treat, so now every good morning, america. pressure building for an immediate cease-fire in the middle east. new this morning, hamas officials predict a cease-fire to come within days. the israeli prime minister publicly insists operations will go on until calm is restored. president biden pushing for immediate and significant de-escalation. all this comes after the 11th straight night of attacks. we're live in the region with the latest. breaking ranks. dozens of republican members of congress defying their leadership and former president trump by voting to establish a commission to investigate the deadly january insurrection on capitol hill. the latest this morning. deadly storms slam the south bringing tornadoes and flash floods, rising waters trapping residents and drivers. this morning, the severe weather on the move. we're tracking it all.

bootage shg g justice. ronald greene's death in police custody is revealed. released now two years after the incident. and first on "gma," the new abc news investigation into police department diversity in america. turning point. the cdc predicting cases, hospitalizations and deaths will keep falling over the next four weeks as the battle over masks heats up. parents clash over whether kids should have to wear them at school. and has ohio solved the hesitancy problem with its vacci-million lottery? the brazen kidnapping attack caught on camera. this young girl fighting the attacker. she talks to "gma" with her mother this morning. the lessons she learned from "law & order: svu."

how she used blue slime for police to find her attacker. was princess diana deceived? the interview that rocked the royal family expected to be released this morning. her brother shares the image of two of them as children just hours before the report. ♪ how you like me now ♪ and still the king. lebron james coming up big overnight. the foul at the end of the game that left him looking at not one, not two, but three rims. how he still sunk the winning shot. good morning, america. and i have to say we kept talking about the lakers and warriors match-up last night and it really lived up to the hype. from what we heard. we weren't up. [ laughter ] >> oh. >> i watched the clips early this morning. >> but we saw that shot. lebron did come through in the clutch. t.j., we knew he would stay up so he's going to break it down for us and he's going to cap

those dramatic final moments. >> the controversial calls there as well. we'll have that and more this morning. we have a lot of news to get to and start with the crisis in the middle east. there were new attacks overnight. now the worst fighting between israelis and palestinians in more than a decade but we're also seeing signs that a cease-fire could soon take hold. >> a hamas official predicting that could come within days. this as president biden directly tells the israeli prime minister that he expects the country to de-escalate its attacks. matt gutman is there on the ground again for us in israel. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. there certainly is the sense on the ground in israel that this is beginning to wind down. last night, for the first time since the conflict began, there was an eight-hour span of time in which not a single rocket was fired into israel. and over the past 48 hours or so, despite continued israeli air strikes on gaza, there have been many fewer casualties there. as you mentioned, the u.s. ratcheting pressure on israel and for the first time a hamas official saying publicly that we are likely to see a cease-fire

in the next couple of days. this morning, after the 11th straight night of explosions lighting up the skies across the gaza strip, hamas officials predicting a cease-fire to come within a day or two. this hamas official speaking on lebanese tv. and this morning, hamas continuing to fire rockets into israel, civilians scurrying for cover. israel's iron dome blocking most of the rockets, but five hamas rockets making it into the city of sderot turning cars into fireballs. with more than 250 palestinians killed, and over 70,000 bombed out of their homes, president biden calling for de-escalation to begin yesterday. a demand israel's prime minister netanyahu has so far ignored saying he is determined to continue this operation until its objective is achieved. this neighborhood is where 28 palestinian families have been threatened with eviction here in east jerusalem. that has been one of the main triggers for the conflict between israel and hamas.

this video going viral. a woman and her two daughters were pummeled by israeli police when they tried to cross a checkpoint to their home in this neighborhood. the interaction filmed on palestinian tv. she showed me the homes that face possible eviction. she told us her husband's family has lived here since 1948, the land now in dispute. on one side those 28 palestinian families. on the other jewish families suing to reclaim property once owned by jews. she tells me she's not afraid and will never leave her home. and just about ten minutes ago, a rocket landed about a mile in that direction. sirens here. we had to dive in the dirt right here. now i've been covering this for 20 years now and typically just before a cease-fire, both sides try to show this crescendo of firepower. so while we might be near the end, it's certainly not over yet. george? >> still dangerous. matt, thanks very much.

let's get more from mary bruce. and, mary, president biden has had a long, close and often confrontational relationship with the israeli prime minister and he's really upping the pressure on netanyahu. >> reporter: george, he absolutely is. this is a real change in tone from the president. he is issuing this very stern demand now to netanyahu, telling him he, quote, expects a significant de-escalation on the path to a cease-fire. now, biden, of course, has been very cautious and hesitant to publicly challenge israel over the last several days but the message here is very clear. if israel stretches out this conflict much further, they risk losing the support of the u.s., its top ally. now, while this is a change in tone from the white house, officials here aren't saying exactly how they define significant de-escalation or what would happen if netanyahu fails to meet this immediate dmand. george? >> and mary, president biden under pressure as well from democrats, several democrats are protesting an upcoming arms sale to israel. >> reporter: they are, george. we are seeing several members of the president's own party introducing this resolution to try and block the sale of $700

million worth of weapons to israel. theyrgue tha selling this weaponry without placing any conditions on the human rights of palestinians. it is just a symbolic measure but certainly underscores the pushback the president is getting from his own party as they demand he takes a tougher stance here. >> mary bruce at the white house, thanks. michael? now to the u.s. where the house has passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate january's siege of the capitol. now it's on to the senate where republican leaders have come out against it. congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: michael, good morning, and dozens of house republicans broke from party leaders to support this bill but it now faces an uphill challenge in the senate where democrats renser is laid upon the akg ran. table. >> reporter: voting with democrats on a plan to launch an independent commission looking

into the january 6th attack on the capitol. but the majority of republicans still voting against it. enough fiery speech on the house floor, congressman tim ryan calling it a slap in the face to officers across the u.s. >> we have people scaling the capitol, hitting the capitol police with lead pipes across the head, and we can't get bipartisanship. what else has to happen in this country? we need two political parties in this country that are both living in reality and you ain't one of them. >> reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell joined republican leader kevin mccarthy putting pressure on republicans to vote no, calling the bill slanted and unbalanced. >> it's not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could actually lay on top of existing efforts by law enforcement and congress. >> reporter: but bipartisan negotiations were ongoing for months. republican congressman john katko leading the charge for his party. >> the american people expect congress to put bipartisan aside

for the sake of our homeland security. >> reporter: the ten-member panel evenly split between both parties, with bipartisan agreement for subpoenas and some have suggested leader mccarthy who called donald trump during the capitol siege and begged the president to tell his supporters to go home could be called to testify. house speaker nancy pelosi saying republicans are trying to turn their backs on the truth. >> you have to ask them what they're afraid of. you have to ask them but it sounds like they are afraid of the truth and that's most unfortunate. but hopefully they'll get used to the idea that the american people want us to find the truth. >> reporter: in the senate, democrats would need the support of at least ten republicans in order to get this legislation passed and so far only a handful of republicans have told us that they are open to the idea of it. robin? >> rachel, thank you. now to those storms slamming the south. at least four people have died by heavy rains, flash floods stretching from texas to rning.sippi.rains this good morning, rob.

>> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. it's been such a tough week in the south central u.s. several rounds of torrential rain, in some cases over a foot of rain falling. there's been hundreds of high water rescues and rain continues to come down this morning. overnight in arkansas, rising floodwaters trapping residents and drivers just southwest of little rock. crews rushing in to evacuate at least a dozen stranded. >> this is by far the worst we've ever seen it. >> reporter: and in houston, texas, drivers dangerously inching along this flooded highway. high water sweeping away this car, and fierce winds uprooting this tree, dumping it right into a home. in louisiana, the banks of this river overflowing, cars and trailers submerged. widespread flooding covering this entire neighborhood as residents wade through knee-deep water salvaging what's left behind. the back-to-back storms pummeling several states for days, leaving at least four people dead in the flooding's aftermath, including one in baton rouge found in a submerged

car. we are trying to get a shift in this weather pattern but it's going to come slowly. let's take a look at where the radar is right now. we still have flash flood watches that are posted for the same areas, little rock back down through houston. east into parts of lake charles, where they saw nearly 18 inches of rain fall earlier in the week. there you see the radar is very active. as far as the next round of severe weather goes, this may shake up the pattern coming out of the rockies but it will bring a threat for severe weather today in the form of damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornado through the black hills of south dakota, rapid city under the gun there. robin? >> so much activity out there. all right, rob, thank you. george? we turn to the fallout over police body cam footage that shows a black man's death in custody in 2019 and now it's the subject of a civil rights investigation. pierre thomas is tracking the story. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. yet another case involving the tragic death of an apparently unarmed black man at the hands of police.

warning, what you're about to see is very disturbing. >> i'm scared. i'm your brother. i'm scared. >> reporter: this morning, louisiana state troopers under intense scrutiny over a 2019 traffic incident that they claim resulted in a high-speed chase. ronald greene here pleading with troopers in video from police body camera footage obtained by the associated press. greene only 49 died that night. questions are mounting about whether his case involved excessive force. >> get out of the car. get out of the car. >> put your hands behind your back. put your hands behind your back. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: in clips of a 46-minute video police seen tasing him, punching him and at one point dragging him by his shackled feet when he's already handcuffed. the greene family has been demanding justice, claiming a cover-up. >> as a family it's tore us apart. it's tore us apart.

we do all that we can just to maintain our sanity. it's so hurtful. it's so hurtful. >> reporter: police initially said he died from injuries after crashing into a tree but an audio obtained by abc news, one of the officers involved in the incident suggesting a different story. >> i beat the ever living [ bleep ] out of him. he was spitting blood everywhere. and all of a sudden he just went limp. >> reporter: the coroner reported his death as accidental, the result of a heart attack. louisiana state police are declining to comment, citing an ongoing civil rights investigation, they're calling the release of this video unauthorized. >> pierre, you also have the results of an investigation going on into police diversity. >> reporter: we found police officers in most metro areas were not as diverse as the communities they serve. in 99 of the country's biggest metro areas, the share of police officers that are white is larger than the percentage of white people in those communities. that's according to our detailed

analysis of census data. in six of those american cities and the surrounding metro areas, including pittsburgh, knoxville and spokane, the census data showed that nine out of every ten police officers were white, george. >> and pierre, significantly when police departments are more diverse, arrest patterns change. >> reporter: george, in metro areas where police were 90% white, black people were five times more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts. in areas where people of color make up at least half of police officers, it dropped. the rate of black arrests was cu by more than half. >> pierre, thanks very much. you can see more of his investigation into diversity into policing, that's tonight on "world news tonight." michael? >> looking forward to seeing that, george. now to the coronavirus emergency where it appears we are at a turning point. the cdc predicting we'll see cases continue to decline over the next month. this as more states and businesses lift restrictions for the fully vaccinated. right now, that is 125 million americans. whit johnson joins us now with

more. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning, and health officials are highlighting that progress. the cdc predicting that not only new cases but also hospitalizations and deaths are all likely to continue to decrease over the next four weeks. cases are down more than 10% in 39 states now but across the country the battle over masks is heating up especially with many children still unvaccinated. those under 12 not even eligible at this moment. overnight in palm beach, florida, more than 100 people signed up to speak at a school district meeting. many parents furious. demanding to know why their kids still have to mask up in class and during recess. and in utah yesterday, the statehouse passed a ban on mask rules in schools. on capitol hill wednesday, dr. rochelle walensky was pressed by lawmakers on the new mask guidance from the cdc. she insisted that those decisions should be made at the local level but recommended that

schools stay the course and not change anything this school year. this morning, six states have indoor mask rules still in place but four of them are already planning to change that guidance in the next month. michael? >> whit, one state came up with a very creative idea to encourage people to get vaccinated. >> reporter: michael, we've been following ohio in this vacci-million program. statewide drawings that would give vaccinated people $1 million each week for the next five weeks and would give full ride scholarships to teenagers and kids. the health department says since they made that announcement vaccinations have increased by 53%. michael? >> can't say we're surprised by that. >> whatever works. go for it. >> whatever works. >> creative is one way of referring to that, yeah, right, thank you, michael. now to the nba. first ever play-in games pinning lebron james and the lakers against steph curry and the lebron winning the round and earning his team a spot in the

playoffs. t.j., you a little bleary eyed th >> well, look at you three well-rested individuals. guess you didn't do what i told you -- didn't i tell you? >> i know. >> you got to stay up and watch lebron versus steph. you have to. why? because this is what you missed. >> james puts up the three. oh, it's gone. lebron james from downtown as the shot clock expires. a desperation heave for the lakers and they're up 3. >> reporter: that, folks, is your game winner. lebron, 34 feet out goes down and who is in his face? steph curry. that's what you missed. now even more remarkable that he made that shot is what happened a few minutes before. now take a look at this. he takes a shot in the eye. goes down hard from draymond green. this was not called a flagrant foul, but he was in pain. said he was actually seeing three rims and aimed at the one in the middle. so there it is, guys.

please listen when i say stay up. >> i tried. i let you know when i couldn't hang in there anymore. like a minute into the game i was done. [ aughter ] >> but that's what you missed. >> t.j., you didn't text me. >> well, i know better, george. [ laughter ] we are following a lot of other headlines this morning, including the young girl who fought off an attempted kidnapping this morning. she's speaking out. plus, our interview with the woman who survived an assault in broad daylight that's now being prosecuted as a hate crime. her message for the attacker. first we go back to rob. rob? >> reporter: robin, we're looking at potentially our first named subtropical storm of the season, more on that later. for now your summerlike cities sponsored by amazon.

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he sate wherican leaders have come out against it and new details on the hacking of that pipeline. the company did pay $4.4 million to the hackers. the ceo says the decision was not made lightly but it was necessary. and we see it happen again. another no-hitter in baseball. the yankees' corey kluber tossing the second in 24 hours. sixth of the season. the record is seven no-hitters for an entire season and we're not everyone two full months into this baseball season, wow. we've got a lot more ahead including our interview with the woman who survived an assault in broad daylight. her message for the man who attacked her. and also ahead, the highly anticipated report on the famous princess diana interview. michael. all right, thank you, robin. first, an incredible escape caught on camera. the 11-year-old girl who fought

off an attempted kidnapping this morning speaking out with her mother as the suspect appears in court. victor oquendo joins us now with that. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. not only did 11-year-old alyssa fight that man off but she also left some evidence behind on her would-be abductor that helped police later identify him. she is very brave but telling us she thought she might die that day. this morning, the 11-year-old seen in this video fighting off a brazen kidnapping attempt telling "gma" overnight, only one thing was on her mind as she fought off her attacker. >> will i die today? will i get to live the rest of my life? >> reporter: her mother amber bonal emotionally describing the attack that happened in broad daylight as the young girl waited for the school bus. >> if i would have lost her yesterday, the chances of me getting her back would have been very slim. she was almost kidnapped. the guy grabbed her by her throat. he had a knife. he drug her to the ground. she was able to knock him down. >> reporter: that's when 11

year-old alyssa took off running to the nearest adult she could find. experts saying her instincts saved her life. >> it's amazing she was able to see this dangerous situation, avoid it, but she really understood that this is a bad situation that she was in and she knew that she needed to fight to get away from it. >> reporter: authorities say alyssa's quick thinking helped police identify the attacker after she smeared blue slime on her abductor's arm, a tip she picked up from watching "law & order." >> we watch "law & order. special victims unit." they always talk about how you can -- if they would have left evidence. >> reporter: the man charged with her attempted kidnapping, 30-year-old jared stanga appearing in court wednesday. he allegedly approached alyssa once before, about three weeks ago. bonal says since the first encounter she walked alyssa th morning still feeling a

wave of emotions. >> it's creating guilt for not -- for not going out there, but i can't let that tear me up because i was going out there and this is not my fault. this is not her fault. this is that man's fault. >> reporter: gas station cameras also helped the sheriff's office in pensacola find their suspect. he is due back in court next month. this happened on a tuesday. on wednesday that little girl was back in school. >> oh, my goodness. i mean, "law & order." you never know when you're watching a program like that how it can possibly help you. >> lessons learned. >> lessons learned. okay, victor, thank you. we have our interview with the asian-american woman who survived an assault in broad daylight while on her way to church. the attack now being prosecuted as a hate crime with that anti-asian hate crime bill ready for president biden's signature. she spoke with juju chang about how she is healing and shared a message for the attacker.

good to see you, juju. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. vilma kari refuses to let victimhood define her and this all happened during a year when hate crimes overall decreased. but they've more than doubled against asian-americans after being blamed unfairly for the pandemic. emotionally and now she is stepping out of the shadows to use her voice to fight hate. this morning, the woman who survived this horrifying attack that enraged the nation speaking out for the first time. >> there are so many victims that have not been heard from. their story, you know. and maybe you could be a voice. >> reporter: the beating of 65-year-old vilma kari caught on surveillance camera. now a symbol of anti-asian hate. she was strolling to church easter week when out of nowhere a man kicks vilma, knocking her down.

stomping on her face repeatedly, and then the seemingly callous inaction of bystanders who watch it all unfold and close the door. >> i saw a text from my mom saying call me, i've been attacked and i -- i turned to my boyfriend. i was like, what? >> reporter: her daughter elizabeth rushing to the hospital. he mom suffering from a broken pelvis and head wounds. it didn't occur to elizabeth that it was racially motivated until she saw the video. >> and i remember just screaming, that's my mom. that's my mom and i had to get up from the sofa because i felt like i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: the suspect, a homeless man reportedly with a history of mental illness, arrested on hate crime charges. he pled not guilty, bail set at $500,000 cash. this vicious attack just one in an alarming spike in crimes against asian-americans nationwide. police reports rose more than 160% over the past year. throughout the pandemic. it's not easy to get hate crime

charges. but vilma told police she heard the attacker loud and clear. >> "f" you, asian. you don't belong here. was the gist of what he said before the attack. >> reporter: vilma's daughter turning those words into a rallying cry. aapi belong sharing asian-american stories of resilience. almost two months later she is still walking with a walker grateful for the outpouring of love. >> i would like to tell all of them, thank you from my heart because it has helped me and it's still helping me in my recovery, you know. physically i'm healing well, but mentally, emotionally i'm not there yet. >> reporter: and s finly full of prayers, even for someone unexpected. >> my attacker, i prayed for him because i felt he needed prayers. >> why pray for your attacker? >> because that's the only thing

i could do for him in the hope that maybe someday he will reform or he find the right medicine, whatever needed. >> reporter: a beautiful moment of redemption. now, the doormen in the video were fired but their union told us they did assist the victim in flagging down police as shown in a longer version of the building camera. vilma's daughter told me she never knew how strong her mom was until now and, of course, both of them see the importance of seeking justice especially those hate crimes charges but vilma, guys, is literally fighting hate with love. >> what a beautiful soul. we do hope that she makes a full recovery both physically and emotionally as she said, juju. i know, there's so much more to your interview and we'll see it tonight on "nightline." thank you, juju. >> looking forward to that. a lot more coming up here as well including the facebook message, a woman got from her attacker. she's speaking out this morning.

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bowles. new information revealing if diana was duped into the interview. >> well there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. >> reporter: this morning, the highly an tis paid report on that explosive 1995 interview with diana princess of wales release zbld do you think he'll ever be king? >> i think the top job as i call it would bring enormous limitations to him. i don't know whether he could adapt to that. >> reporter: the 120-page report released founding that journalist bashir found a fake bank statements to diana's brother to arrange a meeting between the journalist and his sister. >> it justifies his research into it. the only loser here of course is martin bashir, his reputation,

but ultimately in time will ever remember the inquiry sf. >> reporter: the investigation led by lord dyson found his actions were a breached of bbc policies. >> martin bashir was deceitful in the way he obtained the interview does that change the interview, the content of the interview, does that change that she wanted to do it? in my opinion, no. >> reporter: called a step in the right direction help establish the truth behind the actionsings that led to the panorama interview. bashir stepped down from the bbc last week. the bbc offering a full apology, bashir stepped down last week from his position due to an ongoing health issue.

now diana's brother earl spencer who punched for the investigation tweeted this photo of him with a young diana. george. >> thank you. michael.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. new this morning, hamas officials predict a cease-fire to come within days. the israeli prime minister publicly insists operations will go on until calm is restored. president biden pushes for an immediate and significant de-escalation. all this comes after the 11th straight night of attacks. turning point? the cdc predicting covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths will keep falling over the next four weeks as the battle over masks heats up. admitting assault. the horrifying facebook message a rape survivor got from her alleged attacker. now speaking out to "gma." >> i want him to be accountable. billy porter's powerful truth. opening about his positive hiv

diagnosis. why he kept it a secret for 14 years. also this morning, michelle williams is checking in with her new book. the former destiny's child member joins us live opening up about her mental health challenge and how beyonce and kelly rowland have supported her through it all. celebrating paul mooney. the trail blazer comedian known for pushing boundaries and work with richard pryor and dave chappelle. >> i'm just having fun. >> we look back on his life this morning. ♪ i feel alive ♪ and we are live in mexico as a historic church emerges from this giant lake seen in these jaw-dropping photos as we say, good morning, america. ♪ ♪ boy, it was something to see ginger in the kayak right in front of that church when we went to break. >> something to see. we can't wait for her to show us more of that historic church that's been submerged for years

and now people are actually able to go inside. ginger will take us inside this morning. >> yes, she will. also, it is mental health awareness month. this morning -- i don't know if you realize this -- marks the first annual mental health action day. over a thousand companies are coming together to encourage people to take charge of their own mental health. and coming up, we're going to talk to that woman right there, michelle williams. she has a beautiful new book out talking about her own mental health journey. >> she took charge. we'll start with the crisis in the middle east. new attacks overnight but seeing signs that a cease-fire could soon take hold. how one official predicts that could happen in the next couple of days. president biden tells the prime minister in israel he expects them to de-escalate their attacks. let's go back to matt gutman in israel. matt? >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. want to give you a sense of where we are, an artillery battery a couple miles from the gaza strip exchanging rocket fire and artillery fire.

a couple of minutes ago we had to dive for cover as rockets came in. the sirens sounding. we saw the interceptors overhead but there is a sense that this conflict is lowering in intensity and it might be winding up soon. this morning after the 11th straight night of explosions lighting up the skies across the gaza strip, hamas officials predicting a cease-fire to come within a day or two. this hamas official speaking on lebanese tv. and this morning hamas continuing to fire rockets into israel, civilians scurrying for cover. israeli's iron dome blocking most of the rockets but five hamas rockets making it into israel's southern city of sderot, destroying homes and turning cars into fireballs. with more than 250 palestinians killed, president biden calling for de-escalation to begin yesterday. the demand israel's pme

minister netanyhu has so far ignored, saying he's determined to continue this operation until its objective is achieved. this neighborhood is where 28 palestinian families have been threatened with eviction here in east jerusalem. that has been one of the main triggers for the conflict between israel and hamas. this video going viral, a woman and her two daughters were pummeled by israeli police when they tried to cross a checkpoint to their home in this neighborhood. the interaction filmed on palestinian tv. now, in the 20 years or so i've been covering this conflict just before a cease-fire, both sides try to have this crescendo of firepower to score political points before time runs out. so this may be winding down, but it's not over yet. robin? >> not over yet. matt, thank you. now to the coronavirus emergency. it appears we are at a turning point. the cdc predicting we'll see cacontinue to cle over the ne mth this as more states and businesses lift restrictions for the fully vaccinated. right now that's 125 million americans. whit johnson is back with the

latest. good morning, again, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. covid cases are down by more than 10% now in 39 states and the cdc is predicting that new cases, hospitalizations and deaths will all continue to decline in the next four weeks but across the country the debate over masks is still heating up with many children still unvaccinated or not eligible. tempers flaring overnight in plm beach, florida. more than a hundred people signed up to speak at a school board hearing. many parents demanding to know why their kids still have to mask up in class and during recess. in utah yesterday the statehouse passed a ban on mask rules in schools. and on capitol hill wednesday dr. rochelle walensky was pressed by lawmakers on the new mask guidance from the cdc. she insisted that those

decisions need to be made at the local level but recommends that schools stay the course for now when it comes to masks and not change anything this school year. michael? >> all right, thank you so much, whit. coming up t woman who received an alleged confession over facebook from her attacker is speaking out as she fights for justice. her message this morning. also the star of "pose," billy porter reveals he's been hiv positive for 14 years and talks about why he kept it hidden so long. ginger is coming to us live from mexico revealing why this historic church that you see is emerging in the middle of a lake. we'll be right back. these days, we want sophisticated but simple. cutting edge made user friendly. in other words, we want a hybrid. and so do retailers. which is why they're going hybrid, with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach with watson ai helps manage supply chains while predicting demands with ease. from retail to healthcare, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools, platform and expertise of ibm.

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see times square coming alive. >> uh-huh. and tomorrow on "gma," it's our exclusive interview with oprah and prince harry together. talking about their new project and how they're hoping to change the discussion around mental health. it's a new docu-series coming out soon. i've seen the first three episodes. incredibly powerful and i really feel it can change the conversation about mental wellness. >> they are a compelling team. >> yes, they are. right now to our "gma" cover story about a campus rape and apparent confession on social media. erielle reshef sat down with the victim and joins us with her powerful story. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. years after she says she was raped in her dorm room by a fellow student, shannon says that her alleged attacker reached out with an apparent confession via facebook and now she's speaking out about her renewed push for justice. 26-year-old shannon keeler says it was a facebook message she never imagined she would receive.

>> it's like he came to terms with the fact that he did do it and his last few messages were so i raped you. i won't do it to a girl ever again. >> when you saw those words come into your inbox, what was your first thought? >> it was a sense of validation and i knew immediately that it's not every day that someone gets a confession from the person that raped them. >> reporter: those messages which keeler says she first discovered last june immediately taking her back to a night in 2013. keeler then a lacrosse player and freshman at gettysburg college was celebrating the end of fall semester at a fraternity party when she first met a male student who began paying close attention to her. >> he tried to dance with me and pushed me up against a wall and tried to kiss me. >> reporter: as she left the paer party, keeler said the same

student approached her and her male friend. >> he whipped out $20 and said to my friend let me have her, please. >> what's the next thing you remember? >> i went to bed. i heard a knock on the door and i opened it and it was the kid. >> reporter: the kid she refers to is the male student keeler claims raped her in her dorm room that night. abc news is not identifying him since he has not been charged with any crime in this case. >> he did force himself on me and raped me and after he did that he started crying and said, i'm sorry, like, i didn't mean to hurt you. i didn't mean to hurt you. did i hurt you? and i said, yes, you hurt me. >> reporter: she says at the encouragement of her friends and mentors she reported her alleged rape to campus public safety in the morning and to the local police department even submitting to a rape kit. >> i didn't want things to change. i didn't want to be labeled as

the girl that got raped. >> how did the college's public safety department handle your claims? >> they immediately contacted the witnesses and then as soon as they started investigating and reached out to the perpetrator he dropped out of school. >> reporter: the alleged suspect did not respond to abc news' request for comment but a gettysburg college investigative report obtained by abc news cites a written statement from him at the time with a general denial that he engaged in any actionable misconduct. keeler says despite her full cooperation with gettysburg police department detectives, the district attorney at the time shawn wagner, declined to bring charges against the subject she named. he declined to comment to abc news. keeler says she femalels hope since receiving the alleged confession via facebook

messenger. >> i'm immediately that night sent screen shots to the district attorney's office and i subject-lined the email and said is this enough evidence? asked them if they would re-open my case. >> the police chief confirming to abc they have re-opened keeler's case based on the new information she provided. as for validating the facebook message, the chief declined to comment pending the open nature of the case. >> i want this to go to trial. i want him to be held accountable. >> it's been eight years since this alleged incident. did you imagine yourself in this spot speaking out? >> i wanted to. i was scared that people wouldn't believe me, that it would hurt my career. scared it would define me. >> there will be millions of women watching your story. what is your message to them? >> you're not along. we together can help positively impact the broken system. >> reporter: and shannon's attorney tells me they are worried the statute of limitations could expire in this case. they're still waiting to hear if the d.a. will file charges. george? >> erielle reshef, thanks. let's go to rob.

>> reporter: hey, good morning again, guys. we're going to touch more on this tropical system or potential thereof. got tropical feed going into it. what could be our first named tropical storm or at least subtropical storm is brewing east of bermuda. national hurricane center giving it an 80% chance of developing. if it does it will be named anna and we're watching that over the next several days, of course, hurricane season doesn't officially start until june 1st. we're starting to issue products ahead of that. and the latest forecast from colorado state shows an above average season coming, noaa will release their forecast for the season later on today. good morning. it is thursday. that means the drought monitor updated and unfortunately, but parts of the bay areabay areabaa highest category. now as far as the weather goes,

brisk, bright, and cool today and tomorrow. then morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and the more meeting trend, more like may, come this weekend. a few 70s and it is thankful thursday and i'm thankful for our next guest, especially this being the first ever mental health action day where companies all across the country are empowering people to take steps toward improving their emotional well-being. grammy award winning performer michelle williams has always been so open about her own mental health journey and now she's diving deeper in her beautiful new memoir. it's called "checking in." so let's check in right now with michelle. i'm holding it in my hands. your book, i remember when you reached out. how are you feeling about it? >> i feel good about it. i'm trying to keep my composure. >> yeah. >> the last time i saw y'all about almost three years ago, it was -- it was an interesting time. a really dark time but i thought

i was okay even when i saw y'all in 2018. >> i know. i want to talk about that but folks need to know that nearly one in five adults in this country has a mental health issue. you say, michelle, you struggled without a diagnosis from when you were a teenager until your 30s. so how did you find help? >> i found help when my responses, just the anger and the irritability and the just bitterness was out of character for me. and i just, you know, sought some help. that's when i got a diagnosis in my 30s that it was, in fact, depression. >> depression and it's something that people need to know more about. and to know that they are not alone with dealing with this. this is the first time that you in your book you revealed you had a psychotic break when your engagement to chad johnson was on the

how are you hoping -- you're so vulnerable and open up in the book. how do you hope that will help others in their own journeys, michelle. >> to definitely silence the shame and amplify one's courage and bravery to say, i'm not feeling okay. my responses and reactions are a little out of character. i need help are the strongest words a person can say. i'm not the most -- there are times where i'm not the most vulnerable but in the past three years i've had no choice. >> and vulnerability, i've said it, i'll say it again, it's a strength. it's not a weakness when you' e ith is very important to y. spi. you d singchurch th'sheweir hrd o you and you talk about -- >> oh, my gosh. >> you know we're going to bring it out, michelle. >> whoo. >> talk about the three check-in practices you live by and can

help others live a more free life. what are they? >> the three pillars of checking in are checking in with yourself, you know, which is being aware of how am i feeling today? what's going on around me? checking in with others, hey, how are you doing or me saying, hey, i'm not all right. you know, i just want you to know and then checking in with god because my faith really is all i had to stand on. >> yeah, and i know, you have stood on that. and also checking in with your girls, beyonce and kelly. they have known and have stood by you. how important has it been to have their support? >> you know, as time has gone on, we have gotten much more transparent and more vulnerable. you know, back in my 20s when we were rocking and rolling i didn't really say much to them about what i was going through. but now, you know, just facetiming with them the other

day, we were really like being honest about how we're doing and it's a blessing to still have relationship with my girls for the past 21 years. >> it's so important to have support. >> it is. >> when you're going through something like that. >> that's why when you talk about check, one of the pillars is checking in with others. i pray that everybody has their person that they can check in with. >> and with this book they're going to have their person. they're going to have you. they're going to have you, michelle. i got to talk about this. "survivor," the album, the anniversary coming up. 20-year anniversary. so you know we're going to hit the video. ♪ i'm a survivor i ain't gonna give up ♪ >> what stands out in your mind when you see the video? >> the shots that we ended up having to get of our rear ends for basically having pneumonia after the video. >> what? >> yes. >> kelly has talked about that too. >> we were sick for days after that.

being in all that cold weather, because it looks hot out there. it was freezing. freezing. and like no fabric. miss tina kept cutting, kept cutting. like where's the fabric to cut? >> well, you suffered for your art and we are blessed that you did. >> listen, i'm a survivor, okay. we survived that video and i have survived life and i just want everybody not just to survive but to thrive. >> bless you for that. way to bring it on home, michelle. thank you, thank you. >> thank you, robin and everybody at "good morning america." you know i love you deep. >> we love you right back. i'll tell people, "checking in: how getting real about depression saved my life and can save yours," it comes out on tuesday, may 25th. don't forget to check out her virtual book tour featuring stars like taraji p. henson, everybody coming out to support michelle williams. >> yes, yes.

thank you. >> you take care. see you soon. >> you too. >> michael? >> you got to love michelle, robin. that was great. to "pose" star billy porter breaki a 14-year-long silence revealing he's been living with hiv since g gio benitez has the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we did not know this part of his story. now he's telling it and saying this is what hiv positive looks like today. >> put a little twist on it. >> reporter: after 14 years billy porter star of the hit fx series "pose" and award winning broadway star now breaking his silence about something he kept hidden for so long. >> february of 2007 i was diagnosed diabetic, type 2 hereditary. march i was signing bankruptcy papers. and by june i was hiv positive. >> reporter: billy telling "the

hollywood reporter" that shame was his silencer keeping the secret from his beloved mother. >> the category is -- >> reporter: then came "pose" and the iconic character of pray tell. he used pray tell as a proxy speaking about it on "gma." >> i am old enough to have lived through the aids crisis and, you know, i always thought in a survivor's guilt kind of way like why did i survive? why? and when "pose" came around and the character of pray tell presented itself in my life, i understood why. >> reporter: after shooting the final episode of "pose," he had a change of heart and called his mom. >> i ripped the band-aid off and i just told her and she said, i love you. i've always loved you. that will never change. >> reporter: billy's story is another example that the stigma is still very much alive. >> someone who is playing meone

"pose" still felt so ashamed that they could not share their diagnosis. >> reporter: support poured in immediately. glaad saying in a statement, it's time to end the stigma that people lufiiving with hiv face d to educate each other about hiv prevention and treatment. >> it's a pill a day for most people living with hiv. it's similar to in terms of management to diabetes, to high blood pressure. >> reporter: now billy says he's ready to move forward. >> it's time to look at some stuff so that i can grow up and move on and tell a different story. >> reporter: and we are all so proud of billy for telling his story. the department of health and human services says about 1.2 million americans are living with hiv right now but one in seven don't even know it and that is why testing is just so critical. michael? >> oh, wow. i mean -- >> stunning statistic. >> but his conversation with

tamron hall yesterday, whoo. >> i stumbled on to "pose" and i'm watching him go through the show and watching the show and talking to his mother on the show and realized he's telling his real-life story through his art. all right, well done by billy porter there and we always wish him the best and love him here at "gma." coming up, ginger, she's going to reveal the secret behind this incredible sight. a church in the middle of a lake and she's live in mexico. >> announcer: "gma" tomorrow -- >> i cannot wait for more people to see this. >> announcer: oprah winfrey, prince harry, robin roberts, the all new morning tv interview. >> a conversation that needs to be had. >> announcer: see the exclusive tomorrow on abc's "good morning america."

good morning, everyone. i am kumasi aaron from abc7 mornings. let's get right to jobina with a check of the roadways. hi, jobina. >> hi, kumasi. we are looking at the bridges right now, starting with the richmond-san rafael bridge. people westbound are backed up. the toll plazabound is busy, as well with the metering lights on. we have a high wind advisory for the dumbarton bridge and slow traffic for anyone moving

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unfortunately the drought monitor got worse for us. we are in the highest level from ukiah through san francisco, oakland and all the way down to fremont. we have clean air to breathe. that will continue through the weekend. temperatures below average. kind of breezy today and tomorrow. back to average and much calmer starting saturday. kumasi?

>> thank you, mike. we will have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes, but you can always ♪ when you close your eyes ♪ what a sight we've been showing you of mexico all morning. 19th century church appearing to rise from the water. it's actually just one sign of climate change and its impact around the world. ginger is there in guanajuato with the story. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, george. after a decades' long decades' this church as magnificent as it is is a symbol of the developing drought, not just here in mexico but also in the united states. all of it exacerbated by climate change. ♪ the church of the virgin of dolores built back in 1898 but more than four decades ago

flooded along with the tiny town by a dam built to make this reservoir. >> translator: there are still some people that tell us about experiences that happened in this church because they were baptized or received a religious ceremony. it is an important symbol within the culture that we have here in ajuato. >> reporter: now as an epic drought ravages mexico, the church in rising from the deep. it really is unbelievable to imagine water covering that church but it did for 30 years. it wasn't until ten years ago that this beloved church started making regular appearances in the dry season. and not until last year when the water level was so low that people could actually walk through the church on the ground for the first time in more than four decades. national geographic explorer enrique calls it a water crisis. >> what happens when a city of

22 million runs out of water? schools close because they don't have water. >> reporter: many reservoirs are at their lowest historic points. here you can see clearly where the high water would be, the tree line there represents it and just how far this lake is away and it's not just here in mexico, in the western united states, we're at the point where developing what could be the worst drought in more than a thousand years. a 2020 study shows a megadrought lasting 20 years is emerging right now in the western united states and northern mexico. >> today the drought that we're experience something partly bad luck but it's also partly because of human caused warming and because of those warmer teerures this drought that would just be kind of bad is instead megadrought bad. >> reporter: the impacts are already dire. >> the size of fires in any given year has increased by over 1100%. >> reporter: back in mexico, an up close look at the immaculate

image of drought. >> what we're going through in mexico is actually the same as what people are going through in the western united states. we reached a point as humanity that these kind of problems like droughts can't be isolated so the problem is shared and i hope that the solution will be shared as well. >> reporter: hey there, so you know what, enrique is up here trying to do live television while positioning ourselves in kayaks, we spent a lot of time inside the church yesterday. it was powerful. it was holy and not just the church but the reminder that our water is like gold and that's what you do, enrique, here in mexico. you have a water conservation organization that reclaims water. tell us how that helps. >> well, we have an organization that works in the water precarious communities in mexico, indigital face and rural places and where people literally don't have

water. they open the tap and nothing comes out or brown water comes out and we install rainwater harvesting systems that let the water that falls on their houses from the sky get captured, treated and stored on site and it provides a huge percentage of people's water needs and pretty amazing thing. >> they can be autonomous and that's the beauty. 85% of mexico in drought and so much of the u.s. in drought, how does a rain barely really help when there's no rain falling or very little? >> well, the thing is when you're in a drought condition like we're in is the moment where every drop counts the most, you know, and people are going through an incredibly hard time and these harvesting systems can provide anywhere between 40 and 80% usually of the house's water needs and it's transformative. like it's amazing how much you can improve people's water like situation with something as simple as rainwater harvesting. >> and using less. that's what everybody at home can do right now. i have to share with you. we just got brand-new drought

monitors from the united states in, lake tahoe, feet below where we were last year, we've seen these lake, the rivers, everything is in that serious and precarious drought. this, again, is just a warning here in mexico. >> yeah and it's a warning and symbol. this church was entirely covered in water ten years ago and this is happening throughout mexico and the united states and i think hopefully this will be a wake-up call for a lot of people. >> back to you all and get our kayaks right here. >> good job as always. important work. we'll explore new york city's newest landmark opening just in time for summer. robin has a preview. robin has a preview. ♪ i'm back, back i at worksman cycles, robin has a preview. ♪ i'm back, back i we've been building bikes for a hundred years. but our customers' needs have changed, so we expanded our product line to include electric cycles. we used the unlimited 1.5 percent cash back from our chase ink business unlimited ® credit card to help purchase tools and materials to build new models. and each time we use our card,

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back now celebrating paul mooney, the trailblazing comedian who worked with richard pryor and dave chappelle using comedy to talk about social issues in a way few have done before. chris connelly with a look at his career. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. amid all the tributes dave chappelle may have said it best, all comedians who believe they can say anything, remember. he sacrificed everything and it made him a legend. >> ain't so funny when it's your momma, huh? >> reporter: never backing down and examining race serving up on sparing assessments that hit their target.

>> you got to jump. got to do something when you're running from the police. >> reporter: even by stand-up comic standards. paul was uncommonly fearless and frank essential every time he stepped in front of a mic. >> i don't think we get the chris rock, the kevin harts, the dave chappelles without those early days of paul mooney. >> reporter: on "chappelle show" he would be a soothsayer. >> he has weapons of mass destruction. >> because he has the receipt. next question. >> reporter: and star in the acclaimed series "ask a black dude." >> it's the most copied man on this planet. >> reporter: shock and sadness filled social media after news of his death wednesday at the age of 79. along with deep admiration. a comedy giant wrote ava duvernay, yeah, the jokes but more so the freedom. he spoke freely and fearlessly about experiences others found difficult to express. may he be truly free now.

yet paul might have been most revered for his work with richard pryor. when pryor hosted "snl" in its first year, mooney wrote the sketch word association where a job interview erupts into a volley of racial slurs. 46 years later, still the most shocking and dangerous three minces of comedy in network tv history, it stands as a tribute to the magnitude of paul mooney's achievement. paul mooney also collaborating with richard pryor on album, tv specials and concert films that helped to create his unassailable stature in comedy. >> truly paved the way, thank you. go back to rob. rob. >> hey, robin. feeling like summer. want to show you the spanish blue bells at the brooklyn botanic garden. check out the bounce back in temperatures. after 80s the northeast will get into the 90s for summer heat

that continues saturday and sunday. good we have some good news, the breezes are going to i have a preview of new york city's newest landmark. it's called little island and opens tomorrow for all new yorkers and tourists eager to get outdoors. >> it ain't pier 54 any longer. >> this isn't your grandma's pier 54. welcome to new york city's little island. it's pier 54 reimagined for a new generation. >> we thought let's kind of dream what we can dream. >> reporter: barry diller, one of the visionaries behind the city's newest landmark. eve everywhere you look, something new, different.

built from the ground up constructed on top of 132 concrete tulips and funded by a more than $260 million contribution by the diller von furstenberg foundation. >> who would expect walking up the thing that you would turn around and find this little secret amphitheater. >> i love it. it's a whimsical urban oasis for new yorkers and tourists after a challenging year in quarantine. what is your hope when people walk across this bridge? >> i hope several things, first of all, i hope they leave the city behind and they come to a little version of oz and makes them happy. >> surprise. >> whoa, whoa. oh, what, am i tom hanks? ♪ that's so cool. >> isn't that? >> that is so cool. nice little surprise. >> a little discovery.

>> and i had no idea. >> you were tom hanks there. >> thank you, barry, for that tour. it is off west side highway. it is a little island and it is gorgeous. >> looking forward to visiting. >> i hope so. it opens officially tomorrow so next time you're in new york check it out. michael. >> all right, robin and now we are walking on sunshine. pretty music when robin was walking there but we do have "deals & steals" to jump-start your summer. point your cell phone camera at the qr code to go right to the deals as we check in with our sunshine, tory johnson. good morning, tory. you got so much great stuff for us this morning. but why don't we start with this stylish tote you have. >> yes, michael. good morning. we're starting with lulu dharma. a pleated tote made of buttery soft vegan leather versatile for carrying summer stuff as well as looking comfortably chic along the way, five colors all fully lined. 60% off your choice, $39. >> what a great deal that is.

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we are back now with "gma" book club pick for it's called "olympus, texas" from stacey swann. deb roberts sat down with her to talk about it. good morning, deb. >> good morning, george. yes, stacey swann uses her home

state to unspool a texas-style tale of family drama filled with deceit and family drama. you recognize familiar characters and plot lines cleverly woven throughout the debut novel. it's a place where the land can be as rich as the drama. the lone star state home to author stacey swann and the perfect backdrop for her first novel "olympus, texas." a big southern twist on classical greek mythology that swann says was ungodly to write. >> it was a very long time about 15 years from very beginning to it being on shelves. >> 15 years. >> 15 years and the first draft alone took me eight years and a lot of that was me avoiding the book rather than working on the book, but the idea stuck with me. i couldn't give it up. >> but it paid off. leading to texas-size positive

reviews and the "gma" book club seal. >> that was such an amazing call. it came out of the blue and i shouted something that i shouldn't repeat on television so it was really exciting. >> what's the cleaned up version of what you shouted. >> i shouted holy cow. >> which is kind of fitting because you're in texas. set on a cattle ranch much like the one she grew up on, swann's story centers around the briscoe family and fictional small town of olympus where pets have greek names like romulus and remus and peter and june are a modern day zeus and hera, their children nods to other greek gods and goddesses weaving a tangled web. >> it started at first with me thinking about the greek mythology of a lolympus.

the native texans really buy into it and join our own mythology. >> what are you saying about the family unit? >> i think with family they're the people that you trust most but that also means they're the people that can hurt you the most because you rely on them. you don't expect those betrayals. so it makes this really interesting tension. >> all families have drama. >> yeah, all families have drama. >> this drama which includes a jaw-dropping moment that changes the lives of the characters forever may make it to the big screen. the book already optioned by nee women," "gone girl" and "bohemian rhapsody." >> were you casting anybody in your mind as you were writing some of these complicated characters? >> i was thinking about kurt russell who is an actor i really love as peter and perhaps his son, leia thompson and her daughter zoey deutch is wnderful so pairings like that were wonderful since they were a family, how they could bring

that to the screen too. >> get ready for a southern political drama this next go round should be interesting. stacey says it's an idea she's been kick around in her head for awhile. hopefully it won't take her nex the meantime, she's banking in the glow of "olympus, texas." guys. >> and for that movie. >> hey, deb, deb, deb, a woman moment here. is that a dress or a blouse that you have on right now? it is gorgeous. dress or blouse? >> it's a blouse. >> oh, okay, thank you. >> thank you for the woman moment. i appreciate that. >> i was listening to her report but -- >> you know, i was wondering the same thing. >> george. >> i knew it was a blouse. [ laughter ] you can read an excerpt

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we are getting conflicting reports about what is happening on the richmond-san rafael toll plaza. there is a crash there and the back up is extensive, but the good thing, the bay bridge toll plaza is finally clearing up after, what, two hour, mike? >> oh, my goodness. yes. and there is the crosswind on o the east-west bridges. if ukiah, fremont and san francisco in the drought monitor. 50s along the coast, 60s around

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