good morning, america. it's our second hour and happening right now, severe storms expected in the south today after back-to-back storms this week. flooding rain, damaging winds and possible tornadoes. we're tracking the severe weather as millions wake up to these storms. the race to vaccinate america suffering a setback. states nationwide bracing for a massive drop in johnson & johnson vaccines. this after millions of doses were contaminated at a baltimore plant. what to know this morning. remembering prince philip. the duke of edinburgh passing away friday at age 99. married to queen elizabeth ii for 73 years. tributes pouring in from around the world. this morning, the latest out of

london, the pandemic impacting funeral plans and how the royal family is coming together. we're on the road to the oscars and you don't want to miss a thing from "armageddon" to "up close and personal," 12-time academy award nominee and songwriting legend diane warren is live on "gma." the inside scoop on her latest tune that could bring home oscar gold. ♪ it's our ultimate pasta week grand finale. wrapping up a noodle-filled week with the creamy, dreamy baked feta pasta dish that's racking up millions of views on tiktok. helpful hacks to cheesy perfection. transforming the tastiest social media sensation into a one-pan wonder. and it doesn't get better than this. "fearless (taylor's version)" has arrived sending swifties into a streaming frenzy. which re-recorded songs have taken on a whole new meaning and

what to know while you keep the album on repeat all weekend long as we say, good morning, america. ♪ yeah, it's a party in the usa ♪ and good morning, america. welcome to our second hour. it is a very special saturday morning and that's because here in the studio we have a canine correspondent. there he is. we can hear him snarling in the background reporting live from times square. that is eva's dog walter. he's here ahead of national pet day tomorrow and is standing by and it's been fun having him in the studio. >> this was when he was really well behaved. he had just woken up. now he's like pulling on the leash trying to get over here. >> he's like an 11 right now. >> yes. >> that shot reminds of that burt reynolds on a bearskin rug. >> that's a good visual for a saturday morning. looking forward to having walter up here. but we start with some serious news, that severe weather tearing through the south. millions of americans waking up to dangerous storms and flash flooding.

>> the storms have already claimed the life of one man after a tree crashed into his mobile home. with more on these storms let's go back to meteorologist rob marciano. rob, good morning, once again, sir. >> good morning. frightening night for folks here. i'm sure walter would have been scared of this lightning. we had over 100,000 customers without power, a lot in louisiana. this was a tornado in central mississippi, backlit by those lightning strikes. these storm had some heavy-duty rain and jackson can't catch a break. they've been inundated with rain the past several weeks, three inches of rain falling there and flash flooding and moving to the east relatively quickly. a number of tornado warnings posted from louisiana through southern mississippi and into florida also and with these we could see damaging winds. had large hail with these too as it continues to press off toward the east and it slowly spirals its way up towards the northeast, tonight, tomorrow, we'll start to see rain and kind

of storminess lingers on the back side of this in chicago during the day tomorrow. the most dangerous weather will be over the next six to eight hour here, mobile, pensacola, to tallahassee. eva, back over to you. >> all right, rob, thank you. now to the states revising vaccination plans due to falling supplies of the johnson & johnson vaccine. abc's trevor ault joins us from a vaccination site in new york city this morning. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, again, eva. here at the javits center they have had to scale back some of their 24-hour appointments because of this johnson & johnson supply shortage. this is a definite speed bump and, of course, every slowdown only gives the virus more time to spread. this morning, states across the country prepping for a massive drop in supplies of the johnson & johnson vaccine, availability set to plummet 85% this coming week and it's not expected to recover until federal regulators approve manufacturing at a baltimore plant where millions of doses were contaminated. >> we've known for some time that there would be ups and downs on the road. >> reporter: in four states vaccination sites temporarily stopped giving the johnson &

johnson shot after a small number of people experienced adverse reactions. overnight, colorado transitioning three drive-up mass vaccination events to moderna and pfizer only. >> these were very mild, mild adverse reactions and the cdc actually came out with a statement in the evening saying that the vaccinations should resume. >> reporter: but appointments and shipments are already being canceled impacting u.s. service members overseas and college students here at home, some of which are required to be vaccinated before returning to campus in the fall and like the convenience of the one-shot jab. >> i think it's pretty good that it's one shot that can finish it pretty easily. >> reporter: while schools like syracuse university in new york have enough vaccines right now, shipments to the state are expected to drop dramatically next week and with fewer johnson & johnson appointments available across the country, some students are scrambling to get the pfizer or moderna shots which require two separate doses.

>> i know some students were concerned about being able to make a second appointment with the end of the semester coming up. >> reporter: and with some states like michigan seeing a surge in cases they're asking the federal government to up their supply of vaccine doses but at least right now the answer is, no. the biden administration says they're going to stick to distributing the doses based on population, which they say is fair and equitable. eva. >> trevor ault, so many people watching to see those vaccine doses coming in. coming up, the latest from buckingham palace following prince philip's death friday at age 99 and how the royal family is now coming together. plus, "deals & steals," all from small businesses, save big and give your home a green clean. and the weeknd's hit song "blinding lights" reaching a major milestone. details ahead in "pop news." ♪ ooh, i'm blinded by the light ♪

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our little friend at the buffet doing his thing, walter. >> don't worry. we'll be fine right there. we'll carry on with the show. we know that you're committed to binging things on weekends, right, in entertainment. we have news for fans of netflix's hit psychological thriller "you." >> i just got very excited. >> i didn't know if that was walter making a noise. okay, this is the third book in the series of that show that it's based on. just hit shelves this week. the caroline kepnes nail-biter, "you love me" will keep you on the edge of your seat all weekend more. we have even more coming up in "binge this" and by the way, you heard the noises coming from our friend janai and dan, the whole band is back. >> you said we were joined by our little friend and i said, hey, dan. >> oh! and she's back. >> dan started with me. it's so good to be back in "pop news."

we had some rockstars filling in while i was off and glad to be back. let's get started with pup news and, of course, we're joined by a very excited new staffer in the studio this morning, our canine correspondent walter, eva's dog, is here to ring in national pet day. the holiday is tomorrow. >> don't worry. >> it's never too early to celebrate our four-legged friends and our yummy way to show your pup some love. make them a bark-cuterie board. you may have see this trend on social media. the sky is the limit and we have one here for walter to enjoy. i think he likes it. >> this is like the best thing that's ever happened to him. >> be careful, walter. very excited. >> he's losing function of his rear limbs he is so excited. >> too much going on. >> that's what happens to me at the buffet too. all right, and the weeknd's hit single "blinding lights" is

now one of the longest running top 100 songs in history. it debuted way back in 2019. remember that year before life was turned upside down and it spent a whopping 69 weeks as a billboard top ten record. this record-setting feat ties le ann rimes' hit "how do i live." radioactive, sail beat them out for the top spot. the singer leading the fan voted iheartradio music awards as one of the top contenders with six nominations alongside harry styles and billie eilish. voting on the categories is open until may 19th. weeknd also donated a million dollars to relief efforts in ethiopia so he's doing big things all around. and possibly the best news of the day. there is a brand-new pasta shape. pasta aficionado and host of

the pod cast" the sporkful," dan pashman teaming up and creating a new noodle. the perfect pasta for capturing sauce. the cascatelli is a short tube with ruffles that is easy to get on the fork, yep. enjoy that. so we've got new pasta so try. and we are honoring dmx this morning and we are going to throw it back to 2012 when the legendary rapper was asked to do us the honor of spinning "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" and he did it. so even though it's april you will find his rendition is nothing short of festive. take a look. ♪ rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose and if you ever saw it ♪ ♪ you would even say it glowed ♪ ♪ come on, come on ♪ ♪ all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names ♪ >> so good. later he, of course, released a cover of the song in 2017. we're thinking of his family at this difficult time and wanted to share that incredible moment. >> what a talent. >> yes, absolutely.

that's "pop news," guys. >> so happy to have you back. >> i'm so thrilled that you are back, dan. >> wow, it's just genuine all around. >> only love. well now to our "gma" cover story, tributes pouring in overnight following the death of prince philip, the husband of queen elizabeth and the father of future monarch prince charles passed away yesterday at the age of 99. maggie rulli joins us outside buckingham palace with more. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning. this past hour we've been hearing gun salutes across the country in honor of prince philip. outside windsor castle there is a growing memorial and here at buckingham palace, you can see behind me it's just been a constant stream of people, and it's been like this since yesterday. overnight, all day today and it shows no sign of slowing down. this morning, a nation and the world remembering a man who dedicated his life to service and his country. 99 tolls at westminster abbey, one for each year of his full

life. the traditional announcement brought to the palace gates. at buckingham palace, a constant stream of people paying their respects. >> although he's not necessarily been a king, we've all looked at him upon as a king. >> reporter: his children speaking out. >> you ask anybody who had the privilege of listening to him speak or any of the events that he hosted, it was always his humor that came through and the twinkle in his eye. >> reporter: abc news has learned prince charles visited the queen at windsor castle shortly after his father's passing. >> i think he'd probably want to be remembered as an individual in his own right really. >> reporter: reaction to philip's passing pouring in from around the world. president biden sending his deepest condolences from the american people. the longest serving royal spouse, philip has stood by the queen through 73 years of marriage. >> treated everybody as an individual and gave them the respect that he felt that they were due as individuals.

>> reporter: and we now know edward has also visited windsor castle and we saw him there this morning with his wife sophie. the two were there to support their mom, the queen, who, guys, can't help but think about this morning as we're all grieving and mourning the loss of prince philip. now the queen is ruling this country for the first time without her partner by her side. guys. >> yeah, our thoughts with her this morning as well. thank you, maggie. joining us now is our royal contributor victoria murphy. thanks so much for being with us, victoria. i'm curious, what is the latest that we're hearing from buckingham palace about the duke of edinburgh's funeral service? >> hi there. good morning. we know that the queen has been reviewing those funeral plans which have been in place for many years but now will have to change quite dramatically because of the covid pandemic. there was never a plan for a state funeral. that was never philip's wishes but there were plans for ceremonial elements, some elements involving the military and original plans for crowds to gather, which are now not going

to happen, because the royal family has been very clear prioritizing the covid relief effort should be the priority. we'll see them stick to that legal limit of only 30 people, no more than 30 at a funeral, and they're continuing to ask people not to gather, not to lay flowers and to consider making charity donations instead. >> we've seen tributes pouring in from around the world celebrating prince philip as the patriarch of the royal family. tell us how his passing is bringing the family together today. >> well, we're absolutely seeing all the royal family really rally around the queen. we've had prince charles visiting yesterday and we've had prince edward and his wife sophie visiting today. we saw statements being put out on behalf of the whole royal family including harry and meghan which, of course, hasn't always been the case over every topic recently. so really united together really wanting to support the queen together at this very difficult time. >> victoria, thanks so much for being with us. let's get a check of our weather and turn it over to rob marciano.

a busy day in the weather department as well. >> it is. as a matter of fact, it's so busy i've been sweating, so i ran down to makeup to get a little bit of powder and then i ran back and now i'm sweating more so didn't do much help. spring skiing in killington, vermont. bluebird day yesterday, they're still open. i think they'll stay open till the end of the month, maybe may 2nd is when they'll shut it down. yellowstone, a fresh blanket of snow, looks like significant snow there, and up the pipe in big sky, montana, yeah, that's not spring skiing. that's fresh pow, my friends. eight inches of it. this is the time of year when the northern rockies can get some good snow and could use more. the snowpack is really light especially in the southern rocky mountains and here across the northeast, temperatures, enjoy them today before the cold front comes through. a little bit of fogel warmer

afternoon, temperatures above average today. from thecos at the coasts winds will be breezy to gusties by tomorrow, lightning up, a warmer day and warmest day of the weed is sunday. the dry pattern time now for "deals & steals" this morning. we're getting your home green clean. tory johnson is here with eco-friendly products at wallet-friendly prices. and you can get all of these deals by pointing your cellphone camera at the qr code at the bottom of your screen right now. tory, good morning to you. what is first up in your lineup? >> first up, dan, we're starting with a company called cattongue grips. these are nonabrasive grip tapes, all recyclable. that's what gives it the eco nod that prevents slipping, sliding and shifting of ordinary objects.

so you place a piece on a phone, tablet, laptop, game controller, but i also want to mention that there's a huge community that really loves this product. people with arthritis or tremors or anything that makes holding everyday objects difficult to grip them properly, simple things like utensils, pill bottles, sporting gear, crafting products, just you name it, by using some of this, they gain back independence to be able to do some of those everyday things so it's more than just a piece of tape. it's a very versatile product for kids and adults and an incredible price because all of our assortments range from $5 to $10. >> meaningful service for a lot of people. next up, we have towels that wipe up messes while protecting the environment. >> so this company is called anact. it is sustainably made hand towels, bath towels and washcloths that are made specifically from hemp and organic cotton.

all of them are quick drying, they're super absorbent. made better for the earth. there's a variety of sizes, two colors to choose from, singles and sets $5 to $30. we've also got, next in line here, a woman-owned company that has amazing hygiene products. >> yes, good one. this is cleo + coco. you can feel clean and confident, it's a deodorant that provides 100% odor control without parrabins or synthetics. all day protection and have a really great dry shampoo and body powder. it's aluminum free, talc-free, it's gentle for sensitive skin, and it will also absorbs a little excess oil in the hair, grapefruit, lavender, basil mint, all refreshing scents, today their prices are $8 to $27 for their singles or sets. next up, bags that make shopping at the grocery store a

little bit easier. tell us about that. >> yes, purify you. you can swap single-use plastic with these durable multipurpose eco-friendly bags, we have their organic cotton or mesh options. these are great for produce bags. we also have options with handles to cart around groceries or other everyday stuff. all of it is machine washable, really good price on these. the sets start at $7.50. >> and the next one is a high-tech way to keep your home tidy. tell us more about that one. >> this is kind of cool, dan. this company is called force of nature. it's a device that uses electricity to convert tap water along with a little recyclable capsule of the precise amount of salt, water and vinegar to create a multipurpose powerful cleaner, deodorizer, sanitizer so it will replace chemical based cleaners for home. tough on grease, grime, odor, you name it, and you can make 25

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♪ hey, mambo italiano ♪ welcome back to "gma" this morning. our ultimate pasta week comes to a close with the cheesy culinary sensation that's all over tiktok called baked feta pasta. melissa clark is standing by with her one-pan twist on the tasty dish. >> it reminds me of my time at the olive garden. [ speaking foreign language ] but first here this morning, j&jshot in the spotlight after reports of adverse reactions to that vaccine, now to concerns over the slowdown as states across the country are prepping for a massive drop in supplies of the j&j vaccine availability set to plummet 85% this week. and thousands of people evacuated on the caribbean island of st. vincent after a

second volcanic eruption terrifying images there, you can see as the caribbean nation's emergency management agency says it has awakened blasting giant clouds of ash into the sky. officials saying plumes are rising above 20,000 feet high. and that terrifying moment during the ncaa regional final between gonzaga and southern california when you see a basketball official toppled over fainting on the court. well, it could well have saved his life. referee burt smith says his fall was related to a blood clot in his lung and once the doctors found it, they say they were able to take care of it. so positive that that happened in the end. time to switch gears and it's -- [ air horn ] >> yes, we know what that means. >> janai's calling card. >> that's right. >> it is time for "binge this" and we have got your weekend watch list covered. here to guide us through it all

is andrea boehlke, the host of "people in 10." hey, andrea, so excited you're here. first, two of our favorite actresses are joining forces to save the day, give us the inside scoop on that. >> i have a great, hilarious movie for you called "thunder force." it's on netflix starring octavia spencer and melissa mccarthy, this is the superhero duo that we don't even deserve. this is the story, so two former childhood best friends reunite as adults to save their city from these miscreants, which are evil people with superpowers. our girls have some superpowers as well. game on. the best thing is these two are real-life friends, they were just on "gma" talking about their 20-year friendship so you can watch that on netflix. it got me thinking, though, janai, if you could have a superpower, would you choose invisible, super strength or mind control? >> i would probably choose

invisibility. mind control i've got covered. still giving dan a hard time. andrea, up next, it's been a big week for tv viewers. what shows are you watching this weekend? >> some great tv, the first one is "rebel" starring katey sagal. so she's this woman on a mission to make the world a much better place helping people out legally without a law degree, so it's inspired by the real story of erin brockovich, who's actually an executive producer on the show, along with krista vernoff, who is also the ep of this little unknown show called "grey's anatomy," so basically you have this great team of women behind this show. that's on abc. the next show i have for you is "doing the most" with phoebe robinson following the comedian who is a workaholic working from home. very relatable right now, but she's getting out there doing these adventures with celebrities she admires so going to the farm, she's doing gymnastics, she is doing some

baking and cooking and even a ropes course with kevin bacon. does it get better than that? i don't think so. watch it on comedy central. and finally to music, "fearless (taylor's version)" dropped yesterday. tell us what has all the swifties buzzing. >> how does taylor do all of this? does she get extra hours in the day? i'm not sure but she is killing it. so she re-recorded all 19 songs from her album and from 2008 "fearless" so now it's "fearless (taylor's version)" and she redid "love story," a fan favorite. the cool thing about the re-recorded versions is the lyrics take on new meaning. in 2008 it was about trying to make it in the music industry, now it's about taking back ownership of her own music. it's very powerful. we hear vocals from keith urban and maren morris. and there's some good breakup songs here. if you're going through a breakup, turn on t. swift. we're moving forward. listen to that album right now. >> taylor has always had good breakup songs.

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♪ ♪ >> we are back now with that saring song from the italian motion picture "the life ahead." legendary songwriter diane warren nabbed her 12th oscar nomination for co-writing that song. her other movie tunes like "because you loved me," "i don't want to miss a thing" and "stand up for something." the list goes on and on, they've all been part of the soundtrack of our lives so we're rolling out the red carpet and welcoming diane warren to the show. diane, good morning to you. it's great to have you on a saturday. >> good morning. hi. >> so you've been nominated for oscars over five decades going

back to the '80s with "nothing's going to stop us now" from "mannequin." does it feel any different now going into this year's ceremony? what's it like for you. >> it's always great. i want to say i started out when i was 5 so, my first nomination, just kidding. you know, it's always -- it's amazing. i mean, to be nominated, yeah. that many times. i haven't won yet but i've -- it's great to have all these songs that people seem to love and it's amazing, so i'm pretty honored. >> it's amazing. you've had 12 nominations but you haven't won yet so maybe this is the year. let's talk about your song, "lo si," part of the title that is in italian. and you got to spend time on set with sophia loren. what was that like? >> it was amazing. we went to the set when she was, you know, filming a pretty heavy scene in the movie and i read the script and what usually -- when i do a song for a movie i

usually just read the script before seeing the movie. this time i got to see the whole energy of it and i took that with me but meeting sophia was amazing. that day, i wanted to get a selfie with her. she said, i can't do a selfie. i'm dying today. i don't have any makeup on. it was kind of funny. it was pretty amazing to experience that and i'm so honored i got to write the song for her movie. >> and you've worked with some of the biggest stars an artists in the business, celine dion, aerosmith, carrie underwood, lady gaga, the list goes on and on. don't mean to put you on the spot but seriously who is your favorite to work with? >> all of them. this year it's laura pausini, and she's one of the best singers on the planet and, you know, when the song had to be -- i wrote the song in english.

i wrote the song and the movie is in italian and we needed to put -- the song needed to be in italian to fit the movie and laura wrote these beautiful lyrics inspired by my song and, you know, so -- >> but what's it like though for an average person out there, you work with all these stars, to go to somebody like celine dion and you've written this song and you're exchanging ideas and she sings it a certain way. do you ever think -- how do you tell her you don't like something and it should be done a different way? what is that like? >> well, i'm lucky enough to -- if i work with a celine or laura pausini or singers, some of the singers i work with i don't really have to tell them anything. they kind of make what i do, you know, ten times better, you know, with their amazing voices. s, yeah, i usually don't. sometimes the melody, like i'm like, can you try that? i'll never tell anybody how to sing in my life, i will never do that. >> take us into the process a little bit because a lot of the songs that you've written have been a part of these incredible films of our lifetime.

when you get -- when you get a new assignment like this, how do you approach that? how do you create? how do you get into that space in your mind to make a great song for the movies? >> well, with this movie and i read the script and it really moved me. it was such a -- this was such a beautiful story about people that aren't seen by the outside world and through, you know, love and understanding and seeing each other through their hearts, they do see each other and they do love each other and we live in a time where we don't see each other at all. and so many people feeling invisible so the song took on added meaning, you know, outside of the movie. inside of the movie actually it was so cool is once it was in italian the director actually made the song part of the dialogue at the end so it wasn't just putting a song, you know, as an end credit song which there's nothing wrong with but this actually, you know, became madam rosa leaving -- this is the message she was leaving with

momo in the movie and outside of the movie it became, you know, a whole other thing where people -- even with covid people feel really feel invisible and we're not seeing your family and we're not seeing your friends and here's a simple, you know, just a simple phrase, i want you to know that you're seen, you know, which is pretty, you know -- >> the music -- perfect way to connect on an emotional level there when so many of us are separated from the people we care about. diane, we are rooting you on. thank you so much for coming on the show this morning. >> thank you. can i say one more thing? >> absolutely. >> the oscars are on my dad's birthday this year and i want to show a picture of him. that's my dad. >> happy birthday, dad. >> thank you. so i'm hoping this year. >> this is the one. no question about it, diane, thank you once again. you can tune in to the academy awards on april 25th right here on abc. now we're going to get a check of the weather and rob marciano has been called by some as the songbird of our generation. >> yes. >> what's going on, mr. spring? >> well, i'm short for time so i

am not going to sing it to you, but i could use a music score, movie score with beautiful pictures, springlike in the botanical gardens. the lilacs out, cherry blossoms are going at it. daffodils, another few days before they go back in the ground. there they are right there. the drone shot, a little bit of music there, cherry blossoms giving d.c. a run for its money. all right, last two weeks of april, below normal across the central u.s. maybe above average across the northeast and much above average te good saturday morning to you, a little bit of fog in the distance, emeryville, chilly start but this afternoon, we are going to warm up through the 60s around the bay. mid and upper 70s inland. erer as you know, eva, i'm more of a whistler than i am a singer but i'll spare you that. we've got something good coming up, rob, you won't want to miss it, say cheese. our ultimate pasta week finale. we'll be right back.

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♪ back now with our grand finale of our ultimate pasta week. all week long we've been cooking up irresistible pasta recipes from lasagna to vodka sauce and we've saved the best for last with a new spin on a simple totally delicious viral pasta sensation, baked feta pasta which started in finland and then shot to fame on tiktok this year with the hashtag baked feta pasta racking up 170 million views on the app, so we wanted in and melissa clark, "the new york times" cooking reporter and cookbook author of "kid in the kitchen" is here to give us her take on how this is done. so, good morning to you, melissa, thanks for coming on. this baked feta pasta is everywhere.

why do you think the dish is such a huge hit? >> you know, when jenny first made the recipe for her blog, it went viral. people were so excited about how easy it was, in fact, feta pretty much sold out of supermarkets all over the country. i think really it's the interplay of that creamy, delicious salty feta with the sweet tomatoes and you have pasta so it's a win/win and it's incredibly easy too. >> so, melissa, you've made some tweaks to the recipe for extra ease and extra flavor. we'll cook along with you this morning. we've got all our ingredients here. walk us through it. how do we get started? >> okay, the first thing you want to do is set your oven to 400 degrees, and then you could see in this casserole dish i have a block of feta, you just unwrap it and plop it right in the dish, it's really easy, cherry tomatoes, you want to add some garlic, some herbs and i like to add red pepper flakes. some olive oil, some black pepper. and then this bakes for about 40 minutes until the tomatoes just burst right out of their skins

and it gets so sweet and then the feta gets creamy and, you know, if you don't have feta, if feta is sold out at your supermarket, you can use goat cheese which makes it even creamier or if you want to add flavor you can add olives and sundried tomatoes, i like to put anchovies right in that pan so that's what it looks like, then just pop it in the oven. do you have it set. >> ours is sitting here. your major innovation is how you cook the pasta turning this dish into a one-pan meal. that's so much less cleanup. tell us about it. >> yes, so that was -- i mean i love a one-pan meal. any time i can save on washing dishes i'm a happy person and we have a lot of one-pan meals. check us out. for this dish i just took -- jenny has the baked pasta -- i mean she has the baked feta and cherry tomatoes and she cooks

the pasta on the stove, but what i did was i eliminated that step. eva, you'll cook along with me, what you want to do, this is e what it looks like after 40 minutes when you take it out of the oven and you just want to grab your dry pasta and put it directly in the pan right on top. just right on top of your baked feta. >> hard to get it in the pan. >> you got it, perfect. then you want to add a little bit of salt and do you have some boiling water right there? >> i do. it is starting to boil. >> okay, perfect. we're going to pour in three cups of boiling water and what happens is that while the pasta is in -- i'll put it back in the oven. while it's in the oven it's going to finish cooking so just pour that right in. >> all right, so, we're almost ready to dig in here. how do we finish this? >> yes, okay, so you just want to make sure that you cover it tightly, bake it for 17 to 19 minutes and then at the end it comes out like this. you want to just give it a big stir so the pasta gets covered

with that delicious melty feta and the cherry tomatoes. i'm going to add some basil and a little bit of flaky sea salt and then you can dig right in. >> it's great. i've been digging in since the commercial break. >> yep. >> so i can strongly endorse it. thank you so much, melissa. and you can get melissa's recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. and we will be right back. and you can get melissa's re

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