come on over. knock three times. jobina: as we start this tuesday morning, two new headlines in the fight against covid. vaccine mandate showdown. overnight, employees in the nation's largest school district facing a deadline to get at least one dose as new protests break out over the new york city ruling. this as new york braces for possible staff shortages at hospitals, potentially bringing in the national guard. a north carolina health facility fires 200 workers and now united airlines facing lawsuits, all of this over vaccine mandates as more than 50 cases of the new highly mutated covid variant pop up in california. r. kelly convicted. >> today's guilty verdict forever brands r. kelly as a

predator. >> guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering after decades of suspicions and allegations. >> for 30 years we were overlooked. for 30 years people said we were lying. for 30 years people said this didn't occur. >> what the r&b's lawyer is saying as he faces other state and federal charges. now one of his accusers and a woman behind the documentary "surviving r. kelly" joins us this morning. crunch time on capitol hill. with a looming government shutdown amid the pandemic just 72 hours away. president biden's agenda facing a critical moment. hot seat. general mark milley set to be grilled on capitol hill about the final days of the trump administration. this as north korea just fires another missile, the third launch this month. deadly derailment investigation. how fast was that amtrak train going when it went off the tracks killing three? an abc news exclusive. one-on-one with former president

barack obama on the situation at the border, gun violence across the country and if he thinks president biden's agenda will go through. this morning, the former president's life and his hopes for the next generation. >> what we can do is potentially give young people the sense that there's another way for them to empower themselves. >> as he gets ready for the groundbreaking for his new presidential center in chicago crafted with former first lady michelle obama and the unforgettable moment for some of the women from the south side who will help build it. there's just so many people who want to say thank you. >> who will surprise them? >> i have a sneaky suspicion we know. good morning, america. we are glad you're starting your day with us and we cannot wait to see more of your interview with president obama. seems like he has a lot to talk

about. >> he certainly does and he does not hold back and we have the actual groundbreaking for the presidential center is today so this interview is ahead of that and we'll have more throughout the morning. >> wide-ranging conversation that we're looking for wart to. we do have a very busy tuesday morning here. two big stories that we're following. take a live look at capitol hill as that potential government shutdown on friday is looming. >> but we begin with the latest on the coronavirus emergency and the battle over vaccine mandates. a federal appeals court allowing a mandate for new york city public school employees to go into effect. and janai norman is at lenox hill hospital here in the city with the fears over staffing shortages as a statewide mandate takes effect for health care workers. good morning, janai. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. health officials here in new york have contingency plans in place from cutting back on noncritical services to even bringing in the national guard in the event of staffing shortages. this as new york city officials say as of next monday 100% of all educators in staff and school buildings will be

vaccinated. overnight in new york city a panel of judges clearing the way for the city's vaccine mandate for public school employees. the city's mayor giving employees until the end of friday to get at least one dose. >> if you have not gotten that first dose, by friday, 5:00, we will assume you are not coming to work on monday and you will not be paid starting monday. >> reporter: but some teachers in the state calling the mandate unfair. >> we taught your children during the pandemic. we went remotely, went digital. we don't want to lose our jobs over this. >> reporter: this as health care facilities across the state are bracing for possible staffing shortages as the state's vaccine mandate takes effect overnight. >> you need to be assured the person taking care of you is not going to give covid to you. >> reporter: with 16% of the state's health care workers still unvaccinated, tens of thousands stand to lose their job if they refuse to get vaccinated. >> it's terrifying to me what's going to happen, the waits in

e.r.s, the lack of waits, the long waits for bells to be answered. it's terrifying. >> reporter: it's not just new york. in north carolina, novant firing 200 employees for refusing the mandatory vaccination policy there. vaccine mandates at hospitals, universities and public schools prompting protests around the country. this morning, at least seven united airlines employees filing lawsuits against the airline over its vaccine policy saying their religious exemptions were denied. the company responding saying we will continue to vigorously defend our policy. vaccine requirements have been around for decades and have served to keep airline employees and customers safe and researchers tracking a new highly mutated covid variant now being called r.1 and identified more than 50 cases in california. president biden monday joining the thousands of newly eligible americans getting their third pfizer shot since the cdc approved boosters for certain vulnerable groups. >> let me be clear, boosters are

important, but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated. >> reporter: and though infection and hospitalization rates are trending downward the u.s. marking its fifth straight week of more than 200,000 pediatric covid cases, but there is some good news. pfizer has submitted its trial authorization from the fda for those shots could come by the end of next month. michael? >> okay, janai, thank you so much for that. we're going to turn now to r. kelly convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges after years of accusations that he used his fame and influence to prey on and abuse minors. he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. stephanie ramos is outside the federal courthouse in brooklyn with more. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: michael, good morning. after decades of allegations and suspicions, it took just nine hours for a brooklyn jury to deliberate and find r. kelly guilty on all counts. this morning, victims speaking out after decades of allegations

against r. kelly. the singer now convicted in federal court. >> for 30 years we were overlooked. for 30 years people said we were lying. for 30 years people said this didn't occur. >> i feel like justice has been served. >> reporter: kelly convicted on eight counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering charges. the 54-year-old singer possibly facing the rest of his life in prison for leading what prosecutors allege was a criminal enterprise consisting of himself and an entourage of individuals as the leader of the enterprise. kelly used his fame to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity. gloria allred represents several of kelly's accusers. >> he has only himself to blame for what he did. he underestimated the courage of his victims. >> reporter: 50 witnesses took the stand over the course of kelly's six-week trial. the prosecution alleging kelly had encounters with six women

including the late singer aaliyah who kelly secretly married in 1994 when she was 15 and he was 27. the marriage was later annulled. aaliyah died seven years later in a plane crash. >> guilty verdict forever brands r. kelly as a predator who used his fame and fortune to prey on the young, the vulnerable and the voiceless. >> reporter: lawyers for kelly who pleaded not guilty said the relationships were consensual suggesting the accusers were jilted lovers and fan girls trying to cash in. >> of course, mr. kelly is disappointed. he was not anticipating this verdict. >> reporter: r. kelly is scheduled to be sentenced may of next year. he faces a mandatory minimum of ten years behind bars and up to life in prison. michael? >> all right, stephanie, thank you. for more let's bring in abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams.

and, dan, after years of accusations and acquittal in 2008, it only took this jury nine hours to convict him. why was it so swift? >> i think some will say it's the me too era. we're in a different world than 2008 but that doesn't tell the whole story. the 2008 case was a single video and the key witness in that wouldn't testify. here you had witness after witness testifying about what happened to them, and so that's, i think, what made this case so powerful in the end and so much different than the case in 2008. >> are you surprised that he didn't testify himself and does he have grounds for an appeal? >> i'm not surprised he didn't testify. the defense here was basically to put the women and the men on trial to basically say that they were fan girls, that they were groupies, that this was all consensual, et cetera. and i think that it wouldn't have helped his case in any way for him to take the stand. look, the appeal will be on the type of charge that you saw

here. in particular the main charge which is a racketeering charge which is unusual to use that kind of federal crime to basically say he acted in concert with his entourage to commit these crimes. that will be the sort of appeal you'll see. but, again, any time you're in this position after a conviction, the chances of winning appeal are slim. >> are pretty slim. you know, he's being sentenced in may. he's already faced charges in other states. he is 54 years old. do you think he spends the rest of his life in prison? >> i do. i don't think that r. kelly will ever be a free man in his life and i think that's a combination of whatever sentence he gets here and the fact that he's facing state and federal charges in illinois in addition to charges in minnesota. so regardless of what this sentence is, i don't expect him to ever walk free again. >> this is not the end of it for him obviously? >> no. >> all right, thank you, dan. >> coming up next in our next half hour our exclusive interview with one of r. kelly's accusers and the wonder behind the documentary "surviving r. kelly."

whit? we turn to washington and the high stakes this morning with the government shutdown looming and a battle over the debt ceiling. a do or die moment shaping up for president biden's agenda. our congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. rachel, the clock is really ticking on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. it is crunch time. a government shutdown is now just 72 hours away and the nation is inching closer to a financial crisis. overnight a vote in the senate to keep the government funded and raise the debt limit failed. the u.s. has never defaulted on its debt but republicans voting to do just that insisting if democrats want to propose trillions of dollars in new spending, then this is their responsibility. democrats are quick to point out nearly 98% of the nation's debt predates the biden inauguration with a large chunk of that added on during the trump administration. the bottom line is if congress does nothing, there will be serious consequences. the government may not be able to pay its bills by mid-october. social security payments may be delayed and dr. anthony fauci

warns that government shutdown in the middle of a pandemic would be a worst case scenario. roughly 40% of workers with the department of health and human services would be furloughed. the next few days on capitol hill will be a balancing act for democrats. they're trying to push through president biden's economic agen agenda. the house is set to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package thursday. nancy pelosi huddling with democrats last night urging her party to get it across the finish line. whit? >> there is a lot at stake. rachel scott, thank you so much. robin, coming up, your exclusive interview with somebody who knows something about the pressures of washington. >> and knows president biden quite well. speaking with former president barack obama. i was in chicago over the weekend ahead of the groundbreaking that's today of the presidential center. he did discuss president biden's agenda, and he was very candid in his comments and we'll have that discussion in our next half hour. michael? >> we're looking forward to that. also on capitol hill, the chairman of the joint chiefs of

staff general mark milley is facing tough questions this morning in that senate hearing room over his actions in the final month of the trump administration including calls to china's top general that had been making headlines. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has more. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. there have been calls for milley's resignation by some republicans, but expect a vigorous defense from general milley about the behind-the-scenes talks with his chinese counterpart and his conversations with nancy pelosi over her concerns that donald trump could launch a nuclear strike. milley was already in hot water with trump after publicly apologizing for walking with trump through lafayette square saying it looked political and was a mistake. but after trump lost the election, milley learned the chinese were wrongly concerned that trump might launch a military strike, so milley told his counterpart there was no such plan, the kind of reassuring call which he and others say is routine, but

others say was out of line. and when nancy pelosi expressed her concern about trump's mental health given he had the nuclear codes, milley assured her that he and the other chiefs would never follow an illegal order. michael? >> sure it's going to be a contentious conversation today. martha raddatz, thank you, as always. robin? now to new details this morning in that deadly train derailment in montana. the ntsb revealing how fast the train was going at the time. matt gutman is there on the scene for us there in joplin, montana. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. you might notice they've cleared the track, but that four of the cars that rolled over in the dirt remain. they managed to do that because the ntsb gathered the perishable evidence and that is an on board camera that showed the moments of impact and the moments leading up to it. they also recovered the black box which shows the train was traveling under the 79 mile per hour speed limit as it derailed.

that's where three people were killed and 50 people injured. they're examining the possibility that people were ejected from the train. they said they have no direct evidence of that. there's been tremendous prish to clear these tracks. over 50 massive freight trains, most carrying grain, have been stuck here now able to roll again. robin? >> thanks so much, matt. >> all right. thanks so much, matt. we do turn to one of the top stars in the nba potentially missing all of his team's home games over his vaccination status. brooklyn nets star kyrie irving refusing to reveal whether he got the shot. t.j. holmes is here with more on all that. t.j., good morning. >> like you say this is absolutely one of the biggest stars in the nba. he's also one of the most talented and one of the highest paid and plays for a legitimate championship contender. but as things stand right now on game day kyrie won't even be allowed to set foot in the arena where he plays. not because of a vaccine mandate by the nba, but a mandate by the city where he plays.

>> please respect my privacy. >> reporter: nba superstar kyrie irving contends his vaccination status is his business. >> irving, oh, he's a machine. >> reporter: the all-star brooklyn nets guard missed his team's in-person media day monday appearing instead via zoom and repeatedly refused to discuss whether he's vaccinated or not. >> honestly i'd like to keep that stuff private. i just would love to keep that private and, you know, handle it the right way with my team. >> reporter: irving acknowledged he wasn't able to physically attend media day at the barclays center which falls under new york city's executive order that requires people entering indoor arenas show that they have had at least one dose of the covid vaccine. with the season just weeks away irving could be forced to sit out the team's home games which could deal a huge blow to the nets' championship hopes. >> it's on kyrie and that's his personal decision, what he does is not on us to speculate what may be happening but we trust in

kyrie. >> reporter: though there's no league mandate, currently over 90% of nba players are vaccinated. the golden state warriors' andrew wiggins is one of those unvaccinated. last week the nba rejected his request for a religious exemption. his teammate steph curry remains supportive and hopeful. >> we have all made decisions that you feel are right for you and your family and whatever the case is. so this is no different. whether you agree with him or not, you have to let it play out. >> the nba does not have a vaccine mandate, but san francisco and new york do have mandates that apply to arenas. so those teams and those cities, the new york knicks and the nets and golden state warriors, of course. kyrie hasn't said either way. he said we could hear more from him, some information later and the league hasn't made clear if you can actually take pay away from players if they miss games because of being unvaccinated. right now it would cost $432,000 per game if he missed because he's unvaccinated.

>> he's not the only guy going through this. golden state has another player as well. >> andrew wiggins. 90% of the league is vaccinated. that's something to focus on and celebrate as well. >> but he won't say. >> he won't say. >> keep the drama going. t.j., thank you. we a f other headlines this morning including our exclusive interview with one of r. kelly's accusers. also our exclusive interview with former president barack obama on why building the obama presidential center on the south side of chicago is so important to him and michelle. first, good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin. i know you were up late. you're looking bright and shiny despite that. i want to take you to silver thorn, colorado, where the fire started to break out. 30 to 40 acres working hard on it. about 200 homes evacuated. i'll give you the fire forecast in a bit but first tuesday trivia sponsored by dell.

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data for the fda to review about a critical vaccine trial on kids ages 5-11. a formal request for authorization is expected in the coming weeks and we could see a decision by the end of october. also right now, north korea firing another missile. that is the third launch this month. this latest short-range missile launch coming just a few days after north korea proposed talks with south korea. also, would-be presidential assassin john hinckley jr. set to be released from remaining restrictions 40 years after he tried to kill president reagan. if he remains mentally stable, the restrictions will be lifted next june. and the powerball jackpot still up for grabs. the big prize soaring to $570 million. still got a chance. can't win if you don't play. >> that's true. a lot more ahead including robin's exclusive interview with former president barack obama. his candid comments on issues facing former vp, now president, joe biden. that's all coming up.

michael? now to more on r. kelly. convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges after years of accusations that he groomed underaged women for sex. earlier this morning i spoke to one of his accusers, lisa van allen, along with tamra simmons, executive producer of "surviving r. kelly," the documentary that shined new light on the case. take a look. lisa and tamra, thank you for joining me. lisa, i want to start with you. you say you met r. kelly in 1998 when you were just 17 years old. you later testified in a 2008 trial against kelly where he was acquitted of child pornography. so what was it like for you to hear that he was found guilty? >> it was awesome. i mean, you know, i almost cried because, you know, this is what i was looking for back in 2008, so i would say that i believe that the difference is this time around that there is power in numbers. a lot of people came forward, a lot of women empowerment going on and things like that. so i would say maybe the time

just wasn't right back then. >> you said a lot of witnesses came forward. there were 45 prosecution witnesses including 11 alleged victims in this case. and, tamra, your 2019 documentary "surviving r. kelly" which lisa appeared in, that brought a lot of attention to the case. how big of an influence do you think that had? >> well, you know, these women have been dealing with this for years and actually didn't want to speak out because, you know, they're thinking who is going to listen to me. who is going to believe me? and so we know that like journalism is very important and i just knew that if we had eyes on this, that we can't turn a blind eye anymore. and so i think these women's strength and the families that have gone through this and trusted, you know, our team as producers and understanding that, you know, we're going to try to find justice for you even if we can't, we still believe you because a lot of these women

just wanted to be heard. >> tamra, what was your reaction to the verdict? >> i actually cried and i texted lisa and i was like i'm crying and then i called the rogers family and we all screamed in the phone and we were crying because we were -- i think everybody was just shocked. i know i personally was shocked because i'm like he got found guilty on all nine counts. i was like that is amazing. like these women, these survivor, these men that testified, i was like, i just am so thankful that, you know, black women's voices are now being able to be heard and like these women are like heroes to me, you know, and they helped show that we are human, you know, and that black women don't have to have superpowers and we don't have to endure pain and suffering and things like that in order to, you know, say that we're a strong black woman. things can happen to us and now we can speak out about it and we can be believed. >> there have been black women who have been speaking out about this for awhile. there have been allegations made

against r. kelly for years. and did you feel like these allegations might not have been taken seriously because they were made by black women, lisa? >> i do. i do. you know, not just black women, other minorities as well. but, yes, i do believe that that's the main reason why, you know, that they really didn't -- that and like i said there wasn't like a group of us coming together. you know, it would always be one here, one there, you know, a little bit of gossip about something else but, yeah, no one really took it seriously. they didn't look deep into it or anything like that and, you know, and i do think still the timing was off. >> tamra, prosecutors called r. kelly the leader of a criminal enterprise that recruited often underage for sex which means he didn't do this alone. >> uh-huh. yeah, so he built a whole enterprise as we can see even in the documentary. and also following the trial you can see how he built this enterprise to be able to lure

young women and men, you know, into this -- you know, i believe it's a cult. you know, so he lured women in and he knew who would be vulnerable and he basically preyed upon that. i'm just thankful that now our future daughters and sons no longer, you know, have the possibility of encountering this man and having this done to them. >> do you think he should spend the rest of his life in prison? >> he should. he's definitely a predator. >> all right, lisa van allen, tamra simmons, thanks for joining us this morning. i appreciate your time. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> whit? truly brave women and an important conversation, thank you. coming up here, robin's exclusive interview with former president barack obama as he gets ready for the groundbreaking of his new presidential center, on the job president biden is doing as well and why the south side of chicago is so important to him and the former first lady. your eyes.

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♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ we're back now with that exclusive interview with former president barack obama. and, robin, you sat down with him before today's ground breaking in the presidential center in partnership with the former first lady michelle obama. >> that's right. we certainly did talk about that project but also the hopes he has that will make an impact on the south side of chicago and beyond. we also spoke about how his former vp, president joe biden is doing from the situation at the border to the high-stakes battle to get his agenda through

congress. you are embracing your post-presidency. what has it been like for you? how are things? >> things have been fantastic, more time with michelle, more time with the girls. we have been very excited about the programs that our foundation has launched. >> so much going on right now and you know president biden, extremely well. >> i do. >> this is a really important moment in his administration. >> right. >> needing to pass comprehensive legislation. >> right. >> and even within the democratic party, there seems to be some divide. how do you think he is handling this particular moment and what does he need to do to pass his agenda? >> the build back america program is something that america desperately needs. when you look at the overall package, it's got a headline price tag of $3.5 trillion but that's not a single year.

this is spread out over a number of years and most importantly it's paid for by asking the wealthiest of americans to pay a few percentage points more in taxes in order to make sure that we have an economy that's fair for everybody. so -- >> should we be concerned that's how they're going to have to pay for it? >> they can afford it. we can afford it. i put myself in this category now and i think anybody who pretends that it's a hardship for billionaires to pay a little bit more in taxes so that a single mom gets child care support or so that we're doing something about climate change for the next generation, you know, that's an argument that is unsustainable and as far as democrats are concerned i think president biden is handling it exactly right. >> you feel confident it's going to pass? >> i believe that it will get done. it'll be messy as it's always messy to get big, serious legislation done.

>> the other big story, the images coming out from the border in texas with the haitian immigrants. in 2010 when they had that devastating earthquake, your administration allowed haitians under a special temporary legal status here in the u.s., but now we're seeing under the current administration sending them back to an island in crisis, not only the earthquake, the assassination of their president. how do you square what we're seeing right now? >> unfortunately comprehensive immigration reform has consistently gotten stuck partly because we can't get enough republicans to support it. what happened at the texas border is a painful reminder that we don't have this right yet. >> you can understand americans seeing those images coming out of the border right now, how it's just very difficult to see. >> it is heartbreaking and it is i think one of those situations

in which if you have a system that overall is dysfunctional, you are going to get episodes in which what's happening right in front of you is something that nobody wants. >> having been in the white house for eight years, when you were turning on the news, how do you handle it? >> we've gone through really tough times in this country. much worse than this. each of us doing our part, i think, is the best way to deal with anxiety. you know, my mother always used to tell me, if you're feeling anxious, go get busy. do something. >> reporter: another issue on the former president's mind widespread gun violence in his beloved city of chicago. over 600 murders already this year. >> talk about something i wanted to get done that couldn't get done was get smarter common sense, you know, gun safety measures in place through

congress. but what we can do is potentially give young people the sense that there's another way for them to empower themselves. >> reporter: the obamas are doing just that with the ground breaking of the obama presidential center right in the heart of the south side. >> you have the home where michelle grew up. you have my first apartment. so part of the reason we're here is because just about everything that's important to me in my life started here. there's young people who are enormously talented but often forgotten and so for us to be able to build a world class institution that will attract millions of people, hopefully will send a signal that those young people count. those young people matter. >> and so in our next hour barack obama will show us the plans for his new center including historical artifacts from his days in the white house that will be on display and he tells me how he hopes to bring social and economic opportunities to the south side of chicago for generations to

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the city's mayor giving employees until the end of friday to get at least one dose. >> if you have not gotten that first dose by friday, 5:00, we will assume you are not coming to work on monday. b sin t stae >> we don't want to lose our jobs over this. >> reporter: this as health care facilities across the state are bracing for possible staffing shortages as the state's vaccine mandate takes effect overnight. with 16% of the state's health care workers still unvaccinated, tens of thousands still to lose their job if they refuse to get vaccinated. >> it's terrifying what's going to happen. the waits in ers, the lack of care, long wait for bells to be answered is terrifying. >> reporter: vaccine mandates at hospitals, universities and public schools prompting protests around the country. and those protests come as researchers are tracking a new covid variant. it's being called r.1 and described as highly mutated and already been identified in as many as 50 cases in california, michael.

>> janai, thank you so much. now to the latest on britney's battle to end the conservatorship that define her life for more than a decade. her lawyer filing new court papers attacking her father. kaylee hartung joins us with details and the pop superstar's new reaction this morning. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning. so britney says she's scratching her head as multiple new unauthorized documentaries are being released acknowledging on instagram she's watched a little bit but her lawyer is making it clear they're enraged by the claims in "the new york times" documentary that the security firm hired by her dad allegedly mirrored her phone to monitor her and even put an audio recording device in her bedroom. her attorney saying jamie spears engaged in unconscionable activity saying it's overwhelming evidence mandating the immediate suspect dollars suspension of jamie

ahead of tomorrows a court hearing. now since hearing britney describe the abusive conservatorship she says she's been trapped in for 13 years in that court hearing back in june it's generated a lot of bigger picture questions about the nature of these guardianships and a senate hearing will address the need for reform, michael. >> thank you so much, kaylee. case continues to go on. thank you. robin. michael, now a magical night at the met opera. history was made on opening night. here's the curtain call. it was a new season when the curtain went up on "fire shut up in my bones" the first performance ever by that man right there, terence blanchard while camille a. brown became the first director to create a main stage performance and the world was their stage for this incredible performance. i love that they did this, a free simulcast outside outside our doors and did it in harlem also.

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♪ with all my favorite colors ♪ ♪ with all my favorite colors ♪ stop right there. from here in new york city, welcome back to "gma." we're glad you're with us. tomorrow on "gma," christiane amanpour joins us live to tell us about her ovarian cancer treatment. her prognosis and the symptoms all women need to be aware of to protect their health. >> she has been supported with so much love and just cannot wait to -- for us to see her tomorrow. >> absolutely. but now our "gma" cover story, more of our exclusive interview with former president barack obama ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony for his presidential center set to take place in chicago this afternoon. wide-ranging conversation covering his remarkable journey and soutde community thenerati. ♪ so part of it t musepa of the center is going to have these wonderful artifacts from your administration.

>> obviously one of the things that makes history real for people is when they can see the objects that were part of that history. >> this right here, look at that baby face. >> i can't believe that anybody would entrust somebody that young with anything much less a seat in the u.s. senate. >> we stand here as one people, as one nation proclaiming ourselves to be one america. >> when i look at this young man in the picture i think, i'm glad that he was idealistic enough to think that he could actually pull it off. >> now, this certificate of marriage reminds me of the conversation that we had in 2012 at the white house. >> mr. president, are you still opposed to same-sex marriage? >> it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> one of the themes we hope of the presidential center is that all of us have a role to play in our neighborhoods, in our local

communities. this i think is a wonderful symbol that quiet activism that happens every day to make our country better and the world better. >> from the senate to the white house and the journey along the way, former president barack obama cementing his legacy with a groundbreaking of his presidential center. >> there will be at the top an incredible room where people can look out over the chicago landscape and we'll have a branch of the chicago library here. we'll have classrooms and a recording studio where young people can learn how to tell their stories. >> is it true that once upon a time you wanted to be an architect? >> it is true. this is true. when i was a kid and i was -- i'm fascinated with the architectural process and these little models and how these things get put together. >> the center a blueprint for success, the vision crafted alongside the former first lady. it's the obamas' ambitious

promise to uplift their south side community. >> we've set an extraordinarily high bar in terms of making sure that the people in these communities benefit and we want to make sure that we're hiring people from the community where we're also training them for a profession that over the long term, they can build a life with and support a family with. >> that includes chicago women in trades. one of the organizations helping to build the center. >> when we put out chicago women in trades it really resonates. it lets people know this is the big city and it is women that are building this city, rebuilding this city and repairing this city. >> reporter: women like zara hill, a plumber. and jennifer ortiz, an iron welder. both lending a hand over the next four years. >> this is history and i'm a part of it. i'm a female latina, you know, out there building chicago. >> it'll benefit my children, my grandchildren, my great

grandchildren to say that i had a hand, a little girl from chicago, west side, that threw her name in the hat. >> reporter: the women committed to building a brighter future. to recognize and celebrate their achievements we wanted to give them a bit of a surprise. >> there's just so many people want to say thank to you you and i can't think of a better person to do that if you turn around right now. >> oh, no. >> excuse me, i had to come and say hi. >> you're going to make me cry. >> how are you? >> good to see you. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> how are you? >> great. >> i'm so excited. >> oh, my goodness. i'm so honored. thank you so much. >> well, i am so excited that you guys are going to help build this world class institution. >> yes. >> thank you. >> are you guys ready? >> yes. >> are you ready to get to work? all right, let's do it. >> president obama paving a strong foundation and charting a new path forward for generations to come.

what's most important for your next act? >> the thing that i figured out towards the tail end of my presidency is that you just don't have enough time to get everything done that you believe in. the single most important thing i can do is grab the next thousand or 10,000 or 100,000 or million baracks and michelles and maybe make the path just a little easier for them to make a difference and if the center and the foundation that we put together is helping to plant that seed and empower a whole next generation of young leaders, that's a better and more important legacy to me than anything i got done by myself. >> and, again, the groundbreaking is this afternoon in chicago. it's slated to be completed by 2025, michelle obama very much

involved in the planning of it as well and he said they didn't want a mausoleum and it's a sprawling complex that has so many different aspects to it. garden and place for the kids to play, a library and it's just very important to him that it is being an economic as well as social boost to that area of the city? >> how about the chicago women in trades? >> yeah, right. >> the inspiration and work they're putting in to inspire the next generation in the south side of chicago. >> their ancestors will be able to say, my mama built that, my grandma built that. much more of our interview on "nightline" tonight. >> so good. "pop news," where are our manners? >> let's lighten it up. that was great. then, hey, let's get started with some "dancing with the stars" news. shall we? the competition fierce this season, yeah, small shift. last night did not disappoint. the judges showing no mercy to

"cobra kai's" martin kove. he unfortunately is leaving the show now. he and his partner sent home. another big story, of course, cheryl burke and her partner cody rigsby in the running even with her breakthrough covid diagnosis. take a look. bombshell in the ballroom. >> i am positive. >> reporter: vaccinated pro cheryl burke testing positive for covid sidelining her and partner cody rigsby. >> cody rigsby and cheryl are not with us in the ballroom tonight. ♪ >> reporter: their pre-taped performance to the salsa. >> the world is crazy, the universe is crazy, sometimes it throws things in your lap and you got to just go with it. ♪ >> reporter: but the show must go on. ♪ in week two, it was a night of elegance on the dance floor. ♪ we've come so far my dear ♪ >> reporter: from brian austin green to melanie c. ♪ here comes the sun ♪

>> i really was not expecting this. >> reporter: while amanda kloots' foxtrot went old ♪ it had to be you ♪ >> reporter: earning her top spot tying with pop star jojo siwa as top contenders. ♪ rain on me ♪ >> reporter: leaving martin kove and christine chiu in the bottom two. their race for the mirror ball coming to an end. >> it's quite an evolutionary process. it's really evolving. ♪ twist and shout ♪ ♪ twist and shout ♪ >> reporter: more excitement coming, "dancing with the stars" airs monday nights right here on abc. so much to say. >> i know. just not enough time. music news too, the rolling stones kicking off their "no filter" tour in st. louis. it was their first time back on stage in almost two years, and their first time ever without charlie watts.

before the show a video tribute to the stones drummer who passed away last month. take a look. ♪ look at that. just a simple drum beat playing in the background. the audience cheering as images of watts projected on huge screens there and mick jagger taking to the stage to dedicate the tour to his bandmate and welcome watts' good friend steve jordan who will take over on the drums. the stones have 12 more shows across the u.s. they finish off in austin, texas, on november 20th. i am tempted. >> you should be. i saw them years ago, it's worth it. >> i've never done it. i might do it. finally just a quickie because sometimes it's nice to go for a walk and sometimes it's nice to be carried. yeah. >> oh, come on. >> that's drake the golden. i was on my way in today and that popped up on my feed. i thought, you know what? this is a great tuesday vibe. then i did a little digging. my producer found his human is ivan provorov, a defenseman for the philadelphia flyers, which means drake also hangs with

gritty. the pup has the life and we hope you do too today. that's "pop news." >> relaxed. >> by the way, riva doesn't have a bad life either. >> check the instagram to see the latest antics. >> that dog needs a real walk. >> some training. >> all right. thank you so much, lara. let's turn things over to ginger. good morning once again. >> that's actually how you feel after you meet gritty. see, i met gritty then i just was like very flappy and kind of like, wow, that really blew my mind because he's that cool. that good. i wanted to share that with you. philadelphia, speaking of, you have a chance of severe storms today, not just magi winds but could see hail, southern new jersey right through delaware back to washington, d.c., baltimore is included. most of it happens in the afternoon and evening. you know what happens behind it for everyone, brrr. real chill, real fall and maybe even some frost in northern new england. let's

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will smith is gearing up for a wild once in a lifetime adventure checking out some of the most thrilling spectacles on the planet. "welcome to earth" premieres in

december. we'll be looking out for that. >> we want to welcome our next great guest joining us right now, phoebe robinson is the "dope queen." you love to watch her and read about her. she's got a brand-new book out. we love this title. "please don't sit on my bed in your outside clothes." >> yes. >> phoebe, good to have you here live in the studio with us. >> thanks, i'm happy to be in person with you guys. thanks so much for having me. it's great. >> we love the title. we were all commenting on it. >> thank you. >> going, hmm, you can totally relate. has it been five years since the first book and the launch of the podcast and everything? what's it feel like to have all that under your belt? >> it feels like it's been 30 years and also like no time has passed at all. i'm really excited and a first book for my imprint so excited to be launching it in print with my own book. >> so you're a business owner and came up with a list of advice for other business owners out there, specifically future

female black ceos and so what's the most important thing that you feel like people need to know about being a leader? >> oh, gosh. i mean it's a great question. i think it's one of those things where you get so excited because you're like i'll have the cute outfits and the office but it's really about managing relationships with all your employee, you want to make everyone feel valued and special and also my biggest tip, no more last-minute zooms. i'm always diving for a wig to pop it on and it's too stressful so give me like two hours' notice if you want to do a video zoom. that's my rule. >> we got to get back to the title here. >> do you have that problem? >> oh, yeah, definitely. this is more like lego hair hurricane snaps in place. but we have been talking about the title. we got to know, "please don't sit on my bed in your outside clothes". is there a specific story or an example we're getting to. >> that's all my parents.

my parents were like they clean the house every week, swept, mopped, vacuumed, everything. the world was filthy and trifling to them and didn't want us bringing it into the house so had to change clothes after school. i didn't think that would pick up on the rule until i went to college and got my room essentials from target feeling very fancy, shoutout to room essentials and people want to come and sit on my bed and i'd be like, you were just on the subway. you can't so i'll allow to have one butt cheek on. the other -- yeah, yeah, yeah, dangle off. >> nowhere near the pillow. >> you kind of went back to your roots. got back on the stage for a new comedy special. were you ready for that? how does it feel? >> it felt great. i mean i -- i stopped doing stand-up february 2020 and started back in june and it was so fun. everyone was so excited to be out again and laugh and feel good so i had a great time. i'm really, really excited. >> you're such a natural and you just make us feel good like that and the book as well.

so you dedicate it to michael b. jordan. >> of course. >> so in case he's watching, he watches this show from time to time. you have a message? >> you know, yes, i want to say, michael, of course, i adore you. i'm in a relationship now so you missed your chance. >> oh. >> but if you want to hit me up i'll try and get a hall pass from the boyfriend for like four days, i feel like is reasonable. two days? >> two days? >> hall pass. never mind. >> usually -- >> i'm staying out of this. >> yeah, that's right. >> ground rules now. >> she needs four days. >> i need four days with michael, yep. >> we do have to get to this as well because you are celebrating a birthday. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> so we wanted to get you a little something to celebrate here. >> oh, my gosh. >> we are big here at "gma." what do you see there in the picture speaking of -- >> oh, it's michael b. jordan? that's right.

>> he looks really cute here, oh, my gosh. >> now you can have a little taste of michael b. jordan right there for your birthday. >> nice. >> nice and sweet. uh-huh. >> hall pass. >> two days, you mean like three hours? >> i've been married 14 years, i'm staying out of this. >> i'm not married and i'm staying out of this. >> phoebe, congratulations on everytng. >>ou ei your own bossto s emp ally areciate that, you guys. this is the best birthday present. thank you. >> you're welcome. and phoebe robinson's latest book "please don't sit on my bed in your outside clothes" is out now. coming up, rising literary star ayana gray is here to talk about her debut book and why some are comparing it to "black panther." ♪ diamonds stay with you ♪ i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill.

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♪ dimes stay w back with rising literary star, ayana gray, whose debut novel "beasts of prey" is one of the most anticipated titles of 2021. debut novel "beasts of prey" is one of the most anticiped titles o is an e good morning to you. >> thank you. >> everybody was excited when we knew you would come to the studio. want to congratulate on your first novel. we have the video of you holding your book in your hands for the first time. it brings so much joy to look at

this video and watch you do that and i know your mom is here. she is just off the set with you. you're here on "gma." have you your first book. can you believe it? >> i think i'm still processing it. it's a dream come true, honestly. >> and so many people have been looking forward to your book. it has been compared to "black panther." so what was -- tell us about the story and what was the inspiration for. young adult fantasy, the story of two young teenagers that come from different walks of life and series of unexpected events and end up having to go into this magical jungle together to hunt down a monster that has been menacing their city for like a century and so, of course, as soon as they step into the jungle they get much more than they bargained for and magic and all that fun ensues and it was inspired by kind of two thing, when i was in college i took this class where we talked a lot about good and evil and how that can be manipulated so easily based on who is telling the

story and that really stayed with me. yeah, and then just a few months after that i studied abroad in ghana and that was just a really powerful trip for me as an african-american woman to see black people in ways that i had never gotten to see blackness and was so inspired by that and went home and started writing. >> the book, you have to figure out if they are the hunters or 23 they're being hunted. >> sometimes both. >> ooh. okay. well, you know, it was just announced also this is really exciting, netflix going to make it a feature film. >> yep. >> this is unbelievable. is it overwhelming for you and are you going to be involved in the movie? >> so, i'm really lucky to get to work with clubhouse pictures and melody cooper and they've been so good about incorporating my thoughts and try to make it true to the book which is the most important thing as an author, yeah, i'm just so excited. >> we know you share some illustrations on your instagram.

who would be your dream cast for the movie? >> oh, my gosh, there are so many people who are talented and amazing. i've always said like letitia wright is just so fierce. >> very good choice. >> someone like her would be so cool. he's not an actor but the first time i saw giveon i was like, wow, like he looks so much like the way i picture one of the main characters but also think it would be cool to bring in new uncovered black talent too, just give somebody a shot. >> i like the way you approach that and giveon, my 16-year-old teenage daughters would be there in a heartbeat in giveon is in it. a few years ago you were a new college graduate, university of arkansas and moved back in with your parents as a lot of college kids had to do and you were dabbling in writing. you have a book deal, a multibook deal. you have a movie deal. so what advice do you give to your young self after graduation, if you can go back and tell yourself something, what would that be tha maybe

some young kid watching right now could take to heart? >> you know, really i would tell myself not to worry. i remember being so anxious and scared because i didn't have it all figured out and i would have said don't worry. everything falls into place the way it's supposed to. try to enjoy being where you're at becaus you'll never get to repeat it so just don't worry. >> don't worry. i like that. momma is not worried anymore. my girl got a job and move the out my house and is just clapping. ayana, thank you so much for being here. "beasts of prey" is out right now. please do yourself a favor, make sure you go get yourself a copy. ginger. >> yeah, momma is clapping. i see her beaming with pride. i love that. don't worry, just enjoy the fall colors, in wisconsin, a crisp cool morning but it'll warm up into the 70s so that's there. but here in new hampshire the colors just starting to pop and know they'll have a short but likely bright season at le

2021 has been a year of weather extreme, wildfire, tropical storm, hurricanes including the destructive ida earlier this month. ginger sat down with john kerry, point person on climate change for the white house to talk about our changing world. ginger. >> thank you, lara. climate change did not create the disasters we've seen. they have's always been with us but it has amplified them and, yeah, china produces two times the emissions we do in the u.s. but we're still number two and have that legacy lodato load so the biggest economies in the world have to make urgent change and this big climate conference coming up in november is being billed as the last best chance to make that happen. in less than a month the leaders of the world will meet in glasgow, scotland to attack the

climate crisis at cop-26. >> to keep within our reach, the vital goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, every nation needs to bring their highest possible ambitions to the table when we meet in glasgow for cop-26. >> reporter: many of the promises made in paris five years ago have failed. i got to sit down with the white house climate czar john kerry to see how this time needs to be different. ambition without action is fantasy. how do we go from fantasy and make sure that doesn't happen and get measured results from two weeks in glass go? >> this is the moment that scientists told us we have now about nine years within which to make the most important decisions to get us there. >> i think greta thunberg o this, a beautiful image of you signing this with your granddaughter on your lap five

years ago or so. do you think that as a globe the leaders have failed as -- >> a lot of them have failed but i think it's unfair and understand greta's frustration and anger. she's absolutely right to be pressing the urgency of our doing that. but there are leaders out there trying to get some things done and we've got to speed it up. >> now, kerry always says it is not ideology, it is science and physics so why is it so hard to get the world to buy in we'll attack just that and give concrete ways you can help in "year of extremes" at 8:30 p.m. eastern time on abc newslive and hulu. >> why is it so hard? >> yeah, i think covid gave us a little bit of a parallel and we were able to see how science not only is full of fear, i think fear is part of it, application, i mean if you don't have access to it it's not equitable to be able to do these things so there are a couple of big things they have to do and the biggest economies in the world have to help other countries and

communities within our own country to make it possible for everybody to do these things. >> little things make a big difference. >> you're so passionate about it. >> see you tonight. >> you break it down for us to understand. >> i hope so. >> really great. >> traffic you. coming up, everyone, we do have a performance by the cast of "caroline, or change" that's coming up live in times square. ♪

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awards, the olivier awards but this is your first time performing on broadway. how does it feel. >> it's an absolute joy. i feel absolutely blessed. i am back doing what i love doing on the story that i want to share with the world with a wonderful marvelous company. i'm blessed, baby, i'm living my best life. >> living your best life in new york city. we'll hear a song in just a moment. tell us about the performance that we're going to hear and the unique nature of this because these cast members, they act as if they're your radio in the show. >> they are my radio. they are caroline's radio played by three phenomenal incredible sexy sassy singing women and they're an absolute joy and i can't wait for the audience to hear it. >> well, we're not going to wait any longer. so here it is, sharon, a pleasure talking to you, "caroline, or change" begins performances october 8th at roundabout theater company on broadway but here's harper miles, naya and naja thomas performing "salty teardrops." here it is.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. good morning everyone. this is sue hall with a look at traffic. >> good morning, everyone. we have a slow and go approach to the bridge beyond the richmond parkway. it is about an 11 minute drive across this span. merging on highway 37 westbound, rego from two lanes to one lane, it is very slow and halfway across, thanks start pickup a little bit. mike: green today, green tomorrow. a little bit of yellow on thursday. our air quality will be fantastic. temperatures today, you can see 60's on the coast. 70's just about everywhere else. a few 80's in the inland. 11:00 this morning to eight this

evening, and alert for solano county. >> kelly and ryan will be back at 11:00. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the new film, "the guilty," jake gyllenhaal. and dr. jennifer ashton is sharing her decade by decade women's health checklist as we continue "live's health check week." and in honor of the walt disney world 50th anniversary, we are taking a look back at some of our time in this amazing place. plus, "riverdale" star, mark consuelos, is back at the co-host desk. all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and mark consuelos! >> ryan: oh, yeah. ready? woo!