good morning, america. spring break state of emergency. [ sirens ] overnight, more chaos on miami beach. a wild weekend of mostly maskless people packing the streets. police shooting pepper balls to disperse the crowd, setting off a stampede. more than a thousand people arrested there since the start of spring break. the city's mayor is going to join us with growing fears over how partiers could spread covid. breaking news in the race to vaccinate. the oxford-astrazeneca data finally released saying it's 100% effective against covid hospitalization, but will the u.s. get this potential for the shot? jen ashton joins us with the latest. on the front lines at the border.

the record number of unaccompanied minors in custody. our cecilia vega is there. >> is there anything that's going to stop this? >> telling their stories of fleeing violence, poverty and disaster as the biden administration comes under fire. the major basketball backlash at the women's ncaa tournament. >> i got something to show y'all. this is our weight room. let me show y'all the men's weight room. >> outrage over what's being called blatant inequality. the hotel rooms, the food, and even the covid tests. how the ncaa is responding. elephant encounter. a father carrying his 2-year-old into an elephant enclosure at the san diego zoo, and escaping, dropping his child. the dad now arrested. why he did it. also this morning, major cruise lines announcing plans to set sail again. their new rules about vaccination. this morning, how to navigate the big return to travel.

and just like a dream. >> the upset makers are history makers. >> the bracket busters turning march madness upside down. oral roberts, only the second 15th seed in history to make the sweet 16, and the unstoppable women to watch. >> behind the back. >> the freshman superstars stealing the show on sunday. >> another fairytale ride is under way. >> as college basketball's big dance heats up. loyola chicago sailing to victory with a prayer from sister jean on the sidelines. we certainly do say good morning, america. hope everybody had a restful weekend. great to have you two here. it is not 1:00. it is not -- no. it is 7:00 a.m. sister jean. >> she's back. >> on the sidelines. >> sister jean is back. the ramblers are doing it again. yes, they are making another improbable run in the tournament this year, but the scene, look

at this. oral roberts university in tulsa. look at this. this after they pulled off a huge, historic upset celebrating an improbable win. now that's only the second time a 15 seed has made it to the sweet 16. their run is going to end, because they have to play arkansas. >> i was going to say, arkansas. >> how are you going to fit that in? >> congrats, oral roberts for getting this far. >> okay. game on. we're going to begin though with the covid crisis and the race to vaccinate america. oxford-astrazeneca just released its u.s. data. we'll break down what that means for us at home. this as 81 million americans have now received at least one dose. that's more than 31% of all adults. >> but more than a dozen states have seen an increase in their case average over the last week, and miami has the highest positivity rate of any large metro area over the last week, robin.

>> in a moment, we're going to hear from the mayor of miami beach where police have clashed with partygoers, but first, victor oquendo is there with the latest. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. from ocean drive, this is the heart of miami beach entertainment district. where the mayor says things have gotten out of control. we were here last night watching police do their best trying to disperse these large crowds. this city is just desperate to get a handle on the situation. it was another chaotic night on miami beach. >> the city of miami beach is currently under a state of emergency. >> reporter: the city extending a state of emergency sunday after throngs of mostly maskless crowds descended into the entertainment district over the weekend.g on cars, and dancing on cars, drinking in the streets, defying an 8:00 p.m. curfew issued saturday. >> you are commanded to immediately and peacefully dispersed. >> reporter: protesting against it, police swooping in, shooting pepper balls into the crowd. the stampede of partygoers fleeing ocean drive. some people trampled.

city officials holding an emergency meeting sunday sunday the entertainment district until mid extending the 8:00 p.m. curfew until mid-april. we are past curfew. there are thousands of people out, but police are doing their best to clear out these crowds. city leaders say this is not your typical spring break crowd, but rather travelers from all over the world who are flocking to florida to let loose in a state that is open and warm. >> these are individuals coming into the city to engage in lawlessness, and an anything goes party attitude. >> reporter: authorities say more than a thousand people have been arrested since the beginning of spring break, and 51% of them are not florida residents. this woman was born in miami beach and says she has never seen anything like this. how does this stack up to spring breaks in the past? >> it's wilder. >> reporter: in the continued

fight against covid, medical experts warn scenes like this are a potential recipe for disease transfer transmission. last week, miami had the highest test positivity rate of large metro areas in the u.s. >> i'm worried that right now, especially with this very contagious uk variant spreading in florida, what we're going to see is people get infected, pick up the infection from each other and then spread it across the country and possibly around the world. >> reporter: florida actually leads the nation with the most cases of the highly contagious uk and brazilian variants, but unfortunately for most of the people who came here looking to party, covid is an afterthought. amy? >> victor, thank you. for more now, we are joined by miami beach mayor dan gelber. mayor, thanks for being with us. we have seen the videos. we've seen the images of those massive maskless street parties, no one's social distancing. no one's following any covid guidelines frankly. i know that you have said that you are having trouble sleeping at night because of all of this. can you describe the situation, and what worries you the most?

>> well, it's become a very dangerous mix of multiple challenges. we have -- we're the only real destination that seems like open across the country, so tens of thousands of people are flocking here and they're obviously not wearing masks or exercising any of the things you would expect them to, but there's also, you know, gun play in some of the crowds that's very hard to imagine. so it feels like a tinder, really, something that our city can't accept or embrace. >> mayor, what do you need? what would you like to see happen? do you feel like you're being backed up in any way by other state leaders trying to get a handle on this situation? >> well, first of all, let me say that, you know, local -- local governments nearby have been sending us police to help, and of course, we don't want to be in a position where we're arresting our way out of this, but that's really the only thing we have. i have asked the governor for help, and he has sent us additional highway patrol to help, you know, with our streets

and with our arteries which are getting all sorts of gridlock, but it's just a very unmanageable situation, and our city commission and our city leaders are really -- like me, are very concerned. they're not sleeping at night either, and we're worried what's going to happen in the evening. we're trying to get a handle on and we tr it, and we're only doing it through policing and a curfew, and shutting down our causeways coming into our city in the evening, but that's just a temporary stop. hopefully, it will calm down in a few weeks when other places open up and this pandemic really gets into the rearview mirror where it is not now. >> it certainly isn't, and the numbers are reflecting that right now. miami's positivity rate reached 9% last week. of course, there are big concerns about a surge that will follow these few weeks of dealing with spring breakers and people coming from out of town? what would you say to anyone who is coming to visit miami beach or your area over the next several weeks? >> look, we have 7 1/2 miles of beautiful beaches and the district where this is happening

is a very limited area of our city, but if you are coming here because you think anything goes and the rules don't apply and there's no virus, you're wrong, and we would expect you to follow the rules, and if you really act out in ways that are criminal, we have a lot of police out there. we're going to arrest you, and nobody wants that, but it'll happen, so please vacation responsibly. >> we know you have been extremely busy, and will continu to be so. we appreciate your time today. mayor dan gelber, thank you. i want to turn now to more on the fight against the virus and that breaking news in the race to vaccinate. oxford-astrazeneca releasing data from their u.s. trial. saying it's 79% effective against symptomatic covid-19, and 100% effective against hospitalization.against hospitalization. now, the dr. ashton joins us now with the potential fourth shot we can get, so what do we make of it? >> t.j., as we have been saying from the beginning, different data endpoints will have

different numbers and people shouldn't necessarily get bogged down in the number that they hear in a headline. it's really the deep dive that's important. when you hear 100% effective against preventing hospitalizations, that's a big deal. that's going to save lives. that's going to help the population where this vaccine is given, but remember. how things play out in other countries, in other parts of the world, important, but we do things differently here, and to get fda authorization, fda approval, that is considered the global gold standard. so we have to look at the data under a microscope, and there are still a lot of gaps and unanswered questions in terms of this particular vaccine. >> okay, those questions, and you mentioned other countries, dr. ashton. some countries stopped using this vaccine because of concerns about blood clots. so, now, with this new report out about this trial, is that going to boost confidence globally about it? >> well, only time will tell, t.j. i mean, right now they're saying

they have seen zero significant severe side effects in clinical trials when we have been following the clotting issue concerns in europe and other countries. we have to remember that concept of background events. people will have clots, heart attacks, strokes in the general population every single day. some of those will occur in people who have just gotten the vaccine because we're seeing more and more people get vaccinated. it's only if those events go up above the background rate that there's a safety signal and right now there's been no evidence of that, but we will be looking at that very, very closely. >> and president biden has already said there will be enough vaccine for everyone here in the u.s., every adult. that's with the three vaccines we have approved. this is a fourth. is this new data really going to make a difference if we get a fourth one in the pipeline? >> t.j., some people are saying no, because if it gets authorization here in the u.s. by the time that that goes through, we may already have, in fact, we are projected to

already have enough vaccines for every single adult in the u.s. so there are still a lot of unanswered questions here that we'll be following in the future. >> of course, dr. ashton. thank you so much. i'll see you on tv later. robin. >> t.j., thank you. now to the crisis at the border. a record of unaccompanied minors now in custody of the u.s. border patrol. the administration struggling to deal with biggest surge in migrants trying to cross the border in some 20 years. our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is there at the border in texas. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, robin, good morning to you. the biden administration, they moved quickly to overturn many of trump's hardline immigration policies, but critics say they did that without having a plan in place. here on the southern border, authorities say they've never seen anything like it. >> this is a fresh track right here, this one. maybe those are from yesterday, but this is happening.

this is happening right now. >> reporter: i'm out with deputies from texas. typically they encounter about 30 migrants a day, but now -- >> now we're getting 30 within 30 minutes. >> wow. >> reporter: the surge fueled in part, by children arriving without their parents. this morning, more than 15,000 unaccompanied minors are in federal custody. and abc news has learned a number of them held for more than ten days in facilities not meant for kids has skyrocketed. pieces of their stories left all along these dusty roads. little kids' jeans. i mean, this is -- >> yes. this is -- >> a baby's clothes. 2-year-old, 3-year-old? >> reporter: and just a few feet away -- it's a baby carrier. >> how they get this far is beyond me. i picture my own son, my own daughter. they wouldn't make it. >> reporter: the youngest

they've seen, a-month-old baby boy traveling with a person who was not a parent. at night scenes like this. a mother and a young son taken into border patrol custody. the migrants are fleeing central america, horrible conditions made even worse by recent hurricanes. this father says he heard president biden is giving opportunities to people like him and his young son, and he says, we thank him frm the bottom of our hearts. north of the border, the deputies take me to a popular arrival spot called the corner, right on the edge of the rio grande. so this is a river. the raft pulls up right here. this is the first foot on u.s. soil. is there anything that's going to stop this? >> i don't know what they have to do, but it needs to stop. there's got to be a better way. >> reporter: president biden says he will take a trip to the border at some point in the future. facilities housing kids, we're

seeing more than 800 kids, in these facilities being held there for ten days or more. we have asked repeatedly to see what's happening, journalists denied by this administration over and over again. >> and cecilia, again, what was it like for you to be out there as you were with the patrol? >> reporter: yeah, it's hard, robin. you see the bottles everywhere, you see signs of children traveling by themselves. families trying to come here for a better life and you see how hard it hits these deputies. it's sad all around. >> all right. thanks so much for being here, cecilia. amy? >> all right, robin. turning now to march madness and the bracket-busting upsets. loyola chicago ousting illinois from the ncaa tournament sending sister jean's favorite team to the sweet 16. will reeve has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, march madness busting brackets with upset -- >> another fairytale ride is

under way for loyola chicago. >> reporter: after upset. >> it's over. how sweet it is for syracuse. >> reporter: after upset. >> oh, this is march. oral roberts, what a run so far. >> reporter: oral roberts becoming only the second 15 seed team in ncaa history to ever make it to the sweet 16. knocking out the florida gators. >> the upset makers are history makers. >> reporter: number one seed illinois, the biggest giant to fall at the hands of eighth seed loyola chicago. the ramblers powered by divine inspiration if not intervention, sister jean, the team chaplain said in a special prayer before tip-off, we hope to score early in the game and make our opponents nervous. the star center who was there for their 2018 cinderella run to the final four, now back as a senior. >> it's just a great moment, something that i'll remember forever. just that moment of just your teammates embracing you after a hard-fought win and having fun with it.

>> reporter: also wreaking havoc on brackets, 11th seed syracuse west taking down three seed west virginia. now no perfect brackets left in any of the major online pools. >> you're going to like this young lady because she's got a little flavor, a little flair, and i think the passing is picking back u. >> reporter: the women's tournament also getting under way in san antonio with some major blowouts. baylor nearly doubling their opponent jackson state's score 101-52. all four top seeds taking care of business in a series of supercharged sunday showdowns. sister jean only has her team advancing to the elite eight. kind of a tough look for them. if oral roberts wins one more game, they'll make history as the lowest seed ever to make it to the elite eight, and there's a lot more action today for the men's and women's, and here is my bracket. >> that is happening a lot. we're going to have a lot more on march madness.

the outcry about the unequal treatment about the women's teams in the tournament. that's in our next half hour. but coming up also, we have a lot of headlines, including when the major cruise lines plan to set sail again with new vaccine rules in place. and then that incredibly close call. what happened when a father brought his 2-year-old daughter inside an elephant enclosure. but first, let's go to ginger. >> i'll get you to the select cities sponsored by allstate.

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also, defense secretary lloyd austin made a surprise visit to afghanistan on sunday meeting with that country's president and the top u.s. commander. at the top of the agenda, will the u.s. meet that deadline to withdraw troops by may 1st? and take a look. this eruption, a volcano in iceland after being dormant more than 6,000 years. molten lava pouring down the side, and it went a mile and a half from the nearest road, so evacuations will likely not be necessary. >> likely not be necessary. i would stay on the safe side. >> you have to be far away, right? >> it's fagradalsfjall, the name of the volcano. >> i was going to ask, can you pronounce it? yes, you can. congratulations. we have a lot more coming up this half hour including the zoo incident caught on camera. >> this is something. >> have you seen it? this is -- it's hard to imagine what was going through this person's mind, but this father

bringing his 2-year-old inside that elephant enclosure. that dad under arrest now. outrage. we'll get into this. this is the other thing we were talking about today. vast differences between the men's and women's tournaments in the weight room to the covid tests. that's coming up. a couple of shockers in both cases of those stories. >> those pictures don't lie. that's for sure. we'll start with the outpouring of support for asian-americans following that murder spree in atlanta that left eight people, including six asian women dead. rallies from coast to coast calling for an end to violence against asians. steve osunsami is live in atlanta for us with the latest on all of this. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. because of what happened here, people are calling for new laws to protect asian-americans from hate crimes. >> they were mothers. they were workers. they were leaving children behind. >> reporter: in georgia and across the country, people are marching in support of asian-americans after the

murders of six asian women at three different locations in the atlanta metro area. >> i'm tired of seeing my elders on the floor. i'm tired of seeing them attacked. i'm tired of watching in the streets and being spat at in imitation chinese. >> reporter: the people in the streets are fed up with racist americans who blame all asians for the pandemic. >> asian lives matter. >> reporter: and they say it was racism against asians that led this accused murderer to three different asian businesses where six of the eight people he's accused of killing were asian women. investigators say that robert aaron long told them he had a sex addiction and went shooting at young's asian massage parlor, and the two 24-hour spas in atlanta to try to stop the temptation. >> this is a 21-year-old white male who chose as his first victim, a business that was called young's asian massage. if his only problem was sex addiction, then he could have

had his choice in those 27 miles of any place that he could have gone to. >> reporter: as the families in atlanta prepare for funerals, they're telling the stories of the loved ones they lost. huynh jung grant was the single mother of two grown sons. one son writing, losing her has put a new lens on my eyes on the amount of hate that exists in our world. this 21-year-old who's in custody this morning was an active member of a southern baptist church here that has put out a statement condemning the killings. at their sunday services, they read the names of the victims and voted to kick this accused murderer out of their church. t.j.? >> all right, steve osunsami for us this morning, thank you so much. we want to turn now to the comeback for cruises as the travel industry slowly gets back into the swing of things. how cruise lines are getting ready to set sail again with a catch.

all passengers over 18 will have to be fully vaccinated. our transportation correspondent gio benitez with us in new york. gio ready to set sail. >> reporter: that's right, t.j. good morning to you. listen, the cruise industry has been shut down for over a year now after those covid outbreaks, but starting in june that's about to change just as travel bookings are soaring. this morning, new hope for travelers who want scenes like these to come back. royal caribbean and celebrity cruises with the big news, both announcing they plan to start sailing again in june, but not from the u.s. royal caribbean from the bahamas, celebrity from st. maarten, with bookings opening up this week. the celebrity ceo speaking with me over the weekend. in your case, every single passenger and crew member must be vaccinated? >> every guest and our crew must be vaccinated if they're 18 or older and for children, they will be required to have a

negative pcr test within 72 hours of their cruise as well. >> reporter: they're still working out the exact covid protocols for june, but expect enhanced cleaning procedures, and redesigned filtration. just as we see a major spike in traveler. on average, more than a million travelers a day for over two weeks now, and bookings are soaring, and then there's a new trend. some countries like iceland now requiring full covid vaccinations for international travelers to avoid quarantine, and australian airline qantas is making vaccinations mandatory potentially for international travel. >> they're anticipating there will be a lot of privileged afforded to folks who have been vaccinated that might be denied folks who have not been vaccinated, at least for the next, you know, 6, 8, 10, 12 months. >> reporter: now, u.s. airlines are pushing for a digital vaccine passport right on your phone so that travelers can skip

any quarantine restrictions, but they do not want vaccines to be mandatory for all airline passengers. guys, back to you. >> all right, gio, we'll see you. now to college basketball fans and beyond. calling foul after this video posted on tiktok by an athlete participating in the women's ncaa tournament. many were outraged to see the difference in the workout facilities given to the men's and women's teams during march madness. there is so much more to this story, and eva pilgrim is with us now. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know this. women have long been fighting for equity in sports. basic things like uniforms, training facilities and equipment in sports, but in these pictures, everyone can now see the difference is glaring. this morning, following a major backlash and calls of blatant inequality -- >> guess what, guys? we got a weight room, yeah. >> reporter: the ncaa upgrading the weight room for the student athletes at the women's march madness tournament.

the weight room installed after university of oregon forward sedona prince posted a tiktok video that went viral. >> this is our weight room. let me show y'all the men's weight room. >> reporter: that video viewed now more than 7 million times igniting instant criticism. stanford coach ara vanderveer saying, this cannot be business as usual. going on to write, women athletes and coaches are done waiting not just for upgrades of a weight room, but for equity in every facet of room. south carolina coach dawn staley says the disparities are glaring. >> no, we shouldn't be happy with just getting the bare minimum. if the men got a tournament off and they're rolling out the red carpet for them, then that's our expectation. >> reporter: the ncaa responding. >> i care about women's basketball and women in sport. we fell short this year. >> reporter: but it's not just

the weight room. the covid tests different for the men's tournament. the more accurate pcr test. at the women's, antigen tests. the ncaa saying both were equally effective models, and another major complaint, the food. this video getting nearly 4 million views. >> looks like we got some kind of meat here. >> reporter: the ncaa says it immediately addressed the issues with the hotels and spoke with teams about finding more flexible food options. another complaint, a quick look at the official march madness twitter account, the bio reads, the official ncaa march madness destination for all things division 1 ncaa men's basketball. no mention of the women's tournament. and south carolina coach dawn staley tweeting this blistering statement, quote, how do we explain that to our players? how can an organization that claims to care about all member institutions' student-athlete

experiences have a copyrighted term that only represents one gender? and robin, i want you to know, i checked the official march madness twitter again this morning. the bio is still the same. no mention of the 64 women's team participating in this tournament. >> so they still have not changed it, even after what dawn put out there, and people now knowing that. eva, thank you so much. i played college ball in the '80s. you would think after all of this time, and it's so blatant. >> right. >> but the reaction from people, it was heartwarming to see people reacting. not just athletes and not just fans of the sport, but just saying, because sport is a microcosm of society. >> yes, exactly. i was going to ask you, if maybe you felt like maybe there's going to be some change because of the reaction, that it is so different this time. >> we're going to ask christine brennan about that in our next hour. >> looking forward to that. >> you set me up. >> perfect.

>> that was a great assist. >> thank you. all right. coming up next, the incredibly close call caught on camera. take a look at this father bringing his 2-year-old daughter inside an elephant enclosure at a zoo. we'll be right back.

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enters an elephant enclosure at the san diego zoo. the elephant charging as the man scrambles to get to safety, and for a moment, dropping the child. before making his way over a second fence. >> we were standing right there yelling, dude, what are you doing? get out of there. get the baby out. >> a 2-year-old juvenile was taken into the elephant enclosure by a male who climbed over the fence, under the rope. >> reporter: the 25-year-old arrested.of child endangerment, police he was trying to take jose manuel navarrete o take allegedly telling police he was trying to take a picture. the enclosure houses african and asian elephants and the man despite multiple barriers purposely and illegally trespassed into the habitat. >> that elephant displayed a remarkable amount of patience, and the only reason why that man was not killed or significantly

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>> the city of miami beach is currently under a state of emergency. >> reporter: overnight, miami beach in a state of emergency, after throngs of mostly maskless crowds descended into the entertainment district over the weekend, dancing on cars, in the streets defying an 8:00 p.m. curfew issued saturday. >> you are commanded to immediately and peacefully disperse. >> reporter: police swooping in, shooting pepper balls into the crowd. a stampede of partygoers fleeing ocean drive, some even trampled. in the continued fight against covid, medical experts warn scenes like this are a potential recipe for disaster for disease transmission. abc news learning last week mami had the highest test positivity rate of large metro areas in the u.s. earlier this morning, amy robach spoke to miami beach mayor dan gelber about the crowds in his city. >> miami's positivity rate reached 9% last week. of course, there are big concerns about a surge that will follow these few weeks that you are dealing with spring breakers and people coming from out of

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a lot to share with you. we're going to begin with the road to the oscars. the writers' guild award, the writers' guild of america i should say they held their annual award ceremony. the top screen writer went to that woman, emerald for "promising young woman." if you haven't seen it, you should. best adapted screenplay went to sacha baron cohen and his team for "borat." the academy awards will be held sunday, april 25th. where? right here on abc. and right now, a very happy birthday to legendary "star trek" actor, william shatner. if you can imagine it, captain kirk is 90 years young today. shatner's career dates back 70 years to "the twilight zone." he won our hearts in the '60s

and his emmy award-winning role on "boston legal," i love that show. shatner taking to twitter to reveal, he's starting the celebration early. he said, i'm celebrating my australian birthday today, adding everybody needs to have a piece of cake on their birthday, and any excuse to have two days of cake is okay in my book. a man after my own heart. happy birthday, mr. shatner. remember that pretty blue and white bowl somebody bought at a connecticut yard sale for $35 only to find out it was from the ming dynasty dating back to the 14th century? well, they decided to sell it. we reported that the bowl was given an auction estimate of $500,000. well, it sold last week in an iportant chinese art auction for a different number. that number? $722,000. yep. six inches big, and the

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robin, you know it. please adopt, don't shop. living proof right here. what a pleasure it can be. >> it's a gift that just keeps on giving, that riva. thank you, lara. >> oh, yeah. >> lara, thank you so much. we want to turn now to our "gma" cover story, and that news out of buckingham palace. what they're trying to do after the allegations of racism from meghan markle and prince harry. now the royal family thinking of hiring someone to deal with issues of diversity and inclusion. james longman has the latest from the palace. james, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. plans to hire someone to be responsible for diversity at the palace have apparently been around for some time, but that bombshell interview with harry and meghan now seems to have charged up the process. this morning, a diversity drive at the palace. the queen considering hiring someone specifically to make working for the monarchy more inclusive. >> the institution of the monarchy is a very white,

middle or upper class workplace. mostly people of public service or military backgrounds. >> reporter: a royal source acknowledging to abc news that more needs to be done in terms of representation, adding that diversity is an issue taken very seriously across the royal households, meaning prince charles and camilla and katherine are all seeking more diverse teams. it comes with the full support of the family. this new push said to have started before the interview harry and meghan gave to oprah winfrey in which the family was said to have made racist remarks. >> talked about archie's skin tone. what was that conversation? >> that conversation i'm never going to share, but at the time -- at the time it was awkward. i was a bit shocked. >> reporter: harry later clarified that it wasn't the queen or her husband prince philip who made the comments. the palace responding to these

claims saying, the issues raised, particularly that of race are concerning. adding, while some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. soon after prince william publicly defended his family responding to an off the cuff question from a reporter. >> can you just let me know is the royal family a racist family, sir? >> very much not a racist family. >> some might say they had the perfect opportunity to modernize with the introduction of the duchess of sussex, but now that that has passed, they want to try to work on it internally. >> reporter: the interview brought up all sorts of questions about a place for the monarchy in the 21st century. the palace will say it's doing its best to keep up, but critics ask, will anything they ever do be enough? >> we shall see. thank you. robin. okay, t.j. we turn now to more on that major basketball backlash over the drastic differences between the men's and women's ncaa tournaments. from the weight rooms to the

food, even the different covid testing protocols. abc news contributor and "usa today" columnist christine brennan joins us today. on the controversy. always good to see you, christine, and i hope people had a chance to read your latest column about this. the disparities are glaring. it's 2021. we're talking about it still, but is it different this time, christine, do you think? >> it is, robin. it's great to be with you, and yes. these women have a voice. they are confident. they are comfortable. they are glad to speak out. these are the young women we raised, the girl next door, daughter, granddaughter, and your niece, and we've watched them learn life lessons and they, of course, have a platform. they have social media. 20, 25 years ago this could have fallen on deaf ears. now they're able to get our

attention and the nation is listening, and the nation cares. this is reverberating around the nation, and reaching into the fabric of our country. what do we want for the daughters and girls and women who play sports in this country? >> so the big question, what's next? what happens next? >> well, sure. there's a couple of options. certainly there can be lawsuits, and this as we've already seen, the great title ix attorney said over the last six months, there have been dozens of lawsuits filed by women student athletes against their universities for intentional sex discrimination. also university presidents, robin, they could take care of this today if they wanted to. they could mandate changes. that's certainly something they could do, and another option would be congress. frankly, it's a little surprising that a member of congress or senator hasn't already jumped into the ring and offered some kind of bill and put forward some kind of proposal because this would be one of those things you would think everybody would want to be around. this is so popular right now. >> tara vanderveer was calling on the universities and

presidents. dawn stahly going after the head there. people want to know about title ix, and there's a reason why it doesn't play a bigger role, and you have that explanation. >> exactly. title ix is all about federally funded universities. so you cannot discrimination against women and girls in sports if you are taking federal -- if you're federally funded and you get federal dollars. that's basically every university in the country. the difference is you can't sue the ncaa, robin. these women cannot do that, because the ncaa is not federally funded and therein lies the difference. >> but isn't it -- isn't it splitting hairs a little bit? >> oh, it certainly -- yeah. it certainly is. i mean, you and i have been talking about this for what? 30, 35 years? i think this is that kind of watershed moment frankly where everyone is riveted and we have the nation's attention, and it could be time to add.

yes, why you can't sue the ncaa when universities are member institutions of the ncaa, that's a good question. that's why i go back to the university presidents. they are a huge part of the ncaa, and they could take care of this today. it's a matter of funding, but our girls and women deserve more than they're getting. >> they are. they're not asking for more, but they're asking for the same. they're speaking out as are you. always good to see you, christine. thank you for your inside perspective. >> you too. thank you. now let's get back to ginger. ginger? >> thank you. thank you, robin, and how about we bring you to denver where they have had 2 to 4 inches of snow and upwards of a foot in parts of colorado. utah has almost two feet of snow. another big storm. denver is actually catching up on their annual. they have had about half their snowfall just this month. but that same storm has the potential to do severe storms ahead of it. anywhere from ft. sill down to wichita falls, and you saw salt lake city, the icy roads.

but look at this, abilene, to dallas, and have your weather awareness, and get your weather radios on. when you get that warning, you have to head to shelter. you see this move east this c1 good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. i am tracking a cold front with breezy condition today, temperatures close to average. faster winds tuesday and wednesday. how about some 70s to near 80 this weekend. it is possible away from the coast. now the coast in the mid- to upper 60s. upper 60s to low 70s inland. tonight most of us fall back into the 40s. my accuweather seven-day forecast fastest winds tuesda ♪orecast fastest winds tuesda it is time now for a special monday edition of "deals & steals," and this morning, it is all about self-care for spring with products starting at just $1. so point your cell phone camera at that qr code on your screen

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♪ so i took a second and i said me too ♪ welcome back to "gma." that is a look at tiktok sensation addison rae's music video "obsessed." the song is out now, and people are definitely obsessed with it. it has more than 8 million views and counting on youtube, and it was just released three days ago. >> just three days ago, and 8 million and counting. >> yeah. and we are continuing our open for business series with one small business, cookies, paper, petals. managed to really blossom during the pandemic. erielle reshef -- it all makes sense, she joins us with much more on this. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning, robin. cookie always wanted to open her own shop for her vibrant paper

flowers and not even the pandemic could stop her. now her business is blooming. >> my grandmother nicknamed me cookie the day i was born, and the nickname stuck. >> reporter: at cookies, paper petals, blooms are a family affair for the owner, anastasia jackson. >> i'm the first paper flower shop on the east coast. i make about 70 to 80 flowers a day. they're forever. you don't have to water them. it's definitely a great keepsake. >> reporter: she began making the flowers in 2017 as a hobby when she was homebound recovering from a hip injury and mourning the loss of her beloved grandmother, but it quickly evolved into a passion project that made money. the mom of two connected with customers through social media. >> people gained interest in the flowers i was making and wanted me to make them flowers for their special occasions. home birthday parties, wedding bouquets and small flowers for shadow boxes. the number one event that i sell on really quickly are for baby showers.

they can reuse those same flowers for the nursery. >> reporter: in early 2020 she was set to open her first storefront, but the world hit pause. >> once the pandemic hit, i was very discouraged. so i really got to the drawing table, and i tried to think of new ways to keep my business going. >> reporter: to stay afloat, anastasia got creative, hosting online classes, paired with at home kits crafters could purchase. >> i would send out the materials and supplies to each participant, and they would zoom call with their friends or family members and have a craft night and they would make their paper flower together. >> reporter: her shop finally opened in august, and business is thriving. her husband and two daughters even jumping in to help. anastasia has wise words for entrepreneurs just starting out. >> i strongly advise them to actually just journal and write down any ideas that you can think of, and definitely research. checking out the division of small business because they have

tons of resources out there to help guide you and to get in your marketing strategy together. >> reporter: now the 33-year-old is able to define success on her own terms and cherishes the friendships that have sprouted along the way, filling up her life bouquet. >> i'm so excited to get up every morning to see whose life i can change or whose life i can, you know, inspire or just put a smile on somebody's face. it's just a really great feeling. >> reporter: don't we all want that feeling? now cookie is paying it forward, sharing her creative inspiration through free virtual classes for women in africa. robin, she hopes this can help them build their own budding businesses as well. robin. >> hey, erielle, thank you so much for sharing that story. and, boy, you know, to make that pivot like that when there's uncertainty, that means there are endless possibilities. >> that's right. >> and she found them, and she is sharing. i love that story.

coming up, martin freeman and daisy haggard, the stars of "breeders," the comedy series i think all parents can relate to. they're going to join us live when we come back. oin us

♪ welcome back, everyone. we have two amazing guests joining us right now. they are the stars of "breeders." it's a comedy series that's been called a dark and honest look at parenting. martin freeman and daisy haggard.

both joining us. thank you for being with us. daisy, i understand it's your birthday today. happy birthday. >> thank you. it is. >> how are you celebrating? >> not very interestingly. probably just sitting at home with my children like we have been for the last few months. >> just another pandemic birthday. yes, we have all had them now, at this point, and some of us are going into the second round. this is an honest look at parenting with a comedic twist, i know you are both parents. daisy, i understand during this pandemic, you were so willing to i guess entertain your children that you got remarried to your husband? >> we did, under the watchful eye of my 6-year-old. >> how did that go? >> it was -- it was a disaster. i had to die a few times and then be kissed back to life. >> wow. very dramatic, indeed. martin, your kids are a bit older, but i understand they're asking for royalties now on the show. explain how that has come about. >> well, their argument is that "breeders" wouldn't exist

without them because it was, you know, the idea came from me actually from a dream about them, and so, yeah, they're onto it now. i think they're speaking to their lawyers right now. it's become less of a joke each time they mention it. the first time i was able to laugh it off and now they're actually lawyering up. it's less funny now. >> i'm still laughing. at least they're your kids and not mine. let's take a look at a clip from "breeders." >> if we give them labels then you've got limitations you can't do anything about, and he might stop trying. >> you have to leave him to tough it out on his own. like sending him to a young offenders institute. >> i'm not saying that, paul. i'm not saying that. that woman from "annie" -- >> you are a bit. >> should we just give the kids up for adoption and go live in portugal? >> now this show came out during the pandemic. daisy, why do you think it hit

such a chord with so many parents out there? >> i think it's just a very refreshing take on parenthood, and it shows the darker sides which i think we're all quite grateful to see especially. >> being able to laugh at something collectively we're all going through, and these are all issues that every parent deals with day in and day out, and got to say, martin, cannot let you go without asking about "black panther 2." anything you can share? >> i actually had a zoom call with ryan kugler, the director over the weekend, and he was able to take me through the film pretty much, and what my character was going to be doing, and what everybody else was going to be doing. it was very exciting, yeah. >> but i'm guessing you're not going to take us through what he took you through. >> if you have a spare hour and a half, then i'm happy to. >> well, we're very much looking forward to it. martin freeman, daisy haggard, thank you both for being with us. i want to let everyone know

season two of "breeders" premieres at 10:00 p.m. tonight on fk and it's available the next day on fx hulu. now let's head over to ginger. >> thank you so much, amy. it is a monday here, and so we are turning now to something very important. how tech is creating a better world. it is world water day, and this segment is sponsored by ibm. they are committed to fighting climate change with the call for code. it's a global challenge that uses big ideas and breakthrough technology to improve lives. watch this. in the aftermath of hurricane maria in 2017, communication in devastated puerto rico was severed. >> you can imagine during an event like a category 5 hurricane, infrastructure, electricity, communications is offline. >> reporter: brian knauss is the co-founder and ceo of project owl. it is revolutionary technology that he says could save lives. >> we developed these little iot devices called ducks that we can deploy in clusters in a

community. it provides a very simple and easy way to transmit basic information about your situation and communicate with first responders. where you are, what kind of challenges. do you immediate medical help or food or water? >> project owl. >> reporter: this groundbreaking work honored as the winner of the 2018 call for code global challenge. it was created by david clark cause and supported by founding partner and our sponsor, ibm. >> call for code is a callout to the 24 million developers. basically problem solvers around the world to utilize ibm technologies and our partner technologies to solve some of the most pressing societal issues that we face globally. >> reporter: tackling issues like natural disasters, racial injustice and the covid-19 pandemic, and for this year? >> in 2021 we're using the call for code platform to go after the challenges that we have around climate change. i'm really excited to see what ideas and opportunities come

from this community. >> reporter: but it's not just a competition for ideas. top developers receive the backing of ibm to implement their tech for good. team members on the ground in puerto rico with project owl in 2019 as they conducted their first successful large-scale field test. >> i'm a hurricane katrina survivor. i'm from new orleans. i know what it's like to be forgotten. i never want anyone else to feel like that. that's why being here in puerto rico and doing all this work means so much to me. >> reporter: and now they have dozens of permanent devices on the island ready to be used if disaster strikes again. >> we provided the code that runs all of our devices online for free. any person in the world can use it for themselves. we can't stop most of these events from happening, but what we can do is empower people with technology so that they're ready when these challenges inevitably do occur. >> you know i love that. all right. call for code 2021 launches right now. you can just go to "gma's" twitter to enter that challenge, and then you can learn how you

can make a huge difference in %fo good monday morning. i'm meteorologist ncaa we turn now to a fascinating new look inside the white house. lady bird johnson kept mostly unheard audio diaries from her time in washington, and now those diaries are being released in a new podcast called "in plain sight." >> it is my high honor and great pleasure to present to you our charming and gracious first lady, mrs. johnson. >> reporter: america may remember lady bird johnson as the first lady who cared deeply for the environment, but that perception barely scratches the surface of who lyndon b.'s closest adviser actually was. >> lady bird johnson is a great example of the difference between perception and reality.

the reality is that she is a powerhouse. >> reporter: julia, author of "hiding in plain sight" unearthed 123 hours of mostly unheard audio of lady bird during her time in the white house. now part of a new abc podcast. >> i am no authority. just an interested and enthusiastic citizen. >> reporter: the diary told in her own words began with a grim but harrowing portrait of jackie kennedy the day after the assassination of jfk. >> mrs. kennedy's dress was stained blood, that immaculate woman. >> her instinct to regard -- record, keep a record of not just for today but for history is in her bones, and she realizes that the opportunity that she comes into through this incredible tragedy is one that she has to preserve. >> reporter: the series documents her front row seat to some of the most notable events of the '60s. >> she had a very, very

important political partnership with lyndon johnson that she helped directly shape his presidency. that influence that she exercised is one that we feel today. >> in plain sight: lady bird johnson" is available on apple podcast, spotify and all major podcast platforms. you can subscribe wherever you listen. we want to turn now to a very special announcement. amy and her husband have a very special announcement. i set it up that way. explain. >> we have some extra time on our hands during the pandemic. this is actually something we have been talking about for a long time. andrew shue, my husband and i have a new children's picture book coming out this fall. it's called "better together," and it's a story literally about finding common ground and accepting and appreciating each other's differences. so we can't wait for everyone to meet the squirrely family and the mcmusk -- mcmunk family.

they have to move into an oak tree together to get through a big thunderstorm, and they decide they're better together. we brought our families together, and we love our blended family. we actually told them stories about the animals in our house to make them feel like blood isn't necessarily what makes a family. it's what love -- love makes a family, and so we wanted to share this book with you and yours. "better together" will be available everywhere books are sold september 28th, and we hope it gives people who don't have traditional families a book to share with their kids so they can feel like what family is isn't necessarily what we were brought up to believe. it's about love. >> you two have been -- we have had a front row seat to you both. >> thank you. >> you and andrew, and just how you have done it all. you want to share it with others. >> we do. they were 3 to 13 when we came together. now they're 14 to 24, and so far, so good. >> what a beautiful family. >> thanks. "better together."

>> the mcsquirrelies -- >> yes. coming up, justin bieber with his new hit "hold on." ♪ not too far away ♪ "gma's" tech pioneers is sponsored by ibm, founding partners of call for code.

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fo good morning. i'm reggie aqui. tourism is san francisco may not be back to prepandemic levels for three years. it could be as late as 2024 before tourism returns for what it used to be. they are optimistic as the city open es more sectors and people are getting vaccinated. by the look of florida, maybe that is too optimistic or not enough. who knows. your activity plan today, a little breezy, windy around the bay and out at the coast. temperatures close to average if not warmer to nearly 70 in concord. a little windy tomorrow and wednesday. then look at that warmth this weekend reggie. >> mike, thank you. time for live with kelly and

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