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presence there, just 2 1/2 weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of all u.s. troops. senior foreign correspondent ian pannell has the latest for us. good morning, iaeporter: yeah, n amy.istan has been bewildering but this u.s. emergency evacuation is going to be seen by many as a stunning admission of failure and a signal for anyone in afghanistan who can get out to do so now. this morning, afghanistan reeling as around 3,000 u.s. troops set to deploy back into afghanistan to help an emergency evacuation of some embassy staff and others out of kabul as the taliban's grip around the country tightens with up to 3,500 troops to be stationed in kuwait on standby. officials refusing to call this a combat mission or an evacuation. >> our job here now with this additional plus up is to help facilitate the safe movement of civilian personnel out of

afghanistan. >> reporter: this as the taliban take key southern strongholds overnight. the country's second largest city of kandahar fell after heavy fighting. the government releasing video of some of the clashes. and the key southern city of lashkar gah was toppled this morning. in just one week, they've taken at least 15 provincial capitals including most of its major cities. this video released by the taliban purports to show their forces taking key strategic sites. one shows fighters at police headquarters in the country's third largest city. the group overtaking a key location on the road to kabul. most afghan forces being overrun either surrendering or defecting. some fear the taliban could take the cain juss possibly by the 20th anniversary of the september the 11th terrorisat >> who would have possibly

thought that 20 years on this is where we would be ending up? >> reporter: in greatest fear of those who stand to lose the most, the women of afghanistan. a generation of girls who grew up with access to education and rights now fearful the taliban will once again take all of that away. >> they know that everything that they -- they know and they have, they have gained with lots of blood and sweat and tears is at the verge of shattering should the taliban come back to power. >> reporter: well, there's now a climate of fear and dread in afghanistan. i want to share this message with you. it was sent to one of our colleagues from afghan who worked as an interpreter for u.s. special forces. he said cities are falling one after another. kabul is next. if they don't evacuate us, there will be a slaughter. i have no idea what to do. i need help to leave the country or i will be dead. michael? >> desperate pleas there, so much at stake.

thank you so much. that rapidly deteriorating situation in afghanistan is a major challenge for the biden administration. in early july president biden spoke to reporters about the withdrawal of u.s. troops defending the decision. take a look. >> the likelihood there's going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> stephanie ramos is at the white house with more. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: michael, good morning. president biden avoided taking questions on this yesterday but we're told that he did meet with key advisors before signing off on that decision to send u.s. troops back to afghanistan to help evacuate the u.s. embassy. one official tells abc the taliban gaining ground and putting pressure on major afghan cities was a significant factor. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who has previously opposed removing troops from afghanistan slamming biden's decision overnight saying the president's strategy has turned the situation into a global emergency and the costs and ramifications will echo across the world.

mcconnell was also critical of former president trump's plan to remove troops from afghanistan. this week i asked president biden if the taliban's swift advances would change his drawdown plans. he said no, that the afghans need to fight for their nation but the u.s. will remain committed to supporting afghan forces with foodfunds. michael? >> stephanie, we have more now on this rapidly developing situation with colonel steve ganyard, abc news contributor and former defense and state department official. colonel ganyard, thank you so much for joining us this morning. this administration is saying this is not an evacuation. but is that really what we're looking at? >> michael, i think that the administration cannot be surprised that afghanistan is falling, but they're certainly shocked at how quickly it's falling. so that's why you're seeing this rapid buildup of military force to get enough people in to make sure that if kabul eventually collapses that we'll be able to

get all u.s. citizens, all u.s. troops out diplomats out. so surprising, no. shocking, yes. >> and with the taliban surging, you have thousands of u.s. troops who are moving in. it seems like a pretty dicey situation that's going on. what are the risks here? >> it is very dicey. the risks are that kabul actually collapses. so the administration had hoped that the afghan government would be able to defend itself at least in some parts of the country but as the country continues to collapse, after city after city surrenders to the taliban, the next siege will be the siege of kabul and the administration certainly has the idea that they don't want another tehran. they don't want another benghazi where they see the u.s. embassy overrun and u.s. citizens either captured or killed. >> definitely don't want that. and over a month ago president biden said it was highly unlikely the taliban would overrun everything. did the administration misjudge the situation? >> they may have misjudged,

michael, the effect of the announcement that the u.s. was the u.s. was getting out of afghanistan. so the real shock may have come when it was a definitive we are leaving and you think about if you're an afghan troop out in the field, where your government does not have the support of the people, that effect on the morale of both the government and the people trying to defend may have been sort of the last straw and precipitated the eventual downfall of the country. >> president biden didn't respond when a reporter asked, is afghanistan lost. in my opinion is afghanistan lost? >> that, michael, will be answered very soon. it could be weeks. it could be days, as ian points out, but the rapid shock here of the decline and loss of these cities certainly puts the question in play. >> definitely does. colonel ganyard, thank you so much for joining us this morning. eva? now to that breaking news overnight.

the fda authorizing booster shots for immunocompromised people. and this morning, a cdc panel is set to meet to make its final recommendation as hospitals around the country are reaching their breaking point. elwyn lopez is in jackson, mississippi, where they are converting a parking garage into a field hospital. good morning, elwyn. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning. this state's hospital system is on the brink of collapse. take a look at where we are, inside a parking garage. 8,000 square feet of it turned into a makeshift hospital to deal with the surge in covid patients. this as the fda makes a major move. overnight, a major step from the fda, authorizing booster shots for immunocompromised people. a third shot authorized for pfizer and moderna for added immunity. the fda saying other fully vaccinated individuals are adequately protected. now a cdc advisory panel set to meet this morning and make their recommendation to director

walensky who has the power to greenlight the shots. walensky saying this first go ahead would apply to a specific group of immunocompromised people like those who have had organ transplants or cancer. >> this is a very small population. we estimate it to be less than 3% of adults. >> reporter: questions now growing about when those shots could roll out for the rest of the country as the u.s. is seeing more than 130,000 new cases. the highest single day total since january. nearly 80,000 americans now hospitalized. mississippi's hospital system on the brink of collapse. forced to turn this garage into a field hospital for covid patients. it's normally something you only see in disaster war zones. >> i feel like we're beyond a disaster. you know, we're setting up a hospital in a garage. eporter: spads across the south. w spizions. the conow ac north texas out of pediatric icu beds.

across the country, doctors sounding the alarm as more children like 12-year-old brody barnett are landing in the hospital with the virus. >> seeing all these kids on ventilators walking down the hallway, it's pretty scary. it ain't nothing to joke with. >> reporter: and hospital officials tell me there's already a waiting list for patients from other hospitals to come here. the first ones are expected this morning. amy? >> all right, elwyn, thank you for that. joining us is dr. richard besser, president of the robert wood johnson foundation and former acting director of the cdc. dr. besser, thank you for being with us. if you would, take us through the process. what's going to be happening there as that cdc panel we expect will possibly recommend booster shots? can you tell us who would be eligible and how soon would they be able to get them? >> yeah, amy, so now that the fda has authorized a third dose for people who are immunocompromised, the committee that advises the cdc will say,

okay, who is that group of people? i would expect that they're going to be available to people with immune disorders very quickly. but i think about this less as a booster shot as a recognition that for certain people with immune problems two doses wasn't enough and so the third dose is necessary for them to get the same high level of protection that the rest of the people who get two doses of these mrna vaccines. >> dr. besser, a lot of people asking the question who should be considered immunocompromised, because it seems as though at least the fda has left off the list the elderly, pregnant women. what do you expect the recommendation will be? >> well, i don't think that those groups will be included, but i do think they'll have a conversation to say, although these vaccines appear to be very effective and continue to be hospitalization and death, how many breakthrough cases are we seeing in people who are at high

risk of severe disease? so the populations in the u.s. who got vaccinated first, people in nursing homes, people who are older, that's a group that they'll piques attention to and if they're seeing a lot of breakthrough cases there i don't think we'll wait until we're seeing hospitalizations and deaths in that group because that's the group with the highest risk for the most severe consequence. >> we heard in elwyn's report and been reporting on it for the last several days, hospitals in those delta hot spots are overrun. they're at the breaking point right now. there are predictions out there -- i know you've read the numbers. by labor day they could be four times higher than what they are now. what are your biggest concerns and a lot are asking, can we vaccinate our way out of this short term? >> yeah, you know, i have a lot of concerns, amy. one is that as hospitals fill up taking care of people with covid, people with other medical problems, someone who has chest pains and may be having a heart attack or breaks a hip, there won't be room in hospitals to

take care of them. we need to do all we can. the biggest thing we can do is encourage anyone who hasn't been vaccinated at all to get vaccinated. that would make a difference. >> dr. besser, we appreciate you as always. michael? all right, amy, we turn to that weather triple threat. a tropical depression aiming for florida, dangerous heat and severe storms in the midwest. rob is tracking it all and, rob, you have your work cut out for you. good morning, my friend. >> reporter: all week, michael, we've had storms across the midwest. another round as nearly 750,000 people are without power this morning. six taken to the bronx from a lightning strike and flash flooding in miami but nothing like what they had in central parts of illinois. look at this video out of gibson city, they got 8 to 9 inches of rain. the boats out there to rescue people, and also earlier in the day in lancing, michigan. so this is a multistate problem here, about 9 inches of rain in

5 hours. so highways and interstates were completely flooded. fred, santa domingo and the dominican republic is the last impact fred had and a little bit of wind but mostly heavy rain. look at this heavy flooding in the dr. watches and warnings up for parts of florida, and we do expect it to strengthen as it heads in this direction. the track brings it to the florida keys by tomorrow night, early saturday morning. we will see impacts in miami and then heading up towards the florida panhandle by late in the day sunday and into monday. of course, we'll talk more about the heat in just a few minutes. michael? >> all right, rob. thank you so much. eva? now to that real life "field of dreams." last night the yankees and white sox played a very special game of baseball with an ending right out of hollywood. t.j. holmes has that. good morning to you, t.j. it was literally like a script you couldn't write. >> it was so cool. this was a really cool event, but, guys it was almost two years ago to the day strahan and i were on the air singing take me out to the cornfield. it was two years ago, we were,

mlb made the announcement. it was supposed to be last summer. had to be delayed because of covid and dare i say, guys, it was worth the wait. >> if you build it, he will come. >> reporter: and they did for iowans, baseball fans, this was a dream come true. >> shot into left field, back at the wall, and it's gone. >> reporter: mlb re-created movie magic and in honor of the 1989 film, "field of dreams," built a replica field that sits right next to the movie's original diamond sitting in the cornfields of dyersville, iowa. the chicago white sox and the new york yankees were there to face off in the league's first ever game in iowa. kevin costner even there to have a catch. >> is this heaven? yes, it is. >> reporter: both teams emerged from the famous cornfields in vintage uniforms, 8,000 fans in attendance and the game rose to the occasion. >> robert will cruise into second. >> reporter: after the yankees sluggers aaron judge and giancarlo stanton crushed home runs to give the yankees the

lead in the top of the ninth, the white sox shortstop tim anderson delivered a hollywood ending with this walkoff homer. >> back to the wall and the white sox win it! >> just coming here playing in the cornfield, who would have thought that? we made history tonight. >> secondary ticket sites says this was the most expensive major league baseball regular season game in history, average ticket price $1,400 and above. >> so expensive. >> out there in the cornfield, get your popcorn ready. >> t.j., thanks for that. following a lot of other headlines including britney spears, her father now willing to step down as her conservator but first let's check back in with rob. >> reporter: more record heat today. try to stay cool. your weekend forecast now sponsored by carmax.

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that is coming up. amy? that major development in britney spears' battle for her freedom. her father willing to step down as conservator of the singer's estate and kaylee hartung has all the latest. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, amy. so jamie spears is not out effective immediately and there's no timeline for when he actually steps aside, but make no mistake, this is a big win for britney spears, even though her father says he should be praised for the job he's done, not vilified. [ crowd chanting ] this morning, a major victory for britney spears in her fight for freedom from her father's control. ♪ my life has been so overprotected ♪ >> reporter: after 13 years a stunning reversal. jamie spears agreeing to step down as conservator of her estate once conditions are met. a court filing from his attorney saying mr. spars intends to work with the court and his daughter's new attorney to prepare for an orderly transition to a new conservator. britney finally getting what she's begged the court for,

after telling a judge she's been traumatized and demoralized by the court's conservatorship and wants to sue her father for abuse. ♪ bye, bye, bye ♪ >> reporter: in the fallout of that bombshell testimony in late june, jamie refusing to give up control and even with this filing his counsel writing, there are in fact no actual grounds for suspending or removing him as the conservator of the estate and it's highly dbatable whether a change would be in ms. spears' best interest. mathew rosengart will work with jamie speers to support his replacement. rosengart saying this is vindication for britney and rosengart made it clear his top priority was ousting him from the chair of her financial dig. >> we pledged that after 13 years of the status quo, my firm and i would move aggressively and expeditiously to file a petition to suspend and remove

james p. spears. >> reporter: the former federal prosecutor also adding in a statement, we look forward to continuing our vigorous investigation into the conduct of mr. spears and others over the past 13 years. while he reaped millions of dollars from his daughter's estate, britney's team argued jamie speers spent more than $500,000 on his own pr efforts. jamie refuted all claims of wrongdoing. this morning the pop star appearing one step closer to making the movement free britney take on a whole new meaning. pushing jamie spears out is a step in this long process of britney trying to regain control of her life but not the end of the fight with her dad. she says she wants to see him in jail. there is an ongoing investigation and her attorney telling abc news he looks forward to taking jamie spears' sworn deposition as soon as possible. guys? >> kaylee, thank you.

let's bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams. yes, this is a long process but getting her removed is what britney wanted most of all. >> this is just step one, meaning, he has been the conservator of one part recently. he was initially of both parts of this conservatorship. there is the conservatorship of the person, decisions made about her medical care, who she sees and interacts with, what she does and then there's the conservatorship of her finances. that's the one that jamie spears has been controlling as of late but now it seems he's going to step down but this is just step one because they still haven't formally requested that the conservatorship end. >> so this conservatorship is not over. this does not mean that it's over. >> right, exactly. so that's the question now is, why hasn't her lawyer moved to end the conservatorship, right? she's got this new lawyer. she fought very hard to get him. she's got him now and he still hasn't filed an official motion to end the conservatorship. the reason for that is likely getting jamie spears out is step one in that because if you file to end the conservatorship,

jamie spears then could object and say, i don't think it should end. he's part of the inner circle there. that then leads to a trial where there would literally be testimony and witnesses in front of the judge about whether to end the conservatorship. i think what they're hoping to file the conservatorship without there being major objection on the other side and jamie spears, i think, up to this point has been the biggest obstacle on that. >> the question then is what if they file and someone objects? >> right, and so then you do have basically a full-blown trial in front of a judge and this is where we may learn a lot more about why she was in a conservatorship to start with. i mean, that's the big question. we still don't really understand at this point which is what happened that was so bad? and jamie spears makes references to saying, if people knew everything that i know, they would understand the decisions that i've made, et cetera. and i think that -- i think that

britney's team would like to avoid that if possible. >> yeah, there's a lot that people on't know and a lot of questions that people still have. >> absolutely. >> dan, thanks so much for being with us. well, now to the return of the murder hornet. washington state reporting the first live sighting in the u.s. this year. will reeve has all the details on that. good morning to you, will. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. friday the 13th. as if we needed more to contend with, we've got our first live murder hornet sighting of the year in washington state where officials are asking residents to stay alert and keep an eye out for more. they're back. overnight the first sighting of a murder hornet in the u.s. this year. washington state releasing this photo of the large murder hornet native to asia attacking a wasp nest. state officials asking residents to keep an eye out for the hornets and report any sightings to the washington state department of agriculture. murder hornets were first spotted in washington state in

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university of washington saying that just 53% of school districts will mandate children wear masks. becky worley joins with what researchers say works and what doesn't when it comes to keeping kids safe at school. good morning, becky. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the cdc issuing clear guidance. children and teachers in school should be masked and schools should institute multiple layers of protection like social distancing and ventilation. so this morning we take a look at the science of how the delta variant can spread in a classroom and why masks may be more important than ever. as 56 million schoolchildren return to the classroom the debate over masks in school rages. >> take these off our children. >> reporter: right along with the delta variant. >> the delta variant is really effective at making copies of itself. from that, every cough or sneeze has more virus particles meaning you can more easily infect other people when you're sick. >> reporter: according to the cdc a person infected with the original strain of covid-19 could infect two people. s ansmissibility abo t

same as the common cold. with the delta variant, that risk of spreading grows to at least five people. >> this is why we need these layers of intervention to keep our kids safe. >> reporter: to visualize the ways schools can help curb transmission "gma investigates" teamed up with m.i.t. engineering professor lydia baourouiba. new 3d animation shows how the virus can spread in a classroom of unmasked students. >> if we're not wearing a mask the contamination is building up for hours. but there are simple measures when we bring in fresh air. >> reporter: she explains the open door and window increased the air flow. that helps clear the air out of the room. she issues a warning about creating hot zones in the classroom. >> it's very important when we do that to not have a student sitting right next to the inlet of fresh air, for example, because if that person turned out to be infected that could be a problem. >> reporter: she advises against

placing students near the exit point as well because that one student could be exposed to particles from the whole class and she says those plastic dividers that put students in individual pods may do more harm than good. >> we are keeping the particulates longer in that room because we're hindering the air flow mixing we want to create. >> reporter: she suggests staggering the desks so the student is not in front of another students breathing zone, especially if they're unmasked. experts say improved room lay out along masking is the best combination. >> we found time and time again masking can limit the spread of transmission and especially indoor settings like school. >> reporter: "gma" and fau demonstrated the efficacy of masks last year using a mannequin and green smoke to simulate a cough or sneeze. see the difference for yourself between unmasked and masked. the demo highlighting the

dangers of half masking where green smoke simulating virus freely flows from the mannequin's nose and also leaves the nose vulnerable to any potential viral particles floating in the air. >> what i'm especially concerned about for this school year is the gatherings that kids will take on in school -- auditoriums, lunch room, gyms. these are all areas where you could see super spreading events. >> reporter: now about lunchrooms and cafeteria, the engineers we spoke with said children eating lunch where masks are down should try to maintain social distance but sit next to each other, not directly across each other to stay out of the breathing zone. lunch just keeps getting more complicated when you're a kid. >> wow. it certainly does. becky, thank you for that. we appreciate it. we'll lighten things up, put a smile on your face with the "play of the day" coming up. with the capital one savor card, you earn unlimited 4% cash back on dining out. ♪ 4% on entertainment. ♪

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dreading monday mornings, how the pandemic is putting on the pressure and expert tips on how to beat the scaries before they get to you. ♪ gonna soak up the sun ♪ and get ready to soak up the sun with the one and only sheryl crow performing some of her biggest and newest hits and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ i got no one to blame ♪ good morning, america. looking so forward to sheryl crow this morning. i really am. love her. great to be here with amy and eva this morning. we're glad you're kicking off your weekend with us on "gma." >> we are ready to hear sheryl crow. it's friday and the grammy winner is joining us to bring special performances for our concert series. cannot wait. the best in back to school as your students had he had to the classroom, the top rated computers and the features to look out for. all coming up but first we do have a lot of news starting

with the crisis in afghanistan. as the taliban surges, the biden administration is now escalating the u.s. military presence there. just 2 1/2 weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of all troops. ian pannell has the latest details for us, good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, that's right. just seven days afghanistan's gone from a crisis situation to the brink of disaster but this u.s. announcement of this emergency evacuation risk upending everything. this morning, afghanistan reeling as around 3,000 u.s. troops set to deploy back into afghanistan to help an emergency evacuation of some embassy staff and others out of kabul as the taliban's grip around the country tightens. with up to 3500 troops to be stationed in kuwait on standby, officials refusing to call the deployment a combat mission or an evacuation. >> our job here with this additional plus up is facilitate

the safe movement of civilian personnel out of afghanistan. >> reporter: this as the taliban take key southern strongholds overnight. the country's second largest city of kandahar fell after heavy fighting. the government releasing video of some of the clashes. and the key southern city of lashkar gah was toppled. they've taken at least 15 provincial capitals including most of its major cities and chaos intensifying as the white house stays silent. in washington, president biden ignoring reporters' questions about the collapse of afghanistan. yet just over a month ago he said -- >> the likelihood there's going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> reporter: yet just one month later, that's exactly what's happening. most afghan forces being overrun either surrendering or defecting. >> the administration cannot be surprised that afghanistan is

falling, but they're certainly shocked at how quickly it's falling so that's why you're seeing this rapid buildup of military force to get enough people in to make sure that if kabul eventually collapses, that we'll be able to get all u.s. citizen, all u.s. troops and diplomats out. >> reporter: well, guy, we're seeing desperate messages from people who fear if they don't get out they'll be killed by the taliban and there's a sense this morning that it's now only a matter of time before the whole country is overrun. michael. >> desperate and intense situation, thank you. now to that incredible discovery. two massive new dinosaur species uncovered unlike any seen before. trevor ault joins us with that. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. paleontologists in china uncovered the fossils from three different dinosaurs and say two of them have never been unearthed before. take a look. what scientists believe they look like some 120 million years

ago. back in the early cretaceous period. those two massive ones, the hamititan and silutitan are brand-new discoveries and the word titan in their name because they were enormous. scientists say these are new species of the ones with the long necks. fans of "jurassic park" will see the resemblance to the bracheosaurs. after this discovery they are even more hopeful for what they could find next. >> a lot of excitement. >> very exciting, indeed. coming up next actress and singer ashley tisdale gets candid revealing her breast-feeding struggles as a new mom and dr. ashton joining

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monday. also we've got "pop news" with lara on this friday. hey, lara. >> hi, good morning to you all. lots to talk about. we're going to begin with the one and only stevie wonder. the legend teaming up with common for a duet performance at this year's stand up 2 cancer fund-raiser. they'll join anthony anderson, sofia vergara and husband and wife team ken jeong along a-listers matthew mcconaughey, jennifer garner and so many more coming together later this month to raise money for cancer research in the 13 years since its founding. they've raised more than $600 million for research that has contributed to federal approval for nine new cancer therapies and 258 clinical trials. this event hasn't been able to happen since 2018 but it's happening. it'll be broadcast for free across the u.s. and canada. make sure you tune in.

consider a donation. watch the stand up 2 cancer fund-raiser august 21st, 8:00 p.m. right here on abc. also this morning, selma blair sharing an intimate look at her life with ms in a documentary called "introducing selma." here is your first look at the brand-new trailer. >> i always thought i was on a reality show like i was in a documentary but only god would see it and disapprove. >> i'm so sorry i can't talk right now. we're shooting the final days of my life. >> this is my first round of chemo. my hair comes out. i would like it to be as dramatic as i am. i was told to make plans for dying, not because i was ms because i'm fighting ms. >> selma brings along the camera as she undergoes stem cell

transplants, chemotherapy, both efforts to improve the symptoms of ms showing audiences the ups and downs as she raises her 10-year-old boy. she clearly is keeping her sense of humor as she fights for her body even when posting about it saying, don't tell me how it ends. it hits theaters on discovery plus on october 21st. be sure to watch. finally if you're in the real estate market boston's skinny house is back on the market for a not so skinny price tag. this little guy is listed for a not so little 1.2 million. it doesn't even have a front door, guys, you have to enter through the side of the house. ten feet wide. four stories high, the master is if you don't mind all those stairs you also get a nice yard and a rooftop deck with views of the boston skyline. oh, and bragging rights to the

city's most narrow pad. i love the history. it's legendary, two brothers inherited a large piece of land from their dad. when one went to fight the civil war the other built a huge house taking up most of the plot so when the other returned from the war he built this sliver of a house to block his greedy brother's view and is also known as the spite house. yours for $1.2 million. there's a little history for you on this gorgeous friday. hope you have a good one, guys. spenting it back to you in the studio. >> he didn't think his brother was coming back, unfortunately. >> that is sibling rivalry that i've never seen before. >> crazy story. now to our "gma" cover story, ashley tisdale opening up about her struggles as a new mother including challenging with breast-feeding and her decision to move to formula. parenting a newborn isn't easy.

and for some moms adding breast-feeding to the mix makes motherhood even more challenging, breast milk protects against disease and is easily digested but for some nursing is a struggle. as many as 92% of women report with ac singer and irst days ofn producer ashley tisdale among them. her daughter jupiter had trouble latching from the get-go telling website scary mommy, i was getting stressed because it wasn't working. for two weeks i tried to keep going but i realized that there was a really negative feeling around her feeding time and i didn't like that. tisdale switching to formula says she has no regrets. i had no guilt about switching to formula. it was just so much pressure and stress in a moment when you're already physically going through so much postpartum. the american academy of pediatrics recommends human milk for newborns for six months and

combined as new food is introduced for one year or longer and says help is available for those having trouble. so let's bring in dr. jennifer ashton. i was telling you my girlfriend sent me an email. i'm about to have a baby and you need to know these things. these are the things people don't tell you about. let's unveil some of this. what are the things a lot of women struggle with with breast-feeding. >> when you talk about some of the issues and people think it is so natural. must be so easy. the baby has a mouth. it just happens. there can be a lot of issues involved and they run the gamut from pain and i mean pain, eye-popping pain in some cases, not to share personally, latching difficulty, milk production, locations for feeding, it's not that easy, you have to dash into some places and find a quiet place to do this and logistical challenges. i remember i felt literally like i was on the clock because when

that baby needs to eat, you need to feed that baby unless you're using a pump which i think is a drastically underutilized resource for women who want to breast-feed but actually want to do something else with both their hands and maybe without their baby. >> let's not forget there are recovering. you're an ob/gyn. what do you tell new moms. >> i tell my patients exactly what my ob/gyn told me. in the word breast-feeding is the word feeding. feed the baby the best way you can. that will be different for different women. we know the health benefits for mom and baby. that is clear. but this is a really individual decision and people get so heated about this and it's really not right. i mean, this is -- my mott mow is not your baby, not your breast, you should really kind of stay in your lane. >> what advice do you give to other people who do try to weigh in and there's so much pressure on moms to do this? what do you give to them to say,

hey, help here. >> i think we should uncouple this from something that may have social or even sexual connotations to something that is medical and really personal and so if you're on the periphery of someone breast-feeding you need to support that woman and that baby whatever the way they need. my motto is stay in your lane. >> do what you can. >> i'll make a house call for you. >> i might be calling for help. >> no problem. >> michael, over to you. >> thank you, eva. now to the sunday scaries, that feeling of dread before starting a new workweek. a new report showing that the sunday scaries are at an all-time high. rebecca jarvis has more on what's behind it and how to beat them. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, michael. happy friday. look, we know it's the weekend a lot of you are looking forward to summer weekend fun but the scaries come along at the end and linkedin say they're at an

all-time high so here's what you can do to beat them. this morning, many americans may be living for the weekend but a new report says the fun ends sunday when lots of us start worrying about the workweek ahead. >> everyone in my house gets bummed out about mondays. >> reporter: that sunday anxiety is known as the sunday scaries and a new report from linkedin say they're at an all-time high. >> the sunday scaries are eating my joy. >> reporter: the report revealing 66% of professionals say they experience sunday scaries and 41% say the pandemic has caused them or made them worse. >> now more than ever it's difficult for americans to determine what their mondays are going to be like. we have no idea when regulations are going to change, when our responsibilities are going to change. >> reporter: this maryland mom of two has a major case of the sunday scaries. >> sunday nights in my house tend to look a little bit like everyone's in mourning or dreading what's coming the next day. >> reporter: baker says the last year and a half has made sundays

more stressful. >> there's a lot more things on my to do list every week as far as making sure that when my kids are in school that they have the ppe that they need or that my husband has it when he's going into work. keeping an eye on covid numbers in our area. it's a lot. >> reporter: so how can we enter the week calmly? >> seems like meditation, slow journaling and perhaps a soothing sunday playlist can help. sunday scaries usually feels like anxiety, restlessness and irritation. so outdoor activities, intentional movement and hanging out with friends can help that as well. >> reporter: some great advice there. now, younger professionals, it turns out, are some of those experiencing the sunday scaries at the highest levels. millenials and gen-xers, 78% of them say they experience the sunday scaries. i don't know about you but i feel that anxiety as i see the weekend coming to a close. >> sometimes i feel on friday,

it's called the friday freakout t of founders and ceos, do a they feel thi doheith ite kple as well, michael. i hope you're not feeling that friday freakout right now. the reality is, these people, people at all levels are feeling those sunday scaries. they're feeling that anxiety and the pandemic has made it a lot harder, especially as so many people work from home, things you can do, set a monday mood lift for yourself. have something you look forward to on monday morning whether it's a call with someone you like or a great breakfast ready to go, michael. >> it makes me feel better knowing we're all in this together wean all feel the same way. yes, thank you, rebecca. thank you so much and appreciate that. now we go to rob in florida. hey, rob. >> michael, i work weekend, monday is a good day for me. good morning, my friend. hope everybody is doing well. we got a rain shower here not

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well now to the best technology for back to school whether your student is heading back in person or learning remotely. joining us for tips is "good housekeeping's" chief technologist rachel rothman. i know we'll be talking about the best laptops that are age appropriate but when you're looking for a laptop in general, what are some good tips to consider? >> so all the laptops we've gathered for you here are thin and lightweight. we don't know if we'll be in school, at home, going back and forth so we want to make sure they were all ultra portable and gathered some great ones at varying price points for different ages and needs that suit everything and for all of them make sure they have wi-fi connectivity, they're going to have great battery life to go

from bell to bell, get through all your meetings throughout the day and have a great webcam. that's what we've gathered for you. arrset's start with our young eleme ing to kindergarten year so i know this age group very well. for this we recommend the tenoshi scholar at $250. ten-inch android touch screen and then it has the keyboard that comes on top of it. what we love about it it features all preloaded apps and if your daughter is younger or your son you can pop it off and it's ready to go and whether you're on wi-fi or not it has really great content loaded into it. >> very cool. next up, we have a pick for middle school students. what are we looking at? >> so for the middle schoolers we recommend the lenovo duet, two in one chromebook that starts at $0 and w great

about it. all the accessory, keyboard and cover come included for that price and as it's a chromebook it has fast bootup times with all the google goodness built into it. google docs and drive and successful machine for those middle schoolers. >> a good price point. moving on up to our high schoolers. >> really fantastic. >> yes, high schoolers, what is your top pick? >> so we love the microsoft surface laptop go so this is the thinnest of the surface laptops so starting at $550, even the base unit includes the intel core i5 processor at an affordable rate with all of the apps built into it. it's a great productivity workhorse and coming in at under 2 1/2 pounds you can tote it anywhere you're going, to school and back home with no problems.

>> i have my oldest heading off to college so for those doing the same, your suggestion is? >> we love the macbook air. 899 for students, it is the thinnest lineup of the macbooks and core 2, all of the macbooks, it is a productivity powerhouse. you'll have fast bootup times, the apps will load quickly and all the ones you could want or load on to the machine so a fantastic relatively affordable mac book device. >> rachel, thank you so much for all of these. find top rated computers for your student at goodmorningamerica.com. coming up we've got sheryl crow taking us into the summer weekend.

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>> we are back on this friday the 13th. nothing scary about your commute weatherwise. there is a chance of sprinkles this afternoon through the evening, about as much as we had yesterday which was hardly any. breeze in the usual spots. mass transit will be comfortable in san francisco but everywhere else it will be warm to hot. air quality good through the weekend, especially when it gets hotter tomorrow and sunday with haze still hanging in the air. >> we will have another update

in about 30 minutes but you can always find the latest on a news app and it abc 7 news.com. ♪ what doesn't kill you ♪ welcome back to "gma." time to reveal our latest buzz pick. it's "we are the brennans," instant "the new york times" best-seller about a family forced to confront its past. here's the author. >> good morning, america. i'm tracy lang and so thrilled "we are the brennans" is you new buzz pick inspired by my experience growing up with 17 aunts and uncles and 56 first cousins but this novel is about sunday brennan who left her irish catholic family westchester, new york, five years ago when a drunken car crash forces her to come home, secrets unravel and loyalties are tested. i hope you enjoy this story about how far one family goes to

protect its own. >> "we are the brennans" is out now. scan it with your qr code. time now for our "gma" summer concert series with nine-time grammy award winner sheryl crow. she has sold 50 million albums worldwide and now she has a brand-new career spanning live album called "sheryl crow: live from the ryman and more." thanks for joining us on "gma." >> good morning. >> good morning. you know, this marks the 25th anniversary of your self-titled album with hits like, "if it makes you happy," "every day is a winding road." take a look back at this album. is it like a time capsule into your life of 19 -- in 1996? >> i just can't believe it's been 25 years. it's really gone so fast and, you look back on 30 years of en-

writing songs, it does feel like if you're doing your job right, you actually are writing like little calendars of your life and that record definitely, i think, in a lot of ways introduced me to the fan base that i have now the. the first record exploded but this was really my sort of my explanation of who i was. >> i mean, you look exactly the same, by the way. age has been very kind to you. >> oh, my gosh. >> i understand during this quarantine time you put a little family band together. you want to talk about that? >> well, you know, social media and i have a very strange relationship. i don't use my kids or don't allow my kids toe them to have opportunity to just be kids and asked would you be in a video for me. now my 14-year-old was like absolutely and my 11-year-old was like, how much do i get paid? >> yeah.

[ laughter ] >> the more times i made him do it, the more he was like negotiating his pay scale so -- khey your music?y funny and i do they listen to your music? are they impressed by you or anyone you've sung with? >> they're so not impressed with me. right now of a teenager see it's like, eh, mom. >> yeah, we know. >> you know, i think they're proud of me. i think definitely when we go on the road and sometimes they'll come out and bring me a guitar or, you know, we had a whole summer where they assisted my guitar tech and they played drums behind the drummer and stuff, i think they really enjoy it and understand now because they've been around my process of how much work goes into what i do and how much work through the years has gone towards it. i think they appreciate it but, you know, i think they'd much rather have post malone be maybe or ariana grande be their mom.

>> your new album "life at the ryman" has all the favorites on yo didn't actually set to record an album so how did this all come into place? >> well, we were getting ready to go out and just do promotion for the "threads" record which is very collaborative and tells the story of the last 30 years of my life and also how many of these people kind of inspired me to do what i'm still doing which is making music and when we got ready to promote it we dieded to start at the ryman and so many live in nashville have been an important part of my life, emmylou harris to some of these young people like maren morris and jason isabel is there, people that are not only my musical friends but people i'm close to. we just decided we would invite them and we filmed it and then lo and behold newport happened and randy carlisle was there and then we went ahead and tacked on

some of the ace theater gigs because that's where stevie nicks lives and she's been such a vital part of what i've become and all the way back to the earliest inspiration for me as like an 8-year-old. >> so many incredible artists you just mentioned right there. how do you want your fans to feel when they listen to this album? >> it's been a very hard year for everyone and music is generally that thing that we all go to that kind of gives us a release and it also brings us together and we haven't really had the luxury of doing that. i mean we're just starting. i'm in denver and we're just starting tonight playing live shows outdoors and i'm hoping that when people listen to the record they feel like they're, you know, they're there. they're in the room and they're feeling the liveness of it much like when i was a kid and i was u know, you feel like you're v"

there and that's what i'm hoping, that people get a sense of what feels like a live concert. >> you mentioned those names, emmylou harris, maren morris but when you said stevie nick, i was like stevie nicks, what was it like working with her? >> you know, there's nothing like -- there's nothing like working with stevie. i say this all the time. she is one of the only artists i know, a fully realized artist, she paint, writes poetry, i mean her life is art and as a young kid, you know, i got my hair cut in a shag and had the shawls and i wanted to be her then i met her and she really embraced me and was a mentor but also a dear friend. she was there when i was going through breast cancer. i mean, she's been a tried and true friend and ally and she's, you know, i can't speak highly enough of her and the album even people like don henley who's been there from the beginning and james taylor, who, you know,

he's one of the reasons i do what i do. a lot of these people that are on the "threads" record are, you know, i use the word vital but they really are an extension of who i am and stevie definitely is that woman. >> sheryl, thank you for joining us this morning. thank you for brightening up our show. we really appreciate you. thank you so much. >> well, thanks for having me, guys. >> of course, sheryl crow live from the ryman and more is available now and two great performances from her coming up including her megahit, "soak up the sun" and next we have the star of the new disney movie "spin," going to join us live. ♪ gonna tell ever

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i know this is your first disney original -- disney channel original movie as a lead. talk about what that was like. did you feel the pressure? >> oh, my gosh, yeah, it is and i mean pressure as in, yeah, i did feel pressure, also considering this was my first lead role in an american film so aside from it being disney channel i did feel a little bit of pressure but i think the cast and crew, everyone was so great

at making me feel comfortable and my nerves kind of stem from one to make our community proud because it's such a monumental film for us so i think it propelled me to put a lot more effort in so i think they were good nerves. >> i think we should take a little look at you in action. here's a clip. >> what are things that make you feel good? >> i guess a wicked bass sound -- >> even more basic than that. max, what makes you feel good in life? okay, for me i'd say my nonni's cooking, the color yellow. sunset. >> i'm sorry. how do you make a food out of yellow and sunset. >> my mom said there's music in everything. >> very well done. i have to ask because you are playing someone who has a passion for deejaying, did you actually learn how to spin, how to deejay? >> i did. i can't say that i'm good at it but i did learn.

prior to filming i was trained and i had really amazing guides along the journey know so i can now write a paper on it but i wouldn't say you should hire me for your wedding. >> well, we'll put you to the test right now with your spiskls we have a lightning round game of, what's your playlist, so we'll start with your best mood boosting song? >> "magic." by the pilots. >> very cool. okay. i'm going to be listening. what is your best workout song? >> "bill, bill, bills" by destiny's child. >> i'm going to have to download that one. i like it. your best driving song? >> rihannon" by fleetwood mac. >> i fully support that just talking about stevie nicks. best script reading song? >> i listen to a lot of music when reading scripts but i think for "spin" i was listening to bollywood music and i was listening to --

[ speaking foreign language ] that was on my playlist at the time. >> i understand you actually got to do the iconic disney channel original movie wand move. how do you practice that and is it harder than it looks? >> i don't think it's harder thanit looks and everyone has so much practice especially kids my age because, you know, so many of us grew up with disney channel so i think this and the academy award speech you have a lot of practice practicing in the bathroom so i think it was well rehearsed and well prepared for that moment. >> i like how you equate those two. that's perfect. "spin" debuts tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the disney channel and we want to thank you, avantika, for being with us. >> thank you for having me, amy. we'll head to rob now who is in florida. hey, rob. >> hi, amy, we have a programming note for you about two new special series, "invisible monsters" serial killers in america."

that weaves the stories of five infamous stories and their impact on the nation. that airs in a three-night event sunday at 9:00 eastern on a&e and also on a&e, the 12-part series, "i survived a serial killer" with people telling their own stories of survival. that premieres wednesday, august 18th at 9:30 eastern. time now to get a check now to the ultimate feel good song on this summer friday, good song on this summer friday, sheryl crow with her hit soak up the sun. ♪

♪ my friend the communist holds meetings in his rv, i can't afford his gasp so i'm stuck here watching tv ♪ ♪ i don't have digital ♪ ♪ i don't have diddly squat ♪ ♪ it's not having what you want it's wanting what you've got ♪ ♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun ♪ ♪ gonna tell everyone to lighten up ♪foer time i feel lame i'm looking up ♪

♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun ♪ ♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun ♪ ♪ i've got a crummy job, it don't pay near enough to buy the things it takes to win me some of your love ♪ ♪ every time i turn around i'm looking up you're looking down ♪ ♪ maybe something's wrong with you that makes you act the way you do ♪ ♪ maybe i am crazy too ♪ ♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun ♪ ♪ gonna tell everyone to lighten up ♪ ♪ i'm gonna tell 'em that i've got no one to blame for every

time i feel lame i'm looking up ♪ ♪ i'm looking up ♪ ♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun i got my 45 on so i can rock on ♪

we are continuing our summer conc we are continuing our summer concert series with the great sheryl crow. get ready to dance singing from her new album "sheryl crow live from the ryman and more," this is "real gone." from the ryman and more," this is "real gone." ♪

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♪ there's a new kid in town, he's got high paid friends ♪ ♪ thinks he's gonna change history ♪ ♪ you think you know him so well, yeah, you think he's so swell ♪ ♪ but he's just perpetuating prophecy ♪ ♪ come on now, slow down, you're gonna crash ♪ ♪ baby, you'll be screaming it's a gas, gas, gas ♪ ♪ look out, you got your blinders on ♪ ♪ everybody's looking for a way to get real gone ♪ ♪ we woo-hoo ♪ ♪ real gone, real gone, real gone ♪ ♪

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announcer: building a better bay area, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> good morning. we have a look of your traffic. >> things are moving on the bridge at the limit. check out the bay bridge toll plaza. it is friday, so it is light. overall picture is looking great. mike: nothing scary there on this friday the 13th. we are close to average with upper 60's. upper 70's, 80's around the bay. mid-80's, mid 90's in the south bay. upper 90's in the north bay. 80's inland. tonight, falling back into the 60's and 70's by 8:00 p.m. small chance of sprinkles tonight and tomorrow morning. kumasi: ok.

now it is time for "live with kelly and ryan." we will be back at 11:00. have a good morning. deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. today, the one and only julianne moore and actress holly robinson peete. plus, backyard cleanup tips to save you time and money. and we'll learn how to make a trendy, tasty whipped coffee, all next on live. ♪ and now here are ryan seacrest and ali wentworth. ♪ morning, deja. yes, ali, come on in, don't be afraid, it's friday the 13th. of august. [mimicking teeth chattering] back filling in for kelly today is ali wentworth. thank you. so happy to be here. does friday the 13th freak you out in any way? it doesn't. but i was just using the bathroom and there was a guy with a white mask on. in your bathroom? holding a chainsaw. no, no, in the public bathroom, in the hallway.