duck. good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. deep skepticism over russia's latest move in its war against ukraine on this wednesday morning. state of the battle. russian military claiming it will drastically decrease activities around ukraine's capital after the latest round of peace talks. president zelenskyy alerting ukrainians to keep their guard up. president biden skeptical as the pentagon warns the russians may double down on other parts of the country and now more than 4 million refugees have fled ukraine. oscars fallout. top academy officials say they're upset and outraged over will smith's on stage assault of i hapne ss what

sas potential new surge? as the omicron subvariant becomes dominant a second covid booster is approved for americans over 50 who the cdc says should seriously consider getting another shot. spam text alert. the major cell phone carriers telling their customers to watch out for hackers and the new twist you might recognize the phone number, but why you shouldn't trust it. what verizon, t-mobile and even amazon are telling us. the queen's gambit? royal backlash after queen elizabeth was escorted into westminster abbey by her disgraced son prince andrew weeks after he settled that sexual assault lawsuit. holding on for life. a b.a.s.e. jumper's parachute rips midair sending him slamming into a cliff. >> i'm hanging onto this wall not in the harness, and i liked

spider-man to this wall for like an hour. >> how he escaped with no injuries. it's only on "gma" this morning. ♪ it's the eye of the tiger ♪ all eyes on tiger. the golf great spotted teeing up at augusta. will he make his comeback at next week's masters? ♪ highway to the danger zone ♪ and we feel the need, the need for speed. >> good morning, aviators. this is your captain speaking. cruise'sigticipate"tng a gun: maverick" as it and we certainly do say, good morning, america. and as always a lot of news to get to this morning, including a severe weather threat. 58 million on alert for damaging winds and tornadoes set to slam the already hard hit deep south. also ahead, the american astronaut touching down on earth this morning after a record-setting 355 days in space

and threats from the head of russia's space agency to leave him on the international space station. we are tracking it all live. first, the latest on the war this ukraine. peace talks yesterday appeared to bring some progress. russia now claims it will drastically scale back military operations around kyiv but the biden administration and other western leaders are skeptical warning against taking anything russia says at face value. and russian bombs are still dropping on civilian targets near kyiv and other cities. foreign correspondent james longman starts us off in kyiv. good morning, james. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. we're on the outskirts of kyiv near irpin, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting, we've bombards and we've seen nt - residents desperately trying to get out of this city. this is an area that russia says it will dramatically decrease combat operations. that's not what it sounds like. this morning, the russian military claiming a new shift in strategy in ukraine.

they now say they are going to drastically decrease military activities around kyiv and chernihiv after negotiations between ukrainian and russian delegations but say this is not a cease-fire and this morning we've heard for ourselves that the battle is still raging. came to the suburbs of kyiv a few miles from irpin. residents are finally getting a chance to get out. they've been living underground for weeks. as you can hear, the war rages and this, this is one of the areas that the russians say they will now leave but as you can hear there are no signs of this war stopping. a local counselor here is volunteering to get residents out. "sure, i'm afraid to go in," a normal person should be afraid. he lost his own home but committed to getting people out. so now he's literally running back to meet up with his colleagues there and they're going into the town and as we've been speaking we've been hearing bombardment after bombardment. that's how committed he is to saving the people who live in this town.

an hour later a van pulls up and a small group of irpin residents rush out holding anything they can. it's a lie that it's safe, says this man, the gunfire and shelling continues as it was before. we managed to get out but there are more back there. ukrainian troops around the capital are still on high alert. president zelenskyy warning the ukrainians to keep up their guard. the russian army still has significant potential to continue attacks against our state. in the u.s., the white house says they are seeing some troops moving away if the kyiv region, but believe it is a redeployment and not a withdrawal. president biden expressing his skepticism. >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. we'll see if they follow through on what they're suggesting. >> we all should be prepared to watch for a major offensive. against other areas of ukrte tr sevel w cints of russian shelling into residential areas near the capital. each day the war goes on more

and more ukrainians are forced from their homes. the u.n. says more than 4 million people have fled the country and more than 10 million internally displaced. those leaving irpin this morning just add to those staggering numbers. now, what we're seeing and hearing this morning just shows why there is so much skepticism about the russian agreement. for his part president zelenskyy wants security guarantees so that if ukraine is attacked in the future there would be guarantor countries like the united states that would offer weapons and a no-fly zone but we are not there yet. george? let's bring in martha raddatz. martha, the message from western leaders, watch what the russians do, not what they say. >> reporter: exactly, george. to put it bluntly they don't believe it and why should they. not just what you are seeing there in james' report, but we all remember the russians said we won't invade, right, before they launched this massive assault and now that the initial plan for sweeping across the country failed, the pentagon fears the russians may get even more desperate. a senior administration official

telling me that the russians have given up on what is called maneuver warfare in these areas and are instead reinforcing moving their tanks and armor into positions outside these cities to protect their long-range artillery, kind of like circling the wagons, and that artillery is what is doing so much indiscriminate damage and they fire blindly into the cities since their original plan to roll in and take those cities did not work. now, is there hope for the talks? there always is. but many at the pentagon fear it is just a distraction while the russians are trying to resupply grg >> martha raddatz, thanks very much. michael. >> george, thank you. now to more fallout from that stunning oscars moment. top academy officials are weighing possible disciplinary actions after will smith slapped chris rock. this as the comedian gets ready to take the stage for the first time since the awards. t.j. holmes has the latest for us. good morning, t.j.

>> reporter: good morning to you all. the academy adopted a new code of conduct for its members after the harvey weinstein scandal in 2017, among other things it said members should respect human dignity and to behave in such a way that they don't use their power or influence in such a way that violates decency. well, you could argue that millions saw a blatant violation of that code on sundo about it. the academy board of governors is preparing to take what it calls appropriate action in response to this shocking moment on the oscars stage. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: in a new letter obtained by abc news overnight, top academy officials say they are upset and outraged over will smith's on stage assault of chris rock but they warned this must follow an official process that will take a few weeks. the board of governors reportedly called its annual post-oscars meeting with added urgency due to the fallout. the group of hollywood power players including "view" co-host whoopi goldberg now meeting later today. >> there are consequences, there

are big consequences. >> there has to be. >> well, yeah, because nobody -- nobody is okay with what happened. nobody. nobody, nobody. >> reporter: but experts say it's unlikely those consequences would include revoking smith's best actor award. >> it could be as small as nothing or upwards of expulsion from the academy for will smith. there have been calls for him to have his oscar rescinded and that is highly unlikely to happen especially considering that controversial figures like ha weinsteinan polanski beir oscars after thei expulsions from the academy. >> reporter: amy schumer shared her feelings for the first time writing on instagram, still triggered and traumatized. i love my friend chris rock and believed he handled it like a pro.

a seat if filler. >> when chris said that joke, i looked over at jada and you could tell that she was not happy at all. then i think once will looked at her, you know, i think his -- like, his demeanor kind of changed. >> reporter: pinkett smith now writing in an instagram post, this is a season for healing, and i'm here for it. smith apologized to rock and called his actions unacceptable and inexcusable. >> that was the greatest night in the history of television, okay. >> reporter: chris rock hasn't commented since the oscars, but the comedian is ready to hit the stage again kicking off his tour starting tonight in boston. tickets to dozens of his upcoming tour dates quickly selling out with resellers like stubhub seeing the tickets that started at $46 for more than $700. tickpick said we sold more tickets to see chris rock overnight than we did in the past month combined.

rock's former "snl" co-star and his longtime pal adam sandler shared this photo promoting his tour said, can't wait for this, love you, buddy. now, the oscar nominations in the past, there have been some that have been revoked, only nominations but usually because of some kind of error or mistake was made, not usually for conduct and get this, we talk about how this took away interest the oscars. the increase of about 60% in ratings went up to 16.6 from the year before, but the highlight, troy kotsur, the highest viewership is when the first deaf man won an acting oscar, but some of that is being taken away from him because of this incident. >> and so we have to wait now a few weeks before the board of governors. >> a few weeks' process before . >> t.j., thanks so much. now to the severe weather threat across the country. mississippi, for us with the new tornado watch right now.

good morning, ginger. >> reporter: robin, one week ago nearly 07 confirmed tornadoes. we've seen damage reported in northwest arkansas, tornado watches as we speak. some of the video of this vivid lightning over wichita, kansas, the skies will be lighting up for a giant broad area, the level 4 out of 5, the second highest level that the storm prediction center puts out, until 1:00 p.m., that includes pine bluffs down to shreveport. it will get here to jackson by 4:00, 5:00. it will keep blasting east. later tonight into the early overnight it's there in the florida panhandle, even montgomery. robin? >> such a large area.

we appreciate you being being back there in mississippi. george. we have new developments in the pandemic as cases continue to fall across the country. the cdc has signed off on a second booster for people over 50 and the omicron subvariant is the dominant strain in the u.s. and eva pilgrim has that story. good morning, eva. >> reporter: we are seeing a slight uptick in cases because of this highly contagious subvariant in some parts of the country. this as a second round of boosters has now been authorized for those over 50. the highly contagious subvariant ba.2 is now dominant in the u.s. making up an estimated 55% of new infections. in the new york/new jersey area, ba.2 now accounts for an estimated 70% of new cases.inct th >> it's starting to create a surge in many parts of the country so it makes sense that many people may want to up their immunity as we potentially head into a surge.

>> reporter: overnight, a second booster shot of moderna and pfizer for americans over 50 now authorized. >> if it's been at least four months since you've been vaccinated with your first booster dose, you should seriously consider getting another booster dose. >> reporter: anyone over 50 can now get a booster but the cdc says they are especially important for people over 65 and people over 50 with underlying health conditions. with the cdc signoff, these fourth shots can go into arms right away. so those over 50 can technically get those second boosters now, but it usually takes a few days for the states and pharmacies to get up to speed. as for those under 50 they will learn more about the need for an additional booster when the fda meets next wednesday. robin. >> all right, eva, thank you. now to that new warning on a texting scam. major carriers telling their customers to be on guard.

the twist here, the texts appear to be sent from your own phone and there are signs of a possible russian connection. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is all over this for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. verizon telling us last night more than 10,000 of their customers have been targeted in a so-called phishing scam. in this sneaky caper verizon customers are receiving a text message which appears to be from their own phone number suggesting verizon will give them a gift as a reward for paying their phone bill. if that sounds like it's too good to be true, it is. if you click on the attachment authorities fear it may be a gateway to hack your phone. some customers have been steered to what appears a russian website. there is concern because fbi and homeland security officials have been warning for weeks that the kremlin could launch cyberattacks in retaliation for the u.s. support of ukraine. it is not just happening to verizon. when we contacted their competitor t-mobile the company told us, quote, scams like these are an industry-wide problem. >> tell us how big a threat these scams are to consumers.

>> reporter: well, it's an extraordinary threat, growing exponentially, and hackers are slick. amazon tells us the hackers will use their company's name to trick people into opening attachments. all the companies we spoke to gave an age-old warning, do not open odd, unexpected attachments when you're not certain where they're coming from. t-mobile and verizon say they're working hard to block such text messages from coming in in the first place. >> when in doubt, do not open, you got it. thanks so much, pierre. now to tiger woods spotted on the golf course at augusta national and now there are big questions over a possible comeback next week. janai norman has the latest details. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning, michael. golf like yourself, their ears are perking up. woods listed on the past major website for the invite list though after he was spotted practicing

in augusta, legions of golf fans around the world now holding their breath in anticipation. >> the return to glory. >> reporter: the masters tournament is the scene of some tiger woods' greatest victories. >> the moments don't come any bigger than this. >> reporter: this morning, the five-time champion sparking a frenzy after he was spotted teeing up in augusta, georgia, just a week before the tournament begins. the pga's official twitter account saying tiger woods is practicing today at augusta national with the side-eye emoji. woods who espn reported was joined by his son charlie and pro golf pal justin thomas, he was yet to say officially whether he's playing. it would be a remarkable return just over a year after the car crash that nearly took his life leaving woods hospitalized for weeks. >> i'm lucky to be alive. >> reporter: this past february, he opened up about his painful recovery. >> i still have a long way to go and each and every day is a fight and i welcome that fight. i get up in the morning and let's go a few more rounds. >> reporter: but by year's end tiger and his cub, 12-year-old son charlie, taking second in

the pnc championship sending speculation swirling but woods adamant he wouldn't rush his return. >> what's frustrating is not at my timetable, i want to be at a certain place but i'm not. >> reporter: it was just a few weeks ago that tiger was inducted into the golf hall of his long-awaited return to competition is still anything but certain, but we do know a source told espn he looked pretty good on the course, guys, so we'll see. >> if anybody can do it, it's tiger. >> that's true. >> that would be something. a lot more coming up here on "gma," including the fallout from queen elizabeth's show of support for her son, prince andrew. and the b.a.s.e. afterisara telling his story only on "gma" this morning, but first let's go back to ginger in mississippi. ging. >> after blasting through the deep south today mid-atlantic even parts of pennsylvania down into the southeast, that's for thursday, the two pockets that we'll watch for mostly damaging winds as a primary threat. that's the big picture.

let's get a check a little closer to home. lisa: wicking up to cloudy skies. we will see partly cloudy later on today. it will be breezy and temperatures are beginning to warm up for thursday.

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more. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the crowds outside westminster abbey yesterday craned to see prince charles, prince william, other members of the royal family enter through the front door. coming through a side door, though, was the queen accompanied by her son prince andrew which is tabloid fodder here in london today. was it an act of love or an attempt at image rehab? the gathering at westminster abbey for the late duke of edinburgh eclipsed by queen elizabeth's decision to arrive with and walk into the service on the arm of her disgraced son prince andrew. >> she decided this was a family occasion, to not only her beloved husband but andrew's father, and she wanted him at her side supporting her. she's frail. she walks with a walking stick and that was all about having confidence in him.

>> reporter: the queen had not been out in public in months and tuesday's service was her first major appearance since her february covid diagnosis. prince charles and prince william were there, even prince george and princess charlotte making a rare appearance but ggnst him omnia e caused the roberts giuffre who has accused the duke of york of sex trafficking, alleging she was trafficked by jeffrey epstein to the prince and andrew repeatedly denied these claims saying he has no memory of meeting her, suggesting this now-infamous photo of them could have been faked. in an interview with the bbc the duke admitted to staying at epstein's home even after epstein was charged. >> you were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender? >> it was a convenient place to stay. i mean, i've gone through this

in my mind so many times. at the end of the day, with the benefit of all the hindsight that one could have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. >> reporter: the scandal forcing the queen to strip her son of all military affiliations and royal patronages. >> the fact of the matter is the queen wanted prince andrew at her side. it's certainly not a decision made by prince andrew. he was asked and he agreed. other members of the royal family, i would think, the prince of wales maybe thought it was the wrong move but ultimately the queen is still in charge. she's still the queen and they're future kings and as it stands she makes the decision when it comes to a public event. >> reporter: there was a good deal of sympathy for the queen yesterday having to say good-bye to her husband of 73 years, but critics say that the queen putting family first at least as it relates to prince andrew was the wrong move. now, speaking of family, two high-profile members of the royal family were notably absent. that would be harry and meghan. they were at their new home in

california staying away amid their ongoing rift with the royal family, guys? >> okay, will, we appreciate that. a e. jper inzo f parachute ip.'selngis story o "gma" and matt gutman has that for us. good mni, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. it's a story that went nearly very badly for johnni dijulius. the daredevil was jumping off superstitious mountain in arizona when everything went wrong. his chute opened, but it twisted him around then it tore then he slammed into two cliff faces. what went right, somehow he managed to survive. >> three, two, one, see ya. >> reporter: at least when johnni dijulius jumped into thin air his parachute opened. but then it spun him around and angled him right into the cliff face. the 29-year-old regains some

control but quickly realizes things have gotten worse. he's now hurtling at about 50 miles an hour right into that chimney spire. his chute catching an edge just 50 feet off the ground. >> i'm hanging on this wall not in the harness, i ungeared and tryi tllt,or le r. >> reporter: you can see him there holding on for dear life. the stuntman and wrestling coach then uses his upper body strength to hoist himself up and fishes his phone out of his pocket. >> dude. >> are you good? >> yeah, i'm just hung up. >> reporter: that's what they call it, hung up. but somehow he's unjuried. >> i can climb down but i have to ungear. it's going to be sketchy. >> reporter: the hardest part is still ahead. >> land on my back on this bush. >> you had to jump backwards? >> i couldn't really turn around. i call it an, oh, crap jump. >> reporter: he has jumped off a skyscraper in panama.

>> i walked away with no injuries which is very rare for a jump like that. >> reporter: in 2019, dijulius did break an ankle jumping off a cliff in new york. i saw that video. it looks pretty scary as well. dijulius says sometimes you have to pay to play. i know you'll ask the question, is he going to jump again? but you know the answer. yes. guys. >> it was on his helmet. no tomorrow. he's going for it. all right, matt, thank you. appreciate it. coming up, american astronaut mark vande hei is touching back down on earth after a record-setting stay in space. we'll have more on this moment that almost didn't happen, right, gio? >> reporter: oh, that's right, george. the head of the russian space agency threatened to leave him in space.

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this morning, after a record 355 days in space, american astronaut mark vande hei is finally heading home. >> and vande hei now leaving the inside the soyuz. >> reporter: seen boarding russia's soyuz spaceship with russian cosmonauts overnight, leaving the international space station to return to earth. >> the soyuz begins the journey home to complete a year-long odyssey for mark vande hei. >> reporter: even as tensions rise here between america and russia over the war in ukraine, the crew shared a hug, one of the russian cosmonauts saying this -- >> people have problem on earth. on orbit we are one crew. >> reporter: for weeks the head of the russian space agency dmitry rogozin had threatened to leave vande hei on the space station in response to american sanctions on russia posting this spoof video showing the russian cosmonauts waving good-bye to

vande hei. another video showed technicians covering up the u.s. and japanese flags on a rocket. former nasa astronaut scott kelly took to twitter telling him without those flags and the foreign exchange they bring in your space program won't be worth a damn. rogozin tweeted back, get off, you moron. otherwise, the death of the international space station will be on your conscience. the tweet was later deleted. >> it's a very childish thing to be doing when you're responsible for people's lives in space to be producing videos of leaving people behind and threatening to drop a space station. i think he has more important things to be doing but he clearly doesn't. >> reporter: rogozin's words leading some to question the future of russia's relationship with america in space, one long seen as peaceful and necessary. this conflict just one of the many playing out between the u.s. and russia. from space to the arctic where both sides are battling for control as tensions rise.

>> the current u.s./russian bilateral relations are at perhaps a low that we haven't seen since the cuban missile crisis. >> reporter: while that future is unclear former nasa astronaut cady coleman is hopeful. >> we share a mission. all these countries that put the space station together that built this literality in space, and done such important work up there, it's not easy and we don't do these things because we just want to do them. it's because they're part of something so much more important. >> reporter: and they have been working together for years and years. let's go ahead and take another look at that landing right now and you can see that spaceship coming down, landing there in kazakhstan, and it's going to be surrounded by helicopters and those helicopters are recovery teams that are making sure that everything goes okay. that the astronauts and the cosmonauts are all okay. those helicopters are filled

with those recovery teams. they will go ahead and check those astronauts out and see if they're okay and america is not relying on russia to make sure that vande hei is okay. they have their own medical teams right there on the ground in kazakhstan, george. >> gio, will there be any issues surrounding the final leg of the trip home from kazakhstan? >> reporter: we do not expect that right now because america is there, america is making sure that he gets b basically what's going to happen, george, is that he is going to get on one of those helicopters, take a two-hour flight to the airport there in kazakhstan and then nasa is putting him on a ten-hour flight back to houston. >> i bet he can't wait to get back to houston. >> does that bring up memories? >> but not 355 days of memories. he was up there a long time. coming up next, our "play of the day." ♪ i'm so glad we did this.

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc seven mornings and let's take a look at traffic high soon. g we're going to the bay bridge toll plaza, a couple of issues. we had a stall on the western span of the bay bridge near fremont street that's been pushed off. then we had an accident past the toll plaza that's also to the right hand shoulder. but lookie loos have things backed up now to the mcarthur maze. it's kind of a sloppy commute on the bridge this morning, lisa. all right, so yeah, we have the cloud cover breezy winds out there. here's a look at our roof camera. kind of gray. well, don't you think 52 in san jose and the sun still above the low cloud deck. it will break through later on this afternoon for partly cloudy skies. it's already breezy, though. livermore, oakland, fremont. and at the airport today, highs will be in and around average, some spots below average san jose just 64 looking at mid sixties over in oakland

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. state of the battle. the russian military claims it will drastically decrease activities around ukraine's capital, kyiv, after the latest round of peace talks. as the pentagon warns the russians may double down on other parts of the country. oscars fallout. top academy officials upset and outraged over will smith's on stage assault of chris rock and what adam sandler is saying this morning. 24 months that changed the world. the first look at tonight's abc news prime time special. the challenges of the mental health crisis two years into the pandemic. how young people have been affected. the powerful stories of resilience and hope. with two weeks until the tax deadline, the ftc is suing the maker of turbotax calling its advertising campaign for free

tax filing bogus. this morning, the ways you can file your return. closing the gender pay gap. the top cities where women are making as much, if not more than men. what's behind the promising new data and the top strategies to get paid what you deserve. ♪ return to the danger zone. "top gun" is back. >> here we are. >> all the new details this morning. ♪ baby, there's nothing holding me back ♪ "gma" exclusive first look. shawn mendes revealing a new song and a brand-new music video. see it here first only on "gma." ♪ love ♪ and it's their first on screen reunion since "frazier." bebe neuwirth and david hyde pierce have a new show and they're here live in times square and they're saying -- >> both: good morning, america. good morning, america.

want to thank you for being with us on this wednesday morning. we are celebrating the nba 75th anniversary season with some brothers from brooklyn who bond over their love of basketball. they're triplets in that group of brothers and the older brother and we have a big surprise for all of them. hopefully they're not watching us. that. we'll see. also this morning, dr. ashton will be along with an emotional lookback at the last 24 months and especially the pandemic's impact on the mental health of teens. it's all part of a network special that we have tonight. it's really looking back and it's been eye opening for me of being a part of it because you just are reminded of the resilience and how we're not just looking back but looking forward as well. >> it's so hard to believe it's been two full years. that is coming up tonight. the latest on the war in

ukraine. peace talk as peered to bring some progress. russia now claims it will drastically scale back military operations around kyiv but the biden administration and other western leaders are skeptical warning against taking anything russia says at face value. let's go back to our foreign correspondent james longman in kyiv. good morning, james. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. we're on the outskirts of kyiv near irpin five kilometers away and all morning hearing the bombardments and seeing people being evacuated. this is one of the areas that russia would need to vacate if it was to honor its promise to dramatically reduce combat operations but that's not what we're hearing. this morning, the russian military claiming a new shift in strategy in ukraine. they now say they will drastically decrease military activities around kyiv after negotiations between ukraine and ssia tdegas came to the suburbs of kyiv a few miles from irpin. this is one of the areas the russians say they will leave but

as you can hear, there are no signs of this war stopping. we meet a local counselor here volunteering to get residents out. an hour later a van pulls up, a small group of irpin residents rush out holding anything he can. it's a lie it's safe says this man. the gunfire and shelling continues as it was before. with the bombs still falling troops around the capital are still on high alert. president zelenskyy warning ukrainians to keep up their guard. the russian army still has significant potential to continue attacks against our state. in the u.s. the white house says they are seeing some russian troops moving away from the kyiv region but believe the move is a redeployment and not a through. l. flo >> reporter: the pentagon the war in other parts of the country. >> we are all should be prepared to watch for a major offensive against other areas of ukraine. >> reporter: even after russia's claim to remove troops from the area there have been several new incidents of russian shelling into residential areas near the capital. so what we're seeing and hearing

here just shows why there is so much skepticism about russia's agreement. i don't know if you can hear but there is the rumble of the bombardments there in the background. president zelenskyy wants security guarantees. he wants to make sure that if ukraine is attacked in the future there will be guarantor countries that provide weapons and a no-fly zone but that's not something we are anywhere close to yet. >> thanks very much. we turn to more on the fallout after will smith's slap on the oscars stage. top academy officials are warning of possible disciplinary action. let's go back to t.j. again. >> reporter: they're weighing and people are asking could they take away his best actor oscar? they could technically but it is not widely believed they will do so. the academy hasn't revoked them for roman polanski or harvey weinstein. what will they do after will smith blatantly in front of millions violated the academy's code of conduct?

the academy board of governors is preparing to take what it calls appropriate action in rsponse to this shocking moment on the oscars stage. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: in a new letter obtained by abc news overnight top academy officials say they are upset and outraged over will smith's on stage assault of chris rock but they warned this must follow an official process that will take a few weeks. the board of governors reportedly called its annual post-oscars meeting with added urgency due to the fallout and the group of power plays including whoopi goldberg now meeting later today. >> there are consequences. there are big consequence. >> there has to be. >> well, yeah, because nobody, nobody is okay with what happened. >> reporter: but experts say it's unlikely they would include revoking his best actor award. >> it could be something as small as nothing or could be upwards of expulsion from the academy for will smith. there have been calls for him to

have his oscar rescinded and that is highly unlikely to happen. >> reporter: pinkett smith writing in an instagram post this, is a season for healing and i'm here for it. smith apologized to rock and called his actions unacceptable and inexcusable. chris rock hasn't commented since the oscars but the comedian is ready to hit the stage again kicking off his tour starting tonight in boston. rock's former "snl" co-star and longtime pal adam sandler shared this photo promoting it on # alongside the words, can't wait for this. love you, buddy. on stubhub the tickets for chris rock's show were going for about 46 bucks. afterwards, $700 for a ticket after this incident and just hearing from amy schumer. she did post again one of the posts in part she says i love chris rock and i believe he handled it like a pro staying up there and giving out an oscar to his friend questlove but waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed and i think she speaks for a lot of folks. >> she does, thank you, t.j.

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speed. >> good morning, aviators. >> reporter: after one of the longest flybys in cinematic history, "top gun: maverick" finally coming in for a landing. >> just want to manage expectations. >> these are different times. this is delays due to covid. you weren't going to see "top gun: maverick" sort of just pop up on a streamer in terms of these flight sequences that you really do need to see on a big screen. >> reporter: the two-time pandemic delayed sequel to the 1986 smash hit finds pete "maverick" mitchell back in the cockpit. >> i have to admit i wasn't expecting an invitation back. >> they're called orders. >> training a new class of flyers including glen powell and miles teller, son of anthony edwards' character goose and in the film, goose's death still haunts maverick all these years later. >> my dad believed in you. i'm not going to make the same mistake. >> reporter: the cast includes

an all-star list of hollywood heavy hitters like jon hamm, ed harris and jennifer connelly. the maverick trailer racking up 6 million views already. >> you work here at the request of admiral kazansky. >> and, yes, val kilmer will return to the big screen as iceman. >> there sort of is no doubt in my mind that val kilmer is not the only original cast member we'll see besides tom cruise. >> reporter: maverick himself posting this promise see you at the theater. >> having any fun yet? >> come on. we're excited. >> oh, yeah. >> we're ready. >> we ready. it stars jon hamm also as we said. look for it to soar in theaters may 27. >> george. >> looking forward to that. a consumer alert. with tax season in full swing cepte vertisgovernment is suing rebecca jarvis is here with that story. good morning, rebecca.

tell us what this is all about. >> reporter: people have likely seen these commercials, turbotax touts its free tax prep products and the federal trade commission is suing intuit which is the company behind turbotax calling those claims bogus. the ftc says in 2020 about two-thirds of taxpayers could not use turbotax's free products and asking a federal court to put a halt on the advertising. ftc arguing that the ads mislead consumers into believing that they can file taxes for free with turbotax, in fact, most tax filers can't use the company's free service because it's not available to millions of taxpayers like those who get a 1099 form for work in the gig economy. the ftc says in 2020 two-thirds of taxpayers could not use turbotax's free products and asking a federal court to put an immediate halt. >> how are they defending itself. >> they say that the ftc's

arguments are simply not credible, far from steering taxpayers away from free tax prep offerings our free advertising campaign led to more americans filing their taxes for free than ever before and have been central to raising awareness of free tax prep. >> how can people at home file their taxes for free? >> the important thing to know, there are options. if you have an adjusted gross income of 73,000 or less the irs' free file guided tax preparation is a great option. you can find that on the irs website at irs.gov. input information, w2, 1099th and does the math and lets you prepare online. if you don't meet those guidelines they offer free file fillable forms but you need to know how to prepare your own tax return without a lot of hand holding. >> not always that easy. thanks very much. we turn now to 24 months that changed the world. an abc news prime time special pthat explores the state of our nation two years into the pandemic including the mental health crisis and our abc news

chief medical correspondent, i know you worked on this, dr. jennifer ashton and such an important issue we dealt with. >> and from the beginning people were calling the mental health crisis the second pandemic. we all know that covid for the most part may be a respiratory virus but clearly this pandemic has also affected our mental health in such a significant way. we all probably know this. on some level but hearing about it, listening to people talk about it, especially teenagers, truly drives this point home. this morning, 24 months after the start of the pandemic, the challenges on mental health still remain, especially for the youth. to best understand how to move forward and heal, we joined surgeon general dr. vivek murthy in washington, d.c. >> it's nice to meet you. i'm vivek. >> that little kid in me disappeared and i started >> reporter: dr. murthy has been

do countr>> it was kit to open up about my feelings. >> we didn't really talk about mental health a lot before covid. >> don't just treat us like, oh, you're a child, treat us like we've been through is equal to what you've been through. >> why is it so important to do this listening tour? >> our kids were struggling long before the pandemic arrived and the pandemic has been more challenging for some children but if we want to address it we have to listen to kids. >> reporter: filling that gap here in mason, ohio, the hope squad. >> tons of people needed help during like the pandemic. >> reporter: today thoroughly playing on how to handle self-harming behavior when they spot it. >> i'm here to listen to you. like i'm here or we could both go to our counselor. >> one silver lining that's come is the amount of discussion and awareness that happened to talk about their own mental health

strugs. >> something that gives me hope is my mom. she's my best friend. she's been there and seeing her go through a stressful time during the pandemic, also work every single day at 4:00 a.m. so i can go to sleep and eat every single day i want to do the best i can for her. >> thank you for sharing that. >> and if you are struggling with thoughts of suicide or self-harm, free confidential help available 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year. call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. that's 1-800-273-talk. even though it may feel like it, you are not alone. >> i'm so glad we're talking about this. i can't tell you how many parents have reached out worried about their children. >> that's right. and i hear it from people on a daily basis, people of all ages feeling that anxiety, that depression. again, before the pandemic, but definitely more so now so it is time for a collective checkup

from the neck up. >> checkup from the neck up. we appreciate that. very, very excited about what we're doing tonight on "20/20" tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on abc and tomorrow you can see it on hulu. michael. >> thank you, robin. thousand to promising data for women in the workforce. new research shows some women are closing the gender pay gap and it might be because of where they live. here to break it down is janai norman. janai, good morning again to you. what does this tell us. >> the good news is that in many major u.s. metropolitan areas like here in new york, d.c., l.a., women under the age of 30 earn the same amount or more than their male counterparts, about 102% according to the pew research center but compare that to the midwest where women take the biggest pay hit with women under 30 making around 67% of what their male counterparts make there. >> what does the research tell us about why it's happening? is there that is a good question. we have seen pay inequity making

headlines and that's turned up the heat on some employers to be transparent about what they're paying making it easier for women to negotiate for more and encouraging women to do so but still the experts make clear these big cities where women are closing the pay gap are the exception, not the rule and a significant gender pay gap still exists for most women across the country. >> it's important to note though as women age, the wage gap increases, it grows. >> that's right. it gets worse as women age. women do face setbacks at work when becoming a mom which only widens the pay gap. experts say women are less likely to be mentored at work or receive management training and paternity leave can put women on what's called a mommy track with fewer opportunities for promotions. >> you know, how can all women try to close this pay gender gap no matter where they live because it seems to be wherever you live means it could help? >> exactly.

there are women thinking what can i do? first thing, don't wait. if it's been a while since your last raise or promotion don't hesitate to talk to your manager and bring evidence of how much you're contributing. number two, looking for a new job, don't use your current or previous salary as a benchmark. number three, research. look into what a competitive salary should be. also even if you love your job right now it doesn't hurt to put feelers out there and get a competing offer 0 help push your salary to the next level though that could be risky and also keep talking. talk about what you make because that only help. >> that only helps. thank you, janai. good advice out there. back to ginger in mississippi. hey, ginger. >> hey, michael, compared to last week we're seeing way more blue sky. that means more fuel for the storms and already seeing them do damage. springdale, arkansas, pictures out of that line that has embedded tornadoes at siana, she bluff and branson, missouri, all in the tornado watch to 1:00 p.m. then it will come this afternoon in mississippi through

tennessee and down through the gulf coast by tonight into the florida panhandle. that's the big picture. a lisa: wicking up to cloudy skies. we will see partly cloudy later on today. it will be breezy and temperatures are beginning to warm up for thursday. 64 today. mid-60's in the east bay southbay. the accu weather seven-day forecast, cool tomorrow but the afternoon in the mid 70's. a woman trend saturday i i think we're i think we're ready for some "pop news." >> got me so excited. let's get to it. we begin "pop" with a big exclusive. grammy nominated singer/songwriter had a busy week, shawn mendes gearing up to release a new single and new music video. this morning he is giving us the very first look.

check it out. ♪ i don't want to know what it's like when you're gone ♪ ♪ i don't want to move on, i don't want to know what it's like when you're gone for good ♪ ♪ it's slipping through my fingertips a little bit by little bit ♪ ♪ i didn't know that loving you was the happiest i've ever been ♪ >> i think we have a hit on our hands, people. it's called "when you're gone." fans are loving what they're hearing. one person even wrote, can't wait to finally stream it full volume nonstop and guess what, you won't have to wait much longer. it debuts this thursday at midnight and i have more good news for you. shawn mendes fans, his world tour kicks off at the end of >> going to start dancing. body saw i >>ven geor.

thing.ing, samuel l.broadw reving the play heirst jason will star ust ls pittsburgh, 1936. a family arguing over the fate of a piano carved with the faces of their ancestors and jackson will take direction from swung he better listen to, his wife. latanya richardson jackson at the helm of the show. this makes her the first woman ever to direct an august wilson play on broadway. richardson jackson calls the play one of wilson's most enduring, poe found and consequential masterpieces. it's set to debut this september. >> they are a power couple? >> they really are and great material they're working with. even without the duke of hastings heating things up, "bridgerton" is doing it again. breaking records. season 2 premiered this weekend and netflix is reporting this morning an incredible 193

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ryan: "live" with kelly and ryan comes up. leslie mann talks about her new movie, and dr. jennifer ashton. lisa: 50 in oakland and 49 in san francisco, 52 in san jose. a little fog up in the north bay santa rosa 45. breezy conditions from oakland to hayward. you can see at the airport, 22 miles an hour. they will ramp up through the day today. breezy afternoon, partly cloudy skies. 64 in oakland. mid 60's in morgan hill.

jobina: what did we do? >> well, first you put your -- >> i know what we did. what do we do now? >> let's try to stay calm. these things happen. they happen every day, every day in arkansas. >> back here on "gma." the classic sitcom "frazier," bebe neuwirth and david hyde pierce both won emmys for playing those characters, lilith and niles and now on "julia" about julia child and so good -- i love how you were watching that clip as well. >> it's been a long time. that's one of my favorite episodes. it's nice to see it again. >> thank you. >> you were great, by the way. >> it's hard to believe. how is it to be back together on set? >> fantastic. >> yeah.

>> it's great. >> honestly even here, it's just nice. we've known each other forever from working here in the theater and all those years on "frazier" and it's just -- it's a nice thing. >> we have a -- our shorthand has gotten shorter and shorter and now it's a look. >> it's the first time you've been together since "frazier." everyone knows who julia child is but you play her husband paul. not many people knew about her husband paul. you saw a little archival footage of him. >> oh, yeah, so there was a 30-second clip they had. paul did a guest spot on her cooking show very early on and he was not a very good actor but he was pretending to call in -- to call her and say i got a friend coming over to dinner at the last minute so i got to see what he looked like and his acce

plate on a coffee tabllunangt would havethter of the absurd. >> the table was low. >> we don't have a television. >> oh. >> i was in the midst of a burst of creativity in my -- >> no excuse. shame on you, paul. >> there's the look. >> there's the look. >> that i have to deal with. >> you play julia's friend and julia child has had such a hold on the public's imagination for so long. what do you think it's about? >> about her? she's such a completely herself, there is nobody like her. there has never been anything like her and i think -- i was a kid in the '60s and saw her on television and it was judiciary she was just this character who was -- she was goofy and she was really smart and she did these things that i had never seen because we didn't have -- we were not a kitchen centric house so it's not like, oh, yes, i'm

used to, you know, fancy things happening in the kitchen. she was just this really odd, funny, personable, approachable, interesting character. >> and she never tried to be anything but herself, which is great. >> completely authentic. >> she appeared back on "gma" back in the day and i'm telling you what, it was just magic but also loved because we got to eat so i would imagine it had to be delicious working on this program. did you all -- >> says the woman who ran the kitchen. >> christine. >> the props. >> and she cooked them and we ate them. [ laughter ] >> except for the sweet breads. we did not eat the sweetbreads. >> they told me i ate 60 dumplings in the course of all the takes. >> you look great. >> thank you, i've been working out.

[ laughter ] >> hazard pay. >> before we let you go we have to ask you both about the "frazier" reboot that's happening. are you both involved? >> wait. there's a "frazier" reboot? >> yes. >> word on the street. i hasn't heard about that. >> you going to be a part of that? >> we don't know yet. is that correct to say? >> we don't know anything about it? we don't anything about anything. >> asking us about a reboot but we don't -- >> would you be open to one? >> you know, i will never say never and we love kels and know how much he wants it to happen so we hope it does. >> and we know he has very good taste. however he reapproaching the show and continuing the show will probably be in a creative and surprising way. >> well, had an impact on me. i got a jack russell because of eddie, i did, k.j. that's why i got k.j. >> ihe >> oh, like eddie. i mean just -- just -- yeah. that's a character -- >> the thing about the show the

jack russell was quiet and stared at frazier. >> that's not -- i'm so glad you said that because i'm like, you're not eddie. >> was acting. >> is k.j. still around? >> no, 17 years i had him. we would watch "frazier" on cozi-tv 8:00 p.m. eastern time. still do. we have to let everybody know that "julia" premieres tomorrow on hbo max. > coming up, e haw

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we're going to take a look at a new campaign to set young people up for success. the make it movement is introducing high school students to high skill and high income careers, soon it will expand all across the nation. at elgin high school jude and luke are planning for their future with the help of the make it movement. >> i've always been pretty scared of graduation because i've never really had anything planned. >> there are lots of ways for you to make it in america. >> reporter: the online campaign promotes successful career paths outside of four-year degrees starting with the questionnaire. students can map out professions based on likes, strengths, even potential incomes. >> one of the things that popped up was welding.

i never thought that would be a kind of career but after seeing the pay and the college and trade school needed for that it was intriguing to me. >> we have one question, do you want to work inside or outside? we have kids saying, nobody ever asked me that and wondering once we get that, it takes them through. >> reporter: roy spence launched the make it movement and wants to use marketing as a force for good. >> i started learning about all these millions of high skill, high income careers that are out there in america and young people don't know. they had no idea they're out there and this was before we passed the trillion dollar infrastructure bill. who is going to build the infrastructure? >> reporter: as more baby boomers retire, industries like welding, plumbing and construction can't fill positions quickly enough to meet demand. the u.s. construction sector saw over 400,000 positions go unfilled last year. and forbes reports more than 3

million skilled trade jobs will remain open by 2028. >> normally we're like, okay, you got to go to a four-year university to make good money to be able to live. now we have other options that we can show them that, yes, i can do this other way, this other program and still make a good amount of money. >> i actually got 70% nurse. i was surprised but also this feels perfect for me. it really made me see more possibilities with the things that i want to pursue. >> creating so much opportunity changing so many lives. >> really, we were just talking about, also takes away sometimes when someone asks if you went to college there is a stigma you didn't go to college. no. now this kind of program is so powerful at making a real difference. there are some careers out there. >> looking forward to seeing it expand. let's go to ginger. a northern fringe to the storm we want to cover. that begins with advisories from nebraska all the way to new york.

see the snow flying there north platte. some parts of the dakotas, fargo, you had lake effect in those lakes and all of that cold air. rochester at the airport there really rough. they had the icing, de-icing and visibility down. watching for advisers and ice storm warnings in wisconsin, upper peninsula of michigan. traverse city, and then see all the winter weather advisories from western new york down through west virginia. that's the big picture. a check now a little closer to lisa: it is a little gray out. partly breezy today. mid-60's in the east bay. gusty ndslong coast in hoho you know our next guest for his movies like "reality bites" and "before sunrise" all three of them now starring in "moon knight."

he's with us right now here in times square. thank you so much for coming. >> it's my pleasure. >> been fun talking to you already about this new show and your daughter who is an actress, maya, starring in a little show called "stranger things" gave you advice about joining the marvel universe. will you share. >> thinking about whether to do it and she was just talking about how much the people who love movies right now are going to see these movies and that you want to play where the audience is at and see if you can play in their playground and make something good. >> yeah. >> but these people really are passionate about movies and so am i so seems like a good fit. >> and you were saying that this role in "moon knight" is the ultimate in playacting. >> well, i just mean, you know, it's like being a kid. you walk on to these sets and they build pyramids and they build the streets of cairo. they make your dreams come true. i'm in the tomb of some ancient egyptian god and it's so beautiful. i would pay money to go to those

sets and you walk in and get these amazing costumes and then if you can't act well on those sets then you can't act. >> it sounds like you're having a blast. for those not familiar with this character, this story line, "moon knight," will you give us a snip pit of who you are in the show. >> well, first of all, very few people are familiar with this character and this story line. that's the fun of "moon knight." it's a whole new lane from marvel and oscar gets to create a whole new superhero and that was part of the turn on we weren't walking down a road that had been walked a hundred times. >> right. >> so oscar plays the moon knight but he's suffering from severe mental illness which creates a riddle for me playing the villain because usually in the history of movies the villain is the one suffering mental illness so i had to come up with a villain who thought of himself as more of a saint. that's the way i approached it. >> let's take a look. "moon knight," everybody.

>> what a beautiful day. >> it's like we're in heaven only it's not heaven, is it? it's a darkness, sometimes it hides in our very hearts. we are here to make the earth as much like heaven as possible. who'd like to go first? you're a brave man. >> that's oscar isaac. he's all in, huh? >> he's brilliant in the show. another reason to do the show. i met him at a coffee shop in brooklyn during the pandemic. we all had our masks on and he started telling me about this "moon knight" show he's doing and the fire in his eyes was so bright. yoshould play the bad guy. i was like, all right, i will. >> that's fabulous. that's -- easy as that. got the job. i love it. so back to maya, your daughter who is a thriving artist both on screen and a great singer. any plans to team up with her on camera?

>> yeah, we did a couple of scenes together in "the good lord bird" that played on showtime last year and had an unbelievable time. we've been working together, i'd say, since she was about 2 on everything you can imagine. so it would take a lot to stop me from wanting to act with her or work with her in some way because i just believe in her immensely and her new album is coming out soon. check it out, maya hawke. >> proud dad moment. >> it's not just a proud dad. i'm a very discerning -- when it comes to the arts i can't shut up with my opinions and this kid has a real thing. >> she's got it. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> it's fun. i was reading one of the articles. when you tried to give her advice she said no need because your voice is in her head. >> i grew up with you. you don't have to tell me what you think about every waiter. >> we all -- they know better. they know better. >> yeah. >> last thing real quick you're about to do a cool docu-series.

joanne woodward and paul newman, their love story. so glad you're celebrating that. >> two incredible actors who were married for 50 years and it's kind of a meditation on what a meaningful, substantive life in the arts can look like. they both exist as a north or and also a study of the last 50 years of cinema in the way that the industry is changing, storytelling is changing but they were heroes. you know, they are the most generous artists of all time with newman's own and have given away hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars and she ran a theater company. he's one of the greatest actors ever. and their love affair is beautiful. >> something that endured and to enjoy. we will enjoy that. thank you so much. always so good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> you can see ethan in "moon knight" out now on disney plus. coming up we've got four brothers bonded in their love for the brooklyn nets. who doesn't love them. we'll have that coming up on

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>> reporter: there are fans then there are the edemeka brothers whose love for their brooklyn nets has taken them around the globe. >> we did a trip to china preseason game against the lakers, gone to milwaukee during the playoffs, philadelphia, boston. >> i just can't get enough of it. i mean it makes me so proud. >> reporter: triplets dennis, donald and david with older brother bobby an integral part of the bk block. the loudest cheering session in barclays. >> we always try to make signs. >> you can count on the brooklyn crowd to be there. >> it's almost been like a second home. >> you might be familiar with them. they're triplets and were the originators of the brooklyn brigade. >> reporter: their love for the team helping their brotherhood >> sharing our fandom has been a great way to bond. >> no matter if we win or lose i'm going to have a good time because i'm with my brothers and everybody around me is really

going to be super passionate, super energetic. losing our voices and win or lose we'll have a good time while we're there. >> good time indeed. david, dennis, donald and bobby edemeka are joining us now. guys, great to see you. great to see you all and i love this. i love this brotherly bond you have. when your brother started it, did you expect it to become such >> i honestly didn't expect it to be such a huge part of my life but like it's an been amazing ride sitting in the bk block with fellow fans cheering, one of the most exciting teams in the nba right in your backyard. >> dennis, what's the highlight of the fan experience for you? >> so ten years ago i wasn't even a sports fan at all so since the nets came to brooklyn it's been such a thrill to experience the electricity and the excitement of an arena full

of excited fans and also connecting with die-hards around the world by social media. joining a community of passionate people has been an experience of a lifetime. >> i love your outfits. need some of that myself. the nba playoffs are coming up. so what are you most excited for? >> i'm just excited to see where the nets end up. we started at the top seed and now we're eighth and i think the nets have the best potential to upset the league and if any team can do it, it's definitely the brooklyn nets. >> i agree with you. all of you. bobby is like, yeah, let me flex on you a little bit. we wanted to tell you guys about a little surprise that we have. the nba as well as -- we are so impressed by all that you -- that all that you're doing and the fan dom that you've created that the nba is giving you four tickets for the nets first plofe going ke t blk and the brookl

to the barclays. how do you feel about that? >> we're loving it. >> brooklyn. >> we're ready. >> we love it. >> if i'm lucky, i'll see you there but you guys, thank you so much for joining us. >> we're lucky. >> enjoy the game and the short film "playoffs on nba lane" celebration thing 75th season premieres across all nba social media platforms and on nba.com. stay there. we'll be right back.

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