jobina: you guys, i wanted to say something really quick good morning, america. as we join you this wednesday morning, wildfires exploding out west. raging inferno. out-of-control california wildfire tripling in size scorching nearly 23,000 acres in 24 hours with zero containment. firefighters battling whipping winds and heavy smoke. mandatory evacuations now under way. we are live on the ground in the danger zone with the very latest. tropical triple threat. fred slamming the south with flash floods and at least 17 reported tornadoes in three states. plus, the hurricane warnings as grace and henri ramp up. ginger tracking it all. time for a boost? the white house is expected to take a major step recommending a booster shot for all fully

vaccinated americans with covid cases surging across the country and icus across five states now more than 90% full. race to evacuate afghanistan. tens of thousands of americans and afghans desperately trying to escape. how the u.s. plans to get people out and what promises the taliban leaders are making. our reporter, ian pannell, putting this question directly to them. >> what guarantees will you give to the afghans who are now hiding at home who want to leave the country? >> we are on the ground in kabul with the very latest. roller coaster ricochet. a woman hit by flying debris at an amusement park. >> stop the ride. >> body cam footage showing the crowd panicking after the accident. what we're learning about the popular ride. fight or flight. with midair confrontations on the rise, the new memo from united airlines to its crews when it comes to restraining passengers with duct tape.

>> help! >> now the new response to air rage. summer of sharks. a stunning feeding frenzy shockingly close to shore. the uptick in sightings as beach season comes to a close. now the new shark warning system you should be on the lookout for. ♪ check my nails ♪ and one-on-one with lizzo. the superstar singer's message this morning. >> this shouldn't be okay. >> and how she keeps her head up. plus, the pop star's pure joy and positivity for her fans and she's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ baby, how you feeling ♪ as lizzo would say, baby, how you feeling this wednesday morning? great to have amy and dan with us. >> george, by the way, on the way to the white house where his exclusive interview with president biden happens. >> the president returning from camp david last night as the administration tackles multiple issues including that major

covid announcement recommending booster shots and the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. we'll have much more on all of this in just a few moments. but first, dan, the latest on that raging fire in california. the caldor fire exploding in size leading to mass evacuations. kayna whitworth is there with more for us. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. the governor declaring a state of emergency here. to give you an idea this is how the caldor fire is burning. it's burning incredibly hot, dense forest and the terrain is very hard for firefighters to navigate, they are describing this fire behavior as unprecedented. overnight, the caldor fire exploding in size scorching nearly 23,000 acres in just 24 hours with no containment. smoke from the fire turning afternoon skies red and dark in neighboring nevada. streetlights on to help guide drivers. you see the embers flying into the air. the winds are heavy and they're shooting spot fires some two, even five miles ahead.

here's an example of where this fire crossed the road and went straight up this hill. rugged terrain, whipping winds and heavy smoke making it hard for firefighters to get the upper hand. dozens of homes burned to the ground. cars and pickups completely destroyed. >> grizzly flat is burning and it's not good. >> reporter: just a few rusmand simmering propane tanks are all that remain. some residents fleeing with what they could carry. >> people are panicky. >> reporter: making their way through flying embers, hoping they might have something to come back to. pg&e cutting power to more than 50,000 people in this area. because of this low humidity and high winds we will remain under a red flag warning here at least through the end of the day so, robin, this thing is clearly far from over. >> oh, yes, thank you, kayna. want you and everyone there to please stay safe. dan? >> thank you, robin.

we're going to turn now to that tropical threat. first ginger has the latest on fred causing major trouble in the american south including flash flooding. ginger, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, dan. 17 reported tornadoes as this ing spun othe images cesheoa georgia, a hundred homes damaged by a tornado there. they're waking up and have to clean up and get it surveyed to see what type of tornado it was and the flash flooding. easily get three, four, five inches really quickly with this storm and you end up having high water rescues. states of emergency and even parts of interstate 40 were closed for a time and this is what we're going to show you next, from the flash flooding that just doesn't stop there. it will keep moving north. parts of it in pennsylvania. you can see the radar right now. it will move closer to new york, new jersey, even maryland this afternoon, you could end up seeing a little spinup tornado, delaware too, and then that's thursday 3:00 p.m. vermont, new hampshire and even maine get in on fred. amy.

>> all right, ginger, thank you for that. now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. the biden administration expected to announce that all fully vaccinated americans should receive booster shots realat day could seo by seembe let's go to trevor ault with more on an overwhelmed hospital in baton rouge, louisiana. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, amy. back on july 1st, about six weeks ago, baton rouge general medical center had ten covid patients. they now have nearly 200. the delta variant is ravaging areas like this with low vaccination rates and now the biden administration is expected to announce that vaccinated should plan on eventually getting a booster shot in order to stay protected. just hours from now, the biden administration expected to address the country about booster shots and their recommendation that all americans get one eight months after they got their second dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccines.

that expected new guidance comes as israeli scientists release new data showing pfizer's vaccine was less effective at preventing severe covid symptoms among those 65 and older who are fully vaccinated in january. >> we're picking up evidence of it, certainly through breakthrough cases, and so the level of effectiveness has gone down from over 90% to 40% to 50% and possibly breakthrough hospitalizations. >> reporter: this as america's covid crisis deepens by the day. icus across five states now more than 90% full including texas where governor greg abbott announced he's tested positive despite being fully vaccinated saying he's asymptomatic for now. abbott has banned masks and vaccine mandates in the state as has florida where in the tampa area more than 8,000 students and faculty are in quarantine just a week into the school year. in louisiana doctors noting a

change in who they're treating. >> it's something that's so different than last year, you know, last year was lots of patients with co-morbidities. the patients we're seeing now, about ten years younger as an age group. we're seeing 20-year-olds and 30-year-olds on ventilators. >> reporter: as we see the highest number of pediatric hospitalizations over this entire pandemic, arkansas father kyle butrum speaking out as his 1-year-old song carter is on oxygen in the hospital. >> get vaccinated. that's all there is to it. get vaccinated and help your family. >> reporter: and abc news has learned the federal government will be extending the mask mandate for travelers on planes, trains and buses into january, meaning these covid restrictions are stretching into 2022, a full two years after america's first case, amy. >> trevor, thank you. joining us now is dr. richard besser, president of the robert wood johnson foundation and former acting director of the cdc. dr. besser, always good to see you, and just last week we heard

from the cdc or fda authorizing booster shots for immunocompromised people only. now we're hearing that's been extended. what changed? >> well, today, amy, we'll hear from cdc in terms of what data they've seen that indicates that people who are fully vaccinated who don't have immune disorders, that their protection levels for severe disease and hospitalization are falling. last week was a different story. basically what that was saying is that people who are immunocompromised with two doses of the vaccine, they don't get full protection. what we're talking about this week is people who got full protection with two doses and they're starting to see a decline in protection levels. >> so, dr. besser, give us a sense of what happens next. who will be eligible first for these booster shots? >> yeah, so, there are a lot of questions yet to be answered, so if this is the way forward, the fda still has to authorize these vaccines for a third dose. i don't think that is going to

take long, then the committee that advises cdc is going to have to put forward their recommendations in terms of who gets it and when. what i expect is it will be the same order as before where people who got it earliest will be in line to get it first. this time around there's enough vaccine for everybody who needs a third dose, but the important point is to follow the recommendations and listen clearly, because not everyone is going to need these vaccines right away and most importantly, if we really want to shut this pandemic down we have to focus on people who haven't been vaccinated at all, help them get their questions answered as well as providing more vaccine for people around the globe. >> certainly that makes a lot of sense. i do want to focus on the unvaccinated because obviously there's a large amount of people who are still not willing to get the first two doses. are you concerned at all that

now with this news that we need a third shot that that might make people who are hesitant even more so? >> well, you know, i don't know if it will make them more hesitant. we've seen this with flu shots where over time the level of protection goes down. these are some of the most effective vaccines we have for any disease. with two doses over 90% protection. we know now that it's for a limited period of time. we'll hear hopefully what they're learning in terms of how long that period of time is. but it may be that if covid stays with us over the years and i expect that it probably will, we are going to need to get vaccinated against it on a regular basis in the same way that we do for the flu. >> i was just going to ask you, are we looking at a shot, a booster shot every eight months or so potentially in the coming years? >> well, you know, that depends on what we're able to do, i think, in terms of shutting this down, and if the u.s. and other wealthy nations don't do more to control this globally, that could be our future but it doesn't have to be.

if we do more here to get people vaccinated and do more elsewhere, i don't think that necessarily is what we'll be looking at. >> all right, dr. richard besser, always a pleasure. thank you so much for your time today. >> thanks, amy. >> robin. >> all right, amy. now to the crisis in afghanistan. the u.s. scrambling to evacuate americans as the taliban tightens control. taliban leaders holding a press conference and our ian pannell was th latest for us in kabul. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin, that's right. there's a darkness, a sadness that seems to have settled on kabul. life is slowly returning to the city. but down at the airport where the evacuations are taking place, it's total chaos. this morning, as the taliban consolidates control of afghanistan, as many as 11,000 americans and tens of thousands of afghans still trying to leave the country. so far the u.s. able to evacuate 3,200 people from afghanistan

including all u.s. embassy personnel but a core group of diplomats. for those americans still in the country a safe exit from the airport guaranteed but the journey there has to be attempted at their own risk. an email to u.s. nationals saying, the united states government cannot guarantee your security as you make this trip. >> their safety needs to be their top priority. if they feel that it is unsafe for them to make their way to the airport, they should not seek to do so. >> reporter: the u.s. planning to launch one flight per hour getting up to 9,000 people out each day. to access those evacuation flights and the u.s. checkpoints on the military side of the airport, those trying to leave the country must first pass through taliban-controlled civilian areas, the runway dividing the two, but for now the taliban only letting foreigners through. in their first press conference since seizing power the taliban promising amnesty for all those who have worked with american

and nato forces vowing not to hunt them down or seek retribution. what guarantees will you give to the afghans who are now hiding at home who want to leave the country who the americans will transport? they can't get to the airports, so what guarantees? >> we are assuring the safety of all those who have worked with the united states and allied forces whether as interpreters or any other field that they worked with them. as for their talents and skills we do not want them to leave the country. we want them to serve their own homeland. >> reporter: wary of promises from the taliban, hundreds of thousands of afghan women and girls now sheltering in their homes. nasrin nawa was able to get out of the country just in time but her family is still on the ground in afghanistan. >> it's heartbreaking. so many people are stuck in the country and they have no way out. >> reporter: well, the taliban leadership have now arrived in the country and they've got to get on with the business of

establishing government but they really have to bring order to the streets. at the moment you have different groups from different areas controlling different districts and there's no real unified command. that has to happen and there needs to be some sense of positivity that those promises will be kept. robin. >> people want to know that, indeed, and ian, what was it like for you to be there at that press conference yesterday? >> reporter: it's a very bizarre, surreal experience coming face-to-face with the taliban like that and it's really the past and the present colliding. you have these leaders who have views which are centuries old coming into a 21st century press conference. it's good that they were willing to answer questions, but i can tell you, robin, we've just been down to the airport, to the gates of people trying to get in, and it is total chaos. the taliban are firing over the crowds. people are being beaten. that's what americans and afghans are going to have to get past to get out of the country. >> indeed, thanks so much. dan.

>> horrifying scenes there on the ground in afghanistan. meanwhile, here at home, there's growing pressure on the white house this morning as lawmakers demand answers vowing to investigate the biden administration's withdrawal from afghanistan. and stephanie ramos is at the white house. stephanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, even some of the president's democratic allies, are calling for answers as they try to figure out how this withdrawal dissolved into chaos so quickly. for weeks the white house downplayed the probability of a total taliban takeover and the president himself played up the capabilities of the afghan forces insisting they could hold their own. but one u.s. intelligence official tells abc news leaders were told by the military it would take no time at all for the taliban to take everything. no one listened. i asked the president's national security adviser if intelligence was ignored. he didn't really answer that but the president has said they were prepared for every contingency but the frantic rush to evacuate americans and allies and those still left in the country is evidence to many that the administration may have been

caught off guard, dan. >> thank you very much. as we said, george is on his way to the white house for an exclusive interview with president biden. you can see a first look tonight on "world news tonight with david muir" and george's full interview with the president will be on "gma" tomorrow. dan, we turn to the desperate effort to find any survivors trapped in rubble after that massive earthquake in haiti. matt gutman is there on the ground for us with more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: robin, good morning. the coast guard helicopters have medevacked about 100 patients so far from here to port-au-prince. these are people with compound fractures in their legs and that's because this hospital is structurally unstable. they're doing surgery outdoors, patients lining the hallways and the courtyards also in the grass. all of this after that tropical storm plowed through here dumping up to 15 inches of rain. we've seen people huddled in those soccer fields drenched. now, search and rescue has resumed in some spots including with the elite fairfax team but

there's not enough out there. meanwhile, the hospital administration tells me the need here is desperate. there is no water. there is no electricity. everything. they say they need help now, robin. >> so much help. more help is needed, matt, thank you. amy. we are following a lot of this morning, including that amusement park accident, a woman struck by an object that flew from a roller coaster. and after a passenger on a frontier airlines flight was duct taped to his seat the new response to air rage. first ginger. more both on henri and grace but first your local weather in 30 seconds and rainy cities sponsored by consumer cellular.

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acres in 24 hours, zero containment. mandatory evacuations under way right now. also right now, the white house is expected to recommend a booster shot for all fully vaccinated americans. as covid cases surge across the xtend the mask mandate for travelers on public transportation through january 2022. >>, the ate race to escape afghanistan. tens of thousands of americans and afghans still trying to flee. the taliban and hundreds of thousands of afghan women and girls are sheltering in their homes this morning. how about some good news? we have some. for transportation secretary pete buttigieg, he announced on twitter that he and his husband chasten are now first-time parents. the former presidential candidate writing on twitter that the adoption process is still under way, but congratulations to both of them. and we have a lot more ahead here including united airlines new rule when it comes to unruly passengers and that stunning video of dozens of sharks

feeding really close to shore. now the new warning systems out there to protect swimmers. that is all mingp,ob, frinscat amemrk park. a woman in line for a popular roller coaster was struck by falling debris at ohio's cedar point. newly released body cam footage showing the rush to help her and erielle reshef joins us with the latest. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. just a nightmare scenario. witnesses say that object was about the size of a football that hit the woman. several nurses who just happened to be standing in line waiting for that ride jumping in to help. >> tell them to stop the ride. stop the ride. >> reporter: this morning, authorities investigating a harrowing accident at an ohio amusement park. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> they need to send someone to ape.e's someone who is in bad hit them and they're bleeding on

the head. >> reporter: witnesses calling 911 from cedar point amusement park after officials say a woman was struck by an object that flew from the park's popular top thrill dragster roller coaster while she was waiting in line. >> somebody said they got hit in the head by a big object. that's all i know. >> someone got hit in the head by do you know -- >> people are screaming and crying. >> reporter: sandusky police releasing body cam video showing the panicked aftermath as first responders race to help. the park says the ride was ending its run when a small metal object detached from one of the cars and hit the woman. one witness says the object was the size of a football. >> it was this big. we don't know what it was. >> reporter: according to a police report theme park guests along with the park's ems team jumped in to help before rushing the woman to the hospital. one parkgoer, a trauma nurse, dave vallo, was standing just behind the woman in line when she was struck.

>> we were, you know, just trying to be as calm as we could be. keep her calm. make sure she was breathing, everything was as stable as humanly possible, did the best we could with what we had. we didn't have any supplies until the ems arrived so used other people's shirts, whatever, to control everything that we possibly could, keep her safe, keep the scene safe. >> reporter: authorities now trying to figure out what went wrong. the ride, which is 420 feet tall and goes from 0 to 120 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds, was inspected by the department of agriculture in may and was scheduled for another inspection next month. and that ride is required to be inspected twice per year by law. it is now shut down pending the outcome of the investigation, the park now saying its focus is on this woman and her family. as ours is too, guys. back to you. >> yes, it is. you're right about that. we hope she makes a full recovery. thank goodness for nurses and others who jumped in to help as they did. >> indeed.

let's switch gears now to the air rage response with flight attendants at one major airline being reminded not to duct tape passengers after a series of disturbing incidents so how will they protect themselves and the passengers? transportation correspondent gio benitez has much more on this. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning to you. the number of unruly passengers just keeps rising. dozens of new cases per week. so this morning, we go behind the scenes with flight attendants to get a firsthand look at their special training. this morning, with in-flight confrontations on the rise -- >> hey, hey. >> reporter: -- united airlines sending a memo to its crew members reminding them, don't use duct tape on passengers. you'll remember that viral video just two weeks ago of a passenger on a frontier airlines flight duct-taped to a seat after allegedly groping two flight attendants and punching another. the flight attendants were placed on leave while they investigate. >> help. >> reporter: this as the tally of unruly passengers keeps

growing, now more than 3,800 cases since the start of the year. >> this is the biggest direct threat to flight attendants that we have ever faced. >> reporter: the union for southwest flight attendants saying, they've hit a breaking point. >> our flight attendants are weary, exhausted and they can take no more. we're asking that additional flights not be added to the schedule until the company can handle the flight schedules that we currently have. >> reporter: so flight attendants are learning to take on unruly passengers by fighting back. abc news inside a recent one-on-one self-defense training class from federal air marshals. a tsa program once offered once a quarter now offered once a month. so now you're basically doing three or four times the number of classes with double the amount of people in it. >> yes, exactly. >> that's a lot. >> yeah, is the assaults and the disruptions on the aircraft are higher than they have been in recent memory

to me. >> reporter: during the four-hour course, air marshals teach flight attendants various de-escalation techniques and how to defend themselves if passengers become violent like this. >> turn and break it away from the thumb. >> reporter: for flight attendant stasia gardner, it's a refresher course with a new mindset. and this is something where, when you took the class the first time years ago, you probably thought, i probably won't have to use a lot of this. >> now i'm like, wait a minute. i might have to use this tomorrow. i hope i don't. but you might have to. >> reporter: the largest flight attendants union in the country now wants this program to be federally mandated but, listen, the flight attendants tell me they don't want to fight with passengers, but guys, they do want to be ready. >> absolutely. gio, thanks. >> it is tough out there for flight attendants. gio, thank you. coming up next, after a record number of shark sightings, the new warnings system for beachgoers.

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number of shark sightings here this summer and that new flag system, the flag will go up for 24 hours after a shark has been spotted. swimmers will likely be seeing that flag a lot here in this summer of the shark. this morning, stunning footage of dozens of sharks feeding on a giant school of bait fish near fire island in new york. the sharks following their food, bringing them close to shore. look, in this video from the daily mail, how close the fish are to beachgoers. lifeguards ordering everyone out of the water after spotting them nearby. >> there was a fin in the area. the shark looked about six to seven feet. it was circling. >> reporter: further east more beaches closed to swimmers tuesday after shark sightings there. these sharks just 200 yards from shore. it's been the summer of the shark on long island. according to local officials at least 26 confirmed shark sightings in one county alone, six more than all of last summer. >> this was not just one spot. this is not limited to this

area. this is multiple sharks spotted throughout the shoreline. >> reporter: the uptick in sightings leaving local officials to debut a purple flag warning system. >> after a shark is spotted ona coast the flag will be hoisted and will remain for at least 24 hours in order to alert swimmers they should be extra vigilant. >> reporter: for sightings reported elsewhere along the east coast. experts consider them a success in shark preservation. >> we have many species that are starting to recover from over-exploitation and so in some cases we're seeing them in greater numbers in places where they haven't been seen in recent years. warm conditions near shore are conducive to feeding. >> reporter: researchers tagging sharks and studying their behavior near cape cod filmed this great white trailing their boat but would-be beachgoers and shark enthusiasts can follow the predators themselves safely from a smartphone using the sharktivity app.

experts emphasizes that while sightings have risen fear of sharks should not. >> this is all perfectly normal, natural behavior. i don't think what we're seeing is a shark's interest be increased but in o bsurf i it really increases the possibility of a mistake or an accident occurring. >> reporter: again, our constant reminder that encountering sharks is rare but we are seeing more sharks, perhaps because more people are out looking for them and recording it. one scientist telling "the new york times," quote, there are more people seeing sharks because there are more people with more smartphones, more drones, more social media and the like. guys. >> that makes a lot of sense, we chuckled when we heard the scientists say they don't have an increased interest in the beaches. that also makes a lot of sense. coming up next, our "play of the day." ♪ just can't hide it ♪ ♪ i'm about to lose control ♪ i♪

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make more of what's yours. good morning, good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. with covid cases surging across the country and icus across five states now more than 90% full, now the white house expected to take a major step, recommending a booster shot for all fully vaccinated americans. raging inferno, out-of-control california wildfire tripling in size scorching nearly 23,000 acres in 24 hours with zero containment. firefighters battling whipping winds and heavy smoke. mandatory evacuations under way right now. shopping u-turn? consumers backing off buying in july as retail sales take a plunge. rebecca jarvis with what it means for your wallet. ♪rain on me ♪ making a splash, the great hollywood bathing debate from

milla and ashton to kristen and dax, the stars revealing how often they bathe their children. this morning, the doctors are weighing in. ♪ verybody ♪ swerg your questions about lear essay this year. and one-on-one with lizzo. ♪ say my name say my name ♪ >> the superstar singer on her music, her critics and all the rumors. ♪ kick off your shoes ♪ plus, hang on. nicole kidman on her new show with an all-star cast only on "gma" and they're both saying -- >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. ♪ so let it all hang out tonight ♪ ♪ 'cause he don't love you anymore ♪ >> we join in saying good morning, america. grateful you're starting your

wednesday with us and amy and i are truly grateful to you, dan harris. >> thank you. >> you know, you have this past weekend announced after, what, 21 years here at abc news you're heading off to a new adventure. >> amy was in high school when i started. >> oh, stop it. >> you and i have worked together for two decades reminiscing about the fact that when we covered the earthquake in haiti ten years ago we slept on the tarmac near each other. it's been an incredible run for me here at abc news and i'm excited to go off and do what i'm going to do next and thank you for saying that. >> let me just say he's one of the good ones, guys. >> beyond, beyond. we are so excited for you but it is our loss because you are a treasure here, dan. you're always a pleasure to work with so we're excited we got to wake up with you and we are obviously rooting you on every step of the way. you're making us happen quarter. --

>> i'm incentivized to do some bad behavior this morning. >> that's what we like about you, keep it coming. >> we're more than 10% happier. >> thank you. first we begin with the very latest on the fight against the coronavirus emergency as cases surge across this country, the biden administration expected to announce that all fully vaccinated americans should receive booster shots eight months now after their second shot, so let's go back to trevor ault with more at an overwhelmed hospital in baton rouge, louisiana. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, again, amy. louisiana is really hurting right now because the delta vriant has just erupted. here at batten huge general medical center they went from treating ten patients to nearly 200 right now and while vaccinated people are far more protected, today the biden administration is expected to announce the need for booster shots in the coming months. just hours from now, the biden administration expected to address the country about booster shots and their recommendation that all americans get one eight months after they got their second dose

of the pfizer or moderna vaccines. >> if covid stays with us over the years and i expect that it probably will, we're going to need to get vaccinated against it on a regular basis in the same way that we do for the flu. >> reporter: that expected new guidance comes as israeli scientists release data showing pfizer's vaccine was less effective at preventing severe covid symptoms among those 65 and older fully vaccinated in january. >> the level of effectiveness has gone down from over 90% to 40% to 50% and possibly break through hospitalizations. >> reporter: as america's covid crisis deepens by the day. icus across five states now more than 90% full. in louisiana, doctors noting a change in who they're treating. >> it's something that is so different than last year. you know, last year was lots of patients with co-morbidities. the patients we're seeing now are about ten years younger as an age group.

we're seeing 20-year-olds and 30-year-olds on ventilators. >> reporter: as we now see the highest number of pediatric hospitalizations over the entire pandemic arkansas father kyle butrum speaking out as his 1-year-old son carter is on oxygen in the hospital. >> get vaccinated. that's all there is to it. get vaccinated and help your family. >> reporter: and abc news has learned the federal government will again be extending the mask mandate for travelers on planes, trains and buses until at least january. >> trevor ault, thank you very much. we're going to turn to that massive wildfire exploding out west leading to mass evacuations. back now to kayna whitworth who is on the ground for us with the very latest in the danger zone. good morning once again, kayna. >> reporter: dan, good morning. the governor declaring a state of emergency here and you can see the way this caldor fire is burning. it's burning in really rugged terrain in this very dense forest. officials are calling this fire behavior unprecedented. it's extremely hard for

firefighters to get the upper hand on this. that's why it exploded more than 23,000 acres in just a matter of hours. essentially wiping grizzly flats off the map destroying their elementary school and post office as well as most of the homes in the area. now, we will remain in a red flag warning here till the end of the day today because of low humidity and high winds and to get ahead of it pg&e cut power to more than 50,000 people in this area. >> all right, our kayna whitworth there on the ground. thank you. now we have a big tip for shopping consumers backing off buying in july as retail sales drop showing the pandemic may still be taking a toll on our economy. chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us now with more. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, robin. and americans were on the spending tear earlier this year and now not so much with retail sales falling between june and july, by 1.1% so here's the

places where shoppers are seeing the biggest decline in overall psales. car dealerships down 4.3%. clothing stores, down 2.6% and building material shops, gardening supply stores, sales down 1.2%. there is a notable exception. now.icans are dining out more - those sales up 1.7% and if you look at that compared to last year when much of the country was shut down, sales are up more than 38%. the key question now, robin, is to what extent did the delta variant, the rise in the delta variant cause these additional ripple effects on u.s. consumers and how much is inflation, those rising prices we see, eating into consumer spending, robin? >> rebecca, what does this decline on spending mean to our wallets? >> reporter: well, there's both positives and negatives. on the positive side i mention those rising prices, inflation, when consumers spend less money, when they buy less it can

actually mean that prices go down or at a minimum they stop going up as quickly and as rapidly as they have. the issue is the ripple effect. if this is sustained, and economists don't see that happening but if it was it would impact jobs, robin, and the market, which by the way is close to a record high right now. >> so much uncertainty out there. as always, thank you. coming up, how often should you bathe your kids? >> what? >> i don't know. i did it every night but whatever. maybe my kids were just messier than others. doctors are weighing in on that debate that's been sparked by some of hollywood's biggest stars. >> i have so many things to say. also coming up, as millions of children get ready to head back to the classroom in this unique school year, real teachers are sharing what your teenagers should focus on for their college admissions essay. and we're one-on-one with lizzo, we're going to discuss her new music, self-confidence and what she wants her recent critics to know. blame it on her juice.

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♪ ain't my fault that i'm out here getting loose ♪ welcome back to "gma" on this wednesday morning. tomorrow on "gma," do not miss the last "deals & steals" of the summer. >> oh. >> there will be more to come in the fall but this is the last summer "deals & steals." >> don't do that to much. there is a reason we're playing this. ♪ our "gma" cover story. oh, you should see. lizzo the singer releasing a ned revealing a more vulnerable side when it comes to hurtful comments she received online.

juju chang is over there. you had a chance to sit down with her. >> i did. she was amazing. she is a girl boss. she's all about inner strength and body positivity. she just makes you smile and yet the tough as nails superstar is not afraid to show her vulnerable side. she doesn't hide her pain or tears but says her fans don't need to worry her sense of humor is just as strong like when i brought up that little celebrity crush of hers. okay, so do you have any messages for chris evans? >> yeah, chris evans is going to block me. i'm not saying his name no more until he say mine. ♪ say my name say my name ♪ >> reporter: with the personality of pure joy it's easy to see why millions love her and with songs like this -- ♪ i do my hair toss check my nails baby how you feeling ♪ >> reporter: it's no wonder the 33-year-old singer/songwriter is one of music's hottest acts today. ♪ so exciting ♪

>> vulnerability is sexy. i think it is extremely powerful. i'm naked on the cover on the "because i love you" album. >> what do you want fans to feel? >> i want it to vibrate in their chest. i want them to feel happy. you know, they remember the concerts, they remember the music and the time that my music helped them get through something and that's pretty powerful. that's iconic and i'm gone in keep it up. >> reporter: with the spotlight comes the dark side of fame. an even someone as confident as lizzo is not immune to the hurt. >> sometimes i feel like the world don't love me back. >> reporter: posting this just days ago following the messages directed at her after the release of "rumours" with cardi b. >> it doesn't matter how much positive energy you put in the

world there are still people who have something -- something mean to say about you. it's about my wig and it's racist, and hurtful. >> i don't mind critique about me, my music, i don't even mind the fat comments. i just feel like it's unfair sometimes, the treatment that people like me receive. >> at some point you have to draw the line and say, you know, shaming someone's body is not okay. racism is not okay. >> right. people are like, don't let them see you with your hair down. my head is always up. even when i'm upset and crying my head is up but i know it's my job as an artist to reflect the times and this [ bleep ] should not fly. this shouldn't be okay.

>> reporter: lizzo refuses to be marginalized regardless of the attacks. >> black women have been in this industry and innovating it forever. it is unfortunate that we are the ones who do suffer from the marginalization and erasure the most and i feel like if it weren't for the internet and social media i could have been erased, do you know what i mean, but i chose to be undeniable and loud and chose to be great and i'm still here. it' difficult. ♪ ♪ haters do what they do ♪ ♪ hate eoepdeite th haters, the naysays and downliistag proud and strong and wants others to do the same. >> just remember that self-love is the journey and there's going to be beautiful days where you

look in the mirror like, ooh and days where you're like, huh-uh, but all of those days is an opportunity to love yourself. >> lizzo keeping it real. she' getting ready to be the first woman ever to headline the bonnaroo festival. i also asked about self-care because she's been open about depression in the past and says for her talking about her pain, sharing it with others brings it out of the shadows and showing us all frankly that nobody is happy all the time. that being sad is real. >> right. >> i love how she said huh-uh days. we all have them but we don't share those days. >> right, only the happy side and that's not real. >> she truly is undeniable. >> yes, that's right. >> you'll be back later. >> yes. >> making her mess her message yes, e , dan.thg .f people. baut sta cing thing their dsr themlv

all that often. is this hygienic? doctors are weighing in on whether this practice stinks, will reeve is back with that story. hey, will. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, dan, between you and me, i have not showered yet this morning. i promise i will, though, and apparently there's a whole range of acceptable practices from ashton kutcher and mila kunis who don't wash their kids every day all the way to the rock who says he showers three times per day, turns out among of us need to be soaping every square inch of our bodies, wash and learn. to bathe or not to bathe? that is the question posed and debate sparked by hollywood power couple mila kunis and ashton kutcher when they admitted their kids don't get daily baths? we're like, ooh, something smells. >> here's the thing, if you can see the dirt on them, clean them. >> yeah. >> otherwise, there's no point.

>> reporter: reaction to their comments swift and varied. kristen bell and dax shepherd follow a similar program and drew barrymore saying her kids get nightly baths during the week. incding jake gyllenhaal and cardi b., jason momoa, weighing in. things smelling fresh in the rock's house. he says he showers three types per day. kutcher and kunis poking fun at #showergate. >> it's water. >> you are putting water on the children? >> reporter: many are asking how often should you be bathing your children and any different for adults? we asked a pediatrician and a dermatologist for their advice. >> for smaller kids, bathing a couple times a week is totally fine unless, of course, they've been outside, they got sweaty, went swimming in a pool or a lake or got dirty playing outside in the dirt. once kids reach puberty, i do say we need to be bathing every day and that is because kids start to have body odor. >> while there is no hard-and-fast rule when it comes

to how often someone should bathe there are general rules of thumb when it comes to maintaining a healthy skin barrier and a healthy skin microbiome. in general it's okay to bathe once a day, but the catch is you don't want to be using soap on every single square inch of your skin. if you use too much soap all of your body every single day it can actually damage your skin barrier. >> reporter: again, we asked the american academy of pediatrics for its official stance on bathing. surprisingly, didn't have one. but to summarize what our experts say, there is no one rule. it's not one size fits all. if ou have young kids it's okay to probably not bathe them every day but once they hit puberty it's got to be daily because that is when the b.o. starts. once you hit adulthood you should probably wash pretty frequently but don't soap up everywhere. that disrupts the skin microbiome and don't forget the golden rule always wash behind your ears, dan.

>> i just want to go back to the kids for a second. i don't bathe my 6-year-old for him. i do it for me because if i don't, he will bring the funk and it is not good for anybody. will reeve, get clean, jump in the ocean, do whatever you got to do but thanks for that report. ginger, over to you. >> i love this discussion. because ben, my husband and i talk about it all the time and he's always calling me dirty mommy and i'm like, no, i guess i'm on that side. no, we do it, it's just with eczema and stuff i get it. >> calling you dirty mommy -- [ laughter ] >> goodness. i wish.

time now for teacher talk. with so many kids gearing up to head back to the classroom after a tough year for school this morning educators are breaking down just how students and parents can take on those very critical high school years together and focus on their future and becky worley is back with more on all of this. hey, becky. >> reporter: amy, good morning. high school is it go time for students so how can parents both support teens as they re-enter the socially complex world of high school and also prepare them for the serious work that will impact their future? they're not kids and they're not adults. high school students happy to be back on campus this year but still facing complicated challenges. for advice we enlist educators from around the country. a calculus teacher from oakland, an english teacher from new york city, math teacher from natick, massachusetts and a social

studies and english teacher from philadelphia. we start with a parent question from lisa in washington state. >> i want to know how our teachers will manage the wide scope of learning skills. i know some will have significant learning loss. > we talk about elevator problems so kids can get on at any floor and they can move through the elevators at different speeds. some might need to do more practice. they might need more rote, repetitive practice and others less repetitive and more extension. >> reporter: kevin says they've been doing this differentiated learning for years. >> certainly it's going to be more drastic this year because there's so many different factors and students maybe didn't have the best internet access and maybe they are further behind but that doesn't mean that we aren't going to do everything we can to sort of make the curriculum work for everyone. >> reporter: on to other issue, joann from oakland asks, what will the college admissions process look like?

what should our kids focus on? >> it will fall to those college essays on the students taking responsibility and saying, high-rise the things that i went through and here's how i overcame them or here is how i dealt with them and here is how i'm trying to continue to fight the good fight here. >> humans are reading these essays and applications, humans who have been through the same pandemic, and they're not going to judge you for what you haven't done, but they will be judging you on what you have done so make sure that what you have spent your time on in the last year and a half, if it's academics, that's fabulous, if it's building deep relationships within your family, that's also a worthwhile learning experience. >> reporter: what about all the covid protocols that kids have to manage? >> it must be so hard because as you teach, you probably want to focus on facilitating learning and not being the covid cops. >> with less of a concern a

couple weeks ago and now with delta, things are back to being a little bit more unclear. >> reporter: so one request of parents -- >> check their kids' vaccination schedule. make sure they're up to date on all their vaccinations. i also want them to talk to their students about covid protocols, about wearing a mask in school, about social distancing, about washing their hands. >> reporter: a few tips from our teachers. transitions are hard. look out for red flags like withdrawing emotionally, mood swings, seriously disrupted sleep. next about sleep, it's a good time to get devices out of their bedrooms at night. my favorite tip from our multivariable calculus teacher make sure your kids' shoes still fit, amy. >> good luck with all of that, becky. thank you. coming up next, we have nicole kidman.

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update in about 30 minutes. you can find the latest on our app. gma continues now. ♪ i'm coming out i want the world to know ♪ ♪ got to let it show ♪ i love seeing amy do the chair dance. you do it so well. back to "gma," oh, we're happy to have with us on this wednesday morning, right now we are excited to hear from oscar winner nicole kidman back on tv with another sensational all-star cast, "nine perfect strangers." t.j. holmes had a chance to speak to her about the new project. >> there's nothing to fear. >> reporter: the new hulu series, "nine perfect strangers," is a genre bending mystery with an all-star cast. >> have you all gone mad? >> reporter: how do i describe this? it takes you almost immediately on a journey. you don't know how to feel.

>> hopefully you laugh, you cry, you feel frightened, intrigued, curious and you hang on for the ride. >> this is a particularly volatile group. let's start the protocol. >> reporter: nicole kidman stars as the sinister hostess of a new age wellness retreat called tranquillum house. >> i am going to fix you. if someone said that to me, come, give me yourself for ten days and i will heal you, i'd be like, i'm in. >> would you really, nicole? have you ever done anything like that. >> i've checked into places when i was younger and i also went maybe about a decade ago where i went -- i've also checked in and checked out. after two days because my husband never wants to go to some sort of retreat with me. he'd be like, no way. that's something you do with your girlfriends more but i would definitely check into tranquillum house. >> now, part of what they had to do was give up their phones and

several of them had a problem doing ha. >> and their chocolate and their booze. >> yes, and everything. do you ever just check out like that? >> i turn off my phone. i'll do that like all sunday. so, yeah, have i done that for ten days? no. no. >> just kind of overnight. >> have you? >> i carry three phones with me. everybody here gives me a hard time about it. sorry, i didn't want that reaction. >> why? >> yes. >> this is the second collaboration between kidman and novelist liane moriarty who also wrote the book "big little lies," the character, masha written specifically for kidman. >> welcome to tranquillum house. >> i play a russian-american. >> yes. >> who speaks seven different languages, but for me it was just such a different character, i was quite nervous at first about playing it and then once i settled into it i didn't come out of character for pretty much the whole shoot and when a lot of the actors who were in it with me said, oh, my gosh, that's what you sound like because i stayed in character for most of the shoot.

>> reporter: the series was shot on site at a real luxury resort in australia last summer. kidman and her family including country music star keith urban will return to their home in nashville when their daughter starts school in the fall. up next, though, she'll be starring as iconic comedian lucille ball. you told me you were nervous playing masha but playing such an iconic role as lucille ball, what is that like? >> she was a revelation to me. she is so extraordinary. she was such a trail blazer as a business woman, as a comedian, and it was just fascinating to explore her. >> reporter: for "good morning america," t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> "nine perfect strangers" is streaming now on hulu and amy can attest -- yes, three phones t.j. has. >> yes, he does and i give him -- yeah, crap about it all the time.

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friday, the "gma" morning television event sponsored by caesars rewards. >> reporter: we're back now with the diana effect exploring the legacy of the people's princess from the latest actress taking on the role in the new season of "the crown" to kristen stewart's movie "spencer." kaylee hartung with a closer look. hey, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning. no one's ever captured the world's attention quite like princess diana as evidenced by the nearly 750 million people who tuned in to her wedding to prince charles in 1981. now hollywood is bringing a new generation of royal fans. introducing the latest reincarnation of princess diana, netflix releasing this photo of elizabeth debicki in "the crown." she takes it from season 4's diana emma corwin. her uncanny depiction helping introduce her royal highness to a new generation of fans.

many born well after she first dazzled on the world stage giving her the nickname the people's princess. last season all about their family's drama, her icy marriage to prince charles, the focus. >> i still want to make this marriage work. with all my heart. >> reporter: next season set to tackle diana's life post-divorce. it's just the latest depiction of lady di. kristen stewart cast to play her in the new biopic "spencer" set to be released in the fall ahead of the 25th anniversary of her death. >> diana was seen as the people's princess back in the day. people really fell in love with her. felt that she was one of them. we still want to sort of live a little bit in that fantasy world and why we keep going back to princess diana. >> reporter: since her fatal car crash in 1997 hollywood has tried to capture her essence and capitalize on her popularity. naomi watts portraying her in 2013's "diana."

>> always pop around the corner. >> reporter: to this day, anything tied to princess diana grabs worldwide attention. her wedding dress worn the day she married prince charles in 1981 now on display at kensington palace. modern history for the world to enjoy. >> she sort of frozen in time for us. we remember her at that stage in her life where she was still relatively young, she was finding new love. her kids were still young and that's our memory of her. >> reporter: and for these actresses portraying her there is the potential for critical acclaim. emma corwin has already won a golden globe for "the crown" and she's nominated for an emmy. so all eyes are turning to kristen stewart ahead of her film's premiere at a film festival. could that performance mean oscar gold? i'll be watching for one, dan. >> you'll be watching. we'll all be watching. thanks so much. let's turn it over to our little princess, ginger zee, dirty momma herself. >> such a good joke, robin. you were so quick. on it. okay. so i do have a fun programming

note. "00yramid of you will tune in tonight, i got a chance tolay and we get a little preview right now. >> and then, oh, you're driving in your -- not a taxi. >> uber. >> video chat not facetime. >> skype. >> and then to dating app you swipe. >> tinder. >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] wow! >> hey. >> oh! okay. but, ginger, you're a married of mother of two. you went to tinder quick. that was a perfect round. >> that didn't help the dirty momma thing, not at all. that was just one of many laughs you'll see tonight. you catch it on the "$100,000 pyramid" starting at 9:00 p.m. right here on abc.

and now to oscar winner adrien brody, you know him from movies like "the pianist" and "the grand budapest hotel" and now he is starring in a new horror series "chapelwaite." we'll talk to him in just a moment. first let's see him in action. >> what's this? >> your severance. take it and leave. or cut me 600 of it today and every day after. >> is that an order, captain? >> i give orders at sea. on land i give choices. >> adrien brody joins us. now i'm excited to be talking to you and i'm a huge stephen king fan in addition to being as

this is based on his short story, so what was it like joining the stephen king family? >> yes, good morning. i really feel -- it's a great thrill to be a part of stephen king's world and, you know, "chapelwaite" is an adaptation of "jerusalem's lot" and, you know, that story was really informative for me in discovering the character of charles boone and so much of the writing in that piece is from the perspective of my character and so i always had something to refer to that felt very authentic and grounding. it's very exciting to it will be great. >> i cannot wait. i think everyone here knows i'm. are you as well? how do you feel about the genre itself? >> you know, i grew up -- this is all leftovers from my adolescence where i grew up, you know, hiding out in movie theaters with my friends and watching scary films and i think

at that age it was something i really reveled in and i really like being on the inside of it now in a way to take people on a journey and -- it's really a satisfying thing and there's a lot of real drama within this. it's not just over scares, it is scary. >> that's exciting. i love hearing that. stephen king knows how to do it best. your co-star, interesting thing, emily hampshire believes the house where you shot this at is actually haunted.

do you share that belief? >> i know she's been saying it even when we were on set. i -- i think there were some tragedies, unfortunately, that had happened at that house at some point. and so maybe she's more in touch with the spirit world, but it was a remarkable location and very -- did feel very real. >> and i'm sure that will be passed along to the viewers as well. it's been 18 years since you won your best actor oscar for "the pianist." what is it like for you to look back on that moment and i'm hour it doesn't feel like 18 years you about i mean what a moment that was. >> well, it was such a wonderful moment in my lifetime and, you know, i had already been working for quite a long time as an

actor and i never really received that kind of awareness or recognition, and i'm very grateful and very honor, you know, we live in a world where, you know, we're so fortunate just to be able to work, let alone to do what we love and as you said it's been a long time since that moment and i still get to do what i love and very excited about having something with "chapelwaite" coming out to share my love for the work and, you know. i'm grateful. >> oh, well, we're grateful you were here with us and very excited about "chapelwaite." adrien brody, thank you so much for being with us today. want to let everyone know that "chapelwaite" premieres on epix sunday, august 22nd. coming up next our thrilling

"gma" book pick for august. what the author is saying about the movie plans for the book starring kristen wiig.

♪ we are back now with our august "gma" book club pick, "the husbands" by chandler baker, an electrifying "stepford wives" gender swap tale about how far one woman will go to get a little extra help at home. you have our attentio is this a lot going on. >> chandler baker's previous best-seller was a revenge fantasy about the me too era and totally skewered sexism in the workplace. now her latest book, "the husbands," takes on sexism in the household with a diabolical twist. ♪ imagine a world where men load the dishwasher, cook dinner and wrangle children without batting an eye. sound too good to be true? not at dynasty ranch.

an idyllic texas suburb with a sinister twist and a setting for acclaimed author chandler baker's new novel, "the husbands." erworked lawyer and mowho suburban neighborhood and meets a group of high-powered women and over the course of the novel she is trying to uncover what their secret is to having it all and finds it might be a secret worth killing for. >> reporter: inspired by the neighbors near her austin home baker uses suspense to explore the gender gap in household work and just how far women will go to get a little more help from their partners. on some level the thesis is we have to manipulate husbands to do more housework. >> yes, what i find so often is that women are tasked not only with the burden of the problem that exists but also with how to solve it so the women in my book

have taken it upon themselves to figure out how they're going to solve this problem of the inequality in the vision of domestic labor. >> you seem to have cornered the market on feminist thriller. what does that mean to you? >> it means to me a healthy amount of social commentary about what it is to be a woman in today's world, mixed with juicy secrets and dead bodies and all that fun stuff. >> reporter: "the husbands" is being described as a modern day "stepford wives." >> this place does something to people. all of the women are always busy and perfect and smiling. >> reporter: what parallels do you draw in the book versus the film? >> we had often seen "stepford wives" trope and men using it to perpetuate the housewife archetype and i was so interested in whether we could create a step ford scream but actually maybe justify it and see if we could agree that perhaps the ends could justify the means.

>> reporter: the real-life corporate attorney, mother of two and author of seven books now hard at work on the novel screenplay. the film rights snatched up by mgm before it was even published with kristen wiig set to star as nora. what is it like knowing that your character's about to hit a movie screen? >> i don't even know that i can process it yet. i feel like that will be the wildest thing seeing this neighborhood brought to life but i can already very much picture kristen as nora. i think she'll make a perfect nora. >> nora represents the millions sruggling to have it all. baker dedicates the book to them saying women can do anything but they can't do everything. is motherhood a white knuckle event in modern day society? >> it can be. it certainly can be and i think with that dedication, a lot of what i kept thinking about with this book is how much more could women be contributing to society? what are we missing out on from

women because they're so overwhelmed with their responsibilities at home. >> reporter: now chandler's book looks at how motherhood is measured as work whether a single mom or stay-at-home mom parenting needs to be valued. if a man like dan leaves early to pick up his kid, he's seen as a hero but if amy does it it's seen differently and that is what she gets at. >> i'm going to read this book. i love that premise of it. >> it's really cool. >> just to be clear, i'm still a hero, right? [ laughter ] >> always, always. >> always, dan. >> got it. just clarifying. >> can we just say how much w're going to miss you. >> thank you. i got six more weeks so i can come back and talk some trouble before i leave. >> you can change your mind too. >> i can alienate everybody in that time. >> not going to happen, folks. "the husbands" is out now. read an excerpt by pointing your cell phone camera at that qr code on your screen and as always, keep reading along with us on our instagram @gmabookclub.

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