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we had to scramble like everybody else, jumping in that ditch. as retaliation goes back and forth, and despite the diplomatic effort on the eighth day of this conflict, this seems far from over. overnight, israel said it dropped over 100 bombs on the densely populated gaza targeting

the hamas tunnels that honeycomb that strip of land. the intercepters blowing them out of the sky right above our heads. we ducked for cover. just got out of our car, and we're lying on the side of the road. you see the israeli soldier there, that checkpoint behind us, everybody also disappearing, israel defending its deadliest air strike on gaza since the conflict began. 42 killed, most of them civilians, according to palestinian health officials. israel saying its bombings which leveled at least three buildings, targeted the house of a hamas leader. it's unknown whether he was home at the time, but this family was. his wife and four of his children were killed, and though badly wounded himself, he was wheeled back to that debris pile kissing their faces one last time. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he told our team in gza that right before another

missile struck them, he screame children out of the building, and miraculously his 7-year-old daughter pulled from the rubble ale. over the weekend, another israeli air strike leveling the tower block, housing many international news agencies including the associated press and al jazeera english. they were given just an hour to evacuate. israel's prime minister defending the strike. >> it's a perfectly legitimate target. >> reporter: tensions rising. this video showing the moment a palestinian driver rammed a group of police officers in the same jerusalem neighborhood where the eviction of six palestinian families from their homes was one of the triggers for the outbreak of this conflict. hamas launching over 3,100 rockets at israel, at a rate five times higher than in any previous conflict. i'm going to give you a sense of what those rocket blasts can do. the rocket landed about 20 yards away, two floors down. now, the family here was eating its sabbath meal when the sirens

sounded. they managed to sprint to their bomb shelter just in time. now, egypt has opened its border to palestinian wounded, but israel's border with gaza remains closed to aid and to journalists. there has been a diplomatic blitz. secretary of state tony blinken speaking with his counterparts in egypt and qatar talking about maintaining ties with hamas and about de-escalating the conflict, talking about a cease fire. t.j.? >> matt, thank you as always. we want to turn to washington now and the white house confronting the crisis in the middle east, but the biden administration is dealing with some intensifying calls for it to do more to try and stop the violence. our senior white house correspondent mary bruce has the latest on that for us. mary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. while the president worked the phones this weekend speaking with the israeli prime minister and for the first time the palestinian president. biden is urging calm and expressing deep concern for the loss of life, but he is facing growing calls to do more.

so far the administration has been largely focused on behind-the-scenes diplomacy, but there are these increasing calls for the president to try and up the pressure on both sides to try and bring about a cease-fire. biden is also facing blowback from members of his own party here in washington. some on the left say he isn't doing enough to support the palestinians. the big picture here, this is the first major foreign policy crisis of this administration, and they want to get this right, but so far, there are no signs of the u.s. deepening its involvement. this administration is resisting getting further entangled in this conflict, but as we see the death toll climb and the violence escalate, that is a position that could be harder and harder to hold. george? >> certainly could be. mary bruce, thank you very much. we'll get the latest now on the pandemic and the cdc's new mask this was the first weekend vaccinated people don't need to wear masks in most settings. but the new guidelines have caused somesions with states and businesses varying in mandates.

eva pilgrim reports from a trader joe's here in new york. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, george. let me walk you through this. trader joe's is one of the companies that lifted its mask rules when the cdc changed its guidance, but guidance is just that. it's not the law. if you go into this trader joe's here in new york, you still have to wear a mask, and that's because the state of new york still has a mask mandate that requires masks when you are indoors. so the rules are very different from store to store, state to state, and that has a lot of people shaking their heads. this morning, from the las vegas strip to the ballpark, people enjoying the freedom of going mask-free after the cdc's announcement that fully vaccinated americans can ditch their masks. but while the guidance from the cdc may have changed, mandates in some states have not. 22 states still have some sort of mask mandate in place. the mixed messaging causing confusion. "silver spoons" actor ricky schroder facing backlash after posting this video, arguing with a costco employee over the company's mask policy.

>> nationwide costco said you don't need to wear a mask. >> actually, that's not accurate. >> what is accurate? >> so what is accurate is that costco always goes above and beyond when following e law,d t has not changed. >> reporter: costco is one of several businesses including starbucks, walmart and trader joe's, all dropping their mask rules in stores, but only in states without mandates in place. most of the u.s. population, almost two-thirds of americans are not yet fully vaccinated. the cdc director saying, if you are one of those people, you should still wear a mask. >> we are asking people to take their health into their own hands, to get vaccinated and if they don't, then they continue to be at risk. >> reporter: but the largest nurse's union in the country disagreeing with the cdc, it ps thare red ask rollback frontline workers at risk.

>> those that have gone to work every single day during this pandemic and willingly gone to work, they depend on every layer of protection. >> reporter: and the cdc is expected to update its guidance for schools for the next school year in the coming weeks. the recommendations for schools for this school year will remain the same. social distancing, masking in classrooms, and they say that's because a lot of students haven't had the opportunity yet to get the vaccine. george? >> eva pilgrim, thanks very much. let's bring in our friend d. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, let me start off by having you respond to that criticism from the nurse's union saying this decision by the cdc is not based on science, and this could endanger frontline workers. >> good morning, george. thanks for having me on. i think the cdc's recommendation -- there are a couple of parts to this. one is they're encouraging more people to get vaccinated which of course, i agree with.

second is, they're saying if you are fully vaccinated, you are safe and i agree with that. the problem is how it's being implemented. the states that are lifting mask mandates are doing so for ccina people. that's why i think the lifting of the mask mandates right now is unwise. we should wait a little bit longer until more americans get the vaccine. >> you're vaccinated. but you say you'll continue to wear a mask inside places like the grocery store, why? >> yeah, look, it's not for personal issues alone. i think i'm pretty safe when i go into a grocery store. there are two issues. one is, if there are a lot of unvaccinated people unmasked, it poses a little bit of a threat. not much. not enough to make me concerned. but the second issue is there are a lot of people in my state and states across the country that are not yet fully vaccinated that are still in the process, and i think we should wear masks for them. and so, therefore, i'm really doing it as a way to encourage other people to wear masks just for a little bit longer, another three weeks to four weeks, until more people are vaccinated. >> the cdc also says schools should continue to mask and social distance for the rest of the school year.

they're going to update the guidelines for next school year. what should we expect? >> i think what we should expect is a differentiation between vaccinated and unvaccinated kids. i can imagine older kids who will hopefully be vaccinated by the fall, they can be expecting more relaxation of standards. the issue will be the younger kids, and they will likely not have been vaccinated by the fall. and the question for the cdc really will be, do they recommend continuing masking, or can we relax those standards as well? >> dr. ashish jha, thank you as always. robin? now to that raging wildfire in the west. more than a thousand forced to evacuate as the blaze nearly doubles in size. will carr is in pacific palisades, california, with the latest. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is shaping up to be an incredibly dangerous fire season. a lot of the brush in this area is bone dry and has not burned in decades, and that's what's fueling the palisades fire.

it broke out over the weekend, and it scorched more than 1,300 acres, around a thousand people have been forced to evacuate, and it sent a huge plume of smoke up into the air that's been hovering over los angeles. this is an area that's filled with a lot of celebrities and multimillion-dollar homes and the vegetation around here essentially acts as jet fuel for a fire like this. and as crews are trying to up their containment numbers this morning, they tell us they believe this fire could have been sparked by an arsonist. and keep in mind that this actually comes on the heels of a historic fire season last year. we're told that so far in 2021, we have seen a 700% increase in fires at this point compared to last year in 2020. so we still could have a long way to go with this fire season. robin? >> it seems that way. will, thank you. t.j.? we'll turn now to the latest on that critical pipeline shut down by that massive cyberattack. well, it's up and running again, but there are still more than 12,000 gas stations in the eastern part of this country with no fuel. our elwyn lopez is tracking this for us from atlanta.

elwyn, good morning to you. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. even though colonial pipeline is back up and running, delivering millions of gallons of fuel, it only flows at 5 miles an hour, so this is going to take time, especially for those stations crippled by long lines over the past week. now among the hardest hit, d.c. and the carolinas. as of this morning, 88% of the nation's capital experiencing shortages. experts say pumps are dry for the most part because of panic buying and not the shutdown of that massive pipeline. now we have seen some improvements here over the weekend. no lines at this gas station. we saw a couple of trucks delivering fuel here yesterday and the day before, but the website gas buddy says it could take several days for certain areas to get back to normal and up to two weeks for those hardest hit by these outages. george? >> thanks very much. there are new developments now in the investigation of florida congressman matt gaetz. this morning, a close associate of gaetz is expected to plead guilty and is cooperating with

prosecutors. rachel scott has the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. this could very well be a turning point in the investigation. a key potential witness now fully cooperating with federal investigators, and what he tells them could put congressman matt gaetz in legal jeopardy. this morning, a new twist in the sex trafficking probe connected to congressman matt gaetz. his former friend and associate joel greenberg is expected to plead guilty this morning to six federal crimes including sex trafficking a minor. in new court filings, greenberg admits he paid a 17-year-old for sex and, quote, introduced the minor to other adult men who engaged in commercial sex acts. he makes no mention of gaetz, but as part of his plea deal, greenberg has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators which could spell trouble for the congressman. sources tell abc for months the justice department has been looking into whether greenberg and gaetz paid women who are were allegedly recruited online cash and other things of value for sex and travel. back on capitol hill, gaetz, an

ally of the former president, is already facing a bipartisan investigation by the house ethics committee, examining allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and whether gaetz shared inappropriate images or videos on the house floor. but th florida congressman is unfazed by it all. he has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, even joking about the allegations. >> i'm a canceled man in some corners of the internet. i might be a wanted man by the deep state, but i am a florida man, and it is good to be home. >> reporter: and most republicans are staying silent on these allegations and to congressman matt gaetz, few coming to his defense, only one has called for him to step down. leader kevin mccarthy said he will hold onto his committee assignments unless these are proven to be true. george? >> rachel scott, thank you. robin? george, now to the moving moment at the basketball hall of fame induction ceremony. michael jordan escorting vanessa bryant onto the stage to accept the honor for her late husband. kobe bryant had a storied nba

career, fourth all-time in scoring, 18-time all-star, and a five-time champion with the l.a. lakers. >> i wish my husband was here to accept this incredible award. he and gigi deserved to be here to witness this. gigi would be so proud to watch her daddy get enshrined into the basketball hall of fame. there will never be anybody like kobe. kobe was one of a kind. he was special. he was humble, off the court, but bigger than life. >> barbara stevens. eddie sutton. >> the class which lebron james called one of the best ever also included fellow nba greats tim duncan and kevin garnet and from the college ranks lsu's head coach for women, kim mulkey. that was quite a moment. we have more coming up here on "gma," including the divorce of bill and melinda gates.

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good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. get used to these gray mornings and cooler than average afternoons. all the way up through the weekend it looks like. temperatures today mid to upper 50s. that is it for the coast in san francisco. 60s around the bay and a few sprinkling of 70s inland. tonight we will fall back to the 40s and 50s where you see the green, higher elevations, chance of drizzle. warmest day could be sunday. don't share our secrets, t.j. >> hey, i know better. i like working here. i'm not sharing secrets. coming up, we're going to talk to that hero school bus driver. stay with us here on "gma." there's interest you accrue, and interests you pursue. plans for the long term,

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rombauer won. the second place horse was midnight bourbon. makes you thirsty watching this race. we have a lot more -- i'm the only one that drinks rombauer wine? >> apparently so. >> bourbon, i knew, but rombauer -- >> maybe it's an arkansas thing. okay, we have a lot more ahead including that hero bus driver who kept his cool during a hijacking speaking out in an abc news exclusive, george. we'll get to that billion-dollar divorce between bill and melinda gates. a new report details allegations of inappropriate work behavior including pursuing other women. rebecca jarvis has that. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, george. their divorce stunned so many, but this new reporting from "the wall street journal" and "the new york times" suggests the issues started some time ago. this morning, microsoft founder bill gates facing allegations of inappropriate conduct as he and soon-to-be ex-wife melinda gates

finalize their multibillion-dollar divorce. "the new york times" and "wall street journal" reporting gates allegedly pursued relationships with several employees, prior to his wife of 27 years filing for divorce. according to "the journal," gates engaged in a sexual relationship over a few years. the employee writing a letter about it that came to the board's attention in 2019, leading to an investigation. gates effectively forced from his role on the board in march of 2020. >> bill gates resigned before the investigation was over. that's according to our sources, and we know the full board did not have a formal decision on his resignation although we do know that some board members had already decided that it would be suitable for him to stay. >> reporter: saying there was an affair almost 20 years ago which ended amicably, and bill's decision to transition off the

board was in no way related to this matter. another person saying he was known for making clumsy approaches to women in and it to out of the office. >> his public image is as this amazing, upbeat philanthropist, but the people who worked with him closely also knew that he had a reputation for philandering. >> reporter: a spokesperson for gates calling "the times" report disappointing and full of untruths. also under scrutiny, bill's relationship with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. "the wall street journal" reporting melinda turned to divorce attorneys as her husband's connection to epstein became public in 2019. now, "the daily beast" reporting that he gave gates advice on ending their marriage. a spokesperson for mr. gates telling "the daily beast" the characterization of those meetings is inaccurate, and

saying any act of speaking about their marriage in a disparaging manner is false. one of the key questions is their giving going forward, their down dags, -- foundation, one of the most generous in the world, bill and melinda gates said they do not expect their philanthropic giving to change, george. >> rebecca, thank you. robin? now to our abc news exclusive with a school bus driver in south carolina who kept his cool during an armed hijacking, helping all 18 children on board walk away safe. we're going to speak with kenneth corbin, there he is. we're going to speak to him live in just a moment, but first, janai norman has that story. >> reporter: this was the heart-stopping moment an army trainee used a rifle to hijack a south carolina school bus with 18 children inside earlier this month. >> close the door. drive. >> reporter: bus driver kenneth corbin keeping his cool and the children safe for six painstaking minutes.

10-year-old ke'aundre james was one of the students on board. >> i was calling my dad and i was telling him that i was being held hostage. >> reporter: the gunman eventually letting corbin and the children get out to safety. police identifying the gunman as 23-year-old jo van collazo, and this morning, he remains in custody, facing 19 countsover kidnapping. corbin had recently completed annual training, about what to do if a bus is taken hostage. >> you can see and hear how calm he was, how controlled he was, and how his training was put to good use. >> reporter: state officials honoring corbin friday for being a hero under extreme pressure. for "good morning america," janai norman, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to janai, and joining us now is kenneth corbin. good morning, mr. corbin. thank you so much for your time,

and you heard janai -- >> good morning. >> good morning to you, sir. janai just referred to you as a hero. others have said that about you as well, but you say, nope. the praise should go to the students on board. why do you feel that way? >> well, actually at the very end the kids were the one that actually got the gentleman off of the bus, and they pretty much had my back as much as my concerns were with them, and at the end when they started questioning him, it seemed to have frustrated him because his main objective were to get to the next town, but i think we were on the road about four miles and he just got frustrated with the questions and just told me to stop the bus and get off. all y'all get off now. that was about it. >> so it was the interaction that was going on with the

students that was frustrating him? >> well, yes. as we were traveling, i guess he realized there were several students at the rear of the bus and kind of scattered throughout the bus and he decided to move all the students up front. so he could keep us all in close proximity, and when he did that, especially some of my kindergartners. they started asking questions, they asked him, was he a soldier? he answered -- seemed like he hesitantly answered, but he said yes, i'm a soldier. then they wanted to know why -- they asked him, why are you doing this? he never did have an answer for that one. they asked, was he going to hurt them? he said no. they asked, are you going to hurt our bus driver? he said, no. i'm going to put you off the

bus, and from that point he sensed more questions coming, and i guess something clicked in his mind and he said, enough is enough already, and he just told me to stop the bus, and just get off. that was pretty much the point. >> just chills hearing your account like that. what was going through your mind, sir, when all this was happening? >> well, when it first happened, i realized that, you know, he had a weapon when he presented the weapon pretty much after i told him -- he was coming up the steps, and i -- the first thing i tell him is, you know, push my hands out and tell him they're not allowed on the bus and i had to tell him that twice, and when i told him that twice, that's when he presented his weapon and told me to close the door and move and drive and drive, and from that point on, it was just a matter of staying calm and following his instructions and thinking about the kids because

i didn't want to do anything that would, you know, rile him to cause him to do something that would bring harm to the kids. >> yes, sir. >> his main objective was to get t the next town. he asked me how far was the next town, and i just pretty much told him, 15 to 20 miles, and it seemed like about every 500 feet or less he wanted to know how far to go, how much farther, and after that, we approached a traffic light, and he asked me to speed up, or told me to speed up and don't let the red light catch me, and we got through that light, and that's when he moved the kids up front, and then he wanted to know, again, how far, and all i could say was 15 miles to 20 miles because we really haven't gone that far, and then he wanted to know where the next town was, so i told him

we were going to have to go to kershaw county, and we were headed that way, highway 12 in columbia, but i could say shortly after that, the kids got him frustrated, and in the end, i don't -- we may have gone four miles before we got off the bus. >> i'm glad that everybody was safe and sound, and before we go, you referred to your -- i was a school bus driver as well. what do we refer to our students on that bus? what do we say? what do we refer to them as? >> we call them precious cargo. >> precious cargo indeed. >> and that morning, you know, that was so evident that they were precious cargo, and i pretty much just had to just do whatever, you know, to get them off the bus safe and sound, and it seemed as if they were going to do the same thing by me, and that's why i refer to them as my heroes. >> yes.

y'all had each other's backs. mr. kenneth corbin, thank you so much, sir, for being with us. >> yep. >> they are very, very fortunate to have you as their school bus driver. you take care. our best. >> thank you. thank you. >> take care. you're welcome. >> he took care of that precious cargo. >> he sure did. coming up next, the tiger on the loose. it was finally found after roaming houston. we'll be right back. finally fo roaming houston. we'll be right back. you feel something. refreshed. relaxed. inspired. connected. my goal is to help everyone bring more greenery into their spaces. and watch as they and their plants thrive. i'm hilton carter and this is my limited-time collection for target. shop now. it's so good to see you guys. hon, out here! are we on yet?

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hamas leaders. and moments later, the retaliation rockets fired into the air. the intercepters blowing them out of the sky right above our heads. we ducked for cover. we just got out of our car, and we're on the side of the road. you see the israeli soldier over there, and that checkpoint behind us also disappearing trying to hide for cover. israel defending its deadliest air strike since the conflict began. 42 killed, most of them civilians according to palestinian health officials. israel saying its bombings, which levelled at least three buildings, targeting the house of a hamas leader. it's unknown whether he was home at the time, but a family was. his wife and four of his children were killed. though badly wounded himself, h pileissing their [ speaking foreign language ] he told our team in gaza that right before another missile struck them, he screamed to his wife to get their children out of the building, and miraculously, his 7-year-old daughter pulled from the rubble

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>> who are ben affleck and jennifer aniston? >> no. amanda? >> who are ben affleck and jennifer lopez? >> that's correct. >> coincidence? maybe the "jeopardy!" gods just knew bennifer would be back in the zeitgeist. we may never know, but one person is writing, quote, excuse me, but "jeopardy!" filmed weeks in advance, manifested bennifer 2021, and their getaway to montana with the clues that aired tonight. another person joked, what power this show has. meanwhile, jennifer lopez getting back in the recording studio, teasing on instagram for her followers with the picture and a caption writing, sexy summer fun coming. yeah, jennifer. we bet there is, and we can't wait. with that, i send it back to you guys in the studio. >> did you have to say it like that? about her summer, lara. oh, my goodness. you had a good weekend. thank you. thank you so much.

i thought about that too when i saw the clue because we know how -- >> yeah. >> -- well in advance they tape "jeopardy!." >> smart people. >> yeah. they got it. we have the "gma" cover story now. backlash after two volleyball coaches who were new moms were kicked out of a tournament for bringing their nursing infants. kayna whitworth joins us with those details for us. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. the tournament director telling us it was never their intention to specifically exclude infants or mothers who are breast-feeding, but one coach who was kicked out said to her the message was clear. you don't get to be a mom and a coach. this morning, outrage at a denver, colorado, volleyball tournament after two coaches who are also nursing mothers were booted from the premises after trying to bring in their infants. >> so i am baffled and disgusted by that. >> reporter: coach dixie loveless traveled from utah to coach her team, and she brought

her 4-month-old daughter whom she nurses several times a day. >> we got a call that night if i tried to enter the building, they would call the police. >> reporter: she said the tournament director cited a rule that no guests under the age of 16 would be permitted. >> the issue is she's under 16. the issue is she's not a player. she's not a coach. those are the only facts. >> reporter: telling abc news in part, the number of attendees was limited by the state due to covid-19 precautions. we shared these rules and conditions with the 25,000 athletes, coaches and parents in advance of the tournament, and every team should have been aware of them before arriving. we will re-evaluate our policies for next year's tournament. this wasn't an isolated incident. coach tara and her 8-month-old twins also kicked out, given five minutes to leave the premises. >> i called her a heartless robot with no soul because no empathy, no apology. >> reporter: the young girls who

play for loveless taking a stance both on and off the court, carrying their own dolls into the building, and then winning their flight. >> we came here for a tournament, and our girls just learned this huge life lesson about defending your rights and standing up for what you believe in. >> reporter: now all attendees were supposed to have proof of a negative covid test or full vaccination, and while this event is private, it's under usa volleyball which in a statement says it is encouraging the tournament to reverse the regulation. robin? >> a lot of people agree with that.all rithyo we're going to turn now to lamar odom. his road to recovery, and the basketball star is sober six years after a near fatal overdose and he's crediting a new drug therapy with helping him battle his addiction. our steve osunsami talked to him about it. >> reporter: lamar odom -- >> i feel good. excited about being here. >> reporter: -- the former nba champion and olympic medalist has been trying to get sober for the better of a decade and he

agrees that he cheated death in 2015 after four days of heavy drugs in a las vegas brothel sent him to a hospital in a coma. >> i just want you to close your eyes. >> reporter: but today he thinks he's found something that helps him beat addiction. >> you had never heard of ketamine before this point? >> no, i never heard of it. i call it the healthy high ishathe healthy high? >> the healthy high. >> reporter: odom who made headlines for his famous marriage and famous troubles, is now becoming a leading voice for the new therapy that uses ketamine. >> time for liftoff. >> reporter: he's being treated with regular visits like this one under medical supervision. they give him small doses over sessions that last about an hour. >> i have been doing it for, like, two years now. i take another one on friday. >> reporter: ketamine is a pain reliever that was approved by fda for human use in the 1970s. in the '80s, it became a health -- a club drug.

what health officials are discovering now is that in small doses, it may be helpful to people struggling with addictions, ptsd, anxiety, suicidal feelings and other mental health conditions where the person hasn't seen much success with other treatments. how many times have you tried to treat what you were dealing with? >> several times. i don't know. i went to rehab and did some other things, but ketamine came into my life at the right time. i'm feeling amazing. i'm alive. i'm sober. i'm happy. >> reporter: to many, this might seem counterproductive, trying to get someone sober by giving them drugs, but the fda is calling this an off-label use and has approved a ketamine nasal spray to help treat depression. >> i don't wake up looking to do lines, you know what i'm saying? or waking up in a dark place, or feeling unfulfilled. when kobe passed away, the old lamar, that would have been

every excuse in the world for me to go get high. doing drugs didn't even enter my mind. >> reporter: doctors say that ketamine should be used together with other medications and therapies like meditation. they're still learning about how exactly ketamine affects the brain, but studies so far show that the treatment could possibly help relieve pain from old traumas like the guilt he still feels from being on the road when he lost his 6-month-old son in 2006. >> you know what's crazy? i don't even think i still even, like, sat down and cried about it. >> reporter: this week, his story with ketamine is being told in a documentary that airs on youtube, mtv live and other social media platforms. it's called "lamar odom reborn." he wants black men in particular to pay more care to mental health. long term, is this something you think you'll continue for the rest of your life? >> yeah, i don't think i'll stop

it. i wouldn't way to try to stop it. i have greatness inside of me. want to try to get it out. >> reporter: for "good morning america," steve osunsami. atlanta. let's bring in abc news medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. doctor, help us here. you heard him say healthy high, and the doctor said ready for liftoff. hearing those words may give a particular impression, but a perspective, but what do you say? >> it is not ready for primetime yet. the research is incredibly preliminary, and it's just not widespread yet, but it is encouraging that it's being tested for people who really are out of options in a lot of cases. >> and this is not something -- you can't just go talk to your doctor and say, write me a prescription. we saw him in this piece and he was under doctor supervision. he was in a clinic, and he was hooked up to machines. >> i want to be crystal clear. this has to be given in a monitored, medically supervised setting. otherwise it could be life-threatening or deadly. it comes with a hefty price tag,

$350 to $1,000. hardly ever covered by insurance, and right now it is considered an off-label use by the fda. we use this medication in veterinary medicine as an anesthetic agent. it's not mainstream yet. >> but dr. ashton, so many people do deal with addiction and depression and are looking for ways to treat it. they're hearing about something that is encouraging. they're hearing about ketamine. what do you tell those folks now who want to look into this? >> no one-size-fits-all treatment, t.j., and you always have to weigh the risks versus the benefits versus available options and alternatives, and then make the decision that is right for you with credentialed help. >> dr. ashton, my friend, i'll see you shortly. we got more work to do later. >> yep. >> thanks so much. "lamar odom reborn" will be available on thursday, which is mental health action day on youtube, and in partnership with mtv entertainment group, and lamar and the filmmakers will hold a global viewing event saturday on facebook as well. let's turn back now to ginger. hey, now.

hey there, t.j. bringing you some pictures from kansas over the weekend. more than eight inches of rain in some places. they certainly were seeing the flash flooding and there is more rain for the plains on the way. i have to share with you from cameron, texas to stillwater, oklahoma, there are flash flood watches and warnings starting to pop this morning. please, if you are in that good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. get used to these gray mornings and cooler than average afternoons. all the way up through the weekend it looks like. temperatures today mid to upper 50s. that is it for the coast in san francisco. 60s around the bay and a few sprinkling of 70s inland. tonight we will fall back to the 40s and 50s where you see the green, higher elevations, chance of drizzle. warmest day could be sunday. now to last-minute tips for

tax day. the deadline is here, and so is rebecca jarvis on what to do if you haven't filed and when to expect a refund. welcome back, rebecca. let's talk about first what people can do right now on this deadline day. >> reporter: george, the biggest thing is to get it done if you can. there are resources where you can file for free electronically if you make less than $72,000 a year at irs.gov, or if you don't have all your ducks in a row, you want to file an extension today. that is the form 4868, and the important thing to know about an extension, george, is that while you're filing for an extension to file, you still have to pay your tax liability. you want to estimate that liability and pay it now. otherwise you will face penalties, and other issues going forward. so file the extension, and pay the taxes today if you can. >> and the treasury and the irs just released a statement about this child tax credit, and that makes filing today a good idea

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have been sharing the important lesson that she taught you as a way of honoring her. can you share with us what that lesson is? >> yeah. so my mom was never skinny her entire life, and she was always active. she was a hiker and a biker and a skier and a swimmer, and she taught me how to move through life in a larger body and just use your body as a tool as opposed to something that you've constantly got to beat yourself up about and try to change. for so many women, there's so many toxic messages we get about weight, and their home is just one more place where they get to see, you know, maybe a mom who's always dieting or mom who says, oh, i was so naughty last night. i'm going to have to be on the treadmill for hours working off that piece of chocolate cake and i never got that. i got a mom who was just active and out in the world, and i feel so lucky because i know so many women don't get that. when people ask me why do you

have plus-sized characters in your books, and why is it so important for them to have happy endings? that's the reason why. i'm trying to be the fran i want to see in the world. >> now it sounds like certainly your mom plays such a role in these. it's something you refer to out there called the jennifer weiner classic heroin, right? they know your characters that you write about. >> yeah. >> why is it important? it seems like you stay in your lane in a lot of ways. >> well, i think it's -- so tony morrison who i was extremely lucky to take a class with back in college, and she said, if there's a book you need to read and it's not on the shelf, you've got to write it. when i was a young woman, when i was a teenager, i needed stories where there were girls like me. maybe they were struggling with weight or body image or self-esteem or dysfunctional

families or horrible boyfriends. i needed stories where those girls triumphed in the end, with they found their happy endings and they stayed true to themselves, and those are the books that i've written, and luckily people seem to dig them. >> they sure do. "the new york times" says you're the undisputed boss of the summer read, of the beach read. what was driving "that summer"? what are the issues driving this book? >> you know, so i wrote this book, start to finish during the pandemic and i obviously was thinking about escape and, you know, being stuck in my house with my husband and my kids who are going to school virtually, i wanted to write about someplace delicious and cape cod is one of my favorite places in the world. i wanted to take readers there, even if it was just on the page, but i was also -- i have an 18-year-old daughter. i'm getting ready to send her out into the world which of course, got me thinking. what's the world like for young women? is it still the way it was when

i was 18 and just starting out? how has it changed? has it improved? what still needs fixing? all of those issues and they all sort of stirred themselves into a story that became "that summer." >> what more are you hoping people will take away from the characters in your book? >> yeah, you know, i want people to think about the journey that these women are on. it's a story about two women, daisy and diana. they have this sort of meet cute thing where daisy starts getting diana's emails and they become friends. they're both sort of looking at each other as like she's got the life i want. diana is single and glamorous and travels the world, and daisy has a family, and a house in the suburbs, and they're each sort of looking at each other, like, you know, the way many women look at friends, like, that's a road i could have taken. that's a choice i could have made. i want women to think about the

journey we're all on, and again, the world we're sending our daughters into. what is that world like, and what can we -- what still needs to happen to make it better? >> amen to that. well, thank you. thank you so much. always a pleasure. >> you're very welcome. >> you take care. >> thanks for having me. >> always. "that summer" is available right now. coming up, the boy whose life was saved by a bone marrow transplant, and now searching for one for his little sister. come on back. wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn.

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we are back now with some incredible children whose lives could change with a bone marrow transplant. finding a donor can be hard, especially for communities of color. eva pilgrim is back, and she's going to join us with more on the impact in the asian community. so happy that you're bringing attention to this, eva. good morning again. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, for the majority of people who need a bone marrow transplant, their only hope for a life-saving match is a stranger on the donor list. right now there's a big push in the asian-american community to get people to sign up, to grow those lists and to save lives. 7-year-old lillian and older brother jerry share a love of board games, pokemon and most of all, family. but there's something else they share. the two siblings have a rare genetic mutation which led to aml, an aggressive form of

leukemia. >> it's extremely rare for siblings to have the same disease. i was shocked. i was devastated, and i mean -- but i have to be strong for my kids. >> reporter: jerry was first diagnosed at age 3. his condition was grave, but three years later, thanks to the be the match registry, he received a successful bone marrow transplant. his sister lillian has not been as lucky. >> what do you call a toothless bear? a gummi bear. >> reporter: the little girl who loves telling jokes has aggressive chemoounds of - september, but still hasn't found a life-saving match. experts say lillian's plight highlights the urgent need for people of asian descent to join national registries like be the match. 79% of white patients find a match through the registry

compared to 47% of asian patients. meanwhile the odds of black patients finding a match, just 29%. >> yeah. it's a numbers game, and that is the more people of your ethnicity in the donor registry, the greater the probability of finding a match. >> reporter: lisa joy, co-creator of the hbo series "westworld" has also joined the fight. >> he is the most delightful, strongest, coolest kid i know. >> let's growl and roar. >> okay, ready? >> reporter: lisa's nephew, 7-year-old ray who is chinese, british and italian was recently diagnosed with xlp2, a rare genetic disease which can be cured with a life-saving bone marrow transplant. ray is just three months older than lisa's daughter. the cousins share a special bond, but neither hsin or the rest of his family is a

match and so far he hasn't found a match on the registry. >> when i looked into the statistics, i was really shocked because i found that there was a real inequity in the number of matches there were for people of color. >> reporter: so lisa recently partnered up with be the match to start a campaign called roar 4 ray, hoping to raise awareness for more asian and mixed race donors to join the registry. >> the thought this campaign he inspired could help anybody, i can't think of anything that would be more meaningful to me in my life. >> reporter: a ray of hope. and lisa's goal is to add at least 100,000 donors to that list to find matches for patients like ray. and, robin, i know you know how important it is for people to sign up on these lists and to give this gift. >> yes. i was very, very lucky that my mother -- my sister was a perfect match, but people automatically assume that a family member is going to be a match. that only happens about 30% of

the time. 70% of the time, you need a stranger as you have been pointing out, and hopefully a stranger of color to know that there is a real, real need out there, and you can save a life. so thank you so much, eva pilgrim, for highlighting this. keep that ray of hope going, right? >> reporter: exactly. we're praying for him. >> yes, we are. thank you. now let's check in again with ginger. >> reporter: thank you, robin. okay, so i want you to look at the beautiful flowers all around me. lovely to look at and that also means when they bloom, allergy season is on, and if it feels like that is getting longer than ever, guess what? it is. this segment is sponsored by zyrtec, and a recent study measuring pollen trends over the last 30 years shows the pollen season is extending, as much as 20 days or more. perry shared this in south carolina, if it rains, that is not sand in the water. that is actually all pollen.

yep. it is making some really beautiful designs. thankfully we are nearing the end of tree pollen peak, but if you are like me, the grass pollen, well, it's brutal and it really has just begun. so you can see it there ramping up across the country. that's the big picture. good morning. welcome to monday. we are going to keep the fire threat at a minimum all week. you can see temperatures in the 50s and 60s. that is well below average. and we have mainly 50s, stay with us here on "gma." the entire "gma" summer concert series lineup will be revealed. stay with us. "gma's" pollen report is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, muddle no more.

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andrea meza. she was called miss mexico, but that was before last night when she got a new title. miss universe is what you call her now. she beat out women from 73 other countries and territories and claimed the crowd, and here she is to talk to us this morning. first of all, congratulations, miss universe. and what's that first night of sleep like after winning the miss universe pageant? >> thank you so much. i'm so happy to be here with you, and i didn't actually get any sleep at all. i went straight to the activities, but i enjoyed it so much. i'm so grateful for having this opportunity, and i still cannot believe it 100%. >> this was a dream of yours i'm told to be miss universe. i don't know when that started when you were a kid or maybe when you got into the pageants, but when did a dream of becoming miss universe come into play? >> well, it started when i was

around 15 years old. i used to think that mexican people were not able to get to these places, and to be in these high positions and after i saw that, she changed the mindset i had. i didn't feel capable of doing this. i always thought that i was not pretty enough, that i was not smart enough, and i was afraid of being in front of cameras or microphones. so let's just say that i -- it was, like, an impossible dream that i had, but i started growing up and i decided that this was, like, the path i needed to take in order to get out of my comfort zone and keep growing. and i started in the pageantry world, like, four years ago, so i had some experience, but it has always been for me the top, the most incredible platform. >> you have been described as a 6 foot tall vegan who has a

degree in software engineering. you don't hear that every day. this software engineering degree that you have, what does that say? i mean, it seems to be something a lot of people wanted to make sure they got out there. you wanted to talk about it as well, it's not just a pretty face or a crown or walking around on a stage. >> exactly. in order to be represented or an ambassador of your country, you have to be prepared, and it doesn't matter the career that you choose. i mean, i'm an engineer. we have doctors. we have administrators, and the amazing thing about miss universe is that we have all these well-prepared women that want to talk about what they do in their normal life and inspire other women out there. >> one last thing here. you talked about on stage last night a message that you want to put out there about beauty standards. now you're talking about the change of beauty standards, and

what is a beauty pageant. but how do you think a miss universe, someone who has won what one would refer to as a beauty pageant can have a role in changing the beauty standards that are out there when it comes to beauty? >> i like to think that i am perfect the way i am. i am not the tallest. i am not the skinniest or the perfect body, and i always believe that beauty comes in different packages, and we all are different, and we understand that we can embrace ourselves, and we can feel good about ourselves. and i just like to picture myself to others like a normal person. if you see my social media, yeah, you can find pictures where i'm looking fabulous, but i also like to show them the real me, the real andrea and the normal activities, and the having, like, a normal look, and make them understand that not everything is about glamor. not everything is about how you look. it's about who you are. it's about what you do, and what are you doing to help your society and help yourself.

>> well, congratulations to you. again, andrea meza, congratulations on winning the pageant. i know you're going to be moving to new york. we're all going to be neighbors. george, robin, all of us. >> yeah. >> we'll see you soon. congratulations. >> i'm moving to new york today. i mean, i really started my activities immediately after winning the crown. so i will be there today in the afternoon. >> we will see you very soon. congratulations again. >> thank you so much. it was nice talking to you. >> george? >> okay, t.j., thanks. time now for the big announcement. our summer concert series. take it away, lara. >> thank you, george. this year's concert series is packed with huge stars you will absolutely not want to miss. take a look at our incredible lineup. ♪ >> reporter: this year's "gma" summer concert series is going to be lit up like dynamite. kicking off may 28th with the

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