let's go to ginger. >> thank you, george. we all know that small businesses have been struggling during the pandemic and so this segment sponsored by amazon is helping them out with small business gift guides. it's a great items chosen by celebrities and influencers that will give businesses the boost they need. something for everybody on your list. pay attention from beauty products to kids' games to treats. so i want to dive right in and start with the stars' picks for the gift guide. ayesha curry where we start, a social media influence who wants to spotlight her favorite brands run by small businesses and entrepreneurs and loves this collapsible coffee cup by stojo. have it then close it up, slip it in your bag while bringing style to sustainability. you know that's my jam. earvin "magic" johnson has promoted diversity and this is the fit cook spice and season

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we are back now on "gma" with a chance to bring authentic chinese cooking into your home. >> that's right. jason kang, ceo of "xi'an famous foods" made a success out of cooking chinese food and has a new cookbook. we're excited about that and know you and your family created this empire now of restaurants that started out with just one in 2005. now you have a dozen. why was it so important to bring the culture into the cuisine? >> yes, thank you, amy.

so we actually take great pride in being able to bring culture into our cuisine through our cuisine to the people so one thing that's most rewarding for me when i'm walking through my restaurants and i see maybe a chinese diner enjoying the food, someone who might know a little about the food already, but, you know, wants a taste of home, eating alongside with people who may never have had the food before and knows little about the culture. to me that means our food is actually, you know, measures up to the standards of people who know about the food but at the same time is accessible to people who want to learn more about the food and the culture. that's why i'm actually really excited we have our cookbook to be able to provide more to people. >> we are going to provide some cooking. you'll show us how to make spicy and tingly beef. you say it's all in the noodles. how do you keep them from sticking to your hands, jason? >> yes, so the spicy and tingly

beef is a very flavorful dish that could stand on its own alone but, you know, carbs is usually paired with proteins and the favorite carbs in xi'an are the noodles so we'll serve beef with our hand ripped noodles and so the noodles actually come from the dough which when it's mixed to the right consistency and has rested enough it's not sticky at all really to the touch and furthermore, when we cut the dough up into smaller pieces for pulling into noodles they're lathered with vegetable oil to keep them from sticking to one another and at the same time keep them from drying and cracking. >> all right. so jason, you'll show us how to pull the noodle. how do we do it? >> absolutely. so here we g you're going to take one of these rollers and so you got the piece flat down on the counter like this and just

going to roll it flat a little bit so it's a little thinner and a little bigger just like that. now take your hands and pick it up, grab the ends, not too tightly and just just start pulling apart. when you're about shoulder width. >> it's pretty easy. >> there you go. there you go. >> and you guys are doing well. >> so just start swinging up and down, once it's about this length and start pulling it even further apart slowly. it's like stretching at the gym. >> don't break theed into. >> yeah, don't break the noodles. there you go. >> you're showing off. you're slapping the table and all that. >> jason was doing it. >> so you would take -- you guys are doing really well. i see you doing really well. amy, you got it good.

so pick up the dough and grab the middle part like here and just kind of rip it apart like string cheese from the middle and becomes this noodle and you can slap it a little bit and drop it right into the water. >> got to slap the noodle. put it in the water. that wasn't bad at all. >> you guys are doing pretty well. >> so you talked about spicy and amy always laughs when i call it kingly beef but that's what it's called. what are the spices and flavor you put into the beef that will go with the noodle. >> oh, yes, well, let me show you over here. so, michael, i have some of that spicy tingly beef simmering. so that is already cooked with the trinity of aromatics garlic, ginger and green onions. and it's simmered with spices such as the spicy bean sauce, szechuan peppercorn and red

chili pepper powder. that's what gives it the spicy and tingly taste as we call it. so we'll take some of this stew, delicious stew here and drop it into our noodles that we just fini finished and then we're going to move over here and then we're going to add some of this tangy soy sauce and black vinegar mixture. >> really good. >> yum. >> some chili -- pro-prety chili oil seeds and chili oil. >> tingly, robin. this is so good. >> it is very good. >> you mix it and this here -- >> gorgeous. >> beautiful and tasty and tingly. >> and tingly, and, jason, thank you so much. i'm obsessed with pulling the noodles.

"xi'an famous foods" is available tuesday, october 13th. jason wang, get this recipe on our website at goodmorningamerica.com. i just broke the noodle. okay. no matter how far you go the pain is always around the corner. proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42% of what a man makes. voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. it's supported by leaders like kamala harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. we either fall from grace or we rise. together. proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the playing field for all of us. vote yes on prop 16.

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jack huston you're bringing a little "fargo" with you to america's number one morning show. abc's "good morning america" tomorrow. oh, a big thanks again to chef jason wang and cynthia erivo. his cookbook available tuesday, october 13th. >> that was delicious. >> watching all this had me all tingly. it really did. it really did. thank you for watching. >> tonight on abc, mike pence, kamala harris, now with so much on the line, the vice presidential debate, starting with a live event special with george stephanopoulos and the most powerful team in politics, then the debate tonight on abc.

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