though. >> i have been all through their website already. >> jobina is on it. [ laughter ] good morning, america. the end in sight for the fuel shortage but not before an increase in gas prices. pressure at the pump. that critical fuel pipeline restarted. almost a week after that darkside hack shut it down. >> survival of the fittest right now. >> more than a dozen states experiencing shortages. drivers going to new extremes filling up seven gas tanks at once, even filling up water bottles. nationwide prices soaring above $3 a gallon. the airlines also trying to conserve fuel to avoid cutting flights. this as president biden issues a new executive order to protect the nation from cyberattacks. the u.n. now warning of a full-scale war between israel

and hamas. the fighting between israelis and palestinians spilling into the streets as deadly clashes escalate. we're live on the ground. congresswoman liz cheney ousted from republican leadership in a secret vote. her plea to the party to break away from former president trump and his election lies. the fallout now as the republican party prepares to vote for her replacement. green light. the cdc approving the pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds, 17 million more americans now eligible for the shot as one state offers a million good reasons to get it now. last dance. ellen degeneres ending her daytime talk show after two decades. >> this show has been the greatest experience of my life. >> the announcement coming nearly a year after those allegations of a toxic work environment. why she says she's walking away. midair collision. >> there's an emergency in

progress. >> how two planes averted disaster in the sky above denver. on the loose. the man suspected of taking off with that tiger now out on bond after his arrest. his lawyer claiming his client isn't the owner as authorities search for the missing animal. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ and hoop dreams. the basketball star whose dreams were almost derailed by this collision at center court. her long road back. now about to step on the court as a pro in the wnba. truly ain't no mountain high enough this morning. ♪ that is an inspiring story for thursday. >> didi richards. thankful thursday. you're right about that, george. >> good morning, america. hope you're doing well this morning. we do have a lot of news to get to. we'll start with the breaking news overnight. the critical fuel pipeline stretching from new jersey to texas is now back in business. >> officials saying it will take days before fuel supplies return to normal.

this morning, more than a dozen states are reporting gas shortages, four states have declared states of emergency and we are seeing so many images like this of drivers waiting in long lines just to fill their tanks. >> the problem is particularly bad in the southeast. nrth carolina saying 70% of gas stations are without fuel with virginia, south carolina and georgia not far behind. we have team coverage for you this morning starting with gio benitez there in georgia. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning. yeah, we are still seeing stations in the region with no gas at all. this station just got some more overnight so the cars are really starting to pile in. but this morning, there is hope on the horizon. this morning, the restart, colonial pipeline announcing it has restarted operations five days after that russian linked hack shut down the massive 5,500-mile pipeline. the company reportedly recovering its most important data to get back to work, restarting it without paying

that ransom. but the ordeal isn't over yet. overnight, people driving from station to station just looking for gas. >> how many gas stations have you tried? >> eight. >> this is my sixth. >> everythinis like out of gas. >> reporter: in richmond, virginia, this man filling up water bottles with extra gas. >> this man just pumping gas into that little water bottle. >> reporter: in atlanta drivers taking the out of service bags off the pump to try and squeeze out the last drops. >> yeah, make it work. >> it's literally survival of the fittest right now. >> reporter: and in north carolina tensions high, a fight breaking out in line for the pumps. gas buddy reporting at one point seven out of ten gas stations in north carolina were out of gas. durham county employees told to stay home and work remotely to preserve fuel. pausing all nonessential travel and now another concern. price gouging. this virginia station charging

nearly $7 a gallon. >> six gallons of gas for $35. that's absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: now you saw someone there filling up those water bottles with gas. this can be incredibly dangerous. i want to show you this tweet now from the u.s. consumer products safety commission and it says, do not fill plastic bags with gasoline. officials keep telling us there is no reason to panic and that this should start getting better over the next few days. >> sure hope it does. thank you so much. now the national average for a gallon of gas is over $3 for the first time in nearly seven years. up nearly eight cents from last week and some states are being hit much harder than that. kenneth moton has more. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yeah, talk about sticker shock on that $3 a gallon national average since 2014, drivers in several states are feeling that pain at the pump. the prices just keep ticking up. here in alexandria, the sign

says it all, sorry, out of gas. the pumps turned off. now here in virginia, 56% of stations are without gas. but not every state is seeing these drastic spikes. but look at this. in the southeast where there are drivers who are panic buying and outages, this is what we're seeing, about 8 cents a gallon according to aaa, in south carolina, virginia, and georgia there, that's an increase of 8 cents, again. in georgia they've seen an increase of 25 cents compared to this time last year. also aaa out with a reminder this morning trying to help drivers conserve gas reminding them you can save if you drive the speed limit. avoid extended idling and slow down. robin. >> all things to keep in mind, kenneth. thank you. the pipeline shutdown and fuel shortages also having an impact on air travel. erielle reshef has the latest on that from charlotte airport in north carolina. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin.

here in charlotte, they are trying to conserve as much fuel as possible to avoid canceling any flights. we are here on the tarmac and just saw this plane getting topped off with fuel. but american and united say that they are filling tanks of their planes in cities and airports that have been not been affected by this pipeline shortage. it's not just here in charlotte they're feeling the pinch from this crisis. at nashville's international airport they usually have a reserve of fuel of about 6.6 million gallons and now they're down to just 750,000. but here is the good news for travelers. so far, no flights have been canceled as a result of this. and airlines hope to resume normal operations by the end of this week. george? >> thanks very much. the cyberattack and rising gas prices have put more pressure on president biden to take action and he has issued a new executive order to help protect against future attacks. senior white house correspondent mary bruce has that side of the story, good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, the president is trying to boost u.s. defenses against these kinds of attacks signing this executive order that the

white house says will create a standardized playbook for how to respond. it mandates companies doing business with the federal government turn over information on any hacks. it creates an incident review board and government rating system of the security of software products. the president is also pushing for more funding for cybersecurity in his big infrastructure bill, something that wasn't part of his initial plan. george? >> he had his first big bipartisan summit yesterday to try to get his infrastructure package on track. >> reporter: yeah, george, after meeting here in the oval office for 90 minutes, it is clear the two sides are still far apart on the scope of this plan and how to pay for it. republican leaders are now drawing a red line saying they will not raise taxes on america's most wealthy to pay for an infrastructure plan. something that the president has proposed. republicans here are looking for targeted investments in roads, rails and bridges, traditional infrastructure.

while the president's $4 trillion plan also calls for sweeping investments in things like child care and education and on this part the president will not budge. he says he is willing to go it alone with just democrat support if he has to. george. >> mary bruce, thanks very much. michael? we'll turn to the crisis in the middle east. the u.n. now warning of a full-scale war between israel and hamas as deadly clashes escalate. matt gutman is there on the front lines in israel. matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. right here is where a rocket landed earlier this morning, firing shrapnel 360 degrees and the shock waves from that blast punched in those walls, the hundred-pound warhead ignited all these cars. and just as we were standing here we found a toddler's pair of shorts that appear to be blown out of one of these apartments. now, scenes like this are making the u.n.'s warning of a possible full-scale war seem much more likely this morning. overnight the sky igniting with israeli air strikes and hamas rocket fire. as israeli warplanes howled over

gaza, this salvo of missiles ripping into this 14-story building. drone video flying over the debris field. israel said it was targeting hamas infrastructure but warned civilians before bombing. palestinian health officials say over 80 people have been killed including hamas operatives but also dozens of civilians and at least 17 children. nearly 500 wounded. hamas has launched over 1,600 rockets towards israel the past few days. those rockets targeting the tel aviv metro area, where nearly half of the population lives. a palestinian rocket hitting this israeli apartment building, rescuers scrambling to get people out. some brought out on stretchers. those air raid sirens wailing almost hourly including while we were on the air. another siren sounding which means there's about a minute and 30 seconds before the rockets

start falling. you can see some that look like iron dome projectile rising above us. there is little sign of letup. >> they are not running out of rockets just yet. they have fired quite a lot of rockets. but unfortunately, they've been able to stockpile a lot of rockets over the last years so that is not the case. >> reporter: would you say there are thousands more? >> i would say there are thousands more. >> reporter: the conflict also spreading to the west bank where israeli troops clashed with palestinian protesters. in the israeli town of lod ethnic palestinians, citizens of israel, clashing with police leaving dozens wounded. they say they were demonstrating against being treated as second-class citizens. this horror in tel aviv. a mob of right wing jewish activists pulling a terrified arab motorist out of his vehicle even using an israeli flag to beat him. now, today is eid al fitr, one of the holiest days in islam, and we have spoken to palestinians here and in gaza, and they're telling us it does

not feel like a holiday. president biden has said it is his hope that we will soon see a cessation of vice. israeli military telling me it has no time line right now and if it has to, it will launch a ground campaign into gaza so certainly no immediate end to the violence in sight. >> it has exploded so quickly. thanks very much. we turn to the battle inside the republican party. congresswoman liz cheney is ousted from her leadership post after calling out former president trump for his lies about the election. a vote coming tomorrow on who will take her place. rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. she was kicked out of party leadership and then booed during the vote but she is firing back saying she's determined to restore the republican party. this morning with the divide in the republican party only growing deeper, congresswoman

liz cheney is defiant, prompting to continue to fight against donald trump. >> we cannot both embrace the big lie and embrace the constitution. >> reporter: the vote that ousted her from leadership a loyalty test to the former president but cheney is not backing down. >> i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. >> reporter: her downfall has been all but certain for weeks after she continued to call out trump's false claims about the 2020 election but outside the white house on wednesday, leader kevin mccarthy insisted republicans don't want to relitigate the past. >> i don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. >> reporter: that's not the case. many still express doubts including congresswoman elise stefanik, the front-runner to replace cheney who has pushed baseless claims about voting irregularities and the former president reveling in the news calling her a bitter, horrible human being, but one of her gop allies predicting this will backfire. >> if you're donald trump you

may be celebrating today. but a liz cheney feeling free to go out and speak as often as she wants about the truth is much more of a threat to him than she was. >> reporter: and congresswoman elise stefanik is still seen as the clear front-runner. some republicans still raising some concern about her record saying it's not conservative enough but she does have the backing of donald trump, a key factor at play here. george. >> and he maintains that hold on the party. okay, rachel, thank you. now to the race to vaccinate, the cdc giving the official green light for children as young as 12 to get pfizer's covid shot. whit johnson is at a walgreens in boston with the 14-year-old who is rolling up her sleeve for her first shot. good morning, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. we're going to bring her in in just a moment after i lay out the latest. president biden calling this a major step in the fight against the pandemic, expanding eligibility to another 17 million people. the cdc now recommending the

pfizer vaccine for those 12 to 15 years old. now, some states started administering shots earlier in the week when the fda gave authorization for emergency use, but today is the day that most states really ramp up their efforts. now, the pfizer vaccine in clinical trials was 100% effective in this age group. there were some side effects, very similar to what we saw in older teenagers and young adults we're talking about body aches, headaches, soreness at the injection site in the arm, things like that that didn't last very long. but there are no reports in the trial group of any severe allergic reaction and no major safety concerns. so here we are again today is that day and we are inside a walgreens and joining us now is 14-year-old julia ban. she is here going to get her shot on national television. you're very brave for doing this and, kayla, the pharmacist here will prep her and get her ready to go. julia, your dad is the chief

medical officer for walgreens. so obviously he believes in the vaccine. but this was really you tell me your decision. why was it so important for you to get the vaccine? and why do you think other teens should do the same thing? >> we've been in this pandemic so long. and i can tell you we're all sick and tired of it. and i'm sure a bunch of teens agree with me that we all want to get back to our normal lives. and i think this is the biggest step. >> you have an older brother who is a couple years older, already got the vaccine. >> he got his first. he will get his second soon. >> are you nervous? >> a little nervous but i'm good. >> so julia tells me she doesn't love getting shots so here she is, she's going to do it for all of us. kayla is going to get everything ready to go. and you said you wanted to look in this direction. so, i'm happy to distract you over here while it all goes down. and this is that moment. and that was it. you didn't even flinch. >> nope. >> julia, thank you so much. we do appreciate your souvenir,

the band-aid. kayla, great job. thank you so much. we're at walgreens right now. walgreens and a lot of other pharmacies across the country are allowing appointments today. walk-ins are also available. and one reminder for parents, too. if you do want your child to get vaccinated you do have to in most cases come in person to give permission and they'll have a form for you to fill out. guys? >> she didn't flinch but i got to say, i did. >> mine getting hers in 45 minutes same place, same way. >> awesome. now to the state offering a million good reasons for residents to get the covid vaccine. ohio is giving five adults $1 million each in return for getting one dose of the shot. governor mike dewine is calling it ohio vacci-million. you must be 18 or older, a resident of ohio, and vaccinated the day of the drawing to win. federal coronavirus relief funds will be used for the prize. the drawings will be held for five consecutive wednesdays starting may 26th. >> there's an incentive. >>ig-time.

them.would say so, a million o we are following a lot of other stories including thbideg. we'll find out why she's ending her show in 2022. and take a look at this image. have you seen this? the plane with the massive hole ripped into its side? collided in midair with another aircraft. thankfully everyone, both planes, walked away from the wreckage. how it managed to land safely. but first we say good morning to ginger. good morning. >> good morning, robin. i have to take you to california. the heat and the fire on. so you've got a 450-acre fire. about 100 homes had to be evacuated. that's been lifted. they've got to stop the forward motion, 15% contained. tough conditions. vegas, for example, today could end up seeing their first 100-degree temp of the season. we have to get you to the hot cities sponsored by target.

>> clouds return with more drizzle the next couple of nights and even a stray shower possible saturday. temperatures 50s along the coast in san francisco, mainly 60s along the bay, and east bay, a few 80s are going to hang on. a little we'll be right back on this thankful thursday. happy friday eve, y'all.

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normal as more than a dozen states experience gas shortages. and the crisis in the middle east. deadly clashes have escalated between the israelis and palestinians, spilling into the streets. the u.n. is warning of a full-scale war between the two. the suspect in that shooting here in times square has been arrested. his name is farrakhan muhammad. two women wounded and a 4-year-old girl was wounded in the attack. police tracked him down in florida and arrested him without incident. the cdc is giving the official green light for kids between 12 and 15 to get pfizer's covid vaccine, making 17 more million americans eligible for the shot. that age group can get their first dose starting today. we've got a lot more ahead including the midair collision that ripped a massive hole in this plane. how all the passengers walked away safely. and why prices on everything from groceries to travel are skyrocketing. george? right now, ellen degeneres. announcing an end to her daytime talk show in 2022. she says the decision had nothing to do with recent

allegations of a toxic workplace. t.j. holmes with the details. >> so then why, george? the official reason she's give something that, hey, the show just wasn't the challenge for her that it used to be. fact is, it isn't the ratings winner either. it loss a million viewers since the toxic workplace scandal began. a scandal that put ellen degeneres once again front and center at the middle of a major shift in american culture. after nearly two decades of dancing. ♪ giveaways. ♪ of the year ♪ >> reporter: and games. >> grows on a tree, it's yellow. >> eucalyptus. >> ellen is ending. >> i'm announcing that next season, season 19, is going to be my last season. >> reporter: longtime host ellen degeneres says she's ending her daytime talk show telling "the

hollywood reporter" in a new interview this will be her last saying as great as this show is and as fun as it is, it's just not a challenge anymore. >> you may wonder why i've decided to end after 19 seasons. the truth is, i always trust my instincts. my instinct told me it's time. >> reporter: the announcement comes nearly a year after that explosive buzzfeed story detailing allegations of a toxic work environment leading them to part ways with three of the top producers over flaws in the daily management. >> i think it is easy to assume there was scandal. the show ends. i don't think it's that simple. this is something that has been in the works for three years. she got very close to walking away after 16 seasons. she was very open publicly at the time with her own sort of wrestling with do i stay, do i go and ultimately she signed on for three more seasons. >> reporter: while she says her decision has nothing to do with last summer's controversy she admits it was hurtful.

with the talk show all i cared about was spreading kindness and compassion and everything i stand for was being attacked so it destroyed me honestly. i'd be lying if season 18 in september by publicly addressing the allegations. >> i learned that things happened here that jeff should have happened. i take that very seriously and i want to say i am so sorry to the people who were affected. i know that i'm in a position of privilege and power and i realize that with that comes responsibility and i take responsibility for what happens at my show. >> reporter: but her ratings declined losing more than a million viewers. >> be kind to one another, bye. >> reporter: her public persona as the be kind lady took a hit. >> anybody thinking of changing their title or giving yourself a nickname do not go with the be kind lady. don't do it. the truth is, i am that person that you see on tv. i am also a lot of other things. i sometimes i get sad. i get mad. i get anxious, i get frustrated. i get impatient and i am working on all of that. >> she doesn't know what she'll

do after the show. i mentioned her being at the center of cultural change. public figures and companies deal with these reckonings when it comes to abusive toxic workplaces. but think back 20 years she was at the center of changing the conversation and representation about lgbtq plus folks on television. all of this is part of her legacy now. >> all part of her legacy. her show really was revolutionary in a lot of ways when it first started. and it had -- it brought you joy. it just made you happy in the afternoon. >> don't forget names oprah, donahue, ellen, only a few have had runs like this. >> we'll see her again. >> for sure. >> thank you, t.j. now to those incredible images of the aftermath of a mida one plane coming down in a field. the other landing safely at an airport.

even though the plane, look at that, that huge hole, thankfully no one was injured on either plane. kaylee hartung joins us now with more. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, robin. you and i are both the daughters of pilots. but you don't have to have our dads' experience to appreciate just how incredible it is that all three people involved here walked away. now, the sheriff there, he's saying these pilots need to go buy lottery tickets right now. >> there's another one that dropped a parachute. >> reporter: take a look at this. a parachute helping this plane land after a rare midair collision. wednesday morning at one of the country's busiest noncommercial airports, two planes colliding after they were cleared for landing on parallel runways. but one plane overshooting the final approach. >> there's an emergency in progress. >> reporter: the two airplanes everyone on board walking away uninjured. >> looks like their right engine

failed. >> just a few inches either way may have ended in disaster. >> reporter: the pilot of a metroliner twin engine turboprop declaring an emergency landing safely, even with the cabin ripped wide-open. you can see the seats. thankfully empty. >> if you look at that damage, even to a pilot's eye it's extraordinary that that airplane was able to land. >> reporter: and then that remarkable sight, a parachute guiding the other plane, a single engine cirrus with two on board to safety in a nearby field. it's so unusual to see a parachute like that because the cirrus, the manufacturer, is the only one building airplanes with them. and the ntsb is just beginning its investigation to try to figure out what went wrong and know those investigations can take months. but when everyone is home safe, that is the best resolution anyone could ask for. guys. >> that's true. kaylee, i didn't know your daddy was a pilot, too. >> reporter: he was, robin. he was. the flew a world war ii trainer. >> oh, my goodness. >> can you two fly?

>> do you want to get your pilot's license? i was thinking about it. how about you, kaylee? >> reporter: should we do that together, robin? i know we've both flown in some pretty cool airplanes. but i think we're on to something. let's try it. >> oh, gosh. why did you put that out there? >> you're the one that brought it up. >> you'll see it here on "gma." thank you, kaylee. >> thank you, kaylee. oh, boy. now to the latest on that tiger on the loose in houston. the man who stuffed the animal into an suv. it took off, now out of jail after being arrested on unrelated charges but the tiger is still missing. and marcus moore is in houston with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this is a real mystery starting with those shocking images of this tiger on the loose in a west houston neighborhood and now we know the man at the center of it has bonded out of jail. his attorney says, he's most

concerned about that tiger's safety. this morning as authorities search for this missing bengal tiger spotted roaming around a houston neighborhood, the man suspected of going on the run with it now out on bond after his arrest. 26-year-old victor cuevas seen leaving jail wednesday as he faces felony charges for running from houston police, law enforcement alleging he drove off with the tiger in a white suv. his attorney says the tiger is not his client's. >> they saw my client go out in the yard and retrieve a tiger and from there they assumed he did a whole lot of different things he necessarily has not done. >> reporter: the incident unfolding when the tiger named india was spotted laying in the front yard sunday evening. >> it's somebody's pet. >> reporter: a neighbor sending out an alert on the nextdoor app to warn others. >> the first thing that crossed my mind was like i've got to tell everybody to stay home. >> reporter: houston police arriving at the scene confronting cuevas who was out on bond for a 2017 murder charge. cuevas allegedly escaping with the tiger before being arrested monday at his mother's house but the tiger nowhere in sight. friends claim they have seen the suspect with exotic animals before. and now deleted instagram posts

cuevas posting with monkey, bear cubs and tiger cubs. his lawyer saying now cuevas is concerned with making sure india is safe. >> of course, we are both very anxious and looking forward to doing everything we can do to try to find india. we want to find india. >> reporter: it is illegal to have a pet tiger in the city of houston. cuevas' attorney maintaining that he is not the owner and that he only wanted to keep the animal safe. cuevas is expected to have a bond hearing once again on friday and so, guys, we are still on tiger watch down here in houston. >> okay. marcus, thanks very much. coming up, sticker shock at the grocery store. why prices are skyrocketing and what you can do to save. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high you know how i feel ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing]

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the good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. pressure at the pump. that critical fuel pipeline restarted. almost a week after the darkside hack shut it down. >> it's literally survival of the fittest right now. >> more than a dozen states experiencing shortages. drivers going to new extremes filling up multiple gas tanks at once, even filling up water bottles. nationwide prices soaring above $3 a gallon for the first time since 2014. green light. the cdc approving the pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds. 17 million more americans now eligible for the shot. plus, those two big headlines about women and the covid vaccine. what to know if you're pregnant and how the shot could impact mammograms. dr. ashton is here live.

who are the darkside hackers? even side the secretive group responsible for shutting down the colonial pipeline. who are they and what else could they attack? ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t ♪ oh, yeah, she got game. >> here is didi richards. >> the college star turned wnba rookie whose hoop dreams were almost derailed after a terrible injury. now didi richards is about to step on the court as a pro and she's here live. ♪ something in the air ♪ and it's showtime. "high school musical" is taking the stage for season 2. ♪ something in the air ♪ >> the wildcats are back, and better than ever. the stars of the series are joining us live as we say, good morning, america. ♪ something in the air ♪ something is in the air. good morning, america. outside people are coming back. this group of women from upstate new york.

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states experience gas shortages. gio benitez is in atlanta with the latest. welcome back, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning again. yeah, just like you said we will likely see limited gas supply at stations across the southeast for a few more days, but experts tell us that relief is on the way. this morning, the restart, colonial pipeline announcing it has restarted operations five days after that russian linked hack shut down the massive 5,500-mile pipeline, but the ordeal isn't over yet. overnight people driving from station to station just looking for gas. >> how many gas stations have you tried? >> eight. >> this is my sixth. >> everything is like out of gas. >> reporter: gas buddy reporting at one point seven out of ten stations in north carolina were out of fuel and outages affecting air travel too. at charlotte's airport, they're trying to conserve fuel to avoid canceled flights and nashville international airport's fuel reserves dropping to just 750,000 gallons.

they usually have more than 6.5 million gallons. the outages aren't hitting every state but in the last 24 hours, several states seeing spikes in gas costs, nearly ten-cent increases per gallon in at least three states. now, another concern, price gouging. this virginia station charging nearly $7 a gallon. >> six gallons of gas for $35. that's absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: the white house eager to prevent attacks like this from happening again. overnight president biden signing a new executive order aimed at improving cybersecurity. yeah, cybersecurity now taking center stage. we're expected to hear more on that from the president later today. but again that headline, the pipeline has been restarted, george. >> thank goodness for that. okay, gio, thanks very much. now the race to vaccinate. the cdc has given the green

light for kids between 12 and 15 to get the pfizer covid shot. whit johnson at a walgreens in boston with the latest on that. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. this is another significant step in the vaccine rollout expanding eligibility to another 17 million people. the cdc signing off recommending the pfizer vaccine for those 12 to 15 years old. the clinical trials, the pfizer vaccine was 100% effective in that age group. side effects similar to what we saw with older teens and young adults, the pain and soreness on the arm at the injection site. fever, chills, body aches, headaches, just lasting for a short period of time. no reports of severe allergic reactions in that trial group and no major safety concerns. so early this morning we had 14-year-old julia ban get her first dose right here live on "gma." she says she doesn't like needles. she doesn't like shots, but she was eager to do this. she wants to get back to her normal life, she told us. wants to get back to activities a normal summer.'teen some of h

grandparents in more than a year she felt like was her ticket to do all that. so walgreens, other pharmacies across the country and mass vaccination sites are allowing appointments for that age group starting today and in many cases walk-ins are accepted. you can just show up. if they don't have an appointment right there they can reschedule you to come back later. and one note for parents, in most cases you do have to come and give permission or by a written form for your child to get the shot. michael? >> important news to know. whit, thank you very much. coming up, we're going to go inside the criminal organization behind that critical fuel pipeline attack. what we know about the darkside hackers and who could be their next target. plus, those two headlines about women and the covid vaccine. dr. ashton is here live breaking down the new study on pregnant women and why the shot could be impacting mammograms. tory johnson has great

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members of her staff, joy and samantha. kelly won three consecutive national titles when she played at tennessee under pat summitt and now is the head coach there. wonderful to see everyone and we're just going to keep rising and shining, aren't we? >> we are. she heard about your basketball skills and wanted to get some of your magic. you know, tomorrow on "gma" we are going to "rise & shine" in hawaii. we all tried to get this assignment but becky worley beat us to it and she's going to show us how the aloha state is getting back on its feet. cannot wait for that. now it's time for "pop news." hey, lara. hello, michael. good morning to you all. robin, loved seeing you with dolly but today we're talking katy perry. it is your first look, thanks to katy, of the music video for "electric" starring a '90s pop icon, you guys. check it out. ♪ there's no point in waiting, no ♪ ♪ they'll try to bring you

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adding a new role. the matriarch on "the cosby show" will return to howard university as dean of their college of fine arts. rashad telling "variety" i never saw myself as a dean but then again i've never thought of myself as many things that i have been. it is a privilege to be part of re-establishing the college of fine arts to engage with the administration, the faculty, the students and the alumni. rashad herself graduated back in 1970 and is not the only hollywood star to come out of howard's fine arts program. the university counting taraji p. henson, grammy winner roberta flack and chadwick boseman to name a few of their esteemed alumni. ongside michael jda to act in in the news adam sandler making a return to the ihop that didn't have a seat for him. earlier this month -- i know you

guys heard this story. the hostess at an ihop on long island posted a video of the comedian leaving after she told him he'd have to wait 3 minutes for a table. she had no idea who he was but when a fellow diner said, he had seen adam sandler in the parking lot. she then put two and two together. she posted the security video that caught the whole thing writing, please come back. well, that went viral and joked in a tweet he only left really because ihop didn't have milk shakes in their all you can eat deal. ihop was so inspired by his tweet they made it milk shake monday this week offering all you can drink milk shakes at its 19 long island restaurants pledging to donate money from all its sales to comedy gives back. and guess what? sandler came back. he showed up again at the same ihop for milk shake monday and took pictures with the hostess there diana posting, couldn't have been more excited. thank you, adam sandler. adam posted this shot of his bulldog bagel writing, thank

you, ihop for milk shake monday. all's well that ends well. everybody gets a milk shake. riva is out of control. i'll send it back to you all in the studio. >> can't blame her. she heard about the milkshakes. thank you, lara. we move to our "gma" cover story, a look at the criminal hacker group darkside. prime suspects for the pipeline cyberattack causing so much havoc with fuel supplies. trevor ault is here with a closer look at darkside and their possible targets. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, george. experts say these are highly skilled cybercriminals who are operating on the dark web and if that sounds ominous, it should. darkside has already caused significant damage. these hackers themselves say they just want to get paid. this morning, top government agencies urging anyone in charge of critical infrastructure to up teir security because of darkside. a team of what experts tell us appears to be veteran digital extortionists responsible for shutting down the colonial pipeline.

>> darkside is a criminal organization, almost cyberterrorists, if you will, and what they look to do is to make money. >> they're coming for it. >> reporter: sam curry estimates half the companies his cybersecurity firm works with have fought off attempted ransomware attacks that darkside is known for where hackers hold data hostage. >> it's like walking into a bank and locking the bank employees out of the vault and making them pay you to let them back in. >> yeah, that's a pretty good analogy. and it's perfectly fair to say that data is the new currency in some ways. >> reporter: while this is a substantial criminal enterprise, darkside claims to have a code of ethics saying they'll never attack places like hospitals, schools or nonprofit organizations and after the colonial pipeline attack they even pledged to avoid social consequences in the future because, quote, our goal is to make money. >> they act like fake robin hoods. they claim to make donations,

but let's be honest. it's not like they're robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. >> reporter: over the past year attacks across the board have spiked 300%. even if darkside only targets wealthy companies, cybersecurity officials fear other hackers may be more malicious. >> the potential is growing for more disruptive attacks as our infrastructure is increasingly digitized. if a hacker can get into the system, to potentially create a disruptive activity and possibly even catastrophic in terms of loss of life or loss of the actual infrastructure. >> reporter: and the institute for security and technology says last year there were 2,400 ransomware attacks on institutions like local government, schools and hospitals and these attacks don't take much to succeed. that's why experts say you need to be careful what you click on your email and routinely change your passwords. george? >> you sure do, thanks very much. robin? now new information about the covid-19 vaccine and how it affects women. with a new study about the vaccine and pregnancy, there's

also evidence that it may be causing false alarms on mammograms. so let's talk to our chief medical correspondent, dr. jennifer ashton about this. so this new study is out of northwestern involving pregnant. there has been a lot of concern here. so what did the study reveal, jen? >> well, robin, from the beginning there's been a lot of myth and misinformation about women and the possible effects of the covid vaccine on their reproductive health. this study out of northwestern was small. they looked at women who had been vaccinated during pregnancy, looked at their placenta. here's what they found, good news across the board. they found no effect on pregnancy, no effect on fertility, and then in general there's not even any biological plausible way that this could affect a woman's monthly menstrual cycle or puberty. so at this point as we're collecting data, the news is reassuring that this vaccine is

safe both based on its biology and what we're actually seeing in the real world. >> as you said it's a small study but it is very, very encouraging. another thing we're hearing about, jen, is how the vaccine is affecting women having mmmograms. what are doctors seeing? >> robin, we've talked about this. radiologists were on top of this from the beginning as early as february and what we're talking about here is the normal immune reaction of women who have gotten the covid vaccine and then when they go for their routine breast cancer screening which involves mammograms and often ultrasounds those lymph nodes on the side where they've been vaccinated can get enlarged. take a look at this image. this is from a real patient courtesy of my colleague dr. lisa winestock. circled in yellow you see a flat lymph node on ultrasound. this is what they're supposed to look like. the enlarged image on the right is enlarged and looks black on imaging. unless a woman or the

radiologist is alert to this, they can think there might be a cancer there. >> okay. so what are the new recommendations here, jen? >> well, you know, the society of breast imaging, some common sense logistical things if possible. surrounding this covid vaccine. if a woman can get vaccinated before she gets her mammogram or breast imaging there should be a significant time period. if not, try to schedule that mammogram considerably before you get vaccinated. that's not always possible or wait a period of four to six weeks after the second dose. not always possible, but a good idea. >> not always possible. good idea. always a good idea to have you with us and we'll see you on "gma3" with t.j. and amy this afternoon. thanks, jen. now let's check in again with ginger. ginger? >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. we have the pictures and the data in now. we know that there was an ef-0 tornado on the north side of new orleans so you can see 85-mile-per-hour winds, it was on the ground for more than five miles so did some damage.

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some of our coolest and windiest days. >> thank you, mike. we will have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes, but ♪ we hope your thursday morning is off to a good start. you are listening to "we can do hard things" written and performed by glennon doyle's 15-year-old daughter tish. a signature phrase for the blogger and best-selling author, also the name of her brand-new podcast, glennon joins us live this morning. good morning, glennon. how are you today? >> good morning. i'm amazing. thank you for having me. >> that is great. so in your first podcast, you have been open about dealing with anxiety but in your first podcast you talk about how at the beginning of the pandemic it was -- your wife abby wambach said you are the one who is the calmest. what was that about?

>> well, i've never heard that before in my life, but i think i spent my entire life being anxious, being the most anxious one in the room. so when the rest of the world kind of joined me in my anxiety, i was able to calm down. it was a miracle in my family. >> there's something else that you and abby experience that many of us did and that's binge-watching and abby posted this video. let's take a look here first. >> every night i google what are the best shows on tv. every night i google it and i read the same five articles over and over and over and i think what about this? what about this? and then you say you already asked about that and tomorrow night i'll do the same damn thing. >> and that did lead to anxiety for some folks. how about you, glennon?

>> well, it was groundhog day, right? if i never hear the question what do you want to watch or what's for dinner again, i will be a happy woman. >> boy, that was the pandemic, wasn't it? >> oh, my gosh. >> it was. >> you know, the world is opening up and a lot of people feeling anxious. you said on your podcast you feel anxious about it. what advice do you have for people in the same place? >> you know what, i don't know. i feel scared already. i think, you know, so many of us found some things during covid that we would like to take after, you know, and i think what we need to do is just remember that we got to be really relentlessly gentle with ourselves and each other because people have gone through so much loss. this will be a beautiful time but a tough time for all of us so we got to be patient with each other, i think. >> always good words from you. you know what, you always challenge us and you did that after your first episode, a pod squad. tell folks what you mean by that. >> well, you know, we started this "we can do hard things" podcast and we're so excited about it. what we're trying to do is bring

into the after of covid something we learned during. we need each other. we need to bring our hard stuff to each other and not just talk about surface stuff and dropping the fake and talking about the hard on the podcast but don't want to leave the conversation there but start these conversations in their families and friendships and office spaces. so the pod squads are the groups of people -- like a book club where they're going to take the conversations we start on the podcast and bring them into their real lives to deepen their relationships and kind of create that connection that we all need to make it through the hard. >> such a great idea. >> let's deepen that by explaining the word brutalful. >> we make up a lot of words in our family and brutalful is this idea i kept thinking about when i first got sober which is that life is completely brutal and life is completely beautiful all at the same time. if we want to experience the beautiful parts, we got to accept the brutal too.

it's an and both. life is brutalful every day. >> here's another one you use, scited. what does it mean? >> that's how i feel right now. it's that feeling when you are a doing something new and making yourself vulnerable and taking a risk and know it's the right thing to do. you know it will make your life better but you also feel just a little bit like you could throw up. like all of your inside are butterflies. so it's half scared, half excited. it's my feeling of constantly being sweaty but also feeling like i'm on the right track. >> you mean sweaty in a good way. >> sweaty in a good way will be on my tombstone. >> that's why you're number one with the apple podcast. this kind of insight. >> thank you. >> that's true. how proud are you of tish? what a beautiful song, theme song. >> that girl, i mean i think this was for us another part of covid.

it was like, being stuck helped her discover this gift that she has for songwriting and for singing and i just -- hearing her voice just makes my heart just explode. i'm so proud of her. >> i have chills right now just hearing her. >> now we can hear it as well. what's the next big issue you want to tackle in your podcast? >> okay, so the next thing we're going to talk about -- oh, fun. abby is dumbfounded by the fact that i don't know how to have fun, that i don't even really understand what that word means. and so on the next episode we're going to talk about fun and how sometimes it's really hard for women to access the fun part of ourselves because, you know, we're so busy holding up most of the sky. >> well, you brought a lot of fun this morning. glennon, thanks very much. all of you can hear her podcast "we can do hard things" wherever you get your podcast. coming up, the stars of "high school musical" the series

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♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ you'll understand after this story. back now with a young woman who is the epitome of hoop dreams and resilience. didi richards, owned the court while playing for baylor helping to lead her team to victory in 2019, the ncaa championship. but just a few months before

getting drafted to the wnba her life changed just like that. we'll talk to didi in a moment live but first take a look at her story. >> new york liberty have selected didi richards out of baylor. >> reporter: this was the emotional moment didi richards' dreams came true. being drafted to the wnba. >> i'm speechless and i'm trying to hold back tears. >> it's okay. it's okay. >> reporter: but less than six months earlier this dream almost wasn't a reality when a play went horribly wrong. didi colliding full speed with a teammate. her coach sharing in a baylor facebook video how concerned she was. >> what i saw with my eyes, i sometimes was like, i don't care if she ever plays basketball again. i just want her to be back walking normal. >> reporter: despite suffering a spinal cord injury and experiencing temporary paralysis from the hips down -- >> she touched the wall. >> reporter: -- didi getting right back in the game.

>> so amazing. >> reporter: persevering one small step at a time. and just 38 days later -- >> didi richards. >> reporter: -- didi returned to the court. now she is ready to take on the wnba. as tiffany haddish would say, she ready, she ready. joining us live is didi richards. i am so happy for you. so incredibly proud of you. it's a proud moment to be drafted, period. but after what you went through -- >> yes, ma'am, definitely. >> didi, what was it like to hear the new york liberty call your name in the draft? >> it was special. you know, as a young girl i think i can speak for all young kids you have dreams and aspirations. mine happened to be to get drafted. now being a part of one of the 144 girls that are even playing in the wnba, one of the best leagues in the world is pretty special and it's hard to put into words. >> to be on one of the original

teams of the wnba that started 25 years ago. okay. on the cusp of joining the wnba you have that injury. something like that is going to either make you or break you. it made you in many ways and you give a lot of credit to your father for that, for what he taught you. can you share that? >> oh, yes, ma'am. i think my brother and i growing up, we had it hard in the house. my dad was pretty tough on us but i think that was a good thing for us especially with me going through that injury. he definitely even stilled mental toughness throughout my life. just when that injury happened it was kind of second nature. i just knew that i had an undeniable mindset that i was going to work hard and i was going to figure out how to get back on the court, but first off how to walk. >> yeah, and what was the toughest part in the recovery, didi, through all that time? >> the roller coaster. definitely an emotional roller coaster.

one day i could feel my toes and then the next day i couldn't feel them. so it was just being able to cope with there's going to be -- every day was subject to change and there was going to be changes throughout the whole time. so just being able to kind of take that in and being able to keep a positive mindset through it all. >> yeah, it's hard to believe that at one point you didn't even want to play sports. basketball wasn't even something -- sports period. so what changed for you? you're competitive. >> very competitive. and that's what makes it shocking. i don't know. i just wanted to be super girlie and super cute all the time and sweating does not involve cute. so it really wasn't something i wanted to do but i'm happy my parents pushed me. >> and your mom, she's got some shine on her. i remember shaq talking about you and then he mentioned like had a little crush or something on your mom.

so the whole family is in the spotlight and enjoying it? >> yes. my mom, she's a black beautiful woman. so the least i can say is she deserves all the attention she gets. she's beautiful. >> as are you. those lashes, girl. come on now. i mean, those lashes go on for days. how can you see on the court with that? >> that's my favorite. >> i know it is. the final question. 25 years, you know, even before you were born, the wnba was established. and for you and other young women to be able to aspire to play pro ball after their college career, what are you most looking forward to when you step out on that court tomorrow for the new york liberty? >> definitely playing against people you looked up to growing up or you tried to model your game after growing up. i think it's exciting to be able

to learn from lisa leslie, candace parker and seeing candace parker on the court or so excited to watch breanna stewart and maybe one day play against her and the seattle storm. it's kind of exciting. >> it's very exciting. you are very exciting. so proud of you, didi. you keep it going. all the best to you. >> thank you so much. >> you'll be seeing me courtside. i'll get out to a liberty game. you can count on that. you take care in the meantime. even got the nails, everything, all right. the wnba's 25th season tips off tomorrow night with didi and the new york liberty taking on the indiana fever at 7:00 p.m. eastern on nba tv. tip-off weekend continues on abc and the espn app with two dynamite doubleheaders featuring the league's mvp, you heard didi just talk about her, breanna stewart and a'ja wilson. wow, the 25th season of the wnba. let's check in again with ginger. ginger? >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. we are watching extreme drought spread in parts of california

and the southwest. it's also very dry in parts of the northern plains, that and then a column of heat, you get a dust devil. check that out in minnesota. also wanted to share one from sterling, south dakota, because they're happening again, not like a tornado. it forms very differently. still you wouldn't want to be running into that by any means. we will see more dry air and more heat, especially in the northern plains, check out that map. that's for may 20th through the . good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nico. a great start for most of us which will continue a cooling trend, mainly 50s, 60s, and coming up, some of the "high school musical" stars join us live ahead of the new season. we'll be right back.

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know that we belong ♪ ♪ oh, you are the music in me ♪ ♪ yeah, it's living in all of us ♪ >> frankie rodriguez and dara renee in a duet. the wildcats are back. season two of "high school musical, the series" starts tomorrow and we have three of the stars joining us now. joshua bassett, dara renee and frankie rodriguez, thank you all for joining us this morning and, you know, i want to say the widecats, they're back and they're taking on "beauty and the beast" this season. joshua, you've been in it more than once starting at age 10. what do you remember most from that show? >> yeah, i don't remember much. i was in a box the whole time. i do remember that i for watever reason had to pee every single time i was in that box so every time they rolled me offstage i ran to the bathroom but there i am as chip. that was pretty wild. >> i like that costume. it looks good on you. frankie, you play the first

openly gay character in the "high school musical" franchise. how important is it to see your character going through the ups and downs of a relationship like every other kid in high school? >> oh, my gosh, i think it's so important. one of the cool things about our show is we play it as true to life as possible. so i'm so excited for people to get to see me in a relationship this year. it should be super fun. >> no doubt. >> you were all fans of the "high school musical" movies, but, dara, you're somewhat of a super fan, i heard. >> yes, i most definitely am. i was obsessed with the movies growing up. i had all the merchandise. i knew all the choreography. i still know all the choreography and i was just -- i i was just like so shook by musical theater appearing on tv so i'm just so honored to be a part of such an iconic legacy. this is truly a dream come true. >> you're a big part of it. joshua, you were surprised to

see some of your fans graduated from high school a long time ago. >> yeah, yeah, my favorite thing about the show is that parents will come to me all the time and be like, hey, my daughter really liked your show and i'm not going to lie. i ended up falling in love with the show. like, i'm a big fan. that's a cool thing, i think, about the writing in the show is that it can appeal to such a wide audience and really any wage. that's been the coolest about it seeing people of all different walks of life come up to me and say how much they love the show. >> absolutely. one of my favorite things, dara, you and frankie like to pretend you are one of the real housewives on set. so i want you to give us your best real housewives of east high tag line. dara, you're up. >> okay. i am preparing my whole life for

this moment so let me take it in. she is daring. she is grace. she is miss dara renee. >> ooh. ooh, frankie, frankie, how are you going to follow up that? it's your turn, go ahead. >> all right, so always starts with a twirl and a look at the camera. you got to be very slight like you may not like me and to that i say, so? >> oh, my god. >> i tell you what, this is has been a lot of fun, talking to the three of you. this show is fantastic and there's a reason that you have fans from all age groups who graduated a long time ago, like myself. so thank all three of you for waking up and joining me this morning. we'll tell everybody out there, season two of "high school musical, the musical" premiers tomorrow on disney plus. stay right there. we'll be right back. ♪

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good morning, everyone. i am kumasi aaron from abc7 mornings. here is jobina with a look at traffic. hi, jobina. >> hi, kumasi. good morning, everyone. we have had a lot of mystery slowdowns today and another one now in san francisco northbound at 101 around 280-6789 speeds are down to 10 miles per hour but no real reason why. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. still a hot spot with the metering lights on at 6:25 and a foggy golden gate bridge. hi, mike. hi, jobina. hi, everybody. clouds are already starting to retreat from the east bay valleys but they have taken the 90s out of the forecast. there is plenty of tree and grass pollen in the air. moderate to high levels. 60s along the bay and 50s along the coast into san francisco.

drizzle the next couple of mornings. >> thank you, mike. now it is time for "live! with kelly and ryan". with kelly and ryan". we will be back at 11:00 for deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan! today, from the new film spiral, chris rock. plus, get ready to work out your abs with jillian michaels. all next on live. and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! -morning, deja. -morning! morning, everybody. it's thursday, thursday, may 13, 2021. does that mean-- is it good luck or bad luck? it's may the 13th be with-- it's thursday, so it's fine, so we should stay. did you just say may the 13th be with you? -yeah. -[audience laughing] it's just-- that's just may the 4th be with you. why not the 13th? it is going to be the 13th all day, like it or not. but it's not-- it's not a bad luck thing. you're thinking of friday the 13th. no, gelman actually said in my ear, "is it bad luck today?