>> everybody is included in good morning, america.n breaking overnight attack on american troops. at least ten rockets in iraq aimed at u.s. soldiers. we're on the ground in iraq with vaccine breakthrough. president biden announcing there will be enough shots for every american adult two months ahead of schedule. >> we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. >> the blockbuster deal speeding up the timeline and the president's plan to move educators to the front of the line. all this as at least 11 states loosen restrictions, and texas says they will now re-open at 100%. but is this too much too soon? dr. jha is here. highway horror at the border. at least 13 people dead after this semi truck crashed into an

mexican nationals. homeland security now investigating if this is a human smuggling operation. new trouble. lawmakers push to strip new york governor andrew cuomo of his emergency power. after that third accuser steps forward. this morning, the state attorney general now ramping up the independent investigation. paging dr. oz. tv's famous heart surgeon rushing to save a man's life at the airport. dr. oz joining us live, taking us through the harrowing moments. one-on-one with michelle obama. >> we are all learning and becoming something better and greater. >> the former first lady in her first interview since the historic inauguration. the moment that moved her to tears, and now she's re-writing her best-selling memoir for a new generation. ♪ working 9 to 5 ♪ and dolly gets a dose of her own medicine. the country queen getting the covid vaccine she helped fund.

>> it didn't take this long to film "9 to 5." >> and rewriting one of her most famous songs to fit the occasion. how much do we love dolly parton? >> oh, yeah. >> that story is coming up. good morning, america. great to be with you on this wednesday morning. it's a wednesday morning with a lot of encouraging news on the vaccine front. president biden has announced there will be enough shots for every adult american by the end of may. right now more than 51 million americans have received one dose, more than 20% of the u.s. adult population. >> you are looking at a new fema vaccination site in tampa, florida. it's one of nine new sites that is set to open today across the country. >> as you said, george, earlier, we'll have a lot more on the encouraging news coming up. first to that breaking news overnight, at least ten rockets blasting an iraqi air base housing u.s. soldiers. so let's go to ian pannell on the ground in mosul for more.

good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that's right. american forces in iraq came under rocket attack again this morning. the spokesman for u.s. forces saying initial report ten rockets hit the al asad air base and iraqi commander telling abc news that the rockets were fired by pro-iranian militia groups including this one called khatib hezbollah. if so it's the same one blamed for a similar rocket attack on another u.s. air base here in the north of the country. remember president biden ordered an air strike against that militia in response and warning iran there would be consequences for this kind of assault. the timing for this couldn't be worst. pope francis is planning to come here to iraq in the next few days. there have been concerns about his trip because of the pandemic

here in iraq, because of security fears about isis. this latest attack will raise concerns about his trip. robin? >> all right. ian, thank you. we'll keep everybody updated. now to the latest in the fight against coronavirus. in the new vaccine hope, president biden now saying there should be enough supply for every american adult by the end of may, thanks in part to that blockbuster deal between johnson & johnson and merck to speed up production. eva pilgrim is at the mass vaccination site at yankee stadium. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this is one of the sites that's getting the johnson & johnson vaccine this week and because of those added doses they were able to add appointments in the overnight hours. biden's announcement a light at the end of the tunnel after more than a year of this pandemic. ahead of schedule, president biden announcing tuesday that the u.s. is now on track to have a vaccine for every adult in the country. >> this country will have enough vaccine supply -- i'll say it again -- for every adult in

america by the end of may. by the end of may. that's progress. important progress. >> reporter: the president already halfway to his initial goal of 100 million vaccines in 100 days, just 37 days in. he's now pushing states to prioritize teachers, school staff and child care workers, also using the federal pharmacy program to get them appointments. >> our goal is to do everything we can to help every educator receive a shot this month, the month of march. >> reporter: the vaccine ramp-up possible in part thanks to a new partnership. merck and johnson & johnson teaming up to make more vaccines fasting, enabling j&j to have 100 million doses ready by the end of may. on tuesday their vaccine already making it into the arms of americans. >> the name and the one shot, i just felt like this is what i had to do. >> reporter: the country seeing signs of progress. hospital admissions dropping nearly 50% in the last month,

but the daily case average is rising, increasing 4% from a week ago. despite the uptick, at least 11 states have recently loosened restrictions or plan to in the coming week. >> it is now time to open texas 100%. >> reporter: in texas the governor ending the statewide mask mandate and re-opening businesses at full capacity starting next week. mississippi doing the same, fully re-opening tomorrow, but health experts are emphasizing that now is not the time to ease restrictions. >> if we do not completely suppress this, we will continue to be challenged by variants, which have a way of coming back to bite us as they say. >> reporter: and the cdc is still asking people who are vaccinated to continue wearing masks and social distancing in public but they are expected to give the green light to those

fully vaccinated people to allow them to have small gatherings in their homes with other fully vaccinated people sometime this week. george? >> we are seeing some progress. okay, eva, thanks very much. let's bring back dr. ashish jha. dr. jha, thanks for joining us again this morning. we're getting a lot of encouraging news on a lot of fronts right now but you're seeing these states, texas, mississippi and others relax restrictions in a pretty big way. what's your response to that? >> yeah, so good morning, george. thanks for having me on. first of all, great news on the vaccine, kind of in line with what many of us had been thinking. any american who wants one can get one certainly by the month of may. you know, this is like we're so close to the finish line in terms of vaccinating high-risk people that i wish texas, mississippi, other states would just hold off another little bit. we're not talking about many more months, but certainly waiting until all high-risk people are vaccinated would be a really important thing. so i was disappointed to see

those decisions. >> what will it take to make sure all the high-risk people are vaccinated? we know supplies are out there and the president is using the defense production to ramp it up but we're talking distribution and fast distribution. >> absolutely. so supplies are going to ramp up over the next couple of weeks and we're going to see more and more vaccines certainly by the end of march. we're going to see lots of vaccines, and states have to be ready with these distribution centers like yankee stadium, like other places that can get large numbers of people vaccinated quickly. once we do all that i think april becomes a month where most high-risk people, teachers, others should be vaccinated. things start getting better after that. >> walk people through once they are vaccinated, what that means for their daily lives, how long the other restrictions will last. >> yeah, so certainly when you're with other vaccinated people, my goodness like life will feel much closer to normal. i think people that are vaccinated can get together with other vaccinated people, can have meals, spend indoor time together. we'll still do outdoor mask

wearing when we're in crowds where other people are not vaccinated. some at social distances until things get better, which i suspect will be later into spring or summer. among vaccinated people i think it will feel much more like normal life. >> is this the beginning of the end of the pandemic or should we expect another recurrence at the end of the summer when we head into the fall and winter again? >> well, i think, george, this really is the beginning of the end of this horrible pandemic. look, we're not going to be completely out of woods. there will be periods of time we will deal with this. it is a bit of a seasonal virus and i wouldn't be surprised if late next fall we get another bump in cases. there are always those variants that we have to stay concerned about. so this is something we're going to be dealing with, but it's not going to dominate our lives the way it has been. >> and not as deadly as it has been. dr. jha, thanks again for your time. robin? next to that horrific crash in california near the mexico border that killed 13 people semi truck colliding with an suv

packed with more than two dozen people. homeland security is now investigating if this was a human smuggling operation. kaylee hartung is in palm springs, california with the details. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, robin. as the california highway patrol chief told me here it's unfathomable how 25 people could be crammed into one suv that's only supposed to fit nine people safely and now u.s. customs and immigration services are involved in the investigation as we learn at least ten of the victims were mexican nationals. this morning, at least 13 people dead after this horrific crash between a ford expedition and a semi truck near the california/mexico border. >> we need as many ambulances as you can handle right now ng ugveigatn. suv early tuesday morning when officials say it pulled directly into the path of the big rig hauling two gravel trailers. what do you see as the biggest

challenge in this investigation? >> the biggest challenge is again identifying who all the folks were in those vehicles and notifying the next of kin. >> reporter: officials revealing several seats had been taken out of the vehicle to fit the extra passengers. first responders finding 12 people dead at the scene including the 28-year-old driver of the suv. another person died after being rushed to the hospital. at least ten of the victims confirmed to have been mexican nationals. >> some of the victims were ejected from the vehicle. so it was a pretty chaotic scene. >> reporter: several of the 13 survivors quickly airlifted to hospitals across the region. >> they were a bit confused what happened. they -- some of them were talkative and were able to communicate to us a little bit of a story. the range of injuries are head trauma, orthopedics, a lot of orthopedic injuries. >> reporter: the 68-year-old driver of that big rig, he survived. he's hospitalized at desert regional medical center able to speak with investigators.

george? >> such a tragedy. okay, kaylee, thanks very much. we're going to go to washington now and the fbi director sounding the alarm about domestic terrorism in his first testimony since the capitol riot. our congressional correspondent rachel scott has details. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. fbi director christopher wray domestic terrorist threats have been metastasizing around the country. the number of open cases now roughly 2,000. that has doubled since when he first took office in 2017. authorities are on high alert. overnight capitol police saying they're stepping up security around the united states capitol after learning of concerning intelligence linked to a far right conspiracy theory that donald trump would assume the presidency tomorrow. that, of course, is not true. there are already threats to attack president joe biden's upcoming speech to a joint session of congress. this playing out just weeks after the capitol insurrection.

christopher wray making it clear, it was violent extremists behind the attack and no evidence that fake trump supporters plotted it. >> the first cabinet casualty of the biden administration, his budget director nominee neera tanden withdraws from consideration. >> reporter: yeah, it was really clear that neera tanden was facing some deep trouble here with getting confirmed in the senate. you had lawmakers on both sides of the aisle raising concern with past controversial comments she made on social media. you have one democratic senator who just flatout refused to support her. the margin in the senate are just too thin to lose any democratic support. so the white house is looking for another role for tanden in the administration that does not require a senate confirmation, george. >> rachel scott, thanks very much. michael? >> all right, george. we turn now to new trouble for new york governor andrew cuomo. this morning, lawmakers pushing to strip him of his pandemic related emergency powers. stephanie ramos is in albany, new york with the very latest. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: exactly, michael. good morning. state lawmakers have come up with a bill to strip the governor of his emergency coronavirus powers. they say that's because we're no

longer at the height of the pandemic. now once that legislation is voted on here, the governor would not be able to issue any new pandemic rules. this morning, new york lawmakers working on legislation that will remove governor andrew cuomo's pandemic powers. the governor granted special authority one year ago as new york was first fighting covid-19. but now lawmakers make taking back control as the investigation into those sexual harassment allegations against the governor is expanding. the new york attorney general including the latest accusations by a third woman, the office now limiting their scope in case more allegations are made against the governor. the most recent accuser, anna ruch, joining former aides lindsay boylan and charlotte bennett, claiming the 63-year-old governor made inappropriate, unwanted advances. the governor has denied these

allegations. ruch who didn't work with the governor provided this photo to "the new york times" of the night she met him at a new york city wedding reception in 2019. according to the paper, ruch says cuomo put his hand on her bare lower back. when she removed his hand with her own, the governor remarked she seemed aggressive and placed his hands on her cheeks and ons kirsten gillibrand and chuck schumer saying they support the investigation into these accusations, but stopped short of calling for the governor's resignation. but in new york city, demonstrators gathered outside cuomo's manhattan office demanding he step down. [ crowd chanting ] with three allegations against the governor in one week, so far just one new york congresswoman is calling for his resignation, while most democrats want those allegations investigated first. robin? >> all right, stephanie. thank you. now the new fallout this morning over the decision to pull six dr. seuss books from publication because of racist

and insensitive imagery. sales of those books now skyrocketing. t.j. holmes has more with that story. t.j., good morning. >> reporter: hey, robin. dr. seuss people think "green eggs and ham" and don't think about that other book that depicts a man with two slanted lines for eyes running around with a bowl of rice and chopsticks. yes, that's in a dr. suess book. that's the type of imagery they're trying to get out of there, and the announcement they're doing so made dr. seuss yesterday's best seller. dr. seuss books claimed nine spots on amazon's top ten best-seller list overnight. also his books went from selling for a few bucks to hundreds of dollars on sites like ebay. all this after the company that oversees suess' estate announcing on tuesday several of the late author and illustrator's titles were being pulled from publication for their racist and insensitive

imagery telling abc news dr. seuss enterprises working with a panel of experts including educators reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of six stories adding, these books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong. >> the books are not representative of diversity. they don't show black and brown characters, and when they do, they're in really negative and stereotypical ways that dehumanize black and brown people, people of color. they show them as subservient. >> reporter: one of those "if i ran the zoo" came under fire for its offensive illustration of publisher says it remains committed to sharing messages of hope and inclusion. ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure dr. seuss enterprises' catalog represents all families. there were a lot arguing it was cancel culture run amok again and political corrective. but the company said now is the right time when you're talking about impressionable young kids. now is the right time. >> t.j., thanks very much.

following a lot of other news this morning, including dr. oz who came to the rescue of a man in the airport. the famous heart surgeon and tv host saved a man's life who collapsed in the airport. he'll talk to robin live in just a few minutes. in the wake of those major scandals for the washington football team how they're shaking up the sidelines. but first we say good morning to ginger. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning to you robin. 49 counties in kentucky alone have disaster declarations because of flooding. we're talking about the type of water that may be some of the worst they have ever seen in their recorded history. that's the kentucky river. it's not just there. west virginia has issues too and that's along the ohio river. the rain missed them with this but still flood warnings are up. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the spring-like cities sponsored by facebook.

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u.s. military strike on the iraq/syria border and comes two days before pope francis' trip to baghdad. also right now, vaccine breakthrough. president biden announced there should be enough vaccines for every adult by the end of may, two months ahead of schedule due in part to the blockbuster deal between rivals merck and johnson & johnson to distribute this vaccine. homeland security is investigating this horrific crash in california and whether it was a human struggling separation. 13 dead after a semi collided with an suv packed with more than two dozen people. at least ten of the victims were mexican nationals. also right now, we are celebrating the life of bunny wailer. the reggae pioneer has passed away at 73. he was the last surviving original member of the wailers, the iconic jamaican trio that featured bob marley and peter tosh known for hits like "simmer down" and "rude boy." considered to be jamaica's beatles. that's right. the group helped spread jamaican music worldwide, and every time

you hear it, it puts you in a certain mood. right now i need a little >> have a sip of cofe stead. >> back to reality, george. >> i like the picture he painted. >> exactly. we're going to continue with dr. oz's lifesaving rescue at the airport. rushing in to save man who collapsed and we'll speak to dr. oz live in a moment but first will reeve is at newark airport where it all went down. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. late monday, a port authority officer was starting has night shift right here in terminal a when a man collapsed right in that area right there at baggage claim. the officer ran over to his side to help and called for assistance. out of the chaos appeared a doctor who administered aid and helped save the man's life. dr. oz in the right place at the right time. this morning, dr. oz to the rescue helping save a man's life

at newark airport monday night. the tv personality and practicing heart surgeon had just flown in from florida with his family when a man in his 60s collapsed face first at baggage claim. port authority police officer jeffrey croissant says the man turned blue, started foaming at the mouth and didn't have a pulse. >> i was feeling for a pulse and then i look up and, you know, dr. oz is basically pumping on his chest. >> reporter: oz performing chest compressions until more help arrived. >> first, you know, i didn't recognize him. one of the police officers kind of like pointed at him and i said, yeah, that's the doctor. he's helping us. he said, yeah, i know, it's dr. oz. >> reporter: the man resuscitated with a defibrillator and taken alert to a local hospital. a witness to the life-saving scene saying that onlookers stood in shock and that dr. oz was heroic with no hesitation, no panic, and kept trying to bring the patient back.

>> having dr. oz help, you can't get better help than that. >> reporter: dr. oz has been in the right place at the right life saving time before. the doctor assisting a tourist hit by a new york city cab in 2013. that just days after he helped a man who had collapsed next to him while running. and he once jumped offstage at an event to help an audience member who had fainted. the patient in this newark incident is reportedly recovering in a local hospital. officer croissant told me this is the first time he had been the first on the scene to a cpr situation, and he said that with this result, and with this story, he's fine if it's his last. robin? >> i can imagine so. thank you, will. let's bring in dr. mehmet oz. good friend of our program. good to see you, dr. oz. thank you for joining us for a moment here. so let's hear it in your own words. what happened? >> so, robin, we had just flown in and as will mentioned i was getting the luggage off the carousel which is what the

father is supposed to do and heard my daughter yell daddy, daddy. as a dad, you know that voice was one of alarm. i turned to see what went wrong and i saw this gentleman face-planted with a pool of blood under his head where he smacked the ground and i ran over. i couldn't get a pulse which is the first thing you check for. he wasn't responsive. it was this big, burly gentleman. so i had to roll him on to his back and recognized that he was purple. i mean the color of an eggplant and that's a bad combination. it's that soul sapping moment when you realize you're losing a life. so i started doing cpr which is my training and officer croissant and god bless him, i didn't realize he had never done this before, but he immediately volunteered, and so did all these wonderful port authority police. they rushed over each asking how they can help. he took over the chest compressions, because if the heart's not beating, you have to beat for it, which is what these chest compressions do. 100 times a minute, everyone hearing my voice can learn to do

that today. 300,000 people like joe, the patient, who have collapsed this this case and they drop dead and the chances of survival is only 20%. with doing the chest compressions, we could get the heart supported. i took over the airway because he was foaming at the mouth. when the heart stops beating the blood pools into the lungs and you have to clear that out and try to maintain an airway. they had a little kit so i could put a piece of plastic to push his tongue down and push air into his lungs. by then we had the did he fib later. attached patches onto the chest. in case you're intimidated. it's not difficult because all you've got to do is listen to the machine. it tells you and orders you what to do. it diagnosed that his heart had stopped as i had thought was the case when i couldn't feel the pulse. it told us to step away and, robin, you've seen movies where the patient gets shocked and they jerk off the ground. that is exactly what happened. unfortunately usually the heart doesn't start again. it's too sick. in this case like the movies his heart started. >> wow, wow. >> and so, you get goosebumps a

the heart theo back up again. that horrible blue color starts to dissipate, and within a few minutes, just pushing air into his lungs he began to come to. by the time we put him in the ambulance he knew he had been at newark airport. didn't remember the fall at all and it is a true miracle with the odds heavily against him but those wonderful cops who again had no direct experience but they had taken classes, they did their homework and they showed up. they ran towards the problem when there was a need. so god bless them. >> absolutely and you've been in touch with the gentleman's wife. how is he doing? >> he's doing very well. he's in the icu but leaves today to go to a hospital closer to his home. the evaluation of what happened is ongoing but he's awake and alert. neurologically intact and shows you the power of cpr and the fact that cpr can do this, i think, is the real teachable moment. remember, when you learn cpr, the person whose life you save will almost certainly be someone you know and love because,

robin, that's who we hang with, people who are close to us. >> yep, that's it. >> when you learn, you're actually going to be able to use that on people dear to you and worth taking. this is actually cpr month, the perfect opportunity to get people to double down. if you can learn it online in a few moments and know where a defibrillator is and take the orders that the machine tells you. by the way, you can't hurt yourself or the patient. it will not shock unless everyone is clear and everything is safe and it makes the right diagnosis for you. you'll save lives right and left. >> and you often on your show you demonstrate how to do it. but some of -- you're close to and love very much someone following in your footsteps, your son oliver. >> the other big news my son got into medical school so i'm proud of him but i've always felt medicine was the best profession, period.

now it's not right for everybody but it is so fulfilling to look someone in the eyes and have a connection and realize you're in it together and able to get through it together. i'm proud at least one of my children felt that it was the right career for them as well. i thought all of my daughters would be interested. the one who called me to help this gentleman who is levelheaded arabella is a therapist. so she's in the field as well. >> my goodness. our love to the family and dr. oz to the rescue yet again. always good to see you, mehmet. you take care. >> god bless you, robin. take care. >> george? >> what a great story. coming up next, the embattled washington team is bringing in help to shake up the sidelines. next, the embattled washington team is bringing in help to shake up the sidelines. dful, but look after it, and it'll feed you forever. and remember, a business is only as good as its people, our job is to plant seeds so our grandkids get to enjoy the fruit.

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modern, it's that. it's conclusion. it's diversity. let's move right into 2021, and be that team. >> reporter: the franchise trying to reboot its image after a year of controversy that involved the demand to change its racially insensitive former name, allegations of sexual and verbal harassment in the workplace, and a recently settled case from former cheerleaders who allege they were unknowingly taped and appeared in lewd videos. now, as the organization tries to turn the page, they're turning their cheer team into a dance team and making it coed. >> we're looking forward to creating an inclusive team that's very diverse and with amazing choreography, dancing to the hottest tunes on the charts. >> reporter: pope has a histor rt she's been working in the nba for more than 30 years, and has taken the l.a. lakers, the new york knicks, the brooklyn nets and the l.a. clippers to new heights. >> i'm so excited to be here. i really am.

>> reporter: she even appeared on the show "l.a. clippers dance squad." >> i feel i have a huge responsibility and i want to push these women to be their best. >> reporter: to do that pope is pulling out all the stops. she says she wants her team to be, quote, super athletes who can do acrobatics, combined with hip-hop and tricks and stints. >> we would like this to become the gold standard in the nfl. >> reporter: and pope is setting a lofty goal saying she wants every game to feel like a super bowl experience. guys? >> got that. all right, erielle. thank you. coming up later we'll go one-on-one with michelle obama. it's her first interview since the inauguration. what she's saying about raising her daughters sasha and malia, and who she's now becoming. all part of her new version of her best-selling memoir. that's in our next hour. but coming up next, "play of the day." come on back.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. at least ten rockets fired at an air base in iraq hosting u.s. forces. we're on the ground in iraq with the latest. vaccine breakthrough. president biden announcing there will be enough shots for every american adult two months ahead of schedule. this as texas re-opens at 100% and drops their mask mandates. new reports, meghan markle faced complaints from her closest advisers during her time at the palace. the allegations of bullying made in one of britain's biggest papers. disaster in paradise. three years after the infamous fyre f f bil was his biggest mistake. one-on-one with michelle obama.

her first interview since the inauguration. what she is saying about witnessing that historic swearing in. the nation's racial reckoning. >> we got to march, we got to protest and we have to vote. >> raising her own daughters and who she is now becoming as a new addition of her best-selling book is out this morning and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. we certainly do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. looking forward to sharing our interview with michelle obama coming up in just a few minutes. >> your interview. cannot wait for that. >> i like to say our. >> we'll share in the joy of watching it as you do a great job, of course, looking forward to that. if you have a dog at home this scene is probably pretty familiar to you because pet adoptions and fostering are skyrocketing during the pandemic. but it also means there is a shortage in trainers. something you don't think aboutg

trainer vinny somma. >> it's too late for my dog. >> i hear you. a lot of news to get to. we start with breaking news, american forces under attack in iraq. ten rockets blasted the al assad base housing troops two days before pope francis' trip to baghdad and back to ian pannell with the latest. good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right, american forces here in iraq targeted yet again. this is tack involving ten rockets took place at the al asad air base about 200 miles south of here at around 7:20 local time. iraqi special forces are leading a response and investigation into it but one of the local commanders telling abc news that the rockets were fired by this pro-iranian militia group. if true, it would be the same group that was blamed by the administration for a similar attack last month again against the u.s. air base, this time in the north of the country in

erbil. now, president biden has already warned iran that there would be consequences of these kind of attacks. and it comes at a particularly tense time for iraq because we're he at the al nuri mosque. pope francis is coming here to visit and this is going to raise serious questions about that trip. george. >> it certainly is. okay, ian, thanks very much. michael. we go back to that encouraging vaccine breakthrough. president biden announcing there should be enough for every american adult by the end of may. that is two months ahead of his original time line and we're going to go back to eva pilgrim at the mass vaccination site at yankee stadium. good morning again, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yeah, ahead of schedule. president biden's announcement moving that timetable forward of when americans can expect to have vaccines in arms. now to the end of may, the president also pushing states to prioritize teachers, school staff and child care workers,

also using the federal pharmacy program to get them appointments. the ramp-up possible in part due to the new partnership with johnson & johnson and merck teaming up enabling johnson & johnson to now have its 100 million doses ready by the end of may. and while we are seeing progress, health experts continue to emphasize that it's important that we not lay off all of these precautions, we are not quite there yet. michael. >> important message. thank you so much. robin. >> okay, michael, now we honor civil rights icon, vernon jordan who passed away at the age of 85. he was a towering figure in social justice, a trusted adviser to presidents on bode sides of the aisle. deborah roberts has much more. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, those tributes say so much about vernon jordan's life. ase 230e9edaan of uncommon dignity grace whose impact was felt from

voting booths in schools in the deep south to the highest office in this country. born in second bring gated georgia vernon jordan rose from humble beginnings to become an iconic civil rights ago advice finding remarkable success as a d.c. power broker, businessman and presidential adviser. known for his graceful manner and elegant appearance, it was jordan's keen intellect and calm demeanor which seemed to set him apart from other activists of hi days. raised in atlanta he earned a law degree from howard university where he watched thurgood marshall. he plunged right into the civil rights struggle heading the national urban league, even surviving an assassination attempt in 1980. tapped in 1992 to lead bill clinton's transition team, their close friendship in the white house earned him the nickname first friend. >> ours is an enduring

friendship based on mutual respect, trust and admiration. >> reporter: jordan even becoming an unofficial white house aide and fixer. a position that drew him into controversy during clinton's scandal involving monica lewinsky. bill clinton writing of his dear friend, vernon jordan brought his big brain and strong heart to everything and everybody he touched and he made them better. this morning, president biden saying, vernon navigated america's boardrooms within aactivist heart working the levers of power in service of progress. the national urban league, the nation has lost one of its greatest champions of racial and economic justice. his passing leaves a tremendous men douse void that can never be filled. >> the next generation has to take the baton and keep >> reporter: so many lives touched by jordan's strength and courage including my own. 60 years ago he helped

desegregate the university of georgia, my alma mater enduring hostile mobs along the way. i've over the year has a chance to know him and his family and share a stage with him from time to time at a civil rights event and stand back and watch as he cast a spell over those who knew they were watching a once in a lifetime leader. >> you just gave me chills. you said that so well. thank you for sharing that. he was all about elevating others. >> no question. >> he was and he would make a point with women and people of color to make sure that they got on board, task force, agenda, he was so good about that. >> you knew him well. >> i worked with him for many, many years. he was a good friend. he took command of every room he was in. he was comfortable in boardrooms, comfortable inside the white house, but it's the way he used that access. he used that access for the things he believed in and for the people who couldn't get in those rooms. >> he said pass the baton. he ran a long way around the

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i'm sorry. you were supposed to talk about that. you're supposed to say about times square. >> oh, that was me? >> sorry about that. >> no, i wasn't -- >> my bad. >> to be honest with you, you did such a great job, i didn't realize i was supposed to do that. >> he was enjoying the show. [ laughter ] >> i was a spectator. >> but i was so anxious to get to my cover story. >> i truly didn't know and the cover story is worth getting to. i'll let you take that away. >> thank you, sir. former first lady -- i love these two -- former first lady michele obama with over 15 million copies of her memoir sold worldwide, blockbuster book tour, well, she is now bringing "becoming" to young readers. i talked with mrs. obama. her first interview since the inauguration and asked her who she is becoming now. >> i'm becoming more free and i hope i'm becoming smarter and wiser and more patient. i hope i'm becoming someone that is comfortable getting out of

the way so that the next generation can take the seat that i'm sitting in. >> michelle obama is making room. lifting up the nation's future leaders. >> oh. >> it's her longtime mission as former first lady and now with her best-selling memoir adapted for young readers. you know two young women very well. malia and sasha. >> oh, those two? yes. >> what have they learned from your story, do you think? >> what i hope they learn is that, you know, who they are right now is enough. i always have wanted them to start practicing the power of their voices very early on. look, if you sit around the dinner table, me and barack, we can't get a word in edgewise and we like it like that. we want to hear their thoughts and opinions and that's where it begin. >> mrs. obama says it continues with embracing all of life's bumps and bruises along with its

triumphs. that message resonating as the country enters a new chapter. >> what was it like for you to be there, to witness this historic swearing in? >> well, it was a glorious day, the sun was shining, the mood was wonderful but it was also mixed. i think everyone was concerned about more riots but we were assured that things were under control. when you see fellow americans storming the capitol, that sits with you. that reality was with us on that stage. but to watch our friend joe biden and jill stand there with their beautiful family to see kamala and her family standing there brave and bold knowing that they were taking on a massive amount of responsibility to get this country back on track. >> being american is mor than it's the past we step into and

how we repair it. >> another moment, amanda gorman. your first reaction hearing her poem? >> i was proud and moved almost to tears to hear not just her words but the confidence with which she delivered. i know there are many, many amanda gormans. i'm just proud when one of them gets a chance to be seen and the rest of the nation and the world gets to see, yep, a lot of black folks contribute to this country. a lot of black folks have made this country what it is today. afraid to call out injustices and demand change. a lot of people were watching those taking to the street following the deaths of george floyd, breonna taylor, say their names and unfortunately there are too many names to mention. is it different this time. >> i hope so. it feels different. and, you know, what gives me even more hope is what happened at the polls in november. we got to march. we got to protest.

and we have to vote. we have toeducated. we have to be informed. young people are putting those pieces together and understand it's not either/or. it's all of it. >> and they have had many examples. and vernon jordan who recently passed, a civil rights icon, you have any thoughts that you'd like to share about vernon jordan? >> he was a dear friend. he and his family. it is just a reminder that we've got to continue to fill those seats, not just in politics, but vernon was a powerhouse in business. he worked in civil rights. he did it all. and that's the thick i want young people to know. there are many ways to make change. we need a lot more decent people who have humility and compassion and are ready to be out in the world showing that off in whatever occupation they choose. >> i remember being in chicago with you and talking about

"becoming." as soon as you walked into your old high school, you light up around young people. what is it about them? >> they are our hope. they are -- they are not jaded yet. they are not beaten down by what they're supposed to be. they are still wide open. that's the point of becoming. if you are lucky, you will never become something and that's the end. if you are lucky you will constantly grow and evolve until the day you cannot breathe anymore, you know. we are all learning and becoming something better and greater. >> she really believes that becoming is an evolving process and it is being adapted for young readers out now. you can see her reaction. when i asked her at the beginning, so who are you now? who are you becoming now? she was like more relaxed. >> you can see it. >> you can sense that and so

many projects that she's working on and very excited about but oftentimes comes back to the young'uns with her. >> great to hear her description of what was happening on that inauguration day as well. >> you know, and you wondered even though, you know, everybody was -- it was festive in many ways, the feeling and she did say that was in the back of the mind but also you remember all they had to do was look around and see all the barricades and that but they were not going to let the moment pass them by, what they were seeing there on the stage. now, let's get to ginger. >> love all that. i'm sure her story will keep evolving as we all do. all right, so how about i show you something special. big sky, in the mountain, they had six feet of snow in february alone and los angeles to tucson didn't have any rain in february but now we're getting some in good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. canopy of high clouds.

rain more for friday now which means the weekend is trending dryer. but more chances of wet weather next week. today, you can see the 50s along the coast, low to mid-60s around the bay, mid to upper 60s inland. a little patchy fog in the usual spots. we have and it's time for "pop news" now with lara. hey, lara. hey, george, good morning. we begin with movie news. hugh grant is joining what is quickly becoming a star-studded cast for the new "dungeons and dragons movie." it is an adaptation of the game that's been captivating players since 1974. grant said he really enjoyed taking a break from the romanti codyrolese usually plays to play the very bad guy in hbo's "the undoing" and let's face it, he did it well so it will be fun to watch him

alongside "bridgerton's" rege-jean page and the movie is currently set for release may 2022. more movie news, kathy bates signing on to bring an iconic book to the big screen, judy plume's 1970 coming of age novel "are you there, god, it's me, margaret" starring rachel mcadams. director kelly craig is thrilled to get kathy on board saying, quote, bates is perpetually captivating on screen. i'm thrilled to employ her extraordinary talent in this film i care so much about. if you or your daughter haven't read it, it's a book for the ages and "time" magazine says it turned millions of preteens into readers and that judy did it by asking the right questions without giving easy answers. i don't know about you, robin,

but i had my flashlight under my covers. i learned a lot from this book. one for the ages and a great movie with kathy bates on board. so excited for that. then finally it's time to take out the tie-dyes. take those out of retirement. the volkswagen is bringing back the micro bus. 75 years after the first generation bus was released. the german automaker is offic officially announcing their new version called the i.d. buzz. that will be unveiled next year. the all electric self-driving car will be fully redesigned. i have so many thoughts on this for today's technology and safety standards while paying homage to the classic. look for the new vw van on the roads in 2023. that is one cool looking car. with that i send it back to you all in the studio. >> sounds like riva agrees in the new van. >> she's a handful. >> like mom, get us that bus, i

need more room. car is too tight. thanks. now to an abc news exclusive. the masterbehind behind the notorious fyre festival speaking out for the first time from behind bars about the fiasco three years ago. amy robach has more on what led to trouble in paradise. good morning, amy. >> good morning to you, michael. yes, it is all on tonight's episode of abc news "the con," we will hear from mcfarland for the very first time on tv while serving his six-year sentence for defrauding investors of over $26 million revealing the lie that started it all. it was supposed to be a one of a kind luxury party in paradise. guests developing up to $100,000 for an elite bahamas experience. >> the actual experience exceeds all expectations. >> reporter: but the party was over before it even began. >> we had n elec showers, no bathrooms. no like running water. >> reporter: the

billy mcfarland arrested and convicted for fraud owing more than $26 million in restitution. >> this call is from a federal prison. >> reporter: mcfarland is serving six years behind bars, on tonight's episode of "the con" abc news goes behind the scenes getting exclusive access with podcaster jordan harbinger as mcfarland speaks out from his prison cell. >> i think the biggest mistake before i went awry was setting an unrealistic time frame for the festival. given ourselves a year or two would have been in a better place. >> reporter: cobbled together in six months you. > let down so many people. what do you say to people who call you a con man? >> no way i can describe it other than what the [ bleep ] was i thinking? i think that applies to so many people and just so many decisions i made. >> did you knowingly con the investors to get their backing?

>> billy mcfarland is set for release in august of 2023. his attorney says he's been in solitary confinement for four months while waiting to be transferred to another facility and is beginning to feels the strains of solitary confinement and calling it unduly harsh. >> "the con" airs tonight at 10 eastern right here on abc and can be viewed the next day on demand and hulu. new bullying allegations against meghan markle. and lupita nyong'o joins us live. we'll be right back. >> announcer: tomorrow, "wandavision" comes to "gma." >> wanda, welcome home. >> with vision himself paul bettany live, the morning before the "wandavision" finale drops. what wuerffel he reveal? the "wandavision" exclusive finale tomorrow on "gma."

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"good morning, america." ♪ back here on "gma," our next guest is a gifted storyteller on the screen and on the page. she is an oscar award winning actress, best-selling children's book author and now her book, "sulwe," is available as an audio book. lupita nyong'o, it is so good to have you back on "gma" there in kenya. oh, you're looking beautiful as always. congratulations with this latest one. >> thank you. >> but also -- ♪ happy birthday to ya ♪ your birthday was on monday and

we saw you in a music video on a motorcycle. what was that all about? is that how you are going to celebrate? >> well, yes. my cousin, a close cousin of mine, released his first album and was excited. i decide to try a new stunt on a motorbike and that might be the last time i do it because i got hurt. >> ooh. are you okay? your wrist? i think you hurt your wrist. >> yeah, i strained my wrist on a very slow fall. >> you got to be careful out there. but, you know, we want to say congratulations on "sulwe." the audio book which will be turned into an animated musical movie which is exciting as well. but are you going to be one of the voices in the movie? that would really make us happy. >> well, oh, yeah, that would be cool. i mean, i'm really excited to be one of the producers on that and to, you know, kind of steer it in the right direction. i'm looking forward to the talented cast that we're going to get together and, you know, if there is something in there and it's an adaptation that's good for me, i will humbly accept.

>> my guess is there will probably be a place for you. you narrate the audio book. tell us how you came up with all those different >> you know, when i wrote "sulwe," i wrote it with very live voices in my head. i had a good sense of what every character sounded like so when it came time to do the audio book and they asked me to do it i was really excited to bring that -- my imagination to life in that way. and, yeah, it was a lot of fun to have the responsibility to bring every single character to life. >> the last time that you were here on our show, the book had just come out. what has been the reaction from people who have read it? >> it's been really moving. people have really -- it has really resonated with a whole lot of people. the very first time i heard my book read out loud it was actually with penelope cruz.

she and i were doing a movie, "355," together and read it to her daughter and at some point she started crying and i started crying as well because it was so moving to see someone else from a very different cultural background touched by the story and, you know, her daughter, this whole thing of colorism was so new to her. so to watch penelope explaining to her daughter what this was about, i could just tell then that this -- the book had longer legs than even i had imagined. >> that's great to hear. and, you know, we have to ask "black panther 2," any updates you can give us on that? >> uh-huh. you know -- [ laughter ] in true marvel form, i have nothing to tell you. >> i thought she was going to give us the best thing ever. blank.

>> no, no chance. but, you know, it's going to be different, of course, without our king to go back into that world but i know that all of us are dedicated to re-imagining or carrying on his legacy in this new -- in this new "black panther." and ryan coogler has some really, really exciting ideas that i look forward to bringing to life with the rest of the family. >> and we hear you're bringing back a role you first played as a teenager? >> yes. so when i was 14 i got to play romeo -- no, not romeo. i got to play juliet in "romeo and juliet" here in kenya and it was my very first professional t again but this time in a

bilingual production with the public theater. it's in english and spanish and it was my very first time doing something in spanish. so it was quite a lift but i'm very proud and excited about it. >> as you should be. how is everything in kenya? how is your family and everyone going through all this? >> everyone is good. it's really great to be here. the weather suits me much better than new york right now. >> oh, well, we are glad things are going well there. we miss you here. give our best to your beautiful family. lots of brothers and sisters. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> i love your brother. every time when you're here -- >> yes. >> he's so cute. give him my best. >> i know. yeah. well, i will. i will. he is over there with you. he's in san diego. >> ah, he's here on this side, you take care, lupita and the audio book edition of "sulwe"

available now. coming up next, new bullying allegations against the duchess of sussex and what harry and meghan are saying. and if you're having trouble with a new dog, tiktok's puppy training pro joins us next with his top at-home training tips. ♪ try, try to ♪

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time at kensington palace. maggie rulli is in london with the latest. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. these accusations are coming as prince philip is entering his third week in the hospital here in london. obviously this has been an emotional time for the royal family. overnight a report of turmoil in the royal household. british newspaper "the times" revealing claims of bullying made against the duchess of sussex meghan markle in 2018 the duchess hitting back, calling it a smear campaign. "the times" reports an official complaint was lodge alleging the duchess drove two personal assistants out of the household and was undermining the confidence of a third member. a named royal source is speaking of emotional cruelty and manipulation. one former employee saying they had been humiliated by the duchess. >> this suggests things were a lot more tense than we previously understood and escalated to a point that we

perhaps hadn't understood before. >> reporter: "the times" reports royal sources approached the newspaper believing the public should have insight into their side before prince harry and meghan sit down with oprah winfrey in an interview airing sunday. >> almost unsurvivable sounds like there was a breaking point. >> reporter: a sussex spokesperson tells abc news, let's just call it what it is. a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation. >> reporter: clearly somebody felt it was important to come forward with this now, presumably to create a new narrative, which they think is the accurate narrative, of what has gone on behind closed doors. >> reporter: now, meghan went on to say she's been a victim of bullying herself. that she continues to strive to be an example of doing what is right and good. so far there's been no official comment from buckingham palace. guys, we're still following closely philip in the hospital. just this morning we did hear from his daughter-in-law camilla who said he was slightly improving so hopefully a bit of good news there. >> that is a little bit of good

news. good to hear. thank you, maggie. now to fostering and pet adoptions that have skyrocket during the pandemic. according to the american pet association, 12.6 million pets were welcomed into new homes between march and december of last year. many of those new dog owners are turning to social media for help. from rule breakers -- >> why am i sitting on the floor? because my dog takes my spot on the couch. >> reporter: -- to barkers -- >> working from home can be hard sometimes, often distracting when you're on a call and they're barking. >> reporter: -- and attention seekers -- >> what did you do? >> reporter: -- new pups can be a lot to handle. the bad news for us -- >> no, no, no, no. >> reporter: -- finding a trainer may be part of the problem. >> at the current moment we have ainer vinny somma, his company

say it once dog training has been overwhelmed with requests. >> good girl. so the amount of people reaching out for dog training now is -- it's always high. but right now it's significantly higher than it's ever been so we were getting like 150 requests for virtual training every week. >> reporter: many of these pandemic pups now showing signs of separation anxiety. >> we're surrounding ourselves with them all the time and we don't give them a chance for independence. >> mookie, come. >> reporter: so if your pups are behaving badly, vinny has some advice for you. >> everybody asks what's the best age to train and the better question is when is the worst age to start training? tomorrow. you have to put the time in now. >> joining us now, vinny somma. you brought along a special guest zena. good morning to you, and vinny, i'll start with something you said. you said that all dogs can properly be trained. it is the humans that may actually be the issue. a lot of humans may have issue with that but what do you mean

by that? >> yes, yes, sir, good morning. thank you guys for having me. our business slogan is that properly trained humans can be dog's best friend and what i mean by that at the end of the day what is the biggest difference between a well behaved dog and a dog's struggling? it's a knowledgeable dog owner, and that's our job is to provide knowledge.wod en a people. >> oh, good answer. i know a lot of people say my dog goes to the trainer, doesn't listen to me because they don't put in the work. >> 100%. >> because of the millions of adoptions and people who are fostering, dog trainers are in short supply right now. if you can't find one, what are your top three tips new owners can do themselves? >> all right, so everybody does this, they take their dog's dish and put food in it and put it on the ground and it becomes a very boring process. what i want you to do is throw that dish out of here. let's get rid of it and put the kibble in your pocket. we want to create some

engagement with our dog with hand feeding so take our food. we can do whatever it ends up being, touch, touch. get them aware and pay attention to us. the food that you guys bring out during training will start to cultivate a relationship where your dog starts to look for you for advice. get up here big girl. down. so what happens is dogs follow us room to room and they're near us 24/7 especially with the pandemic right now. we're hanging around them a little too much and what happens is separation anxiety is so bad at the moment. what you want is you want to have mandatory nap time which is my second point for today. the more time your dog spends away from you, the better, you need to have that. just like with a child. there has to be down time which. a dog owner. some people tend to look at them like it's a bad thing or jail time but it's not. that's not the point of the crate. it's to give them a safe place to go to when you can't keep your eyes on them but to shut them off so they're not always

on 24/7. how many people have a dog that follows them every time they go somewhere into their own house? >> i have one. and you're right about that. >> i saw it. >> people look at the crate and think it is a bad thing and it can be used in the right way and you're going to show us another tip with zena in how to train them to walk on a leash which a lot of people have trouble with. you call it figure 8 training. walk us through it. >> everybody comes out of their house for a walk and go straight. their dog gets tunnel vision, and they get pulled down the road. if you want your dog to pay attention to you on the walk stop going straight the entire time. so heel. we want to make changes in the walk. heel. every time we'rebout tma we wt give them a command. as they do it well, what do they get, that food that we have in our pocket.

zz, sit. oh, nice, we got a neighbor. we have food coming into our pocket and that's what we want to do. more engagement from our dogs on the walk. >> lastly what should we look for in an online trainer for everybody out there looking for help? >> yeah, this is a big one, right? so we like to take a balanced approach to dog training so i would find a very highly reputable balanced dog trainer. somebody that you can, one, agree with who you see their training work actually in person or on the internet. and then the big thing is once you guys find a program that works, i want you to stick with it. too many are getting information from 75 different places and their dog is getting confused because the dog has no idea what's going on. >> the dog is confused because d u and zena, thank sed. you very much. you were really helpful. >> appreciate that. >> appreciate those tips. >> now we're going to go to ginger.

hey, ginger. >> reporter: hey, michael. we certainly got trained and i mean us for the dogs but let's go ahead and take you to miami. they had their fourth warmest february on record this morning another hot one near record today. mid-70s already. they'll head up close to 90. there is a cold front and storms that come along with it down to west palm. don't know they'll make it to good morning. welcome to wednesday. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. cloud cover, onshore breeze not quite as mild as it was yesterday. 50s along the coast. check out the chances offfffffff coming up, hilary duff on saying good-bye to both lizzie mcguire and "younger." her new children's book and expecting baby number three. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ we are back with hilary duff. the star of "lizzie mcguire" 'sed"younger" now debuting a new

little brave girl" and janai norman sat down with talk to her about it. >> reporter: this morning actress -- >> in business sometimes who you think are your friends are your biggest competitor. >> reporter: -- singer -- ♪ baby take me back ♪ >> reporter: -- and mom. hilary duff is now the author of "my little brave girl," a children's book. >> this is a book a little bit about like dipping your toe in and diving in head first and taking chances and the beauty that comes with taking those brave steps. i hope it touches many families and stays in bedrooms and is red to many generations of kids. >> what do you want them to walk away from it feeling? >> if anything this year, we have all had to remember that kindness and caring which is a part of humanity, you know, it needs to be instilled from just a young, young age. >> reporter: duff says she was inspired to write the book late one night while feeding her daughter who she felt suddenly had to be brave herself.

>> all of a sudden i started working 16-hour days again and just like that, left her, you know, with someone else. i was just thinking how brave she has to be. girls have to, you know, be brave in so many ways. >> reporter: the mom of two preparing to welcome another baby with husband matthew koma. >> how does it feel? baby's almost here. we're really excited and also a little overwhelmed that it's happening soon. we also got a puppy a couple of months ago. i'm kind of one of those people that want the plate completely full at all times. >> reporter: so full, in fact, that she's just wrapped the final season of her show "younger." >> it was definitely a challenge at times. a couple scares where we had to quarantine and luckily not too many people got sick and no one got seriously sick. >> reporter: in addition to saying good-bye to "younger" she also announced there are no longer plans to reboot fan favorite "lizzie mcguire." was it hard for you once the

idea of telling lizzie mcguire's story as a 30-something was out the window? >> yeah. it was a big disappointment, obviously. i will forever be grateful for the two episodes that we did shoot. it was a really special two weeks of my life. >> if you could go back, what do you think she would be like as a 30 something? >> i think she would be quirky. i think that she would struggle with confidence, but i think at the end of the day she finds her footing. that's what's so lovely about her and that's what's so relatable is that she doesn't have all the answers right away but eventually she's on the right path. >> reporter: for "good morning america," janai norman, abc news, new york. >> thanks to janai for that. "my little brave girl" is out "my little brave girl" is out march 23rd. "my little brave girl" is out march 23rd. some climate experts say, time is running out to prevent disaster unless we seriously change our habits. ♪ ♪ ♪

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