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elite eight. good morning. millions of americans in the south are waking up this morning to dangerous severe weather. the system packing tornadoes, torrential rain and large hail. >> take a look at this drone video from lexington, tennessee in henderson county. extensive damage as you can see to homes there in a community known as middle fork. but the big story overnight has been the extensive flooding in the nashville area. video shows cars submerged by more than 6 1/2 inches of rain. the system is now headed for the east coast. severe weather expected from georgia up north. we have team coverage this morning beginning with rob marciano tracking the path of those severe storms. rob, good morning. >> good morning, whit. it was raining at this time yesterday morning in nashville, and it really never stopped. we are afraid of this. on top of the tornadoes, we have this flash flood emergency overnight. i want to show you videos coming out of nashville.

the rain was about to end, but the rivers are still rising. look at this. this school bus nearly engulfed in this water, and numerous high water rescues across the county. here's one of them. this woman or man stuck in that car there. several more inches of rain coming to the east of nashville, but all this. we had 15 reported tornadoes yesterday. over 50 reported tornadoes just this week. in the storm zone for us this morning is elwyn lopez in shelby county, alabama. good morning, elwyn. >> reporter: rob, good morning. parts of the south waking up to what people in alabama went through just three days ago as another round of storms brought tonights, damaging wind and hail from texas to north carolina. overnight, at least 15 reported tornadoes tearing across four states in the south. in east texas, a powerful twister ripping through, toppling over structures and uprooting trees. and another twister touching down near lexington, tennessee,

leaving behind a trail of destruction. this home left in shambles. the roof stripped off. twisted hunks of metal left clinging to trees. houses reduced to pieces. and in eastern mississippi -- d ripping through this apartment complex. the latest round of severe weather comes as cleanup efforts were under way in neighboring alabama. parts of the state witness to an ef-3 tornado, packing 140-mile-per-hour winds. the powerful wind gusts lifting this fridge into the den from the back porch, several feet, still plugged in. dave grubic says his home of 20 years was reduced to piles of debris. you rushed back here. >> yes. ldt lie it.saw your house i was shaking. we were able to salvage quite a

bit of memories, scrapbooks, baby books, pictures on the wall of the grandkids. what touched me people that are helping. i don't even know who they are. >> reporter: this latest round of severe weather, the third outbreak in the last two weeks and the path to recovery for many still just starting. rob? >> elwyn, stay safe because there's a line of thunderstorms coming to that area. severe thunderstorm watch just posted. this is in expanse of the severe weather from the morning into later on today. the heavy rain comes along with this as well. it will push to the mid-atlantic, and i'm worried about raleigh, richmond, norfolk, hampton roads there, and we could see heat to the fire here. we could see more in the way of damaging winds, and atlanta, has a lot of heavy rain. we've seen that in nashville. two-day totals of nearly 7 inches. that's high up on the list of historic rainfall.

more rain not coming just with this system, but another coming tuesday, wednesday and thursday. three to four inches of rainfall in this area that's already saturated. flooding on top of the severe weather, a double whammy. whit, over to you. ro'ltaanyoliticsple on alert. two major battles for the biden white house that they're facing. the republican push for more voting restrictions and the rise in migrants trying to cross the border. abc's maryalice parks is at the white house with the latest. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. president biden is fired up, upset about this new law in georgia. his team and other critics say that black voters who helped him win there in georgia, helped him get here to the white house are being targeted with this new law and would be impacted the very most. this weekend, tensions high on the streets in georgia. pres or e elections law, as we w

was arrested as the governor signed the bill into law. cannon's attorney telling me the bill and her arrest, both out of line. >> the rest of the country needs to take a very strong look at the tactics that are being used in georgia. the justice department needs to get involved. >> reporter: but republican secretary of state brad copiracyheories from former president trump also defending the changes. >> we have to make sure we have honest and fair elections with the appropriate balances and accessibility for security. that's what we're working on. >> reporter: the law limits ballot drop boxes, adds new requirements for mail-in voting and makes it a crime for anyone other than a poll worker to offer food and water to voters waiting in line. president biden saying the department of justice is looking into it, calling the law pushed for by republicans un-american. >> the republican voters i know find this despicable. republican voters. it is the most pernicious thing.

this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. i mean, this is gigantic, what they're trying to do, and it cannot be sustained. >> reporter: georgia on the president's mind as well as the crisis at the border. new numbers from the customs and border protection confirming more than 18,000 unaccompanied minors who crossed the u.s. southern border alone now in custody. our rachel scott out in texas with state troopers patrolling the river. >> the smugglers will bring them to the river and say, okay. from here, that's it. it's on your own. you cross, and then leave them out there. it becomes dangerous for them because they don't know the terrain. >> are the facilities acceptable? >> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: rachel also meeting with republican senators at the border. those lawmakers releasing pictures of detention centers completely overcrowded. democrats agreeing the situation is unacceptable, and that the children need better care. >> we all recognize we've got to get those kids into the arms of

their families as quickly as possible, and the administration is working on expediting that process. >> reporter: now vice president kamala harris agreed that that was the main priority, trying to locate the family members of cssed t bde just shocking and overwhelming the system. in just one day last week, the number of unaccompanied minors grew -- in custody, grew by a thousand, dan. >> a thousand children, let's not forget. we're talking about children here. maryalice parks, thank you very much. reporting in from the white house, appreciate it. let's bring in abc's jonathan karl who has been at the white house many many times and is hosting "this week" later this morning. good morning, sir. does the biden administration have a plan to deal with this crisis? >> they have a long-term plan. they have to deal with the root causes and get to those central american countries, improve conditions. make it so people have less of a reason to come to the united states, and of course, they're trying to improve the processing and where they can put thebuthe

they don't have a plan for the short-term crisis, and this incredible influx, and everything we are hearing, dan, is that the numbers you just heard maryalice talk about are going to grow remarkably and precipitously in the next several weeks. >> so a long-term plan, but that does not help with this influx we're going to see right now. let me loop back to the situation we're seeing in georgia with these voting restrictions. you and i were talking yesterday on email, and you were making the case that this issue of how we run elections in america, in other words, how we function as a democracy, may be the toughest and most important challenge that joe biden faces. why? >> well, look. you have these dueling efforts going on. you have the republicans who quite frankly with are looking at ways across the country -- 43 different states now. not all of them will succeed, but efforts essentially to make it those are almost entirely partisan efforts, republican only efforts, and in the congress you have the effort to combat that by making it easier

to vote. by having the federal government mandate states have dramatically expanded mail-in voting and early voting. those efforts are almost entirely partisan. dan, if there's one thing in the country that's got to be bipartisan, it's the way we conduct our elections. you got to have faith in the system and right now the two sides are in entirely different directions. >> i think everybody can agree on that, but how can joe biden fix it? >> biden campaigned on bringing the country together and reaching out to republicans. in a way he'been n somee issues he's facing. this is his biggest challenge. how he does it, you know, i don't know, but i'm saying that if he cannot find a way to get republicans and democrats both to have faith in the way we conduct our elections, the other stuff is much harder to pull off. >> an existential issue. great to have you here in the studio. don't forget we have jon here in the studio. he'll go one-on-one with kate bedingfield about the influx of migrants on the southern border, and of course, georgia's

controversial new elections law. plus, the senator from alaska, dan sullivan will talk about his recent trip to the southern border. week" later this morning here on abc. jon, thanks again. eva, over to you. to the pandemic now, and more than 35% of adults have this as case numbers are rising booster shots might help protect against new variants. the latest now from abc's stephanie ramos. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: eva, good morning. as states expand vaccine eligibility, some colleges like rutgers university are pushing to make sure students are vaccinated before they return to campus in the fall. that's happening around the same time the uk is starting to test those vaccine boosters. this morning, as vaccine distribution ramps up across the nister covlanning to

shots to those 70 and older, to prepare against the new variants that are emerging. >> we are in a different world from last spring. that change is the result of one giant development. >> reporter: officials in the uk planning to start testing the first booster shots in september, and some health experts suggest the u.s. could eventually do the same. >> we have an arms race between variants and vaccines, and as soon as variants start to evade the vaccines, that tells us we need to modify the vaccines in order to keep up. >> reporter: vaccinations in the u.s. hitting a new 24-hour record. nearly 3.5 million reported shots into arms just as new covid cases steadily rise in at least 22 states. the nation averaging nearly 59,000 new infections every day. >> i'm quite concerned about the rise because we've seen this pattern before. >> reporter: the white house promising a major bump to the vaccine supply. johnson & johnson is on track to

deliver 20 million doses by the end of march. 11 million set to go out next week, and now some colleges will require students get a covid vaccine if they want to return to campus. in new jersey, rutgers announcing that when in-person classes resume in the fall, all students will have to be vaccinated in order to attend classes. the university of notre dame in indiana doing the same, and trying to make the process of getting a shot easier by setting up a vaccination center on campus for students and staff. health officials believe rutgers university is the first major university to implement this rule. students who are between the ages of 16 and 18 will only be eligible for the pfizer vaccine, whit. >> stephanie ramos, thank you. we turn to the trial of derek chauvin. the former minneapolis police officer is charged with killing george floyd last year. that death sparked a summer of protests across the u.s. opening statements are set for

tomorrow, and abc's kenneth moton joins us with more on that. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. some are calling it the trial of the century sparked by a deadly police encounter that obviously sparked a lot of anger and ignited a racial reckoning. the world has seen this video over and over again, and tomorrow it will be at the center at the trial of derek chauvin who faces charges of manslaughter, second degree murder and third degree murder. the former minneapolis police officer seen kneeling on floyd's neck for nine minutes. the black man handcuffed facedown in the street. police originally called to the scene because floyd was suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. floyd's death on may 25th setof minneapolis, and that spread across the country chauvin and three other officers at the scene were fired. those three pleaded not guilty to lesser charges and are set to go on trial in august. tomorrow, 14 jurors are expected to be seated. that number includes alternates. of the 14, eight are white, and

six are people of color. they'll begin listening to opening statements. prosecutors are expected to lay out what they consider the improper restraint of george floyd. chauvin's lawyers will try to create doubt about the cause of floyd's death. strict covid protocols will also be in place tomorrow. this will be a trial like we've never seen before, dan. >> history playing out in that courtroom. kenneth moton, thank you so much. let's turn overseas now to myanmar, formerly known as burma where sources tell abc news that police killed more than 100 protesters yesterday making that the bloodiest day since people there started hitting the streets to express outrage over morning.itary co.abs julia s on. >> reporter: good morning, danys meant to crole in prot citizens. thrng fang inteat murder.

more than 100 people, including children are believed to have been killed after troops opened fire on protesters across the country, thought to be the bloodiest day since the coup last month. soldiers have been filmed shooting at unarmed civilians, beating them in the streets. people speaking to media have said they are being killed like chickens, even in our homes. now the bloodshed has been met with widespread condemnation. last night the secretary of state blinken said that he was horrified while the u.s. ambassador of myanmar accused the security forces of murdering unarmed civilians, including children. the very people they swore to protect. now this morning, the defense chiefs of a dozen countries including the u.s., the uk, japan and australia, they issued a rare joint statement condemning the military's actions. however, both russia and china who both sit on the u.n. security council and who both hold veto power, they sent representatives to the military's events on armed forces day in a clear sign of support making any u.n.-mandated

action unlikely. eva? >> julia macfarlane for us in london. time to check on the weather. rob marciano has been keeping an eye on the severe weather. good morning, rob. >> like deja vu. just two days ago we had this tornado outbreak, and that system went up to the northeast with winds and severe weather. dropped a tornado in middlebury, vermont, and strong winds in north buffalo taking down trees like this, and i think we'll see a similar setup here, and because of that, the national weather service issued numerous high wind alerts through the adirondacks and the moiuntains f northern new england. as we go through the afternoon, and the low gets closer, these winds will wind up along with some rain. gusting 15 to 25, maybe 30 or 40 miles per hour as the thing kind of accelerates into the overnight hours. this will happen overnight, and kind of be a scary night in some spots, and we may see trees and power lines down before tomorrow morning. that's a check on what's happening nationally. time for a look at your local forecast.

so more wind coming up for the northeast, dan, and hand on the toupee. >> got to keep this thing in tight. >> exactly. >> i moved to kind of a lego snap-on version. it's much easier. >> rob, thanks so much. we'll talk soon. you check your brackets? march madness? >> what's that? >> okay. >> you have a bracket. >> the lego is tight on the head. >> cuts off the circulation to the brain. >> we will be down to the elite eight by the end of the day

here. there are huge upsets overnight. arkansas with a thrilling win over oral roberts. also advancing, oregon state on jean's loyola ramblers. it's the first time that the beavers have reached the regional finals in 39 years. >> but we settled in, and, you know, you just -- there's no doubt in our guys' minds. they really believe that this is their time. >> now moving over to the women's tournament, it was a freshman showdown on saturday as uconn's paige bueckers and iowa's caitlin clark, considered to be two of the top players in women's basketball right now took to the court ultimately. the number one seed uconn huskies won the game, and a big upset as number four indiana beat number one north carolina state, making it to their first elite eight in the program's history. you can catch more of the women's tournament right here on abc starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern today. a lot of big stories coming up on the show this morning.

caught on tape, a teacher'sstut and a shocked family heard it all. now they are suing. what that family is saying this morning. explaining nfts. the new digital collectibles trend and how it's proving to be a lucrative market for some people. also coming up, why gas prices are rising and what's in store for spring and summer. we'll be right back. "good morning america" is sponsored by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. ♪ ♪ why do you build me up, build me up... ♪ ♪ buttercup... ♪ ♪ baby just to let me down! ♪ ♪ let me down! ♪ ♪ and mess me around... ♪ ♪ and worst of all, worst of all ♪ if you ride, you get it.

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15 reported tornadoes in four states. the severe weather threat now moving towards the east coast. also right now, a national day of action with numerous rallies across the country to protest the recent rise in violence against asian-americans. hundreds of people peacefully gathered in new york, boston, philadelphia, chicago, seattle and many other cities to call for an end to the hate and the violence. and pope francis celebrating a scaled back palm sunday at the vatican for the second year in a row due to coronavirus restrictions. and christians around the world welcoming the first day of holy week. this of course, leading up to next sunday which is easter. but we start this half hour with the school teacher's racist outburst against a student and parent. caught on a zoom call, the teacher thought she had hung up, but now there's a recording and a lawsuit. abc's zohreen shah joins us from los angeles with more. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the family's lawyer says like so many single moms, this mother was just trying to make ends

meet. she had to cut off wi-fi and cable right before the pandemic, and then they struggled to get a school-issued hotspot to work, so she talked to her teacher about her son catching up, and she accidentally catches the teacher going off on a racist outburst. this morning a southern california community outraged after a sixth grade teacher's racist outburst. >> i mean these parents, that's what kind of piece of [ bleep ] they are. black. >> reporter: it appears the teacher did not end a call and sounded off about the mom. >> your son has learned to lie to everybody and make excuses because you taught them to make excuses that nothing is his fault. this is what black people do. this is what black people do. >> reporter: while the mom recorded, the family's lawyer saying the son was listening. >> this young man was seen visibly crying and upset when this teacher made the comment about how kids like him are raised to lie and to make up excuses.

he's visibly seen crying on screen and running out the door. >> reporter:he the lawyer says the meeting was about getting the son up to speed in his science class. >> he was an honors student before the pandemic, and once the transition to online happened, he had a lot of trouble accessing the zoom platform because of internet issues. >> reporter: this is not the first racist school zoom outburst. georgetown law professor sandra sellers recently firing off derogatory remarks about black students to another professor. >> you have some really good ones, but there are some and it drives me crazy. >> reporter: georgetown firing sellers and promising change. as for palmdale school district, they say they do not tolerate racial discrimination, but the family filing a claim against the district. >> every time from now on that this child and this mother have an issue at school, whether it's this school or any other school, they will think twice about

going to anyone and asking for help. >> reporter: the school says they've reached out to the family to offer counseling, but the lawyer says the family has lost faith in the staff, and they fear blowback. dan? >> that's a horrifying story. thank you so much for bringing it to us. we're going to switch gears and check the weather. this is a big weekend in terms of severe weather across the country. rob is of course, tracking it all. rob, good morning once again. >> hey, dan. we're doing it all. we've got severe weather as far as tornadoes go. flash flooding in nashville, and hail, 90 plus reports of significant hail. this is east tennessee university. that's not snow. that's hail covering the football field there. same deal in kingsport, tennessee. look at that. we had to measure up to 2 to 3 inches in diameter. that will do damage to the windshield for sure. severe thunderstorm watches posted for birmingham and georgia, and this will be in the east, and a flash flood emergency in nashville, and the rain is coming to an end, but the rivers and creeks

very high and the flooding is ongoing. this front pushes off towards the east, and goes to the northeast where it gets windy and rainy, and severe weather goes from atlanta to charlotte. this is going to be the bull's-eye later this afternoon as we get a little bit of heat, and with these storms obviously there could be flash flooding and potentially a tornado or two. here's the view from mount tam. temperatures today will be a widespread, ranging from the upper 50s to near 80 inland. above averag this weather report has been sponsored by sleep number. dial it up to a ten maybe around 11:00 a.m. before "world news tonight." that sounds like something on a rainy sunday. >> i was hoping to be back in bed by 9:30. a couple of hours. yep. >> thanks, rob. coming up on "good morning america," the new pop culture phenomenon. nfts. what they are, and who's getting rich from them.

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edition drops from nike and adidas. >> it is a booming marketplace. >> nfts. >> nfts. >> reporter: what is this new system? where digital only products are bought and sold? it is the nfc or nonfundable token market. >> they are digital collectibles or creations that are images or videos or animations that you can view and enjoy on the internet, but if you want to claim ownership of it, you need to own its digital record. >> reporter: from art to music to sports, it's a new phenomenon that is moving quickly, and with big numbers. >> oh. >> oh my god. >> reporter: this digital artist recently sold his online masterpiece for a record $69 million. lesser known digital creators are selling their online only pieces for eye-catching prices. last month, a gif sold for more than $500,000. why would you pay for an nft when you can look at it for free? >> you can go and look at the

mona lisa and take a picture of it, but you don't own the mona lisa. >> this man was a math teacher who stumbled into this marketplace and is hooked. >> it started about mid-january. probably my account at one point, it was over six figures. >> reporter: enthusiasts say this type of marketplace is here to stay. >> i do firmly believe that. this technology is going to absolutely revolutionize every creative industry in their collectible marketplaces. >> reporter: proving their point, in music the kings of leon releasing an nft only album, and the weeknd releasing a song is coming soon. in social media, jack dorsey's first tweet selling for more than $3 million. in sports, nba topshot this moment, this dunk by lebron james, which sold online for $200,000 as a trading card would. >> that blurry line between lived experience and virtual

experience has never been more permeable, is really starting to completely disappear. >> i think what that does is force a lot of people to think of what they put out on the internet and new ways to value it, price that and sell that to people. that has really big implications for, you know, the broader internet and attention economy. >> reporter: fans say these new digital systems are here to stay. others caution buyers. this market is new. it is moving quickly so you have these big gains that are possible. you also have big losses that are possible. eva? >> the whole thing just sounds very confusing to me. >> your cat videos, dan. >> oh yeah. >> that's your ticket right there. >> mm-hmm. >> how do you know it'll sell on the internet as an nft? >> cats always sell on the internet. >> this is true. >> big business. >> all right then. coming up on "good morning america," the pain at the pump.

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back now on "gma," and as we head into spring and summer, expect gas prices to rise faster than the temperatures. there are a number of factors in play here. abc's elizabeth schulze joins us with the details. orter: good e. you, elizabeth. ou havgo to nt aoticedhat price at the pump is a little bit higher than you expected, you are definitely not alone. according to gas buddy, the national price average per gallon is about $2.85. that's 60 cents higher than a month ago and about a dollar higher

than the low of the pandemic about a year ago. gas prices typically tend to climb this time of year during the summer when more americans start to travel, but this year it's expected there is going to be an even bigger surge in summer travel as moropleinat trips that they have been putting off over the past year. now more people on the roads means more demand for gasoline which means prices are more likely to go up. at the same time, oil suppliers that cut their production during the pandemic, it'll take time for them to catch up with this increase in demand. another factor at play is that many americans recently got a boost to their income thanks to those $1400 stimulus checks. some economists think that money could be spent toward travel. there is a risk that prices could go up too much and that would inhibit some road trippers, you know, some states they are already seeing gas at $3 a gallon, $4 gas. guys, it's not completely out of the question. whit? >> all right, elizabeth. thank you so much. we're so desperate to go on trips we'll pay almost anything

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the emotional moment at the image awards. the late actor chadwick boseman named outstanding actor in a motion picture for his role in "ma rainey's black bottom." his widow delivering a poignant speech in his honor. >> he would thank his mom and dad, and he would give honor to the ancestors as we now honor him. >> she used the moment to raise colon cancer awareness, and urged the need for screenings. boseman died of the disease in august at the age of 43. we are getting some new details on that steamy series "bridgerton," one of my favorites. thess dy danbury gives us a better picture of the season two plot lines. adjoa andoh suggesting that simon's future resembles harry

and meghan markle's life. she sells us to expect coto see how the couple navigates their own relationship, their families and their wider social circles. season two is expected to focus on daphne's older brother, lord anthony bridgerton. jonathan bailey has said things will be getting convoluted and sexier. i don't think audiences will be disappointed. let's just put it that way. >> i don't know if you adding a baby into the mix will make anything sexier. >> the brother is trying to find his love interest. >> stay on track here. >> i read the second book because i didn't want to wait to find out what happened. >> eva skipped ahead. all right. last here, it's a rough story here. this morning take a look at what can happen ie upr dedes the od . [ horn blaring ] that dog is one impatient pup.

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