good morning, america. breaking overnight, deadly tornado outbreak. >> holy cow! >> at least 23 reported twisters touching down across the south. 17 ripping through alabama alone tearing through towns, tearing off roof after roof, flattening home after home. first responders rushing into the wreckage to the rescue. this morning the new danger on the move. ginger is live in the storm zone tracking it all. totally unacceptable. the border crisis taking center stage as president biden faces tough questions during his first news conference. vowing to fix the situation at those overcrowded facilities with a near record of 16,000 kids now in u.s. custody. and his harsh message to those seeking to change voting laws. >> what i'm worried about is how un-american this whole initiative is.

it's sick. kids and vaccines. pfizer takes a critical step testing its vaccine on children younger than 12. this as cases climb in at least 20 states across the country and police in miami beach try to control spring breakers. dr. jha joins us live. good samaritan speaks out after stopping a man allegedly armed with multiple guns and body armor in an atlanta grocery store. >> i looked into the stall deliberately and was like, okay, that's an ar. >> this just days after that deadly supermarket rampage in colorado. the suspect now moved to an undisclosed location because of threats. roblox alert. this morning what parents need to know about the popular gaming system. how some kids are secretly spending money with bullies pushing them to pay up. ♪ i want to break free ♪ ship out of luck. the billion dollar a day canal catastrophe. one of the largest container

ships on earth, nearly the size of the empire state building, causing a major maritime traffic jam. this morning the race is on to break the massive boat free. and good morning, america. great to be with you on this friday and we are happy to have weekend "good morning america" anchor -- >> it's good to be in the house. >> -- here on a friday. whit johnson, thank you. >> talking about breaking free, singing that song in the studio, they're not singing it in the suez canal. that massive ship stuck there costing billions of dollars every day. hundreds of other ships waiting to get through, an incredible story. much more coming up. we do need to start with tornadoes tearing through the south. take a look. new images we're getting of the destruction in noonan, georgia, from overnight, twisters ripping apart so many homes there. >> at least five people killed in the outbreak as a state of emergency was declared in hard-hit alabama.

ginger is there in birmingham tracking the very latest for us. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: amy, more than 100 severe storm reports. this house collapsed. we talked to those people after they got back to the hospital. thankfully they are okay, and okay in this neighborhood was the case, and that is so good because it wasn't for so many others where their lives were changed or lost. these tornadoes slicing across the hills of alabama. >> holy cow! >> reporter: leaving horrifying scenes like this. a drone capturing homes flattened in calhoun county. right after that tornado, you can see first responders rushing to save just one of the many victims. roofs stripped from home after home. at least 17 reported tornadoes torturing alabama. >> you can understand this is a dangerous situation and the weather service in birmingham is now calling this a tornado emergency. >> reporter: one of the strongest cutting through birmingham's south side. we were there just minutes after.

these are those raw moments where we show up and this tornado just went through. the fire and police just got the folks that were in this home out. they are alive. they went to the hospital. but there are homes with their roofs off. there are homes collapsed and this is just one of the neighborhoods that was impacted. transformers igniting. >> you can feel the heat. >> reporter: leaving thousands without power. ashby baptist church gutted. walls collapsing. the pulpit still standing but the steeple coming down with other parts of the roof. small airplanes tossed at bibb county airport. the mayor said he believes the airport is a total loss. this was where a front door was of the home that is collapsed. the couple, mary rose and larry dearmin, were right there under the collapse. they were trapped. their neighbors brought those ladders. they climbed out. they were injured, went to the hospital but not badly enough to not return and we met with them moments ago, and they

actually -- mary rose found her purse in all of this. fresh from the hospital the couple telling us their story. >> roaring. the house started shaking and then everything caved in on us. >> reporter: the dearmins finding hope in that debris that was just hours before their longtime home. i know you feel like those are those things that you really need. >> just for necessity purposes. other than that, that's it. that's the purse. >> reporter: overnight in georgia a possible tornado just 35 miles southwest of atlanta. trees slamming onto cars, power lines strewn through the street, homes with significant damage. mary rose and larry told me they were in their basement because they knew the tornado was coming. they knew it was going to be a big day, and look at this. the national weather service releasing this, and the storm that hit their home was 1,000 miles long. we have another tornado threat coming at us. western tennessee, parts of

northern mississippi all the way into north georgia need to be on alert. that is tomorrow night, late for a lot of folks. it's coming again. whit? >> an incredible scene of destruction there, ginger, we'll check back with you in a few minutes. we move to washington and president biden holding his first formal news conference since taking office facing tough questions from the crisis at the border to gun violence and how to respond to republicans trying to block his agenda. chief white house correspondent cecilia vega was in the room with many questions. cecilia, the president making news on a range of issues. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, hi, whit. good morning. he certainly did. 64 days into his presidency this press conference finally happened. it took president biden longer than 15 of his past predecessors over the last 100 years to do this. this morning, the president facing mounting pressure to address the urgent situation at the southern border. immigration dominating his first news conference. some 17,000 kids now in u.s. custody, a near record.

a number that is only expected to climb. the president bristling over a question about those severely overcrowded facilities. the customs and border protection facility in donna, texas -- i was there -- is at 1,556% capacity. >> yep. >> with mostly unaccompanied minors. there are kids sleeping on floors. they are packed into these pods. is what's happening inside acceptable to you? >> is that a serious question, right? is it acceptable to me? come on. that's why we're going to be moving a thousand of those kids out quickly. that is totally unacceptable. >> reporter: though he blamed his predecessor for the deteriorating situation, he stood firm on unaccompanied minors like this 9-year-old. you have family in the united states? we met him just after he crossed the rio grande after that long journey from honduras without is your messaging in saying that these children are and will be allowed to stay in this country and work their way through this process encouraging families

like joseph's to come? >> well, look, the idea that i'm going to say -- which i would never do -- if an unaccompanied child ends up at the border we'll let him starve to death and stay on the other side. no previous administration did that either except trump. >> reporter: as for phone numbers written on the clothes of so many children including the two little boys we met, president biden suggesting people will lose their jobs if authorities don't make contact sooner. >> they're going to get real -- they better get a whole lot bette better real quick or they're leaving, okay? >> reporter: but about that other crisis at hand, two mass shootings in the span of a week claiming 18 lives. the president deflecting on gun control instead he issued a warning to republicans that he might be willing to change arcane rules in the senate that would help his party advance his agenda. >> we're going to get a lot done. if we have to if there's

complete lockdown and chaos as a consequence to the filibuster, then we'll have to go beyond what i'm talking about. >> reporter: well, the issue of voting rights also clearly struck a nerve with president biden after states like georgia passed these sweeping changes to election laws there. democrats saying that those changes are aimed at disenfranchising minority voters. the president called these efforts, t.j., sick and unamerican. >> great stuff there at the white house, cecilia, as always. thank you so much. president biden also announcing a new vaccination goal doubling his pledge to 200 million shots now in his first 100 days in office. and this morning, a major milestone. pfizer now testing the vaccine on children younger than 12. victor oquendo joins us now from miami beach with the latest and the new uptick in covid cases. victor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. cases are climbing again and part of the problem that has health experts so concerned places like miami beach where these large crowds have been gathering for weeks. but thanks to an early curfew that is now back in place police were able to put an early end to

that last night. overnight miami beach police clearing the streets. >> city of miami beach has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: enforcing the 8:00 p.m. curfew put in place after spring breakers descended on the city seeming to ignore social distancing and mask wearing. this amid an alarming new trend in covid cases. in 20 states case averages are climbing more than 10% in the last week, but vaccination numbers are on the rise too. averaging 2.5 million vaccine doses per day nationwide over the last week. the president doubling his original goal of 100 million shots in his first 100 days to 200 million. at the current pace, he'll hit that mark. but there are still questions about those under the age of 16. like will they get vaccinated? do they even need to be in order for us to return to normalcy? >> count for me. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: pfizer already testing its vaccine on younger children, ages 5 to 11.

>> five, six, seven. all done. >> reporter: the first volunteers, 9-year-old twins marisol and alejandra. their mother is an infectious disease doctor. >> it was a great opportunity for them to get early access and it was a great opportunity for them to be able to participate and really accelerate the development for the dose in children because we really need to get this out to our kids and, you know, they're a large part of our population. >> reporter: researchers say it's a critical step in getting this country to herd immunity. >> they're a critical part of our community and we want to make sure we have a safe vaccine for them. so all in all honestly it wasn't a very hard decision. >> reporter: as for children who are older, pfizer is evaluating their vaccine on 12 to 15-year-olds and their goal is to have it authorized and ready by the start of the next school year. t.j.? >> victor, thank you so much. let's bring in dr. ashish jha, the dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, remind us here, now, we

know that kids aren't immune from covid-19 but we know they're not getting as sick. so still why is it a critical step in fighting the pandemic to get kids vaccinated? >> yeah, so good morning, thanks for having me on. you're right, kids don't get as sick as adults. that's one of the few silver linings of the pandemic. but the bottom line is they make up a good chunk of our population. some do get sick and we want to protect them. so getting kids vaccinated will be an important part of getting to herd immunity and putting this pandemic behind us. >> we heard victor talk about maybe sometime early next year. what's the reasonable timeline as you see it before kids start getting vaccinated? >> yes, i think older kids, much earlier than that. i'm hoping by the end of the summer, maybe in the fall we'll have older kids, 1 and older. the younger ones, we haven't done much studies yet. that's what we're doing now and what that pfizer study is doing. that's what moderna is doing. we'll have that data probably later in the fall. if everything goes well it'll be before the end of the calendar year.

>> remind families, as it might be on their minds, we see more and more parents start to get vaccinated in a house with kids not vaccinated. how much does this change family behavior and give families any more freedom? >> i think it definitely helps, right? the adults are at the highest risk and it definitely changes. i guess what i would say and the way we've been thinking about it in our household we will do more as a family. we'll go out more, engage more but still avoid the high-risk situations, large indoor gatherings with children. i think that is still something we'll be much more careful about. if you have kids with high-risk conditions, you want to be careful, extra careful. i do think it's a step back to normal but we're not completely all the way back yet. >> dr. ashish jha, we appreciate you as always. have a good weekend. >> thank you. soon. - >> amy? t.j., we turn to the latest on the deadly supermarket shooting in boulder, colorado. the suspect facing ten counts of first degree murder now being

moved to an undisclosed location because of threats. he's now in isolation for his own protection and will likely remain there for up to three months after he was denied bail in yestrday's hearing. police right now still searching for his motive. this as we learn more about the arrest in atlanta after a good samaritan reported a man allegedly carrying six guns inside a grocery store. we are hearing from that quick-thinking shopper this morning. steve osunsami is in atlanta with more on this. good morning to you, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. people here were worried what happened in colorado was happening again, except this time at a grocery store in the shopping center directly behind me. authorities underline that they still don't know what this man with all those guns was planning to do. it was a terrifying moment in a grocery store in atlanta. police arrested a man would walked in wearing body armor and looked like he was armed to kill with multiple guns and ammo.

the arrest came after quick thinking from a customer. charles russell was in the rest room when he spotted the ar-15. >> i went to go wash my hands and i'm looking just naturally. i seen the ar and i was like, you know what, let me make sure i'm not crazy. and i looked into the stall deliberately and was like, okay, that's an ar. >> reporter: russell working for instacart at the time ran out of the restroom to tell the grocery store management what he saw. >> i reported the gun. i reported the whole situation because it's just not plausible for you to be in such a space like that, especially after recent events. that's the reason i took action. >> reporter: in his police report, the arresting officer wrote, i immediately ordered the accused to put his hands up and don't move to which he complied. the accused appeared to be surprised when he saw us that close to him. the officer adds that all semi auto pistols had rounds in their chambers and the revolver was fully loaded. >> he did not overreact at what

he saw in the bathroom. he saw it. he sort of captured it in his mind. he left and then he eventually called the police. >> reporter: the man with the guns now facing 11 charges including felony firearm charges and criminal attempt to commit a felony. police report that they gave him a mental health evaluation when they arrested him and say they have had run-ins with him before. the big question this morning is how did he get ahold of all those guns. whit? >> well, thankfully that man saw what was happening and was able to report it. steve, we really appreciate your reporting on this. thank you. now to that massive container ship, the size of the empire state building, blocking the suez canal, one of the busiest trade routes in the world. the vessel ran aground tuesday and is threatening to disrupt shipping worldwide. our foreign correspondent james longman has the very latest. james, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. $9.6 billion a day. that's about how much this mistake is costing world trade and this morning we are now

hearing that the united states has offered to help. the "ever given" is nearly as long as the empire state building is tall and it weighs over 200,000 tons. so you can see why digging it out of this bank is taking some time. it's thought to have been stuck on tuesday in high winds. it's blocking the suez canal which is one of the most important trade routes on earth. about 12% of world trade passes through there and so now there are more than 200 ships waiting on either side of this canal. you can see the shipping data, all the vessels lining up to get through. now, about $400 million worth of goods pass through this waterway every hour. a lot of oil but also consumer goods like cars and furniture and clothing. if this goes on much longer it could really start to impact global supply chains and that could impact the united states. so the race is on to get it free. diggers are trying to remove some of the earth around it and perhaps refloat it but it's taking time and, as we know, time is money. guys? >> time is a lot of money. james longman, that is unbelievable.

that's an incredible, incredible story. >> billions worth. >> oh, my goodness. all right, folks, we are following a lot of other headlines including las vegas coming back to life as travel bookings soar. we'll take you inside the showstopping performances and famous casinos. then that massive settlement for usc. the school agreeing to pay more than $1 billion over claims of sex abuse. first let's go back to ginger in hard-hit alabama. >> reporter: amy, not just the tornadoes here. the flash flooding. look at those images out of nashville. that time lapse, and engulfing those buildings. by sunday, that new storm going to attack parts of the mid-atlantic by dinner time. if you are in maryland or virginia, please be on the lookout. all right. let's get the weekend forecast sponsored by jersey mike's subs.

good morning. we made it to friday. a real warm weekend is on the way. it starts with sunshine, calm conditions. we'll have a quick correction monday before possibly warmer temperatures next week. today mid to upper 60s along the coast into san francisco, san mateo. everyone else in the mid-70s. our deepest valleys in hey, it's friday, everybody. we'll be back in a moment.

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an incredible sight in the sky. a whole lot more ahead including that parenting alert about the popular gaming platform roblox. you've been hearing a lot -- look, if your kid is 12 and under, you know exactly what this is about. >> or 15 and under. >> yes. blame your daughters who introduced my daughter to this game. >> oops. also, sister jean getting ready for march madness, and the sweet 16. she is our "play of the day." don't want to miss what she has to say. >> we can't wait to hear about that. we do want to get to las vegas welcoming tourists again opening its casinos, shows and hotels for business as travel bookings surge up and down the strip, and kaylee hartung in vegas with an exclusive look at some of the attractions. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, good morning, amy. i saw the first signs that vegas is back before i even left los angeles. the first flight i tried to get on was sold out. the flight i got on, every seat filled. covid cut off this city's lifeline and turned it into a ghost town.

but as they like to say here, the house always wins, and once again, the odds are in vegas' favor. >> all: good morning, america. >> reporter: this morning vegas is betting on a comeback but playing it safe. even with masks on, las vegas is starting to look like its old self. action on the casino floor. performers at every turn. and hotel and casino employees ecstatic to work again. >> it feels really good. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" finding the unemployment rate in las vegas in december was the highest of any major metro area in the country. >> those unemployment checks made all the difference. >> they did for sure. >> this is a community of hospitality professionals and to see the vegas lights and the vegas strip go empty was just devastating. >> reporter: now in vegas' favor, covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending down. the county's daily case average

has declined by 96% since early january. tourists now anxious to travel and celebrate. >> we just got married. >> in vegas. >> yeah, baby, it's vegas. >> reporter: they're filling casinos, restaurants and bars to half capacity limits. hotel occupancy rose over 10% from january to february. overnight we were there as vegas' newest resort virgin hotels opened its doors for the first time. how good does tonight feel? >> you know, probably should ask our 1,600 team members that have come back to work that have been out of work for a year. ♪ >> reporter: the plexiglass right here. the entertainment capital of the world no allowing live performances for audiences up to 250 people. we were given the hottest ticket in town to "abosinthe." >> that was an energy from the audience and i think for myself i was just like full of adrenaline to be back on stage again. >> reporter: that energy, back in the casinos too.

march madness giving sports books a boost. >> we're going to provide as much fun in a safe environment as possible. march madness, there's nothing like it. it shows that las vegas is back. >> reporter: from bachelor parties to family getaways we have met people who travelled here from all over the country, and they are having a good time. but what's most striking right now in vegas is the enthusiasm from the people who live here and work here. they are ready and excited to welcome and entertain anyone who wants to visit, guys. >> and people desperate to book those vacations again. kaylee, thank you so much. we turn now to that massive record settlement. usc paying more than a billion dollars over claims of sexual abuse allegedly at the hands of a campus doctor. zohreen shah has more from usc this morning. zohreen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. hundreds of women here at usc reported sexual abuse to police. now, many fell outside the statute of limitations of ten years, but this morning we're learning that over 700 women will receive a massive payout.

this morning, the university of southern california paying the largest settlement for sexual abuse survivors ever. the university famous for its film school and powerhouse sports teams agreeing to pay $852 million to over 700 women who accuse the school of covering up years of abuse by campus gynecologist dr. george tyndall. a previous settlement bringing the total amount to over a billion dollars. >> the most important thing that i hope history tells us about this record-breaking settlement is this will no longer be tolerated. >> reporter: tyndall accused of using his position to sexually abuse hundreds of women. the university allegedly receiving numerous complaints about tyndall, but he kept his job for over three decades. >> even while staff at the student clinic exposed him, usc allowed thousands of women to be abused by the gynecologist and

when they found out they covered it up. they aided and abetted all of those sexual assaults. >> reporter: in 2018 victims telling abc news' juju chang their stories. >> i didn't know what was or was not appropriate and having a pelvic exam is not necessary to check for stds, but he decided to give me one anyway. >> reporter: tyndall denies any wrongdoing. at the time his lawyers saying, dr. tyndall is confident when all facts are known it will be clear that his practice of medicine was consistent with the standard of care for such examinations. but now usc's president stating, i am deeply sorry for the pain experienced by these valued members of the usc community. we appreciate the courage of all those who came forward and hope this much needed resolution provides some relief to the women abused by george tyndall. tyndall faces 35 criminal counts of alleged sexual misconduct

from 2009 to 2016. he has pleaded not guilty, and is currently free on bond. >> and, zohreen, that massive billion dollar record-setting settlement. how does usc plan on paying for all this? >> reporter: it's a lot of money. "the l.a. times" reporting the university will take two years to make the payments. they are currently raising a lot of money to do so. now, it is unclear if this is connected but the president's mansion is on the market for over $24 million. whit? >> clear up those funds somehow. zohreen shah, thank you so much. amy? coming up next a parenting alert about that popular gaming system roblox. how bullies are making some kids pay up and the surprise bills some parents are getting. i've lost count of how many asthma attacks i've had. i've been on and off oral steroids to manage my asthma. does that sound normal to you? it's time for a nunormal with nucala.

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we are back now here on we are back now here on "gma" with that parenting alert about the popular online gaming platform, yeah, parents, you know it well, roblox. some parents are discovering the free to play game can lead to surprise bills. our will reeve joins us with more. we're talking about surprise bills and even possibly some bullying involved in this game. good morning to you. >> reporter: that's right, t.j. we are. good morning. roblox isn't just popular, it is huge. according to the company, in 2020 over half of u.s. kids under the age of 16 played roblox which isn't just one game.

it's millions of games hosted on a platform. all these games are made and developed by its users and if you want to do anything beyond just play those free games, you need robucks, a virtual currency that costs real cash to acquire. this morning, a new warning about some kids secretly dropping money on the popular gaming platform roblox. sometimes the result of bullying. >> i didn't notice until i got my bank statement. >> reporter: the company going public on wall street. earlier valued at roughly $36 billion, but some parents like sara louise petty say they've become unintended investors. her kidding spending $1,250 through a third party app without her knowledge. >> he set it up with his fingerprint and also my fingerprint so he could access the ipad if i wasn't home. he was able to use that to make purchases. >> the most important thing for

a parent to do is set the rules before your child starts playing. so decide is it okay for your child to make purchases. give them a budget if that's appropriate. let them know the consequences if they do make purchases that aren't permissible. >> reporter: while playing on the gaming system is free, users can make in-game purchases through third party apps and in some cases parents say their kids have been bullied by their peers to make payments for them on the game. >> his friendships were kind of trying at the time and he was feeling a bit outcast, he was purchasing robucks and giving gifts, you know, to his friends. >> reporter: experts say the risks are heightened during the pandemic as kids spend 50% more time on their devices. >> it's really important to remember that many of our kids have lost that muscle for socializing with other kids. we have to be patient. >> reporter: roblox saying we strive to prevent unauthorized

purchases and other rigorous safety measures in place such as not storing full billing information and displaying clear warnings at the time of first purchase. unfortunately unauthorized purchases made through third party apps like itunes are managed by these services directly. roblox is encouraging parents to review their payment settings in third party payment services and to make those password protected. the company also says that it works with parents to refund any unauthorized purchases whenever possible. good luck, t.j. >> yeah, and that was very different. >> changing settings right now. >> if we could have had a camera on t.j. while will's report was going on it was something to watch. >> it's overwhelming. there's so much to keep up. i want to throw away the laptop and throw away the -- throw the stuff out the window. go outside and play with the hula hoop. all right. >> i think andrew has said that exact thing to our kids, yeah. all right, folks, "play of

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. deadly tornado outbreak. at least 23 reported twisters touching down across the south. 17 ripping through alabama alone. tearing through towns, tearing off roof after roof. flattening home after home. ginger is live in the storm zone tracking it all, including that new danger on the move. race to vaccinate. with cases climbing in at least 20 states across the country, and police in miami beach trying to control spring breakers. this morning, pfizer's critical step testing its vaccine on children younger than 12. the latest this morning. meet the surrogate mom on an emotional journey she never expected. still caring for the baby she gave birth to one year later. how the biological parents' plans were derailed by the pandemic, and when they will

finally meet their child. "gma investigates." real deal or disappointment. how to be a savvy social media shopper. wait until you see the clothes we bought online and their real quality on arrival compared to the ad. ♪ tick tock on the clock ♪ dads of tiktok. meet the coolest pops around getting millions of views dishing out the best dad advice from house hacks to car conundrums and this guy's secret to putting a baby to sleep. ♪ you can ring my bell ♪ we are laughing into the weekend with the one and only sherri shepherd and she is saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ ring my bell ♪ that's right. good morning, america. very excited to have sherri shepherd join us on this friday morning. just what we needed to kick off the weekend. >> yes, absolutely, always a great time. plus, we have a sneak peek of the new episode of the super

popular new show "the falcon and the winter soldier." this is breaking reports. the new captain america wyatt russell is bringing us that. he's joining us live this morning. we are kicking off the weekend with more best pop culture to binge this weekend. we'll tell you what we're watching and what, robach, you're reading or listening to. >> listening to books. we'll explain all of that in a bit. first, we have a lot of news to get to this morning starting with those tornadoes tearing across the south leaving a devastating trail of destruction. the twisters ripping apart so many homes, a state of emergency was declared in hard hit alabama. let's go back to ginger there in birmingham tracking the very latest for us because there are more threats today. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: amy, this is the perfect example of why you do not stay upstairs during a tornado. there is no upstairs left in this house, and there's just debris everywhere. unfortunately with more than 100 severe storm reports and 17 reported tornadoes, lives were lost and lives changed forever. at least 17 beastly tornadoes slicing across the hills of

alabama. >> holy cow! >> reporter: leaving horrifying scenes like this. a drone capturing homes flattened in calhoun county. right after that tornado you can see first responders rushing to save just one of the many victims. ashby baptist church gutted. walls collapsing. the pulpit still standing but the steeple coming down with other parts of the roof. small airplanes tossed at bibb county airport, the mayor said he believes the airport is a total loss. this was where a front door was of the home that is collapsed. the couple, mary rose and larry dearmin, were right there under the collapse. they were trapped. their neighbors brought ladders and they climbed out. fresh from the hospital the couple telling us their story. >> roaring, house started shaking then everything caved in on us. >> reporter: across the street, tanya sims survived in her basement with her pets. the storm swallowing her home. >> start cleaning up.

that's what i'll do. it will take a long time. it takes a long time. >> reporter: overnight in georgia, a possible tornado just 35 miles southwest of atlanta. trees slamming onto cars, power lines strewn through the streets. homes with significant damage. mary rose and larry knew it was going to be a bad day when it came to tornadoes, so they heard the warning and that saved their lives. this is the debris field behind their house, and i can show you the debris field throughout this neighborhood. 32 homes just in this neighborhood were destroyed or heavily damaged they will probably become losses. this is a long track tornado day. we knew that ahead of time, and boy, was it. the national weather service of birmingham is saying it was likely 100 miles on the ground. that's nearly the length of alabama. we do have more tornadoes tomorrow in western tennessee, northern mississippi and alabama. look out for that. >> ginger, thank you so much and thank you for being there for us. we want to turn to the latest on the fight against the coronavirus emergency and the race to vaccinate americans.

president biden announcing a new vaccination goal, doubling his original pledge. >> we will by my 100th day in office have administered 200 million shots in people's arms. that's right, 200 million shots in 100 days. i know it's ambitious, twice our original goal, but no other country in the world is even coming close. >> to that other critical step now, pfizer testing the vaccine on children younger than 12. we want to head back to victor oquendo in miami beach for us. good morning, again, victor. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. researchers say that getting children vaccinated is a critical step in getting the country to herd immunity currently cases are climbing again, but so are the vaccination numbers. this morning, vaccination numbers are on the rise. but there are still questions about those under the age of 16. like will they get vaccinated? do they even need to be in order for us to return to normalcy? >> count for me, okay. >> one, two, three.

>> reporter: pfizer already testing its vaccine on younger children ages 5 to 11. >> five, six, seven. all done. >> reporter: the first volunteers, 9-year-old twins marisol and alejandra. their mother is an infectious disease doctor. >> we really need to get this out to our kids and, you know, they're a large part of our population. >> reporter: we spoke with dr. ashish jha about the importance of getting the shots to children. >> kids don't get as sick as adults. that's one of the few silver linings of this pandemic. but the bottom line is they make up a good chunk of our population and some do get sick and we want to protect them so getting kids vaccinated will be a really important part of getting to herd immunity and putting this pandemic behind us. >> reporter: and herd immunity can't come soon enough. overnight police on miami beach clearing the streets. >> the city of miami beach has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: enforcing the 8:00 p.m. curfew put in place after spring breakers descended on the city seeming to ignore

social distancing and mask wearing. this amid an alarming new trend in covid cases. in 20 states, case averages are climbing more than 10% in the last week. and here on miami beach that emergency 8:00 p.m. curfew is in place through the weekend as officials hope to control these large mostly maskless crowds and slow the spread of the virus. whit? >> all right, victor oquendo for us, thank you. this morning we are also celebrating the life of jessica walter, the emmy award winning actress who was a fixture on television for some 60 years. perhaps best known for her work on "arrested development." take a look. >> don't you judge me. you're the selfish one. you're the one who charged his own brother for a bluth frozen banana. i mean it's one banana, michael. what could it cost? $10? >> you never have set foot in a supermarket, have you? >> i don't have time for this. >> reporter: making people laugh for a long time. she started her

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this friday morning. you're going to get some "gma" on saturday morning as well with that guy and crew. >> check the calendar today. friday. >> you're going to talk about mindful meals that boost your health, and your energy and as always you will have the latest headlines tomorrow. but good to have you with us today. >> i learned his name is weekend whit. that's how i'm going to refer to you now. >> that's how my family refers to me. all right. we'll begin on this friday with our "gma" cover story. the surrogate mom who is still taking care of the baby she carried nearly a full year after giving birth because the baby's biological parents haven't been allowed to travel to the u.s. erielle reshef spoke with her. what a story, erielle. >> reporter: it is a story, indeed, amy. emily gave birth to this baby last summer but the biological parents have been stuck in china due to the pandemic. so she and her husband say they stepped in to help never expecting that they'd still be caring for this baby girl nearly a year later.

when idaho mom emily signed up to be a surrogate she knew it would be a unique journey. >> i really felt it was something i needed to do, but for surrogacy you have to want to do it. it'snot easy. >> reporter: but the 25-year-old never imagined she'd be caring for another family's baby nearly a year later. how difficult was it once she was born for you to create those boundaries? >> it was hard. it was a lot harder trying to find that balance of being able to care for her in the way that she needed while still protecting myself. >> reporter: the pandemic preventing the baby's biological parents from leaving china to pick her up. what was your reaction when the family reached out and asked you to take care of this baby girl? >> i wasn't surprised they did. if i was them i would have done the same thing and we just felt it was the right thing to do. >> reporter: the biological family paying the baby's expenses and compensating the family for caring for their child. video chatting each week to get acquainted with their little one from afar.

how attached are you to this little baby? >> you know, i kind of view her as like my cousin's child. i care for her. i love her and i will always care for her but i know she's not mine and she belongs with her parents. >> reporter: emily says she hopes the baby's parents will be able to meet their daughter for the first time by her first birthday in may. what do you think it will be like to see them reunite with this baby girl? >> it makes me emotional thinking about it. i can only imagine the feeling they'll have seeing their child for the first time. gosh, sorry, just as i, you know, see my own child when they're born but they've had to wait a whole year. >> reporter: can you imagine what it must mean to them you've taken on this responsibility you never expected to? >> i know that they're very grateful. they've expressed that to us a hundred times. i know they're grateful. >> reporter: it is pretty remarkable and emily says that she doesn't think that she wants to be a surrogate again after

this experience unless, amy, unless the same family wants a sibling for their baby girl and then she says she might consider it. >> wow, emily is a remarkable young woman. our hats off to her and the care she's giving that child. thank you, erielle, for sharing that story. whit? >> emotional story. we do turn now to "gma investigates" and shopping on social media. the big question when it comes to buying clothes online is will what's delivered to your house actually look as good as that ad that you saw online? becky worley did some shopping for us to help us find out. becky, good morning to you. >> reporter: whit, good morning. reenactment here. this is me on social media when i see an ad for a stylish shirt or sweater, and i'm like, oh, cute, click. but here's the problem. the federal trade commission says the number of complaints that started on social media more than tripled in the past year. so "gma" seeing for ourselves buying from six different ads, sending the items to independent

reviewers and our findings not impressive. look at this ad for a plows i -- blouse i bought online recently. the company website says it's high quality, exclusive fashion. this is the ad. this is what i got. it looked like a fine italian knit. maybe something like from the designer missoni but when i got it, it's polyester. has white stitching. i'm not sure i'd wear this to bingo night. >> reporter: "gma" buying six clothing items from ads posted on social media to see how closely they match up to the claims. >> consumers need to be careful particularly shopping for clothing and accessories, not everything will look at good when it gets here. >> reporter: we had jen hunter the apparel editor from wirecutter check for quality. >> only one of them really came even close to matching the product description. this t-shirt, the other four i would say fell very short. >> reporter: like this sweater, here's the ad. here's what we got. tell us about the man's sweater. their description is high quality fashion products.

>> the man's sweater was not amazing. the front didn't line up correctly. you can barely zip it up and down and i gave it a wash and a dry and after that it was threading and disintegrating in several places. >> reporter: we bought women's cashmere sweaters, costing more than $100. >> for 100 bucks you could do a lot better. one was extremely thin. i wouldn't expect it to keep you warm. the other, i was really disappointed in. when i put it down, my hands almost felt greasy. what that can indicate the manufacturer has used softeners. those will wash out in time and you'll wind up with something that doesn't feel luxurious at all. >> reporter: we bought leggings advertised as super thick soft fleece lining. made with high quality cashmere. compare that with what we got. leggings were no lining and lots of loose threads. >> it felt like rough cotton to

me. they were not warm. they were not thick. >> those look like little kid pants. >> i wear women's size small and i couldn't even get them up past my knees. >> reporter: "gma" reached out to all the companies. nap, the maker of the cashmere sweaters said, the cashmere sweater is made with grade a cashmere and fine woven yarn. our products are durable under good care especially for cashmere collections and offered to send another product. zolucky offered a refund. saying they're smaller than normal. the other sweater companies did not comment. the takeaway -- >> i would be careful spending money through these ads. >> reporter: we should mention there are a lot of big name brands and reputable small businesses selling high quality goods via social media but, whit, there is also misrepresentation and poor customer service too. >> of course. so, becky, what are ways to identify and then separate the good from the bad? >> reporter: that is the question.

unfortunately if it's a brand or a site you don't know, skepticism should be your starting point. our experts say read the product descriptions carefully. if the price is too good to be true, there is a reason for that and they even advise doing a reverse image search. this is where you plug the photo itself of the product into a search engine and you look and see if the picture of the clothing item is listed for sale on other sites. that's a way to figure out if it's a knock-off of a more well-known brand. jeez. >> we learned a lot including our friend becky doesn't mess around on bingo night. only the best for becky. >> reporter: nope. >> talk to you soon. we want to go back to ginger in alabama. ginger, good morning. >> reporter: whit, we're just along highway 280 here, south of birmingham finding huge very heavy pieces of debris that came from at least the homes a half mile away from us or so. but it could have been from farther.

just up here you can see on the other side of 280 the tornado snapped all those trees. very hilly and mountainous at the end of the appalachian mountains. people don't realize that about birmingham. i want to show you quickly one other video that just came in from pelham, which is near us. driving through a neighborhood right as that tornado was on the back side of it whipping those pieces of insulation and pieces of homes, such a raw moment. that's the big picture. let's get a check now a little clos good morning. we made it to friday. a real warm weekend is on the way. it starts with sunshine, calm conditions. we'll have a quick correction monday before possibly warmer temperatures next week. today mid to upper 60s along the coast into san francisco, san mateo. everyone else in the mid-70s. our deepest valleys in t t time for our series "the influencers."

this morning it's all about the dads on tiktok. they're getting millions of views for their advice and wisdom. we're going to talk to two of tiktok's most popular dads in a moment. first take a look. ♪ >> anything that's threaded is going to be turned to the right to tight and turned to the left to loosen. >> let me show you an easy way to take care of that. >> reporter: dads just know it all. #dadsofoftiktok with 13 billion views. meet two guys who are tiktok sensations for sharing their dad advice. mitch, he's known as goodly earth on tiktok. >> a lot of you know me as the guy that fixes stuff around the house. >> reporter: from a situation in your sink -- >> let's take care of this. >> reporter: -- to your ac going out. >> the first sign i notice is that the filter is all this dust right here. >> reporter: and bo. >> i have a dad joke for you. >> reporter: to his 1.3 million followers, he's simply known as

dad advice from bo. >> so today i'll show you how i shave. >> reporter: he'll show you how to tie your tie or even master the daddy pat. >> starts on the bottom and goes up lightly to the top and the daddy pat puts babies to sleep faster than anything i know. >> joining us now is mitch couch. he has four kids and over 600,000 followers on tiktok and his motto is simple dad tricks and tricks that we can nail together. and then bo petterson who tells his six kids and more than 1 million tiktok followers, everybody needs dad advice. good morning to you guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> all right, mitch, let's start with you. you're known for fixing things around the house. one of the most popular questions you get has to do with low faucet pressure. so what's the quick fix? >> when you got low faucet pressure, usually what you have is debris in your aerator. let me show you how to fix it. reach over and unscrew the

aerator. you're going to turn the water on a little bit and clean it out from the back side. you might get debris in the sink. don't worry about that. screw it back on, you're going to get your pressure back. >> love that. all right, so, bo, your daughter convinced you to get on tiktok. one thing you're known for is your rapid-fire questions and answers. so work with us here. we have a few for you. first, what do you do if you're sliding on ice when driving? >> take your foot off of the gas and ease back into the slide with your steering wheel. >> perfect. two, top tips for new parents? >> be patient. sleep will come again soon, i promise and try using m&ms as an incentive when potty training your kids. >> i like that. next one, how do i know if i need new tires? >> quick demo for you. take a standard quarter. put it into one of the grooves of your tire and if you can see all of george washington's head,

you need new tires. >> and best advice to get through a tough day? hanks' movie "castaway" i like and in that he says, tomorrow the sun will come up and you never know what the tide will bring in. meaning no matter how bad your day is today, tomorrow is a brand-new day and you just never know what could happen. >> oh, that's good advice. i look forward to saturday. all right, one more for you, mitch. something people dread, clogged drain. quick fix? >> clogged drains. let's take care of that. it's easy to do. anybody can do it. release the nut on the back side, pull out your stopper. clean it off. get that sink unclogged. i know it's -- everybody hates that, and it's going to be good from there. >> now i have another thing on my honey do list for the weekend. thank you guys so much. really appreciate it. coming up here, sherri shepherd joins us live.

building a better bay area, moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. good morning, everybody. in concorde the shuttered waterpark at six flags will become a mass vaccination site that will eventually vaccinate 15,000 people per week. contra costa county has already issued 25,000 tickets for people to make an appointment and the site opens on tuesday. santa clara county has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus variant that was first discovered in brazil. this is the first known case in the bay area and sixth in california. it is considered to be a variant of concern because evidence suggests it is more transmissible

it is a little bit chilly this morning. otherwise there's not much to talk about. look at all that sunshine out there. temperatures degrees warmer than average even warmer this weekend with mid 70s to near 80 degrees. a quick correction on monday before temperatures are just as warm with just as much sometime

next week. we will have another update in about 30 minutes. you can find the latest on our app ♪ind the latest on our app welcome back to "gma" on this friday morning. we have another "gma" buzz pick. "minor feelings: an asian american reckoning" by cathy park hong in the wake of the rise against violence against asian-americans and a lot have been looking for resources. this book blends memoir, cultural criticism and history all together to create a critical look at what it means to be asian in america today and critics have said, quote, to read the book is to become more human. "minor feelings: an asian american reckoning" is available paperback everywhere books are sold and be sure to keep reading along with us on our instagram on our "gma" book club. we want to turn now to someone we're excited to catch

up with. our next guest, she's working hard in hollywood right now. we're talking about sherri shepherd. she's starring in and producing a new pilot for abc. she has a recurring role on "call your mother" and her two funny mommas podcast and it's called "hysterical." look, she doesn't look tired at all. good morning to you. what's with all the gigs? you got more jobs than michael strahan. >> look, i'm thankful. i want to say hey, amy, whit and t.j. and tell becky about buying stuff online. i bought a wig on line. it smelled like gasoline. [ laughter ] >> sherri -- >> becky. >> it was terrible. >> did you light it? >> i wore it and when you walked out you smelled like you wanted to fill up your car. >> despite all that you look

fantastic. i understand perhaps some of it is attributed to your pole workouts. tell us how that's going. >> girl, i got a fitness pole or i.e. a stripper pole that i put in my bedroom. look. girl. there's my gasoline wig i had with the asbestos. i didn't put the pole on the right way on the ceiling so it just -- the ceiling fell in my mouth but i'm working it. it's fitness. >> i don't even know how to follow up to that answer with a new question. i'm going to try here, though. so, shifting gears talking about one of your many jobs beyond the pole in your house, you're in a new documentary though about female comedians and recently performed a show that was out with people in their cars. what was it like performing in front of an audience and people laughing inside their cars? >> it was hysterical because

people need comedy. they want to laugh so i do it outside. it's asphalt comedy at the magic club and people have me on clappers and honk their horns and lights, kyra sedgwick and kevin bacon came. that's how you know you're doing well. when you bomb no light, no horns or anything. but it's funny because people just want to laugh. so you give it to them how you can give it to them. >> you never bomb. stop that. let's take a look at a clip from "hysterical." let's look. >> i got bullied a lot. we moved, my family, my dad moved my family to the suburbs of chicago so there wasn't many black people and it was very prejudiced so, you know, i got called the "n" word all the time. i didn't like to fight. i didn't like confrotation so i was always the one that came in and tried to make people laugh. >> sherri, you have been this the stand-up game for white a while. how have you seen the comedy world change for women, women of color over these years? >> you know, it's always been hard, amy, for female comics.

it's been a male domain for so long and we've had to fight to get on stage, get our voices heard because most people if you look at the lineup it's usually only one, maybe two women. more than two women it's daaled an all female show so we're trying to shatter that glass ceiling. i'm seeing some bad ass fee neal comics do their thing. it's changing. we're trying to change it more and be able to talk about things that matter to us and being authentic. so this is what i love about this documentary. and it was directed by andrea nevins and jessica kirsten, executive produced, margaret cho and kelly bachmann, oh, my gosh, wendy liebman, carmen lynch, judy gold. so many folks on there. i'm sorry if i didn't get everybody's name but so many women, veterans and novices and, you know, we're just going, hear

me roar. >> you're doing your thing and always roaring but i also wanted to ask you about this new movie called "a week away." first time you've done a musical before. were you nervous about it? how did you feel about the singing? >> i love the musical until they tell me i had to sing and dance and said you know i was voted off "dancing with the stars" and "masked singer." i sounded like a black pat benatar. i really did. they auto tuned me and had me sing just a word at a time and they strung together. adam powell, the composer strung together all my words. and it sounded great. i thought my own album sounded like pat benatar. >> how do you sing a word at a time? one word. you can sing one word. >> you go, aagh. bible, bible, ha. and they take the best of each word. [ laughter ] >> you know i love you and known

you a long time. i'm not sure i'm going to buy that album of yours. >> you would buy that album. i'm telling you. >> well, sherri, it is so good as always to see you. huh? >> i need to know, i told you do you have a cousin that looks like with you the same kind of swag? you have got to have somebody in your family. you know i'm single. >> every time -- you've been coming on for years. every time you're single. >> wait, i thought you were looking for a doctor or a lawyer or a dentist. >> i'm looking for somebody with their teeth. how about that? [ laughter ] >> the holmes men do have their teeth. at least we got that. sherri, it is so good to see you. it is always, always a pleasure. congrats on everything you've got going on and we will talk to you real soon, all right? >> good morning. bye, everybody. >> "hysterical" premieres april 2nd at 9:00 on fx and available the next day on fx on hulu.

coming up we'll tell you what you need to be watching and listening to this weekend. it's time to binge, folks. stay with us o

♪ come on, baby ♪ welcome back. it's friday and this morning we're getting you ready for the weekend with "binge this." sharing our recommendations for the show, book, movies that have been keeping us entertained. whit, you got a good one. >> i'm all in on "ted lasso." have you guys seen that?

>> haven't yet. >> so good. an american football coach recruited to be a soccer coach in england but knows nothing about the sport. jason sudeikis is amazing. he just won the golden globe for this performance. it's funny and heartwarming and uplifting, though, at a time when like the dramas and comedies can be a little bit dark. the show has a great message. i played soccer my whole life and the locker room dynamic is right on. >> we had him on when the show first came on. it looks amazing. all right. our next pick, another golden globe winner, "the united states vs. billie holiday," andra day took home the trophy for her role in the movie as the legendary singer but you don't need the recommendation from me, why don't you get it from andra day, the oscar nominee herself. >> peace and blessings, andra day, looking for something to watch this weekend check out my movie, "the united states vs. billie holiday" directed by the great lee daniels on hulu. s it was an honor to play

billie. she is truly an icon and godmother of the civil rights movement and her music still influences music today. looking for something to listen to for the rest. the weekend listen to "tigress"t and tweed" heavily influenced by "strange >> we talked to her on our show and she hadn't even seen the movie yet. she didn't want the role and now she's a nominee for it. "the united states vs. billie holiday" is available to watch on hulu. robes, we don't read book, we run and listen to them. >> when you're running or doing a lot of exercise sometimes listen to the same music over and over. it gets old so i love a good mystery and i've been listening to the audio book of "the husband's secret" while running. and my friends, we'll listen it together and have a book club after the run written by liane moriarty, the author of "big little lies." you probably know that and tells the story of a devastating secret that connects three

women. you won't be able to put it down or stop listening to it. it made me run a lot more miles. it kept me going. fueling the run. >> what's the secret? >> i can't tell you the secret. it happens at the end but you'll never guess it. it's so good. >> what's the secret? i don't have time. >> are you somebody who reads the last page of a book? >> well, the first and the last. all right. robes, thank you. finally the last pick for the foodies. this is my recommendation. get ready for summer. don't sleep on this show now. "the american barbecue showdown," this is on netflix. they get some of the best cookers, backyard cookers and competitive barbecuers in the country. they take them out to the woods, they keep them out there and give them all these crazy challenges, you will not be able to stop watching this show. you're going to be starving when you watch it as well and i'm recommending this show and i am on a plant-based diet right now, but enjoy. >> we'll do the eating for you

then. >> that's what you should binge this weekend, folks. let's head back now to ginger in alabama for us this morning. hello again, ginger. >> reporter: t.j., that eagle point neighborhood just in there, these huge trees are down. big root systems all over. these woods are in much of this too. i wanted to show this video from yesterday. this was tonya sims' home, her master bedroom, the walls gone and pool exposed and dresser out in her driveway. we'll much more. happy friday. if you like sunshine and warm weather, spring is in the forecast with 60s to 70s and warmer w well now to an exclusive look at a new tool designed to help detect alzheimer's disease. more than 6 million americans currently have alzheimer's and it is the sixth leading cause of

death in the u.s. and becky worley is back now with how one organization wants to bridge the knowledge gap for patients and their care givers. good morning again, becky. >> reporter: amy, it's the cruelest of diseases. the slow onset of alzheimer's can be confusing, filled with conflict and shame about memory loss and that's one of the reasons why cognitive impairment cases are not diagnosed. 60% of them going unnoticed so this morning a new online and phone based tool totally free that can help patients or care givers get intervention early. doreen, nearly 68, says she sees aging differently now. >> having alzheimer's disease, you find that things which you may not have paid much attention to or felt important about, become much more important. >> reporter: for brian with a family history of the disease it was a matter of when, not if. >> it wasn't a surprise but once i got diagnosed, that confirmed it but it still felt like a

punch in the gut. >> reporter: over 6 million people live with alzheimer's. 65% women and by 2030, 40% will be latino or african-american. >> unfortunately and especially within the black community, mental illness and various other diagnosis are not talked about. >> reporter: to fight this, brain guide. it's a web and phone-based tool. anyone can log on or call for a questionnaire. you can use it for yourself or answer questions about a loved one. dr. rudy tanzia assisted in its development and says it's based on real diagnostic tools. >> a questionnaire that is based on two of the best tests out there, real need was for those starting to have memory issues. what a spouse will notice, their wife is having memory issues. and how do you broach the topic and talk about it? >> too many times the person

with the disease is the person who has to make the changes because you're embarrassed. i think that has to change too. you know, we're looking at millions of people. this is a large percentage of the population. you can't push those people into the corner anymore. >> early diagnosis is key. not only are there lifestyle changes but treatments may be just around the corner. this tool is completely free, anonymous and this is important, it's available in english and in spanish. mybrainguide.org and i put a link to that in my twitter feed, amy. >> amazing, it's going to help so many people. thank you for that. well, coming up next we have the new captain america, wyatt russell joining us live. stay with us. ♪ what do you mean

♪ what do you mean ♪ we are back with the new captain america, we've met the falcon and the winter soldier and this morning we have the guy who now holds the shield.

wyatt russell, wyatt, good morning to you. great to have you. we've got a lot to cover. so many great things happening. congratulations on the show. it's breaking records on streaming but also you just became a new dad. congratulations, tell us about that. >> i mean it's everything everybody says it is. the best way i can describe it that i was talking with my wife the other day which i think is the cheesiest way but is the best, every love song you've ever heard is not about your partner. it's about your kid. it's crazy. the feeling is -- you can't describe it. >> from one dad to another, i hear you on that and we have a little gift for you. this right here is your own "gma" onesie. >> thank you. >> it's coming your way. coming in hot. >> wyatt, i love this. i understand your very first audition was for captain america

in the first captain america movie and now ten years later you've got -- what a full circle moment for you. >> yes, sort of -- i think it's a fun story and i think that honestly the first audition really was more of something to read to see if i was any good at acting or not. i don't think i was ever actually in competition for the role. but it was. it was crazy and this time it came around and this time i had no idea what it was. it was like marvel wants you to read for something. go for it and i found out after i got the part what it was. i don't even know what it was going in. >> speaking of the part, our executive producer really wants me to ask this question. he wanted to make sure i got this in. are you a good guy or a bad guy? >> well, you're going to have to

find that out. >> hmm. >> there's two men in black suits here with red dots trained on my forehead. >> you're a smart guy then. >> oh, they send those marvel universe guys to your house, don't they? all right. we do have a clip here. this is a look at captain america without the mask trying to win over falcon and the winter soldier. let's see how it goes. >> i'm not trying to be steve. i'm not trying to replace steve. i'm just trying to be the best captain america i can be. tat's it. it would be a whole lot easier if i had captain -- >> always that last line. >> there you go. some big shoes to fill there for sure. a lot of drama but want to ask about this. people may not know your parents are actually goldie hawn and kurt russell, kurt russell, of course, part of the "guardians of the galley" movies. what did he think about you joining the whole marvel

universe here? >> he thought it was great. you know, his advice is always the same, it's like if it's good it's good and you do it and try be the best you can and be wary of the suit. everyone seems to have the same issue with the suits. the suits are sort of difficult to live in for that many hours a day and those were his two pieces of advice. >> well, wyatt, it's friday and we love a flashback friday and we actually have a little look at you on a hilarious role that you took on. you gave up an opportunity to be in "the hunger games" for this role. let's take a look. >> my name is zook, and my future is so bright i got to wear sunglasses. >> what do you think he would be up to these days, wyatt? >> oh, my god. i think zook probably got fired from a bunch of different jobs for bad behavior. i don't know what he'd be doing. zook went down the wrong path. i don't think he's doing well. >> but the special effects were amazing in that clip. we know that much. >> slo-mo.

>> wyatt, congratulations on everything. congratulations on becoming a new dad, so great to talk to. >> you thank you. >> of course, you can catch new episodes of "the falcon and the winter soldier" today and every friday on disney plus. and we will be right back. ♪

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future,this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone. a vaccination site is opening tomorrow and one of san francisco's underserved neighborhoods. volunteers went door-to-door to get people to sign up for an appointment. it opens tomorrow morning at 9:30 at the shipshape community center. treasure island has the lowest vaccination rates in the city of san francisco. look how peaceful it is just across the street from the station. we are looking at. 15. it is common 54 degrees. it's a great day to be outside unless you have allergies. the tree pollen and grass pollen are high and the burn factor will be an issue for some of us. look how much warmer it will be this weekend.'s white pullback and then correction on monday.

we will be back at 11:00 for the day life. see you again. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the hit drama "grey's anatomy," chandra wilson. plus, tips to energize, and fill your life with joy. also, award-winning recording artist harry connick jr joins ryan at the cohost desk. all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are ryan seacrest and harry connick jr! >> ryan: harry connick jr, ladies and gentlemen. superstar. it is friday, march 26. filling in for kelly ripa, the one and only harry connick jr. yeah, right? thank you for coming. >> harry: you have to give me