i'm into it. good morning, america. an historic day. america's longest war comes to a sobering end. after 20 years, the fnal u.s. troops leaving afghanistan, meeting president biden's deadline. >> every single u.s. service member is now out of afghanistan. >> but the pentagon says more than 100 americans unable to get out. the administration vows to do everything it can to help them as the taliban celebrates the u.s. departure. the president's national security adviser jake sullivan joins us live. urgent search for survivors in the aftermath of catastrophic hurricane ida. the deadly monster storm leaving towns under water and more than a million people without power. severe flash floods causing this road to collapse, leaving two people dead and multiple

injured. we're live on the ground with rescue efforts out in full force. more than 5,000 national guardsmen on the scene. this morning, ida on the move now targeting the northeast. 17 states are under flash flood alerts from mississippi to massachusetts. we're tracking it all. wildfire emergency. overnight, thousands more californians forced to flee. the caldor fire exploding in size, burning more than 500 homes. we're live from the danger zone with more on the urgent race to escape the flames. back-to-school mask battle. as the country sees an alarming surge in pediatric covid cases, the department of education launches civil rights investigations into five states that have barred indoor mask mandates, examining whether the bans discriminate against students with disabilities. on trial. disgraced theranos founder elizabeth holmes now making stunning new claims against her former boyfriend and c.o.o. what it could mean for her case.

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city there is waking up in the dark for the second morning. ida leaving a trail of destruction there in louisiana. we will have much more on the rescue efforts under way coming up this morning. but we begin with this historic moment. the last u.s. troops have withdrawn from afghanistan ending america's longest war with the taliban we pushed out in 2001 back in control of that country again. president biden who will address the nation this afternoon and we're going to talk to his national security adviser in just a few moments. >> the u.s. launched "operation enduring freedom" october 7th, 2001, less than a month after 9/11, and there's an image of the last american soldier to leave afghanistan after weeks of chaos. our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz starts us off with the very latest. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. it has been a chaotic and tragic end to america's longest war with those 13 service members and more than 170 afghans killed by a suicide bomber before that final military flight lifted

off. this is the last american service member out of afghanistan. in this image released overnight major general chris donahue who was leading the evacuation mission at kabul airport seen boarding the last military flight out of kabul nearly 20 years after he first deployed to afghanistan in 2001. those final flights departing kabul transporting all u.s. military forces and all u.s. diplomats marking the end of america's longest war. the last massive c-17 like this one packed with american service members left afghan airspace at 3:29 p.m. eastern time, just one minute prior to the august 31st deadline. below, celebratory gunfire filled the air. secretary of state antony blinken stopping short of labeling the taliban as the legitimate afghan government but acknowledging the country is now in the hands of the taliban but

blinken saying he would be willing to work with an afghan government. >> if we can work with the new afghan government in a way that helps secure those interests, we will do it. >> reporter: more than 120,000 people evacuated in 17 days, but u.s. officials estimate between 100 and 200 u.s. citizens who want to leave remain in afghanistan. blinken reaffirming america's commitment to helping those u.s. citizens leave, but that will require working with the taliban to re-open kabul airport or traveling by land. >> we have no illusion that any of this will be easy or rapid. it will take time to work through a new set of challenges. >> reporter: just under two weeks ago, president biden sitting down with george saying he would not leave any american citizens behind. >> no, americans should understand that we're going to try to get it done before august 31st. >> but if we don't, the troops will stay?

>> if we don't, we'll determine at the time who is left. >> and? >> and if there are american forces -- if there's american citizens left we'll stay till we get them all out. >> reporter: but the head of u.s. central command general kenneth mckenzie said that didn't happen. >> we did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. >> reporter: nor did they get all the military hardware out of kabul airport, but the military did render it nonoperational. >> on the ramp at the hkia are a total of 73 aircraft that will never be able to be flown again. >> reporter: the united states also leaving behind billions of dollars of active and operational military hardware abandoned by afghan forces including 600,000 arms and tens of thousands of rockets. the now 20-year war coming to a close but not without significant loss. >> the cost was 2,461 u.s. service members and civilians killed and more than 20,000 who were injured. sadly that includes 13 u.s. service members who were killed last week by an isis-k suicide

bomber. >> reporter: but despite the tragedy donahue, the last to leave overnight, saying last week he is hopeful about afghanistan's future. >> they're incredibly resilient people. they're integrated into the world. i'm not saying there are not tough days ahead, but this is a completely different country and i wouldn't count the people of afghanistan out. >> reporter: but in the coming days along with those american citizens left behind there are thousands of afghan allies who are desperate to escape the taliban with no clear way how to do it. this is truly a stunning ending to those 20 years of fighting the taliban knowing we are now leaving it back in their hands after trillions of dollars, thousands of lives, this is how it ends leaving so many asking why. >> let's go to our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell who is in doha, qatar.

u.s. military and diplomats monitoring the situation in afghanistan from there, ian. you were there for the invasion 20 years ago. you were there for the withdrawal this week. the big question now, what's next for afghanistan? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george, that's right. america's longest war is done but afghanistan is in a state of crisis this morning. as martha said, we saw the taliban celebrating, zabihullah mujahid, spokesperson for the taliban, who i met a few days back held a conference at the airport this morning. he said, look, they want relations with america and the outside world but he also issued a warning to other foreign countries not to invade. i was sent a message by one taliban fighter who said there were three key dates, 1919, the defeat of the british empire, 1989, the defeat of the soviet union and now august 31st, 2021, what he called the defeat of the american and nato empires. the taliban are going to have a difficulty here. firstly because of isis. isis and the taliban are sworn enemies. they also released many isis fighters from prison and we should expect conflict there, but the country is in the middle of an economic and humanitarian

crisis and the taliban are going to have to deal with that and they're going to rely on the outside world to assist. but the final thought, of course, is for those left behind, the millions who believe the promises especially the women and girls, those who we said we'd get out and this morning they're alone, afraid and abandoned. george? >> sobering situation. ian pannell, thanks. let's bring in the president's national security adviser jake sullivan. jake, thanks for joining us this morning. two weeks ago the president told me that american military would stay until all americans were out, at least 100 americans remain. what is the plan to get them out? >> well, first, as general mckenzie said yesterday we continue our mission to get them out. it's just that it has shifted from a military mission to a diplomatic mission and we have considerable leverage over the taliban to ensure that any remaining american citizen will be able to get out and i would point out to you, george, that on august 14th, when this evacuation mission began, we believed that there were between 5,500 and 6,000 americans in afghanistan. we got out between 5,500 and

6,000 people, americans from afghanistan. we got out 97% or 98% of those on the ground and the small number who remain, we contacted repeatedly over the course of two weeks to come to the airport to come to a rally point. 5,500 or more did that. the small number who remain we are committed to getting out and we will work through every available diplomatic means with the enormous leverage that we have and that the international community has to make that happen. >> that is not satisfying all the president's critics. senator tom cotton of arkansas, quote, joe biden left behind americans, vetted afghan allies who risked their lives, a disgraceful lack of leadership from an incompetent president. your response? >> my response is that leadership means taking a look at the situation and asking the hard question. what is going to be in the best interest of the united states of america, those american citizens still in afghanistan and those afghan allies? and he got a unanimous recommendation from his secretary of state, his

secretary of defense, all of his civilian advisers, all of his commanders on the ground and all of the joint chiefs of staff that the best way to protect our forces and the best way to help those americans was to transition this mission. at the end of the day the question will be, did we protect those american citizens? did they get out if they wanted to get out? we believe that we will get out any person who wants to get out and we will have completed that mission. and those who are criticizing are not the ones who have to sit in the situation room and make the hard calls about the threats that we face and the objectives we're trying to obtain and president biden made that hard call and it is a call he believes will ultimately serve the interests of our people, all of our citizens and our country. >> you say we're going to work with the taliban. does that include the prospect of giving them aid? >> well, first of all, we do believe that there is an important dimension of humanitarian assistance that should go directly to the people of afghanistan. they need help with respect to health and food aid and other

forms of subsistence and we do intend to continue that. secondly, when it comes to our economic and development assistance relationship with the taliban, that will be about the taliban's actions. it will be about whether they follow through on their commitments, their commitments to safe passage for americans and afghan allies. their commitment to not allow afghanistan to be a base from which terrorists can attack the united states or any other country. their commitments with respect to upholding international obligations. it's going to be up to them and we will wait and see by their actions how we end up responding in terms of the economic and developmental assistance. >> so long-term aid is possible, but this humanitarian aid is going to flow through the taliban? >> it's not going to flow through the taliban. as you know, george, when we send humanitarian assistance to countries, we do so through international institutions like the world health organization or

the world food program, and we do so through a nongovernmental organization who, george, are still operating on the ground in afghanistan as we speak. it will not flow through the government. >> jake sullivan, thanks for your time this morning. cecilia? >> thank you. we turn to our other top story, the latest on the deadly monster storm. ida is on the move again this morning. the northeast now bracing for dangerous flash flooding. ginger is tracking the latest from new orleans. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: cecilia, no power. limited to no water and, of course, like this. we have a heat advisory. second story home collapsed here in new orleans. flash flooding on the move. flash flooding that killed two people when a road collapsed in mississippi. more than a foot of rain there in parts of george and jackson cunties. as ida remnants move up through, tennessee through west virginia, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, virginia, new york, and even massachusetts under flash flood watch. up to 6 inches or more of rain falling very quickly will indeed

a problem wednesday into thursday. cecilia. >> you'll be tracking it. ginger, thank you. we're still learning the extent of the catastrophic damage across the gulf coast. matt gutman is on the ground in laplace, louisiana, with more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, cecilia. ginger just mentioned it, flooding has been the major story here. you can see the damage from our done. the only way in and out has been through high water vehicles and boats and yesterday we saw this incredible synergy of thousands of volunteers, national guards, taking hundreds out of these floodwaters. this morning, another morning in the dark for new orleans, more than a million without power. five people confirmed dead from hurricane ida, the second strongest hurricane to hit louisiana obliterating homes, neighborhoods sinking underwater. the rescue effort massive in scope.

over 5,000 national guard on the ground with search and rescue efforts across louisiana and mississippi. search and rescue helicopters crisscrossing the sky. the cajun navy and other volunteers out in force. in laplace we joined michael from the cajun navy as we traveled on what were once clear roadways and power lines submerged. >> did you find people? >> national guard's up there. >> reporter: gas stations and fast food restaurants now islands. you can hear all the alarms from the hotels sounding because the power is out and there are people stranded there. see submerged tractor trailers on the other side of that gas station, another tractor trailer is flipped over. michael gingerly lifting those power lines from that stuck semi struck. -- truck. >> we finally got out. >> reporter: leslie rode out the storm thinking she'd be safe. >> we didn't expect it to be this bad. the rain just kept coming and wouldn't stop coming. >> did you worry at one point

that you might not make it? >> i called to tell my children i loved them. >> reporter: on grand isle dozens of people didn't evacuate, but a sign of hope. the coast guard spotting stranded residents in the fishing community clearing a roadway. officials saying they all survived. >> they kind of gave a thumb's up. saw us, gave us the ability they're getting back to work and e'll get to them as can. >> reporter: just want to give you a sense of how chaotic the response was here yesterday. 911 services were out for 12 hours. no cell phone signals. state troopers were listening to their car radio to get information, but they'll be back on these waters. michael? >> a lot of help needed there. matt, thank you so much. now we turn to the raging inferno in california. the caldor fire exploding in size forcing thousands more to evacuate. traffic was backed up for miles as highways were closed for safety. kayna whitworth has the latest.

>> reporter: overnight, the massive caldor fire forcing thousands more californians to leave their homes behind. this caldor fire is absolutely burning up the at the top. those can start new fires some 500 miles away. nearly 60,000 people now under evacuation orders as firefighters wage an all out battle against the flames. >> mandatory evacuations. please pack up and leave now. >> reporter: the popular resort community of south lake tahoe evacuated. people stuck for hours on the highway trying to escape as flames ravaged the forest around them. >> it's going really slow. >> reporter: the fire, now 15% contained, already burning more than 186,000 acres destroying 652 structures including nearly 500 homes, damaging 39 others. the sierra at tahoe ski resort

surveying the damage to its buildings and turning its snowmaking machine into a makeshift water cannon to beat back the encroaching flames. now, huge concern for these firefighters right now is the fire damaged trees that could potentially fall over. now, we're told that we're in a safe place right now, but because of these ongoing firefighting efforts all national forests in california will be closed starting today. officials are expecting to see some pretty high winds in this area this morning and the red flag warnings in many areas will extend through wednesday. guys? >> what an inferno. kayna, stay safe. a lot more coming up here on "gma" including the debate over masks as pediatric covid cases soar. let's go back to ginger. let's get that tuesday trivia sponsored by amazon.

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survivors after ida. the storm left towns under water, more than a million people without power and it's now taking aim at the northeast. more on the flash flood alerts. and two young superstars serving up big wins at the first round of the u.s. open. 17-year-old coco gauff, you know her, celebrating a big comeback victory. thanking her fans for helping her saying how much she missed playing in front of a crowd and defending champ naomi osaka also picking up a win. take a look at this. a moment with a tiny super fan there. naomi revealing she gave the little girl one of her olympic pins. >> sweet. >> love seeing that. >> we certainly do. we also have a lot more ahead including former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes' trial about to begin. the back-to-school labor day deals. what to be on the lookout for. now to the coronavirus emergency, and the alarming increase in the number of pediatric covid cases, nearly 204,000 new cases reported last week among children. this coming as kids head back to school and the education department investigates

anti-mask mandates and steve osunsami joins us from outside the cdc with more. >> reporter: good morning. health officials say that when you look at the number of new infections and new hospitalizations, it's clear we're seeing a rise in covid with children, and that is calling for more precautions authorities say are needed in schools. this week it is back to school in chicago after nearly 18 months away from the classroom and as more children across the country head back to schoolrooms, the fight over face coverings in the classroom is getting more intense. on monday the department of education took it to a new level launching a civil rights investigation into five states where republican governors have made it against the law for school districts to require their students to wear masks. the government is accusing iowa, oklahoma, south carolina, tennessee and utah of discriminating against students with compromised immune systems and other issues that make those

students more vulnerable to catching the coronavirus. for now the feds say they're ignoring states like florida, texas, arkansas and arizona, where they have similar laws but they're tied up in court. >> we know the spread of covid happens when masks are not being used. we need to get those students back in, because many times those are the students that really require the most support. >> reporter: last week there were nearly 204,000 new cases reported of sick children. the second highest week on record. >> what we know is that the risk of covid is far greater than any concerns that parents should have about masking. masking is a simple weapon that we have to making sure we have a school year that is successful for all our kids. >> reporter: that simple weapon is dividing school systems and their parents who are screaming and yelling at school board meetings across the country and staging protests outside school offices. [ crowd chanting "unmask our kids" ] >> reporter: at this school

board meeting in florida, where they just recently required students to wear masks, it got physical. there is a post from the former secretary of education that's getting a good deal of both praise and criticism this morning. arne duncan worked under president obama and compared people fighting face coverings to suicide bombers at the airport in afghanistan, saying that they both blow themselves up, inflict harm on those around them and are convinced they are fighting for freedom. one thing that could help ease concerns is making young children eligible for the vaccine and there's hope that the government could get to that point, michael, by this winter. michael. >> a lot of people are hoping for that and the cdc released new information about vaccine effectiveness. >> reporter: yes, they have. health officials look at the numbers of hospitalizations and actually study the numbers as it relates to the people who have been vaccinated. they're not sure why this is happening. they think it could be because, of course, immunity lessens over time or because of the delta

variant, but they've noticed that in people above 75 years old, vaccine hospital effectiveness dropped from 90% to 80% between the months of june and july. guys. >> all right, steve osunsami, thank you as always. george. okay, michael, thanks. we're going to get the latest on the trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes facing charges of fraud after a multibillion-dollar company went bankrupt and jury selection starting today and a look at how she's planning to defend herself and great to have you back in the studio. >> it is good to be back like the first day of school, guys. this story just continues to amaze us. she was supposed to be the next steve jobs, once a rising star in silicon valley, but elizabeth holmes is now charged with criminal fraud and after three years, a new baby and an 11th hour bombshell the trial of elizabeth holmes finally gets under way today. this morning, as jury selection in her criminal fraud trial

begins, bombshell allegations by theranos founder elizabeth holmes made public alleging emotional, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of former boyfriend and c.o.o., sunny balwani. recently unsealed court documents revealing her attorneys plan to allege at trial that she was the victim of a decade of abuse. the court filings alleging holmes and balwani had an abusive intimate partner relationship, that he exerted psychological and emotional control over her, that allegedly controlled what she ate, how she dressed, how much money she could spend and who she could interact with. sunny balwani adamantly denies these allegations according to court documents. >> this is a huge deal. it is an absolute bombshell. elizabeth holmes is essentially alleging a decade-long history of systemic abuse by balwani in the form of he controlled every

aspect of their relationship. >> we will change our lives and our world. >> reporter: holmes once the youngest female self-made billionaire known for her distinctive voice. >> comprehensive laboratory tests from a tiny sample. >> reporter: and black turtlenecks. set out to change health care with her blood testing technology. but now she stands accused of a multimillion-dollar fraud. the department of justice alleging holmes misled patients, doctors and investors. >> i know that we made so many mistakes. >> no one from theranos ever called me to apologize. that's the least you can do when you mess up so badly. not okay. >> reporter: holmes who recently gave birth to her first child just one month ago continues to maintain her innocence. >> the prosecution is going to try to do to poke holes in this defense. they're allowed to have their expert interview elizabeth holmes and likely that expert is going to say that she did not suffer from this type of abuse or this syndrome.

maybe some of these allegations are true, what happened to her but it actually didn't affect her mental state. >> reporter: and the trial is set to run for the next 14 weeks. the judge has built time into the schedule so that elizabeth can care for her newborn baby and we're going to be following this all in the courtroom here on "good morning america" and on the podcast "the dropout," the new season starts today. george sflp as we've said, you've been doing this from the start and talked to a lot of legal experts. what do they make of the defense? >> it is a bombshell and does make the government's case harder to prosecute but could backfire with the jury according to legal experts, one of the things that opens the door to is elizabeth's life before sunny balwani came along and there are behaviors she exhibited according to witnesses who you'll hear from that looked very similar to how she behaves now. >> that's all fair game. >> all fair game. >> when she's on the stand. i know you'll follow it on your podcast and for us as well. season two of "the dropout" is out now. cecilia. coming up that back-to-school sticker shock. what to buy now and when to wait. the labor day deals you don't want to miss.

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we are back now with labor day deals as kids gear up for the classroom. back-to-school spending is expected to hit a record of more than $37 billion this year and becky worley joins us with what to buy now and perhaps what to wait on. hey, becky. >> cecilia, good morning.

whether new shoes for growing feet or buying a computer for all the homework that has to be done online, families feeling the pinch of back-to-school spending are hunting high and low for any deals they can find. what used to just be the cost of backpack, books and binders has become a shocking amount of money. the national retail federation saying families with students k through 12 will spend $848 on school items this year. for college age kids the number jumps to more than $1200 and the beggest outlay for parents, electronics, chromebooks often the go to for younger kids, a lenovo touchscreen from walmart $199 originally $309 and acer 11-inch chromebook also a touchscreen 168 down from 299. for college kids the tech needs ramp up so from dell.com a 15-inch windows machine with 16 gigs of memory for $779. that's marked down $200. now to elementary school staples.

>> if you're looking to stock up for the whole year the deals are out there. >> reporter: deals on must-haves like backpack, lots of basic but cute options on sale from 10 to $15 at walmart. the actual school supplies, pens, pencils can be found at the dollar store for rock bottom prices like 16 pencils or eight pens available in store for, yep, just a dollar. and for art or creative supplies michael's has 20% off all regularly priced items. a warning about the next big round of purchases for the kids, toys. >> if you start to see something disappear and you don't want to risk it, it may be the year to not worry so much about the savings. >> reporter: a global shipping bottleneck has toymakers scrambling to transport inventory in time for the holidays. >> we had supply chain disruptions last year in 2020 and we're still seeing those in a lot of industries not just toys. >> i've been doing toy business for 43 years and i have never seen something like this. >> reporter: the ceo of mga entertainment, the fourth

largest toy company in the year, maker of the bratz dolls, even warning of shortages and advising parents to not wait to get toys. >> there is going to be shortage of toys. you cannot extend the calendar. if you want to buy toys for your kids for hanukkah, for christmas, go to stores as soon as possible. don't wait till the last minute. you won't find it. >> reporter: beyond the possible shortages for the holidays our toy ceo roughly estimated that prices could jump up to 20% on toys, cecilia. >> you're going to make a lot of parents nervous. what about clothes on the list for a lot of parents. do you buy now or wait? >> yeah, the question buy now or wait for better deals? always complicated so let's start with shoes. i think buying now i saw nike with a lot of clearance items including certain versions of the air force ones for $56 off and even a few air jordans for $81, that's $44 off. now let's talk clothing. there are some good kids clothing sales, targets with

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you can see right there. that's a live look at the severe flooding happening in laplace, louisiana, we'll have more on the rescue efforts under way right now and we're going to tell you where ida is heading next. first, the latest on afghanistan. the last u.s. troops have withdrawn, ending america's longest war. the taliban pushed out in 2001 are back in control of that country again. let's go back to martha. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning. it has been 20 years of sacrifice, trillions of dollars and a tragic end to america's longest war with 13 service members and more than 170 afghans killed by an isis suicide bomber before that final military flight lifted off. this is the last american service member out of afghanistan. in this image released overnight, major general chris donahue who was leading the evacuation mission at kabul airport seen boarding the last military flight out of kabul nearly 20 years after he first deployed to afghanistan in 2001. those final flights departing kabul transporting all u.s.

military forces and all u.s. diplomats marking the end of america's longest war. the last massive c-17 like this one packed with american service members left afghan airspace at 3:29 p.m. eastern time, just one minute prior to the august 31st deadline. below, celebratory gunfire filled the air. more than 120,000 people evacuated in 17 days, but u.s. officials estimate between 100 and 200 u.s. citizens who want to leave remain in afghanistan. george spoke to national security adviser jake sullivan earlier this morning. >> at least 100 americans remain. what is the plan to get them out? >> we continue our mission to get them out. it's just that it has shifted from a military mission to a diplomatic mission and we have considerable leverage over the taliban to ensure that any remaining american citizen will be able to get out.

>> reporter: the now 20-year war coming to a close but not without significant loss. >> the cost was 2,461 u.s. service members and civilians killed and more than 20,000 who were injured. sadly that includes 13 u.s. service members who were killed last week by an isis-k suicide bomber. >> reporter: and that isis threat remains. general mckenzie acknowledging there are 2,000 hard-core isis fighters in the country. in addition to those american citizens who want to leave, there are thousands of afghan allies who are desperate to escape the taliban with no clear way how to do it. george? >> still a desperate situation as you say, martha raddatz, thanks very much. michael? now to the latest on the severe flooding after ida and new orleans waking up in the dark again, that's where ginger is tracking it all from right now. good morning again, ginger. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. no power, limited water, damage all over new orleans and well

beyond, and now we've got a heat advisory in place that will feel like 100 to 105 today. let's look at the video from what's happening. there's still standing water in some of the communities, the parishes that were cut off that didn't have as much levee protection. that's from laplace. today still ongoing wellness checks if not rescues happening. in mississippi, where that flash flooding produced more than a foot of rain, two people were killed when a road collapsed. many cars falling in there. so let's go ahead and move this thing forward because you have to know where the rest of ida is going and who it will impact. western north carolina right through appalachia, into west virginia, pennsylvania eventually, delaware, new york, new jersey and even massachusetts and why is this a big deal? why is six inches of rain a big deal? in new york we've had the wettest summer on record and so many folks are so saturated. when you have a half a foot quickly we will see problems by thursday. >> we know you'll track it. thank you so much. coming up, the new technology that could be a game changer in helping prevent

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in fact, it happened again just last week in pennsylvania. so this morning we're getting a look at this new technology that's aimed at preventing these tragedies before they happen. >> hey, ma'am, you okay? >> reporter: kids and hot cars. the potentially dangerous combination leading to frightening rescues like this one. atlanta officers smashing a window to save an infant back in 2019 and another just last month in las vegas as officers save a baby from a sweltering car. >> i know. >> the fact that children are still being killed or injured because they get trapped inside the car is a very significant issue. >> reporter: but this morning, "consumer reports" telling "gma" its latest vehicle test is a potential game changer. this is the 2022 genesis gv-70. that alarm "consumer reports" says may just save a life. hidden inside the roof above the backseat a radar that genesis says can detect a child even if

the only movement is a soft breath. >> so you want something that is more fine-tuned and able to detect even those small motions that we're making just by being human, by breathing and our chest moving. >> reporter: dr. emily thomas with "consumer reports" putting the new system to the test with her 4-year-old son mica. how does it work? dr. thomas puts mica in his car seat, starts the car as if driving away, then turns it off as if she's reached her destination. she gets out, closes the door and locks it. okay, so, we're going to start the clock right now. so it varies depending on how much movement is in there but mica is staying as still as he can. >> as still as a 4-year-old can. >> reporter: with mica inside staying still the alarm goes off. 20 seconds. even with a mask on it detects him in 20 seconds. genesis says times can vary, but typically it takes roughly ten seconds to detect a child. the system will also send the

driver a notification on their phone if they have the car's app downloaded. are there any shortcomings you came across? >> the biggest shortcomings are that the system only works once the vehicle has been locked. >> reporter: hot car technology is currently a big find because the infrastructure bill before congress would make alert systems mandatory in all new cars. >> that is really what is needed to put an end to these terrible and unthinkable tragedies. cars can be now made with a technology that's only $10 to $20 and it will save lives. >> ideally what we would love to see is that equipment like this comes standard on every vehicle. >> so that it's not something you have to pick through. you just know it comes with the car. >> exactly. you know, it should really be there. you shouldn't pay extra for safety especially for your children's safety. good job. >> reporter: so what does this mean for other cars? well, genesis and its parent company hyundai, they tell us they intend to add new technology like this to more of their vehicles. george? >> okay, gio, thanks very much.

michael? all right, george, now to a "gma" health alert. the results of two new studies finding that eating walnuts and drinking coffee can help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. abc news chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here with more and, doc, this study has a lot of people excited. let's start with walnuts. what did they find? >> both studies we have to say based on association, not cause and effect, but positive findings. in the walnut study they took healthy elderly people, older group adults and followed them for two years and very well-designed study. half of them ate walnuts half a cup a day, the other did not and they found in terms of their lipid profile, their cholesterol numbers, the group who ate the nuts had a 4.4% decrease in their overall or total cholesterol. they had a 3.6% decrease in their ldl, or lousy cholesterol, which is good, but here's the caveat, these were not people

with significantly elevated cholesterol. we have to be clear. for those people diet matters, but medication can be life saving and that is the gold standard. >> a lot more goes into just eating whatever you want. >> exactly. >> we also heard about the benefits of coffee in the past, the potential benefits, right. >> such good news. >> there's evidence of possibly additional health benefits. >> that's right, and so put another one decisively in the column of the benefits of coffee. so this one they looked at over 460,000 people who drank between a half a cup and three cups of black coffee every day and they found a significant decrease in their end point. so lower risk of stroke, death from cardiovascular disease and a 12% decrease in all cause mortality. so, again, not cause and effect but another good vote for coffee. >> i took black coffee so no sugar and the milk and cream. >> that undoes all of the benefits. >> i'm not getting any benefits then, but beyond eating walnuts

and drinking black coffee, what are other things that we can do to reduce the risk of stroke and to help our heart health? >> i'm glad you asked. this is the number one killer of men and women. the good news is that 80% of deaths from cardiovascular disease are preventable by lifestyle factors. if you take the smoking and exercise and all those things out of the equation and focus on food what we have here in front of us, this is the american heart association recommendations for what we should be getting a day. it's plenty of color, fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, sources of fish, even your favorite dark chocolate, whole grains, so this is a lot of food. you don't have to get bogged down in the numbers, just eat from the farm, not the factory and be active. and i'm going to go and have my coffee. >> and five servings of dark chocolate per week. i'll have my first one for the week right now. >> you can't have it all in one day. >> okay, doc. thank you, doc. as always, we appreciate your information. george?

>> okay, michael, thanks. we turn to new revelations about the duke and duchess of sussex from the book "finding freedom," and will reeve sat down with the author, our royal contributor omid scobie, and he joins us now from buckingham palace. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, george. today happens to be the 24th anniversary of princess diana's tragic death. if nothing else spare a thought today for harry and william. quite a year plus for the duke and duchess of sussex, family fighting, tabloid drama, accusations flying all around as harry and meghan moved away from the royal family and into the united states. omid scobie has chronicled it all and is back with an essential addendum. the update to "finding freedom: the inside look at the duke and duchess of sussex departure from royal life." >> fast forward to a life in the u.s. where they're very much in control. >> reporter: co-author omid scobie reflecting on how life has changed for the company since they crossed the atlantic. >> the archwell legacy they're

building, that's the foundation already involved in a number of different charitable initiatives, but then also their work as a production company, you know, this is the couple showing the world exactly what's important to them. >> reporter: a new child, lilibet, a new home, a new lease on life. as they made a break away from the royal family, they spoke about their desire for more privacy and for the ability to live their own lives. yet, they've been pretty publicly active and it's hard to square that. what's your insight there? >> it's not that they want to disappear or not be seen. it's simply that they want to choose what they keep private and what they share with the world. >> reporter: scobie says harry and meghan seem to have indeed found their freedom and a voice, sitting down for that interview with oprah winfrey in march. >> when i ask the question, why did you leave, the simplest answer is? >> lack of support and lack of understanding. >> reporter: there was that feeling that they were desperate to get their story out there.

>> reporter: but after that tell-all family relations deteriorating further. the brothers' famous bond broken. >> when we speak to sources close to the couple and also sources close to the royal family, there is the feeling that very little progress has been made. >> reporter: the update quoting a source close to the couple saying they were hurt by the palace's response to their allegations of racism within the royal circle. the palace calling those claims concerning but adding, recollections may vary and as for those allegations against the duchess that she bullied staff during her time at buckingham palace -- >> for me it's impossible to come to any other conclusion that this is some sort of revenge from the institution that we saw really sort of pulled into action just before the oprah interview came out. you know, one of the sources we spoke to for the update of the book called it the classic dump that you often see before a presidential election. >> reporter: even with all these ups and downs, the sussex brand has been thriving, and as omid told us harry and meghan's

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shouldn't we choose ability this time? do you think john cox will be a better governor than gavin newsom? [sfx: bear roar] does a bear sh*t in the woods? >> we are back, we are talking about what is going on. nothing has changed. the emperor throws were three quarters of a mile overnight and that is why we are seeing fire starts in the basin in tahoe and it will get worse over the next few days. at home, cleaner, cooler air. as far as your commute there is a little bit of fog in the little breezy during the evening and it will be really cool the

next couple of days. >> we will have another news update in about 30 minutes. you can find us on our app and ♪ watermelon sugar high ♪ welcome back to "gma." great to have everybody with us here on this tuesday morning. we are very excited to have the one and only golden globe award-winning actress awkwafina here with us. [ applause ] yes. starring in "shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings" and we were just saying right when you were walking in how we didn't know how to greet you because we're all so awkward at seeing people in person. so good to have you here. >> so good. sensory overload a little bit. you guys are all here. >> sensory overload. tell me if this is true, because sources here at abc news are telling us this is the case you

are a major "20/20" fan. our show. >> i am, yes. >> binge-watcher. >> yes, i have binge-watched "20/20." i leave it on to go to sleep really. [ laughter ] >> it's great for the promos. >> yeah, no. yeah, it is what it is and it's great, you know, i love to find out more. >> well, thank you. >> you were just talking about sensory deprivation. no danger of that if you see "shang-chi" in 4dx. what happens in 4dx? >> water, air. the seats move. then you feel a little punch in the back. >> oh, wow. >> that might have been just a human, i don't know. [ laughter ] excuse me. but, yeah, i mean it was really cool, very cool. >> your co-star simu liu was here yesterday. i said is there anything we should ask you and he said ask you about your pole work. >> oh, yes, my pole work.

>> we didn't know what to say after that, so we want to ask you about your pole work. >> that was his question. >> spicy subject for "gma." [ laughter ] yeah, i love -- yeah, so i was basically suspended -- i didn't do any stunts really for this movie not like at the level simu was doing. but one thing that i did do is i fell backwards on a pole. i would come every day to set and be like, hey, guys, check out my pole work. by the third day no one laughed. yeah. >> let's take a look at a clip. >> s-h-a-n-g. shang. >> shang? >> yeah. >> you changed your name from shang to shaun? >> yeah, i don't -- >> no wonder how your father found you. >> i was 15 years old. >> what is the name change logic? go into hiding and your name is michael and now it's mishal. >> that's not what happened. >> my name is gino.

hi, i'm going to go into hiding. my new name is gina. [ laughter ] >> get ready. >> we had a lot of laughs but this is really a big movie. what does it feel like for you to be a part of the first movie about an asian superhero? >> it feels momentous. i think it's been a long time coming and i think that iwas searching for "shang-chi" when i was growing up and i think it's an important movie and it'll just add to this larger collection of what we know is representation in hollywood. >> yeah. long overdue as you say. we also love you so much in "nora from queens," season two. you guys just finished filming. what's in store for nora? what's coming up? >> she's just doing her own thing. pretty much. i think nothing really changes ever for nora so that's -- but, yeah, it's -- i mean i'm so

proud of it so i'm glad it's out. >> you've got a busy -- you've got a lot on your plate. you also have a new dog. >> oh, yeah. >> tell us. tell us more. >> yes, i adopted a dog from -- >> ah. >> yeah, yes, yes. it's not -- it's not a cone. that's not a paper towel. it's a ceremonial garb. yeah, she was doing that. that happens a lot. >> great pictures. >> it's like, come on, can you like chill out for the pictures but, yeah, she was a blessing and, yeah, my first dog so -- >> they are the best. we just got our first dog too. we were hearing that you also studied archery for the movie? >> yes. >> in all your free time. >> yeah, right. no, i did, and it's such a cool -- i was thinking about geena davis a lot because she's an olympic archer. so i love her. but, yeah, i learned how to do it and it's always fun to learn something new for a movie. >> and you learned how to drive.

we have an instagram posting of you doing a stunt, some stunt test driving right there. >> yep. >> clutch in again for me. >> what's going on there? >> were you a driver before that? >> this is the first time i've ever driven a car. >> are you actually driving that car? >> no. [ laughter ] >> yeah, it was an exhilarating first ride. yeah, no, i learned how to drift and -- because you want to learn how to kind of -- your body -- what your body does while you're moving like that. it was very fun. i love it. i'm a very aggressive driver. >> if that was your first time driving, i was like she's good. >> grand central. yeah. >> on the fdr. >> exactly. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. i'm a big fan of you guys. >> mutual. >> "shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings" is in theaters on friday. coming up, harvey guillen star of "what we do in the shadows." he'll be live here as well.

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welcome back. time to reveal o welcome back. time to reveal our september book club pick. will reeve is in london with the latest on this one. hey, will. >> reporter: hey there, cecilia. this month's pick is a mind-blowingly fast, gut-bustingly funny read. you'll devour it all in one sitting and then be left to contemplate the peculiarities of our digital existence. so without further buffering

this month's pick is -- ♪ it is "several people are typing" by debut author calvin kasulke. he's bringing a whole new meaning to being stuck at or in the office. here's calvin. >> good morning, america. i am so excited that "several people are typing" is the "gma" book club pick of the month for september. the book is a laugh out loud distraction for our sometimes monotonous work from home life that some of us are living right now. even though the book is written entirely in slack chats you don't need to know what slack is or to have ever used it to enjoy this book and i'm so looking forward to talking about it with

all of you very soon. >> reporter: i'm so looking forward to sitting down with calvin to talk about the book. we will bring you that interview later inthe month so, everyone, get reading. in the meantime, you can scan that qr code on your screen to read an excerpt of "several people are typing." as always you can check out our instagram @gmabookclub. there is something for everyone in here. george, there's some william butler yeats for you. strahan, you're always on your phone so that will work because it's a digital thing, and cecilia, you're funny so you guys will like it and i think everyone else will too. >> hurry up and get home. we miss you, thank you so much. ginger back to you in new orleans. >> reporter: yes, cecelia, we've got this building behind me, and i wanted to give everyone some perspective from the drone. this is one home in this neighborhood that was two stories like the neighbors' and collapsed in ida. we had winds of 80 to around 100 miles per hour but it was the longevity of those winds that

really made a difference. now we're talking about flash flooding and, of course, the remaining waters down here but the flash flood threat going forward. already parts of west virginia have been along the stationary front and they've seen more than four inches of rain. that's huntington and that's the problem. there are a lot of people in the mid-atlantic to virginia, maryland that have been so wet up into the northeast, and as the heavy rain will still pull away with some of those feeder bands from the gulf coast, west virginia through pennsylvania, northern virginia, maryland and right up into new jersey, new york and connecticut find themselves in that flash flood threat with more than a half foot of rain that could fall very quickly especially wednesday into thursday along the i-95 corridor. we'll have a big story developing there. flash flood watches all the way up through massachusetts, but this one, i would love to find hope in here. it's going to be hard with folks out of power for potentially weeks but a rainbow showed up

we're going to get the latest thriller from the author who wrote "the girl on the train," and "into the water," paula hawkins back with "a slow fire burning" and deborah roberts had a chance to talk to her. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning, george. paula hawkins has been on a hot streak since she shot to fame and fortune with "the girl on the train." well, now, "a slow fire burning" she unleashes a new cast of characters who are simmering with troubles in a clever whodunit tale that's likely to resonate with her loyal viewers. ♪ how could you be so heartless ♪ >> you were seen in the area that night. >> reporter: she's the murder mystery mastermind who penned the story of the box office thriller, "the girl on the train" starring emily blunt. >> did you murder megan? >> no.

>> reporter: now, author paula hawkins is at it again. her latest novel, "a slow fire burning" plunging readers into a web of deceit, revenge and murder. to borrow one of your phrases you have been burning them up in the literary world for quite a while now. how do you keep these mesmerizing thrillers going in your head? >> i never seem to have a problem with ideas. i think my problem might be i have too many ideas. the thing i struggle to do is settle on one. >> reporter: her latest mystery revolving around the body of a young man found on a houseboat in london. >> i've been doing a lot of walking around near where i live and imagining the slightly darker things thinking it might be quite a good place to hide a body. >> without giving anything away, there are three women in particular who have good reason to want to murder someone. >> it looks like an open and shut case, the young woman walking away with blood on her and you think this is simple, but, of course, it isn't simple. many people could have the motive.

we're not just picking the whodunit it's the why done it. >> all of them have reasons really to be vengeful, to be upset and their lives are all kind of messy and complicated. why do you like exploring women who have these sort of messy lives? >> yeah, i never write about people with happy families and, you know, functional love lives. or anything like that. i am drawn to people who are maybe slightly on the outside, particularly women who don't meet with society's expectations, and i'm just interested in how you navigate the world if you don't quite fit. >> reporter: some of her dark narratives stemming from real life murder investigations. >> i've always been fascinated by sort of darker stories. i have a sort of morbid sensibility i suppose. >> so no happy go lucky novel about somebody who's exploring life and trying to find their happy place? >> no, i'm sorry. that's not going to happen. >> reporter: the fun protagonist

she said not nearly as fun as those dark characters who seem to inhabit her mind, she says, waiting to land on a page. i asked if she wanted to go so far as maybe cast movie for this new novel. like any good former journalist which she is she hedged her bet and said she didn't want to get ahead of herself. george? >> very smart. okay, deborah, thanks very much. "a slow fire burning" is out today. coming up, "what we do in the shadows" star harvey guillen joins us live. re burning" is ou today. coming up "what we do in the shadows" star harvey guillen joins us live.

♪ we are back now with the star of the critically acclaimed comedy horror series, "what we do in the shadows." it's based on taika waititi's film of the same name. it follows a group of vampires who live on stanton island. harvey guillen is joining us now. good morning, harvey. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing great. you know, this may be your

breakout role but you've wanted to be an actor since you were just 6 years old and you actually decided this is what you wanted to do while watching "annie" on tv. >> it's true. i was watching "annie" and i was 6 years old and saw these kids dancing and singing and looked over at my mom and said, mom, i want to be that. i want to be an orphan and she looked at me weird and she said -- [ speaking foreign language ] are you crazy? no, i want to be that. [ speaking foreign language ] they're actors. then i want to be an actor. >> that makes sense. scared mom when you said an orphan. we're here in times square, broadway, we're on broadway. you do have a musical background. is there a broadway show you dream of starring in so we can see your name up in the lights here? >> i would love to do a broadway show, originate a broadway show, you know, but if i had to do something that's been done in the past maybe a gender bender, maybe instead of "funny girl," "funny boy." >> you got people laughing here. i think you could do it. let's talk about your show, "what we do in the shadows."

your character guillermo is a human who helps vampires adapt to modern life but they discovered last season he is actually a vampire slayer and we know you are a fan of the original vampire slayer, sarah michelle gellar and you want her to guest star. but what would you want to see her do? >> i mean, sarah michelle, i think you should come and teach guillermo your ways. i mean, what other slayer than sarah michelle geller to teach baby guillermo van helsing to be a slayer? sarah f you're watching come on down. >> there's the casting call for sarah michelle gellar right there. let's take a look at a clip of the show. check it out. >> i mean i should really just consider escaping, leaving, never coming back. especially because, you know, they are considering killing me. i just wonder what would happen my wasn't here to help them out?

they're like family. i know, co-dependent much. >> you are a fan favorite on the series. but when you went into the audition, this character, it was envisioned totally different, 20 years older. how did you make him your own? >> i went in thinking i'm too young so i got to age myself out so i found this really gross orange sweater and a brown sweater vest. i parted my hair in the middle and curled it and got these harry potter glasses and popped the lenses out. if this doesn't make me look ridiculous and old i don't know what will and i went into the audition, two hours later they called and said they unanimously voted to test me. i never tested. i got a call over the weekend and just picked up the phone, hey, it's taika. i said, yes, i'm testing for you. no, you're not testing. i was like, oh, i didn't get it. no, you got it. see you on set next week. it was just a life change. i got the call on sunday, martin luther king monday, tuesday

fitting and wednesday on set. >> we are happy you went out of your way to make sure that happened with the glasses and the parted hair and the curls. we're all benefiting from it. harvey, thank you so much for joining us, my friend. >> thank you for having me. always good seeing you. >> season 3 of "what we do in the shadows" premieres thursday on fx. streaming the next day on hulu. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. >> good morning, everyone. a look at traffic. >> still metering lights on the bay bridge for about a 15-20 minute delay. had an earlier alert been cleared out of lanes that you will find a residual slow and go. >> him everybody, let's talk about what is going on as far as temperatures. the 90's gone, a lot of to near the north bay. 80's and the east bay and the south bay. 60's and 70's around the bend. here is a look at the air-quality, it is going to improve but i'm keeping an eye on wednesday. some smoke in the marine layer,

eddie could be hazy again tomorrow. below average until at least friday, though. >> time for live with kelly and >> time for live with kelly and ryan. it's live with kelly and ryan! today from blindspotting, helen hunt. plus actress and comedian ilana glazer. and we've got fun and easy tips for a better night's sleep. all next on live. ♪ and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. [cheers and applause] good morning, deja. a chilly morning. morning ripa. morning y'all. what is it? tuesday, august 31st? good to have you with us. just saying the word-- just saying the word sleep made me yawn. isn't that weird? would you do it on friday afternoon or sunday afternoon? i was just making my decision there--. -would i do what? -if you were me? i need to do yoga this week and i can't--

why do you have to do yoga?