good morning, america. breaking overnight, senate democrats reaching an agreement on the latest stimulus package to bring relief to americns' pocketbooks. the standoff over a final sticking point. how it was resolved and what it means to millions of struggling americans looking for stimulus checks and unemployment benefits. superspreader fears. the concerns over spring break as college students search for fun in the sun and the nba all-star game this weekend. fans looking to party in atlanta despite the game being closed to the public. plus, there's an app for that. so-called vaccine passports and what it could mean the next time you fly. historic visit. the pilgrimage in iraq for pope francis traveling to the birthplace of abraham.

the tight security as he meets with iraq's top shia cleric. what he hopes to accomplish. new details about tiger woods and his serious car wreck. the court documents revealing who first found him in his mangled suv and his condition before first responders arrived. and speaking her mind, more from meghan markle's interview. >> so as an adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct, that is dfferent than i think what people imagine it to be. >> as friends come to her defense over a palace investigation into bullying claims. plus, markle's win in court. good morning, america. dan is off but we are happy to have will reeve with us on the desk. >> hello. glad to be here, guys. >> good to have you. >> it's a whole different kind

of energy on this end of the desk. >> smilier. >> and much younger as well. we begin with the showdown in the senate as the covid relief bill inches its way forward. >> yes, overnight democrats finally reaching a deal on jobless benefits. swaying the party's lone hold-out and appeasing some party moderates after a 12-hour stalemate over how high the payments should be and how long they should last. >> president biden is throwing his support behind the compromise, but the battle is not over yet. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks is on capitol hill with what's next. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, will. we saw late night deal-breaking here behind closed doors. this bill is incredibly popular in polling, but democrats still struggling to agree with each other. they're hoping to eek this out themselves because republicans are still united that this bill is just too big. the u.s. senate pulling an

all-nighter making last-minute changes to president biden's nearly $2 trillion relief plan. overnight democrats reaching a deal among themselves clearing the way for a final vote to come if they stick together. the last 24 hours full of fits and starts. west virginia's joe manchin, a moderate, bringing activity on the senate floor to a standstill for nearly 12 hours friday debating how to expand unemployment benefits put in place during this pandemic set to expire for millions of americans in just eight days. house democrats voted to up those payments to $400 a week. manchin pushing a smaller proposal. finally reaching a deal with his senate democratic colleagues to keep benefits at $300 a week, but guaranteed through the first week of september. with exactly 50 democrats in the senate and no republicans supporting his bill, president biden had no room for error. privately he worked the phones, publicly called for swift action. >> all those empty storefronts

aren't just shattered dreams, they're warning lights. >> reporter: republican leader mitch mcconnell commenting on the holdup among democrats. >> what this proves is there's benefits to bipartisanship when you're dealing with an issue of this magnitude. >> reporter: on that proposal to raise the federal minimum wage, all republicans voting no along with eight democrats including arizona's kristen sinema now facing criticism for this exaggerated thumb's down. vermont senator bernie sanders promising to fight that fight another day. both the house and senate bills calling for most americans to receive direct $1,400 payments and extra funding on tax returns for parents. tammy tripler, a single mom in maine with two adult children at home, worries it still will not be enough. >> if we get fuel this week and stay warm and not freeze to death, or do you get food? we're supposed to be one of the best countries in the world, and

we have sunk so far, it's difficult to be proud when there's people hurting, when there's people without. >> reporter: now the drama here overnight reminding the white house that with only 50 democratic votes in the senate, every one of those senators can make or break a deal. democrats want this bill on the president's desk before those unemployment benefits expire march 14th, but the senate bill will still have to be reconciled with a house bill. that house bill included direct checks for more people, whit. >> something we'll be watching over the weekend. maryalice parks on capitol hill, thank you so much. >> we do want to turn now to the state of the pandemic. more than 8.5% of americans, that's nearly 29 million people, are fully vaccinated and 16.7%, 55 million people are partially vaccinated. the daily average number of cases this week is down 6%, but experts warn it's too soon to let down our guards. there are fears several events this weekend could turn into superspreaders. abc's elwyn lopez is in atlanta where one of those events is being held.

elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. no tickets being sold here for the nba all-star game but that's not keeping fans from flocking to atlanta. this city, though, not the only one bracing for those large crowds. local authorities in south florida say this is the first of three peak weekends there. this morning, across the country spring break is in full swing. in south florida officials concerned partying students could spark superspreader events. in ft. lauderdale long lines overnight outside a popular outdoor venue banning out of staters under the age of 23 in an effort to curb the spread of covid-19. >> i think it's a very creative way to try to minimize the amount of patrons that they're going to invite into their space because right now we're still in the midst of covid. if you're under 23 and you're out of state, chances are you're a spring breaker. >> reporter: this weekend all eyes on atlanta. the city hosting the nba all-star weekend closed to the public. but thousands of out of towners

still flocking in for the made for tv game. >> this pandemic has been going on for over a year now. people are tired of staying in the house. it's like all on the internet. there's parties everywhere. man, like celebrities, all of the celebrities are down here. >> reporter: the league trying to keep large groups by gathering by not sanctioning any events. the concern instead turning to what we might see outside the arena at bars and restaurants. data shows covid hospitalizations are the lowest they have been since late october but cases nationwide remain at a high plateau topping more than 60,000 cases a day. this as more states loosen restrictions. arizona rolling back on covid-19 measures while texas and mississippi drop mask mandates altogether. federal health officials saying it's too soon. >> i know the idea of relaxing mask wearing and getting back to everything activities is appeal, but we're not there yet. >> reporter: the race to vaccinate continues to ramp up. already miles long lines turning

out friday from orlando to chicago where 83-year-old jack alberts finally got his shot, now one step closer to seeing his grandchildren. >> i haven't seen my grandchildren in over a year. that's kind of tough. >> reporter: the cdc says guidance for fully vaccinated americans will come soon. eva? >> elwyn lopez for us, thank you. joining us now is dr. john brownstein, abc news contributor and epidemiologist at boston's children's hospital. thanks for being with us. we saw in elwyn's report about possible superspreader events. in addition to that, there's been some criticism this week that people are letting their guard down, whether it's because they've gotten vaccinated or just from sheer exhaustion of this pandemic. are you concerned about another surge, or have we turned the corner here yet? >> good morning, eva. i mean, i think that i'm optimistic, but we just can't let our guard down.

there is data showing that we are plateauing and even increasing in cases across the country. if you look at texas which had that winter storm, people came together. ending mandates is just not data driven with what we're seeing with the numbers and concern of active transmission is not where we were in the summer. so we just can't let our guard down as these vaccines are rolling out so effectively. we still haven't quite covered all the high risk population and still have variants in play. now is not the time to take our foot off the gas. >> you mentioned those states ending the mask mandates. a recent cdc report finds that mask mandates will decrease covid cases and deaths while in-person dining was associated with increased covid cases and deaths. is that an indication that some may be moving too fast to reduce these restrictions?rictions? >> yeah, generally the cdc report reaffirms what we know. right? mask adoption can drive transmission down, and we've seen this. mask mandates that are in play, people start wearing masks, communities actually are able to drive down the risk of covid in their communities.

when indoor dining opens up, there's additional cases. so it's more of a dimmer switch. it's not just about fully re-opening, but how do we start to re-open to adjust what we're doing and then seeing what it looks like in the cases and hospitalizations and not just go full out. i think that what we're seeing also is that mask mandates even if they're gone, people are still willing to wear them. that's one silver lining people are still behind these interventions. >> let's talk about the vaccine. some people are now vaccine shopping. some believing that johnson & johnson's one-dose vaccine is somehow inferior to moderna and how should we be thinking about these vaccines? >> all three of these vaccines are incredibly effective. we really have to avoid comparing them. it's apples and oranges based on when they were tested. we know j&j was tested during the variants during the different time of this pandemic. all these vaccines prevent hospitalizations and deaths. they're incredibly effective. the j&j vaccine has unique

advantages also because it's one shot and because it doesn't require freezing so that could be effective in rural communities or where there's vaccine hesitancy. the bottom line if a vaccine is available, get whichever one is made available. >> dr. brownstein, always good to have you on. thanks for being with us. >> will? pope francis, on day two ofm cleric and visiting an important religious site. abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is in iraq with the details. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, will. that's right. day two of the pope's groundbreaking trip, and i think a meeting many people could have never imagined. undoubtedly the highlight of this visit in terms of the positive messages it sends around this region. this morning, pope francis on a historic pilgrimage to the birthplace of abraham, father of christianity, judaism and islam. it's the first time any pope's been to iraq, and it's a high-risk trip. the country acked by years of

war and sectarian violence that's targeted christians and other minorities. the country still reeling from the terror of isis. earlier this morning fo e holy 46 closed door meeting between the head of the catholic church and one of the most powerful figures in islam, grand ayatollah ali al sistani. unprecedented security surrounding the visit. the popemobile deemed unsafe. francis instead traveling in an armored bmw protected by a huge cordon of heavily armed troops, and it's not just security concerns. covid-19 cases are spiking here. but strict all day curfews ignored by crowds wanting a glimpse of history in the making. on friday francis praying at our lady of salvation cathedral in baghdad where isis suicide bombers killed dozens of worshippers in 2010. isis drove the christians from this town and desecrated this

ancient church, using it as a firing range. archbishop amal was the first t was pushed out. what he filmed at the time is on the left. on the right, what it looks like today. >> the the rebuilding of this church. >> reporter: well, you know, guys, i can't really remember an atmosphere like this in iraq. i mean, of course, this trip can't really change all of the deep underlying problems in the country, but i think for one long weekend at least a really positive mood in iraq. something that really hasn't been seen for decades. whit? >> truly history in the making. ian pannell for us, thank you so much. and there are tensions in the region due to missile attacks on a base with american forces. our martha raddatz spoke to defense secretary lloyd austin about the potential u.s. response in his first broadcast interview since being confirmed. >> reporter: this week we saw a e ten rockets.

do you know who did it and what kind of responses might we expect? >> we want to make sure that, again, we understand who is responsible for this. the message to those that would carry out such an attack is that, you know, expect us to do what's necessary to defend ourselves. we'll strike if we -- if that's what we think we need to do at a time and place of our own choosing. >> has iran been given the message that this is not an escalation when we retaliate? >> i think iran is -- is fully capable of assessing, you know, the strike and our activities, and they'll draw their own conclusions. but what they should draw from this, again, is that we're going to defend our troops, and we're going to -- you know, our response will be thoughtful. it will be appropriate.

>> some truly important topics there. you can see martha's full one on one interview with secretary austin sunday morning on abc's "this week." eva? >> well, the new york state legislature voting to limit governor cuomo's pandemic emergency powers. the move comes as the governor faces scrutiny over reporting of nursing home deaths and allegations of sexual harassment. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest including one of the governor's accusers speaking out. >> reporter: this morning, we're hearing more from one of the women accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of sexual 25-year-old charlotte bennett telling cbs news the governor asked her about her sex life last june while at work. the former aide says she reported the incident to cuomo's chief of staff and chief counsel. she says she w then tran department leaving the administration in november.me la new job, we didn't have to investigate this, and i really did not want it to be investigated. i was terrified. >> reporter: bennett claims the governor told her he was lonely.

>> he wanted a girlfriend. i thought, he's trying to sleep with me. >> reporter: cuomo says bennett misinterpreted him, denying the accusations by bennett and two other women who have also come forward. bennett also says the governor did not take a state-mandated sexual harassment training course in 2019 despite the governor saying he did earlier this week. >> i was there. i heard stephanie say, i can't believe i'm doing this for you and making a joke about the fact that she was completing the training for him. >> reporter: that aide to the governor, stephanie benton, denies that claim. the state attorney general's office is overseeing the investigation into those allegations. cuomo is already under federal investigation for his administration's handling of covid deaths at nursing homes early in the pandemic. "the new york times" and "the wall street journal" both reporting the governor's aides rewrote a report dealing with a number of nursing home deaths that resulted in an undercount.

the governor's office saying they could not confirm that those numbers had been adequately verified. this as the new york state legislature votes to rescind some of cuomo's emergency coronavirus powers that he was granted to handle the covid outbreak in the state. >> if i were governor cuomo, i would still stay visible because he still has to do his job. he has to convince people through the power of stubbornness that nobody is getting rid of him, but i would do fewer news conferences because the likelihood is every news conference is going to be used to bludgeon him. for a change the press is longer being passive, they're being aggressive. >> reporter: i'm stephanie ramos in new york. >> our thanks to stephanie for that. we do want to turn now to the weather. rob marciano, watching some severe flooding in some parts of the country. rob? >> yeah, kentucky had a rough week. whit, as you know, we've been seeing these pictures all week. some of the smaller tributaries filling into the ohio river which has yet to crest.

this is out of louisville, seeing flooding there. just near the river, it's cresting now but will remain high, it looks like, for the next couple of days. sunshine, you see it there, we are seeing very quiet weather pattern albeit cold in the northeast. temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average. look at the windchills this morning. 10 in boston. minus 12 in saranac lake, 2 in binghamton and lake-effect snow showers coming off lake ontario. in the midsection, look at this warm-up. 10 to 20 degrees above normal and then again on monday and tuesday could see record highs, 60s and 70s. chicago, new york, you haven't seen 60 plus since november. so can i get a golf clap there? time for a look at your local forecast good saturday morning. i'm lisa argen. plenty of sunshine and cool and breezy at the coast, but the rain has ended. more sunshine tomorrow, but a rainy pattern returns monday and taking us through wednesday. the highs today from the mid-50s and half moon bay and 58 downtown and 61 in oakland and

61 in san jose. low 60s in the north bay. and the accuweather forecast is a level one a little golf clap for our friend will reeve. the hazing has yet to begin. the morning is young, my friend. >> and 60 plus temperatures. i'm going to write that down, rob. >> i know, me too. >> if you fail to deliver -- >> i'll erase this tape. >> exactly. >> oh, my gosh. now, millions of americans are rushing to get vaccinated and now there's a free app for people who have been vaccinated to prove it. abc's zohreen shah is at l.a.x. where the company behind this vaccine passport might look familiar. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: hey, good morning, will. you know companies like clear with kiosks like this, you go into the faster line here at tsa so keep that concept in mind. what if you're fully vaccinated, well, clear announced yesterday that you could upload your vaccination information onto

their app. now, it's free. they say it's safe and in the future if airports, businesses, sports aenas require proof of a vaccination, you basically upload your vaccination information onto their app right here. it flashes green. it means you're good to go. it's a lot easier than holding up your medical paperwork for example. now, clear has been doing something similar for a few months now with a negative covid test. if you upload your negative test onto their app, same thing happens. flashes green just like this. it means you're good to go. if you're boarding a flight, for example, and you show a negative covid test, it might allow you to skip quarantine in certain places like hawaii, for example. >> which places are going to require people to be fully vaccinated before they can enter? >> reporter: yeah, well, that's the big question right now. i mean, you have states right now that are fully opening up their businesses without environmenting a mask mandate,

without requiring proof of vaccination and we're still far from everyone having access to the vaccination so it's unclear which businesses will require that proof of vaccination and also on top of all this, there are people who have privacy concerns about uploading their information into an app, so still just a lot of questions when it comes to apps like this. guys. >> zohreen, thank you. >> yeah. we'll see. >> there's an app for that. for everything, right? >> yeah, it may bring us back to normal. so that's good news. >> we'll take it. well, coming up, new clips from duchess meghan's interview with oprah winfrey on what she describes as liberating. our royal contributor robert jobson weighs in on meghan markle's latest comments about royal life. plus, new details about the investigation into tiger woods' serious car crash. who was first on the scene? and do you have zoom fatigue? what could be causing it and the tips to fight it. we'll be right back. "good morning america" is

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[ cheers and applause ] welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. that is the st. louis catholic high school lady's basketball team in lake charles, louisiana, celebrating winning the state title last night. our robin roberts and rob marciano were down there in lake charles last october, and robin told the ladies that if they won, she would have them on "gma." so congratulations. >> congratulations. >> to the basketball team. the celebration dance is right up there as well. >> fantastic stuff. we want to look at the other big stories happening right now, the u.s. senate pulling an all-nighter making changes to president biden's nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan. democrats finally reaching a deal on jobless benefits swaying

the party's lone hold-out after an eight-hour stalemate over how high the payment should be and how long they should last. the compromise clearing the way for a final vote. also right now, a massive fire in houston after workers apparently hit a high pressure natural gas line while doing some work. at least seven of those workers have been injured in the fire. some residents in nearby homes evacuated as a precaution. and new details emerging in that horrific crash that has left tiger woods in the hospital. court documents now showing that the golf star was unconscious in that mangled suv after it rolled down the hill, and it was a nearby resident who first found him. by the time the sheriff's deputy made it to the scene, woods is said to have regained consciousness. and we will start this half hour with meghan markle gaining support of her friends and her struggle against buckingham palace coming to her defense as we learn more about why she decided now was the time to speak out. abc's julia macfarlane joins us from outside buckingham palace.

julia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, will. just one day now until oprah's blockbuster interview with harry and meghan, and judging from the latest clips, the duchess is holding very little back. meghan markle claiming in the upcoming interview with oprah winfrey she wasn't at liberty to have this conversation until now. >> so as an adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct, that is different than i think what people imagine it to be, it's really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege in some ways to be able to say yes, i'm ready to talk. >> and to say it for yourself. >> to say it for yourself. >> and not to have to consult with anybody at this point. >> yeah, to just be able to make a choice on your own and be able to speak for yourself. >> reporter: as buckingham palace braces for the

marathon interview tomorrow night, the royal family taking heat for the decision to launch an investigation into claims that palace aides claimed bullying by meghan markle. harry and meghan will not take part in the palace investigation. but senior aides are expected to be questioned. allegations published in "the times of london" from one senior aide claiming the duchess drove two personal assistants out of the household while other unnamed aides accused her of emotional cruelty and humiliation. friends of the duchess outraged leaping to her defense. one tweeting, she is kind, strong, open. that's not a bully. college friend lindsay roth posted, goodwill runs in her bones. >> i think when it comes to the monarchy and britain, you have to remember they are taxpayer funded. they are public servants and there is an expectation that they will be covered in a more critical way. >> reporter: also in the duchess' favor a ruling from britain's high court. "the mail" on sunday ordered to print a front page statement

declaring her victory over its publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. well, according to the interview, harry and meghan have been prevented from having their full say in the past. but many people are asking the question, with prince philip recovering from heart surgery and in the middle of a global pandemic, is now really the best time? eva. >> julia macfarlane for us. joining us now is abc news royal contributor robert jobson. good morning. thanks for being us. meghan also talks about in that interview about not being able to have a personal conversation with oprah alone, as well as how she feels liberated returning to independent life. what's your reaction to that? is that kind of control typical of life in the royal family? >> well, i'm a bit surprised by it. i mean, the reality is, of course, she would have been allowed to have private conversations. if you're talking about doing an interview, you have to remember the british crown is not a part of showbiz world. it's part of the british government. it's part of the democracy, and you wouldn't have the president,

the first lady, the vice president all speaking on the same day giving a major speech and to say that she wasn't given a chance to speak is simply not true. she did a documentary over here with one of the networks and spoke quite freely and also had a platform to speak about all the issues she wants to speak about from women's empowerment to diversity to all sorts of areas. i think -- i was there and witnessed it and watching her do it and got very positive press, so i think this is a little bit rewriting of history and a little bit overdramatic. >> the british high court also made a pretty major ruling requiring "the mail" on sunday to publish meghan's legal victory on its front page. have we ever seen anything like that before? >> yeah, we have. i mean, there have been apologies to the queen and other members of the royal family when the tabloids have got something wrong. but i wouldn't be looking -- i think you might need your glasses to see the size of the apology. i don't think it will be splashed across the front page, particularly when it's the day before and on the eve of this

major interview she's giving about her private life. >> robert jobson for us. thank you so much for being with us this morning. whit? >> a lot of people will be watching it very closely as we head into tomorrow. some major revelations there. all right, let's get a check of the weather with rob marciano and severe weather in some places, but a warm-up that at least some of us could look forward to. >> a lot of people actually that have been hit hard by this winter. it's going to be in response in some ways to what's coming into the west right now, which is a couple of systems and heavy snow across the sierra nevada. some heavy rains in through washington and oregon. could see some minor flooding on the coast, pretty constant up there. high winds also in the sierras as this system comes on board. we could see 6 to 12 inches at some of the higher mountain pass levels and enough to freshen up the ski slopes. be careful if you're driving. this will tilt the scales as far as bringing colder than normal air into the west and then really amplifying this warmth we're seeing -- about to see into parts of the northeast. temps jumping 10 to 20 to 30

degrees in the next few days. look at minneapolis. 60s today but 60s remain in philadelphia and new york city right on through the middle to end part of the week. haven't seen these sin hi, there. a sunny start to saturday and emeryville where we have lots of sunshine and upper 50s here, ant this weather report ere, ant sponsored by nordic track which i saw will using before coming on set. >> yeah. i had one put in my dressing room. >> that's right. >> it was in my rider. >> i thought you were more of an elliptical guy. >> i do it all. >> the gazelle. yeah. >> exactly. that's my jam. anyway, thank you, rob. and coming up on "good morning america," zoom fatigue. how to tell if you have it. you probably do and what to do about it. and the new children's book that author and our colleague

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fatigue. one is that the intimacy level is all off. too much close contact with colleagues. >> so think about going on the subway or going in an elevator. people are forced to violate your personal space and stand very close to you. how do you compensate? you look down or you look at your phone. >> reporter: but he says, there's a fix for that. >> there is a little command call hide self view. in this way others will still get to see your face, but you no longer will have to stare at your face while you're video conferencing. >> reporter: video chats also force us to sit still for long periods of time, and the unblinking eye of the camera forces us to process constant nonverbal cues. >> if you can, turn your camera off every once in a while, stretch, walk around, pace. >> reporter: now the folks at zoom say we're all learning this new way of communicating. and they have some suggestions of their own. they suggest scheduling downtime between meetings, going off camera sometimes and not scheduling meetings back to back. guys?

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release on amazon. linsey, great to have you. >> good to be with my weekend co-anchor. >> exactly. we're neighbors too. you know, the social events have calmed down during the pandemic, but we'll get together soon. my daughter, by the way, same age as your son loves this book, "stay this way forever." >> so good to hear that. >> beautiful words. the illustrations are amazing. tell us what it's about. >> yeah, i think that any parent who has ever felt i want to push the pause button, i wish i could freeze this moment, this playground that childhood is and those moments that you know are fleeting, that you know ultimately are going to slip away, we have a line in there where i say something to the effect of, you know, like footprints made along the shore and flower blooms in may, i try to memorize these before they slip away. i think that essentially you never know when it'll be the last time that they reach to hold your hand or fall asleep in your lap. and parents are all going to get the sense of, i know exactly what you're talking about just holding on to these moments. >> i know when i read to my daughter too, i feel that sense. i just need to take in this moment, sitting with her. you wrote this for a variety of

different reasons. one of them being diversity. >> yeah. this is my third children's book. and all of them have been -- had an emphasis on diversity, having diverse characters in them. half the children in this country are children of color and interestingly this is something we've gotten wrong historically. there was a study in 2018 out of the university of wisconsin that talked about how 27% of children's books have animals in them. and that means that children are more likely to see animals in their children's books than they are children of color. >> interesting. >> and, you know, when you have parents who have been reading books about how to be an anti-racist and trying to make sure that they're embracing diversity, and yet what books are you putting in your children's hands? and that's something that's really important and, there's been a 2,022% increase of parents flocking to the internet to try to raise more empathetic children when it comes to diversity and a lot of times in white homes, especially, the

book collections are not very diverse. >> we talked about parents and we talked about di verty. what about the kids, though, beyond the pretty pictures and the rhymes and everything, what do you hope they take away? >> i hope they come away knowing how much they are loved and cherished and adored, and i hope that it will really serve as an affirmation when parents or grandparents are reading these words to their children to know why also that they are loved. whether it's their laugh or their smile or the pitter-patter before they run into bed in the morning, that they really appreciate just how much they are loved. >> your son, ayden, what does he thy of this when mommy gets to read a book that she wrote to him? >> he stapled some blank papers together and writes books and says, mommy, i write bocks just like you. so it's cute. >> inspiration. he is cute as well. linsey, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. congratulations on the book and we'll see you tomorrow night on "world news tonight." >> i'll be back. >> right back here with our "play of the day." >> i'll be back. >> right back here with our "play of the day." ...little things...

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you can see in the sutra camera, you see where the winds are bringing the cooler temperatures down to the surface. you can see that it is a fewer degrees warmer, but overall today, cooler out there with the breezy winds along the coast, and sunny skies and 60s in oakland and we have several days of rain to come next week. >> thank you for joining

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