we don't judge you, friend. >> it wasn't up. i just had it. it was visible. good morning, america. on this tuesday the countdown to president biden's summit with vladimir putin. president biden preparing for a high-stakes showdown with a man he's called a killer, vladimir putin. >> he's bright. he's tough, and i've found that he is, as they say, when we used to play ball, a worthy adversary. >> set to discuss election interference, ransom, and a possible prisoner swap as one of those in captivity, begging president biden to bring him home. back in business. california, the latest state almost back to normal, dropping mask mandates for fully vaccinated people as new concerns loom about the fast-moving delta variant.

the cdc estimating that it is causing 10% of current infections in the u.s. right now. mask dispute. authorities say a georgia man opened fire killing a cashier after she told him to put on a mask. what we know this morning. vaccine mandate debate. a federal judge dismissing the case of over 100 houston hospital workers suing over its mandatory vaccine requirement. what your rights are as an employee. dan abrams will break it down for you. caught on camera. outrage over violent police encounters. the man in this video arrested over alleged vaping violations and they're speaking out this morning. terrifying takedown. the fbi now investigating this mid-air scare. these types of incidents on the rise. the ceo of delta joins us live. what they're doing about it as travel bounces back. when will prices peak and when is the last time to land a deal? only on "gma."

extreme heat. record-breaking temperatures and drought bringing dangerous conditions to the west. fueling several large wildfires. this morning, ginger is live from arizona where a megadrought is draining one of the major reservoirs. >> and buzzer beater. after beating the odds as a high school student helping his team win a championship in the final moment after being told he may never play again. his incredible story live this morning. and we do say good morning, america, and we appreciate you being with us on a very tuesday morning. >> it's been a very busy trip for president biden in brussels. on the world stage. it is a courtesy call to the leaders of this nation that held a nato summit and he's there with the belgian king and the prime minister. >> and he these geneva next, the

site of the summit with russia's president vladimir putin. cecilia vega is traveling with the president. she starts us off. good morning, cecilia. >> hi, george, good morning to you. the white house doesn't have specifics on this meeting, but the kremlin says the meeting could last four to five hours. president biden has met putin before. he told you famously he believes he's a killer and he's ready for this meeting and knows exactly what he's walking into. this morning, president biden's final day in belgium before the high-stakes showdown with vladimir putin. the president telling me he's ready. >> you've met vladimir putin before, and what's your mindset walking into a meeting with a former kgb agent who you said has no soul. >> i have met with him. he's bright. he's tough, and i have found that he is, as they say when we used to play ball, a worthy adversary. >> reporter: sources say the

president has been deep in preps briefed at least once a day. he's assembled a team of experts on russia including one from a trump administration, when she faked a medical emergency to stop that now-infamous press conference where trump sided with putin over his intelligence community. president biden's goal is to avoid conflict and stabilize relations. >> are there going to be any concessions you want putin to make? >> i will make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses, and if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in a way that he has in the past, relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. we will respond in kind. >> reporter: on his first foreign trip since taking office, the president and nato allies putting up a united front against the autocracies, the

group naming china a security threat for the first time, calling out beijing's assertive behavior and also identifying russia as a risk. among the pressing issues on the agenda tomorrow, two former u.s. marines in russian captivity, including paul whelan, who is serving a 15-year sentence for espionage. whelan insists he's innocent and in a new video just released by his family, whelan begs president biden to bring him home. >> i implore you to bring this appalling case of hostage diplomacy to an end and please bring me home to my family and my dog flora where i belong. >> the other former u.s. marine, his family is now imploring the biden administration to negotiate his release during that meeting tomorrow. the kremlin said they're open to a prisoner swap so far the white house doesn't seem interested. they believe it could have the kremlin unfairly target more americans.

>> martha raddatz is in geneva right now. thank you for joining us. it's reminiscent of prize fighters at the weigh-in, both sides sending all kinds of messages. >> exactly, george, and they've sent a lot of messages so far. tough talk and flattery, and joe biden seems to be going right out of a diplomatic map. he talks about him as a worthy adversary, a little flattery there, a little respect there, but very tough talk about cybersecurity, as you just heard there in cecilia's piece. so he is really laying out his red lines, exactly what he wants, exactly what he expects, but you never know what's going to happen in these things, george. >> you don't know what's going to happen, but both sides seem to be lowering expectations about what could happen at this summit. >> reporter: i think they're certainly lowering expectations on what they get out of this. there might be some cooperation as president biden said, but there are so many differences. they just have to learn how to manage those differences. so i think success, again, a very low bar.

if they can come out together, if this doesn't go over the rails, then that is some sign of success, but this is a very long process. this is just step number one. >> first summit. okay, martha raddatz, thanks very much. robin? george, now to the coronavirus emergency. california opening again this morning, one of 14 states plus d.c., hitting president biden's goal of at least 70% of its adult population vaccinated. kaylee hartung joins us now from dodger stadium. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, robin. smiles are back in california. if you're fully vaccinated we'll be able to see each other's faces without masks. in most places like right here, dodger stadium. with no more capacity limits and social distancing requirements, the home of the world series champs tonight are looking to pack this place with 50,000 smiling fans tonight. this morning, the golden state is back in business.

>> no more physical distancing requirements, no more caps on occupancy. >> reporter: starting today for californians who are fully vaccinated, life is almost back to normal. when grocery shopping, going to the gym or a bar, you can ditch the mask. tonight, dodger stadium opening up at 100% capacity. >> covid games are over. we will be sold out for the next couple of nights. >> reporter: disneyland widening its door, too, and welcoming back out-of-state guests and dropping its requirement for masks both in and outdoors for fully vaccinated guests. with more than 70% of adults in california receiving at least one dose, governors announcing new incentives, handing out dream vacations to try to get shots into those remaining arms and as the u.s. nears 600,000 deaths from covid and with those dying every day, the need is more than ever. >> that's significantly lower than at the peak of this crisis,

but it's still a real tragedy. >> reporter: crystal morgan lost her 15-year-old daughter dakota just last month. >> dakota had no underlying symptoms, illnesses or diseases, and the virus took her in less than 72 hours from the first time she presented a symptom. >> reporter: and now new concerns over the delta variant for those unvaccinated. the cdc estimating 10% of current infections in the u.s. are due to the variant, and in the uk right now it's responsible for 90% of cases, but according to two new studies, preliminary data shows that the pfizer and oxford astrazeneca vaccines can fight the variant and are 90% effective of those fully vaccinated out of the hospital. >> but don't go throwing away your masks quite yet. but there are still some places where masks are required like public transportation, in hospitals, long-term care facilities and indoors for k through 12 schools and child care facilities. t.j.? >> all right, kaylee, thank you so much. we turn to another story

involving masks and it's a tragic one. a deadly dispute. a man opened fire on a cashier in georgia after an argument over wearing a mask. our victor oquendo is in dekalb county. victor, hello. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. after that argument authorities say that the suspect briefly left the grocery store and when he went back inside he started shooting. in the end a cashier was killed and the gunman and a deputy were hospitalized. all of this over a mask. >> one shot in the head and several shots after that. >> reporter: this morning, a georgia woman is dead and two men including an off-duty deputy are in the hospital after a deadly confrontation over masks. >> when i heard the first shot i got down. >> reporter: officials say 30-year-old victor lee tucker jr., entered a big bear grocery store monday afternoon. while checking out authorities say he got into an argument with the cashier over a face mask. tucker left the store and that's when he returned with the gun.

>> i was cashing in, i seen him walk in, he had a gun. >> reporter: officials say the suspect opened fire, shooting the cashier who told him to wear a mask and then exchanging gun fire with an off-duty dekalb deputy. the tragedy striking just as states are phasing out statewide mask mandates and ome stores are still requiring customers to wear them as georgia reports a rolling seven-day average of nearly 300 new covid-19 cases. the deputy is in stable condition. there is a clear sign on the door saying masks required. they hired this deputy to help enforce the mask policy. george? >> just a horrible story. victor, thanks very much. we want to turn now to the record-breaking heat and temperatures in the west have climbed to triple digits fueling several large wildfires. ginger is live in lake powell, arizona. good morning, ginger.

>> reporter: george, people say you're in the desert. it's always hot. all-time record heat. santa fe, new mexico, more numbers could fall today. it's prolongsd and it's definitely impacting the wildfire danger. this morning wildfires and record heat smothering the west. skies in ventura county, california, a haunting gray, filling with smoke from the towering flames of the casitas fire. engulfing the hillside beneath. firefighters rushing to mitigate the nearly 200-acre blaze. the golden state suffered its most destructive fire season in history last year and this year we're off to a wicked start. twice the acreage burned so far this year at the same time in 2020. in riverside county overnight, evacuations ordered for the flats fire. >> southern california continues to face unprecedented times as wildfires destroy property and take lives year after year.

this year is no different. >> reporter: the skies eerily thick with smoke over arizona, too 37. the telegraph fire burning now for 11 days has already destroyed 20 structures including homes and overnight, rockets, winds and low humidity fueled the spread. frank is just one of the many here being forced to evacuate his home. >> the fire was affecting el capitan area and they were told you have to leave your animals and we were not able to help them on the fire. >> reporter: and in texas, the sweltering heat topping 100 degrees and a large number of power plants unexpectedly taken off line for maintenance. you'll remember the embattled energy reliability council of texas. they are trying to prevent another collapse of the power grid like the one that they saw this past winter. they've issued a conservation alert telling people please, dial back energy consumption. already this month, there have been numerous forced ouages in a near-record demand.

for electricity. this heat doesn't break. from montana down to arizona, into southern california, even northern california, big-time fire danger and excessive heat and now as we move the atlantic, look at that, three areas of interest, including a tropical storm bill, bring rip current threats and i'll tell you more about the one in the tropics and what it means for the gulf coast in just a bit. robin. >> okay, ginger, thank you. now to the disturbing altercations in ocean city, maryland. the police reviewing their use of force policies for confrontations caught on camera over alleged vaping violations. we want to warn you, these videos are difficult to watch. kenneth moton with more. >> good morning, robin. a ticket and a fine up to $100. that's what you could get for smoking or vaping on this ocean city boardwalk, but that's not what happened to several young men who believe they were targeted because they're black.

this morning, this disturbing video sparking outrage, police in maryland kneeing a man for vaping in a prohibited area and now the pennsylvania man arrested on ocean city's boardwalk speaking out. officers say they warned 19-year-old brian anderson and his friends that vaping and smoking are not allowed outside designated areas. but police say anderson continued vaping, became disorderly and resisted arrest. that repeated kneeing angered people on that busy boardwalk. police calling the crowd aggressive and hostile. >> we didn't know what else to do. we were trying our best to help him. >> reporer: after scuffling with an officer, one of anderson's friends says he was tased. jatik lewis threw an officer's bike. >> i got a bike thrown at me and

i grabbed the bike and threw it to the side. next thing i know the police officer pushed us and we just started scuffling. >> reporter: ocean city police saying while the use of force is never the intended outcome, our police department's first priority is to protect and serve. they do not target based on race or age. but this is not the first time tensions have escalated over vaping on the boardwalk. just days earlier, this video showing 18-year-old tazir griffin putting his hands up before being tased. ocean city application say that when griffin was told to stop vaping he threatened to kill officers. >> he was not resisting. he was not giving any issues to the police officers. >> reporter: his mother grateful the situation didn't escalate further. >> when your child is in a situation that you have no control over and you don't know what's going to happen, you flash into these news broadcasts of things that have happened, and i was just praying to god that it did not get to that point. >> reporter: all those young men facing various charges.

the mayor of the city releasing a statement saying he understands the public's concern and police internal affairs are investigating both incidents. robin. >> still looking into it. kenneth, thank you. t.j.? let's turn to something positive, a positive update in the shocking moment. in the middle of a soccer game, christian eriksen went into cardiac arrest and he was resuscitated on the field by a team doctor, a scary moment, but we're hearing from eriksen, now, sharing this photo. saying, quote, big thanks for your sweet and amazing greetings and messages, it means a lot to me and my family, and he is doing fine under the circumstances and it's good to see that. >> good to see him smiling. we're following a lot of headlines this morning, including

the mid-air scare and the ceo of delta will join us to tell us how they're handling these incidents. a judge throwing out a lawsuit by houston hospital workers and what your rights are, but first, as we said we'll go to ginger there in lake powell. >> good morning, ginger. >> the gulf coast on alert for this weekend. could be a washout depending on where you are. new orleans, 15 inches above average this year. that trap koll is going to bring up to 15 inches of rain. southern mississippi and louisiana need to be on the lookout, but anyone through the florida panhandle could see heavy rains. all right, let's get to the tuesday trivia sponsored by state farm.

good morning. going to be the most comfortable day until monday of next week. mostly sunny, a few passing high clouds and the warming trend begins. elevated heat risk tomorrow through friday. the heat and elevated fire danger will taper this weekend. 60s at the coast, 80s inland. tonight very comfortable, the last one, temperatures in the 50s. we are just -- don't look at me, t.j. -- we are just getting started. we'll be right back.

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i can watch it on tv. i'll catch them in the championship. >> okay, robin. okay. a whole -- i'm going to let it go, i promise. we have a whole lot more ahead including the hospital workers who are against mandatory vaccines and they are vowing now to take their case all of the way to the supreme court. that is coming up, george. right now we're going to get a look at air travel and the rise of confrontations in flight and the faa is cracking down on bad behavior after receiving 3,000 reports of unruly passengers since january 1, we'll have that after this report from gio benitez. good morning, gio. >> reporter: just in the past week, nearly 13 million people were screened at u.s. airports and now the faa tells abc news that the rate of those confrontations is historic. this morning, the fbi is investigating that scare in the air, when an off-duty flight attendant on leave allegedly threatened to take down the plane. the fbi looking at this new

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than the previous year, forecasting an average of nearly $300 by the end of the year. and the deals are going fast. hopper also telling us that domestic airfare will peak by the end of this month and by the fourth of july we're looking at the same prices we saw before the pandemic even began, george. >> okay, thanks, gio. let's bring in the ceo of delta air lines, ed bastion. thanks for joining us this morning. let's start out by talking about that incident we just saw, an off-duty delta flight attendant. should delta have done more? could you have? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me. the safety of our customers and crew is of paramount concern to us at all times, and i've got to tell you that our crew onboard that flight handled the situation professionally, they

managed it well, resolved it quickly, safely, and at no point was that aircraft ever in danger and it was an unfortunate situation. it was a sad situation, but our team is doing a very, very good job of managing a stressful environment as we're seeing a massive surge of people returning to air travel, but to public life. >> this is putting so much pressure on your crews. what has it been like for them and what are you doing to make sure passengers are safe? >> our crews are professionally trained to resolve situations like this. we've been trained for masks. we enforced the mandate ourselves without the government's support last year to make sure masks were onboard our planes, we are having some incidents on that, and i would say, george, the bigger issue is that customers are returning in such large numbers. we know the pandemic caused a lot of emotional well-being, challenges for a lot of people and as everyone is coming back to life, we're seeing this in all walks of life.

>> and we're seeing prices spike as well, is there anything passengers can do right now to get better rates? >> i would encourage people to book soon because as people are coming back and demand is increasing, you will see fares start to rise. there are still about the level they were probably 5% to 10% less than they were in 2019, certainly over the last year they've increased because they were at an all-time low of travel last year, but i expect by the end of this summer, hopefully we'll be back at least in the u.s. to fares that are probably consistent with where they were when we entered into the pandemic at the end of 2019. >> one of the other consequences of the surge is your phone lines are getting all jammed up. we're seeing on twitter, five-hour wait times, you can drive to the airport, get your ticket dealt with in person in that amount of time. can you fix this? >> everyone in the industry is experiencing the same challenge. the volumes are up 40% above 2019 levels, and so we're not

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the vaccine mandate is heating up after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a small group of employees challenging their hospital's mandatory vaccine requirement. the lawsuit filed by over 100 staffers at houston methodist hospital arguing that the hospital is forcing its employees to be human guinea pigs as a condition for continued employment, falsely describing the covid-19 vaccine as an experimental vaccine that is unapproved by the fda. the cdc says all covid-19 vaccines currently available in the u.s. are effective at preventing the virus. the houston methodist hospital network which employs 26,000 workers defending their mandate saying it is crucial to protecting their patients. >> we have a sacred obligation to keep our patients safe. every hospital on the planet should be doing this. >> reporter: a judge siding with the hospital, throwing out the suit saying the lead nurse on the filing misrepresented the facts.

the hospital's employees are not participants on a human trial and aren't being coerced. the judge adding houston methodist is a private employer saying the nurse can freely choose to accept or refuse a covid-19 vaccine, however, if she refuses she will simply need to work elsewhere, but the attorney for the nurses saying the fight isn't over yet. >> we plan to take it to the united states supreme court, and so ultimately, we think that the policy that's been put in place by methodist hospital is illegal, unlawful, immoral and just outright wrong. >> the nurse and lead plaintiff of the lawsuit led a walkout monday, by tuesday the hospital suspended 178 employees who refused. the hospital will move to terminate those not vaccinated by june 21st. robin. we'll talk more about this with our chief legal analyst, dan abrams. dan, what do you make of the

judge's ruling? >> not particularly surprising here because you're talking about a private employer. private employers have wide latitude to decide who they want to work there, why they want them to work there, et cetera. as long as you're not talking about discrimination based on race or gender, or sexual orientation, et cetera. apart from that, under texas law, you'd have to be asking someone to commit a crime for them to be able to say you can't do this. want a particularly surprising ruling. in addition the eeoc has weighed in on this also in favor of employers who want to mandate the vaccines. >> what about the argument that the plaintiffs are making about the vaccine not receiving full fda approval yet only for emergency use? >> that's a real argument. that's true it's not yet received the full fda approval. at that point, i would expect that governmental entities would start requiring the vaccine as we've seen for other types of

vaccines, but that doesn't change the law when it comes to what a private employer can or can't do with emergency use authorization, and remember, there are sort of two prongs here, right, the legal and the privacy argument and both the plaintiffs and the judge referring to the legal question which, to me, is a fairly straightforward one and then both of them talking about the policy. the plaintiff saying it's wrong and the judge saying, in effect, they're just doing what they can to keep that hospital safe. the policy argument really is stronger even in this case than a typical private employer because you're talking about a hospital, because you're talking about a place where people almost would expect that all of the employees would be vaccinated. >> you know they're not going to give up the fight. are there any ramifications, do you think, from this ruling across the board? >> well, look, this is the first major ruling on this issue, on the federal side, and so i

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♪ back now with our "play of the day." we have shown you buzzer beaters before, but you'll appreciate this one more with the backstory. the guy that hits it missed his basketball season last year in high school because he spent two and a half months in the hospital after being diagnosed with bone cancer and told he would never probably play basketball again. now look at what happened. [ cheering ] >> oh! >> that, folks, the young man that hit that shot, his name is nick herman, a senior in torrey pines high school out in california and he put his team over the top for their division championship. yes, that young man was out of high school, out of basketball, months in the hospital. thought his leg might need to be amputated and certainly told he might not play basketball again. that story, the movie rights are probably being sold as we speak. >> it was a great shot knowing the backstory as he told it.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. president biden preparing for a high-stakes showdown with the man he's called a killer, vladimir putin. >> he's bright, he's tough, and i've found that he is, as they say when i used to play ball, a worthy adversary. >> set to discuss election interference, those ransomware attacks and a possible prisoner swap. back in business. california, the latest state almost back to normal, dropping mask mandates for fully vaccinated people, as new concerns loom about the fast-moving delta variant. chrissy teigen apologizes in the wake of those abusive past tweets, pledging to be a different person as another victim of her bullying comes forward. christiane amanpour publicly revealing she's been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. the veteran journalist urging

women to listen to their bodies. dr. ashton joins us live. crisis at lake powell. the water there dropping to its lowest level ever. ginger is there live this morning. ♪ leap of faith! the couple who captured america's heart with their whirlwind romance on "love is blind." revealing details on their extraordinary journey and tips on how to find your soul mate. ♪ and ryan reynolds, and salma hayek. live together this morning, and they're saying -- >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. ♪ it takes two, and boy, we got a great two, salma hayek and ryan reynolds. both will be joining us live to talk about their new movie. >> and it is a wild one. looking forward to talking to them. also this morning, we're bringing you to lake powell where there is a megadrought. yes, megadrought.

sunken ships actually washing ashore. ginger is there live for us coming up, george. we're going to begin with president biden heading to geneva for his face to face with vladimir putin. less than 24 hours to go now. cecilia vega traveling with the president. she has all the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning again. so much of this trip has been looking ahead to this meeting and president biden says he has yet to meet a world leader who does not make him want to push hard in the summit tomorrow. this morning, the president's final day in belgium. >> america is back and this is why we are here in full force. >> reporter: before heading off to geneva for the showdown with vladimir putin. the president telling me he's ready. you've met him before, what's your mindset walking into a meeting with a former kgb agent who you've said has no soul? >> i have met with him. he's bright, he's tough, and i've found that he is a, as they say when i used to play ball, a

worthy adversary. >> reporter: sources say the president has been deep in preps, briefing at least once a day. the white house assembling a team of experts on russia, including a former national security council official from the trump administration who said she once considered faking a medical emergency to stop that now-infamous press conference where trump sided with putin over his own intelligence community. president biden says his goal is to avoid conflict and stabilize relations. are there going to be specific concessions you want putin to make? >> i'm going to make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses. >> reporter: on his first foreign trip since taking office, the president and nato allies putting up a united front against the world's autocracies. the group naming china as a new security threat for the first time, calling out beijing's assertive behavior and also identifying russia as a risk. we do not know a lot of specifics about this meeting

yet. we know it could last four to five hours. that's coming from the kremlin. we don't know who will be in the room in terms of aides, but this will be broken into two sessions. one larger group and a smaller, more intimate group, and we heard the president say he is ready for this. >> cecilia vega, thank very much. robin? and now to the coronavirus emergency. california opening again this morning. 1 of 14 states, plus d.c. hitting president biden's goal of at least 70% of the adult population vaccinated. kaylee hartung is at dodger stadium. as she noted last hour, home of the world series champs, and we say welcome back to kaylee. hey, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, robin. it is a good morning here in the golden state because it's back in business. starting today for californians who are fully vaccinated, life will almost be back to normal. if you are grocery shopping, going to the gym or a bar, or even disneyland, you can ditch the mask. if you are coming here to dodger stadium, if you have gotten your shots, you can leave the mask at home.

without capacity limits and without social distancing requirements, the world series champs, they are hoping to pack this place for the next couple of nights as they play host to the philadelphia phillies, but for the unvaccinated, they are so concerned particularly about this delta variant. the cdc is estimating about 10% of cases in this country right now are due to that variant. in the uk, it's responsible for 90% of cases, but no matter your vaccination status, there is an important reminder. there are some places where masks are still required like in hospitals, public transportation and long-term care facilities, and in k through 12 schools and child care facilities. as these sprinklers inch a little bit closer to me, i'll leave you with a warning for the 50,000 fans expected to come to dodger stadium tonight, come early. >> i was wondering how she would deal with that. >> we were all watching the sprinklers heading towards you. you take care. thank you. >> i wanted to ask her a follow-up question.

>> t.j. coming up on "gma," folks, stick with us. going to be talking about chrissy teigen. she's apologizing, what she's saying about those abusive past tweets and how she hopes to change. plus, veteran journalist christiane amanpour revealing her ovarian cancer diagnosis. what she wants women to know, and the signs to look for as we wish her the absolute best. >> we are all wishing her well. and two of our favorites here on "gma." salma hayek and ryan reynolds will be here to tell us about their new movie. we'll be right back. ♪ we don't follow the herd. never have. never will. because those who build the future aren't found in a pack. they forge the way forward--on a path of their own. and, just when you think the dust has settled, we're here...to kick it right back up again. the all-new, all-electric 2021 mustang mach-e is here.

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tomorrow we've got a big kickoff for our "deals & steals" summer bonanza with great products for anyone who is on the go. we go to our "gma" cover story. it's chrissy teigen. she's apologizing for bullying behavior on social media in the past, saying she's a different person now. zohreen shah has the story. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, george. you may have heard about chrissy teigen's on-again/off-again relationship with twitter, but now she's confronting her relationships with other people. she's saying many of the people she targeted needed empathy, but she was a troll. she's now pledging to be a different person. this morning, chrissy teigen apologizing in a lengthy post on medium for past tweets saying she is no longer the person who wrote those horrible things. this apology coming as fashion designer michael costello and tv personality courtney stodden say that teigen's bullying made them suicidal. costello instagramming overnight, i wanted to kill myself, and i still am

traumatized, depressed and have thoughts of suicide after he said teigen accused him of being racist over a social media post he claims someone with a grudge against him made. he said that false post was later taken down by instagram. he posted apparent screenshots of text messages of him pleading with teigen to understand he was the victim of cyberslander, but according to the posts she said, racist people like you deserve to suffer and die. you might as well be dead. your career is over. just watch. last month, tv personality courtney stodden told "the daily beast," that teigen would direct message her on twitter saying things like, i can't wait for you to die. after marrying then-50-year-old actor doug hutchinson at age 16. >> what were you thinking there? >> i was just thinking about how much i love you. >> reporter: in a 2011 interview with abc news, stodden read one of the many messages she said she received from others. >> kill yourself.

>> that's terrible. >> reporter: various public figures shamed stodden who says, i felt i wanted to kill myself and made the actions to go and do it. two days after stodden's interview was published, teigen released a four-part tweet thread to her 45 million followers saying, i'm mortified and sad at who i used to be. i was an insecure, attention-seeking troll. i am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior, but that is nothing compared to how i made courtney feel. after that first apology, teigen didn't tweet again for over a month, breaking her silence overnight releasing this long post going further than before, explaining she is a changed person and touching on her deep contrition saying, life has made me more empathetic, and that in reality, i was insecure, immature and in a world where i thought i needed to impress strangers to be accepted. >> the big question now is, are more people going to come forward with evidence that

chrissy teigen trolled them? not just trolled them, but did it in such a dark, evil way. >> reporter: and now, overnight, michael costello responding to teigen's apology telling abc news, actions speak much louder than a ten-minute apology written on a notepad. i'm still waiting for chrissy teigen and anyone who bullied me to reach out to me. if they truly acknowledge that their actions are wrong, i welcome them with open arms to have a real conversation. "variety's" malkin said that this is going to be hard for teigen to bounce back from. she said she's in the process of reaching out to those she insulted. george? we want you at home to know if you are struggling with suicide thoughts, there is always help available at the national suicide prevention lifeline. that's 1-800-273-talk. please reach out if you need to. >> please do.

christiane amanpour, the veteran journalist has announced she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and sharing a message for all women. erielle reshef has more. >> i'm christiane amanpour, back in the seat from london. >> reporter: veteran journalist christiane amanpour sharing news of her own at the top of her show monday. >> i have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. >> reporter: the longtime chief international anchor for cnn revealing her ovarian cancer diagnosis after taking time off, calling the last few weeks a bit of a roller coaster. >> i have had successful major surgery to remove it, and i'm now undergoing several months of chemotherapy for the very best possible long-term prognosis. >> reporter: amanpour using her platform to urge women to be proactive when it comes to their health. >> i'm telling you this in the interest of transparency, but in truth really mostly as a shoutout to early diagnosis, to urge women to educate themselves on this disease, to get all the regular screenings and scans that you can, to always listen to your bodies, and of course,

to ensure that your legitimate medical concerns are not dismissed or diminished. >> reporter: for "good morning america," erielle reshef, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to erielle. of course, we are thinking of christiane amanpour. let's bring in our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. i admire her and even more so for her reasons for being so transparent. >> yeah. >> what are -- so many are diagnosed. >> right. >> what are the signs? what to look for? >> well, robin, lifetime risk is about 1 in 78 for women to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. the big three symptoms because they can be very vague, abdominal pain or pelvic pain or bloating, an increase in urination. if these last for more than half the month, you want to alert the gynecologist, and again, talk about the fact that it could possibly be ovarian cancer. >> and part of the reason christiane said she came forward

was because she said early detection can help you. what about screening and should you ask for ultrasound? >> no, you shouldn't. short answer, there is no screening test for ovarian cancer. what we use is a good history, talking to the patient, listening to them, them knowing their bodies. then individualized and targeted use of pelvic ultrasounds or sonograms in conjunction markers. there is more than just the ca-125. but, again, this is not one-size-fits-all, and it is not recommended for all women. >> is there something that we as women can do to decrease the likelihood of being diagnosed? >> well, this is important and life-saving information for women, robin. some of these things are under our control. some of them are not. >> right. >> the things that are under our control, use of birth control pills, oral contraceptives conclusively shown to lower a woman's risk for ovarian cancer. even in the setting of a gay woman by the way. multiple full-term pregnancies,

the removal of fallopian tubes if a woman is having surgery for their ovaries or a tubal ligation, and seeing the they carry a mutation that increases a women's risk. this is important information, and i give her so much props to bring this to people's awareness. >> i'm sure you'll be talking about more on "gma3" with t.j. and amy. >> yep. let's go back to ginger in lake powell. >> thank you, robin. the gargantuan red rocks here, in the desert are shockingly beautiful, but it is shockingly hot. as we spent the day here, we hit 106. look at the numbers that are expected all the way back to northern california. sacramento could get up to 110. we will be flirting with all-time june records for sure from parts from montana down to new mexico and here in arizona. of course, i'm going to show you that, but the drought is super important to this story, and the drought monitor will give you an idea of how bad it is. around 60% of both utah and arizona are in the highest level of drought possible. that's the big picture. let's get a check a little

good morning. going to be the most comfortable day until monday of next week. mostly sunny, a few passing high clouds and the warming trend begins. elevated heat risk tomorrow through friday. the heat and elevated fire danger will taper this weekend. 60s at the coast, 80s inland. tonight very comfortable, the last one, temperatures in the 50s. well, no lara today so i'm going to try to pick up the slack here and do some "pop news," and we begin with some breaking "pop news" for you two, and that is, i followed your homework assignment, and i watched "the devil wears prada." >> there you go. >> from yesterday. i'm not the only person on earth who hasn't seen it. >> good to know. >> yes, i follow instructions. other "pop news" now, i'm going to tell you now what you want. i'm going to tell you what really, really want.

that's the spice girls. we're talking about 25 years since their debut hit "wannabe" rocketed them to international fame, and that was 1996. in honor of the anniversary, they're dropping a new ep that features the original single, of course, but a remix by deejay junior, and an unreleased song called "feed your love." that will be available to stream july 9th, and will also be released on vinyl and cassette on july 23rd. yes, folks, top ten debut single of all-time. we want to turn now to a "pop news" exclusive we have. it's coming to us from a friend we have, ryan reynolds. his production company maximum effort teamed up to show us a match made in hell. did you see this? in the year 2020, hooked up on a date, and now ryan has partnered with the dating site once again to bring us another ad, and let's see here. who's popping in to "pop news"? mr. ryan reynolds himself. ryan, young fella, how you doing?

>> i'm very well, thank you, and thank you for having me on the show. >> please tell me that you're a little more hopeful in this year's ad than the devil and 2020, a match made in hell. what's the theme of this year's ad? >> oh, no, no, no. this is a lot more hopeful. this is a piece about getting back to love, you know, maximum effort, my company we adore and love bringing people together, and, you know, obviously in 2020, brought people together in a slightly different way. now we're trying to bring people together with an all-time great song which is what we have here. this is -- sorry. go ahead? >> you've got a sneak peek for us. it sounds hopeful. take a listen right now. ♪ come on, get the church bells singing ♪ ♪ come on, get your hands up ♪ ♪ you need a match, and we're going to set your heart on fire ♪ ♪ get back to love ♪ ♪ it's time to make those wedding plans ♪ ♪ get back to love, so we can reunite the band ♪

>> so, ryan, we're seeing wedding singers here imploring everybody to get back to love so we can get back to work. what's the idea behind this one? >> well, you know, i think -- look, wedding singers is a group that doesn't come top to mind, but it's a group that nonetheless has been deeply affected by the pandemic with so many of their gigs getting canceled, if not, all of their gigs. so, you know, we thought it would be interesting to bring these guys in. it's, you know, it's a bit of overkill that we love to do over at maximum effort, and i'm working on a musical with paul who you might know from "the greatest showman on earth," "la la land", "dear evan hansen", and we went and pitched this idea, they loved it. they enlisted harvey mason jr., the president of the grammys to go and make it. and i just wept when i first heard the song because it's not just -- it's not just emotional.

but it's also really funny the song if you listen to the lyrics. >> it's hilarious, hopeful and talking about people getting back to love and dating. you and your wife have been married almost ten years now. you haven't been on the dating scene for awhile. do you remember what dating was like? >> i kind of do because at least i was there with my wife. the last date i went on with someone that wasn't blake was actually a double date where blake was with someone else and i was on a different date, and we all went together, and then a couple of months later, she and i ended up on a train together to boston, and that's sort of where the sparks flew, and yeah, the rest is history. >> the rest is history, but you have more to talk us to about this morning. you're going to come back talking about with salma hayek, your co-star in the new movie, "the hitman's wife's bodyguard." ryan, thank you for popping in. we'll see you in a minute. >> nice to be here. thanks, guys. we're going to continue with

the love theme here now. we're going to talk to the stars of the reality show, "love is blind," talking about lauren speed and cameron hamilton. they got to know each other through a wall. they didn't see each other face to face until after they got engaged and that was two weeks after they first spoke through that wall. now they have a new book, "leap of faith," about their journey, lauren and cameron, good morning to you. that's a heck of a love story here. people got familiar with you on the show. >> absolutely. >> what about the story did we miss that you want to put in book form now? >> well, we have so much of the story to tell in the book. i mean, this book really goes from how we came to find ourselves on the show, what really prepared us for it, everything that wasn't shown. there were so many special moments to us that just weren't shown on the show, and then really the biggest part is what's happened since then, you know. >> yeah. >> what's happened with our lives and where are we going? >> like you mentioned, i feel like the world was introduced to us through "love is blind," but there's so much more to our story, especially in our dating life. we went through quite a few failures that required leaps of faith. so this book is all about

inspiring others with our story, and i like to call it almost like a modern love manual if you will. >> modern love manual, getting to know each other through a wall, getting engaged in two weeks, and here you are years later, together. you have white boards there, and we're trying to test you here. >> yes. >> to see how well y'all still know each other. the question is, both of you write the answer down, and we see if they match up. who did lauren say cameron looked like when you first actually saw each other? >> ready? >> ready. >> what does that say? >> i hope i spelled that right. >> a prince. >> oh. i said james mcavoy. >> you said james mcavoy. >> i think we're off to a good start. what is the one thing that lauren will never share with cameron? >> come on now. >> i think we all know the answer to that. >> i think we know this one. >> flip. >> oh, wow.

got that one right. i got time for another quick one here. what was lauren's first concert? >> okay. i think i know it. i think i know it. okay. >> oh. >> tlc? i thought it was janet jackson. >> well, you were kind of in the same neighborhood i guess maybe. the book is called "leap of faith." it is coming out now. thank you so much. congrats on what you have been able to do, and looking forward to hearing more about your story. stick with us here on "gma," we have of course, salma hayek and ryan reynolds going to be here with us talking about their new movie. stay with us. stay with us.

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healthy. the hottest day in the last real hot day be friday and backed average on monday. another abc ♪>> another abc we appreciate you being with us on this tuesday morning, and because you are, just for you, two fantastic guests joining us, ryan reynolds. he popped in, you just saw in "pop news" with t.j. earlier. he is back with his friend and co-star salma hayek to talk about their new movie, "the hitman's wife's bodyguard." welcome to you both. good to see you, and have you back here on "gma." >> thank you. >> can we just talk -- >> nice to be here. >> it's nice to see you too. >> you guys are so -- so sweet. can we talk about, salma, that -- what you posted on instagram? the dance because it's been inspired by the movie?

because the movie does inspire some dancing. so you called this the hitman's challenge. did your teenage daughter help out here, salma? >> no, but it's very funny because it's a mistake, this. it's a good mistake. i got sent out of the view from lionsgate to promoting the film, and one of them, we couldn't understand. it said something about, and it was, like, last minute, and you have to do, like, a challenge with the britney song, and i'm, like, no. they're expecting for me to do the choreography. it's for tonight, yes, and so i and it was a son of a friend up- that was visiting. come on, guys. we have to do this, and we did it in, like, five minutes, the choreography, and we made miguel, my hair dresser take his shirt off, and it would be some

distraction, and we just -- i'm not even dressed, you know, i was, like, in my sweats getting ready to put the clothes up, and that was not what they were asking. so we put it anyway. ryan, you have to do it. some moves in there. >> no, no, no. the high kick alone -- that roundhouse high kick, i can't do that. i would do that -- i would only do that in the lobby of a hospital. where i can receive topnotch medical attention the moment i try it. >> ryan is a fantastic dancer, like, a professional dancer so, the least he can do is the challenge. >> i am shooting a musical right now, but there are no high kicks, i promise. >> we cannot wait to see that. in this movie, samuel jackson plays the hitman, and you are his wife and a con artist, and ryan, you are the bodyguard. in real life, who would be the

best hitman? who would be the best con artist? who would be the best bodyguard of you three? >> well you know something it's interesting. sam and i are all show and zero go. you know, i feel like salma would actually make a really wonderful hitman who moonlights as a bodyguard, but is also on the side got a bit of a con in her. i feel like she could kind of -- i'm not even making that up. if it went down out there in the world, the first person i would try to find is salma. i would, you know, just strap her to the front of my body, and i would just start running toward nature. >> i don't know if that's a compliment to call you the best hitman he could find, salma. >> what? i couldn't hear. >> i don't know if that's a compliment to call you the best

hitman he could find. >> oh, yes. it's a compliment. it's a compliment because he's saying he would feel safe with me, which is true. i think that sam would be a better hitman because he's so nice, but you should not make him angry. >> no. >> no. you really shouldn't. >> i think ryan would be the next con man because he's always thinking and figuring out ways to do things, and i really think that he can convince you to do anything, and i think i would be the best bodyguard because i'm, like, mama bear. >> mama bear. >> that is true. that is very true. sam is -- sam is, like, sam is one of those guys that he fwigi you a look, and you can feel your soul visibly exiting your body. just the look from sam jackson. >> you can. with the look. >> that look has served him very well. >> we'll take your word for it. here's a bit of the movie. here's a clip. >> listen. do you really think i am crazy?

>> no. i think you're, like, unusually aggressive, violent, but in an unpredictable way. >> i would make a great mother. don't you think i would make a great nomother? >> oh my god. a child would be so lucky to have you as its host. >> thank you. thank you. it must be your powerful essence that makes you such a good listener. >> the chemistry. the chemistry between the two of you, the three of you on korean -- screen, is just unmatched, but i heard you talking about this, and the first one, this is action as well. you said salma doesn't pull any punches, does she? >> no. no, she really doesn't. salma is sort of the old school martial arts sort of style. her idea is to punch through the

target, punch through the target. yes. so i took two right hands to the face, one in the glasses. i took an open hand slap in the back of the car. i'm not saying i didn't deserve each and every one of these by the way, but she does not fake it. she just goes right for it, and i appreciate the method acting style. >> you have such a big, perfect smile. >> we shared, and you think it was not hard to slap him? my hand was on fire, and when i hit his glasses, i was injured for, like, three days from that hit. it was both ways. >> sam was, like, stop attacking her -- attacking her hands with your face. stop it. i was, like, what? that's not how it works. you two are veterans. stop. >> unfortunately, we have to stop right here. thank you both so very much for brightening up our tuesday. we continue to wish you all the

very best. come back any time here to "gma." >> nice to see you. >> take care. bye. "the hitman's wife's bodyguard" is in theaters tomorrow. coming up, ginger live from lake powell.

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you are 100% pregnant. we're back now with a look at the crisis at lake powell where megadrought is shrinking some of to our nation's most important reservoirs. ginger as we've said has been

there for us all morning long. good morning again, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know, i had not been to lake ppowell, so if i didn't know better, i maybe would have missed that we're in a decades' long megadrought, but you can't miss it because ship wrecks like this are showing up. at least half a dozen here on lake powell, and they are mysteries like who owned them? when did they sink? we don't know that, but it's no mystery with how we got here. as far as the drought goes, this lake that services 30 million people with water is going down, and it's projected to be at its lowest level since the lake was created in the 1960s. lake powell, a glistening oasis in the extreme desert heat, lined by otherworldly rock formations, it's a manmade lake that brings water to 30 million people, and it's down, big time to 34% capacity. as the water drops, history is being revealed. >> sure enough, there's a good

old ski boat. >> reporter: boats lost in the last decade and beyond now perched on sony beaches that used to be the lake's bottom. 800 wet slips. that's a lot of boats here. from one of the still working docks -- >> let's get some shipwrecks. >> reporter: we em-barked on a five-hour tour. that's a dry dock. >> absolutely. >> it used to have water as of -- >> a couple of years ago. >> so two years ago, it had water. now it doesn't. that seems like a big drop. >> yeah, pretty significant. 45 to 50 feet probably. >> reporter: and it's not over. the lake is projected to drop to the lowest level ever since i was filled in the 1960s. you don't need water gauges or day to see it. it's right here. this is a mussel-covered shipwreck. >> what we're seeing is a trend, and it's a trend which is not a good trend and that's less water available for the southwest, and that impacts us all from

drinking water availability to irrigation of crops. it can impact many parts of our lives if we can't get our arms around this problem. >> reporter: it's a problem etched in the sand stone. see the gorgeous discoloration on the side of the rock? the different layers tell you a story about time, and about how much water has been here at different points. the highest level, some of that deep red up there. the water would have been up there in the 1980s or 1990s, but the story now is how low it is. captain jim taking us to one last epic spot. >> we came up here last year. we frequented this spot over the last probably five years since i have been here, and you weren't actually able to drive a boat under this at all. >> reporter: an arch now above the aquamarine water almost as if one of those shipwrecks left behind a treasure. tourism is critical here. lake powell wants you to know they are still doing it.

please come because they're adapting. the lower marinas to make sure you have access to the water, but i want you to take away two things. when you are using water, you are impacting everybody, including robert that you just saw in that piece, including me, right? we have to conserve water, and there is a climate change connection. essentially half of the megadrought can be attributed to warming temperatures, and experts in the climate realm say that we're not going to see that change in the next century. all right, and this monsoon good morning. happy reopening day. a day not starting with drizzle but cool outside., 70s and 80s, amatrice above average. we're going to turn now to a story of triumph against all odds. hakeem oluseyi has a new memoir.

"a quantum life: my unlikely journey from the street to the stars," hakeem is with us now. thank you for joining us. great to see you, and let's talk about this book. >> thank you. >> it's just coming out today, but it's already been optioned for a movie. i know chadwick boseman was developing it before his death. tell us how you'll remember him. >> oh, man. very gracious. chad championed my story, and it was picked up on the very first pitch, and he was very gracious with me as well. he schooled me on how to be an author, and have success making movies, and i really appreciated him. >> this is a story about overcoming obstacles in so many ways. you were born into poverty. you suffered abuse as a child. you also fell into addiction, and crime. how did you get through it? >> it's called the will to survive. i was a young adult in my 20s, and i was in college, and when i hit my lowest point and, you know, i dropped out of college,

and i was working as a janitor in a hotel, and i was so poor that i would eat my -- the leftovers that people left after they had room service, and so i thought i got my big break when the bellhop got fired so i could, you know, get tips and more than double my income, but what ended up happening is they didn't see me as bellhop material, and i realized at that point that wow. i don't have much going for me in my life. getting an education is going to be really critical to my future. >> so you had the will to survive. what are the other keys to resilience in your mind? >> you know, first after, you know, there were a lot of people who did not support me. there were a lot of people who did support me, and so whenever somebody challenged me, my response is, i'll show you. i had a rebellious attitude, so being rebellious and proving people wrong was really important, and the other thing is, never quit, you know, push through the difficulties. things start feeling really bad, and, you know, i know that's when i'm working really hard, right? i push on through, and

eventually, you know, you come out the other side. we live in a land of opportunity here in america. so if you have a goal that depends on education to get there, you can do it even if you come from the most impossible circumstances. >> we live in a land of opportunity. that is true. we've also seen the consequences of our racial divide playing out every day in this country. you address that in the book. >> absolutely. so i had to go through a lot, and so i lived all over the southern border of our country. i lived in south central los angeles. i lived in houston. i will haved in new orleanlived lived in northern mississippi. i got to see how race plays out across different communities in our country, and, you know, i have had at least ten guns pulled on me in my face through my teen years and my early 20s and, you know, about half of those times were racial incidents, and so yeah. it's a real phenomenon, and, you know, i discuss it in the book. that's not what it's all about.

it's really an epic, compelling story of coming of age and being torn between these two states of existence, right? the gangster and the nerd who wants to be a scientist. >> and you succeeded. the book is out today, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ receive a chargepoint home flex charger or a public charging credit. see you volvo retailer for details. another day, another chance. it could be the day you break the sales record, or the day there's appointments nonstop.

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welcome back to "gma," and we are back with the hilarious ilana glazer. you know her from her hit series "broad city," but she has a new movie. she's not here to make you laugh on this one. it is a scary movie, one of the summer's scariest possibly. it's called "false positive," and let's say hello to ilana. so good to have you here, and let me say congratulations. you are going to be welcoming your first child pretty soon. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good, t.j. hi. thanks for having me. i'm doing well. i can't -- it's so funny the way this is lining up because the

film is a psychological horror about pregnancy medicine, and we had a few different dates to release this film, and now it's coming out when i am very full-term. >> oh wow. >> so it's very weird the way this is lining up. yeah. hilarious. >> are you looking forward to your child maybe following -- have you gone that far yet thinking about your child following in your footsteps and watching mama on "broad city"? are you thinking that way yet? >> i wouldn't tell anyone to follow me, like, even my own child. i wouldn't say you would do what i do, but they can totally watch "broad city." once second grade hits, i think it's -- i think they'll honestly be probably so ready for it. >> you said second grade for "broad city." i don't know what age and what grade for this movie. "false positive," and again, this is kind of a new take on the classic "rosemary's baby"

which was an absolute scary and creepy movie in a lot of ways, but how intense sit on set going through an experience like that where you're doing -- you're doing and talking about something this intense, and that scary? a pregnancy that goes all kinds of sideways? >> i've never made anything like this before, and it was really, really hard, you know, to be in that space of feeling so disempowered and scared and paranoid. you become, you know, as an actor, i just become that, and it was incredibly challenging, like, at least with comedy, you laugh. you cut and laugh, but with this film, we would cut and be, like, it's really creepy. >> let's give folks an idea. i have a quick clip here. let's take a look. >> i'm okay. >> are you? >> i just -- i'm starting to feel nervous. a little crazy.

i'm seeing things. >> honey, me too. i'm having the wildest mommy brain lately. >> i don't think it's mommy brain. something's not right with wendy. >> ilana, do you like this? do you want to do more horror? because it's such a departure from what i guess folks are used to seeing from you. >> i have one project that is in the horror genre right now that i didn't write, like, at least to not be in the mindset at least helps, you know? but i think if the story is compelling to me, then yes, but it's not like this thing i'm going after. even this film, i wasn't, like, aiming to do something different. it just was the story to felt right to tell at the time. >> you liked the story. it felt right, and here you are about to have a baby, and this movie, about a baby is coming

out. a horror movie. ilana glazer, it is an absolute pleasure. a lot of us have been following you for a long time, and it's awesome to see you on these things, and congrats on being a new mommy soon. >> thank you, t.j. you're so sweet. [ birds chirping ] oh. oroweat small slice. i wonder if this has the same quality ingredients as the original whole grains bread? great question, dad. and it does. it has all the same nutritious deliciousness as the original slice but only a little bit smaller. just like timmy here.

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we have heavy hearts this morning because we lost a beloved member of the abc news and "gma" family. photographer jim sicile passed away on sunday. he was an abc news lifer. he started in the mail room in 1972. no matter who you were, treated you the same. intern to anchor. as one of our colleagues said, jim treated everyone like a friend. true that. he covered everything over the years, hurricanes, politics, you name it. incredible stories from the trenches which he loved sharing, and when he wasn't working, he was taking some incredible photographs and we're thinking

good morning, everyone. i am kumasi aaron from abc 7 warnings. we are going to get to jobina fortson now. the minor crashes we were following earlier have cleared the bay bridge toll plaza is clearing up. the metering lights came on at 5:59. here's a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. i still have those average speeds for you sticking around the same area. it is a bit slow. today we warm back up above average with mid 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay, 80s and lined and more 90s starting tomorrow with the heat advisory at 11:00 tomorrow morning then we ramp it up to an excessive heat warning for the areas in

red, temperatures 98 to 108. now it's time for live with >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from "the hitman's wife's bodyguard," salma hayek. plus, emmy award-winning actress annie murphy. and chris byrne is back with the hottest summer toys of 2021. all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ryan: deja, good morning. [cheers and applause] >> kelly: hi. >> ryan: hi, guys. good morning. hello. what is that look? >> kelly: i am reading -- i am