morning. he has everything we need to know. reggie: how is the craic? good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. president biden calls vladimir putin a war criminal as ukraine launches a counteroffensive overnight.s back. how their forces are holding off one of the mightiest militaries in the world as russia bombs civilians across the country. video posted to social media shows this theater left smoldering believed to be full of civilians after ukrainian president zelenskyy addressed congress and the u.s. prepares to send an additional $800 million worth of military aid. refugee crisis. the u.n. set to hold an emergency meeting as ukraine's neighboring countries struggle to keep up with the millions crossing the border. this morning, we're inside the largest refugee hub in all of europe. interest rates hiked for the first time in three years.

impacting everything from new mortgages to car loans to credit cards. plus, what it means if you want to buy a home. the investigation into a deadly head-on highway collision in texas that killed nine people including six members of a college golf team and their coach. an abc news exclusive. wendy williams addressing recent reports about her mental and physical well-being and her ongoing legal battle with her bank as her show comes to an end after 14 seasons. >> how close are you now, would you say, to being able to being comfortable enough to start working again? >> her message directly to her fans only on "gma" this morning. the fake heiress fighting her deportation. anna sorokin subject of the hit series "inventing anna" speaking out to a podcast claiming she never criminally harmed anyone as she remains in u.s. custody. instagram's family center. can the new parental controls help you keep an eye on who your kids are following? and set how much time they spend

on the app. but is there a major caveat to the feature? ♪ you got to fight for your right to party ♪ and the fighting irish fight to the finish. >> that's it. happy st. patrick's day! >> notre dame winning a double overtime thriller with a little luck of the irish after midnight for march madness, plus, howard's women making herstory. >> but how about the first win feeling for howard. >> winning their first-ever ncaa tournament game. good morning, america. we hope you're doing well this morning. we want to get right to the war in ukraine. the u.s. is promising to hold russia accountable after ukrainian president zelenskyy's historic address to congress and for the first time president biden has called vladimir putin a war criminal. >> new images coming in overnight of the aftermath of a residential area reportedly hit

by a russian rocket and survivors being rescued from the scene. >> michael, that scene in ukraine's capital kyiv as the fighting intensifies all around that city with ukrainian forces attempting counterattacks. senior foreign correspondent ian pannell starts us off from kyiv. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. it's now three weeks since this invasion began. it's worth reflecting on quite how much has happened in that time. more than 3 million people forced from their homes, from their country, now living as refugees in foreign lands. you got hundreds, maybe thousands of people who have been killed. you got towns and villages and cities now under regular russian bombardment and with those bakeries and theaters being targeted, those civilians who stayed behind are now in the firing line. this morning, kyiv hit again. firefighters rushing to extinguish the flames from a residential block reportedly hit by a russian rocket. shell-shocked survivors being

rescued from the damage building and in kharkiv, near the russian border, a market destroyed in a strike that killed three and injured five. these images playing out across towns and cities as civilian areas are being pummeled every day now by russian missiles. in mariupol, the injured are rushed to one of the few remaining hospitals as the russian bombardment intensifies. doctors rushing to save lives even as hospitals repeatedly come under fire. videos posted to social media show russian attacks on targets being used to shelter civilians like this swimming pool complex. and in mariupol, a theater doubling as a mass shelter left smoldering. regional authorities believe there were over a thousand civilians inside the theater. the number of casualties is still unknown. but a ukrainian lawmaker telling us the basement is intact and people are being pulled out of the rubble alive. in this satellite photo the word "children" is clearly written on the grounds in russian on both sides of the theater.

a warning not to attack. and in the northern city of chernihiv, customers standing in line for bread hit in another russian attack. at least ten killed according to the regional governor. but the ukrainian military saying they've now regrouped and are counterattacking pushing russian forces back from towns where they've been stuck for well over a week and to the south, kherson, verified video circulating online showing russian helicopters and military equipment destroyed after a ukrainian strike. vladimir putin saying the invasion has been unfolding successfully and then, falsely claiming they're doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties. when asked about putin president biden responding sharply. >> i think he is a war criminal. >> reporter: ukrainian president zelenskyy appearing before the u.s. congress pleading for aid for his country. zelenskyy sharing this heartbreaking video switching between peaceful scenes before the war and the horror of russia's invasion on the ground over the last three weeks.

zelenskyy then in english with an appeal directly to president biden. >> i wish you be the leader of the world. being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace. >> reporter: zelenskyy's speech applauded with a standing ovation. today, the u.s. stepping up its support preparing to send an additional $800 million worth of military aid to ukraine. but the u.s. and nato saying a no-fly zone will not be enacted over the country in fears it could lead to an all-out war between russia and nato. in a new address overnight, zelenskyy calling for more action against the russian government. [ speaking foreign language ] saying, the world must finally officially recognize that russia's become a terrorist state. well, the british ministry of defense now releasing its battlefield assessment saying that it thinks that the russian offensive has now stalled on all

fronts and of course, with the ukrainians regrouping, counterattacking, they're hoping the land invasion can hold where it is, but this bombardment is the main cause of destruction and death in the country and there's no sign that that is ending. michael. >> that is unfortunate there, ian. we're going to take a closer look now at the success of the ukrainian forces and how they've been able to hold out against the russian army, one of the biggest in the world. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has more on that from lviv. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the ukrainians may not have the air power but they have the will, the determination and the heart and they have inflicted huge damages on the russian soldiers. one official telling me as many as 10,000 may have been killed but at least 7,000. because the russians are bogged down in so many places the ukrainians have been able to carry out those ambushes, those counterattacks. ukraine has moved its top commander from the eastern part of the country to the area around kyiv. of course, they're calling on

citizens, as well, to take up weapons and those citizens are defending the towns, the cities, the streets, their homes, ukrainian forces, the defenders, again, have the advantage at least in that part of the country. ukraine's ministry of defense saying to the people of ukraine, many challenges still lie ahead. the enemy will hurt us, destroy a part of the things we love but every day the ukrainian people are demonstrating an unyielding will to win. these are the times of true heroes, they say, george. >> okay, martha raddatz, thanks very much. let's go to the white house now. chief white house correspondent, cecilia vega, and cecilia, we saw the president call vladimir putin a war criminal right there. he's not giving president zelenskyy everything zelenskyy wants, but he is stepping up the u.s. aid. >> reporter: yeah, and this aid is a big deal this morning. the president outlining that yesterday. george, let me show you what it includes. it includes many of these weapons that zelenskyy directly asked for, hundreds of

anti-aircraft missiles, we're talking about thousands of anti-tank systems and also learning that the u.s. is providing ukraine with 100 switchblade drones. let me tell you about these. these are the so-called kamikaze drones because they can fly directly into a target, say a tank and the drone is destroyed and explodes. they're very small. they're easy to transport and they're easy to use which is really important at this point in this war because the ukrainian army needs these weapons fast and they don't have time for extensive training. the administration right now as we were saying very much focused on getting these weapons to ukraine but, george, they are also saying they still have more economic tools at their disposal to hit the kremlin harder in the wallet where they say it really matters like removing more banks from the banking system and have stricter, tougher sanctions to still levy but the white house facing growing criticism, especially from republicans on capitol hill who say given all these horrors that we are witnessing in this war, why wait? >> one of the big questions, will this force putin towards a diplomatic solution? okay, cecilia, thanks very much. robin?

now to the latest on the growing refugee crisis. according to the u.n., more than 3 million people have fled ukraine as russian forces target civilians with relentless air strikes. victor oquendo is in poland, the country hosting most of those refugees. he's at the warsaw train station for us. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. at any given time there are thousands of refugees inside warsaw central with more arriving every hour. there's one of the first stops they'll make. these tents that have been set up just outside with essentials, there's food, water, toothbrushes, baby products, as well. the question is, though, as major cities like warsaw say that they've essentially reached capacity, where will all of these people go? this morning, they just keep coming by the thousands. refugees fleeing war-torn ukraine. so far more than 3 million have left their homes behind, two-thirds of them entering neighboring poland. >> how long did it take you to come here? how many days? >> three days. >> are you happy to be here in

poland? you'd rather be back home? >> yes. >> reporter: a surge across nearby european countries too like romania, moldova and hungary all struggling with this humanitarian crisis. we met with the mayor of warsaw, which has accepted more refugees than any other city in the world. he tells us the population here has increased by 20% in less than three weeks and the pace is not sustainable. >> what i'm asking all of my friends in the western world, help us out and let's do it in a way which is well planned, enough for improvisation, we need a plan. >> reporter: not all those in danger have been able to get out though. some like these 57 orphans in sumy have been living in a basement since the war began. our maggie rulli meeting up with them after their escape. >> the caretakers say in those shelters they could hear bombs exploding overhead every night. going to bed they went to bed in fear. now they finally were able to escape here to lviv, but just

imagine that journey, all of these little ones on buses for days, every adult having at least two kids in their arms trying to keep them alive. >> reporter: we visited the largest refugee hub in europe. the goal here, provide temporary shelter then relocate. in order to help keep this organized they've created a small bus station here essentially. take a look. these buses on these screens heu th what the le me are in line for. they're housing some 8,000 people here mostly women and children like 13-year-old artem whose family is now searching for a new home. >> we want to be happy children in another country. >> in another country. you don't think you'll go back home? [ speaking foreign language ] >> no, but in future they don't know. >> reporter: and today the united nations will be holding an emergency meeting to discuss the worsening humanitarian crisis. it was requested in part by the

united states. this is going to take a worldwide effort. robin. >> it certainly will, victor, thank you. michael. we're going to turn now to some severe weather. flash flooding in the south. tornados in florida and the new cross-country storm on the move. ginger is tracking it all for us this morning. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. it was a water world in birmingham, alabama, as one to two inches of rain was falling within an hour so they had really fast rainfall rates. flash flooding in the streets and then you had water rescues. 20 calls for them. you can see people carrying folks out. then i wanted to show you, in sarasota, florida, an ef-1 tornado. that ripped through an industrial area but also residential, some of the storms there and today it's all about this new storm that is producing big-time snow around denver causing big issues there, but as that cold front moves east, tonight it's southern oklahoma through dallas, wichita falls included. tomorrow the low spins up possible tornadoes and damaging winds all the way down to the gulf coast from the midsouth,

george. >> could be a tough day tomorrow, thanks. we're going to turn now to the investigation into a tragic head-on collision in texas, nine people killed including six members of a college golf team and their coach. trevor ault is in midland, texas, with the latest. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, george. this was truly a nightmare crash. clearly at a high rate of speed with both vehicles catching on fire and several people trapped inside and this morning, the university, its community and the parents of these students are struggling to come to terms with this shocking reality. this morning, the ntsb is investigating the horrific west texas crash that killed nine people including six college golfers and their coach. >> all units, i've got wrecked vehicles on both sides of the highway. fully engulfed vehicles. >> reporter: investigators say a pickup truck crossed the center line and slammed head first into the van carrying the university of the southwest men's and women's golf teams tuesday night, both passengers inside the truck were killed.

the university now confirming the names of the students who died incding 22-arld jackson zinn. amazing human writing, devastated does not do justice. >> we just had their fund-raiser saturday. it's just really surreal. >> reporter: and the mother of 18-year-old freshman laci stone saying her daughter had big dreams and a heart the size of texas. >> she was the life of the party. she loved to sing, and she was just always having the best time. >> reporter: and these often serve as bonding experiences for athletes, these shared rides home. laci stone had written in her biography on the university's web page that her favorite sports memory was all of the bus rides. robin. >> oh, trevor, thank you. now to the federal reserve raising interest rates, something it had not done since 2018. the move intended to combat rising inflation. chief business correspondent

rebecca jarvis is live now on wall street with what this means for you. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. as you say this is the first interest rate hike in more than three years. the fed hiking rates by a quarter percent yesterday and anticipating that they will do this another six times this year meaning that by the end of the year interest rates could be around 2% if they stay the y is the cost of borrowing. the ability to borrow money gets more expensive. everything from new mortgages to car loans to credit card debt. if you look at the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage this morning it's already reflecting all of this at about 4.5% and the goal of the federal reserve is to really pump the brakes on this overheated economy to slow down some of the spending so that prices, inflation can stabilize where we've seen these prices eating into family budgets, hitting americans so hard and particularly the lowest income americans, if you think about our economy as a car with the federal reserve in the

driver's seat right now we're going about 100 miles per hour down the highway and the fed here is trying to pump the brakes to keep us from any kinds of collisions or crashes, but they have to keep things moving as well. they have to keep this economy running. they do not believe that we will face a recession, but they also say, guys, that inflation is going to remain high through most of the summer, guys. >> all right, rebecca, thank you. michael. what a fitting way to start st. patrick's day. overnight, just after the clock struck midnight, the notre dame fighting irish hitting this shot with just one second left on the first four game in double overtime. the irish earned a spot in the first round of the ncaa coming up we will tell you how the howard university women made march madness history or as you said -- >> herstory. >> herstory last night.

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vladimir putin a war criminal. also right now, ireland's prime minister tested positive for covid. he was at the washington gala attended by president biden last night. the prime minister was seated next to speaker pelosi during the dinner last night but the president himself is not considered a close contact. also jussie smollett is out of jail this morning. an appeals court ruled he should be freed while appealing his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack. smollett said nothing to reporters as he was released, and his lawyers argued he would have finished his sentence by the time the appeal process ends. and we are tracking the severe weather across the country. in the south, flash flooding prompting more than a dozen water rescues in alabama and we're seeing some damage out of sarasota, florida, where a tornado touched down. and we've got a lot more ahead including the latest on fake heiress anna sorokin who scammed people and businesses for tens of thousands of dollars speaking out as she fights deportation that's coming up, robin. but now to our exclusive interview with wendy williams, the talk show host talking to t.j. about the battle over her finances, her reported health troubles and the end of her show and, t.j., i know we were communicating, talking about

your conversation with her. >> yeah, and, robin, we have to remember given the headlines recently we might be quick to forget this is a woman that for over a decade battled it out for the top spot in all of daytime talk. she has had an incredible run but the recent headlines about her -- she lost her show. she lost access to her finances, even lost her mind, yes, her bank called her an incapacitated person. well, wendy reached out to us yesterday and she wanted to do something she hasn't done much of publicly lately. talk. are you, wendy, of sound mind? >> absolutely. are you? >> i am. now, why would anybody assume you are not? >> well, you know, when people want control of their accounts, they say anything, including something crazy like that about me. >> reporter: wendy williams wants to address months of reports and rumors about her mental and physical well-being. >> i don't have time to waste. let's get this show on the road. [ cheers and applause ]

>> reporter: after health struggles kept her from returning to her show for a 14th season. >> there's been a lot out there and you've talked about your health but tell us how your health is. >> health is very well and i actually have had a few appointments, you know, i'm 57 now, and i have the mind and body of a 25-year-old. >> reporter: wendy talked to us by phone not wanting to go on camera but wanting the public to hear directly from her in particular about her ongoing legal battle with wells fargo bank, which wendy says froze her account for two months, a move that denies her access from her own money preventing her from fulfilling financial obligations including mortgage payments and employee payroll. >> they say i need somebody to handle my accounts. and i don't want that. i want all my money, i want to see all my money that i've worked hard for my entire life. my entire life.

i don't lie. i don't cheat and i don't steal. i am an honest, hard-working person. >> reporter: in court documents, the bank says they requested a conservatorship for the talk show host, because they believe she's the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation, an allegation wendy denies. >> why do you think that a bank has taken a pretty extreme step to say we don't think you're of sound mind to handle your own money? >> well, you know, i want to spend more time with my family and, you know, working out and waiting for the responses to my money situation and wells fargo and they don't like that. >> here's wendy! >> reporter: just last month, after 14 seasons, it was

announced her talk show would come to an end and that sherri shepherd would take over the time slot and get her own talk show. >> here's sherri shepherd! >> reporter: one of the fan favorites filling in for williams sidelined for complications, of graves disease and her thyroid condition. her spokesperson said it's been a challenging time for wendy as she deals with her health issues adding, wendy has been assured should her health get to a point where she can host again she would be back on tv at that time. how close are you now, would you say, to being able to being comfortable enough to start working again? >> i'm very comfortable. you know, my partners with the show, everybody's ready. >> you're telling me at this moment you are prepared, physically and mentally, you could go back to work and start hosting a show as early as tomorrow? you feel fit enough to do so? >> well, give me about three months. there are private things that i have to deal with and then i'll

be ready to come back and be free and ready to do my thing. >> i'm on fire. let's go. >> reporter: before we ended our chat, the self-proclaimed queen of all media wanted to speak directly to her fans. >> this is what i would love to say to my wendy watchers. keep watching because i'm going to be back on the wendy show bigger and brighter than ever. >> now wells fargo did not comment at this time on this update, but in february they did tell "people" magazine they deny allegations of improper actions with respect to wendy's accounts and fully participate in anything trying to help her with her debts and, again, they say they're only looking out for the best interest of their client. lot of people wondering, she is back in new york where she wants to be. this is home but she wasn't able to go on camera so we did want to explain that part why we weren't able to see her on zoom. the things she has to work out have nothing to do with her health. she says she needs a few months to work things out.

but she says she is healthy enough to get back going, so, again, all of us who have been around her and in the business, we've all known her for a long time. want her to be okay. >> want her to be okay regardless of work or anything, just be okay. thank you so much, t.j. >> you got it, guys. now to those close calls caught on camera, focusing attention this morning on drawbridge safety. our transportation correspondent gio benitez is looking into several recent cases. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. this is something we really have to pay attention to, whether you're in a rush to get somewhere or simply just caught off guard. the incidents we're about though show you prove that this can be incredibly dangerous. this is the moment over the weekend when a motorcyclist tries to cross a raising drawbridge in daytona beach. the man driving through the traffic arms and as the bridge rises that motorcycle sliding onto its side, the man falling off. the bike now dangling over the waterway causing the bridge to shut down. police say the man was not injured but was issued a citation for careless driving. authorities temporarily shutting

the bridge down to inspect any possible damage. it's just one of the several incidents of people either trying to beat the bridge or getting caught off guard. >> i see one lady, i don't know how to explain it. but she fell out. >> reporter: 79-year-old carol wright was killed. walking across this bridge in west palm beach. her family's attorney saying the bridge started to open without her knowing. >> she was in the middle of the bridge. when the bridge is like standing up. >> reporter: she fell 50 feet to the concrete. >> who do you blame for this? >> the bridge tender, they have several safety protocols. they have at least three cameras there on the bridge with monitors inside. she was supposed to go out there and physically and visually check the pedestrian crosswalk and vehicle traffic area. >> reporter: attorney lance ivey says he's also representing a man who was stuck on a nearby drawbridge in november 2020. that moment caught on camera. at one point he holds on and the

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>> reporter: her new immigration lawyer feared his 31-year-old famous client had lost her battle days ago but she remains in u.s. custody. appearing on the podcast "call her daddy" from her jail cell in upstate new york this week, sorokin speaking out on how effortlessly she scammed new york city's rich and powerful. >> i was never like hiding from the police and then like was surprised i got arrested. i thought like i would just go back to new york and i'll just like resolve it with my lawyer. >> reporter: posing as a german heiress with an invented last name delvey sorokin says she never told a lie that criminally harmed anyone. >> i literally cannot come up with a single example where i'm like, yeah, let me [ bleep ] this person over and they'll never see their money again. >> reporter: sources tell abc news sorokin will be sent back to germany. she was taken into custody only weeks after her release from prison a year ago. in 2019, sorokin was found guilty of stealing more than

$250,000 from big banks, hotels and acquaintances funding a lavish lifestyle while pursuing a business deal. >> what are you wearing? you look poor. >> reporter: her former friend rachel williams telling us in 2019 how she helped police arrest sorokin after williams was left with a $62,000 bill for a trip they took to morocco. >> it was such a complex paralyzing moment for me. she owed me more money than i made in a year. >> reporter: sorokin has always insisted hustling friends was not her intention. >> i just wanted to do what i wanted, travel and go places and do things. money just always kind of represented freedom for me not just for the sake of the money. >> reporter: anna sorokin first arrived in new york city in 2013. her russian-born parents live in germany. but she's had little contact with them since her legal troubles began, so when or if she's deported, it's unclear exactly where she's going to

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. ukraine battles back. how their forces are holding off one of the mightiest militaries in the world as russian forces bomb civilians across the country. video posted to social media shows this theater left smoldering after ukraine presiden also this morning, interest rates on the rise. what it could mean for everything from your car loan to your mortgage. keeping up with kim and pete. kim kardashian opening up for the first time about her new relationship with pete davidson. this as her ex, kanye west gets suspended from instagram overnight. social media supervision. instagram rolls out new parental controls helping you keep an eye

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it continues and civilian casualties mount every single day. this morning, kyiv hit again. firefighters rushing to extinguish games from a residential block reportedly hit by a russian rocket and in kharkiv near the russian border a market destroyed in a strike that killed three and injured five. in the besieged port city of mariupol, the injured are rushed to one of the few remaining hospitals as the russian bombardment intensifies. videos posted to social media show russian attacks on targets used to shelter civilians. a theater doubling as a mass shelter left smoldering. regional authorities believe there were over a thousand civilians inside the theater. the number of casualties is still unknown but a ukrainian lawmaker telling us the basement is intact and people are being pulled out of the rubble alive. in this satellite photo, the word "children" is clearly written on the grounds in russian on both sides of the theater.

a warning not to attack. but the ukrainian military saying they've now regrouped and are counterattacking pushing russian forces back from towns where they've been stuck for well over a week. verified video circulating online shows russian helicopters and military equipment destroyed after a ukrainian strike. vladimir putin saying the invasion has been unfolding successfully and then falsely claiming they're doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties. when asked about putin president biden responding sharply. >> i think he is a war criminal. >> reporter: ukrainian president zelenskyy appearing before the u.s. congress, zelenskyy then in english with an appeal directly to president biden. >> being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace. >> reporter: zelenskyy's speech applauded with a standing ovation. today the u.s. stepping up its support preparing to send an additional $800 million worth of military aid to ukraine. well, of course, we know what

the ukrainians want, president zelenskyy asked president biden, the u.s. congress for it again, he is speaking to the german parliament this morning reiterating what they really need is a no-fly zone. it's those attacks on drama theaters, on bakeries that underscores their need to try to control the skies but, of course, that's not going to happen but this new aid package is important. they're expecting ever stronger air defenses, george. >> rallying the west, okay, thanks very much, ian. robin. now to the move by the federal reserve to fight inflation raising interest rates for the first time in three years. rebecca jarvis is back with what it all means. good morning, again, rebecca. >> reporter: hi, robin. nice to see you again. and this is the first of many interest rate behinds expected for the rest of the year, six more to come and the most immediate impact on your money is that the cost of borrowing gets more expensive here. new credit cards, new mortgages, new car loans, the rates go up and we're already seeing it reflected in the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage which is 4 1/2% today.

now, the goal from the federal reserve is really to pump the brakes on the economy. it's overheated. inflation at 40-year highs, prices getting out of control and hard to manage for many americans. the objective is to let the supply chain catch up to help prices stabilize and the fed believes it can do this without causing a recession. they also say, though, robin that inflation should stay elevated for most of this year and through the summer, robin. >> all right, rebecca, thank you. michael. robin, we have breaking news this morning. the white house announcing that dr. ashish jha will be the new covid-19 coordinator replacing jeff zients leaving his post in april and coming up, kim kardashian getting candid about her relationship with "snl" superstar pete davidson. and instagram's new parental controls you can now to do protect kids on the app. how hairstylists are learning to spot skin cancer on their clients.

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welcome back to "gma" on this st. patrick's day. that's cairde. the irish dancers have gone viral on tiktok celebrating st. paddy's day all morning celebrating in times square as well. tomorrow on "gma," michael buble will join us. he has a special performance from his new album. michael.

>> we go to our "gma" cover story. kim kardashian opening up for the first time about her relationship with pete davidson. zohreen shah joins us with more. good morning, zohreen. great to see you here in the studio live. >> great to be here. they might seem like an unlikely pair, even kim kardashian's own mother says it's a relationship she doesn't think anyone saw coming but by kim's own definition, it's official. >> i guess it's like not official until you post. >> reporter: we're finally keeping up with kim kardashian and pete davidson. gushing on the ellen degeneres show about her relationship with her "snl" star, telling the host she's itching to reveal more to the world. >> well, i have the cutest pictures of us and i want to be like, oh, my god, we're so cute but then i'm like, you know, don't be so desperate. don't be posting so much. just give a glimpse. >> reporter: kardashian making it insta-official that the two are together with the photo of davidson's head resting on her and another image of the two

side by side captioned whose car are we going to take? kim and pete initially coming together on the set of "snl" when kim hosted last october appearing on this sketch as a new couple. >> i really like you, i really do. >> and i really like you too. i want to do everything with you, you know, see the world. >> reporter: then celebrating pete's birthday soon after. sharing this photo with kris jenner but their life has been low key since especially for a kardashian. >> i don't know what the right thing to do. i haven't dated since before instagram existed so i don't know. >> i know. >> what the rules are. >> reporter: the rules are complicated right now. the new fling comes as her ex-husband kanye west has been using his instagram to put their divorce drama out in the open. overnight meta confirming to abc news the rapper has been suspended from their platform for 24 hours for posts violating their policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment. now kim giving us a new story

line to keep up with. >> i think it's just in life like no matter what it is, i just think i encourage my friends and the people i love to be happy and i went for it. find your happiness and like i went for it and i took my time and i found it and it feels so good and i want to hold on to that forever. >> good. >> okay, so we'll see what kanye says about all of this when his suspension is over but the big buzz is the new kardashian series on hulu. will pete make an appearance? won't he? i don't know. a girl can dream, guys. >> you had inside scoop there the way you were going, zohreen. >> i wish. i wish, robin but i'm going to say maybe. she teased him a little bit. you heard that. >> thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. we turn to a new move from instagram after the app came under fire for potentially young users.mental health of - new pa trental controls now being put in place and erielle reshef has the details. >> good morning, george.

these are intended to give parents and guardians more oversight. meta says this is to manage on their platforms from one central place and comes amid increased calls for social media companies to do more to protect their young users. this morning, meta implementing new safeguards on # to help parents monitor their teens' activity and keep them safe. the new family center allowing parents to set time limits and you can receive updates on the accounts that follow your kids and who your kids are following. >> a lot of teens will like the fact their parents are there to support them. >> reporter: the tech giant saying it is working closely with experts, parents, guardians and teens to develop those features. there is a major caveat. the teen must initiate supervision to allow parents access to this account info. >> i don't think that every 17 1/2-year-old will want their parents helping them use social

media but for younger children, i think a lot of them will agree and could be part of the deal where you want to go on social media, that's fine. you need to implement these parental management tools. >> reporter: instagram's efforts coming on the heels of testimony by former facebook employee and whistle-blower. frances haugen who appeared before congress in october alleging meta the parent company of instagram and facebook was not taking steps to mitigate the potentially negative impact of social media on teens. >> i believe facebook's products harm children. >> reporter: meta's ceo mark zuckerberg dismissed her criticism as a, quote, coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture about our company. >> it's important for us to be proactive, kind of know what her kids are experiencing, what kind of information is being thrown at them. what kind of information they're putting out in the world because sometimes they don't make the right choices and it's our job to help them. >> reporter: it is. instagram says it is working to roll out additional features in the coming months including the ability to set hours when teens with use instagram.

meta is working to set similar control options for its virtual reality headsets. a little relief for parents looking for oversight. >> makes a lot of sense, thanks very much. now to the story of how a trip to the hairdresser could save you from so much more than a bad hair day. it could save your life. janai norman has a look at one woman whose hairdresser is now her hero. >> reporter: for mary, one trip for a cut and color may have saved her life. >> i would have never in a million years found this. >> reporter: her hairstylist who mary visits regularly saw something new and unusual on her scalp. >> it was almost a discolored spot. i knew i had to tell her. >> she's like i think you should call the dermatologist. >> at her rush appointment the doctor knew what he was looking at. >> the doctor said kudos to the hairdresser. we're going to biopsy it but i can tell you right now it is skin cancer. >> reporter: skin cancer is the

most common cancer in the u.s. with 1 in 5 americans developing skin cancer by the age of 70. >> the scalp is a common place for skin cancer. it's a place where skin cancers tend to be diagnosed late because oftentimes they're covered by hair and not easy to see. >> reporter: dr. ramona starting stylists against skin cancer, a program to teach cosmetology students how to identify cancer. >> they are taught the basics of what sin cancer looks like, and how to have a conversation with a client if they see a concerning lesion. she did.ter: mary was thankful - the squamous cell was removed before it could spread. >> she knows that i'm grateful and that, you know, she's an awesome person. she is. >> she called me her hero. >> for "good morning america," i'm janai norman, abc news, new york. our thanks to janai for that report and now we are joined by board certified dermatologist and a good friend of our program, dr. whitney bowe. dr. bowe, always appreciate your insight into things like this. have you ever seen a client come

in and tell you that their hairdresser saw something suspicious? >> i've had patients schedule an appointment because their hairstylist noticed a spot on their scalp or their massage therapist noticed a spot on their back. you need to look closely and speak up. it could save a life. but, robin, i do tress that you really want to look at your own skin from head to toe once a month but you want to recruit a trend or loved one to check those spots you can't see. you know, behind the ears, the back of your neck, behind your legs. >> yeah, all those little hiding places like that. we know melanoma is, of course, the deadliest form of skin cancer so, dr. bowe, what should we look for? >> anyone can be a hero when it comes to a melanoma. you have to know your a, b, c, d, es. a, asymmetry, the two halves don't match. b, border, if it isn't regular that's cause for concern.

same spot, blue, black, red, th- again, concerning. so d has to do with diameter. we used to tell people look for a spot larger than the size of a pencil eraser but we're catching them when they're tiny. e, e stands for evolution or change. anything that is changing, catches your eye, make an appointment with your derm. >> uh-huh. well spring is this weekend, summer is right around the corner so what should we do to protect ourselves? >> prevention is key. sunscreen, broad spectrum. reapply every two hours or more frequently if you get wet or sweating. sunscreen not enough. broad rimmed hat, sunglasses, sun protective fabric and seek shade when the sun is at its peak in the middle of the day. that is brutal sun. >> always good to see you, dr. bowe. thank you as always. you take care. let's check in again with ginger. >> i am so always inspired by dr. bowe and always getting my big hat especially when she's around.

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kumasi: another abc7 update in 30 minutes. you can find the latest on our news app and abc7news.com. >> all: good morning, america. happy st. patrick's day. ♪ hey! >> having fun all morning long with cairde, the talented irish dancers and now have a talented actor, daniel radcliffe to talk about "the lost city." welcome back to "gma." great to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> you star in "the lost city" with sandra bullock and channing tatum and play an eccentric villain. fun to play the bad guy. >> yeah, incredibly fun. he is a villain but his villainy is all motivated by quite pathetic things like he's guess state for his dad's approval. even as is essentially kidnapping sandra he wants her to think he's cool but, yeah, to get to play a bad guy opposite sanders and channing tatum is an easy yes. >> you play a good bad guy. >> thank you. >> we know the film was shot on

location in the dominican republic but the temperatures got a little hot out there. that must have made filming interesting. >> i had a much easier time on the shoot than sandra. they were in the depths of the jungle. my main thing was like i'm wearing -- i'm heavily suited the whole time and the directors had it in their heads my guy was going to be cool and never sweat and very quickly it was like, we need three people with fans on me if we're going to achieve not sweating and after three days we have to give up on this. this character has to be allowed to sweat. >> let's check it out and see a clip of "the lost city." >> hello. >> where am i? >> you're on my plane. it's nice, isn't it?

the seats are made of llama leather. >> i'm getting off your plane. unchain me. >> that's your seat belt. >> did you chloroform me? people actually do that? oh. oh. >> you know, it's a classic for a reason. >> my body feels drunk. >> it'll wear off in a bit. >> you do look very cool. >> that was an interior scene so i was not sweating. >> there were so many, michael would say, so many hilarious scenes one after another after another. i want to talk about one where cheese and other food items are just flailing about. >> the end of the first scene my and sandra's characters have, these massive doors open at the end and a plane lands behind me and the room we're in is filled with meat and cheese and then so it was described as a meat and cheese vortex is formed by the plane landing outside so the special effects brought in two fans from outside and were like we're never allowed to use these

inside and brought them in and destroyed the set with it but led to a close-up of seven or eight people standing six away from sanders throwing brie and almonds at her, so, you know, she's very game. >> she's all in. she was all in. >> let's talk about another project transforming foo weird al. >> yes. yeah, so we just finished filming not long ago and, yeah, it was honestly one of the most fun jobs i've ever done if you honestly can't have fun making the weird al movie what you are doing with your life? i'm excited for people to see it. it will be a while still -- >> what was it like working with him? >> he's the best. i know everyone says it's about him but it's so lovely to meet somebody that is -- that you look up to and know is a hero to so many people and have them be kind and fun and sweet and just incredible.

i can now go to my grave saying i have had accordion lessons with weird al. >> how many people can say that? >> yep. >> it's been over ten years since the final harry potter film hit the theaters so i'm curious, what would the ten-year reunion look like at >> at hogwarts, i have no idea. i couldn't begin -- we had our own reunion like not long ago. obviously they did the whole show around it but it was very nice to meet people that you'd seen as -- i had known like the phelps twins that were 14 and i was 11. that's a massive age difference and now we're all men in our 30s. [ laughter ] which is very depressing to everyone else, i know but, yes, so there was something lovely about seeing everyone. it was special. >> go ahead. >> can you just lay to rest the rumor you started. >> what? >> wolverine. >> i did not start it. >> yes, you did. >> no, every time i talk -- every time i try to say i'm not playing wolverine, everyone says, he just said he's playing

wolverine. >> i don't know where it's come from. >> striking. >> i mean that's a very flattering, you know, hey, who wouldn't like to be compared to that man but i don't see it happening but, again, it's based on nothing i think except like welcome fan speculation which is cool but there's no reality to it at the moment at least. >> you are going to be starring production.ephen sondheim >> i vsh is inedle. i've seen this production in london a few years ago by our director maria freeman and it's incredible so to be able to do a production i have seen is very rare for me and, yeah, it's an amazing show, it's sondheim so it's intimidating. huge weight of responsibility that goes along with doing one of those shows but i have a lot of time to prep and i'm going to start basically working now. >> you are busy. >> trying to be, yeah, it's always lucky to be busy? always great to have you on "gma."

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march book club pick, "the love of my life" by rosie walsh is a best-seller and has so many readers on the edge of their seats. lama hasan got a chance to sit down with the author. hey there, good morning, lama. >> reporter: and good morning to you, robin. if you like a bit of drama, history intertwined with a love story then "the love of my life" is the book for you. it has all the right ingredients that make this a wonderful read as well as a "new york times" best-seller. we were lucky enough to sit down with the author rosie walsh. what if the love of your life wasn't who you thought they were? the burning question at the center of rosie wah' novel. it has readers everywhere saying they can't put it down. >> as an author how does that make you feel? >> the sense of relief when you realize that you have achieved your goal of keeping somebody up

all night, you know, neglecting their family, neglecting their job is indescribable. >> reporter: "the love of my life" is the story of emma and leo, a seemingly perfect couple whose lives are upended when leo discovers emma has been hiding her real identity from him. >> she's the loving and doting wife and they've got this beautiful daughter but is everything as it seems. >> it's not as it seems and they were both quite complicated characters to write and with fiction there is a sense female characters need to be likable and i did struggle with that with emma because we know she's lying to him from the get-go and that was quite hard to write because i didn't want to sort of make readers love and forgive her. >> reporter: she says she traveled the world before settling down to write her debut novel, "ghosted." were you apprehensive about starting a new book or did that actually motivate you and propel you, the success of your

previous book to write this one. >> i found it crippling and i should be clear that actually the weight of expectation on my shoulders was solely from me and for that reason it took a long time to write because i was constantly viewing the book as if i was one of my readers because suddenly i had so many readers. i knew what they loved about the previous book and i put myself under a tremendous deal of pressure to white a completely different book. >> reporter: the mum of two also exploring the most heart-wrenching parts of motherhood. something that felt deeply personal for her. >> i struggled hugely when after having both of my children i think i was really depressed and i think living in that sort of emotional hormonal postnatal soup is -- it's a very for tile ground for writing an emotional narrative and i think it did really help like there were types when i emerged from the fog of new motherhood with both children, i would look back on some of the things i had written during that time and think, wow,

that's not half bad, you know, that's really moving. >> what do you want people to think, you know, after they've read that last page? >> i would hope above everything else you feel completely exhilarated. like you have just finally ground to a halt on a roller coaster. that for me is the most important experience. and i'm hoping people will be discussing, you know, there's many moral dilemmas in the book. that's the wonderful thing about being an author, you don't get to decide what people will take away. it's all the interpretation of each individual reader and i love the freedom. >> and what rosie really hopes the book will do is spark a conversation, get people to talk about all those sensitive and important issues that she writes about, everything from secrets in marriages to motherhood as well as mental health issues. now, the good news is rosie's already plotting her new book. i was hooked just listening to her ideas. something to look forward to. you can keep read ago long with

us on our instagram @gmabookclub. >> wonderful, lama, always good all righty, now. us.- now to ginger. i love how you are embracing today. >> taking it in. got to get the green on, get green behind you, green all over. nobody is getting pinched and we're happy. if you are in chicago -- right? if you're in chicago or if you've passed through there they do not let you forget about st. patrick's day because they color that river green and this time lapse shows how they do it, okay and then we move on to new york city which i didn't realize is the biggest st. patrick's day parade in the world. old too so look at that the fog though, the rain, we are going to have a little bit of a soggy one for st. pat's. temperatures in the 50s so relatively mild and my team's favorite, the st. patrick's day cities, shamrock, texas, showers and 62. drew: i have your accuweather

forecast. temperatures in the 60's by the afternoon. our next storm arrives on saturday and early next week, it is all about now to the first look at have you seen this man? a three-part series about one of the longest manhunts in u.s. history spanning the globe to find a man who vanished after being convicted of a $353 million bank fraud. "the view's" sunny hostin hosts, and here's a trailer. ♪ >> it's crazy. >> that's unheard of. >> he takes the money and he runs. bye-bye. >> we got a problem here. >> reporter: it's like try to catch me if you can. >> we catch everybody. >> you know, this is our job. this is what we do. >> when i first heard this story, sorry about the language, but it's a holy [ bleep ] story. it's like, are you kidding me?

>> reporter: he may be the least likely, most wanted fugitive, well, ever. stealing $350 million and then going on the run. >> urban legend. >> he was a pathological liar. >> a gentleman who totally went off the radar. >> reporter: even his wife didn't see this coming. >> the shock hit me. >> reporter: for decades the u.s. marshals have tried to hunt him down. who is this man really? >> he said he helped the cia. he was a veteran. he was a war hero. >> possible soviet spy in new york city. >> he was connected to the mafia. >> he is a sociopath. >> reporter: how has he dodged capture and outsmarted law enforcement for decades? >> he's smarter than the people that are looking for him. >> reporter: now follow the clues on his trail right along with us. >> he's got to be in a major city. >> somewhere in switzerland. >> i think he's on a greek island. >> a barber shop in italy or argentina?

>> that's him. no doubt. >> reporter: are they now getting close to getting him. >> >> we have this picture in the fbi. >> there's got to be somebody in the fbi that helped him escape. >> reporter: he's still out there somewhere. can you help find this man? >> who the [ bleep ] is john ruffo? >> have you seen this man? >> have you seen this man?

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u.s. now after lockdowns and it is an absolute honor to be performing at the highest office in the land. >> it's so good to have you back with us and let me tell you, you guys have just blown up, you're so popular, huge, seamus, tell us how that happened. >> we started cairde two years ago out of lockdown and we posted our first video with the three galway lads and it blew up overnight. it was insane, the amount of views it got and we kept it going till now. look at us now performing at the white house for the president and we're here on "good morning america" again. so exciting. >> pretty mesmerizing. i could watch that all day. all day long. what's your st. patrick's day message for our viewers? [ speaking foreign language ] >> that's the irish for happy st. patrick's day. >> well said. well said, our friends. thank you. thank you for not forgetting about us. you're so big now but you still come back to us. >> thank you.

>> no, we thank you. >> have fun tonight. >> have a good time and what do you say, let's bring that st. patrick's day luck right here to "gma." here's cairde. ♪ you know you can call me if you need someone ♪ ♪ i need you to hold on heaven is a place not too far away ♪ ♪ we all make mistakes ♪ ♪ take my hand and hold on tell me everything that you need to say ♪ ♪ 'cause i know how it feels to be someone ♪ ♪ feels to be someone who loses their way ♪ ♪ ♪

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we want to thank cairde for that incredible performance and the celtic house irish pub in virginia for allowing them to perform there all morning long. >> we certainly appreciate that. happy st. patrick's day from here in times square. ♪

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. kumasi: good morning. checking in with jobina for traffic. jobina: good morning, everyone. sig alert in pleasanton. southbound 680 at stoneridge. injuries are involved according to chp. live look at the bay bridge. installed car at treasure island. drew: fair amount of cloud cover to start out thursday. temperatures are in the mid 40s to low 50's. warming process will be slow. we are starting out gray but will finish the day with sunshine. clouds out of here in the afternoon. temperatures a little cooler compared to yesterday, kumasi. kumasi: thank you, drew.

time for "live with kelly & ryan ." back at 11 :00 for "midday live ." deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan! today, actress, nicole kidman! plus actor, andrew garfield! and we're making fun, festive crafts for st. patrick's day. all next on live! and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [quick fiddle music] [rhythmic clapping] ♪♪ all right. i can barely see, but i think it's here. yes, thank you. very, very difficult to see the teleprompter. [laughter] in my teleprompter colored glasses. oddly, ryan, you also skip like a pirate.