news at 7:00. good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. breaking overnight, putin opens a new front in the war on ukraine as president biden prepares to confront china. russian forces strike ukraine's city of lviv for the first time just miles from the border with poland. as the search for survivors is still under way after an attack on a theater. believed to be sheltering as many as a thousand civilians. our reporters are live in lviv and kyiv this morning as as secretary of state blinken moscow may be setting the stage for a chemical weapons attack as russia changes its tactics. president biden talks with one of putin's allies, chinese president xi. > blocked. the latest on wnba star brittney griner still jailed in russia. the u.s. claims russia is stonewalling american diplomats from meeting with griner. what we're learning about her situation this morning.

breaking overnight, moderna going further than pfizer requesting authorization for a fourth shot for all adults. plus, will the new omicron variant become dominant? this morning incoming covid-19 response coordinator dr. jha joins us live. investigators say a 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck in that head-on collision in texas that killed nine people. extreme cross-country weather. wildfires in texas, a blizzard overnight in kansas. ginger is tracking the severe storm on the move putting at least 30 million americans on alert. royal reckoning. the bbc now paying princess diana's former private secretary a substantial sum and apologizing as a result of the bombshell 1995 interview. what he's saying this morning. ♪ amazon shaking things up. >> name's bond, james bond. >> what the new multibillion

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in ukraine. president biden is set to talk to china's president xi jinping hoping to draw china away from support for vladimir putin. >> yeah, now the biden administration is sounding the alarm raising serious concern about what rsia might do next. secretary of state antony blinken warning moscow could be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon. >> overnight russian forces striking ukraine's city of lviv for the first time. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz is there for us this morning. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we are about a half a mile from where the strike occurred. it was an aircraft repair facility right by the lviv airport. that airport has been closed, of course, since the invasion. the facility was completely destroyed, although there was only one injury. now, this is about four miles from the bustling city center of lviv. air raid sirens were sounding. we could see the smoke rising from the city center, from our location over the horizon right near the airport. this was launched by russian aircraft over the black sea

about 800 miles away. six cruise missiles, four of them struck the facility, two were intercepted. we have had warnings from u.s. officials there might be strikes here in lviv. this is the first time. they don't believe it will be the last. michael? >> we hope it is the last but we're not sure yet. martha, as you said, thank you so much. george? we want to get to the situation in kyiv right now. senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is there right now. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. this is what's become of the center of kyiv. you can see these heavy fortifications, sandbags, tank trap, not just here but across the city. this city is waking up every day to the sound of aerial bombardment. in terms of the russian land invasion that seems to have stalled nine miles from the capital and haven't advanced for well over a week now. this morning, as russia expands its attacks with that missile strike near the western city of lviv, the onslaught of russian bombardment in kyiv continues again today.

firefighters battling a blaze in an apartment building struck by a missile. every morning in the capital has started like this this week. the city's mayor posting a video from the rubble pointing out the destruction where one person died and 19 were injured including four children. and in besieged mariupol authorities are searching for survivors after that attack on a theater there where as many as a thousand civilians were believed to be sheltering. so far only 130 people have been confirmed rescued from the site while hundreds remain missing. these images released by the far right paramilitary group part of the ukrainian national guard. while some residents have managed to escape the besieged city there are up to 250,000 civilians still trapped there. ukraine's second largest city kharkiv has been mercilessly shelled since the start of the war. a market was hit by a russian

missile, another civilian target. we're now learning 68-year-old james whitney hill, an american citizen was among the dead in a russian artillery strike in chernihiv in the north. a senior u.s. official telling abc news they believe putin has become isolated and is now prone to anger. with the russian military advance stalled throughout the country, they've switched tactics using long-range missile systems from within russia. president biden saying western allies are united against putin. >> a murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of ukraine. >> reporter: secretary of state blinken saying the russians are committing war crimes and may go even further. >> we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify ecalating its attacks on the ukrainian people. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe ukrainian president zelenskyy remains in great danger but he's repeatedly refused to leave his people behind. even though hospitals are now being targeted, zelenskyy visited a family wounded as they tried to escape in their car. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> reporter: the war's reached everyone here, even the most vulnerable. we visited a shelter for babies born to surrogate mothers cared for by eight extraordinary nurses. incredible scenes in this basement. there are 20 babies sheltering essentially from the war, waiting for parents to try and brave the battles coming from around the world including america to try and collect their kids. and in the meantime, they're down here underground hiding from the war. well, that is the situation for so many innocent people. some deeply worrying comments from the russians that we need to bring you this morning. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov saying any weapon shipments coming into the country will be considered, quote, legitimate targets. now, he's not clear whether this means on ukrainian territory or potentially on the territory of u.s. nato allies like poland. but it's also worth making the point that these are the same routes that are used for humanitarian convoys and for those hundreds of thousands of

civilians fleeing the country. seems almost impossible to know what it is you could be targeting. george, i have to say it feels like we're entering a new even more dangerous phase in this conflict today. >> such a harrowing situation, okay, ian, thanks very much. cecelia? we go to washington now and that high-stakes call between president biden and chinese president xi jinping. senior white house correspondent mary bruce there with the very latest. mary, good morning. the white house increasingly concerned that china is considering helping russia with some military aid. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, cecilia. there is very real concern here that china could get involved with this war and tip the scale in the conflict. it is why president biden is putting china on notice. this administration is warning that china is considering assisting russia with military equipment. they're also worried that china could try to help russia economically to go around the crippling sanctions. for its it part, china says it's not a party to this war, but the white house says it speaks volumes that china is still not denouncing russia's actions in ukraine. i am told the president is going

to be candid and direct in his conversation with the chinese president this morning. he is going to make it very clear that there will be serious consequences if china aligns with russia but as you know the white house is still not explaining what those would be. >> i know you'll keep pushing. mary, thanks. george? >> let's bring in our military expert, retired colonel steve ganyard. let's start with the phone call with china. does the fact that the phone call is happening suggest perhaps that china may be wary of getting in too deep with putin? >> i think earlier in the week, george, the call did not go well and the white house is concerned about the chinese busting the sanctions and so they've had to scramble to elevate the discussion up to the principal level to the biden/xi level and so this just shows how important this is for the chinese to not bust the sanctions and to continue to pressure the russians not to use chemical weapons or to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. >> meantime, we do see this new russian front in lviv. significance? >> yeah, i mean, lviv is sort of

that last bastion out there close to the polish border. many tens of thousands of refugees coming out of kyiv. the embassies have moved there. it's the main resupply route. it's the humanitarian supply route as ian noted. so not too subtle. this was a legitimate military target, an aircraft repair hangar but the message is not lost on anybody when they attacked lviv. >> that new concern flagged, a new threat by russians of those supplying ukraine. as he pointed out the humanitarian corridors and resupply corridors are exactly the same. >> yeah, that's interesting because lavrov made that claim in relationship to surface-to-air missile systems that slovakia may be providing. the interesting thing as martha noted is the attack on lviv came from ships in the black sea so those surface-to-air missile systems are having an effect. the russians are afraid of them and nervous about the ukrainians being reinforced with this capability. >> steve, thanks very much.

michael? now to that breaking news overnight, moderna requesting emergency authorization for a fourth shot for all adults with cases increasing worldwide and whit johnson joins us with more. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. the request from moderna overnight goes beyond what pfizer requested earlier this week. moderna is asking the fda for emergency use authorization for all adults 18 and older to be eligible for a second booster. that's a fourth shot in all. pfizer's request only included those adults 65 and older. now, moderna says this was meant to provide more flexibility to federal regulators as they determine who should be eligible for an additional dose including those at higher risk of severe covid-19. the concern here is waning immunity as health officials are tracking an omicron subvariant known as ba.2. new covid cases worldwide increased this week by nearly 10% following a six-week decline and cdc director dr. rochelle

walensky is now warning it's certainly possible that mask recommendations could have to be re-implemented anticipating there could be an increase in new cases. currently ba.2 now makes up nearly a quarter of all new cases in the u.s. a range of estimates showed the subvariant is between 30% and 80% more transmissible but so far no indication that it causes more severe disease. george? >> okay, whit, thanks very much. let's bring in dr. ashish jha, the dean of the brown university school of public health and let's start with congratulations. president biden has asked you to be his new white house covid-19 response coordinator. tell us how you see the job, what your number one job is in that role. >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me back. look, we're not done with this pandemic. as much as we all wish, we are not and so the president has laid out a plan for how we're going to prepare for future surge, future variants and what we need to do. and, you know, i'm part of the team that will help implement that plan because whatever the pandemic throws at us, george,

we have got to be ready and get the american people through that time period. >> it's throwing ba.2 at us right now. what do you make of that? >> look, ba.2, about a quarter of the cases here already. it's clearly a bit more transmissible. the good news about it, our vaccines work just fine. it's the same -- it's the same virus as ba.1 that swept across america in january. americans have to get vaccinated and being boosted is the best possible protection against it. i'm confident we'll get through any ba.2 surge that comes our way as well. >> pfizer is requesting authorization for that second booster shot for people 65 and over. are we heading towards a world where everyone will need a second booster shot at some point? >> it's a very good question and we've always wanted to be driven by data on this. we have not seen the full set that was just filed with the fda. i suspect we probably will end up needing to give that second booster to high risk people. whether others will need it or not, just not sure yet.

we want to see that full set of data. >> dr. jha, thanks as always for your time and information. michael? we turn to the extreme cross-country weather. ginger is tracking a severe storm on the move putting at least 30 million americans on alert for damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. already waking up in a tornado watch in biloxi, mississippi, up to butler, alabama. that classic comma of the storm, you can see it right there. this will keep being a problem today and it's a big problem west where this moved through with fire and ice. so let's hit the fire first. eastland complex fire, hundreds of folks waking up not in their home because they've been evacuated. this is now more than 42,000 acres between abilene and fort worth is where it's burning. 0% contained and it's still breezy. up in hays, kansas, where the ice part of it came in. blizzard conditions, 40-mile-per-hour gusts and up to 4 inches of snow. so when that comes together, you got that tight temperature

gradient. you're going to have severe storms and today we're concerned for those severe storms anywhere just south of birmingham, auburn, down into montgomery and then up to louisville and evansville, indiana, tallahassee included in the slight risk today too. cecelia? >> ginger, we know you'll be following that. thanks so much. we'll turn to march madness living up to its name. and also living up to his name, t.j. holmes breaking it down. >> i want to speak to those whose brackets are busted. so, everybody. look, you're looking at this thing all wrong. don't be mad because your bracket is trash. you should celebrate this wonderful sporting event -- >> got to be some st. peter's fan with a bracket that's working. >> probably not. but st. peter's, celebrate this tiny jesuit school with 3,000 students that sits across the hudson from manhattan. they took down a basketball powerhouse. celebrate that because cinderella came to party. >> the jumper, no good. you can feel the madness.

st. peter's pulls off the upset. >> reporter: march madness is under way and cinderella is already in the building. >> peacocks are giant killers. >> reporter: 15th seed st. peter's stunned powerhouse and two seed kentucky and the whole basketball world with an incredible overtime win. >> your guys worked so hard. this is what you dream about. that's what we did. >> reporter: the peacocks powered past eight-time champion kentucky for their first ever ncaa tournament win thanks to a 27-point game from junior daryl banks iii and got clutch shooting from junior doug eddard to seal the upset. >> eddard, kaboom. >> felt great shooting the ball. we played great as a team, offensively, defensively, amazing. >> reporter: the crowd gathered at st. peter's new jersey campus erupting as the clock counted down. across the country, folks were screaming for a different reason

as the upsets and busted brackets piled up. >> the huskies, new >> reporter: 12 seed new mexico state toppled 5th seed uconn for its first tournament win in nearly 30 years and richmond took down the 5 seed iowa hawkeyes. in spite of the upsets, some of the top seeds did handle their business. >> the flush and the foul. timme with a big one early for the zags. >> reporter: dominating displays by gonzaga. >> he will lay it in with a left hand. >> reporter: and defending champs baylor, as well as kansas sending the fighting strahans back to texas. that was for you, man. numbers here for you. 17 million brackets filled out on espn bracket challenge. 161 remain perfect out of that 17 million. other numbers for you, the entire basketball budget for st.

peter's is $1.6 million. john calipari makes $8 million a year. just incredible numbers to put together. so the fun is just getting start. the men continue today. the women start up full time today as well in the women's tournament. >> you can't pay for heart, t.j. you got to have it. >> t.j. shows us that every day. >> thank you, george. coming up, wnba star brittney griner is still jailed in russia. we'll tell you what we're learning about her situation this morning. and vindication for princess diana's former private secretary. the bbc now apologizing for the lies told to get the princess in order to get that famous interview. first, let's head back over the ginger. >> cecelia, thank you. the storms are not stopping today in the south. they are going to go anywhere from binghamton, new york, to virginia beach down to georgia and even the state line of florida tomorrow. that will make for your own march madness. your local weather in 30 seconds. let's get a check a little closer to home.

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colors from the dance workout from livingston, new jersey. that's a good one there. >> love those colors. we turn to brittney griner still jailed in russia this morning and now the state department is saying the kremlin has repeatedly denied the u.s. embassy access to her. erielle reshef is here with more on the story. good morning, erielle. >> good morning to you, cecelia. this is certainly distressing. brittney griner was detained in moscow at the airport last month accused of smuggling hashish oil. now weeks later, concerns for the athlete are mounting as russia extends her detention. this morning, the russian government extending wnba star brittney griner's detention for another two months. the seven-time wnba all-star player was detained after video released by russian customs appears to show the 31-year-old athlete going through airport security near moscow last month. the video then shows an employee removing a package from her bag. but despite being held for weeks, a source close to the situation tells abc news that the basketball player is okay,

saying her russian legal team has seen her multiple times over the course of her imprisonment. the state department says they have not had access to the atlete saying that they are working on this case. >> we are doing everything we can to support brittney griner, to support her family and to work with them, do everything we can to see that she is treated appropriately and to seek her release. >> reporter: still, the u.s. claims russia is stonewalling american officials from meeting with griner. >> the russians are obligated to allow this type of consular access under the vienna convention. we'll continue to insist that they allow us access to brittney griner just as we would be permitted to all americans detained in russia. >> reporter: the wnba also working behind the scenes to secure her release telling abc news in part, we're in daily contact with brittney griner's agent, her representatives, communicating with her family and our number one priority with everyone is her safe return home. and a state department spokesperson confirmed to abc

news she is in what is pretrial detention but says russia must provide consular access in those circumstances. of course, we're all wishing for her safe return. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. now to a stunning development in the highway crash that killed nine people this week, including members of a college golf team. investigators say a 13-year-old was behind the wheel of the pickup truck that struck the van. trevor ault joins us from houston with more on this terrible tragedy. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yeah, these were shocking revelations from investigators. it means this 13-year-old was driving a large truck after dark on a 75-mile-per-hour road and he was doing it on a spare tire that burst and that's what led to this horrible crash. this morning, stunning new details from that horrific west texas collision that left nine people dead, including a 13-year-old that investigators now say was driving.

>> a 13-year-old child was behind the wheel of the pickup truck. >> reporter: that pickup truck crashing head-on with a passenger van carrying members of the university of the southwest men's and women's golf teams. >> the left front tire, which was a spare tire, had failed, which resulted in the vehicle pulling hard to the left. >> reporter: both vehicles erupted in flames trapping several inside. the 13-year-old driver and his 38-year-old passenger both killed as were six usw students and their coach, a memorial marking their home course in new mexico. >> they are loved ones to us. they are members of our family here on campus. >> reporter: two students who survived the crash are in critical condition. 18-year-old freshman laci stone was among those killed. her parents say they knew something was wrong after checking the location of her phone. >> my wife brought it to my

attention she was standing still in the middle of nowhere. >> reporter: but the icon stayed put for hours before the school called after midnight after hours, confirming the worst. and the university says both students who survived this crash are slowly recovering in the hospital but that recovery is a game of inches. a gofundme for one of them, a 19-year-old says he has third degree burns on the majority of his body. michael? >> our thoughts and prayers with everyone's family. thank you so much. >> such a sad story. we turn to a legal victory for princess diana's former private secretary. the bbc publicly apologized to patrick jephson and paid a substantial sum for deceiving him when pursuing the 1995 interview that made global headlines. lama hasan is at buckingham palace with the story. good morning, lama. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. that's right, the bbc is paying a substantial sum in damages as well as, quote, apologizing unreservedly to patrick jephson. now, he was princess diana's

trusted right-hand man for eight years and she was made to believe that he was being paid to spy on her which ultimately led to her agreeing to do that explosive panorama interview. this morning, a royal reckoning more than 25 years after the bombshell bbc panorama interview watched by 23 million people in 1995. the bbc now paying princess diana's former private secretary patrick jephson a substantial sum and saying that they apologize for the harm caused to him as a result of the interview. >> he resigned very soon afterwards so his career was blighted. what really haunted him was that diana went to her death thinking that he had betrayed her. >> reporter: overnight jephson telling the telegraph, the princess died thinking i had betrayed her after eight rewarding but often difficult years in which we had worked so closely. to suddenly discover what had happened, that it wasn't a misunderstanding but a calculated cold-blooded act of deception is still very hard

to process. last year an independent investigation found that diana was duped into giving the interview in which she spoke about prince charles' affair with camilla parker bowles saying, quote, there were three of us in this marriage. >> it was a major contribution to making my parents' relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. >> reporter: diana's brother alleged martin bashir used forged bank statements to try and illustrate that members of diana's inner circle, including jephson, were being paid to gather intel on the princess. bashir released this statement after the investigation last year saying, i apologized then and i do so again now. on thursday lord spencer reacted to news of the settlement saying, the right result, appalling what patrick jephson had to go through as a result of grotesque journalism. now, jephson realizes the money he received in damages won't reverse the harm that's done.

that is why he's donating all the money to a children's hspice that is affiliated with princess diana. he says that it changes something bad into something good which he says is a blessing. george? >> okay, lama, thanks very much. cecelia? amazon has shaken hollywood buying the studio behind james bond. how the movie will stir up the streaming battle. not sure you know what i did there. ♪ (music throughout)

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all right, we are back now with that blockbuster news shaking hollywood this morning. amazon buying mgm studios for $8.5 billion bucks and acquiring film franchises like james bond and "rocky" raising the stakes in the streaming battle. will reeve is here. i'm sorry. i took all the james bond puns this morning. >> we're of the same mind. all i could think of when i heard the news was this could really shake and stir the industry. imagine a james bond spin-off show, exclusive to amazon prime, for example. most analysts believe this deal hinges on bond and the other valuable franchises in the library that amazon can mine for content. they're buying mgm not for what it was but what it has and what it can be. a hollywood icon roaring into a new home. amazon acquiring mgm studios thursday for $8.5 billion. with the sale comes celebrated and lucrative franchises including "legally blonde,"

"rocky" and "creed" movies. the biggest prize -- >> bond, james bond. ♪ >> reporter: just months after daniel craig's fifth and final bow as the shaken not stirred hero in a tux, amazon now the owner of all 25 james bond films and associated intellectual property. >> the acquisition of mgm comes at an interesting time for bond. producers will look to build an entirely new world with a brand-new leading character, brand-new supporting characters. iwouldn't be surprised if we saw spin-off james bond tv series. >> reporter: amazon saying in a statement that mgm will complement prime video and amazon studios' work. together the teams will provide more quality entertainment options for viewers and highlighting mgm's storied legacy. with the entire library likely to live on amazon prime scoring a point in the streaming competition while one of its

biggest competitors, netflix, also making big news. >> welcome to "love to blind." >> reporter: the streaming giant announcing it plans to crack down on password sharing as a new test to address the concern, the streamer will prompt subscribers to pay for users outside their households saying that while they have encouraged people who live together to share accounts, as a result, impacting our ability to invest in great new tv and films for our members. for now netflix plans on testing its plan to charge subscribers more for adding accounts in chile, costa rica and peru. so this is not happening in the u.s. right now, but i personally have one guy free loading off me. garrett, this is the end of the netflix is coming. [ laughter ] >> hey, george, don't ask these two for nothing. they throw you under the bus. >> just don't come for the hbo password i'm using. >> symbiotic relationship. >> incriminating evidence here.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. russian forces strike ukraine's city of lviv for the first time just miles from the border with poland. martha raddatz is live in lviv this morning. and as russia changes its tactics, secretary of state blinken warns moscow may be setting the stage for a chemical weapons attack. first on "gma," inside the robert durst case. exclusive interviews with the key players including his close friend who finally helped put the son of billionaires behind bars for killing his best friend. kids and online danger. the alarming new report about child exploitation. the massive spike during the pandemic and what parents can do starting this morning. ♪ oh joy ♪ the festival of colors is in full swing. we're celebrating holi packed

with music, dancing and some tasty food. i beg your parton. what the rock & roll hall of fame just decided after dolly parton bowed out of one of music's biggest honors. ♪ we don't talk about bruno ♪ and we are talking about bruno. the exciting announcement that will have fans everywhere singing along. ♪ i'm feeling good ♪ and we're feeling good. michael buble is live in times square singing us into the weekend and saying -- ♪ good morning, america ♪ ♪ it's great to stay up late, good morning, good morning to you, ba doom, doom, doom ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ >> i think that's the first time we've had a ba-dum-dum for "good morning america." good morning, america to all of you.

hope you're having a good start to your friday. for those would don't know today is the day that hindus celebrate holi, the festival of colors. >> holi is all about joy and called the festival of spring, a time of rebirth and love when good triumphs over evil. it is a worldwide party and we are all invited. >> such a beautiful tradition. also coming up, we'll take a closer look at the drive and the dedication of how ukrainians are doing all they can right now to save their culture from destruction. we want to begin with the breaking news from ukraine. russian forces have hit the city of lviv for the first time. want to go back to our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz for more on that. good morning, martha. >> reporter: and good morning, again. we're about a half a mile from where the missile struck. it was an aircraft repair facility right near the main airport here in lviv. that airport, of course, has been closed since the invasion. the facility was completely destroyed, although there was only one injury. it's about four miles from

lviv's bustling city center. the air raid sirens were sounding this morning. we could see the smoke rising on the horizon four miles away from our location as well. the strike was launched by russian aircraft over the black sea about 800 miles from here. there were six cruise missiles. they say four of them struck the target. two were intercepted. of course, u.s. officials have been warning of a strike in lviv. they don't believe this will be the last. guys? >> okay, martha raddatz, thanks very much. michael? all right, george, now to that breaking vaccine news overnight. moderna requested emergency authorization for a fourth shot for all adults as dr. fauci says he expects the new omicron variant to eventually become the dominant strain in the u.s. let's go back to whit johnson with more. good morning, again, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning. moderna is asking for emergency use authorization for all adults 18 and older to be eligible for a second booster dose. that's a fourth shot in all.

this goes beyond pfizer's request earlier this week which only included those 65 and older and moderna says it was meant to provide federal regulators with more flexibility as they determine who should be eligible for an additional dose if it's authorized. this comes amid concerns of waning immunity and an omicron subvariant known as ba.2. new covid cases worldwide increased this week by nearly 10% following a six-week decline. cdc director dr. rochelle walensky is now warning that it's certainly possible that mask recommendations could have to be re-implemented anticipating there could be an increase in cases. now, currently ba.2 makes up nearly a quarter of all new cases in the u.s. estimates show the subvariant is between 30% and 80% more transmissible but so far no indications it causes more severe disease. michael? >> all right, whit, thank you so much. cecelia? we're going to turn to an alarming new report from the center for missing and exploited

children. the center's cyber tip line receiving dramatic increases of online threats to children and pierre thomas will break down the findings for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: cecelia, good morning. today we can add another layer to the pandemic misery index. there is new data showing explicit images of children are pervasive online. the national center for missing and exploited children reporting that last year they received roughly 29 million tips involving the potential abuse of children, a stunning 35% increase over 2020. the report detailing how online giants like facebook and instagram discovered the explicit images, removed them and alerted authorities. the report also reveals last year saw a nearly 17% jump in tips regarding children being enticed online. so what are parents to do? monitor the online activity of your children, know what they're looking at and posting, be aware of what platforms they're using and perhaps most importantly know who your kids are communicating with.

just one more thing for parents to worry about. cecelia? >> good reminders there. pierre, thank you so much. george? coming up, the fight to preserve ukraine's cultural treasures from russian bombs. the heroes who put risk aside to protect their past and their future. also ahead, why the rock & roll hall of fame wants to keep dolly on the ballot. it's friday so that means we have some food. yay! wolfgang puck is dishing on his men knew for the oscars after party. we will tell you where you can find the recipes. plus michael buble is live with us in times square. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪ leave you behind ♪ ♪ i'll never hurt you like he hurt you ♪ — beginners' yoga. namaste— —surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks— —for 3! —so i can du more of the things i love. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types

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we got a lot of "gma" family outside. welcome back on this friday morning. we have some big news to tell you about. disney plus is going to release sing-a-long versions of fan favorite musicals kicking off with "encanto" on disney plus. that's going to be a lot of fun. >> it is. coming up monday on "gma" we'll check in with olivia rodrigo and sandra bullock. they're coming up on monday. >> going to be a lot of fun. time now for our "gma" cover story and dolly parton still on the rock & roll hall of fame ballot asking to bow out earlier this week and kaylee hartung has more on why the hall of fame foundation wants to keep her in the running. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the rock & roll hall of fame is saying what we were thinking when dolly said thanks but no thanks to the nomination. in addition to her talent as an artist, another

reason dolly is beloved by millions around the world so they're leaving the choice up to the voters. ♪ he'll come again ♪ >> reporter: this morning, dolly parton is still on the rock & roll hall of fame ballot despite the queen of country's wish to respectfully bow out of contention. >> it kind of would be like putting ac/dc in the country music hall of fame. it just felt a little out of place for me. >> reporter: the hall of fame foundation saying we're in awe of dolly's brilliant talent and pioneering spirit and are proud to have nominated her. ♪ jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene ♪ >> reporter: the foundation explaining from its inception rock 'n' roll has had deep roots in rhythm and blues and country music and it is not defined by any one genre. rather a sound that moves youth culture. dolly parton's music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed. >> dolly's songs completely transcend genres. you know, one of the biggest songs and the most purchased recorded covered songs in history is "i will always love you" which was dolly's song, but, of course, reached its real

iconic status with whitney houston. ♪ but i will always love you ♪ >> reporter: dolly tried to decline the nomination earlier this week writing on social media i don't feel i have earned that right saying she didn't want votes to be split because of her. the only country artist among the 17 nominees to the hall's 2022 class including lionel richie, pat benatar, dionne warwick and eminem saying she'd like to put out a great rock album adding my husband is a total rock 'n' roll freak and has always encouraged me to do one. >> she can still sing and she's still dolly parton and there are some straight up rooty rock 'n' roll songs she could just -- she could just tear up. ♪ working 9 to 5 ♪ ♪ what a way to make a living ♪ >> reporter: yeah, she could. now, dolly is already in the country music hall of fame and the songwriters hall of fame. there are 1,200 or so voters mostly artists themselves who

will decide if she joins rock a. the inductees announced in may. michael? >> just in case she should start writing a speech. thank you so much. georg george? we switch gears and get more coverage on the war in ukraine and the race to save the precious art in the country. the people of ukraine are struggling to protect their history as they protect themselves. maggie rulli is in lviv with the story. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning. with that air strike there is a more urgent push to protect the city. this is old town here in lviv. unesco heritage site founded in the middle ages and the buildings here are hundreds of years old. you can see and hear workers right now outside this chapel. they have been working all morning fortifying the outside with sandbags and a wall built from scaffolding. everyone here keeps telling us they are praying for the best but preparing for the worst. a country in a race against time to save their history. this statue of jesus from the

medieval era taken down for what is believed to be the first time since world war ii. hundreds of sandbags covering this statue in odesa and priceless art from the national museum hiding underground. ukraine suffering from the heartbreaking loss of human life now in a fight to save their culture from destruction. do you think president putin is trying to erase your ukrainian culture? >> yes, absolutely, yes. i don't know how to say it in ukrainian. he wants to -- [ speaking foreign language ] just to drink our, you know, all the juices from this country. >> reporter: in hard hit kharkiv the windows blown out of the main art museum threatening the thousands of pieces of art inside. seeing that destruction in the east, andre and his team from an ngo that works to protect historical landmarks in lviv got to work as soon as russia invaded. oh, there's stained glass behind there. >> yes. >> reporter: dozens of volunteers wrapping these century old statues in fireproof insulation and fortifying the walls outside this chapel built in the 1600s.

all around lviv there's this constant hustle. we see statues wrapped up. these guys are sandbagging, trying to protect the front of the church from the late 1300s. a paneling has been put up to protect the stained glass. this is a piece of history that bombs are threatening right now and people say they will do anything they can to protect their culture. lviv is a city built on history and its citizens are determined toe . how old is this building? >> 16th century. >> reporter: 16th century? wow. its historic cobblestoned streets, pastel house, charming corners with musicians, a reminder of the sights, sounds and life ukraine is fighting for. ♪ >> reporter: and, guys, you can feel that culture here in the city. as people are still rushing to fortify these walls that we see behind us right now, we also saw

so many places across ukraine where it's already too late. but everyone we speak with here says the same thing, they will win this war and they will rebuild. george? >> fighting for their country, fighting for their heritage, thanks very much, maggie. cecelia? we take a new look at the investigation and trial that put robert durst behind bars for killing his best friend. for the first time we're hearing exclusively from some of the people key to his conviction and amy is here with a look at tonight's "20/20" special event. good morning, amy. >> good morning, cecilia. yes, robert durst's wife disappeared then his close friend was murdered and his neighbor was shot. it took just a few muttered words caught on a hot mic to bring him down in what is known as the bathroom confession. there it is, you're caught and killed them all, of course. those were the words spoken by robert durst unaware his microphone was still on when he recorded those now famous lines after being interviewed as part of hbo's "the jinx: the lifes and deaths of robert durst."

>> he always saw himself as a jinx. everything he touched fell apart or exploded. >> reporter: durst's alleged admission playing out on a national stage. >> "the jinx" producers shared information with the l.a. prosecutors they had uncovered during production. >> reporter: this evidence helping to lead the city of los angeles to indict durst in the murder of his longtime friend susan bereman killed in 2000. >> this trial was as high stakes as it could get. >> reporter: tonight on "20/20" for the first time, abc news shares exclusive interviews with key players who helped put him away including durst and berman's friends as well as l.a. d.a. john lewin. >> lewin feared because of durst's resources some of these witnesses might get whacked. >> reporter: miriam barnes' testimony tied him to kathy, who prosecutors alleged made bereman a victim of durst's and an accomplice. >> miriam testified that at the time of kathy's disappearance,

susan anxiously confided in her she had just done a favor for durst. >> she said i did something today and i did it for bobby and if anything ever happens, bobby did it. >> reporter: the star witness for the prosecution was nick chafin accompanied by a s.w.a.t. team for protection. he was close to both susan and robert. >> they were my two best friends which is a very strange position. >> reporter: more than a decade after berman had been killed, durst asked chafin to dinner and told him he wanted to talk about their friend. chafin keeping durst's secret for more than two years until he was finally convinced to talk by the district attorney. >> honestly ask yourself is bob worth it? >> so nick recounts to lewin exactly what happened. >> bob said, i had to. it was her or me. i had no choice. >> so it's a very dramatic moment. llighteveryo

devil you know" airs tonight at 9:00 eastern right here on abc and if you can't do it tonight, well, you got tomorrow on hulu, guys. >> we'll certainly be watching, thanks, amy. let's head over to ginger. >> thanks, cecilia. this is what as storm chasers would call a low base on a thunderstorm out there in marietta, oklahoma. that time of year and we have the lightning flying over it as well. now watching for severe storms to move to the east. already this morning they've been popping up along the mississippi and alabama state line. from hoover and auburn, montgomery, that enhanced risk. but even if you are up in western kentucky, down to the florida panhandle like apalachicola you're involved in the risk today too. look what will happen ahead of it. we will touch on nearly record highs, southern new england has a possibility of doing it and then for spring, noaa just let out the spring outlook. check that out. april, may and june, much above average for much of the nation, unfortunately, persistent

drought. drew: temperatures in the 60's and 70's. tonight, increasing clouds ahead of the storm we are tracking. this is the seven-day forecast, it is wet and windy to start out the weekend with a level 1 storm. spring arrives next week, it's all about warmer weather moving in with record highs possible tuesday and wednesdsdsdsdsdsdsdd now we are celebrating holi, the hindu festival of colors and zohreen shah is in livingston, new jersey, exploring the history and meaning. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, george. happy holi or as they would say in my community -- [ speaking foreign language ] holi is celebrated by over a billion people including in america. it is about singing, dancing, it

is about music and, yes, it's about getting a little messy. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the festival of colors is in full swing. known as holi, the hindu festival celebrates spring with a day of unlimited joy. >> my favorite part of holi is definitely the play. >> reporter: also a celebration of love, billions in and around india flooding streets covering friends and strangers in vibrant colors and water. >> one time of year you can break all the rules, get dirty and let all of your colors show. kind of like this. >> reporter: the holiday representing good triumphing over evil packed with music and dance. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: l.a. dance company b funk is gearing up for their rooftop holi class teaching indian dance with the festival's spirit.

>> it's bright, it's vivacious, it's loud. it's a way to just celebrate and what better way than to have a dance class and then have color on top of that. >> now you'll lift up that left leg. >> reporter: we even got a sneak peek at this year's choreography. >> i might be brown but i need a lot of help here. >> reporter: the festival also celebrated as a thanksgiving for good harvest. it's not a true holi without some tasty food. celebrity chef wolfgang puck and indian restaurant badmaash teaming up with a four-course holi meal. >> we wanted to highlight a few indian classics and just elevate them. this is a huge celebration so we're doing not your traditional samosas. >> give me a little bit of this. >> reporter: lentils a popular dish in india and austria where puck was raised. >> my mother made a soup with pork in it. the indian, i like it better because it's spicy. >> reporter: they're promising a feast to remember, a modern twist on indian classics with

one simple goal.icious tasty ho. >> reporter: all right, you guys, i'm wearing a white sweatshirt. it won't stay that way very long. i'm holding holi powder and getting covered in powder and so are they. holi is about celebrating with family. my little cousins are right here and it's about celebrating with a lot of new friends too and it is about music, it is about dancing, and every celebration has drums. holi has been celebrated for thousands of years but i will say growing up in america, we really didn't celebrate holi. the celebrity chef, the rooftop holi classes, those are all really new things for us. but holi is about celebrating new beginnings and this really feels like the beginning of

celebrating holi in america. >> it surely does. great to learn about that. thank you, zohreen. when we come back, michael buble will be here live. ♪ ♪

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and we will have sunshine. jobina: we will have another update in about 30 m ♪ ♪ baby, baby, baby, when you touch me like this ♪ there he is. michael buble channeling celine dion. this morning, the four-time grammy award winner has a new album coming out called "higher" and he's here with us in the studio right now. hello to michael buble. give the man a round of applause. [ applause ] hey, that was an incredible performance. you really went for it. >> that video doesn't get more -- you couldn't be more canadian unless you threw some ketchup chips in the air. >> that was a tiktok trend.

are you -- how big of a fan of celine dion are you? >> i love her. she is who you wish that she would be. she's a great lady and obviously the next prime minister of canada, she is amazing. >> well, hold on. you didn't even want to get on tiktok initially and now basically everything you do, it just goes bonkers off the charts viral. >> this is not going to come out right. my wife would say, mike, you're so good, do it. you're funny. it's perfect for you. i would say, babe, i'm an international mega star. there is no way that i'm going to do -- then i did the first one. i was like, oh, i like tiktok. now it's a battle between my wife and i for followers and she is kicking my arse. >> doesn't she know you're an international mega star? >> she just thinks i'm an idiot. she knows, you know. >> so you're starting a world tour. you'll be in vegas next month. tell us about it. >> vegas is a residency. when you hear residency, often people think ten years, they build you a theater. i want to go all over the world

and show up in people's backyards and be tangible and show them how much i love them. i'm doing six shows. it's a couple weeks. i get to get everybody excited about the record, try out new stuff then take off for two years and 50 countries or whatever it's going to be and go and meet beautiful souls all over the world. >> two years, wow. speaking of going viral, you did a surprise pregnancy reveal in a music video for your song "i'll never not love you." why did you decide to do it that way? >> the video for me was amazing. years ago i fell in love with this beautiful lady. i wrote "haven't met you." i made a music video with her and 14 years later we've been through a ton and i thought it would be amazing for us to go through our favorite romantic films and end the video in this buble cinematic universe where you realize it's the sequel to the "i haven't met you" video, and that's the reveal tend. on top of that we thought it would be cute to have the pregnancy and tell people that way instead of doing sort of a

weird, you know, i don't know, announcement. i thought it was kind of cute to share it with the world like that. my kids were in the video too. >> it's awesome. >> we've got to ask you about the new album "higher." so excited about this. you have originals. you have got some covers with names, sam cooke, dylan, willie nelson. how did you choose and what was the inspiration to get all these names together? >> great question. i think, you know, they choose you. i think the common thread through the whole record is i'm so in love with what i'm doing. if i chose a song, it's because i want to sing it for the rest of my life and then getting to work with people like willie and have sir part mccartney produce, all these beautiful people i could lean on and allow their talent to shine was amazing. makes you look better, all those people. you walk and talk like a duck, people think you're a duck.

>> the title "higher," what does that represent to you? >> you know, it's interesting. the track "higher" was co-written. my little boy -- i was giving the kids a shower and my kid said, papi, i wrote a song. he sang, when you go low and i go higher and i said, dude, that's a great -- that's a hook and months later we actually turned it into a song and i thought what better word than "higher" to sort of express how i felt about my life and where i want to be and how i want to live and all that stuff. >> did he get writing credit? >> he got writing credit. >> got to make sure. got to take care of the kids. >> his first question -- no joke. his first question when i said you're getting writing credit, i promise you, he said, how much money do i make? [ laughter ] >> he can write and has a business mind. you can't beat that. and, you know, you're from canada and this might surprise a lot of people because we know canada about hockey but you're a big football fan, american football fan and you're a big

fantasy football player. so super bowl just ended not long ago. i'm curious, how did you do? >> you know what, i figure if you're in enough leagues you will win. [ laughter ] so look at that. there's the picture. i won one. that trophy looks bigger than it actually is. >> good angle. >> i love football. i think it's the most beautiful -- i'm a huge hockey fan but football is a beautiful game as you know. it's so exciting and so much fun. every game is different and there's so much parity that you never know what you're going to get so i love fantasy football far too much. it's not healthy. it's not healthy. >> i got to join a league next year and give you a run for your money. >> any time. >> i won't sing a duet together. we will not do that together. we will do fantasy football. michael, always good to see you. love having you on the show. michael's album "higher" debuts march 25th. hee a spia you." that's later in the show.

coming up next, the stars of "take me out" will join us live in times square. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back with more "gma." >> thanks, guys. >> thank you. it's taken a lot to get to this moment. dreams are on the line. you got this.

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caitlin barasch. it's described as an edgy psychological thriller about an aspiring novelist who finds herself stalking and writing about her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. "a novel obsession" is out now. read along with us on our instagram @gmabookclub. hey, cecilia. >> hey, george. we are excited. turning to the award winning broadway drama "take me out" about a major league baseball star who comes out and this morning everybody, the stars, they are here of the new revival live in times square. good morning, patrick adams, jesse tyler ferguson and jesse williams. okay, so two jesses. what is going on backstage because i actually hear that there are -- there's a third one. you guys got a lot of folks backstage. this must cause confusion. >> we get wardrobe malfunctions and some of the wrong outfits but we're working it out. experienced jesse, new jesse. >> who went to -- baseball camp, i'm told you guys had to go to. >> we all went to baseball camp. >> i watched. >> he watched. >> make sure the finances were

in order. >> i don't play a baseball player in the play. i observed. i might have picked up a bat and put it right back down. >> when we were in rehearsal we all worked out together in the baseball camp. >> was it fun? >> it was great. >> it was a lot of fun. >> jesse used to play baseball. it was fun for him because he knew what he was doing. the rest of us had to figure it out. >> you ended up being the coach behind the scenes. >> kind of, yes, yes. >> this is your broadway debut. what did it feel like? >> it's incredible. it's absolutely terrifying. >> that opening audience, what is that like? >> it was like an insane drug. it was, you know, really thrilling, really scary, really exciting a lot of highs, a lot of lows. >> "grey's anatomy," of course, all these years, you're going to have friends in the audience? >> i expect so, yeah. >> can you name some names? >> chandra wilson who i was just texting with this morning who is a broadway legend in her own right. i know sara drew will be there. i'm sure a few folks will come out. ellen will probably come out.

it's going to be a good time. i don't know if i want them to tell me beforehand. >> that might make you nervous. have you been nervous yet? >> i haven't, not yet. i turn that into excitement. when i get nervous -- >> the cast is so large. if they all came at the same time it would take half the audience. >> that's true. >> you worked in the gift shop, not too far away from here. >> yep, about five doors down from where our theater is. when i was 21, i worked in this gift shop, theater circle gift shop and always dreamed of performing on 44th street so here i am. so i went in and stopped in and said hello to the manager and i was like, if you're shortstaffed i can come in between shows and help you fold "phantom of the opera" t-shirts. >> same manager? >> same manager. >> what's it been like to be in this crew? this show in particular. >> such an incredible group. my broadway debut as well so a lot of nerves are involved. they were pretty dispelled right away because this group of people has been absolutely unbelievable.

you know, it's nerve-racking doing this for the first time but when you have a family like the one we have in the show it's such a gift. >> it's such an important show. just you saw it 20 years ago. >> yes. >> what is the message of that show, importance then and especially importance now? >> when richard wrote this play, he was hoping that it would be a very timely piece and that major league baseball player would come out of the closet while playing and 20 years later that still hasn't happened. athletes in other arenas have come out and been visible but no one in major league baseball. so it deals with homophobia and racism, toxic masculinity and all those things still prevalent today. >> do you feel that message when you're out performing with the audience sinking in? >> every night -- i've done theater for a lot of years but never done theater in new york and the audience is so incredible here. every single night, i think

we've had nine performances now and i can feel everything landing with them. they follow us the entire way and they're so supportive. so we're grateful to everybody who has come out so far. >> so glad broadway is back. jesse, i know you recently reunited with your tv for the first time on "modern family." how was it? >> it was a sweet reunion. i miss him terribly. he lives in kansas city with his fiance. he was in town doing press. i grabbed him for a quick lunch. it was special. >> when you catch a break, come back and visit us. we're so excited for you and the show. congratulations. >> thank you so much for having us. e me out" is out right now on broadway. ginger, over to you. >> thank you, cecilia. we'll have to go. counting down to the oscars here on abc. and award-winning choreographers and dancers julianne and derek hough are recreating legendary film performances, and it's a new one-hour special called "step into the movies." that's sunday drew: partly cloud,

temperatures in the 60's andoud, 70's. rain returns tomorrow. level 1 for saturday, dry on is there food? >> yes, we said food, and cecilia comes running in. we're on the road to the oscars this morning. the official post-oscar party the governor's ball is back and so is celebrity chef wolfgang puck who will be catering it for the 27th year with a special announcement for us. take a look. >> good morning, america. i'm very excited to host the governor's ball right after the oscar ceremony. and this year i have a special team cooking with me. ghetto gastro. we're going to do amazing food. >> all right, you know, this is the first time wolfgang is working with other chefs to create the menu.

the team he's cooking with is ghetto gastro based in new york and they collaborated on an incredible menu which we are revealing exclusively on "gma" right now. cecilia, take it away. >> wolfgang and the chefs have come up with some exciting new dishes like trading places cornbread crab and caviar, eclairs with truffle mushroom mousse and black garlic glaze. say that three times fast. chocolate sea salt oscar eclairs and, of course, the classics like smoked salmon, oscar's spicy tuna cones, macaroni and cheese. >> wow. >> this is what i'm making for dinner tonight. >> wagyu cheeseburgers and the burgers and the mac are all here and all look delicious. all you have to do is use the qr code on your screen to get the recipes. >> were you ever a waitress? you did the specials very well. >> it is funny, we said food -- we said food, you run in. michael decided to stay here. >> right. >> i'm going to stay and get a meal before i go.

[ laughter ] we want to tell everybody, make sure you tune in to the oscars sunday, march 27th right here on abc and our oscars after party, the next morning on "gma." the next morning on "gma." oming up, we got more with this guy right here. michael buble. don't go anywhere.

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>> i do. >> take it away. says buble. we're putting you to work. ♪ ♪ every time my hand reaches for yours ♪ ♪ i feel the hesitation i feel you're not sure ♪ ♪ every time your lips are kissing mine, i taste the indecision ♪ ♪ it's messing with my mind ♪ ♪ i know there's a part of you that's terrified to love again ♪ ♪ but i promise to the end i'll never run, leave you behind ♪ ♪ i'll never hurt you like he hurt you ♪ ♪ i'll never make you cry i'll

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. jobina: good morning. here is a look at traffic. sue: happy friday. we are heading into the weekend with an accident on 880 in san jose on the north side, but traffic is moving fine. that's right over 101. elsewhere, the coliseum, traffic starting to thin out. we had an accident near oakland there, that has been cleared and traffic is light at the bay bridge. drew: we are tracking sunshine. fog is breaking down. here is a look at the camera in the city. you will notice we are warming into the 60's and 70's today, partly cloudy skies. rain returns on saturday. jobina: thank you.

"live with kelly and ryan" is next. we will be back at 11:00 a.m. have a great day. it's live with kelly and ryan. today, actor jeremy renner. and a visit from vanessa williams. plus, sisqó performs his new hit, "la thong." all next on live. ♪ let me see that thong ♪ now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. ♪ thong, thong, thong, thong ♪ ♪ i like it when your booty goes ♪ hi, deja. good morning. oh, yeah. ♪ what a throwback. well, it's the reason i got into radio to play that song, years ago. friday, march 18th. good morning.