breaking overnight, virginia beach shootings. >> ems is going to be sending multiple ambulances. >> at least eight people shot, two killed in multiple crime scenes. >> we have a very chaotic incident, a very chaotic night. >> gunfire filling the streets with a police officer killing one suspect. the latest on what we know this morning. severe weather threat. from twest to the eaamericans >> oh, my god. >> coming just days after deadly tornadoes tore through three states. >> to know my family stuff, they gone.

>> homeowners trying to pick up the pieces. cases rising. at least 18 states reporting increases in covid cases in the last week as miami beach cracks dongerwith word of over a thousand arrests this season. and johnson & johnson ramping up vaccine deliveries. dr. anthony fauci joins us live in a morning exclusive to address all the headlines. journey across the border. we're on the ground as authorities say they're facing one of the biggest migrant surges they've seen in years. what those making the trip are telling us as republican senators report on what they saw inside an overcrowded border facility. 23-2, here they go. their success from a sweet centenarian to a die-hard young fan to an on-court family connection, all helping their teams to score a spot in the

sweet 16 as we say -- >> good morning, america. good morning. we are following a number of big stories for you. at least 50 million americans from the midwest to the south to the east coast are at risk for dangerous severe weather this weekend including the possibility of more tornadoes. this just two days after a reported 23 twisters touched down across mississippi, alabama and georgia carving a path of destruction and killing at least six people. >> and another big story we're following, there are fears we're losing ground in the fight against the coronavirus even as vaccinations ramp up across the country. dr. anthony fauci joins u livei covid-19 developments. we are, though, going to start with the breaking news overnight, deadly shootings in virginia beach. a night of violence in the city's oceanfront resort area which is now an active crime scene.

overnight, chaos in the streets of virginia beach. at least eight people shot and two killed across multiple crime scenes. >> ems is going to be sending me if you can self-dispatch on to a call zone unit, please do that to help out. >> reporter: police say several pople were shot at one location with eight people taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds. >> while officers were actively working that crime scene, we had additional shots that were fired. >> reporter: according to authorities, after more shootings just blocks away, a special operations officer shot and killed a male suspect after that suspect confronted police. that officer, a five-year veteran, is on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.rton has details from the scene. >> dan, the virginia beach police department calls it a chaotic night. investigators are still here combing through all of the evidence. the police chief said someone

also hit a police officer with a car. that officer is expected to be okay. the virginia beach police chief said several people are currently in custody. eva. >> and that was ali weatherton there for us walking us through what is still a very active crime scene. be sure to stay with abc news throughout the day for updates. we turn now to the latest on the severe weather threat. at least 50 million americans from the midwest to the east coast are in the path of the storms, and rob is here with the very latest on that. hey, rob. >> hey, good morning, eva. just days after this last severe weather outbreak, we've got another one coming to nearly the same spots, and the ground is already saturated so storms firing across memphis over towards nashville and flash flood watches that are posted just east of little rock across the entire state of tennessee. here's where we expect most of the severe weather action today. enhanced risk of strong tornadoes possible. could see long track large destructive tornadoes like we saw just two days ago from little rock to memphis to nashville. there will bein rous

of t morning whsere tndstms and winds going, we might see more in the way of tornadoes. then tonight, it presses off toward the east and tomorrow richmond, raleigh, d.c. back through roanoke and even through atlanta severe risk as well. maybe less in the way of tornadoes but certainly some damaging winds like we saw this week, and we could see tornadoes get as far east as georgia as they still recover from storms in alabama. guys, back over to you. >> rob, we'll check back with you soon. more on that as much of the country braces for that severe weather. we're learning new details about those deadly tornadoes that ripped across three states, preliminary findings suggesting the twister that touched down in noonan, georgia, was a powerful ef-4 with 170-mile-per-hour winds. abc's elwyn lopez is in birmingham, alabama, one of several communities trying to pick up the pieces this morning. elwyn, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. we are in shelby county, just take a look at the devastation here.

these massive trees uprooted. some of them thrown around. scenes like this repeated across parts of the south. this morning, millions at risk for another round of severe weather just days after 23 reported tornadoes ripped through parts of the south this week leaving behind a trail of destruction in alabama, mississippi and georgia. >> oh. >> reporter: in pelham, alabama, the storms rocking two people inside this car t homes apart littering yards with mangled debris across three states. at least six people killed. three of them calvin bowers says were family. >> it's terrible, man, like to know my family was in this stuff, like they gone. >> reporter: an ef-3 twister packing 140-mile-per-hour winds slicing through shelby county. greg hernandez tells me he hid in his basement's bathroom as it

rolled through. >> you huddled in the bathroom with your dog. >> yes, ma'am, closed the door, had my dog, i was holding on to my dog because she was going eit >> rep the rf st tcond floo and in georgia, catastrophic damage, an ef-4 tornado barreling through noonan, winds of up to 170 miles an hour. this high school taking a direct hit. >> everything is gone. >> the roof on all the gyms are completely gone. >> like houses like the roofs are gone. like the whole house is gone. >> you can see decorations on their walls from the outside. >> like our school, the ceilings, like they're gone. >> reporter: there's a lot of damage to survey. and the national weather s ey're trying too as muchnd

of stormcos throug g lezhe in th e ndemic. aghaveat one dose of vaccine. nearly 19% are fully vaccinated. the race to vaccinate though is ramping up as cases are increasing all over the country and abc's stephanie ramos has the latest on the concerns about what could be fueling this rise. stephanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning. that's exactly right. last week covid cases have been on the rise in nearly half the country. just as the vaccine distribution ramps up and people are heading out on spring break. this morning, calm in miami's south beach after curfews put in place due to clashes between spring breakers and police. >> we are concerned people should stay safe and these should not be superspreader events. >> reporter: miami beach police samo

easeh ou80 seized, all while the pandemic rages on. coronavirus cases are rising. 18 states now reporting increases in the last week. and the cdc urging americans to continue to take those steps that prevent the spread of the virus. >> and we know from prior surges that if we don't control things now, there is a real potential for the epidemic curve to soar again. >> reporter: and while states loosen restrictions, the virus continues to impact families throughout the country. in texas, 33-year-old victoria gallardo lost her fight with covid after her entire family including her newborn daughter contracted the virus. gallardo's husband, armando, devastated. >> when you see your loved one on a ventilator literally lifeless on a ventilator in a coma, it breaks your heart. >> reporter: this comes as vaccine distribution ramps up across the country. johnson & johnson on track to deliver 20 million doses by the end of march, 11 million set to

go out next week. and demand only soaring as 47 states say they will expand eligibility to everyone over the age of 16 by the president's may 1st deadline. in new york, the state has reached a new vaccine milestone by administering more than 200,000 doses in a single day for the first time. and now the state of new york is launching an app. it's called excelsior. it's basically a vaccine passport. it's completely voluntary but the app allows businesses and venues to scan and validate your pass to make sure you meet any covid vaccination or testing requirements for entry. whit. >> all right, stephanie ramos for us, thank you. for more now we're joined by dr. anthony fauci, chief medical adviser to president biden. dr. fauci, good morning to you. it's great to have you on a saturday morning. so despite all the progress on getting people vaccinated, we're still seeing an increase in cases, up about 7% in a week and now hospitalizations are ticking up in a number of states, as

well. how worried are you about this rise, and what do we know about what's causing it? >> you know, i'm qute concerned about the rise because we've seen this pattern before where you get a peak in cases like we've had over the previous couple of months, then the cases start to come down very sharply and instead of continuing to go down, they plateau. and that's what we saw a couple of weeks ago. they plateaued between 50,000 and 60,000 cases a day. once you get stuck at that plateau, previously we've seen beginnings of surges, we've seen that in our own country in previous surges, and that's exactly what is going on in europe right now, so i'm quite concerned as are my colleagues in the public health arena that we might start seeing a resurgence of cases, which would really be unfortunate because just now the vaccines are coming online. a lot more people are getting vaccinated. if we could hold on just a bit

longer, we could get a lot more people vaccinated, which would make that surge less likely. you know, spring break is here. that's another thing that adds fuel to the fire of resurgence, so bottom line answer to your question is, it is of concern to me. >> but we do, as we mentioned there, about 35% of americans have already had at least one dose. won't that help keep the possible outbreaks in check to some degree? >> absolutely, and that's the point i'm making that if we could hang on, every day we're vaccinating between 2.5 million and 3 million people per day, so every day that goes by that we hang on a bit, it makes it less likely for a surge to occur. but if people just put aside all public health measures, namely put the masks aside, go to bars, go to restaurants, you're going to see a surge, and that's really a big problem. we don't want that to happen. it would be really taking a step backwards as opposed to going in the right direction.

>> another topic i want to ask you ou outlined a new large-scale study involving college students that gets to the key question of whether fully vaccinated people can still transmit covid to someone else. how critical is it to get answers on this, and could this study help lead to us finally throwing away the mask once and for all? >> well, it is a critical study and that's the reason why we started it and are supporting it. it's important because people are asking a reasonable question, listen, if i get vaccinated, what is the chance of my getting infected, not having any symptoms and transmitting it to someone else, which is the reason why we ask people even when they're vaccinated to wear masks and the possibility that they may be infected, not know it and transmit it to others. what this study is going to show is that people who are vaccinated, what is the likelihood that they are goisub infection to someone else. if we find out they don't, that would make it much, much more

liberal in doing things when you're vaccinated without worrying about infecting other people. >> you gave us a time line of five months on this study. do you think five months is when we might be able to start removing that mask? >> well, you know, removing the mask is really going to depend on what the level of infection in the community is. if the vaccine rollout goes well and a lot less people on a daily basis get infected, then the likelihood of being able to pull back on mask wearing, i don't want to go there and say it'll be at this date because we don't know. right now the one thing i do know is that we have between 50,000 and 60,000 new infections a day. when you're at that level, you still got to wear a mask. >> dr. anthony fauci, thank you so much for your time this morning. we do appreciate it. eva, over to you. now to the crisis at the border. congressional republicans who are visiting the area went to a detention center where migrants are being held and criticized the biden administration's handling of the situation. abc's congressional

correspondent rachel scott in mcallen, texas, with the latest from the southern border. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning. there are 17,000 unaccompanied minors in custody right now. on average 5,000 migrants are crossing a day, and officials say that number is only expected to grow. on south state troopers say they're facing one of the biggest migrant surges they've seen in years. we were with them patroling the waters that divide the u.s. and mexico. state troopers tell me one of their biggest challenges is there's some parts of this river that are just too shallow to reach by boat, and those areas have you ever seen this many unaccompanied minors crossing the border on their own? >> no, i have not. >> reporter: hours earlier we met some of those migrants just moments after they crossed the border. a mother and her 5-year-old daughter. she tells me the journey has been difficult, going days without food. but she's desperate to reunite with her husband and son who

are already here in the u.s. they met this 17-year-old along the way. >> so none of you knew each other beforehand? >> no. >> reporter: he left guatemala alone. he's been walking to the u.s. for over a month. he tells me. that same night more than a dozen republican senators were on a midnight visit to the border. do you send that mother and her 5-year-old child -- >> absolutely. >> reporter: -- back across the border? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> they should go back? >> reporter: president joe biden says children traveling alone will not be sent back to their home countries. republicans say that message is part of the problem. a group of 18 going inside this overcrowded border facility in donna, texas, sharing these images. >> they don't have beds. they're lying down on the floor, they're right next to each other. they're touching each other. >> reporter: hundreds of miles away democrats were holding a border event too saying former president donald trump is to blame. >> president biden inherited a

situation where the previous administration had sought to dismantle the infrastructure for processing asylum seekers. >> reporter: president joe biden tapping vice president kamala harris to take the lead on addressing the situation here along the southern border. both the president and the vicel >> politics are complex and the pain of the people coming toward the border is profound, so we thank you for your reporting, rachel. let's talk weather now. as we established at the top of the show, we're bracing for another round of severe weather. rob, what more can you tell us? >> the storm that came through pthe south with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes lifted northeast and brought some damaging wind and severe thunderstorms to the northeast. that's just southeast of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, where trees are down there from high winds. middlebury, vermont, had a small tornado come through. damage there with two injured. this brought heat north as well. temperatures yesterday record shattering in some spots.

atlantic city, new jersey, 83, georgetown, delaware, 86. 82 in new york city. philly, 83. albany, 75 degrees, well above average. this is the surge of warm air coming in, but as that system departs we will see temperatures get a little bit back to normal. today will be a little bit cooler in cleveland and philadelph philadelphiaand then good saturday morning, welcome to the last weekend of march. pretty mild to warm out there, the view from mount tamm. looking at a cool stat to the day. the warming trend continues. we will see warmer above average temperatures in general, 14 degrees above average. 72 today in oakland. 75 82 degrees yesterday. i was breaking a schvitz. i am not ready for 82 just yet. summer is just around the corner. >> i love when somebody with the

last name marciano uses yiddish. on national television. >> happy passover, everybody. >> that gives me such -- so >> that gives me such -- so great to hear. thank you. switching gears now to march madness and the relationships that could be the secret to success in the sweet 16. abc's david wright takes a look. >> reporter: in 2018 sister jean dolores schmidt, team chaplain for loyola, inspired the ramblers all the way to the final four. >> that's their guardian angel s sweet 16, that much sweeter for her. >> the fact that i had to wait for this for march madness probably makes me appreciate it even more. >> reporter: sister jean has already given the ramblers her blessing this year, socially distanced, of course. >> i asked god to bless them so that the ball goes into the ler.

9-year-old kingston, unofficial assistant to assistant head coach antoine pettway. >> when we're on the road, he's watching the game. they say he's living it down with every single play. rebound. we got to rebound. >> reporter: kingston was 3 when he was diagnosed with autism. his parents revel in what the tide has done for him. >> they're superheroes and, you know, in his mind. these guys are stars in their own right, man, like but they take time out all the time, man, to make him feel special. >> reporter: for syracuse, the heart of this year's tournament is a father/son duo. jim boeheim has coached yes s bn the team.er it all is 9-year-old grant anderson of reno with the best ncaa bracket in the country, nearly perfect, 47 out of 48 winners.

>> it feels good, and it's mind blowing. >> reporter: his winning pick. baylor. we'll see. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news. >> wow. dan. >> yeah, i should have picked him to help me with my bracket. >> you picked the wrong kid. >> i got paula faris' son who is 11. j.j. to help me, i think my bracket is in atters. but next year -- >> it's still doing better than you would normally do on it. >> the kid you picked has a strong record. >> he's great. better than my throwing a dart at the wall which would have been -- >> we love it when dan talks about sports. >> yes. we do have a lot of news to get to this morning and some serious stories. new details about the mass shooting at a colorado supermarket as the daughter of one of the victims speaks out. plus, sharon osbourne out at the "the talk" after backlash over her defense of piers morgan. what network executives are saying about the move. and does the pandemic have you questioning some of your friendships? when my co-hosts make fun of me, for lack of my sports knowledge, these thoughts cross my mind. we'll talk about that. >> "good morning america" is

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good morning. i'm liz kreutz. a pop up vaccination site opened in one of san francisco's under served neighborhoods. treasure island has the lowest

vaccination rate in the city of san francisco. volunteers have been going door to door to get the word out. this is the first of three saturday clinics scheduled there. let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen. >> final weekend of march starting out on the chilly side. emeryville, numbers from the upper 40s, san francisco, 4 mountain view, in the mid 30s half moon bay. santa cruz 45. mid-60s later on. mid 40s in concord. looking above average, warmer than yesterday. 69 in san francisco. thank

and see how you can help make a difference. ♪ make you lose control music make you lose control ♪ ♪ music makes you lose control music makes you lose control ♪ welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning, someone was excited to start the weekend. those are our colleagues at kabc, abc 7 in los angeles busting a move during their friday dance party. looks like a lot of fun. i think we need to start something like that here although it is making my hip flexors -- >> a little advil, a little tiger balm will take care of that. >> your hip, your knee. >> yeah. >> those are my friends in l.a. brandy, leslie. they always have a good time. >> when you get your aarp card are you exempt from friday dance party? >> it's part of your job. >> it's encouraged. >> okay, got it. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're

following this morning. happ now, the race to vaccinate. narly 35% of americans over the age of 18 have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. nearly 19% are fully vaccinateds reporting increases in the last week. there are concerns that those numbers could keep going up as spring breakers party on. >> a lot of concerns about that. also right now, dallas is paying tribute to botham jean by renaming a street in his honor. jean was killed in his home in 2018 you may remember by a female police officer who claimed she mistook his apartment for hers and then thought that he was an intruder. that officer amber guyger is now appealing her ten-year prison sentence. jean's family said the street renaming will be a reminder to dallas and the police there of what happened. and we celebrate the life of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time, beverly cleary.

generations of children have grown up reading about the adventures of henry huggins and ramona quimby among others. beverly cleary was 104 years old. >> 104. incredible. we're going to start this half hour, though, with the suspect accused of launching that shooting rampage that killed ten people in boulder, colorado. he's now expected to face additional charges as new questions are being raised about his mental health, and we're hearing for new calls for stepped up gun control. elizabeth schulze has the latest from washington, d.c. elizabeth, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. well, more than two dozen law enforcement agencies are working around the clock to try to determine the time line of events leading up to monday's mass shooting. boulder's police chief says the question haunting investigators is motive. this morning, investigators are searching for a motive for the mass shooting in boulder, colorado, that left ten people dead. >> we too want to know why, why that king soopers, why boulder,

why monday? unfortunately at this time we still don't have those answers. >> reporter: officials say that ahmad alissa legally purchased a ruger ar-556 semiautomatic pistol just six days before the massacre. after his lawyer requested a mental health evaluation, questions now swirling about how alissa could pass a background check. >> so many very, very troubled people are able to buy guns, even though anyone who evaluated them would say clearly this person should not be allowed to have a gun. >> reporter: alissa is charged with ten counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. one of the lives taken was olivia mckenzie's mother, lynn. >> my mom was -- she was like my best friend. >> reporter: her daughter reliving the moment she found out her mom was inside the marke. >> i just started crying and freaking out, and it was like i knew, but i didn't want to believe it.

i just -- i think i knew like i really did know. i just did not want to feel that at all. >> reporter: this morning, we're learning more about the first responders who raced into the building. the first officer to arrive on the scene, eric talley, lost his life. >> officer down inside the building. >> reporter: his fellow officers rushing in to bring the alleged gunman into custody ending a standoff that police say could have been far worse. >> their actions saved others, other civilians from being killed. >> reporter: now, a community is coming together to honor the lives cut too short. >> me and my mom are flowers with my dog walking money and hand the flowers out to all the employees. >> reporter: 11-year-old j.j. whitmer delivering the store employees a much needed boost. >> kindness is a powerful thing and just a little act of kindness could go a far way like this. >> reporter: and we are learning more about the funeral arrangements for some of the victims. services for officer eric talley are set to be held on tuesday.

eva. >> elizabeth schulze there for us, thank you. now to the urgent effort to dislodge a cargo ship stuck in the suez canal blocking a key global trading route. abc's julia macfarlane is in london with the impact this one stranded ship could have all over the world. good morning, julia. >> reporter: good morning, eva. this is a traffic jam like no other. the u.s. military have offered assistance to the egyptians who are currently trying to dig out around the 200,000-ton ship "the evergreen" hoping to get it to refloat. this ship is so huge it's as long as the empire state building is tall and blocking the entire width of the suez canal since it ran aground tuesday with a backlog of hundreds of more cargo ships unable to pass through. now the suez canal is a vital artery and provides a shortcut between asia and europe without having to sail all the way around africa. it's thought that around 12% of global trade passes through the canal on any given day as well as millions of barrels of oil and natural gas.

but, remember, we're in the middle of a global pandemic and there's been a huge surge in online shopping. supply chains are already under strain. now you might think, okay, but in the u.s. we get most of our shipping and goods from asia crossing from the pacific, but if the ship isn't dislodged soon u.s. consumers may actually feel the impact of these delays with regard to any goods that might be assembled or partially assembled in europe before they make their way to the u.s. also important to note the u.s. navy also uses the canal, no word on what any potential impact there might be for security. whit. >> billions of dollars worth of goods at a standstill there. >> it's very serious, but i have seen a lot of people on twitter joking on twitter about how this makes them feel better about their parallel parking abilities. >> exactly. always looking for the silver lining there, dan. let's get a check of the forecast. rob marciano, a few severe weather threats still happening across the country. >> puddles on the side of the roads can hamper your parallel parking capabilities and we already have some flash flood

warnings now in the state of tennessee, which has been saturated from all the storms we've had this week and now this next round of severe weather is beginnin soe heavra wh th and because of that we have a flash flood threat so two rounds i think of storms today before the end tonight and another 2 to 3 inches from shreveport up towards tupelo, nashville then getting up towards jackson, kentucky, which had a round of flooding earlier this month, so that will be a threat today. next storm coming into the northwest, that will bring in some snow to the cascades, to the bitterroots and the wasatch and the tetons, we will take any snow we can get as we get towards the end of the season good morning to you. a beautiful start to the weekend. saturday in san francisco, of sunshine, upper 60s ahead by noontime we will be in the upper 60s inland. afternoon highs

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down after the show's internal investigation into her behavior during this exchange earlier this month. >> and don't try and cry. if anyone should be crying, it should be me. >> reporter: the saga unfolding after an on air confrontation. that argument sparked by what former "good morning britain" host piers morgan said about meghan markle's interview with oprah. >> i'm sorry. i don't believe a word she says, meghan markle. i wouldn't believe it if she read me a weather report. >> reporter: markle appearing to suggest the royal family of racist behavior which the queen has said is concerning and will be addressed privately. osborne defending morgan. >> because i supported a longtime friend and work colleague of mine for years, that everybody goes, if you support him, then you must be racist because he's racist. >> reporter: osborne tweeting an apology but the show went on hiatus announcing an internal investigation. that's when allegations about osbourne's behavior towards minorities began surfacing. former black co-host

holly robinson peete tweeted osbourne played a role in her leaving calling her too ghetto. osborne denied that comment. a reporter saying co-host leah remini and other sources claim she made racist comments about former chinese-american colleague julie chen and that osborne reportedly made homophobic comments about former show creator and co-host sara gilbert and anti-italian slurs towards remini. osbourne did not respond to our request for comment but denied the statements on "entertainment tonight." >> people who are let go along the way get pissed off. i'm the big girl with the big mouth so they fire it at me. don't accuse me of something that's a lie. >> reporter: cbs said what happened on that march 1 broadcast was upsetting to everyone including the audience and they conclude that osborne's behavior

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