good morning, america. as we start a new week together, the country racing back to normal life. more than 135,000 people at the indy 500 this memorial day weekend. >> the fans are back in the stands. >> the biggest crowd since the start of the pandemic as the number of daily covid cases plunge. bars, restaurants and more at full capacity. with more than half of all adults now fully vaccinated, as a record number of travelers takes to the roads and skies. how some airlines are cracking down on the surge in unruly passengers, and the worst times to head back home. breaking overnight.

a dramatic late-night walkout by texas democrats blocking a bill with the most restrictive voting measures in the country. the backlash this morning. another mass shooting this may. three gunmen with assault rifles and handguns opening fire on a miami crowd leaving a concert. killing two people, injuring 20. the urgent manhunt this morning. 100 years later, we're live in tulsa this morning one century after the race massacre that killed hundreds of black americans. the rising tensions, peaceful protests -- >> what do you want? [ crowd chanting "justice" ] >> and how a new generation is hoping to create change. out of bounds? naomi osaka fined $15,000 for skipping a press conference at the french open saying she wants to preserve her mental health. the fallout this morning. weekend washout. extreme holiday storms and record cold dampening the memorial day weekend for millions. will it dry up before yourbarbe store, why your bill could be

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to normalcy for so many americans. 135,000 people, take a look there, packing the stands at the indy 500. the largest crowd to gather since the pandemic began. >> it was great to see. and this comes as nearly half of all eligible americans are fully vaccinated. will reeve is live at yankee stadium where people can get their shots and see the yankees take on the tampa bay rays later this afternoon. good morning, will. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. the stadium isn't yet operating at full capacity, but tens of thousands of fans can come out to brave the unseasonably cold weather for a memorial day matinee. the indy 500 was packed, 135,000 fans, the largest crowd at any sporting event in the pandemic, and bars and beaches nationwide were bustling as summer unofficially started, and possibilities abound. this morning, as covid cases ine in the u.s., a record-setting unofficial start to summer. americans returning unmasked to a memorial day weekend tradition. >> drivers, start your engines.

>> reporter: the sun shining on the 105th indy 500 and over 100,000 racing fans, the most of any sporting event since the pandemic began. >> the fans are back in the stands. >> it's been two years, and there's nothing like seeing cars going 233 miles per hour. >> reporter: the covid cases plunging nearly 70% in the past six weeks with more than 50% of american adults fully vaccinated but as the summer kicks off, the daily vaccination rate is down 60% from its peak in april, and a new poll suggests that only 4% of people who want the shot as soon as possible haven't gotten it yet, and with many states easing covid restrictions heading into the holiday weekend, some people are jumping at the opportunity to travel. >> reporter: and she's not alone. this grandson seeing his grandfather for the first time in nine months after being apart

due to the pandemic. and social media star tabitha brown hugging her father after being apart for over 500 days. >> see my daddy. >> reporter: as the country reopens, miami streets and beaches buzzing. >> it feels good. it's like you feel of unity of everybody coming outside without having to worry as much about getting sick. >> reporter: and in sacramento, california, families sliding into summer as water parks reopen for the first time in over a year. >> it's just kind of good to be out. the kids are tired of being in the house. >> reporter: it was hard to get out of the house in the northeast with the just brutal weather, but all across the country, people are getting out and about as 135 million plus people have been vaccinated. record numbers of travelers are hitting the roads and the skies as summer begins. whit? >> really starting to see that turning point. will reeve for us, thank you so much. and americans are traveling in record numbers this memorial day weekend. abc's gio benitez is at newark

airport with the latest, and, gio, another busy day ahead. good morning. >> reporter: absolutely, whit, good morning to you. yeah, this weekend broke record after record when it comes to pandemic travel, and we are not done just yet. between thursday and saturday, more than 7 million people were screened at tsa wreck points. friday holds the single-day record since the start of the pandemic, nearly 2 million people screened at u.s. airports on friday alone. but still, most people hit the roads this weekend. an estimated 34 million people driving to their destinations. now in most major cities, this afternoon will likely be the busiest on the roads as people head back home, of course, so the earlier you can get out there the better. meanwhile, as travel picks up, we are seeing more and more reports of unruly passengers, and even violence on planes. you'll remember that flight attendant attacked just a week ago. southwest and american now saying over the weekend they will not be selling alcohol. whit.

>> we're seeing the airlines trying to do everything they can to change that, and, gio, you're also getting reports from people who are trying to reach airlines by phone, and they're facing long wait times on hold. >> reporter: absolutely, and you know what? one of our colleagues actually said that he had to wait 6 1/2 hours on hold this weekend with one of the airlines. we're seeing reports of this, extremely long hold times across many of the airlines. here's a little bit of a tip for you. if you can't reach someone on the phone, try going over to their twitter account. reach them on there because these airlines actually have teams of agents that are just responding on social media. that might get a faster answer for you. >> need all the options you can get. gio, thank you so much. eva, over to you. now to that voting rights showdown in texas. democrats walking out of statehouse last night blocking a bill from republican lawmakers that contains some of the most restrictive voting measures in the country. kenneth moton has more from capitol hill. good morning to you, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, eva. dramatic moments. texas republicans had to get it

done by midnight because of the end of the legislative session, but they failed. in a surprise move, texas democrats stopped the sweeping voting legislation from happening and passing the house by organizing a walkout right before that deadline. gop lawmakers spent the weekend making revisions to the massive voting bill behind closed doors and suspended rules to rush it to the senate floor for a vote. the bill bans drive-through voting. tightens restrictions on voting by mail, adding a new i.d. requirement, and cuts back early voting hours on sunday when many black churchgoers head to the polls. this bill also makes it easier for a judge to overturn an election if there are allegations of fraud. president biden over the weekend called these voting restrictions in several states an assault on democracy. eva? >> and kenneth, republicans are vowing that this is not over. the governor there saying he will call a special session in order to pass this legislation. what are you hearing? >> reporter: the fight is not

over, eva. in a late-night tweet, governor greg abbott said the bill still must pass. no word on when that special session will happen, but democrats in texas are already calling on congress here to step in to guarantee voting rights for all americans. >> kenneth moton, thank you. michael? memorial day weekend has been a washout for millions of americans with rain and chilly temperatures, but things are looking up this morning. ginger is tracking all of that. good morning, ginger. >> michael, my 5-year-old just asked if we can go swim today. i was, like, well, it's not going to be that nice, but things are definitely looking way better. i want to show you this image, though, because this really tells the story. from seaside heights, that boardwalk, empty. this whole weekend it wasn't just up to 3 1/2 inches of rain, but record cold, as far as afternoon highs go. ugly, unless you wanted the rain which some of us definitely needed it, but not quite as bad as what was happening out west. in texas, look at this image from 1 of 16 reported tornadoes from there to colorado over the

weekend, and you had hail and damaging winds, but you also had flash flooding. in amarillo, you can see people trying to push through. narragansett, rhode island, it was ugly, but things, again are looking up. we will start to dry out today. whit. >> thank you so much. we turn to the urgent manhunt this morning for the three suspects who opened fire on a crowd leaving a concert in miami killing 2 and injuring 20. victor oquendo is at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: we're learning new details this morning after the deadly rampage outside this miami concert venue. >> we're going to need as many rescues as you got. >> reporter: two people killed, 20 wounded and three of them in citical condition. three suspects heavily armed with assault-style rifles and handguns waited in the parking lot and opened fire as partygoers were leaving. there was return fire too. more than 100 bullet casings littering the parking lot. >> this was not random. this was targeted. >> reporter: ambulances rushing victims to local hospitals,

including angelica green's 24-year-old son who was shot in the stomach. >> he called us frantic telling us he had been shot, that it hurts, it hurts and he loves us. >> reporter: and chad harris' 19-year-old daughter in surgery after being shot. >> my daughter ended up getting shot in the middle of this. this is our home. >> reporter: and this boy who died, his heartbroken father at the scene on sunday. as authorities continue to their search for the gunmen miami police director freddie ramirez says scenes like this are all too common in miami. >> miami-dade county is not immune to this wave of gun violence. >> reporter: it was a violent weekend here in miami. on thursday night, three people were shot at a casino. friday night, seven people shot in the popular windward area, arrests,0. >>ha so much for that,

we turn now to the 1921 tulsa race massacre. today marks 100 years since that horrific tragedy killed hundreds and devastated the black community. marcus moore is in tulsa, oklahoma, this morning. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: michael, good morning. as you know, there have been calls for justice for a long time including in the immediate aftermath of the attack here that spanned two days in 1921 and what was a beacon of hope for so many black americans at the time was left in ruins. this morning, in the city of tulsa, a yearning for answers and accountability. one century after that ruthless attack on greenwood, the once prosperous community also known as black wall street. 100 years ago today, a mob of armed white men burned down the thriving hub of black-owned and operated businesses. the 24 hours of racial terror erasing untold amounts of generational wealth and killing as many as 300 black americans. over the weekend, many traveling from all corners of the country to commemorate those lives. >> it's finally being acknowledged, what our ancestors

went through. >> reporter: but tensions surrounding the ceremonies ever present. the highly anticipated remember and rise event slated to feature a performance by john legend and keynote speaker stacey abrams abruptly canceled. peaceful protesters also taking to the streets. >> what do we want? [ crowd chanting "justice" ] >> what do we want? [ crowd chanting "justice" ] >> reporter: calling for reparations for the estimated $1.8 million in property loss claims. no one was ever punished or held accountable for the massacre. >> the survivors never received any type of reparations. they never received any type of benefit. >> reporter: but now that is what survivors and the descendents of victims are asking. viola fletcher, one of the only three remaining survivors, testifying in front of congress this month as part of a lawsuit against the city of tulsa and others. >> i still hear airplanes flying overhead. i hear the screams. i have lived through the massacre every day. our country may forget this history, but i cannot. >> reporter: president biden is

expected to come here tomorrow, and he will visit the greenwood culture center and meet with survivors and their descendents, coming up in our second hour, we're going to meet a woman whose great-grandmother survived the massacre, and she wrote a book about it. the great-granddaughter republishing those words to try to preserve that history. >> thank you so much. we're looking forward to that. eva? we want to switch gears now to that blockbuster weekend at the box office. so many people back at the movies. just another sign that life is getting back to normal. kaylee hartung is in hollywood with more. >> there are people out there. people worth saving. quiet ple rti" making e loudest noise at the box offe this weekend. the film starring emily blunt, directed by her husband, john krasinski bringing in more than $70 million. those numbers matching the projections for its original

release before the pandemic. and disney's "cruella" taking a dalmatian-size bite of the box office pie earning $30 million from ticket sales alone. >> i'm just getting started, darling. >> reporter: that number likely to rise with disney plus' premier streaming option letting you watch it from your living room. >> it was beyond what anybody expected after a 15-month drought at the box office basically. >> reporter: and more blockbusters heading to the big screen this summer, this may just be the beginning of a strong return for theaters. >> you have big movies coming out. the big question i think on everyone's mind right now is when can we achieve $100 million opening? it would be the icing on the cake. >> reporter: and more than 70% of movie theaters across the country were open this weekend including the el capitan theater in hollywood. there are still capacity limits, but now major movie theater chains like amc and regal, they're saying if you're

vaccinated, you don't have to wear a mask. so, guys, grab your popcorn and find a return to normal at a theater near you. >> a lot of people eager to get back into the theaters. and the snacks too. sour patch kids, personal favorite. we do want to turn now to the controversy though on the basketball court. a boston celtics fan is under arrest and facing a lifetime ban after throwing a water bottle at brooklyn nets star kyrie irving. it's just the latest incident of fans behaving badly. overnight, the fan that threw this water bottle, apparently at kyrie irving's head, arrested by boston police on assault charges, and t.d. garden where irving and the brooklyn nets were playing the boston celtics banning that fan for life. >> people just feel very entitled out here. we don't get treated like we have rights when we're out there at times. >> reporter: irving, a former before his return, he eason reon issued this plea to the celtics fans. >> hopefully we can keep it strictly basketball and there's

no belligerence or any racism going on. >> reporter: his teammates speaking out after a week that's seen four different teams ban fans indefinitely over abusive behavior. >> these men are human. we're not animals. we're not in a circus. have some respect for the game, have some respect for these human beings, and have some respect for yourself. your mother wouldn't be proud of you throwing water bottles at basketball players or spitting on players or tossing popcorn. >> reporter: the nba saying it's strictly enforcing its fan code of conduct. but since welcoming its fans back into arenas for the playoffs -- >> yell all you want. we encourage that. this is just plain stupidity. >> reporter: players have been speaking up about a wave of troubling incidents in the stands. washington wizards guard russell westbrook had a carton of popcorn dumped on him by a fan while leaving the floor in philadelphia last week. in madison square garden, a fan who spit on trae young banned from the arena i and just three days ago, the jazz instituting a removal and

banning of three jazz fans indefinitely after a verbal altercation ensued with family members of memphis grizzlies point guard ja morant. >> it's interesting because strahan was telling us, football fans never do this sort of thing, right? >> yeah, okay. >> always well-behaved. >> i love that fans love their teams. i get it 100%, but throwing, racial talk, all that is out of the window. you can say anything you want, you can curse at the guys if you want if that makes you feel good about yourself. >> exactly. >> but when you are physical and doing other things, that's not right. >> have the passion, but there are limits. we are following a lot of headlines this morning, including why tennis superstar naomi osaka is in danger of being kicked out of the french open. first, though, let's go back to ginger. good morning. >> i'll get the select cities now for you sponsored by ukg.

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bars and restaurants at full capacity. more than half of all adults are fully vaccinated. and a crowd of 135,000 e st 500 getting to witness helio castroneves race across the finish line. he won by less than half a second. spider-man celebrating with his trademark fence climb. and speaking of sports here, take a look at this, first baseman cole moore making an unbelievable grab in the ninth inning of a tie game against indiana state. when cole arrived apparently at the field and saw that fence he told his teammates ahead of time that he was going to make the catch of the game over it and sure enough he did. >> do you get extra points for calling it? >> he called it? >> that's the word on the street. he saw the fence and said, i'm going to make the catch of the game. he did. supposedly. that's what they tell me. it must be true. we have a lot more ahead including the skyrocketing food prices people are talking about. how long will that trend last? the staple items seeing the biggest spike. the head of a top supermarket now to the battle brewing

thtennis world. the french open fining naomi osaka $15,000 for skipping a press conference. osaka telling the tournament the move was for her mental health. janai norman has more. good morning to you, janai. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. naomi osaka has shown her platform is as powerful as her ground stroke. finding her footing as a social activist. we're here now on the last day of mental health awareness month talking about the tennis phenom who knew she'd be fine for prioritizing her mental health saying ahead of time she hoped the considerable amount she gets fined would go toward a mental health charity. tis is the moment naomi osaka returned to the french open, opening day, winning her first round in straight sets. but this morning, it isn't her win that's turning heads. on sunday, the 23-year-old curre rld's ghest $15,000 after declining to appear at a mandatory post-match news conference.

she gave a brief on-court interview. >> i'm really glad that i won. and it's a very beautiful court. >> reporter: then nothing else. >> naomi osaka wins her second u.s. open championship. >> reporter: the four-time grand slam champion announced ahead of the tournament that she wouldn't do any press to preserve her mental health, writing, i've often felt that people have no regard for athletes' mental health. we're often sat there and asked questions that we have been asked multiple times before or asked questions that bring doubt into our minds, and i'm just not going to subject myself to people that doubt me. fox sports radio host rob parker saying he'd tell osaka to stay home to honor her mental health but the media has to do their job. >> if i was running the french open, i would tell her to stay home. i would tell her, take care of your menalth.u can't come here participatin what >> reporter: in a statement,

signed by officials from all four grand slams, tournament organizers saying they tried unsuccessfully to speak with osaka to check on her well-being, understand the specifics of her issue and what might be done to address it on sight, but warning the number two-ranked player in the world, she could face more substantial fines, being defaulted from the french open, and suspended from future grand slams. following their statement, osaka tweeting, anger is a lack of understanding. change makes people uncomfortable. tennis legends past and present weighing in. billie jean king saying, she's torn as she tries to learn from both sides of the situation, that she fully admires and respects what naomi is doing with her platform, but there is no question the media helped build and grow our sport to what it is today. rafael nadal also weighing in. >> i understand her. on the other hand,

i also have my point of view that the media is a very important part of our sport too. >> reporter: athletes in other sports have also been punished for not speaking to the media. in 2015, marshawn lynch was fined $75,000 for declining to meet with reporters after a playoff game. weeks later, lynch did show up at super bowl media with a simple message. >> i'm here so i won't get fined. >> and other big names in tennis have also skipped news conferences after losses and been fined. andre agassi, venus williams, novak djokovic. critics saying talking to the media is part of the job for professional athletes. we'll see when naomi plays tomorrow in the second round. guys. >> thanks, janai. >> and joining us now is formert patrick enroe. tanks so much for being with us. first off, i'm curious, what's your reaction to osaka's boycott? >> well, quite frankly, i was surprised initially to see her take this stance, although she's been at the forefront of other very important issues, the black lives matter issue last summer. she stepped to the forefront

there. so she is using her platform i think to bring awareness to certain issues, very important ones. mental health is obviously an incredibly important topic. i think there may have been a few missteps along the way from naomi and her team at looking at how this was going to play out, you know, the french open -- the federation has reached out to her. she apparently didn't respond which is why they released that statement which i thought was a little bit heavy-handed and sort of threatening her with disqualification. i didn't like that at all. i think the conversation needs to happen, as you so rightly pointed out in your piece leading into this, there have been other athletes that have dealt with this, and a lot of tennis players as well. i give naomi an awful lot of credit for bringing this to attention. >> let's talk about that. the threat of being disqualified and possible expulsion from other big grand slam tournaments. do you think that is too extreme of a punishment? >> well, i think that obviously lingers out there as a possibility.

i mean, she is a professional tennis player. she's an athlete. so you have to abide by certain rules, one of which is speaking to the press on a regular basis. now, maybe that could be -- we could work with her. the powers that be could work with her on that, and i think they would like to have that discussion. she's, as you said, the highest paid female athlete on the planet, and she has a huge platform, and she's a great player, and she's not afraid to put herself out there, but i thought that was too much. i thought that was going too far threatening her. i think the statement up until that point was fine. they reached out to her about mental health awareness, and they want to come to an agreement. is there any way we can work this out? maybe come to some compromise in the short-term, term certainly you can't have players just deciding to do whatever they want to do. once you become a professional athlete, you decide to play by certain rules of the game. now, you can make some possibilities to try to change them, which i think she is doing, but at the end of the

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back here on "gma" with those massive price hikes on essentials like gas and groceries. the bureau of labor and statistics saying that food costs have risen nearly 2.5% from april 2020 to this year. stew leonard joins us with more on what's behind it and what you can do about it. stew, good morning to you. it's always great to have you. let's jump right in here. what types of foods are seeing the biggest increases right now? >> well, you know, first of all, i just wanted to spell this skyrocketing prices. we don't notice skyrocketing prices at stew leonard. obviously they're going to go up a few percent right now which really translate into higher fuel prices. i mean, our dairy farmer, he has 900 cows, and he has to fill his tractor with gas every morning. well, if diesel was $1.50, it's now $3, so he's feeling the pitch. corn prices have gone up, and

we've just seen increases in food, and it's really going to mean maybe, like, a 5 cents on some milk and maybe a dollar a pound on red meat, which is probably the highest increase right now. >> yeah. we're seeing a variety of impacts. some places it's worse than others, but the u.n. is reporting now a 5% increase globally in prices, and it's driven by both supply shortages and of course, that growing demand that you mentioned. why is demand so high for meat right now? it can't be just, you know, barbecues for the summer, right? there's more going on here. >> well, you know, whit, i think we're sort of like the roaring '20s here right now. we're amazed with at we're seeing at stew leonard's this weekend for memorial day. people want to get out. look at, you know, they want to get out and eat. look at this steak right here, the tomahawk steak for you, but, you know, we got a lot of new chefs. people are just dying to get out and barbecue and cook, and

celebrate right now. so i think the food industry got caught a little flat-footed. they didn't expect this demand from all the restaurants opening, from, you know, the customers wanting to barbecue, have graduation parties and just get together as families again. >> yeah. that tomahawk steak. who can finish it? that's always the fun game to play at the family barbecue table. last month, we saw some of the biggest price increases in 50 years. what's your outlook for some staples -- those other things like eggs, cereal and produce? >> well, you know, i have talked to all our farmers, and they just didn't have enough chickens ready to go for this -- this boom that we're having right now. the same with our cattle feit a littlishebor ortage. a lot of people don't want to come to work because of the stimulus packages, and so a lot

of my farmers are saying they're only at about two-thirds of the people they need, and now when that happens, you have to pay everybody overtime. so that's adding to the cost of food a little bit, but you know what? i think this will come down. it's more like a supply and demand kind of thing, and i think a lot of these prices will come down. we've already noticed chicken prices coming down now. >> all right, stew leonard, always a pleasure. we appreciate you being a straight shooter. we'll talk to you soon. have a good memorial day weekend. >> you going to be eating one of these for your memorial day? >> yeah. send it my way. send that tomahawk too, while you're at it. thank you, stew. >> also, a big thank you to the armed forces and the veterans for the great job. >> yes. absolutely. >> absolutely. >> good point. >> stew is always one of our favorites. you guys, stay right there. next up, we have our "play of the day." what if i told you...

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the new generation hoping to keep their ancestors' legacy alive. but first, we have a lot of news to get to this morning, starting with this memorial day weekend marking a return to normalcy for so many americans. 135,000 people packing the stands at the indy 500, the largest crowd to gather since the pandemic started. will reeve joins us where more. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, michael. it was a beautiful day for racing in indianapolis and all across the country people were out and about as daily covid case rates decline, and over half of american adults have been vaccinated. the unofficial start of summer brimmed with hope. this morning, as covid cases decline in the u.s., a record-setting unofficial start to summer. americans returning unmasked to a memorial day weekend tradition. >> drivers, start your engines. >> reporter: the sun shining on the 105th indy 500, and over 100,000 racing fans, t mt any sporting event in the world since the pandemic began. >> the fans are back in the

stands. >> it's been two years, and there's nothing like seeing 33 cars going 230 miles an hour. >> reporter: the national covid daily covid case numbers plunging nearly 70% with nearly 50% of adults fully vaccinated. but as the summer kicks off, the daily vaccination rate is down from its peak in april, and a poll suggests that only 4% of people who want the shot as soon as possible haven't gotten it yet. and with many states easing covid restrictions heading into the holiday weekend, some people are jumping at the opportunity to travel. >> i haven't been home in two years, so whatever i got to do to get home, i'm going to do to get home. >> reporter: again, to put a number on it, 135 million plus american adults have been vaccinated. yankee stadium here is a mass vaccination site. it's open on game days until one hour after first pitch. today, first pitch is at 1:00 eastern time as the yankees play in a traditional memorial day matinee.

the unofficial mantra for the summer in america could be, play ball. eva? >> a lot of people looking forward to that mantra this summer. will reeve for us, thank you. and americans are traveling in record numbers this memorial day weekend. abc's gio benitez is at newark airport with the latest. good morning again, gio. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning again. yeah, the sunday numbers are just in, and they have just shattered pandemic records. take a look at this right now because between thursday and sunday, more than 7 million people were screened at u.s. airports. friday was the busiest, nearly 2 million people screened. tsa telling us today could be even busier than that, but it is the roads that were the most packed. an estimated 34 million people driving to their destinations. now in most major cities, that means this afternoon will likely be the busiest with people heading back home, so if you can get on the road a little earlier, you probably should, and we have been showing you that video of a flight attendant attacked last week. the faa investigating about

2,500 cases of unruly passengers. southwest and american now saying over the weekend they will not be selling alcohol. again, today could end up being the busiest travel day, so be ready for that. whit. >> at least the weather getting a little bit better to help people out. all right, gio, thank you so much. we do move now to celebrating the life of gavin macleod who passed away at age 90. known for his iconic roles in "the mary tyler moore show," and the captain in "the love boat." his "mary tyler moore" co-star ed asner taking to twitter to remember macleod, calling him his comic conspirator. and we also want to take a moment to remember b.j. thomas behind classics like this. ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪ >> "raindrops keep falling on my head" and this one -- ♪ i'm hooked on a feeling ♪

♪ high on believing ♪ >> that's "hooked on a feeling," the five-time grammy-winning pop, country and christian music artist who sold more than 70 million albums worldwide over his five-decade career passing away this weekend after a brave battle with lung cancer, and thomas was 78 years old. >> big fan of both of those gentlemen. >> absolutely. coming up, how a new generation is opening its eyes to the 1921 tulsa race massacre. we're with one woman as she retraces the steps of her family's history. also, why downsizing your home may be the best way to save big, but is it the right move for you? all right, and i'm looking forward to this one. we are firing up the grill. there he is. chef david rose sharing his secret ingredient for crazy good coleslaw and much more. we're back in a moment. i can smell it from here. ♪ i'm waiting on you ♪

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of the most horrific acts of racial violence in our country. the 1921 tulsa race massacre as we remember the hundreds of lives lost, a new generation is keeping the heart and soul of that community alive. marcus is back in tulsa with more. marcus? >> reporter: well, michael, good morning again. there has been an earnest effort to keep the story of greenwood alive, and look at our drone this morning. you can see one of the prominent memorials, that mural on the wall marking what was once known as black wall street, and this is a prosperous community that once filled the space of north tulsa, and like it, the story of what happened here was nearly erased, but for the survivors who talked about what they saw, and those who wrote about it. it's been depicted in blockbusters from "watchmen" to the hit "lovecraft country." a new generation opening its eyes to the atrocities of the 1921 tulsa race massacre.

>> what happened in tulsa, 1921 was incredible violence and destruction and devastation. some 100 to 300 people were killed, most of them black. >> reporter: 100 years ago today, the greenwood district, a prosperous black community in tulsa was under attack. an angry white mob violently tore through the town brutally burning thousands of homes and businesses to the ground. after the tragedy, many greenwood residents did not receive insurance money for their recovery, and despite the lasting trauma, many persisted, and they got back on their feet. then in the late 1960s, federally funded projects like interstate 244 created a whole new heartache. many of the homes and businesses here were permanently demolished. once known as black wall street, the pulse of black business without leaving one block according to "the new york times'" reporting, you could go

to the dentist, get your hair done, hire a lawyer, play pool, attend the theater and more. >> it was an extremely vibrant community. this was really quite the place. >> reporter: the williams dreamland theater opened in 1914, seen here before and after the massacre owned by entrepreneur john wesley williams, and wife lulu cotton williams. just a few steps away, john d. mann up side his grocery store which thrived in the district. >> this was a community where the american dream for african-americans was working in 1921. >> reporter: then there was mary e. jones parish's typing school. the owner who fled for her life, publishing one of the first eyewitness accounts in 1923. we're right here in greenwood. >> yes. >> and this is where your great-grandmother's business was. >> yes. >> and she was here on the night the massacres started? >> when they emerged onto the street, someone yelled out, get off the street with that child or you'll both be killed. >> reporter: mrs. parish's great-granddaughter is now tracing the steps of her

family's history. you have this really incredible and in some ways tragic connection to the events that happened here, but you didn't find out about your connection to the massacre or even hear about it until you were an adult? >> that's absolutely correct. that is a great tragedy for me, but it is also part of the story in that it exemplifies this kind of collective amnesia that's surrounding the event. i mean, this is the stuff of novels, but it was real life, and my family had lived it. >> reporter: the harrowing details of the massacre not widely known in history. annalise hopes to cement the legacy working to republish her ancestor's story in "the nation must awake." >> what would your grandmother say about this? >> you're my greatest dream come true. i hope that this book gives the corroboration that it is a printed record of what happened, what people endured, how they overcame, how they survived and how many did not make it and died.

it must never be shushed, forgotten, and her role should never, ever be diminished or forgotten again. >> reporter: another look this morning at what greenwood looks like today, and the book includes gripping eyewitness accounts from survivors whom mrs. parrish interviewed and given her connection, her great-granddaughter says she really feels an immense feeling of responsibility to share the full story of greenwood, the event here that happened 100 years ago shaping generations, and leaving one now to reckon with its impact. guys? >> yeah. i'm glad this part of our rves, uncomfortable it may be for a lot of people. thank you so much for that, marcus. here's your first look at the cover for "national reckoning with the past, dedicated to the tulsa race massacre. it's available on the nat-geo

website now, and you can stream abc newslive's documentary on hulu, "soul of a nation: tulsa's buried truth" right now. now let's go to ginger. >> michael, thank you. we are honoring those who made the greatest sacrifice today. your memorial day pictures i wanted to share. these are my boys in front of a big flag, but also right there a couple of the grave sites. it's a great day to be able to talk about that and educate and learn about so many things in our history. so i wanted to share that, and also give you a forecast. if you planned to do something outdoors today, it's looking better, drying out along the east coast. the temperatures will be, you know, at least 10 to 30 degrees even warmer than where we were over the weekend with those freezing temps. the west coast super hot, and th good morning. on this memorial day, we have a heatri. moanraarin the

neighborhoods. most of us live in the hills tonight and slight cooling trend through friday. a little bit warmer but not like this this coming we can .64 and tampa bay to look at those 100s in the inland east bay and north valleys. tonight, most was back in the 50s. my seven-day forecast says it's going to be hottest today with now to the big trend in th downsizing. nearly 16 million americans decided to move during the pandemic. many choosing to live in a smaller home to save big on bills. so how does this work, and could it be right for you? rebecca jarvis has all the details. >> reporter: stephanie and her husband glenn had been thinking about downsizing for years. >> we had so many expenses on the house. hoolaxes, whicwe didn't y ymore, maintenance uee u name it. years in their scarsdale, new

york, home raising daughters alex and chloe. but even after the kids went to college, it was something else that finally encouraged stephanie and glenn to take the plunge. >> the pandemic was the push to sale the house and make the move. during the whole year of, you know, zooming and not going into the office, and the priorities, just changed and shifted. >> reporter: and they're not alone. almost 16 million americans decided to move over the last year, and about 1 in 5 adults stated they moved because of the pandemic or know someone who has. >> here's our brooklyn apartment. >> reporter: for their move, the couple chose brooklyn to be closer to their recently graduated daughter and glenn's office. their house sold within two months and they quickly found an apartment to rent. >> we just saved a lot of money

making the move. >> reporter: how can you determine if downsizing is right for you? first, calculate your current monthly costs. >> the key to remember is to take into account things like your mortgage payment, but also your property taxes and insurance. you want -- you also want to think of things like yard work or maintenance andti>> r next, o new loca fiupde. >>ou think abouterall cost of l new neighborhood. is that going to be higher or lower, and how is that going to impact your monthly cost? >> reporter: and convenience. >> if you are still commuting to the office, or if you expect to commute to the office in the future, you want to think about whether that new, downsized home will be closer in or further away. ♪ pump up the jam ♪ >> reporter: as for stephanie and her family, they couldn't be happier. >> i was scared to take the plunge and move and downsize to what we have now, but it feels so liberating and free to just not have that much stuff. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> sounds like it's a lot less house to clean as well. we know a lot of people have gone the other direction though, right, whit? >> absolutely. no question about that, eva. thank you so much.

we do want to turn now to a new look at one of the strangest and most overlooked courtroom dramas of the 20th century. the trial of jack ruby, the dallas nightclub owner who killed lee harvey oswald while he was still in police custody just two days after the kennedy assassination. it's the latest book from our chief abc news legal analyst dan abrams. it's called "kennedy's avenger." and we got the book right here and dan at the desk with us as well. good morning to you, first of all. it's always great to have you. >> good morning to you. >> this was exciting. i was going through some of the old footage because what's fascinating about this is that it played out on television. people watched it. it was the front page of all the papers the next day, and yet somehow this trial was largely ignored over time. >> yeah. i couldn't believe that i didn't know a lot about it. i'm the legal guy. right? i'm supposed to know about this stuff, and i didn't know a lot about this trial. it was an incredibly fascinating trial, meaning everything from

the fact that this is where some of the conspiracy theories were borne to the fact that there was literally a jailbreak that occurred four stories above. the world is there, right? the media from all over the world is at this trial. four floors above, there's a jailbreak. the person escapes with a gun made of soap, and literally walks past all the media, and you have all these members of the media calling in and saying, there's a jailbreak, and the people on the other line, what? what? you're at the ruby trial. what's going on? this was quite a spectacle, this case, and it became the kennedy assassination trial effectively. >> all of this while the nation is in mourning. you talked about the wild ride with the conspiracies, the jailbreak, the celebrities that were involved. >> yep. >> but talk about the trial itself, and what was at stake here at the time. >> yeah. i mean, look, jack ruby's defense team could have just said he was acting out of passion, right? he loved john kennedy. he wanted to protect jackie from having to come testify. if that had happened, he probably would have been able to get five years or less. instead, his very high profile and flamboyant lawyer decided to

argue that he had done this in what's called a fugue state. meaning he didn't remember. he was involved in an epileptic seizure, and this was effectively an insanity defense, and that's a much harder defense, but this attorney wanted to go all or nothing with jack ruby. he didn't want the sort of compromise verdict of effectively manslaughter and less than five years, and, you know, that's part of what made the case so fascinating was the defense that he chose. >> and the defense is baffling here, right? of course, finding people to be on a jury, people saw this shooting play out, and it was in all the papers and then jack ruby dies. how did that impact the case? >> so without giving away too much, the bottom line is that after the case, he gets a new trial. the case is thrown out on appeal, and so he's waiting in jail to get his new trial, and he dies. so he effectively died an innocent man. the conviction thrown out. jack ruby, the guy everyone saw on television shooting oswald,

and he maintained until his death that he acted alone, that there was no conspiracy. he got very sort of offended and angry about those who believed that he was part of a larger conspiracy, and he never got that next trial. >> so speaking of the conspiracy theories, you do yourself believe that he acted alone, and i understand this has something to do with a dog? >> one of the issues is a dog. i'll start with that one. there are three issues. number one is the dog which is he didn't have any kids. he didn't have a family. his dogs were his life. he had one dog in particular that he loved. that dog was in the car at the time he did this. jack ruby would never have left his dog in the car if he had planned on doing this, but the biggest point is that lee harvey oswald was supposed to be moved at 10:00 in the morning. the whole media was there. everyone was waiting for oswald to be moved. jack ruby is just waking up, and he gets to the western union down the block at 11:17.

he has a receipt from there. he happens to walk to the police station that day, and within 30 seconds, oswald is brought out. if that's a guy who was plotting it, boy, he was taking a lot of chances that he was going to miss him even though they were supposed to be there an hour earlier. he also had another opportunity to shoot oswald two days before, and if he was a hired assassin or part of a conspiracy, why wouldn't he have done it the first time he had an opportunity? i'm convinced this was the act of a mentally unstable man who thought he was going to be a hero by shooting lee harvey oswald and instead became a historical enigma i would say. >> you say a lot of the conspiracy theories that follow the assassination were sparked by this trial specifically, and we think about all of those conspiracies linked to the shooting, but how did this trial add to the layers of all of that? >> because there were so many questions left unanswered in this case. there was an effort to say, can we stipulate to the fact that

oswald acted alone? no. another question went unanswered about whether ruby and oswald knew each other. that's where a lot of the conspiracies came from. >> dan abrams, always a pleasure. a snapshot of history. it's called "kennedy's avenger." it is out tomorrow officially. coming up, chef david rose is live with the best barbecue chicken recipe ever. we'll be right back.

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on www.abcnews7.com. welcome back to "gma," live from times square. welcome back to "gma," everybody. it's memorial day, and that means it's officially grilling season. so we're featuring great recipes from around the world in our new global grill series. this morning, we're going all-american with barbecue chicken. chef david rose is joining us now from atlanta. chef rose, thank you for joining us, but this is not your run of the grill barbecue chicken. you're amping it up this morning. so tell us what you are cooking. >> michael, what's up, sir? buenos dias. good morning, america. today i'm making a bourbon barbecue chicken with mayo, and a jalapeno pineapple coleslaw because i'm all about that flavor, mike.

>> you know what, flavor, and a lot -- i know you're about that flavor. a lot of that flavor comes from the sauce. what makes the perfect barbecue sauce? >> every perfect sandwich deserves a perfect sauce. you got to have balance. you got to have salt. you got to have spice. you got to have sweetness, and you got to have that acid where it hits you right back here. bourbon, barbecue sauce, a little bit of bourbon, a little bit of brown sugar, a little bit of molasses, and that brown sugar molasses gives a nice, pleasant bittersweet note. got to have some mustard in there as well. apple cider vinegar, worcestershire. and you got garlic powder, onion powder and you got have that smoked paprika. not paprika, pap-a-rika. whisk that together, let it cool down, and you have something delicious, something dreamy, sweet, spice and all that is nice right there.

>> i know you put a dry rub on the chicken before you put it on the grill, but at what point do you put that sauce on the chicken? >> uh-huh. at what point -- what do you want to do? you want to cook the chicken, seven minutes on each side and the last three to four minutes, you want to glaze the chicken because there is sugar in that barbecue sauce. you don't want it to burn. make sure the chicken is cooked through first, and you take that barbecue sauce right there, and you slather it. you make love to that chicken with that barbecue sauce. >> wow! >> chicken, meet barbecue sauce. barbecue sauce, meet chicken, and it's perfect. let it glaze. let it glaze. >> we're going to let it glaze. all right. david, you're bringing it next level. we got the fcc watching. just a reminder. how do we turn this into a sandwich now? >> okay. you want to have that perfectly toasted bun. you can do one of two things. you can use mayonnaise or you can use butter to get that nice, toasty charred barrier on there. we're not about ggy buns. you want nice, toasted buns and

we want the sandwich in our mouth and not in our lap. that's what a soggy bun gets you. so toast your buns. toast them. >> okay. this is the best chef we have ever had on "gma." >> toast your buns. >> and, david, you mentioned coleslaw because you need something to go with this burger, but not just any coleslaw, pineapple jalapeno. tell us and you use maple syrup in this which is amazing, i find. >> yes, sir. forget store bought coleslaw. make your own. i charred up some pineapples with jalapeno. i'm all about that sweet and spice and used a little bit of maple syrup as well. i add this to my coleslaw mixture. your mayonnaise and dijon mustard. i stir that all together. mix it together, toss, toss, toss. let it sit and marinate about a half an hour, an hour in the fridge and what you got right there, bam. the best coleslaw you ever had. your grandmama, your momma, your

cousins. everybody's going to be coming back for this jalapeno pineapple coleslaw. >> love it. >> chef david rose, i tell you. i don't know who is going to follow you up on this global grill series, but they have a lot to follow. >> i'm sorry. >> thank you for amping it up and bringing it. we appreciate you. >> my pleasure, sir. always, always, happy memorial day. enjoy. >> you too. thank you. >> you can get this recipe on our website goodmorningamerica.com. and coming up, bobby bones is going to join us live. you guys stay right there. we'll be right back. ♪ it's time for sleep number's memorial day sale on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it's the most comfortable, body-sensing, automatically-responding, energy-building, dually-adjustable, dad-powering,

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we're back now with one of our favorite guests, the host of the nationally syndicated radio show, best-selling author, and mentor on "american idol," and the "dancing with the stars" champion. now he's got a new show on national geographic called "breaking bobby bones." let's welcome back to "gma" one of our favorites. bobby bones. how are you doing, my friend? >> good to see you. >> you have a big day coming up. you and your fiancee were just in oklahoma for her bridal shower this weekend. how is the wedding planning going? >> that's the only thing that's really broken me so far. honestly i'm not doing much. if i take a lot of credit, i think i'll get in trouble when i get off this with you. she's doing most of the work. >> i might just stay out of the way, bobby. that's your job. stay out the way. but you do have another job, a new show "breaking bobby bones"

where you travel around the country and meet people with unique skills and you try to do what they do, and of course, it is not easy. so what's the plan? just to make yourself incredibly uncomfortable the entire time? >> it was the plan to be uncomfortable, and highlight the stories of people who have gone through some crazy adversity in their lives and to show that. we live in such an instagram-based world where everything looks like it's perfect, and highlight these people who have had tough times. watch them get through theirs, and watch me fight it also during the show. there is a lot of that. i always say the hook is the adventure, but you're going to keep coming back for the people and their stories. >> let's take a look at a clip of "breaking bobby bones." let's check it out. >> my leg is shaking like crazy. i'm a little -- okay. i'm a lot scared. >> you got this. >> here we go. one, two, oh. uh-oh. i don't think the -- >> go ahead and sit down. >> i feel like something undid that shouldn't have undid.

what the -- what is happening here? >> bobby, stop. stop right there. stop. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, what's going on? >> oh, you're a better man than me, bobby. that looks incredibly terrifying. >> i was 4,000 feet under the grand canyon. we were trying to clean the glass bridge that's over the grand canyon, and i'm afraid of heights, and so that was you watching me train to do that, and at the end of the episode, you know, i go out and i attempt to go and hang over that, and it was really one of the top two scariest things i've ever done in my entire life. >> well, hey. that looked like -- i was scared watching you be scared on that. that's how scary that was, but you meet a lot of inspiring people. you talked about that. who's the most inspiring person that you met on the show? >> there was a guy named ralph, and ralph went and served our country in afghanistan and lost both of his legs due to a bomb,

and he came back to the states, and he admits he was suicidal. he didn't know what to do with his life, but he found something that he didn't know about called sled hockey, and he had never played hockey before, and not only did he learn hockey by ld medal, and ralph was so inspiring to me, and then i had to play hockey with him, and i don't know anything about hockey. i'm from arkansas, and they beat me up pretty good, but still just to spend three days with him and learn his story, i'm so proud to share it on my new show. >> we cannot wait to see it on the new show, and now that you have done all these crazy things for the show, you said it was like cleaning the bridge from underneath the grand canyon was one of the two scariest things you've ever don how uld "danci wh e s"ank on your list? >> tha >>eally? >> nothing's going to beat that. >> really? i can't dance. >> why? >> to dance in front of millions of people? listen, to me -- i know i won the show and all, but that was the scariest thing i've ever

done and probably ever will do. >> wow. that is surprising. well, you know what? nothing can break bobby bones, but we're going to watch this show, okay, my friend, because we appreciate what you are doing, and always great to see you. >> good to see you too, michael. >> all right. "breaking bobby bones" premieres tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central on national geographic with back-to-back episodes. make sure you check it out, and right before it at 9:00 p.m., season three of "gordon ramsay uncharted." that also premieres. we'll talk with gordon tomorrow. you don't want to miss that. eva? >> all right. well, our next guest is the best-selling author behind "the silent patient," a smash hit success spending more than a year on the the best-seller list. now he's about to release his next book, "the maidens." good morning, alex. thanks for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me back. it's great to be on the show. >> your first novel, "the silent patient" is currently being made into a movie. you were actually a screenwriter before you wrote that book knocking on people's doors trying to get movies made.

what have you learned now that the tables have been turned? >> that's an interesting question. yeah. well, you know, to me honestly screenwriting was a bit of a heartbreaking experience because everything that can go wrong on a movie set generally does go wrong, and the first thing to get thrown out is the script. i had been wanting to write a novel for 20 years, and i put it off for 20 years, and eventually kind of followed my heart and i'm really glad that i did. i think that's the lesson really, you know? >> follow your heart. yeah. that's a good lesson for people to be reminded of this morning too. your new book "the maidens" is being called a greek mythology thriller with a twist. we hear it's already been optioned for a tv series. >> mm-hmm. >> can you tell us what inspired this one? >> yeah. well, it's about a greek tragedy professor at cambridge university who is suspected of murdering his students who are all members of a secret society known as the maidens, and i grew up in cyprus where, you know, greek mythology is very much

part of the air that you breathe pretty much, and i grew up reading thrillers on the beach, and so kind of a no-brainer for me to combine those two things and reimagine the old greek tale and a twist and made it a thriller. that's where my imagination sits really. >> speaking of your writing process, we have a picture i want to show you of your notes scribbled all over the desk. >> yeah. >> it looks -- it's kind of organized, but a little crazy. can you explain to me how that process works? >> you know what, crazy looking is probably quite right. the way it works for me is you just kind of, like, you need to know where you are going, so i always start with a twist. i start with the ending and need to know exactly where i'm going, but how i get there is a whole different matter, and by writing in a linear way in a note form, my imagination gets inhibited. so what i found is if i have a cobweb effect and dart all over the place then suddenly it frees up my imagination and everything comes alive. >> you have to keep track of those things in one big pile i imagine. >> it gets slimmer and slimmer and you end up with one

document. so you start off with like the whole floor is covered and it gets smaller and smaller. yeah. >> very cool. you've written all over the world. people are getting to work all over the world. what's your favorite place to work? >> that's from california, that picture there. that's my friend's ranch which is a wonderful place to write. you know what, after the success of "the silent patient," i won't lie. i was kind of inhibited and a bit scared so i found myself traveling and i think i was kind of running and then what happened, what i discovered with the pandemic when i was forced to say at home and sit at my kitchen table and be locked in my apartment, it's the best place for a writer and the best place for me to sit at home in my kitchen and just get on with it, you know? >> sometimes that's the best thing to do. get on with it, and force yourself to do it. thank you so much for being with us. "the maidens" is out june 15th. looking for more great summer reads follow along @gmabookclub. lots of books on our gma book club. back to ginger. >> yes, maybe you'll get some

reading here done. eva, great to be with you. you know what, pride month 2021 starts tomorrow. our parent company, disney, has created a new collection. it's called rainbow disney. it is donating funds to lgbtq plus organizations around the world. you can check out all the great rainbow disney gear on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. good morning on abc7 news, meteorologist we got a spare the air i am so optimistically looking at the satellite, and there's a shield of clouds, but it's going to pull away today. so we are all ready to kick off the unofficial start of summer here on this memorial day with the rainy weekend in the northeast. it's finally going to give way to some of that sunshine, and a little bit of warming. but allergies, they're not going anywhere. they're still in full swing, and this segment is sponsored by

zyrtec, and i want you to check out this video. that is wasabi, the dog taking in all the sights from a canoe right there in doylestown, pennsylvania. we love that. it's the pollen covering the water. good thing the pollen doesn't seem to bother wasabi because a dog sneeze could rock the boat. if you are out on the lake for the holiday, you could see similar scenes because the pollen count is really high. so many parts of the nation all the way up to washington state. certainly still in georgia, my goodness. you guys deal with it for a long time and even cincinnati. whit? >> we're excited about the sunshine here on the east coast. better late than never. ginger, thank you so much. coming up here, the stars of hulu's new coming of age comedy join us live. "gma's" pollen report is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, muddle no more.

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coming of age comedy "plan b" about two high school students hitting the road together. it's already being called the next book smart, and we're going to talk to the stars in just a moment, but let's look at a clip. >> who plays hockey in a cardigan? he's, like -- he's, like, an athletic librarian. >> i totally do not understand the attraction. i mean he's, like, cute, but he's got major guidance counselor vibes. >> yeah. >> maybe you should invite him over. >> joining us now are the stars kuhoo verma and victoria moroles. thanks so much for being with us. kuhoo, i want to start with you. you say this film actually would have helped you in high school. how so? >> absolutely. i mean, i was so cringey in high school. it would have been so affirming to see this kind of coming of age tale coming from two women of corit just would have been absolutely validating. i'm so happy that it exists now. >> and, victoria, i understand that you have a special way of

getting inside the mind of your teen character lupe in the film. this is through music. how did you do that? >> oh, well, yeah. i just -- i kind of do it for every character, but i created a fun late '70s and early '80s punk play list for her, and it was one that kuhoo had listened to numerous times over in our car rides to work. so she was listening to it every single day. >> and i hear you guys had a lot of laughs onset. kuhoo, i hear one involved an on screen crush and a tuna sandwich? >> yeah. so me and michael provost who had a huge, like, makeout scene day. we were eating lunch and the producer was walking by and looked at us and we were eating -- respectively, i was eating tuna salad and potato chips and michael was eating, like, a pulled pork barbecue situation. the smelliest thing, and our lips were on each other moments

later. >> wow. can you tell my erwas so had t >> yeah, we stocked up. we were respectful. >> okay. got it. that's quite the moment. things that go on behind the scenes. you should hear some stories from "gma." victoria, i wanted to ask you, you know, we talked about this being, like, a coming of age film, and, you know, teenagers traveling here. what do you think will bring people to connect with this film and the characters? >> well, i think we all hope that, you know, somebody connects with the deep-seated need for friendship, especially right now, and, you know, we hope people can get a good laugh out of it, but also that somebody has a lupe in their life in some sense. i'm sure they do, and they feel, like, a sense of nostalgia too. that's at least what i felt when i watched it.

>> kuhoo, what about you? where do you think people will connect with this movie? >> i think it just allows indian-americans and women of color in general to be erotic and sensual and crazy and also open up that conversation of sex with their parents as well. i think it's going to be really an important message for parent/child relationships. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm still thinking about the tuna sandwich and pulled pork. quite the combo. congratulations on the movie coming up. thank you again. "plan b" is streaming on hulu now, and we'll be right back. ♪

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before we go, we want to share some great news. we have a new member of the "gma" family. producer jillian and her husband eric, they welcomed their baby august fair halsey, and she knows how to produce a dramatic entrance just like her mom arriving ten days late. >> wow. >> everyone is happy and healthy, and mom and dad said they love having their baby girl home. congratulations. >> yes, congratulations, and happy memorial day, guys. ♪

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building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron from abc 7 mornings. checking in with jobina for a look at traffic. >> we are still following a crash in dublin that is causing a small slowdown. it will be on southbound 680 before the alcosta boulevard offramp. there is a slight redline. also heads up 20 b.a.r.t. riders. you will face a 25 minute delay between south hayward and union city stations because of track work. there are bus shuttles in place. look at all of that light traffic but some the sunshine today. a little haze. this is the first spare the air of the summer season. let's talk about the heat. away from the coast, the bayshore line, we have that heat advisory from noon until

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