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sixt gde opened fire. >> my friends and i were r who thwarted a potenoting. the new video of this army trainee with a rifle, hijacking a bus carrying 18 children. how the hero bus driver saved the day. “gma” exclusive. the ceo of peloton live in his first interview since that major recall of more than 126,000 treadmills after a surge of reported injuries and the death of a child. what he's saying to those families this morning. wicked weather on the move. tornadoes and wind gusts more than 70 miles per hour wreaking havoc from illinois to florida. and the new threats for mother's day weekend. ♪ i'm on the edge ♪ and we're "on the edge" this friday, two “gma” supersize events. we're live from portugal, 600 feet above a roaring river on

this brand-new suspension bridge, but don't look down. and back at here at home, we're somewhere in america for our 22nd breakfast in bed mother's day surprise. and this could be our biggest one ever! are we outside your door this morning? good morning, america. hope you're doing well as we head into this mother's day weekend. we've been doing this mother's day breakfast in bed for 22 years. you will not believe this one. never met a mom quite like the one we're celebrating this morning. >> we cannot wait for that. "gma," also, we're live in portugal taking you across this bridge nearly 1,700 feet long, but only four feet wide. one of the newest wonders. hoping to bring tourists back to europe. certainly not for the faint of heart. >> i never saw so many shake their heads no in studio.

travel is looking to make a big comeback as more americans get vaccinated and pfizer announced they're starting a process to get full approval of their vaccine. kaylee hartung is live in california where scientists say herd immunity in that state could be just over a month away. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, michael. at the worst of the surge here patients were overflowing into military grade medical tents. this hospital was treating more than 200 people fighting covid. but now these tents are empty and for the first time since march of last year this hospital has zero covid patients. they say it feels like a miracle. this morning, pfizer announcing they're starting the submission process for full approval of their covid-19 vaccine in the u.s. this as california counts down to midjune. that's when some specialists at herd iuny. rges pd prictohe

immunity with a combination of natural infection and vaccination but that's what california went through. >> reporter: this timeline in line with the state's plan to re-open june 15th after a promising turnaround. dr. hammond runs the icu here. when we spoke to her in december, hospitals across southern california were overwhelmed. >> right now my icu looks like an absolute war zone. >> reporter: here we are talking five months later. >> we're starting to see a little bit of the emergence of, you know, the spring and summer we hoped to see. we unfortunately had someone die yesterday of covid. so it's still there. >> reporter: as the pandemic's death toll keeps climbing, the cdc predicts the u.s. could surpass 600,000 deaths by memorial day. now all eyes are on vaccines. the question is if and when they'll be authorized for children. moderna announcing its vaccine is 96% effective in 12 to

17-year-olds. >> the goal would be to make sure that the vaccine is av the coming school year. >> reporter: not all parents are jumping to sign their kids up right away. one poll finding just three in ten parents are planning to get their 12 to 15-year-olds vaccinated immediately. 25% say they will wait and see how the vaccine is working and nearly a quarter say they will not vaccinate their child. and next wednesday assuming fda authorization, the cdc advisory panel is expected to green light the pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15 and at that hearing they'll also have a status update on those rare blood clotting cases seen after the johnson & johnson vaccine. george? >> okay, kaylee, thanks very much. let's bring in our friend dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, thanks for joining us this morning. let's start with the significance of this pfizer announcement. >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me on.

it's great, it's big. it's important. here's why. obviously on some level day to day vaccination will also continue and in that way it's not a huge deal but it is a signal we have so much safety data now on millions and tens of millions of people that we can get the full authorization, the full approval. it'll also give confidence to a lot of people on the fence, businesses that want to mandate it for workers coming back so i do think it will end up being a big deal. >> we also have moderna news. their vaccine 96% effective in 12 to 15-year-olds. you saw those polls right there. a lot of parents still reluctant to get their adolescents vaccinated. what's your message? >> my first is i have two 12 to 15-year-olds, two in that age range and i'll get them both vaccinated. they're both excited to get vaccinated. the data on safety is really, really good. i'm conf the people waiting to be on the fence they'll jump off that fence and get their kids vaccinated over time because they'll see they're incredibly safe and do make a big difference in protecting people. >> we are excited to have my

15-year-old vaccinated as well. the issue of herd immunity. we hear it's possible in the state of california. some experts saying it's not going to be possible in the united states. >> yeah, you know, i have to be honest, i think we're a little too focussed on that one number. the goal here is if we can get 70%, 80% of americans vaccinated we may or may not hit herd immunity but we'll get the virus under such low -- to such low levels that basically our lives will go back to normal. so i don't know if we'll hit herd immunity or not. i don't mean to be flippant. i don't know if i care. what i care about is let's get the virus under control. let's get our lives back, and i'm confident we can do that if we vaccinate more people. >> dr. jha, thanks for your time. cecelia? >> good t> tnine-hr aganba innesota. one man trapped managed to free himself and kenneth moton has more. kenneth, good morning. thankfully the situation ended peacefully. >> reporter: thankfully,

cecelia, but it was a terrifying ordeal for those people inside the bank with that man who was believed to be armed. police say the suspect was actually in touch with them throughout the incident. they say he even released some hostages right before that heart-stopping takedown. overnight a dramatic end to an hours long hostage situation in minnesota. >> oh, whoa. what was that? they got him. >> reporter: before 2:00 p.m. police say ray mcneary walked in this wells fargo bank in st. cloud, upset about a prior visit. the manager quickly called 911, afraid for the safety of the employees and other customers. >> short time later, we received a panic alarm indicating that a bank robbery was in proces >> reporter: when police arrived they say mcneary was holding five employees inside. four hours into the standoff one hostage was seen leaving the bank with her hands up. >> there goes another one. >> reporter: bystanders clapping as another hostage walked out followed by two more.

nine hours after it all started mcneary could be seen holding one last person near the bank's entrance. then this moment, that hostage leaping out of the door. >> stay safe. >> reporter: fbi agents and police rushing in taking that suspect into custody. just incredible moments there, incredibly no one was injured. investigators confirm reports that the suspect took the phones of the hostages to go live on social media. police say mcneary who has now been charged with bank robbery and kidnapping has had a number of run-ins with the law. he is now being held in jail. michael? >> wow. glad they're all safe, kenneth. thank you for that. now to the american economy. possibly turning a corner. weekly jobless claims falling to the lowest level since last march as the latest monthly jobs report comes out this morning bringing more positive signs with it. rebecca jarvis has more this

morning. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, michael. that's why it's positive because we're seeing layoffs starting to really fall here and we're just an hour away from the official u.s. jobs report for the month of april where economists believe that the economy added 1 million jobs. well, it turns out we only added 266,000 jobs according to the official report from the government, and in some areas, jobs were even lost in the month of april. retail, warehousing, some areas like that, lost jobs while areas like leisure and hospitality did recover more than 300,000 jobs. economy reopens, as that stimulus works its way into the economy, why aren't we seeing more job creation? the kind of job creation analysts expected at this point in time. there are a handful of factors here that a number of employers have pointed to as issues with

bringing people back to work. one being many employees are still fearful about the virus itself. they're afraid of getting sick. child care is a huge issue because schools in many places still are not in session, and then you have those enhanced unemployment benefits. that also is a reason people say they're not returning to work, michael. >> thank you for that. cecilia? all right, michael. we're going to turn now to another school shooting. this time at a middle school in idaho. a sixth grade girl, she opened fire and a hero teacher jumped into action, stopping what could have been another mass shooting. that young girl is now in custody. will carr has the latest in rigby, idaho. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. all the victims were brought to this hospital and all expected to survive thanks to that teacher who sprang to action putting herself in harm's way to save lives. this morning, police are hailing this idaho teacher as a hero for her role in helping stop a potential mass shooting. authorities say a sixth grade girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack thursday and started shooting inside rigby middle school.

she then moved outside where she continued to fire. >> we heard one gunshot and then right after we heard another and we heard multiple kids screaming. my friends and i were freaking out and we were hiding in the corner of our classroom. >> reporter: kristen knighting a teacher, confirming to abc news that she's the one that disarmed the shooter and detained her until police arrived. three people, two students and a custodian were injured and rushed to the hospital. >> like everyone was like ugging their parents. >> reporter: the lockdown, computers shut down, students - lining the walls until they could leave to reunite with their parents. >> me and my friends were like all crying and texting our moms and saying that what is going on right now? we sred. >> reporter: this moin veo at heroic teher. george? >> thanks very much.

we turn to the national showdown over voting rights. florida and texas the latest to move forward with restrictive new voting laws. the gop argues this is about keeping elections honest while democrats accuse republicans of trying to suppress turnout especially from minority voters. senior washington correspondent mary bruce has the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, across the country we are seeing these republican controlled states following former president trump's lead moving to tighten election security laws. they say it's all intended to boost election security, but democrats say it's all an attempt to fix a problem that simply doesn't exist because there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the last election despite former president trump's claims. advocates say it all amounts to voter suppression, targeting communities of color and the disabled. now, overnight in texas a short while ago they moved to measures that could make it the toughest state in the country to cast a ballot in. the bill would prohibit

election officials from mailing out unsolicited mail-in voting and grant broad power to poll watchers. nine other states similar rolled back voting access. in florida we saw the governor there, a staunch trump lie make a big show of tightening their laws signing a bill live on fox news and shutting out all other media. george? >> that was some move. mary, thanks very much. michael? >> thank you, george. now to the army trainee who hijacked a bus with 18 children on board in south carolina. steve osunsami joins us now and we're learning more about that trainee. >> reporter: that's right, michael. this morning authorities are praising the school bus driver for keeping his cool and for putting the safety of his students first. the commander of the military base where the trainee is from is now apologizing to the family of those children. a south carolina sheriff is releasing a portion of the surveillance video showing how an army trainee hijacked a school bus with 18 children inside who were on their way to

classes. >> that is just a few seconds of the six minutes that these kids and the bus driver were very traumatized and feared for their life. >> reporter: the 23-year-old seen in his army training uniform with an army issued rifle, forcing his way onto the bus and pointing the gun at the driver. police are identifying him as jovan collazo and say he was trying to leave the military and wanted the bus driver to get him to the next town so he could get home to new jersey. >> the kids were asking questions, are you a soldier? are you going to hurt us? are you going to hurt the bus driver? >> reporter: 10-year-old ke-aundre james was on the bus calling his parents. >> i called my dad and so i was telling him that i was being held hostage. >> reporter: at one point the fourth grader felt that he had to hide his phone. >> he didn't call back and he didn't text back so that's just when i just went into panic mode. >> reporter: the sheriff says that after several minutes the 23-year-old stopped the bus and

let the bus driver and kids get off. police arrested him shortly after. collazo is now charged with 19 counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, carjacking and more. he had only been in basic training for three weeks and wanted out. his commander says they don't believe he intended to hurt anyone. the commander says because this was a trainee that gun was unloaded but, of course, there is no way anyone on the bus would have known that. cecelia? >> especially those traumatized children. steve, thank you. now to the story about that chinese rocket set to crash somewhere on earth this weekend. the problem, no one knows where it's going. gio benitez has more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, cecelia. you see this giant rocket behind me. the chinese rocket, it's even bigger than that weighing 23 tons. take a look at this map right now because we're told this could land anywhere from the u.s. to europe, china, even to new zealand, and they won't get

a sense of where it's going until a few hours before it happens this weekend. now the department of defense is tracking it, and they're sending a message to china saying countries operating in the space domain should be required to do so in a safe and thoughtful way. now we should tell you there is no plan to shoot this down right now. they're just hoping, guys, that it lands somewhere in the water. >> that would be a good goal. all right, gio, thanks. a lot more coming up including a "gma" exclusive live in his first interview since the recall of the company's treadmills. after a surge of reported injuries and the death of a child. plus, the the colorado husband charged with murdering his wife in court for the first time, and her sister is now speaking out here live only on "gma." we are live on bridge. but first let's go to ginger. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. another powerful system, at least five tornadoes reported in illinois alone. look at some of the damage. those trees into the cars. there was one person killed in

tennessee and wind gusts into south florida up to 71 miles per hour. you can see some of the damage there. now this weekend, if you have outdoor plans and you're doing mother's day brunches, please watch because eastern kansas, you can see the area that will have severe storms. oklahoma just on the edge there. maybe if you're anywhere even into missouri, watch as the afternoon opens up into tornadoes and damaging wind. as this moves east sunday itself, anywhere from dallas up through memphis needs to be on the lookout. so much more to come here but let's go ahead and get that weekend forecast now sponsored by amazon.

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we're also following a lot of headlines. breaking vaccine news this morning. pfizer announced they're starting the submission process for the full approval of their vaccine in the u.s. as experts say california could reach herd immunity in a little over a month. the state is planning to fully reopen on june 15th. also right now, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms is speaking out after saying she will not seek a second term. she drew national attention during the protests over social justice, and she has not said what she plans to do next. as we are heading into mother's day weekend if you haven't ordered flowers yet you might want to make that number one on your list of things to do today. there is a huge shortage of flowers because of the pandemic. delays in delivery, growers planting flowers for conservatively so perhaps one of those hand made macaroni necklaces. way to go, george. >> i feel better now. >> good thinking. we have a lot more ahead, including the husband of that colorado mom who vanished on mother's day last year now charged with her murder making

his first court appearance. her sister speaking out right here only on "gma." michael? >> thank you, cecilia. we continue with an abc news exclusive. peloton's ceo john foley is joining us live to talk about the fitness giant's recall of all its treadmills after more than 72 reports of accidents including the tragic death of a child. some saying it's too little too late and despite those accidents and alarming video like this, one of a 2-year-old who was thankfully okay after getting dragged under a machine. peloton rejected a call to pull its exercise machines two months ago. joining us now in his first interview since issuing a recall on wednesday is peloton ceo mr. john foley, and thank you for joining us this morning. as we mentioned you are recalling more than 125,000 treadmills. you released a statement wednesday apologizing for the delay, but why did it -- why did you decide to do it now? >> yeah, thanks for having me, michael.

i have to say by far the most important thing to us at peloton is the safety of our members. it always has been. and subsequently we did make a mistake by not engaging with the consumer product safety commission in a more productive dialogue earlier in this process. but this week with this recall, we're stating unequivocally that not only are we going to be the innovators in this new connected fitness category, but we're also going to be leaders and we have a responsibility and obligation to be leaders in product safety and indoor fitness equipment category and we're absolutely going to do that. >> one lawmaker called this dangerously delayed. we've seen reports of injuries nearly doubled in the last two weeks. why didn't you recall the treadmills right away after that initial warning came out in march? >> well, right away when i found out about a child's death, we've had one child's death and it was tragic and horrible and our heart went out to that family.

right away, i emailed every one of our tread members personally and said, listen. treadmills in the home have to be used safely. so we have been trying to be communicative and transparent with our members, we've been always have about everything. that's the way we operate at peloton. we care deeply about our members and members' safety. again, i'll say we did make a mistake by not engaging with the cpsc in a more productive dialogue and that's what you saw this week is -- was part of our recall. >> yeah, because less than three weeks ago, we know your company, you were doubling down even after that federal safety agency report stated they were aware of almost 40 accidents involving your machine including that one child's death. you called the report inaccurate and misleading. so how do you feel about that statement now? >> well, when we brought the tread and the tread plus product to market, it met every existing safety standard in europe and the u.s. we made sure that they were safe products. when used properly, they're incredibly safe products.

through working with the cpsc, what we're doing is saying we can add additional safety features whether software or hardware features that can make them even safer, industry leading safe so that even when they're used improperly, children don't get hurt, and that's obviously a priority for families and a priority for us. i can't tell you how deeply we care about our members and their safety and that's why we did this recall this week. >> and are you worried about legal action against your company? >> well, there is. i mean, there is a public securities lawsuit and i think there's a class action lawsuit brewing. so it's something that absolutely we're ready for. it's part of the process and we're going to have to deal with that. >> have you had a chance to speak with any of the families of the child who died or of those who were hurt? >> well, my instinct, of course, as a father myself was to reach out to that family immediately. i asked my team if we could. that family at the time wasn't ready to speak.

they appreciated my outreach but i have not connected with them although i would love to. that's obviously something i would want to do and, again, we just care so deeply about everyone in our family and our extended family and we treat our members like our own family and it's -- so this -- their safety is the highest priority for us. >> is there anything you would like to say to those families now? >> absolutely, i mean our heart goes out to any child hurt and the one tragic death, it's unthinkable. i think that was my word in my email to the community. interestingly, michael, before i put the death on the radar of all of our members, i asked -- we asked that family would it be okay if we say that this took place, and they said, yes. they gave us the green light to talk about it. so we've been trying to be on

the right foot with the impacted families and all our members. we have an incredible responsibility and an obligation to the safety of people who bring peloton in their home and we aren't shirking from that responsibility and we are 100% committed to the safety and well-being. i mean, we are a health and wellness company. we are all about your health and happiness. that's what we wake up in the morning -- we have thousands of people around the world that wake up thinking about our members' health and wellness and safety is number one in that list of what we think about. >> so what would you like to tell anyone who has one of these in their homes right now? >> well, as part of this week's news through working with the consumer product safety commission for all the treads in the uk and canada and the u.s., we're saying not only is it stop sale, we're encouraging to stop use, but we're bringing new safety features. again, software and in some cases hardware up to and including in the next couple days we're releasing what is

called an over the air software update where we're adding an additional safety feature to the tread plus, you won't be able to start it unless you enter a key code. similar to your phone, so hopefully your 2 or 3-year-old can't reach up there and start the treadmill. the treadmill won't even start unless you enter the key code. so that's one safety feature but working on a whole suite of them that we're working on today and we'll get them in front of the consumer product safety commission, make sure they're comfortable with them and then we'll roll them out to our members in the coming weeks and month. >> a lot waiting for those, mr. foley, thank you so much for joining me this morning. >> thank you, michael. >> george? we'll get the latest on the ans enhaeditmissing colorado , h her murder. he made his first court appearance along with the couple's daughters and we're hearing from the victim's sister

for the first time. matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: this morning the husband of missing colorado mom, suzanne morphew waking up behind bars. charged with her murder. >> justice is a process and it just started. it just started for our family. >> reporter: barry morphew appearing in court for the first time thursday. a judge ordering him held without bail, but allowing his daughters to visit. >> we believe that she's not alive. >> reporter: now new video showing the moment the 53-year-old was arrested. almost a year after he made this video after his wife went missing on mother's day. >> i will do whatever it takes to get you back. honey, i love you. >> reporter: 49-year-old suzanne morphew vanishing on may 10th of last year. she had reportedly gone for a bike ride. friends now saying they were suspicious of barry from the start. >> the majority of people thought that he did it from the beginning. >> reporter: now in a "gma" exclusive, suzanne's sister melinda, hoping to get closure for her family.

>> barry morphew has the full weight of the authorities and the law coming against him and if he has any kind of sense at all and he loves his girls at all, i hope he'll do the right thing and confess and save us all more heartache. >> reporter: melinda delivering this powerful message to her nieces who are supporting their father. >> you were the heart and soul of your mother and i love you, girls. and i pray for you often. >> reporter: now morphew did not enter a plea and was not granted bail. he was allowed visitation rights with his daughters who have been living with him since their mother disappeared. they were even in court mouthing i love you to their father. his next appearance is may 27th. cecelia? >> just a sad story. thank you, matt. we will switch gears, live in portugal from the world's longest foot bridge and when i say we're, i mean james longman. stay with us. welcome! it's time to see which chew is best in show

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♪ and it's one of our favorite mornings of the year, celebrating mother's day with our live 22nd breakfast in bed event. we're somewhere in america for our mother's day surprise. this morning it's all about one incredible woman, mom of 12, grandmother of 52 and greatgrandmother of one who goes above and beyond for her community. we're bringing more than 70 of her family members together, cooking up something special all ahead as we say -- >> reporter: good morning, america. good morning, america. hope you're doing well this friday morning. let's start mother's day early. it's mother's day weekend. we want to wish a happy mother's day to all the moms out there,

as we celebrate our 22nd breakfast in bed. >> so many special moms and this morning, t.j. and ginger are getting ready to surprise miss pat. she's the mom of 12 and the grandmother of 52, not to mention she's also a caretaker for her whole community. she's right there inside with no idea about what's about to go down. >> they're still whispering out there. plus live in portugal at one of europe's newest attractions hoping to bring tourists back. it's the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world and we have taken a poll. michael is the only one willing to do it. >> i'm ready. >> so far. we'll get back to that. we have a lot of news to get to and we'll start with that breaking news from pfizer. they've announced a process to get full approval of their covid-19 vaccine. kaylee hartung is live at loma linda university medical center in california where scientists now say that herd immunity in that state could come as early as mid-june. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning again, george. we know we're not out of the woods yet but this hospital has

something to celebrate right now. for the first time in 14 months, there are zero covid patients being treated here. just a few months ago, these medical tents were overflowing with patients and now they're empty. this morning, pfizer announcing they're starting the submission process for full approval for their covid-19 vaccine in the u.s. earlier this morning george spoke to dr. ashish jha of brown university school of public health. >> dr. jha, thanks for joining us again. let's start with the significance of this pfizer announcement. >> it's great. it's big. it's important. here's why. obviously on some level day to day vaccinations will continue and in that way it's not a huge deal but it is a signal we have so much safety data now on millions and tens of millions of people that we can get the full authorization, the full approval. it'll also give confidence to a lot of people who have been on the fence, businesses that want to mandate it for workers coming back. so i do think it will end up being a big deal. >> reporter: that as california counts down to mid-june. that's when some specialists say

the state could reach herd immunity. >> anywhere that had terrible surges paid a price to get there. we never wanted to get to herd immunity with a combination of natural infection and vaccination, but that's what california went through. >> reporter: this timeline in line with the state's plan to fully re-open on june 15th after a promising turnaround. as the pandemic's death toll keeps climbing, the cdc predicts the u.s. could surpass 600,000 deaths by memorial day. now all eyes are on vaccines. the question is if and when they'll be authorized for children. moderna announcing its vaccine is 96% effective in 12 to 17-year-olds. the cdc advisory panel will meet next wednesday and assuming fda authorization, they're expected to green light the pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15 and at that hearing, they'll also have new information regarding rare blood clot cases found after the johnson & johnson vaccine. michael?

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hey, lara. >> hi, you guys. very special "pop news" this morning. michael, this one is for you and me and all fans of cold play. chris martin and the band finally releasing new music. it's their first single in over two years. so excited about it. it's called "higher power." the video looks out of this world. check it out. ♪ you've got a higher power ♪ ♪ you got me singing every second ♪ ♪ dancing every hour ♪ >> where do you go after releasing new music? straight to hollywood, of course. coldplay joining this week's upcoming episode of "american idol" as martin helps mentor contestants during the show's coldplay week. i love that. the remaining finalists will perform two songs in the episode. one of their choosing dedicated to a loved one in their life in honor of mother's day, along with one song from coldplay's iscography.

say that four times fast on a friday. "american idol" fans are in for a very special treat. coldplay is set to perform "higher power" this sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. also this morning as we head into mother's day weekend we wanted to tell you about a connecticut mom deciding to completely revamp her resume. only this time she's listing only skills that she's picked up since becoming a mother. sidney williams posted her new resume on linkedin with experience that includes working one-handed holding a small human in the other and thinking ten steps ahead of all times and lists she leads with empathy and adapts on the fly, she communicates powerfully and prolifically. guys, sounds like qualities any management team would want, i think. williams isn't looking for a job, though. she is actually the global director of brand marketing at general electric. she said she was motivated to rewrite her resu bh by her own

during the pandemic and the experiences of so many others who have had to step back from the workforce during the past 18 months. whether voluntarily or not. she wants all moms to know the work you do is invaluable. love that. and finally, the writing team at the animated series "the simpsons" was working on a new episode. they needed a major journalist for a story line where lisa simpson runs for president. now, they wanted someone with political chops, someone not afraid to ask tough questions and, well, they knew exactly where to find him. take a look. >> this just in, lisa simpson has been elected the eighth president who did not go to college joining george washington, abraham lincoln and harry s. truman. think about that when you're paying your student loans. stephanopoulos out. >> i mean, the resemblance uncanny. the sign-off. george, i'm surprised, you usually save that just for your closest friends.

we've all heard it but now it can be revealed on this sunday's episode of "the simpsons" airing may 9th, 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox. spencer out. >> my kids finally respect me. >> i thought this man couldn't get any cooler. [ laughter ] >> i just want to hear you sign off everything, stephanopoulos out. >> thank you, lara. we're going to move on to our cover story that focuses on children's mental health awam awareness day. this pandemic has put a lot of stress on young people. now celebrities like emma stone and zoe saldana are opening up about their mental health challenges when they were a kid. deborah roberts has the details. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning, george. we all know the emotional stresses of growing up, especially in a difficult world. and for a lot of children those struggles include mental illness. the problem is kids often feel embarrassed to talk about their mental health. so the child mind institute

enlisted the help of celebrities to get the conversation started. >> growing up with adhd and dyslexia meant school was challenging. i can't imagine how hard a year like we just had would be with kids who faced the same classroom struggles that i did. >> reporter: this morning, a look at powerful and revealing messages, all part of a getting better together campaign from the child mind institute. zoe saldana sharing when she reached out for help it was such a relief. >> i know some of you may need more help and it's really brave and empowering when you ask for it. >> reporter: emma stone also >> i started having panic attacks when i was 7. it was very scary, and i didn't really know what was happening, so i was very lucky that i had a mom that understood. >> i've dealt with anxiety and depression and mental illness since i was super young. >> reporter: for some time now pop star bebe rexha has shared her struggles. >> one thing that got me through

is definitely therapy, and talking to friends and family, and music. >> reporter: and friends of the child mind institute also speaking out. >> i've experienced a lot of anxiety and it hasn't made me feel too good. >> anxiety is more common than you think. even if you feel like you're alone, you should know that other people are going through similar situations as you. >> always stay in touch with friends and family members. i can send a text or quick phone call and play video games online with friends. >> what do you most commonly see in kids when they're struggling with their mental health? >> anxiety disorders, mood disorders and behavior disorders interfere with a child's functioning and cause them great distress at home, at school. >> how urgent is it for you right now during this period that we are looking at children and their mental health? >> on a good day in america before covid, one out of five kids had a mental health disorder and the overwhelming majority never got help. with covid we've just added a

very big stressor on all those kids. >> reporter: and what should parents look out for? >> you'll see a change in their appetite. a change in their sleep. a change in their passion to do things and if any of those symptoms come on, when you really do know your kid for more than two weeks, that's a red flag. this is one of those moments where people recognize that mental health is as important as your physical health and you can't have one without the other. >> reporter: and you cannot neglect that. the experts say there are a few things that parents could look out for though. keep an eye on to your child. see if there is an inconsistency there. as the doctor says, you know your child. don't be ashamed if your kids are struggling and most important get help if you think your child is in trouble and these days help can be just a screen away with telemedicine out there and so many resources online so the most important thing is to be aware and get help. guys? >> and the child mind institute doing such a good job. thank you, deborah.

back to portugal now, arouca where james longman is live and we'll show you that stunning view from the new pedestrian bridge, nearly 600 feet above the river below, one of the many special spots opening in europe to tourists this summer. good morning, again, james. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. welcome back to portugal and i'm still suspended tens of feet up in the air. it's still a little bit scary but this is a geopark. there are all kinds of activities you can take part in. there's hiking, canoeing, swimming. we thought how else can we get our blood pumping? whitewater rafting. why not? we actually did it in the river that goes right underneath this bridge. ♪ before covid portugal was gaining a reputation as the california of europe. dramatic beaches, excellent wine and a laid back chill vibe. only an hour from here, this area is known for adventuring in the great outdoors. so went we white water rafting. >> one forward.

>> whoo! >> reporter: two-hour ride down the rapids of the historic rio paiva doing our best not to fall out. so this is one of the best rivers in europe for whitewater rafting. i know you love that in the united states and there it is, the largest foot bridge in the world and we're going to go under it. our guide trained on the wild river in the u.s. >> into a rock. backstroke. >> reporter: passionate about their work, they can't wait to welcome tourists back again soon. >> whoa! >> reporter: and keep amateurs like me safe. after a day on the water, some portuguese pastries. why not? this looks like brioche. what is it? a sweet bread? sweet bread. can we try it? wow. look at this. if you wrote it down i probably wouldn't like it.

but actually it's really delicious. i mean, any excuse to just stuff my face full of sweets, right? if you really want to visit this bridge actually there's a massive waiting list. it's like three months long. you can get online and book, there are cancellations and you can do it. i want to show you one thing. these cords i'm told, they keep the whole thing up but the mayor told me if you wanted to you could cut the cords above because they're only for stability, only, quote/unquote. actually she said 2,000 people could stand on this bridge at one time. don't worry. they don't do any of that. they only allow 350 people a day, all about covid but only small groups of tourists allowed at any one time in groups of ten so it's a lot of fun up here. just a little scary. >> james, don't touch the cables please. you're making me nervous. what's this we're hearing this bridge wasn't supposed to be the

world's longest bridge? >> reporter: yeah, look, it was a total accident and if you take a look at the sides you'll see this rock face and it was actually meant to be built far lower down, but they couldn't find the rocks stable enough to take these massive concrete poles. so they had to move further and further up the hillside and that meant the bridge actually got extended and they accidentally got a world record, but that makes it better. >> it certainly does. so the bridge closes when the winds are higher than 35 miles an hour. how is it out there today? >> reporter: it's not too windy. i won't lie. i mean, look, the thing about this, george, is when you're on it and pe whole thing bounces and if i bounce a little bit now it'll move and our sound man doesn't love heights. so i'll stop that. [ laughter ] >> well, james, thank you and your entire team for this beautiful assignment. you guys get home safely. we're going to get over to ginger now. >> reporter: yes, cecelia, you know we love doing breakfast in bed, surprising a wonderful and

honoring a mother that deserves it. this is greg, one of her sons, tyra, his daughter, ethan, her baby, so three generations to celebrate miss pat. you do not want to miss this surprise. t.j., somewhere in the crowd of 70 some people. this big family kept a secret. you got to stick around. that's the big picture. hot's get a check closer to - good morning. welcome to friday. it's going to be a sunny and breezy day with our last real comparable day, because it gets rather warm this weekend and that's going to heighten the fire danger through at least monday. 50s along the coast, 60s around the bay and 70s inland today. tonight, we will fall back in the 40s and 50s, but breezy conditions will keep the hills in the 50s and 60s. it's those offshore winds that push the now to our 22nd annual breakfast in bed celebration. mother's day is just two days away and this morning we are surprising one incredible mom of

12. early this week some of her family members took a virtual cooking class with chef millie peartree to whip up something special for mom and t.j. holmes is in north carolina getting ready for the pick surprise. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, man. you all keep calling miss pat incredible. it's incredible she raised 12. it's incredible she's helping to raise her 52 grandchildren. if you're going to do something special for mother's day, putting butter on toast ain't going to do it. so we had to get a special chef whip up something special for this breakfast in bed. before our big breakfast in bed surprise, a virtual cooking lesson. for the family of our deserving mom, patricia jones dedicated mother to 12 and grandmother to more than 50. some of them here now kicking off our surprise. >> all: hi. >> hello, hello jones family, how are you today? >> reporter: led by none other than the world renown chef millie peartree.

>> i've heard wonderful things about your mom, grandmom, miss pat. today we're here at the institute of culinary education here in new york city to make a delicious blueberry crumb cake with cream cheese filling. >> reporter: first the batter begins with flour, sugar and vanilla. >> we'll add our lemon zest. >> reporter: made special with buttermilk, blueberries and a dash of love. >> what are some wonderful things you love about your grandmom? >> she's caring and loving. >> you go to her house and you tell her no, and she'll still leave you a plate of food. when i was on bed rest with my first son, she knew i loved her chicken pastry so she sent me a whole small pot of it to me just for me. that's just the way she is. >> a blessing to be able to have somebody like that in your life, right? >> yes. >> how do you think your grandma is going to react when you guys present her with, you know, your wonderful cake and all the wonderful goodies that you have in store for her? >> i think she's going to be so happy.

i think she might even cry a little bit. >> reporter: finish up with a tempting crumb topping and after an hour in the oven -- >> this is what it's going to look like, guy. >> all right, now. >> reporter: then the final touch that lovely lemon glaze and this family is now mother's day ready. >> all: happy mother's day! >> reporter: all right. so where is miss pat, the lady we're honoring? she's inside the church. she is working actually. she has no idea we're here. we set this whole thing up. you don't want to miss it, guys. get this, stra, cecilia, george, we have a surprise so big that it has to be delivered on an 18-wheeler and i will leave you with that. >> wow. >> well, you know we cannot wait to see that, t.j. get this recipe on goodmorningamerica.com. we have our big mother's day breakfast in bed surprise coming up. enjoy the cake. >> it's delicious. ♪

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you can always find the latest on our app or abc7news.com . gma continues now. ♪ how beautiful is times square in the spring? i tell you. welcome back to "gma" on this friday morning. we are counting down to mother's day and we're also gearing up for our big breakfast in bed surprise. >> this year we're celebrating patricia jones or miss pat as she's known. she's a mother of 12, 52 grandkids, one great grandkid. a caretaker to her husband and working at the local food bank. we'll treat her, ginger and t.j. down there doing the treat gearing up for the big reveal. ginger, how is it going? >> reporter: so good, george. i cannot believe more than 70 people in miss pat's family and they kept this secret. yes, miss pat, a woman who not

only cares for and about all these folks, but about her community. so she has no idea. she's packing food boxes inside the glad tidings gospel church. we got the bed. we got the family. t.j., we need miss pat. do your thing. >> reporter: we'll finally get miss pat out here. guys, she's in there working for her food bank now doing what she often does and has no idea this is taking place so let's make it happen. >> hey. >> hey there. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my goodness. >> miss pat, hi there. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i know. >> oh, my gosh. we got a surprise. >> the local news isn't here to cover you today. "good morning america" is and you're live right now on "good morning america." >> oh, my god. no. >> miss pat, i need you to come with me. >> no. just trust me, miss pat. >> oh, my god, no, t.j. >> you just have to trust me.

come, come, come, come. i know it's been a heck of a year and haven't been able to see family as much as you would like to. you got to trust me, miss pat. it's been a tough year for a lot of folks. you hear the noise down here already. but i know you got 12 kids, 52 grandkids. >> how did you know all this? >> i know a lot about you, miss pat. i know a lot about you. and you might recognize some of these folks. >> i do. >> come on, miss pat. >> oh, no. oh, no. oh, no. >> come on, miss pat. >> oh, my gosh. >> come with me. it's all right. >> no. >> come, come, come. >> what? >> this is our "gma" breakfast in bed. >> oh! >> have a seat, have a seat. >> no. >> you getomhtre. >> oh, no. >> miss pat, i know the family hasn't been able to spend as much time together. it's been a tough year for a lot

of folks but they nominated you and want to honor you as the best mom, okay? so you get comfortable and i want to you take a look and listen. we'll show the -- >> you can sit back, miss pat. get comfortable. >> we'll show the whole country. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: they say it takes a village, but to those who love patricia jones, she is the village. >> she always made sure she took care of everybody. >> i think of all the thing she's ever done for us. >> reporter: 67 years old patricia is mother to 12 kids. yeah, 12. now they're all grown up but she spent so much of their childhood raising them alone. >> we stayed in a single-family home and what was considered the projects. >> a lot of times she had to work two jobs just to make ends meet. >> reporter: but she was determined to make sure that the struggle didn't affect her family's happiness.

>> we didn't have a lot but we didn't know we didn't have a lot. >> she had a good way of hiding it, i tell you that much. you live life like it was the best. >> we didn't have a dinner table big enough to fit us all but we really enjoyed and really had a good time. >> reporter: if raising a dozen kids of her own wasn't enough somehow she had more love in the tank to share. for many in her neighborhood she was like a second mom. >> if my mom needed something, if she needed anything, medicine, money, food, anything, miss pat would go out of her way to help my mom out and, you know, when you got five kids and you can't feed them and then you got a neighbor like miss pat or a friend like miss pat that's helping you feed your kids, we don't forget stuff like that. when i think of the term it takes a villages, it takes a village was a person, it would be miss pat. she was just -- she was everything for us. >> reporter: to this day, miss pat just can't stop giving. volunteering at her church's food bank. she's a caregiver to her husband who had a stroke eight years ago and now helps to raise her more than 50 grandkids.

>> hey, grandma. >> hey, bryson. >> you know i love you. >> yes, you do. i know you do. >> this is the point where i'm going to cry and i don't want to but i'm a single mom of three boys and having raised 12 of her own kids and then stepping in to help me has been a godsend really because i couldn't do it by myself and if i didn't have my mom, i don't know where i'd be right now. >> reporter: now to this remarkable woman who gives so much of herself, her family wants to say thank you. >> mom, this is your favorite child. i just want you to know that i love you so, so, so very much. if i could give you the world, i would give it to you. >> i thank her for being the glue to our family and i'm just so grateful that i was born in her family and that she raised

me. >> grandma, all i wanted to say is i love you. >> happy mother's day. >> happy mother's day. >> nobody deserves this more than you. i love you. mwah. [ cheers and applause ] >> and, miss pat, if you can for a second, wait, can we hear from you? save the tears but your reaction. they told me you were mild-mannered but we'd love to hear something. >> i don't know what to say. i'm just so -- i'm at a loss for words and i love my family. i love all of you. >> it is such a beautiful moment and, miss pat, i want you to turn this way if you can just a little. i know the bed is a little cumbersome but this day is about pampering you. i think you gathered that. i want to you look over where bryson and darien, your

grandsons are holding one of the giant mother's day cards. open that up. let's see what else is in there. yeah. >> oh! no. >> oh, my goodness. >> marshall's and homegoods. >> oh, my goodness. >> miss pat, you are getting a $5,000 gift card. you got to take care of yourself. get some new outfits. get some jewelry. >> oh, my gosh. >> i know you, though, you'll take care of your family and get some nice things for their homes. >> yeah. >> but, miss pat, this is so far from the end of this morning, we are not done with you yet. there's more to come to celebrate miss pat. how beautiful is that, everybody? [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] >> y'all got me. how did y'all do that? >> that's awesome. >> how did y'all do that? >> t.j. told them, we know -- how you know all that about me? how could you not love miss pat? oh, what a reaction and we're

excited because that's not all. t.j. and ginger have more in store for miss pat. we'll be back with more breakfast in bed. "gma's" breakfast in bed is sponsored by t.j. maxx, marshalls and homegoods where this mother's day you can spend less and gift better.

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oh, my god. >> miss pat, i need you to come with me. just trust me. >> such a great moment. we're back now with our breakfast in bed. that was the incredible woman right there that we surprised, miss pat, with the help of more than 70 family members, t.j. and ginger, they are right there in north carolina. they're just getting started, everybody. back to ginger. hey, ginger. >> oh, yes, oh, yeah, we have so much more here. you know, miss pat, this morning you told me you know your family loves you and you didn't needtha beautiful morning. $5,000 gift card to t.j. maxx, marshall's and homegoods. >> so we have something else for you. t.j., let's do it. t.j., are you there? >> we are on the way. let's roll, man. let them hear us coming.

>> this is for you too. >> oh. >> miss pat, the surprises are not over. >> let them hear us coming, man. [ truck horn blowing ] >> oh, my goodness. thank you so much. thank you. we could use this. >> come on over here with me. come on. hey there,pat, i'm back. a sotrhere.you. >> you take care of the community and they're going to help you continue to take care of the community. miss pat, what we have here -- >> come on over here. >> we got 40,000 pounds of food

products of chicken and whatnot and it is $166,000 worth of food for your food bank so you can continue to help the community like you've been doing. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. we feneed it. the people need it. >> this is the day to honor you and we know you immediately want to give back and the first thing out your mouth now is the people need it. >> the people need it. >> as soon as she saw this truck, she said the people need it. >> miss pat, there's one last thing we have to do and the family is going to help me do before we get out of here so, family, one, two, three. >> all: happy mother's day! >> thank you. >> guys, happy mother's day. a lot of incredible mothers out there. we wish we could honor them all but here's one special one. you see why she is so special. >> we appreciate it. we appreciate it. >> we all see it right now. how about that, miss pat. that was fantastic. thank you, t.j. thank you, ginger.

thank you, miss pat. it's time now for our buzz pick. it's called "early morning riser" by katherine heiny. here's katherine. >> good morning, america. i'm katherine heiny and my new novel is "early morning riser" the story of jane, a school teacher and her love of duncan. he's had more girlfriends than flavors of ice cream. i hope you enjoy it this mother's day. >> more girlfriends than flavors of ice cream. "early morning riser" is a great gift for mother's day. read an excerpt on goodmorningamerica.com or read along with us on our instagram @gmabookclub. now back to ginger. >> reporter: yes, you know what, t.j. and miss pat are taking stock. making sure we know what's in there but wanted to share with you mother's day cities. look at some of the forecasts. mothers arms, i didn't know that was a thing. we always come up with the best

stuff. thank you to max and hope back in the station. i hope you have a beautiful good morning. we made it to friday. it is going to be a very comfortable day with 50s at the coast, 60s around the bay and the pet of the week is next. we'll be right back.

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i want to say happy mother's day to miss pat, to ginger, of course, ginger, thank you for bringing that to us and all the incredible mothers including my mother's and george's mother. >> that's right. happy mother's day everyone. thanks for joining us. we'll go out to t.j. and miss pat to send us into the weekend. >> reporter: sending us into the weekend, miss pat. it has been great meeting miss

wt mo nominated miss pat. did it go the way you wanted it to go? >> it went extremely well. she had no idea and glad it worked out that way. she is so deserving. she's very selfless. she's always putting somebody else before her and we really just -- we love her so much and we're just glad we got the opportunity to share her with the country. so, mama, we love you. >> thank you. >> and happy mother's day. >> oh, thank you so much for that ginger, we thought we were going to give it away. she had the promo from a local station. >> and she said i knew someone was in the neighborhood. i knew something was happening but did not think it was her. >> she knew a breakfast in bed event was happening in the area and it ended up being all for you. >> oh, my goodness. >> miss pat, it's an absolute pleasure. happy mother's day to you. >> thank you. >> ginger, happy mother's day to you. >> thank you. happy mother's day to all of. >> to all the mothers out there, you all have a very great mother's day weekend. thank you so much.

>> thanks y'all. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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