reggie: people were like go, don't come to oakley. tes for our viewers in the west, a new headline in the fight against covid this monday. breaking news, merck submits a covid treatment for fda authorization. the pill, the first of its kind, was found to dramatically reduce the risk of hospitalization or death, as dr. fauci gives the green light to halloween and trick-or-treating. grounded, holiday chaos and confusion at airports across the country. southwest canceling more than 1,800 flights over the weekend, stranding and forcing tens of thousands of passengers to frantically rebook. this morning, how southwest is getting back on track. submarine sting. a u.s. navy engineer and his wife facing charges for allegedly attempting to sell nuclear submarine secrets. how prosecutors say they used a

peanut butter sandwich and chewing gum package to share classified files. abortion ban battle. a federal appeals court reinstating the restrictive texas law after a lower court put it on hold. now, the clock is ticking for the justice department to respond. strong storm system on the move. 11 reported tornadoes in the southern plains and large hail the size of baseballs pounding oklahoma. more than 23 million people on alert for severe weather this morning. abc news exclusive, new details on former president trump's actions during the january 6th insurrection. his call with republican house leader kevin mccarthy as rioters stormed the house chamber. new reporting from abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl. race for survival. the dramatic ultra marathon rescues. 87 runners caught in unexpected blizzard conditions. many suffering from hypothermia during the 50-mile race. safe and sound. the texas toddler missing in the woods for three days.

the good samaritan who found him speaking out only on "gma." ♪ rocket man ♪ walkoff for the "w." the red sox victorious after this rocket home run over the green monster. and final frontier, rocketman william shatner set to go where no 90-year-old has gone before. captain kirk and the crew join us this morning. ♪ i'm not the man they think i am at home, oh, no, no, ♪ ♪ i'm a rocket man ♪ good morning, america. hope you had a good weekend. how about that smile on william shatner's face? >> and why wouldn't he be smiling? the 90-year-old is about to go to space. this is the guy who has inspired generations of folks through that character captain kirk. we'll talk to him in just a bit. he corrected me, it's not shatner. it's captain kirk. he said he hadn't heard anybody call him shatner in a long time. >> captain it is. >> captain it is. a lot to get into this morning including the travel trouble for southwest. now, that doesn't look like a lot of trouble there. looks pretty calm at the airport

in houston. this comes from ktrk. thank you for that picture. passengers are checking in there, but it was a major issue over the weekend. some 300 more flights canceled this morning, had thousands canceled over the weekend. we'll see how they're doing with that airport chaos. >> we'll have more on that in just a moment. but first we begin with the breaking news, drugmaker merck submitting its covid medication for fda authorization which was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 50%. this as dr. fauci is giving halloween the green light for americans. matt gutman has more on all of this. good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, amy. this new antiviral pill by merck is being billed as a potential global game changer. now, it's largely because it would require only a prescription and a trip to the pharmacy. now, in trials it seems to be most effective in people with mild cases of covid and in keeping people out of the hospital. but it has not yet been peer reviewed. of course there's a long way to

go before it's authorized by the fda. this morning, drugmaker merck will be the first to apply for fda authorization of an oral medicine to treat covid-19. clinical data suggests that for a person testing positive, four pills taken every 12 hours for five days can reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 50%. and as the nation waits for news on how soon that authorization may come, more hope just around the corner. dr. anthony fauci making the vaccinated, halloween should be safe. a lot of that reassurance coming from a layer of protection from parents who are vaccinated and the fact that activities like trick-or-treating generally happen outdoors. in the coming cooler months, fauci noting covid-19 cases are likely to drop as they have been recently. nationwide covid-19 hospitalizations, cases and deaths are declining from highs that were blamed on the delta variant seen just weeks ago. but experts continue to be

concerned that if enough people remain unvaccinated, the virus could rebound. in the middle of the intensifying battle over mandates the country's largest sheriff's department, los angeles county, suspending enforcement of countywide vaccine requirements for county employees. >> i'm not forcing anyone. the issue has become so politicized there are entire groups of employees that are willing to be fired or laid off instead of being vaccinated. >> reporter: the sheriff saying it's not political, but he simply can't afford to lose employees during a labor shortage. the sheriff's aides telling me overnight they are concerned that if the sheriff does try to enforce that vaccine mandate, 5% to 10% of the entire workforce of 18,000 employees could, quote, walk out overnight. l.a. county does have one of the most strict covid vaccine mandates in the country with exemptions only for medical or religious purposes. t.j.? >> matt, we thank you as always. we want to turn now to an absolute travel mess, southwest

airlines canceling thousands of flights over the weekend added up to a frustrating weekend of lines, delays, mass confusion for travellers. our trevor ault is at newark airport with the very latest for us. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. yeah, this was a disastrous weekend for southwest, and the issues are not yet solved. you mentioned they've already canceled more than 300 flights. that's about 10 times as many as the next major airline, american airline, andven that ta improvement from the operational meltdown that stranded thousands of passengers on saturday and sunday. this morning, confusion and disorder at airports across america in the wake of southwest airlines canceling more than 1,800 flights over the weekend. >> when you're at the gate just being dropped completely and left to fend for yourself, definitely not a good feeling. >> reporter: from new york to denver to phoenix, lengthy lines of passengers waiting to rebook flights. >> we were originally going from

denver to orlando, and now we're going from denver to tampa. we're not quite sure how we're going to get to orlando yet. >> reporter: southwest blames the chaos on bad weather in florida compounded by air traffic control issues. though the faa tells abc, no faa air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday adding some airlines continue to experience scheduling changes due to crew being out of place. southwest canceled about 900 more flights sunday than the closest competitor. >> we stood in line for about two hours before we realized, you know, where we were going to go and then took us another hour just to find a hotel just because they were all booked. >> reporter: overnight airline leadership apologizing to both passengers and their employees, some of whom have been stranded on the road without a hotel. writing in an internal memo in part, i know this is incredibly difficult for all of you, and our customers are not happy.

earlier this year, summer staffing shortages led to thousands of cancellations at southwest and the airline then scaled back their schedule, but now southwest says because of that decrease in flight frequency recovering during operational challenges is more difficult and prolonged and that we're working diligently to accommodate our customers as quickly as possible. and all of this chaos comes just days after the southwest pilots union sued the airline for its covid-19 vaccine mandate though the union stresses these cancellations are not the result of any pilot action and they tell us in a statement they'll continue to overcome the poor planning of southwest management. george? >> okay, trevor, thank you. now to the fbi sting that foiled a plot to sell secret submarine information to a foreign nation. the u.s. navy engineer and his wife have been arrested. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is tracking the case from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning.

the fbi claims this is a stunning case of attempted espionage by a nuclear engineer from annapolis who worked for the u.s. navy and the case involves divulging secrets of some of our most sophisticated nuclear submarines, the virginia class fleet of submarines which cost $3 billion each. jonathan toebbe who had a national security clearance and his wife were accused of reaching out to a foreign nation and offering to provide classified information about the submarines in exchange of $100,000. federal prosecutors said that the couple did not know the undisclosed foreign nation dimed them out and the fbi was contacted and a sting was set up with the fbi posing as spies. the couple established secret dropoff locations. and the fbi claims in at least one instance toebbe's wife diana served as a lookout. and, get this, according to the fbi, in one case, the couple hid an encrypted file in a peanut butter sandwich. in another they allegedly placed a secret file in a chewing gum package. sounds like a movie. >> boy, it sure does. those details are something. we don't know the nation involved, but we know the stakes

are high. >> reporter: indeed. the attorney general put out a statement over the weekend, it's serious when you're talking about a fleet of the nation's most sophisticated submarines. if convicted, the couple faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for what the government believes was an intent to spy and sell out their country. george? >> pierre thomas, thanks very much. amy? george, to the latest on the battle over the texas abortion law, the most restrictive in the nation. a federal appeals court reinstated that law after a lower court put it on hold, and now it's up to the justice department to make the next move. senior national correspondent terry moran has the latest from washington. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, amy. that's right. women in texas are again facing a denial of their rights under the constitution as this battle in court continues, and it's been such a roller coaster. last week a federal judge blocked that law from going into effect, that texas law, which bans abortions after six weeks, and that amounts to a near total ban on abortions in the state.

the judge in that state calling the law, quote, an offensive deprivation of an important constitutional right. but then two days later late friday it was reinstated and gave the biden justice department until tomorrow to respond to that ruling. all this back and forth and uncertainty has shuttered most clinics in texas and driven women into neighboring states. some driving hundreds of miles and spending thousands of dollars. this case will certainly go to the supreme court, but that could take weeks at least. amy? >> all right. terry moran with the latest from washington for us. thank you, terry. t.j.? turning now to that strong storm system on the move. more than 23 million people on alert for severe weather this morning. ginger tracking all of this for us. ginger, hello. >> good morning to you, t.j. central oklahoma opened up with those storms, that's a classic looking shelf cloud over the wind turbines you can see. they had to shut down because of winds there measured up to 82 miles an hour. they had 11 reported tornadoes, and it wasn't just in oklahoma,

but in missouri too. they had some hail, some serious damage. thankfully only one injury reported. but there are some schools closed today. so that was from norman where you saw the hail. i'll bring you over to what's happening today and that same storm has the potential to cause winds, tornadoes and hail, we've seen it work, chicago up to traverse city back to indianapolis all this afternoon and evening. george, we're watching for more severe weather. ginger, thanks. we move to an abc news exclusive. new details and new questions about president trump and the january 6th capitol riot as the congressional investigation into the insurrection ramps up. our chief washington correspondent jon karl takes us inside the white house on that day with exclusve reporting in his new book. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. what donald trump was doing as his supporters attacked the u.s. capitol building is a central question being looked at by the house committee on january 6th. it is something i have learned more about in my book on trump's efforts to overturn the

election and upend american democracy. in an indication of just how far then president trump was willing to go to overturn the election, he asked the nation's top intelligence official, director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, to look into whether wireless thermostats made in china were being used to control voting machines in georgia flipping votes from trump to biden. according to a source who witnessed trump's request. it's one of many revelations about trump's actions during the days leading up to january 6th in my upcoming book, "betrayal: the final act of the trump show." the crazy conspiracy they are which two sources tell me was pushed by jeffrey clark. the man who trump wanted to make the acting attorney general just days before the january 6th riot. now president biden has decided to turn over the confidential white house documents to congress related to what trump, his aides and members of his family were up to during the riot. it's a move trump vows to fight

as a violation of executive privilege but the biden white house says it's about learning the truth. >> he believes it to be of the utmost importance for congress and the american people to have a complete understanding of the events of that day to prevent them from happening again. >> reporter: one thing certain to be of interest to the house committee investigating january 6th is related to the controversial video trump released more than two hours after the capitol was breached. trump told his supporters to go home, but he also praised them. >> we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: in "betrayal," i reveal that a source that was with trump when he made the video told me trump recorded multiple versions that were deemed unacceptable by his aides because he praised the rioters, but he didn't tell them to go home. i'm told those outtakes were video taped by white house video graphers and are government property and would provide insight into trump's state of mind on that day. in reporting for "betrayal" i spoke with several people in

contact with trump during the riot. trump, the sources say, was watching tv in his private dining room. he liked what he saw. he boasted about the size of the crowd, and he argued with aides who wanted him to call on his supporters to stop rioting. the book reveals more details about kevin mccarthy's call to trump as the rioters stormed the house chamber. according to a source familiar with the call, mccarthy frustrated at trump's indifference said, i just got evacuated from the capitol. there were shots fired right off the house floor. you need to make this stop. the source said trump pushed back saying, they are just more upset than you because they believe it more than you, kevin, referring to the lie that the election had been stolen. trump is denouncing the january 6th investigation as a, quote, fake investigation and not only is he trying to block the release of those confidential white house documents, he is also asking his former advisers to defy congressional subpoenas. one of those former advisers, steve bannon, now faces a possible contempt of congress

charge. george? >> hard to see how executive privilege applies to him since he wasn't even working in the white house at that time. jon karl, thanks very much. amy? now to that dramatic rescue during an ultra marathon in utah. dozens of runners were caught in near whiteout conditions in that 50-mile race. more than a foot and a half of snow fell. kayna whitworth joins us now with more on this. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: amy, good morning. so it was the inaugural run of the d.c. peaks 50, an ultra marathon through the rugged mountains of davis county in utah. about eight miles in it changed from a race to a massive rescue effort. harrowing new video shows a 50-mile ultra marathon race turning into a fight for survival. >> the roads are pretty slippery here, got some hunters that are helping out some runners. getting them in vehicles. >> this is pretty epic. >> that was epic. >> reporter: nearly 90 runners had to be rescued off the rugged mountain ridge. many suffering from hypothermia. >> you guys doing okay?

>> reporter: several runners underdressed expecting rain, maybe light snow, but temperatures plummeting to 20 degrees, and the winds picked up to nearly 40 miles an hour. between 12 and 18 inches of snow falling on the runners. >> it was really, really scary, and there were a group of 15 with me. i was saying that i've never been this cold in my entire life so we were talking to each other saying, i can't feel my feet. they feel frozen. we have to just keep moving. >> reporter: race directors, first responders and volunteers quickly sprung into action. >> i immediately flipped the switch to becoming race director on the ground making sure that the finish line was pretty nice to getting on the mountain and counting runners and accounting for every individual on the mountain. >> reporter: daniel says the hypothermia he developed caused him to fall repeatedly. he almost gave up. >> the search and rescue unit told me i didn't have much time left when they found me.

that was very scary. the runners that did help me were told they probably saved my life. >> reporter: sheriff's officials say that they are very thankful for all of the runners that stayed behind with those who were injured and hypothermic, in fact, saying they did likely save a life that day. they got everyone off the mountain by 2:45. the race's organizers say that ended up being the goal and the goal of the finish line will be saved for next year. >> wow, so glad everyone is okay. kayna, thank you for that. >> what a harrowing story. a lot more coming up on "gma" including the rescue of a 3-year-old boy rescued from the texas woods. we'll hear from the man who found the boy in an abc news exclusive. we're going to hear from captain kirk and his crew before they blast off on blue origin. but first let's go back to ginger. >> let's get straight to your local weather in 30 seconds and the select cities sponsored by subaru. all right.

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southwest canceling flights and apologized to both passengers and employees, some of them who have been stranded on the road without hotel. plus, marathon monday in boston the boston marathon kicks off this morning with about 18,000 runners, 30,000 people running virtually. can we get a close-upshot of robach's face? yes, it has happened, the georgia bulldogs, number one in the land, not because they won was because alabama lost. >> it's also because we won. >> alabama number one team -- >> was number one. >> went down in an upset. >> who's number one now? >> university of georgia. go dogs. whoo, whoo, whoo! >> this is what we have to deal with, george. this is my life. >> her whole family is excited about this. >> i've been getting text from family all morning. so excited. >> congratulations. a whole lot more ahead here on "gma." we're counting down to the

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coming to a miraculous end after tim said he spotted christopher ten yards into the forest and notified police. >> the child was found alive. he is alive. he's thirsty. he's with his mother. >> praise the lord. >> yes, sir, yes, sir. >> reporter: the 3-year-old christopher reunited with his mother again. that emotional moment now frozen in time brings a smile to tim's face. >> that's what it's all about right there. that's why everybody was praying and out hunting. that's why god laid it on my heart to go look and reunite that boy with his mom. >> reporter: even this morning, tim still at a loss for words, unable to explain how he came about finding christopher. >> it sounds so unreal. >> i think the story is do not give up hope. do not give up hope. even though things look bleak, there's always tomorrow. may look bad today.

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we're back now with the countdown to blastoff for the blue origin flight that will send william shatner into space, making him the oldest person ever to enter the final frontier and we're going to talk to captain kirk and the rest of the crew in just a minute. but first, transportation correspondent gio benitez is live now in texas near the launch site. what an exciting day, gio. >> reporter: oh, it really is, hey, there, amy, listen, i know he may not look it but william shatner is 90 years old. he's about to blast off into the history books. it's a huge moment not just for him but also for humans in space. this morning, captain kirk himself, william shatner is ready to boldly go where few have gone before.

>> enterprise. >> scotty here, sir. >> beam me up. >> reporter: after rising to fame playing his iconic role on "star trek," shatner now 90 years old set to become the oldest person ever to go to space, soaring about 60 miles above the earth surface. hitting that weightlessness in zero gravity for about four minutes. >> i plan to be looking out the window with my nose pressed against the window. what i don't want to see is a little gremlin looking back at me. >> reporter: still vigilant after his in-flight experience on "the twilight zone." >> there's a man out there. >> reporter: his ride to the edge of space, the blue origin new shepard, owned by jeff be bezos. >> you are go for space. >> reporter: just two months ago when 82-year-old wally funk launched and landed safely in that same spaceship. now the trip won't be long, just 11 minutes but it will offer a view of earth few humans have ever seen.

>> what a cool flight that i think captures the imagination of so many of us to see captain kirk, william shatner getting to fly in space. >> reporter: and it has professional nasa astronauts giving captain kirk some advice. >> get out as many as catchphrases as he can while he's weightless. i would love like a beam me up, scotty. >> rocketman. >> reporter: now shatner who loves writing and performing music says, as soon as he returns back to earth he's writing a new song. and we're all going to be waiting for that song. now, it turns out that the launch was supposed to happen tomorrow morning. that's not going to happen anymore. that's because the forecast calls for strong winds. that's just incredibly dangerous. instead it's scheduled to launch on wednesday morning, delayed by just a day. t.j.? >> gio, thank you so much. joining me now, look at that, the crew right now of the blue origin flight. there they all are. good to see you.

you look great. you look happy. mr. shatner, let me start with you. you waited all this time to go to space, what's a one day delay? weather has delayed the trip by a day. given the circumstances, no big deal for you or cause for concern? >> no big deal for you because you're warm and comfortable in your studio. it's a big deal for us. >> i know you have to keep an eye on weather. a bit of a disappointment that you have to wait one more day? >> yeah, i'm deeply disappointed, because i was, you know, building up the enthusiastic response. now we have to wait another day. as you point out it's really worth it. what's a day with this extraordinary experience that we're about to have. >> mr. shatner, you have inspired generations with your iconic character. do you take this now -- that was

captain kirk. here's william shatner about to go to space. do you take this also as an opportunity to inspire? >> no! i'm taking it as an experience. >> okay. you're done with the inspiration business. this is you taking a joyride here. audrey, let me bring in here. you're an engineer. you're a lawyer. you sat at the table for many other missions, mission control essentially in the past in your career. why now take this leap and go into this seat now? >> well, it was a -- a very generous offer to me to represent all of my colleagues and friends at blue that have been working on this program for a very long time. and they offered me the opportunity to represent all those great people and sit in the seat. so i could not be more overwhelmed at the opportunity and i feel enormous sense of

responsibility to represent this team. >> chris and glenn, you are the quote/unquote paying customers on this trip. you have background in research, clinical research. chris, are you taking this simply -- are you going to take this -- i mentioned the joyride. are you going to take this as the opportunity to learn and continue some of your work and research? >> yes, i worked in space industry my entire life. i'm excited that the doors to space are finally opening. we'll look back at this day 50 years from now and go this is the year where the human race started going to space. i think it's really exciting to be part of that. >> glenn, what about you? >> this is how in novation happened. i lived in health care and life sciences. when you think about an industry being created and the opportunity for us to fuel that industry, as chris was saying, this is the beginning of a new time for space and we're on the beginning of a curve that's going to blast off.

that's a metaphor for that adventure that we're literally going to have together. can't wait. >> mr. shatner, what's the over/under? is there a betting line about how many times you're going to be called captain kirk on this ship? >> actually, i haven't heard shatner in a long time. >> well, my apologies then, captain kirk. good luck on your trip and we'll see you when you get back. >> thank you. >> good spirits. >> my mistake. i was trying to be nice and not go with captain kirk. but they're very excited. he'll be the oldest ever in space when he gets back. >> we can't wait to watch. coming up next, later, facebook announces new features for teens after testimony on capitol hill by a former employee blasting the social media giant. coming up next, our "play of the day." when you watch a chef do it, they don't rush through this stage. few of us will ever dive so deep into our cars,

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the shocking injuries he suffered after his fireplace exploded last year, why he hid the story for so long. back in the ballroom. how cody rigsby and his partner cheryl burke are gearing up for their big dancing comeback. after positive covid tests. around we're flipping out for this skillet pizza. the fast meals for moms on the move as we say "good morning america." ♪ good morning, america. we all hope you're doing well on this monday morning. >> we have a lot on our plate this morning, like a dinner plate. if you have no idea of what to cook this week, we have some social media hacks for you, including the cast iron skillet flip pizza, that's all coming up. >> okay, i'm curious. also talking nhl, ready to drop the puck on a new season,

abd we're talking to the nhl commissioner gary bettman about the new ways to watch hockey. drugmaker merck has submitted its work for covid treatment for fda authorization. going back to matt gutman. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. this new anti-viral pill is a long way from fda authorization, but in trials it does seem effective, especially for mild cases of covid and in preventing hospitalizations, but what's really novel about it, because it comes in pill form all it requires is a prescription and a trip to the pharmacy. this morning, drugmaker merck will be the first to apply for fda authorization of an oral medicine to treat covid-19. clinical data suggests that for a person testing positive, four pills taken every 12 hours over five days could reduce the risk of hospitazation or death by 50%. as the nation waits for news on

how soon that authorization may come more hope just around the corner. dr. anthony fauci making the point that as long as you're vaccinated halloween should be safe. a lot of that reassurance coming from a layer of protection from parents who are vaccinated and the fact that activities like trick or treating generally happen outdoors. in the coming cooler months, fauci noting that covid-19 cases are likely to drop. nationwide covid-19 hospitalizations, cases and deaths are declining from highs that were blamed on the delta variant seen just weeks ago. but experts continue to be concerned that if enough people remain unvaccinated the virus could rebound. now, the l.a. sheriff has said he's not going to enforce a vaccine mandate in the county, he said he's concerned that 5% to 10% of the entire workforce of the sheriff's department of 18,000 would, quote, walk out overnight if he does try to

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♪ welcome back to "gma." columbus day, indigenous people day. also this morning, we have a lot more coming up, but tomorrow, we catch up with victoria beckham. right now, we want to turn to our "gma" cover story, selma blair sharing her road to recovery, spoke to robin about the latest in her battle against m.s. after receiving an experimental treatment. and how her outlook on life has changed. >> i'm so sorry, i can't talk right now. we're shooting the final days of my life. >> reporter: introducing selma blair like you've never seen her before. the actress revealing in a new documentary how she's embracing her second act, living with

multiple sclerosis. first of all, at this very moment, how are you? >> at this very moment i'm great. and it's important to say at this very moment. i don't want to be complaining, although i always say i have no complaints. do you have a minute? but in reality i'm great today. more gains than losses. i do have things that can sometimes be embarrassing, but this is part of it that i do want to show. because that's the part that's healing. the glitches, maybe some of the speech. my brain is neurologically free of forming new lesions. but i do have volume loss and prefrontal damages and things that i take medicine for throughout the day. >> reporter: selma first sharing her m.s. diagnosis on instagram in 2018, months later revealing on "gma" her daily battle with the disease.

vulnerability is a strength, my friend, it's not a weakness. >> what i saw when people came up after the instagram post or your show that i was on, thank you, how much it meant and that moved me more than i have been moved by other things. that i achieved in my life -- and how much it matters to move the needle for young children to think, yes, you know, i can do this, or i can show this, you know, because repressing and isolating is a real energy drain. >> the options ran out. a stem cell transplant is the thing that's going to help me, if anything will. >> reporter: the documentary focusing on her 2019 stem cell transplant, a still experimental therapy for m.s., that includes intensive rounds of chemo to help reboot the immune system, but it's not a cure.

what went into the decision process to have the stem cell transplant, because it's not fda approved yet for m.s. what was about it that you said i'm going to take a chance here? >> i kind of got to a critical point and my nervous system and more symptoms and i couldn't stay awake. everything's so blurry. this is going to pass. i was mortally afraid of chemo my whole life. i've always gone holistic when i can and i met with the doctor and he said before you to california i'm going to give you some chemo. i was on the plane talking clearly, that quick, the inflammation started to go down. >> reporter: by her side, her 10-year-old son, a constant support, and her beloved mom who passed away in 2020 during the filming of the documentary.

what would your mother think about the film? >> one, she would be furious that i am not made up. but i think she would be proud. i do wish that now i would love to know her in a whole different way. i didn't feel well my whole life. i wish she could see that i'm okay. >> how is your life different post-stem cell transplant compared to pre? >> i'm a different person, i chose this as a marker in my life to want to live, to want to be a person that can show other people with chronic illness, disabilities, it just took a hit. we take hits. resilience is possible and there's work. >> return to acting? >> if the right thing, i'm not

working. but i would say i wouldn't dream of being a part offen amazing set one day. >> reporter: watching selma on the big screen has brought joy to many, something she says she's finally experiencing herself. >> we have to take care of ourselves and be patient and better times come, maybe it's not a cure, but more than not better times will come. we're meant to have joy on this earth. i never felt that before. >> she's been incredible to watch throughout this journey of hers. >> such joy and such wisdom. >> and you can see the relationship between robin and selma, how much she trusts her with her story. >> it's in theaters on object 15th. more of robin's interview with selma blair airs tonight on "nightline." now to one of the world's top fashion designers, revealing in an instagram post his

shocking injuries that happened from a fireplace explosion. one year ago. maggie rulli joins us from london with more on that story. >> reporter: this has just stunned the fashion community. he says he didn't even tell many of his closest friends that anything had even happened. he said he's finally ready to open up, he calls this moment his rebirth. this morning, one of the world's most influential fashion designers, known for dressing stars like beyonce and justin bieber, is opening up about the terrifying moment his fireplace exploded in his paris home one year ago. posting this intimate photo on instagram from his recovery showing his entire torso and both arms wrapped in bandages with severe burns on his face. writing, i finally feel ready to share this. i've been hiding this for too long and it's time for you to know. for a year, he said, he hid his

injuries, he tried everything to hide what happened from as many people as possible. to be honest, i'm not sure why i was so ashamed, maybe this obsession with perfection that fashion is known for and my own insecurities. celebrating his ten-year anniversary runway show just a week before opening up about his injuries. >> now we know there was real meaning behind it. represented freedom. the dresses looked like bandages. >> reporter: beloved by fellow fashion designers and celebrities, many now reaching out in support. dontella versace. writing, i'm so glad you're safe. kim kardashian posting their love and their mom kris jenner writing, you have been so proud and so positive through it all and i'm so proud of you. rousteing didn't give details on how it happened. the fashion boss seems determined to stay positive, now

a year later, healed, happy and healthy, i realize how truly blessed i am and i thank god every day of my life. >> he's breaking down the stigma, he's being real and raw. it's helping to destigmatize this idea of perfection in the fashion industry puts out there. we spoke to a fire expert. this kind of big explosion is rare, even though it's unusual fireplaces can still be dangerous. first, make sure your fireplace is always up to code, get it cleaned and inspected regularly and never leave a fire unattended. if you have a gas fireplace, watch out for unusual smells. the expert told us if you follow these precautions you and your family should be able to enjoy fireplaces this morning. we're going to head over to ginger now. raise your hands, are you ready for one to two feet of snow?

i see two hands total out of 30 people in here, come on, guys. they didn't get it in nevada, but a shot of big horn mountains, northern parts of wyoming, because the rockies are getting 1 to 2 feet. some of the winter weather advisories but with the wind will come on the front end a lot of that precipitation. folks who are ready to ski, utah into colorado and wyoming are getting more and more pumped. we're joined now by

congressman adam schiff, he was lead house manager, prosecutor in the first impeachment trial of donald trump. he's out with a new book "midnight in washington." welcome congressman. pretty scary title. explain it. >> the speech i gave at the trial, my closing argument was called midnight in washington. i was pointing out the trump defense where during the trial they were saying the president didn't need to turn over anything to congress because congress should have gone to court to prosecute the case in court and get information that way, but at midnight trump lawyers at the justice department were making a filing in court saying congress can't come to court. it seemed like the perfect metaphor in a very dark time in washington, the dangers to our institutions. there was this effort in court. also, george, i like the idea of midnight because, while it's the

darkest hour of every day everywhere in the world, it also hopeful, everything that follows is more light. our democracy is at a very dngerous point, but there's good reason to be optimistic about the future. >> we'll get to the optimism in just a moment. but first, let's forward to january 6th, you start out the book in pretty dramatic fashion, having to put on a gas mask you thought you would never have to use as a member of congress. >> i remember when the police officer said grab your masks, i remember thinking masks, they were under the seats, i have been in congress for 20 years, i didn't know they were under the seats, but the whole thing was just surreal, once you took out those masks a fan started, this buzzing all over the chamber, people were becoming increasingly panicked and shouting. i remember first running into one of the republicans and saying, you know, how long have you been here. he had a member pin but i didn't

recognize him. he said 72 hours. i said 72 hours. he said, yes, i just got elected. all i can say is it's not always like this. i couldn't imagine being a new member and facing this, but i couldn't imagine any of us facing this, i couldn't imagine people climbing outside the building, we started hearing the windows shattering, some republicans were telling me, you can't let them see you i remember one saying -- >> because you were so high profile? >> yeah. my first inclination was to be oddly touched that we were worried about my safety and my next inclination was to be angry, if they weren't pushing out these lies about the election none of us would have to be worrying about our security. in the days after the trauma became even greater, i was most

angry at the insurrectionists in suits and ties, colleagues of mine who knew it was a lie, because a lot of people attacking the capitol believed the lie. i get this asked all the time, do the republicans believe what they're saying? they know it's a lie. they know the election wasn't rigged. they just don't have the guts to speak the truth. >> right now, we're only nine months later from january 6th, some pretty stark revisionist history of what happened that day. you're on the select committee looking into january 6 insurrection. it seems pretty clear that republicans, starting with donald trump, are determined to block the work of this committee. >> they are, without a question, the former president has already told people that we have subpoenaed to come in this week don't show up. a continuation over the last four years, but there's a big difference now, during the russia investigation, the ukraine investigation when trump

was president, there was no concern among witnesses that if they just flouted the law and ignored subpoenas they didn't have to worry about bill barr at the justice department ever prosecuting. after all we held bill barr in contempt. but now it's different. >> do you think this justice department will prosecute? >> i think they have a responsibility. if we subpoena someone, they don't show up, and we hold them in contempt, which we will, we'll refer that to the justice department and we have to expect that merrick garland and the biden justice department will uphold the rule of law, they will vindicate the fact that no one is above the law. >> you think the speaker made a mistake by not allowing kevin mccarthy not to have handpicked members of in committee. >> no. time has demonstrated the wisdom of that decision, democrats and republicans, we have two conservative republicans in liz cheney and adam kinzinger, we're all determined to get to the truth, and if you look at that first hearing that we did with

those four capitol police officers it was remarkable, their testimony was incredible and powerful, but it's also remarkable that there was no fighting among the members, no effort to score points among each other if you didn't know who was a democrat or a republican, you couldn't tell because we were all interested in getting the facts out, had the speaker not made the decision that she did and kevin mccarthy put insurrectionists wearing suits and ties on that committee we would never have an investigation like that. >> where are you finding this hope? >> a hope in the heroic people that i write about in the book, maria defied the president of the united states, did the right thing, had the encourage. republicans like dan coates who upheld his oath of office. and mitt romney, in his statement i found vindication of what the founders believed we're self-governing. we don't need to be ruled by a

despot. there's hope for people. people at wit's end get engaged and get involved because there's nothing more debilitating thinking that you can't control your future and we all can. >> congressman, thank you. "midnight in washington" is out tomorrow. we'll be right back.

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you can join us ha a greatne. happy indigenous people stay. ♪ welcome back, everyone, to "gma" on this monday. we have an exclusive first look at the cover of jamie lynn spears' new book, "things i should have said," the actress and musician opening up for the very first time about growing up in her famous family, becoming a teen mom and her own mental health. the book goes on sale january 18th. she's donating a portion of the proceeds to this is my brave, a mental health awareness nonprofit. congratulations to her. >> we're looking forward to that. now to "dancing with the stars." cody rigsby and cheryl burke ready to return to the dance floor after their breakthrough covid infections. zohreen shah has their take on what comes next. >> reporter: get this, cody and

cheryl have only danced live together once. tonight, they're back dancing from to a song from a goofy movie. and finally performing eye to eye. it's the magical return "dancing with the stars" fans have been waiting for. peloton instructor cody rigsby and cheryl burke back together in the ballroom for disney week. ♪ ♪ >> it almost feels like the first time again, those jitters and those nerves i had the first time in the ballroom. >> double the tears. >> reporter: the pair sidelined after testing positive for covid despite being vaccinated. >> i am positive. which means i have covid. >> i have tested positive for covid. again. the second time this year.

feels like this, this is what it feels like when doing it online. it's all these different obstacles. ♪ >> it was such a huge, i guess, emotional roller coaster, you know, of just having covid in general, right, and then, on top of it, just seeing your life you have in front of you thinking it was going to end up differently falling to pieces. >> reporter: following cdc guidelines the pair forced to quarantine for ten days but the show went on. ♪ last week, for the first time on "dancing with the stars," a living room was turned into a ballroom. >> i think it was the best one we have ever done. honestly. even my dress rehearsal, this was far better than any other rehearsal, really. ♪ two-night disney spectacular. a- >> we are lucky to be here and blessed to be here and to be able to do these two dances and

try to have the best time while do >> so the pair recently learned a lot recently, how to learn dances on zoom, they became better at a dance we know well, the tap dance. we'll see if it makes them even stronger tonight. george. >> you know the tap dance a little bit better than i do. "dancing with the stars" airs tonight at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central, right here on abc. t.j. we turn now to some new ways to make weeknight dinners fast and easy. like the flip pizza are heating up social media right now. our becky worley tried it out for us. >> i agree, these meatballs are delicious. >> reporter: it's the new way to cook, tiktok and instagram videos showing clever tricks to spice up weeknight dinner. the #tiktokfood 38 million views. to find inspo for my weeknight. anna gass. help me.

my dinners are so boring. . >> i know, the struggle is real, becky, i'm here to help. >> reporter: anna is a trained chef and a mom making short videos. >> i create real reels weekly. that's what the kids are calling it. >> reporter: she's racked millions of view. for dishes like air fryer greek chicken. yum. you used to have to read the recipe or watch a 30-minute cooking show you're showing all the steps in 30 seconds, 40 seconds. >> i think we need to meet people where they are. right now, they need something fast. >> reporter: we make an ingenuous flip pizza in a cast iron skillet. anna in connecticut and me in california. >> first, oil a cast iron pan, make sure you get it nice and greased up. then you put the toppings. remember that topping is a barrier. get the toppings all over the bottom of the pan. >> reporter: she says pre-made dough is everywhere now.

but the best place to get it -- >> your local pizzeria, they are making it every day and it's delicious. pull it from the sides. we're not flipping dough in the air. >> just lay it on there? >> lay it on there. >> reporter: now i bake it 375 degrees for 30 minutes. and then the big flip. this could be a pincher's fail. but i'm going to have a faith for a second. here we go. one, two, three -- oh. >> oh, girl, you did it. look at your gorgeous veggie pizza. >> upside-down pizza, flipped pizza, truly delicious. no matter what you call it. t.j., my kids were lined up just off camera ready to dive into that thing. >> but you've given me different types of pizza, right, we all know pizza, are these ideas a remix on things we already know?

>> 100%. this is just a twist on an old favorite, right, one of anna's ideas like this that i really loved, the choose your own adventure approach to dinner, also known as the salad bar approach for pastas, you can have a red sauce and a pesto, shredded parm or feta. a few different veggies. if you're not assembling it's not more work for you. anna said she did this trick with a salad, a bunch of ingredients, and her son who hates salad, wait for it, he tried it and he liked it. genius. >> some of the greatest ideas are the simplest. why didn't i think of that? becky, thank you so much stay with us here on "gma." coming up, former secretary of state hillary clinton and best-selling author louise penny are here. to talk about their new thriller. stay wh u

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♪ welcome back. our next guests are the 67th secretary of state and a number one "new york times" bestselling author, but now they're also the co-authors behind the new novel "state of terror." an international thriller ripped straight from the headlines that will leave you on the edge of your seat. hillary clinton and louise penny are here with us in studio. thank you both for being with us this morning. >> thanks, amy. >> secretary clinton, i don't think it's too much of a stretch for people to see

the parallels between this fiction novel and american politics in the past several years, are we in a state of terror, how close are we if not? >> that's a great question. you know part of what motivated louise and i to write this book, is not only to give readers a thrill and give them a great opportunity to meet fascinating characters that, you know, really came out of louise's brain that were inspired by other people -- >> wait a minute, this was a collaboration. >> it was, but it was also because i do worry that we face a lot of really serious problems that don't get the attention they deserve. so as you know from this book, it's a lot of fun, there's a lot of entertainment, but it's also a really serious problem of terrorists potentially getting access to nuclear weapons. it kept me up at night while i was secretary of state. >> it's a cautionary tale? >> it's a cautionary tale.

yes. >> louise, it's pretty remarkable i was reading up on your partnership, your collaboration was borne from loss. correct? >> it was. i had lost my husband right before the election in 2016. hillary wrote the most wonderful letter of condolence. she had never met me o o omicha you read your books. >> i loved your books. i felt like i knew you. >> you took time out from the most brutal election campaign to write to a canadian who can't even vote, an act of kindness that i have rarely seen and selflessness, and then the election didn't go the way we all thought it should. >> a loss of another kind. a loss of another kind. >> the loss of the election, we met in february of the next year and just became friends because i had nothing to offer you and you had nothing to offer me. we were two women at a similar age who bonded over grief.

>> also brought together by my best friend from sixth grade who inspires one of the characters, who louise had gotten to know and became a great, great friend of hers as well and to, you know, spend time together as we did from 2017 until betsy's death in 2019. it was such a gift to both of us, and that friendship, you know, went much further than the closeness that i had with betsy that louise then shared. we wanted this book to be a political thriller, but we also wanted it to be about relationships, about love, we wanted it to have a lot of heart, we wanted it to feel like you were getting to know people that were in cauldron of these fast-moving dangerous threats but never lost their humanity, which is sometimes hard to keep. >> don't you find in thrillers,

you don't see a lot of the women strong, older women characters, you see it in real life, the female bonding, but you don't see it necessarily in thrillers. we wanted to write a book that we really wanted to read. >> yes, that's very important. >> we wanted to write about characters we care about. more than just explosions. god knows there are some of those. >> i love how you are finishing each other's sentences. you alluded to this, many of the characters are from people in your real life. i'm curious, secretary clinton, how much is ellen adams, secretary of state in the novel similar to secretary of state clinton? >> i used my experience to inform the character but as i write in the acknowledgments i was really inspired by another wonderful friend of mine, a former member of congress who became the undersecretary for arms control, was really in middle of trying to keep our world safer and she sadly passed

away in may of 2019. just two months before betsy lost her battle with breast cancer. so i thought a lot about ellen who i was very close to and admired and just had the highest respect for, so it's a combination of characteristics of people who i both know and came out of the imagination of louise, so that we really had a collaboration that brought my experience with her expertise and great experience and try to come up with characters as she said who you would want to know. part of what hooked me on louise's series, featuring an incredible character, is how much you wanted to know these characters, you wanted to find out what was going to happen to them next. that's what we want people to feel like reading this book. ? i also want to mention,

hillary, people come to the end of the book and close it, we want this book to live on, be memorable because of that. but i really encourage people to read the acknowledgments because hillary's acknowledgments are the most beautiful acknowledgments i have read, some of the most beautiful writing i have ever read, and the way you chose to end the book is perfect. >> i believe you said it's up to us to make the plot stays fictional. after writing this, any interest in getting back in the game of politics? >> i will never be out of the game of politics. i'm not going to be running for anything. i really feel, amy, and i know george was interviewing adam schiff before, i really feel like our democracy is at stake, and there's many reasons for that, some of them we saw on the screen with the insurrection, some of them because of the revelations of facebook, creates a world of disinformation.

i'm really worried about what's happening at home and around the world. i'm never going to get out or being involved and hopefully trying to help in some way. >> se >> secretary clinton, louise penny, thank you for being with us. "state of terror." hits everywhere tomorrow. get ready for tonight, something exciting, a big game on monday night football. baltimore ravens t coming up, the new way to watch one of the fastest sports in the world. nhl commissioner gary bettman joining us live.

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welcome back to "gma," everybody. we're back now with big news for sports fans. espn, espn plus and hulu has launched a blockbuster deal with the nhl, bringing one of the world's fastest games to viewers like never before. let me bring in the nhl commissioner gary bettman, good to have you here. people have been watching hockey for a long time. there's a different way to watch hockey. why is this going to be a bring unique experience. >> first of all, we're delighted to be back on espn after a decade and a half, but as the sports leader they're going to bring new and additionally innovative ways to carry the games. new camera angles. more data than ever before. more ways for our fans to connect on platforms. >> now as far as the viewing experience for a fan, are we -- give us an idea, you mentioned camera angles and technology,

how are you going to make this experience even better? >> nothing better than in-person nhl hockey. more ways to bring that experience home to people. cameras close to and on the ice under certain circumstances. overhead cameras. a whole variety of production applications and the use of data and puck and player tracking to bring fans more insight, more of the excitement of the game, much like being there. >> and you're also bringing some things to the fans and getting new fans by incorporating a little justin bieber. how does he play into this new season? >> he'll be introing our games, tune in tomorrow night, he's a huge fan, we're excited to have him as part of the nhl family. >> how significant is it, you have a doubleheader tomorrow night, but the expansion team, the seattle kraken, what's the significance of

having -- the excitement around a new team you can debut tomorrow. >> more fans in more places. we had a recent expansion in las vegas, people were very skeptical at the time, but the golden knights have been phenomenal, and we'll see the same thing in seattle. a great building, great fan base, twice as many season ticket holders as seats in the arena, this is going to be a huge, huge success story and people are very excited about the uniform and the name, kraken, a legendary mythical octopus squid that was intimidating sailors for years, supposedly, and the fans helped pick the name and in that vein i have a gift for you. >> oh, goodness gracious. >> this is the hottest selling sweater, ever. >> oh, look at that. okay, you got me on this one. this is fantastic. let me see this thing.

i want to see my jersey. >> not only does it have your name, it's your size. >> look at this here, that's special. i appreciate that. the kraken. i have to ask you about the season, in a bubble for a while for the season, things will be different. your vaccination rate among players. very happy to brang about it this. >> we finished the 2020 season in a bubble when the tampa bay lightning won the first of two successive stanley cups, last season we started late and we had to realign because we couldn't get teams in and out of canada. tampa bay won again. our vaccination rate, health and safety number one priority. maybe five players, i don't mean 5%. five players haven't been vaccinated out of our roughly 800 players. all of our officials are vaccinated. we're very proud of the fact

that we're going to get prioritize health and safety, our players, our personnel and the communities in which we play. >> we're looking forward. i wish i could shake your hand now. gary, congrats on how far you all have come starting a brand-new season. you can see all of the opening night excitement, when pittsburgh takes the stanley cup champs tampa bay followed by seattle, the kraken facing vegas and the action starts tomorrow night at 7:30 eastern on espn. we'll be right back. working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what recology is all about. as an employee-owned company,

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area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. jobina: good morning. we have a look at traffic. sue: it is a holiday after all for a lot of people. you can tell at the bay bridge where the metering lights were turned off about an hour or so ago. there is one big trouble spot, the richmond san rafael bridge. per hour. it is 32 up in santa rosa. hayward is up to 26 miles per hour. to add 20 miles per hour as you go up 1000 feet in height. it's going to be brisk to windy with temperatures in the 60's and 70's. we are going to dry out the air.

the careful out there. jobina: it's time now for live with kelly and ryan. with kelly and ryan. we will be back at deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. today pack a virtual bag, because we're kicking off live's virtual road trip week, with a visit to denver. joining us on the trip, one of the stars of impeachment: american crime story beanie feldstein. also a denver father and daughter are giving us our good news story of the day. plus a colorado lamb cooking lesson, courtesy of denver chef jennifer jasinski. all next on live. now, here are two people who love a mile high city. kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. ["good life" by onerepublic] ♪ say oh, got this feeling that... ♪ you're going to the ranch? i am going to the ranch. - good morning. - morning. hi, deja. good morning. good to see, y'all.

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