good morning, america. missile launch.g two ballistic missiles in violation of the u.n., testing the biden administration. we'll have the latest on north korea this morning. breaking overnight in the race to vaccinate. astrazeneca releasing new information on its vaccine after being accused of touting outdated information as at least 28 states race to expand vaccine eligibility. appointments in some states booking up after only 20 minutes and this as spring break scenes fuel concerns across the country, the cdc director warning americans we have not turned the corner yet. facing justice. the alleged gunman in the boulder massacre due in court this morning facing ten counts of first degree murder. investigators still searching

for a motive. hundreds attending an emotional candlelight vigil for the victims lost in the tragedy as police thwart another potential supermarket shooting, arresting a man in atlanta armed with six guns and wearing body armor. storm on the move. texas getting slammed overnight with this powerful tornado and baseball-sized hail. millions bracing for more severe weather and at lee states at high risk for a major tornado outbreak. ginger in the storm zone tracking the violent twisters and very dangerous situation. new trouble for cuomo. reports that the new york governor prioritized covid testing for his family members and close allies at the beginning of the pandemic when millions were struggling to find available testing. what the governor is saying now. tabloid takedown. meghan and harry's big win in their personal crusade. why the paparazzi agency in the middle of that royal legal battle is declaring bankruptcy.

♪ we got the beat ♪ and comeback at the buzzer. >> time winding down. sweet 16. belongs to the aggies. >> the thriller for texas a&m. superstar jordan nixon's clutch there ika march dns zzer beater. and advancing in the big dance. ♪ we got the beat ♪ >> we got robin this morning. >> robin is feeling good this morning because perhaps that game last night -- >> we were talking about it, t.j. >> love this young lady. if you missed this, you missed what march madness is all about. >> thank you. thank you, sir. >> this was wonderful, one of the best games men or women you will ever seen and that young lady, there she is, winning it at the buzzer. i know this was your line. you were supposed to talk about

it, robin. i was so excited. >> no, you can take it. you can take it. glad that you did, t.j. >> we'll talk more about her and march madness in a bit. we have some breaking news, vaccine news about astrazeneca. we'll get to that in just a few moments. but first, we begi es overnight stepping up tensions with the u.s. and its first real test of the biden administration. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz, you know she is tracking this for us. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is the first time north korea has launched ballistic missiles in a year and it is a clear violation of u.n. security council resolutions and follows the launch of two cruise missiles over the weekend. the two short-range ballistic missiles traveling nearly 300 miles falling into the sea of japan. japan calling the launches a threat to peace and security as they prepare for the olympics. this is the first significant test of the biden administration

after years of the trump administration failing to make any progress in the denuclearization of north korea even after those well publicized summits and it comes after testimony from a top u.s. commander who said north korea has achieved alarming success in its quest to threaten the u.s. homeland with nuclear-armed icbms and they may resume testing of larger missiles, the biden administration says it is committed to diplomacy. t.j. >> thank you for following it. we'll talk to you again soon. now we want to turn to the coronavirus emergency and breaking news overnight, astrazeneca now releasing new numbers about their vaccine trial after being accused of touting outdated information. our whit johnson has the very latest at a mass vaccination site here in new york. whit, good morning. >> reporter: t.j., good morning to you. it's been a bumpy rollout for the astrazeneca vacce inhe u.s. the company called out for not including the most updated information in its recent trial

results but now astrazeneca says those adjustments have been made and it hopes to deliver the fourth vaccine in the u.s. overnight, astrazeneca releasing updated results from its trials showing it was 76% effective overall against symptomatic disease. that number, 3% lower than reported earlier this week. astrazeneca resubmitting its results after being accused of including outdated information. the new data also showing the vaccine remains 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations. the company expected to apply for emergency use authorization within weeks. this as more americans are getting access to vaccines. 29 states and washington, d.c., expanding eligibility to anyone over the age of 16 ahead of president biden's may 1st . in arizona, thousands of new appointments for younger residents booking up in just 20 minutes. >> it's just crazy how much like a little shot can hold so much

power. >> reporter: at least 16 states are seeing cases creep back up in the last week. health officials warning the country has not yet turned the corner. >> we're still hanging out at 55,000 cases a day. and we're watching what's happening as people who are vacationing right now and that concerns me a lot. >> reporter: alarming scenes like these from spring break fueling concern about the rate of spread among younger unvaccinated adults. in michigan, hospitalizations surging more than 600% for people in their 30s. the numbers dramatically lower for seniors, many who have already had their shots. officials saying that underscores the effectiveness of the vaccines. now, back to the astrazeneca vaccine. a number of european countries recently temporarily suspended its use over fears of blood clots but those were extremely rare. european regulators never found evidence that it was the vaccine that caused the clots and ultimately determined that the vaccine is safe and effective.

amy. >> all right, whit, thank you so much. for more now we are joined by dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, thank you for being with us and astrazeneca overnight released some new data after its questionable outdated previous data and in it, yes, the efficacy may have dropped a few points but overall, they say it's 100% effective in preventing severe illness and hospitalizations. what do you make of the new report, and do you think it goes far enough to give people who may have doubts about this actual vaccine feel more comfortable about what it can do for them? >> yes, good morning, and thanks for having me on. you know, this was sloppy communication. 79% in the original, now with 76%, essentially the same results, but they should have done a lot better. there's obviously a lot of scrutiny, everybody is paying attention. my best -- my bottom line still

is that this is a fabulous vaccine, safe and effective, but iwish the company had just done a better job of communicating those results. >> we know vaccinations are up and president biden is reportedly looking to set a new target higher than its initial 100 million shots in 100 days goal. what is a reasonable goal in terms of how many people we can get vaccinated in this country? >> yeah, you know, i thought that hitting the 100 million mark day 58 was great. personally, i think he should come out and say we're going to get 200 million shots in in the first 100 days. i think we can do it. it would require us doing 2.5 million doses a day. we're doing that and could go higher. i want to see an ambitious goal that i think we can achieve 200 million in 100 days is certainly achievable in my mind. >> continuing some positive vaccination news. we heard from dr. anthony fauci saying there is more evidence that suggests these vaccines prevent infection. does that suggest to you the vaccines could also -- would also prevent any type of spread? >> yeah, absolutely. again, we haven't nailed this down completely.

but all the evidence we have, just really, really good evidence now says these vaccines definitely slow down spread. probably 80%, 90%, so that's a really high level of reduction of transmission. one of the reasons why these vaccines are turning out to be i think better than any of us expected. >> dr. jha, we certainly appreciate your expertise and time today. >> thank you. >> robin. now to the very latest on that mass shooting in colorado. overnight, hundreds attending a vigil to remember the ten people killed in that supermarket tragedy. our chief national correspondent matt gutman has more on the investigation. ♪ >> reporter: overnight, hundreds attending a vigil outside the so sorry this has hymns, happened to our beautiful city. >> reporter: 61-year-old kevin

mahoney was grocery shopping that day. his daughter erica posted this photo on twitter from her wedding, writing, i'm so thankful he could walk me down the aisle last summer then tweeting, i am now pregnant. i know he wants me to be strong for his granddaughter. late wednesday, hundreds in a silent salute for the motorcade bearing slain officer eric talley's casket. along this bypass, fire officials and police with a final good-bye as it drove by. this morning, 21-year-old ahmad alissa set to appear in court. first time seen in public seen officers led him out of that supermarket handcuffed and bleeding. that as investigators continue to canvas his neighborhood and pore through his electronic history. his past and any interactions he may have had in the days before the attack. but the motive, still a mystery. according to the arrest affidavit, a family member told investigators that she had seen

the suspect fiddling with a machine gun about two days before the attack. it's unclear whether she was describing any of the weapons actually used in the attack, but authorities say alissa had purchased an ar-style weapon on march 16th, six days before he gunned down ten employees and shoppers at that market. >> we got people down inside king soopers. >> reporter: those are the sounds darcy lopez can't stop hearing. >> now i wake up every night to, you know, gunshots. and i can't sleep. >> reporter: darcy manages the cheese counter and when the shooting started she hit the deck and tried to squeeze herself into a cabinet. >> we were just waiting for a gunman to come around the corner and end it and shoot us. >> what was that moment like seeing that s.w.a.t. officer? >> relief. it's like, i'm not going to die. i'm saved. thank you. >> reporter: that's her in the red jacket being escorted to safety. but co-workers like store manager rikki olds didn't make

it out. >> rikki was truly special to us. she was vibrant. kind of the light of our family. >> reporter: in just a couple of minutes, that suspect will be arraigned at this courthouse. but last night, boulder city council holding a special session and the mayor said he jst spoke to president biden offering his sympathies but committed to try to change the laws that govern the kind of weapons that caused so much trauma and suffering in this community. amy. >> matt, thank you. the country, of course, still reeling from that tragedy, this as police thwart another potential supermarket shooting day as of the boulder massacre. authorities arresting a man in atlanta who was armed with at least five guns wearing body armor in a publix grocery store. a witness saw him enter the store's bathroom and called the police. we want to turn to the crisis at the border.

we're getting a new look inside one of the u.s. facilities as a near record number of migrant children are in u.s. custody. our congressional correspondent rachel scott has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, with the near record number of children in custody at the border, the white house finally allowing a press camera inside the facilities where they are being housed. the access limited. the reporter not allowed to speak to any of the 760 teenage boys sheltering inside. here are the images. children spotted playing soccer. piles of clothes waiting for migrants when they enter. an empty classroom. medical clinics and space set aside for the 108 who tested positive for covid-19 when they arrived but this facility in texas is far different from these image that emerged days earlier. hundreds of miles away in donna, texas, where press are not allowed in, kids packed closely together sleeping on mats with foil blankets separated by plastic. this video from customs and border protection nearly 4,000 here. the facility only meant to hold

250. more than 16,000 migrant children are in custody. crossing the border without a parent or guardian, and with pressure growing on the biden administration, the president tapping vice president kamala harris to take the lead. >> i think the best thing to do is to put someone who when he or she speaks they don't have to wonder about what is that where the president is? when she speaks she speaks for me. >> reporter: both the vice president and the president said they do plan to visit the border at some point but still no date set. >> we know president biden holding his first solo formal press conference of his presidency later today. this is just halfway through his first 100 days in office. what can we expect? >> reporter: yeah, 64 days into his presidency, president joe biden will be holding that first press conference today. it has taken him longer to do this than any of his recent predecessors, no shortage of topics, the pandemic, the

situation at the border and the gun violence. >> all right, rachel scott, thank you so much. you can watch president biden's first full press conference today around 1:15 p.m. eastern right here on abc. t.j. want to turn to some severe weather that's on the move. 18 million americans are on alert this morning after texas got slammed overnight and now parts of the south are bracing for a major tornado outbreak. ginger zee is in the storm zone in birmingham, alabama. good morning, ginger. and we have a high risk again, t.j., 49 confirmed tornadoes last week in the same area. now, these tornado shelters where people were last week, we need them again, unfortunately. this holds up to 895 people. they have four around birmingham. the long track tornado, the one that is violent we expect today and this is the only place you survive. let me take you to what's already happened. image from hamilton, texas, where that tornado was ripping

across the land there and then, big hail. they had baseball size hail in parts of texas. that is moving east quickly and i am concerned for this afternoon and evening, especially in the areas you see highlighted here. nashville's included, memphis, tupelo, fayetteville, all the way down to jackson and tuscaloosa, birmingham, you get it late tonight. another huge day, amy. so we'll track it throughout. >> we know you will. we're going to turn now to that new trouble for new york governor andrew cuomo. when testing was so hard to access for many american, the embattled governor gave special covid testing to his family and people close to his administration. stephanie ramos has more on that. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: hi there, amy. this morning, another accusation hanging over new york governor andrew cuomo's administration. multiple newspapers are reporting that back in march, at the beginning of the pandemic, the governor instructed top health officials to prioritize covid testing for his family members and top associates. according to "the albany times

union," those included his mother and brother, cnn anchor chris cuomo. the test allegedly conducted by top health officials at times in private homes, hundreds of miles from the capitol. those priority tests came at a time when millions of new yorkers were struggling to find available testing. "the times union" says an official within the governor's office claiming the testing was done in good faith in an effort to trace the virus. now, this new accusation comes as the governor faces multiple allegations of inappropriate behavior, cuomo still denies ever touching anyone inappropriately. amy. >> all right, stephanie ramos, thank you. robin. we turn to the women's ncaa tournament. t.j., feel free. the sweet 16 set after some dramatic match-ups on the court. that's texas a&m's jordan nixon with the clutch shot that secured her team's comeback over iowa state. so many tweeting about the moment including gabrielle un did u sewh she posted?

jordan nixon is a problem. nixon saying after the game they trust me to make plays and they trust me to lead the team, win, lose, draw, every person on that bench is behind me. just makes those that much more special. sweet 16 begins saturday. that's what march madness is all about. >> she's done it several times in the past month, but she was in tears afterwards. she was in tears in the interview. >> good tear, happy tears. following a lot of other headlines including meghan and harry's latest win in their crusade against the tabloids. first back to ginger. >> let's get stormy cities sponsored by car max.

good thursday morning i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. we'll have a mixture of sun and clouds. a cooling trend minutes next week will be warmer than average and dry. look at this, mid-50s to mid- 60s, a little bit below average. 30 in the northbound bay. the rest of us in the 40s my stay with us. we'll talk about the mystery in paradise. a woman disappearing after being last seen in the u.s. virgin islands with her boyfriend, this was more than two weeks ago. stay with us folks, on "gma." we'll be right back. t be the bee to ask yourself,

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good morning. it is windy along the coast and parts of the bay also. this is going to spread through the rest of the neighborhood as we go into the afternoon hours. jobina was talking several times that the chp issued some wind advisories on our bridges. we have the extra warmth this weekend. it will be warmest this weekend. reggie? >> mike, thank you. coming up on gma a mystery in paradise a woman vanishes in the u.s. virgin islands more

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also right now, the suspected gunman in the mass shooting at that supermarket in boulder, colorado, making his first urt appearance this morning charged with ten counts of murder as police still search for a motive. amy? robin, as dr. rachel levine, yes, has been confirmed now as assistant secretary in the department of health and human services, she is becoming the first openly transgender person to be confirmed by the senate and the highest ranking openly transgendered government official. congratulations to her, indeed. and we have a lot more ahead including the sign spinner. >> what? >> yes, remember him? we introduced you to him on "play of the day." this morning, he is going to join us live to show off some of his moves. ooh, i like his sign. that is all coming up, t.j. >> looking forward to talking to him. yes, he will show out for us this morning. but first, we want to start with harry and meghan. the latest victory in their battle with the tabloids. the paparazzi company that meghan is suing over a photo of her and archie, well, it's now filing for bankruptcy.

our deborah roberts joins us now with more on this. deb, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. yeah, you might call this a knocut tt b t dand th tabloids. meghan and harry, whichavelt a death blow to splash news. this morning, the tabloids may be rethinking their aggressive efforts to get exclusive photos of big celebrities. meghan markle's ongoing legal battle against splash news, a major blow. the paparazzi giant citing it as one of the main reasons it's filing for bankruptcy saying in part, if the legal action were to be successful, splash would be liable to pay her legal bills which are sizable. having tried unsuccessfully to reach a settlement with the duchess, this places an unacceptable risk to the survival of the business. >> they were doing very well, but the world around them has changed. the magazines have suffered huge

newsstand losses, social media has grown so all of these things are conspiring against them. the meghan markle lawsuit may be the final, you know, nail in the coffin for splash, but i think they were drowning anyway. >> reporter: it's been a year-long legal battle. meghan suing for breach of privacy over photos taken of her and baby archie in vancouver, just the latest chapter in their crusade against the tabloids.ru against the publisher of "the mail on sunday" over publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. a judge ruling her privacy was invaded. after filing that lawsuit in 2019, an emotional meghan sharing her pain in an itv documentary. >> i never thought that this would be easy, but i thought it would be fair, and that's the part that's really hard to reconcile. >> reporter: a recent report for byline investigates also saying that, when meghan and harry started dating, "the sun" hired a private investigator who dug

up details on her personal life, including her social security number. in a statement, this investigative report shows that the predatory practices of days past are still ongoing. reaping irreversible damage for families and relationships. the couple sharing their frustrations with oprah accusing the british tabloids of racist coverage. >> from the beginning of our relationship, they were so attacking and inciting so much racism really, i mean it changed the risk level. >> there will definitely be quiet celebrations going on between the sussexs. they really wanted to create a safer environment to raise their family in the u.s. and being able to eliminate some of the threats of the paparazzi will certainly create that environment that they're looking to build. >> reporter: the issue and the zzi.le extremely personal for ra >> everything that she went through and what happened to her is incredibly raw, every single

dy and that's not me being paranoid, that's just me not wanting a repeat of the past. >> reporter: splash saying in that statement that changing times, including the pandemic and the explosion of social media, may have also hurt it financially. but no doubt this morning that meghan and harry have sent a loud message to the tabloids. amy? >> all right, deb, thank you very much for that. now to that mystery in paradise. a woman last seen in the u.s. virgin islands with her boyfriend more than two weeks ago and then vanishing. her family and friends frantic for information about what may have happened to her. victor oquendo has the very latest. >> reporter: this morning, the mysterious disappearance in paradise, 41-year-old sarm heslop was last seen more than two weeks ago with her boyfriend in the u.s. virgin islands. her friends and family are desperate for answers. >> i mean, there's all sorts of concerns, the time line of things doesn't add up that we've got. >> reporter: according to virgin islands' police, the british woman and 44-year-old american

ryan bane had dinner together on the island on march 7th and returned to his catamaran for the night. around 2:350 a.m. 911 to report her missing when he woke up and she was nowhere to be found. officers instructed bane to contact the u.s. coast guard, which he eventually did later that morning. >> he was advised to call the coast guard, which he did do but not until 11:46 the next -- you know, later that morning. so that's almost nine hours. for me, if you thought she's fallen overboard, then you would have called the coast guard straightaway, or at least i would have. >> reporter: police immediately searched the land nearby but say bane denied requests to search the vessel. though his attorney tells abc news the coast guard came on board and interviewed him adding he handed over her cell phone, ipad and passport which were all left behind and that ryan's thoughts are with sarm and her family at this time and he is praying for her safe return. >> this is my friend sarm. she's been missing now for two weeks. >> reporter: frustrated with the

investigation, heslop's friends created findsarm.com to use every social media platform to post videos and the latest updates on the case, hoping someone will come forward with information. >> it's really difficult. we have to stay focused and the focus is obviously finding sarm. >> reporter: sarm's family says that they are shocked and distraught but they will never give up looking for her. they say they still have hope of finding her safe. >> what friends and family must be going through. victor, thank you for bringing that to us. coming up next, caught on camera. this woman who used a racial slur against a bakery worker after he asked her to put on a mask. mask. he's speaking out about it this back off! you're not welcome here! get out of my face! hpv can cause grows up. get in its way. hpv can affect males and females... and there's no way to predict who will or won't clear the virus. but you can help protect your child by taking a first step. the cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12

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we are back with that video of an incident at a bakery when a new york woman used a racial slur against a young man after she refused to wear a mask in the store. kenneth moton who spoke with that employee and he joins us now with more. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we've seen violent encounters over masks and pandemic fatigue, but this incident reached a whole other despicable level and it was all caught on camera. it's the shocking moment a white woman said this to a black bakeinewk . >>hy? because he's a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the video recorded by a bystander showing the woman denied service by the employee

after refusing to wear a face mask. >> i can't wear a mask, sir. >> why can't you? >> reporter: security attempting to de-escalate the situation but things took a turn when the woman hurled the racial slur. >> ma'am, he's not going to serve you, so please leave. >> why, because he's a [ bleep ]? >> oh, my god. >> that's what he is. >> reporter: the woman doubling down on the racist insult next to children that appeared to be with her. >> you're disgusting and you have a baby here. >> reporter: the man behind the counter, 30-year-old victor kamara is speaking out. >> i was sorry about the situation. i was kind of appalled by it as well. >> for a black person we know that the "n" word has a way of really -- it strikes you like a lightning bolt. did it make you take a step back? >> i was like, why would you call me that? you know what i mean, and especially having kids that are mixed, why would you use those words? >> reporter: kamara says while he was trying to calm the situation, he appreciated those

who stepped in, and in a statment the bakery says, we stand with all our employees and thank victor for handling it with professionalism and grace, adding, anyone who who uses racism and any insensitive language is simply not welcome in our stores. incidents like this caught on camera are all too many. 22-year-old maya ponsetto facing a lawsuit after this back in december. >> that's mine. >> you feel like there's only one iphone made in the world? >> reporter: she falsely accusing a 15-year-old of stealing her cell phone. now, the family is suing the hotel chain and ponsetto for racial profiling. back to that bakery incident, we couldn't reach the woman in the video for comment. i can also report that worker kamara who showed quite the restraint in that video during the incident, he says the business filed that harassment complaint which is under investigation and by the way, kamara's message, peace and love

over hate. >> wins every time. all right, kenneth, thank you so much for that report. it was so good to see how many others there in the bakery came to his defense. >> yep, got it all on camera. so we saw what really happened. >> thanks to him for the message as well. well, coming up here, somebody we introduced you to yesterday, he's coming back. the sign spinner you were flipping out over yesterday, robin, he is our "play of the day." >> you said it would go viral. you said it. you did. >> we are going to make it happen. ♪ ♪ this is my body of proof.

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good morning, america. it's 8 owe clack a.m. breaking overnight north korea launching two ballistic missiles in violation of the u.n. testing the biden administration. we'll have the latest on north korea this morning. race to vaccinate. breaking overnight, astrazeneca releasing new information on iv touting outdated information. as at least 28 states race to expand vaccine eligibility, this as the cdc director warns americans we have not turned the corner yet. taking a stand. >> rapinoe, shot and scores. >> on equal payday soccer superstar megan rapinoe critical of u.s. soccer and the ncaa over gender inequity. >> you just simply have to do better. >> how the world cup champ is

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>> you should be in the commercial break t >> you should be in the commercial break to see these two. >> we have to do some planning. her daughter is baby-sitting my daughter. >> just making sure she was going to sabine's tomorrow. housekeeping. >> good morning, america. great to have you with us. we have a busy thursday outside of our personal lives. robin, we have a big surprise, two visionaries, another one today. >> twin sisters and we cannot wait to introduce you to them. they are coco and breezy. they started an eyewear company and did it with just safety goggles and glue. that's how they started. we have a big huge surprise for them to help make -- take their start-up to the next level. >> but first, we do have a lot of news to get to this morning and we start with that breaking news from overnight. north korea launching two ballistic missiles stepping up tensions with the u.s. in its first real test of the biden administration. so let's go back to our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with more on all

of this. good morning, again, martha. >> reporter: good morning, amy. north korea is really ramping up the pressure. they launched cruise missiles over the weekend but this overnight launch is the first time north korea has launched ballistic missiles in a year and it is a clear violation of u.n. security council resolutions. the two short-range ballistic missiles traveling nearly 300 miles falling into the sea of japan. japan which, of course, is preparing for the olympics calling the launches a threat to peace and security. this is the first significant test of the biden administration after years of the trump administration and those well-publicized summits failing to make any progress in the denuclearization of north korea and it comes after testimony from a top u.s. commander who said north korea's achieved alarming success over the years in its quest to threaten the u.s. homeland with nuclear armed icbms and they may start testing those larger missiles again, amy. >> all right, martha raddatz,

thank you so much. robin. we turn now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency and that breaking vaccine news overnight. astrazeneca now releasing new numbers about their trial after being accused of touting outdated information. let's go back to whit johnson at a mass vaccination site here i new york city. good morning again, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning. after what dr. fauci called an unforced error astrazeneca has updated and then re-released all of the information from its latest trial results. the company now hoping to deliver a fourth vaccine in the u.s. overnight, astrazeneca releasing updated results from its clinical trials. the data showing its vaccine was 76% effective overall against symptomatic disease. that number 3% lower than reported earlier this week. astrazeneca resubmitting its results after being accused of including outdated information. the new data also showing the vaccine remains 100% effective

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♪ welcome back to "gma" on this thursday morning. we're excited, tomorrow on "gma," it's not just friday, we also have sherri shepherd >> that's tomorrow. right now we want to cover our "gma" cover story and the fight for equal pay. u.s. soccer star megan rapinoe critical of u.s. soccer and the ncaa for their treatment of women during her testimony before a congressional committee. will reeve is back with us with more. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. megan rapinoe took her fight all over washington on equal payday including to the white house where president biden said at an event we shouldn't be satisfied until equal payday is no longer even necessary to mention at all.

>> rapinoe's shot, goal! >> reporter: from the field to the hill to the white house, two-time world champion and olympic gold medalist megan rapinoe taking a stand wednesday fighting for equal pay for women. >> we're so often told in this country that if you just work hard and continue to achieve, you will be rewarded. and rewarded fairly. it's the promise of the american dream but that promise is not for everyone. >> reporter: this soccer star testifying on equal payday pushing for fair treatment especially in sports. she and her teammates have been battling with the united states soccer federation over the issue for years. >> with the lack of proper investment, we don't really know the real potential of women sports. what we know is how successful women sports have been in the face of discrimination. >> reporter: rapinoe also sending a message to the ncaa, after this video went viral showing the women's basketball training facilities compared to the men's. >> you just simply have to do better. >> reporter: rapinoe saying it if discrimination can then to

them it can happen to any woman. >> we've sold out our jerseys and yet, despite all of this we're still paid less than our male counterparts. if it can happen to us and it can happen to me, with the brightest lights shining on us at all times, it can and it does happen to every person who is marginalized by gender. >> reporter: in response to that viral video the ncaa did improve the women's weight room setup. now, the president of u.s. soccer said that the organization is committed to finding equal pay and that in the meantime, they, quote, will continue to be a global leader in investing in women's soccer to drive the growth of the women's game across the world. robin. >> all right, will, thank you very much. because if you ask the general public, they could name more women soccer players on the u.s. team than they can with the men. they are far more popular. they're far more successful and everything that megan said is so on point. >> i got chills when she was

talking. good for her. leno.r oly. the late night host and s inthh legitimate wrong." zohreen shah has this story for us. good morning to you, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning. the jokes were insensitive so we are not going to air them but activists say every time leno made jokes about asian-americans he focused on the same stereotype which they say made their group a target. longtime comedian and former "tonight show" host jay leno apologizing for decades of jokes saying, in my heart i knew it was wrong. the asian-american activist group said they demanded leno stop joking that koreans or chinese eat dogs or cats and apologize for nearly two decades. they say he finally apologized last month. now saying at the time i did those jokes, i genuinely thought them to be harmless. >> i think jay realized that, you know, when you do jokes that

are just kind of flippant and callous towards asian-americans it has an impact on how people think of them and documented cases where people have vandalized places, attacked people saying, do you eat dog? >> reporter: leno's apology comes at a time when asian-americans have increasingly been targeted with racist attacks that blame them for the virus. the group stop aapi hate reported 3800 accounts of racism and discrimination in the last year. just last week, an atlanta mass shooter killed eight people, six were asian-americans. leno said he was shocked and saddened by what was happening to the asian-american community and said i would be deeply hurt and ashamed if somehow my words did anything to incite this violence. leno's apology coinciding with a major reckoning in the asian-american community. >> people are being very angry now. they feel like they've been betrayed and played by the rules by fellow americans so there's been a real awakening of asian-americans and what it

means to be asian in this country. >> reporter: activists say that leno is not stopping with the apology and says he wants to help with the healing process and they have a big announcement coming up in the next few weeks. t.j. >> we shall see if he follows up with some actions, zohreen shah, thank you as always. now to "gma investigates" and shopping through ads on social media. this morning, we're unlocking the mystery behind some of those products you see pop up on your feeds. they look really amazing. they're very tempting but are they all they promise to be? becky worley checked it out. i've been guilty of clicking on it. >> i understand, amy. i think they are so tempting but the better business bureau has issued warnings about some of these products advertised in social feeds. now, we're not talking about big companies or well-known brands but online boutiques promising a lot at relatively low prices. "gma" ordering from ten different websites assessing the quality with five independent

reviewers, tracking them over time and the results, a real warning for shoppers. this facebook ad for a rainbow-covered bedspread caught this woman's eye. she ordered a queen blanket set and four pillowcases. plus -- another one for her friend. >> i spent over $120. >> reporter: this is what she says she got. >> the pictures on the website, they did not match up with what i received at all. what i did receive was a throw blanket and i also received a small decorative pillowcase that does not fit a bed pillow. >> you might see something that looks terrific. sometimes it'll look great in the ad and look terrible once you get it. >> reporter: to see for rsvewe d ten social media ads, some from our own feeds, others from sites with complaints filed with the better business bureau about not receiving what was paid for. including a bed set from funny dressing, the same company she ordered from.

i notice when i'm scrolling through my feeds and i see an ad for a product i'm a little bit more relaxed, it's like a friend is promoting it. i kind of let down my guard. >> these ads, think about it when you used to go to the store often, this impulse buying, things would be right in front of the cash register. these are designed to do the same thing. >> reporter: we started with security expert teresa peyton analyzing the sites we ordered from looking up the company names on the website icann.org. it will look for a creation date, to see how long a site has been up. peyton says a newly registered name is a possible red flag. something she noticed with funny dressing. what did you see? >> it wasn't registered until october of 2020, right before the holiday shopping season. the website says they're a paris based establishment. that they're family owned and that they've been around for over ten years. that does not match with their website presence. >> reporter: and the quality, we sent the blanket to jackie reeve a bedding expert from the site

wirecutter. >> they haven't used enough material to fill it in. it is not warm at all. and it just looks cheap. >> reporter: the total cost for this blanket including shipping almost $70. >> i wouldn't pay 20 and we tested $20 blankets that are significantly nicer than this one. >> reporter: of the ten products we sent our reviewers they gave a thumb's down on nine of them. >> i feel like it's a lot for a very tiny thing. >> what came in the mail was not a product that was on the site. >> reporter: and even more telling, a third of the websites we ordered from just three months ago no longer exist online. the lesson is clear -- >> watch out where you shop. >> reporter: "gma" reached out to the company where kyla bought her bedding. they did not comment. but good news, kyla got her money back on that purchase because she used a credit card and then she disputed the charge. our security experts say that's the safest way to buy online, but watch your statements for fraudulent charges and watch

your email as they warn malware and phishing scams can come from these purchases too, amy. >> it's so scary out there and apparently a big fraud area is toys and specifically legos and you have a great example of it. >> reporter: yeah, we ordered a lego set from one site. but here's what we received. they sent these raybans, nothing else. the official lego site warning about knockoffs but even i can tell these glasses are not official legos. another toy product we looked at, we got this $18 plush doll and when we questioned the company fluffy plush company, what are they called? fluffy flushco we got the most epic company statement of all time. i'm going to read it in its entirety. quote, lol-noob, end quote. that's it. >> so adding insult to injury. making fun of you for being basically newbie or

inexperienced and laughing at you. >> i think so, but that goes down in the history books. i'm definitely going to be careful about buying on social. >> so am i. thank you, becky. becky is back with a look at buying clothes through social ads. out to ginger now. hey, ginger. >> hey there, amy. here in birmingham fire and rescue have opened this tornado shelter for us. all open at 10:00 a.m. they won't need them until later afternoon and evening and the timing of these storms. we have a big day ahead of us today, again here in the south, we could see long track tornadoes. we could see violent tornadoes and the timing of that is going to be for that high risk and moderate risk you see red and orange -- red and kind of fuchsia but a big area with the damaging wind and hail threat too. look at that. that's 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the western side so northern mississippi, western tennessee, but here decatur to birmingham, that's more like that late afternoon through the evening, just before midnight things should move on to the east.

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good morning. winds have been the big story along the peninsula. that's going to spread through the rest of our neighborhoods as we head to the afternoon and evening hours. watch out for windy bridges, small craft advisory. those are your biggest issues during the commute. check out the air qualities. it's going to be good to moderate with super warm fingerprints coming at us this weekend. i checked records in the low 80s. we're going to get close sunday if we reach 80 inland.

mid-70s at the bay. today is our coolest day. no rain in the forecast. >> thank you, mike. we'll have another abc 7 news ♪ i live ♪ ♪ i learned ♪ ♪ held on god knows too long ♪ ♪ wasted time ♪ ♪ lost tears ♪ welcome back to "gma.".".". release of her six new songs she wrote in 2008 but never recorded. all part of her from the vault series. we have an exclusive sneak peek

of the song. take a listen. ♪ god knows too long ♪ ♪ wasted time, lost tears ♪ ♪ swore i would get out of here ♪ ♪ no amount of freedom gets you clear ♪ ♪ still got you all over me ♪ >> she always has the catchy songs. you can hear the full version when it debuts at midnight. maybe i'll be doing it tomorrow morning. >> great forloo tlo les rno ot a special guest now, marvel fans will love this. sebastian stan starring as one-half of the "the falcon and the winter soldier" on displus and the show, you can call it popular but record-breaking. debuted with the highest streaming numbers on the platform ever.

sebastian stan, there he is. >> hello. >> you're the man, now. it's got to feel good. how does it feel to have a record-breaking streaming show that everybody is loving? >> look, it's a relief. you know, we didn't screw it up yet. so that's good. >> you sound a lot like anthony mackie when he was here last week who of course plays the falcon. we'll play a little clip of an upcoming episode of you two in action going up against the enemy without a plan. here it is. >> enjoy your ride, buck. >> you can't call me that. >> why not? that's what steve called you. >> steve knew me longer and steve had a plan. >> 15 seconds to drop. >> i have a plan. >> really? what is it? >> so anthony mackie has described your relationship like starsky and hutch but i believe you say it's more accurately

described as tuner -- i can't talk -- turner and hooch. who is more accurate and which one of you is which? >> well, you know, i think there's -- yeah, our relationship is that clip. we never have a plan. you know, and we are -- there's a beast in both of us so i guess we switch those roles up. >> we keep talking anthony was here and we always ask our guests sometimes if we know a co-star is coming on what should we ask your co-star when they come on and this is what he told us. >> that's hard, man. he's such a boring person. he does absolutely nothing. ask him why is he so boring. ask him what his hobbies are. how about that? ask him what his hobbies are. >> sebastian, why are you so boring and what are your hobbies? >> the reason -- the reason i'm so boring is because half the time i have to listen to him talk, so he actually never -- he talks so much that i never get a

word in. so he never knows anything about me, you know. >> all right, well, it is your turn to get a word with. wyatt rustle, the new captain america coming to "good morning america" friday morning. what should we ask him? >> how is he sleeping at night? >> ooh. >> that's a good question. how is he going to sleep at night? >> is there a back story with that? >> oh, well, he might get -- he might give you a good answer about that but i guess it's -- i'm more curious how he's handling being in the mcu and coming into it all, just sort of new for him. but he's really, really great in the show and excited for people to see what he does. >> people are wondering about you playing perhaps a young luke skywalker. i know we're going from marvel to disney and to "star wars" and even mark hamill, luke skywalker himself, has tweeted his support. >> well, if mark hamill calls me

personally to tell me that he feels inclined to share this role with me, then i'll believe it. until then i won't believe it. >> you never know. i got to say, you're one of our most laid back guests literally. you are just laid back. >> like physically laid back. >> that's because i'm just trying to keep the lighting in my position. >> it's always about the lighting. >> it's so much more fun, you know, to be there with you guys in person. so hopefully soon. >> thank you, sebastian. >> hopefully soon. you never told us what your hobbies are. we just assume it's playing with lightsabers. good to see you, my man. >> thank you. thank you so much for having me. >> we'll see you down the road. watch new episodes of "the falcon and the winter soldier" on disney plus every friday. stay with us. coming up, the nurse dancing into the hearts of patients across the country. it's our good morning, sunsh

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♪ ♪ good morning ♪ good morning, sunshine. good morning, sunshine. >> good morning. >> love having you both here this week. >> we love being here with you. >> thank you so much. we are celebrating people who go out of their way to make our day. people like nurse ana wilkinson who has been dancing into the hearts of patients across the country to lift their spirits. steve osunsami, we love this series. good morning to you, sir.

>> reporter: good morning to you, robin. throughout this pandemic hospitals across this country have had to scramble to meet nursing shortages. so this morning we celebrate a nurse who has helped hospitals meet that need and even spent some of her vacation saving lives. ♪ >> reporter: she's a nurse on a mission traveling around the ountry to hospitals that need her help. ♪ oh, i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> reporter: known coast to coast as the dancing nurse in the ppe with the slick moves and the healing heart. >> i'm not a j.lo. i'm not a beyonce. i'm an ana. >> reporter: and this morning she's saying -- >> good morning, sunshine. ♪ >> reporter: ana wilkinson is an emergency trauma nurse whose home is in san diego and lives by the idea that a smile is really good medicine. >> i think people just saw me dancing in my patient's room and

then people started videotaping me. ♪ >> i mean, obviously i have amazing dance moves. ♪ i said ooh ♪ >> reporter: from kids in texas to covid patients in manhattan. ♪ >> reporter: she brings light to dark moments. 31-year-old eric says she was the sunshine he needed to recover from a double lung transplant after cystic fibrosis. >> i was like kind of down. i had just gotten in. she came in and she just started dancing up a storm and totally changed my mood around for that evening and i think it makes a massive difference and couldn't thank her enough for it. >> reporter: but sometimes even the healer needs healing. she fought to stay positive in the middle of so much suffering. >> i don't keep track of people i lost. i keep track of people i helped. >> reporter: then in december she too got sick with covid-19. but as soon as she recovered the dancing nurse two-stepped right

back into the field to hel this time in san angelo, texas and just three weeks later came that snowstorm for the record books. she was working in the e.r. and both the hospital and her hotel had no clean running water for nearly a week. and she's powering through all of this with a firefighter husband and two young children at home in california. >> it is rough. you know, you want to be at home. you want to be home with your family and have that hug. >> oh, yay. >> i can also give that attention to my patients. they don't have anyone, and i can be their person. >> reporter: but there's no place like home. after seven weeks on the road, ana returned home early to surprise her family. >> my husband and my kids do not know that i'm home. >> oh! >> hi.o to y traveling nurse who is saving

the world with your famous moves you're our good morning, sunshine. ♪ >> reporter: while she was away she missed mother's day, birthdays and even the day her son lost his first tooth. take a look. this is the picture that she was sent from home. it's as cute as can be. as she says, a smile changes everything and her son is certainly smiling this morning with what teeth he has left. [ laughter ] >> well put, stevo. thank you. this brings you joy, doesn't it, doing these stories? >> reporter: it does. it does. i love them. they're my favorite, absolutely. >> keep them coming. keep them coming. i teared up there when she went home to see that homecoming. thank you, steve, so much. we see the weather that steve is going through there in atlanta. and, ginger, you're out there in the storm zone for us, good morning, again. >> reporter: yeah, just west here, new orleans to cincinnati

is really who has to be on the lookout and we have been focused in that decatur, alabama, kind of the columbus, mississippi, that's where the violent tornadoes are possible. you got to watch your local meteorologists. i was with james span here in birmingham, the king. i was actually his intern 21 years ago. so we got to take this photo. it was just a great reminder these are the people doing the real work in those moments in crunch time. you need two ways to get a warning, the noaa weather radio and a warning on your phone. good morning. i'm abc7 news news meteorologist mike nicco, a few ling perring clouds this morning but increasing clouds and coming up we've got a little bit of a surprise for two boss .

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♪ ♪ we are back now on "gma" an history month with some incredible boss women breaking barriers in the business world. >> who are we listening to right now? >> mary j. come on now. >> that's right. >> nothing gets you moving like mary j. >> i know, i know. this morning, we're going to get you moving again. we got twin sisters on a mission to open doors for others as they build their own company making just le re if i'm to say what is our eye frame, it's a statement piece on your face. >> you have all these different angular shapes that is very breezy. >> reporter: coco and breezy dotson the visionary founders behind their own eyewear brand. >> these are one of my favorite pairs i've designed to date. >> reporter: from day one the twin sisters have paved their own path.

>> growing up in minnesota, we were all eclectic, always expressed our style and people didn't understand us. so we started wearing sunglasses as an accessory and it was our way to block ourselves away from people bullying us. >> reporter: their protective lenses turned armor and sparking an idea. >> we were buying safety goggles and gluing studs and spikes on these glasses and walking down the streets of new york. people wanted to buy the frames and that really inspired us to say, hey, we need to actually start a brand. >> reporter: in 2009 the founders turned their vision into reality. >> our number one thing, never get too comfortable with our ideas and always give ourselves the space to pivot. >> the one big moment that changed our lives is when we got the opportunity to create the third eyeglasses for prince. >> he was so supportive and inspired us so much. >> reporter: their innovative frames sold in 400 optical stores across the country. their thriving business fueled by their motto, visibility

matters. >> most of the stores we're in, we are one of the only black, hispanic, women founded eyewear companies and believe it is our job and our duty to show representation and continue to create the space and create the lane. >> reporter: the founders fighting for representation on the store shelves and in the boardroom. recently breaking into the world of venture capital. >> there's just a massive gap between how productive and prolific black female business owners are relative to the access to resources and capital they receive. >> we really believe we're compting the next biggest we're really excited to get the capital to scale this business and really grow. >> here now, coco and breezy dotson. founders of coco and breezy eyewear. good morning, ladies. good morning. >> good morning. >> oh, my goodness, you guys, this is something else. you know what, i don't have to tell you, it is not usual to see

someone who looks like you in the space that you are now. owning and really making your presence felt. just tell us a little bit more about your mission and your motto, breezy. >> yes, so within the eyewear company it's a very white male dominated industry and so -- a lot of stores we're in over 400 stores we were the first black owned and latina owned companies in a lot of these shops. and so what our goal is that we don't mind being the first to pave the way, we don't want to be the only. so we give a time a lot to other black and brown people that want to design eyewear and create a company and give them time to educate them to do that. >> you seem to be doing well and have grown and being in 400 stores and got a partnership with nordstrom but want to take it to a next level. when people hear you're doing so wll what does it take fundingwise to take it to the next level? >> we've been boot strapping

since day one. we recently got a small amount of capital through a business accelerator called txo but now we are planning to raise our first seed money in early spring, summer. one of our biggest goals, there's actually one bc, reign ventures. we want them to lead and they are black women so our biggest goal have our cap table filled with all black women or at least have the majority of our table filled with all black women. >> wow. that is powerful. reign ventures. well, it just so happens we know some people that you know so we're going to bring in now two incredible dynamic women, monique and erica. they are the founders of reign ventures and they have a little something that they'd like to share. pso, monique, i'll let ye honors. >> oh, my goodness, good morning. thank you, everyone. coco and breezy, you are just such an amazing company.

we founded reign ventures because we know that there is a huge opportunity in the market to invest in exceptionally talented but underrepresented founders. and for the last three years we've been watching your company and supporting you and we just know that you have a uniquely talented team and an amazing market opportunity and that you will -- not maybe but you will be the leading fashion forward technology driven eyewear brand and we just want to say a special announcement for you today. >> yeah, so we're so excited to announce that reign ventures has decided to make a $500,000 investment into coco and breezy and that we would love to be the lead investors for your upcoming free seed round.w! >> we could not be more excited. >> i'm gong to cry. i'll mess my makeup up. >> we heard wow and i'm going to

cry. coco and breezy, tell us what this money will do for your company. >> well, we're super excited because we've been doing this on bootstrap. so we haven't really spent any money on marketing. so we're super to finally put money into digital marketi marketing, get more eyes to know about us and bring on some more experts to really help us scale our company. >> monique, you've known them for a few years and have been -- you served as somewhat mentors. we're just meeting them there. i know you invest in an idea but it's clear you might be investing in a couple of brilliant people here, as well. >> from the moment i met them, i knew that not only did we want to financially invest in them, but they're just amazing human bein beings. it is our obligation to find founders of this who are conscious capital -- who care about inclusivity and just again just amazing human beings and so we love coco and breezy and they truly represent what founders

should represent. >> well, monique and erica, we love you for what you are doing for coco and breezy and for -- and beyond. representation is so key and as they said they don't want to be the only, and thanks to you they will not be. they will not be. we feel that. so thank you for sharing and bringing that to "gma." appreciate it. [ applause ] >> congratulations. how wonderful. >> wonderful all the way around. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be right back. ah, the first apartment. minimum decor. maximum entertainment. they've got a flex 4k streaming box included with their internet. and with disney plus on the way, they'll get the best of the best. where'd you guys get this couch? found it on the street. oh...

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for2346r being a surrogate can be deeply exclusve ago. she gave birth and is still caring for the baby now almost a year later as covid travel restrictions prevent the biological parents from coming back to the u.s. tomorrow she tells her story on abc's good morning, sunshine and coco and breezy, we're ready to tackle the day. thankful thursday. happy friday eve, y'all. thanks for being with us. whoo. needed that. s. whoo. needed that.

good morning everyone. i'm from abc 7 morning. the district is going to work with genetic testing company color to offer coronavirus tests for schools that reopened. this will start april 5th and the test is optional. if you're going to spend time outside, watch out for winds and the pollen they're going to be blowing around. look at this 21 to 35. tree pollen going to be high through the weekend, so is uv index. also the grass pollen. look what breezes are doing to temperatures. up to 8 degrees cooler yesterday, mid to upper 50s along the coast. the rest of us in the 60s. today is our coolest day. temperatures above average. time for live with

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