good morning, america. raging wildfire. exploding in size near yosemite national park. people trapped in their homes by the flames as americans across the country swelter in a massive heat wave. the record temperatures expected this weekend. >> covid treatment. the latest on president biden's condition. >> i'm feeling much better than i sound. >> and dr. anthony fauci joins us live with more covid headlines. breaking overnight, two americans killed in ukraine fighting against russian forces, the u.s. stepping up assistance. >> trump versus pence, stumping for rival repubicans in the arizona governor's race. is it a sign of things to come? new twist in the johnny depp/amber heard defamation

case. why both sides are appealing those multimillion dollar awards. caught on camera, a small plane crashes right off a los angeles beach. the pilot's condition this morning. ♪ when i'm out on the street ♪ out in the street? the sticker shock for bruce springsteen fans looking to snag concert tickets. why dynamic pricing is being blamed. ♪ i wanna be rich ♪ and million dollar dreams. the mega millions jackpot soaring overnight. the shifting advice for the lucky winner who claims the prize. ♪ oh, i wanna be rich ♪ sorry, i was just adjusting my earpiece. we had janai singing this morning right out of the gate. >> she was on tune. >> that's right, that's right. people can dream. of course, the mega millions, we do have a big morning here. good morning, america. it's great to have you with us.

great to have you with us. a lot to cover, dr. anthony fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, joins us live with the latest on president biden's condition following his covid diagnosis. that's coming up. then there's the extreme and oppressive heat that's taking hold from coast to coast. more than 85 million americans under heat alerts this morning. those sweltering temperatures could break more records this weekend. >> and to that point, eva, the tinderbox conditions out in california fueling a wildfire in mariposa county that exploded in size overnight. as you can see there, entire hillsides engulfed in flames forcing many people to evacuate their homes. abc's alex presha has the latest from california. >> reporter: this morning the urgent fight to get the upper hand on this dangerous fast-moving wildfire in california. people reportedly trapped in their home. >> seven people in a residence unable to get out. they're stuck in the residence and cannot escape. >> reporter: flames moving than 4,300 acres ifying, mariposa county.

the so-called oak fire now reaching the sierra national forest, the fire sparking friday afternoon southwest of yosemite park spreading exponentially within just one hour. firefighting aircraft battling to stop the flames from the skies as firefighters on the ground work the dangerous front lines. huge clouds of dark smoke rising from entire hillsides. >> they're sheltering in place. >> reporter: the fire leaving buildings in ruin and coming dangerously close to others. >> fire has been coming towards us faster and faster. >> reporter: dozens of residents now evacuated in the county's third wildfire in just two weeks. >> i'm hoping that they're able to get it out before it damages anybody's homes. >> reporter: another concern for residents there is the heat. this fire forcing unplanned outages. pg&e says at least 3,100 customers are without power and temperatures are expected to creep close to 100 degrees today. eva. >> alex presha in california. that extreme heat stretching across the country this morning.

the worst of it now moving east where we are already seeing the impact. the boston triathlon scheduled for this sunday postponed. new york's triathlon shortening part of its course. amtrak even slowing down some of its trains. sam champion is at central park for us this morning. good morning to you, sam. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, eva. all that and all that is necessary because this is dangerous long duration heat. and we're going to show you numbers. we're going to talk numbers, but this is a people story. heat is the number one weather-related killer and in this heat wave that hits spain and portugal not too long ago the world health organization estimates that maybe 1,700 people died in that heat. that sounds far away. let's bring it close to home. maricopa county where, you know, around the phoenix area, about 300 people could have died in heat last year. so this is a big problem keeping cool is a big issue. cooling stations are open in new york city, about 550 of them. some of them are just libraries, just places to go in to get

cool. philadelphia is operating some buses. let's talk temperatures and show you what's going on. here's a map into the northeast. it now gets into the heat. you can see temperatures are really sweltering in that area. now three days of this. that's the heat advisories up to 102, 104 degrees. big heat moves in tomorrow and as eva said, this heat is coast to coast across the country. we're talking about these numbers being at 100 or above 100 from the east coast to the west coast, and we don't miss anyone. so this is the kind of heat that you need to rearrange your schedule for. do everything early in the day, do that hydrating thing that everyone talks about, stay out of the heat in the middle of the day. whit. >> yeah, that map really tells the story. all right, sam, thank you. we'll check back in just a bit. now to president biden's condition this morning as he battles covid. the president appearing remotely at a white house meeting friday. his voice noticeably hoarse. listen. >> let me start by apologizing for my voice. i'm feeling much better than i sound. >> now for the latest on how president biden is doing,

let's go to maryalice parks at the white house. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the message from the president's doctors in the white house is that the president is doing better, that his symptoms had improved. yesterday his doctor said he had fatigue, a runny nose, loose cough. we were told the president was given some tylenol thursday after his temperature rose a bit to 99.4, not quite a fever. but all the rest of his vital signs, we are told, in the normal range. reporters there, like you said, saw him briefly virtually as he met remotely with some of his advisers. you could hear his voice was a little raspy. he did clear his throat a few times and he did cough as one of his other advisers was speaking. he has been taking that antiviral treatment, paxlovid. he will continue to do that, and dr. ashish jha, the white house covid response coordinator, said that a couple of times since testing positive the president has also used an albuterol inhaler that he had. now, the white house says they have contacted 17 people including senior staff and members of congress who are considered close contacts to the president. they say that none of them have tested positive so far. whit. >> all right, maryalice, thank you. joining us now is the

president's chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, good morning to you. thanks for speaking with us. so have you spoken with president biden since his covid diagnosis, and are you encouraged by his progress? >> well, i haven't spoken directly with the president, but i'm in very close contact with dr. kevin o'connor, the primary physician for the president. i spoke to him as recently as 10:00 last night, and what you just said is true, the president is doing very well. he continues to improve. feels well. has some of the symptoms you're talking about, but that's absolutely natural when someone has an upper respiratory viral infection. so we continue to always be careful, but really the chances of him getting into severe difficulty is very, very low given the fact that he's vaccinated, doubly boosted, and he is on an antiviral drug that has shown very clearly goes a long way to preventing people to progress to disease that would

be serious. >> and, dr. fauci, i'd like to ask you about that, paxlovid, you mentioned the antiviral drug. the president is taking that. you took the same drug recently when you had covid but had one of those so-called rebound cases but you still say the benefits outweigh the risks? >> no doubt about it. paxlovid is doing what paxlovid is supposed to do. it's keeping people out of the hospital, preventing progression of disease. if you have a rebound, as it were, it almost invariably is just a reversion of the test to positive for a day or two and perhaps some increase in minor symptoms. but it has not historically been followed by severity of disease. so the benefits overwhelmingly outweigh the risks when you take paxlovid. it's doing what it's supposed to do. >> and in your experience, what was it like when the symptoms came back? were they milder than before?

>> well, you know, it's such a variability. everything is relative. i had a relatively mild course that started off with a sore throat and a bit of a runny nose. i didn't have a fever. when i had the so-called rebound, i had a little bit of a fever, which responded very well to tylenol. i had a runny nose. i went back on paxlovid. the next day, 18 hours later, i was perfectly without symptoms. >> so i want to ask you about something else too. president biden got that second booster shot, but there's now some reporting that the administration will hold off on authorizing second boosters for people under the age of 50 possibly until september, instead focusing on those improved new variant-specific vaccines. what's the reasoning behind waiting? >> well, i think that's, unfortunately, an incorrect report. i spoke to the person responsible for that at the fda last night, and that's a premature statement.

they are still considering what they're going to be doing with the fourth dose boost for individuals less than 50 years old right now. they're still under active consideration. no determination has been definitively made. >> forgive me, dr. fauci. just to clarify, we had some white house sources suggest that that report from "the washington post" initially was accurate in the sense of the timing, so you're saying that based on your conversations with the fda, that people under 50 could still potentially be authorized to get boosters before the fall? >> it is still under active consideration. no definitive determination has been made at this point. >> dr. fauci, thank you for clarifying that. i do want to ask you about something else here too because cases are on the rise across the country in some places with some of these new variants. we're seeing some cities suggest

bringing back mask mandates. is that something that you think other cities should consider at this time? >> i think it needs to be on a case-by-case basis with each individual location, county, city, or state because things vary with regard to the viral dynamics. the cdc recommends when you look at their map, their color-coded map, that when you are in an orange or a red zone, they strongly recommend. the federal government, the cdc doesn't mandate anything. the local jurisdictions make the determination based on what's going on on the ground, so i think it's not appropriate to say that everybody should be doing this or not doing this. it's made at the local level. that's a decision made at the local level. >> dr. fauci, thanks for taking your time to speak with us this morning. we appreciate it. thank you. >> janai. turning overseas now to the war in ukraine, officials say two americans have died in the donbas region. that news coming hours afteran agreement with russia on ukrainian exports became a, quote, beacon of hope in the conflict.

but now there's word of a new missile strike on odesa and that's where abc's patrick reevell joins us live this morning. patrick, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yes, there was a missile strike here in odesa just a couple of hours ago. in fact, we've been watching smoke rise not far from here but ukrainian forces in the east continue to take very heavy casualties, and now we know among them are two americans. overnight, confirmation of two americans killed in ukraine in the donbas region. they died this week fighting in a ukrainian unit trying to hold back russia's advance in the east. another former u.s. soldier who volunteered with them saying they faced overwhelming russian firepower. >> so the village that we were at basically is surrounded on three sides by the russians. there was artillery basically 24/7. they could shoot us, but we couldn't even see them. >> reporter: he says russia's

massive advantage in artillery will means they will take donbas unless the u.s. sends more aid. >> there wasn't much fighting we could do. it's a matter of time until you have to leave your position type of thing, because you can't -- i mean, you won't even necessarily see the russians. you'll most likely be dead by the time they get there. >> reporter: the u.s. is again stepping up assistance. president biden signing an additional $270 million aid package including four himars and phoenix ghost drones. away from the battlefield, though, a major breakthrough, russia and ukraine reaching an agreement affecting global food supplies. the deal mediated by the u.n. and turkey lifting the blockade of more than 20 million tons of grain trapped in ukraine. >> today there is a beacon on the black sea, a beacon of hope, a beacon of possibility. >> reporter: grain ships now to be allowed to leave three ukrainian ports. the blockade had fueled soaring global food prices and triggered warnings it risked causing famine in some countres, but this morning russia making

clear that deal does not mean a cease-fire, hitting the port of odesa with a missile. ukrainian officials saying there are casualties. that missile strike hit part of odesa's port, which you can see just behind me, and it's where there are silos loaded with grain and seems like a clear violation of the agreement which explicitly forbids strikes on this port facility, but for now it does seem to be holding. eva. >> patrick reevell for us there in odesa, ukraine, thanks, patrick. rm pnoth pridenci offs they blicanldru m tsor the first time since y 6the abc's andrew dbu joins us with >> reporter: and good morning, eva. this arizona governor's race could have national implications within the republican party and might be a sign that former vice president mike pence is further

distancing himself from trump. >> hello to an incredible place. it's called arizona. thank you. >> well, hello, arizona. >> reporter: this morning, former president trump and his former number two, mike pence, now competing against one another in what's largely seen as a proxy battle. the arena, arizona. the stakes republican influence and a possible precursor to a 2024 showdown. once allies trump and pence are split over the upcoming arizona governor's race. former vice president pence stumping for gop establishment favorite karrin taylor robson. >> there is only one candidate in this race who will be ready on day one. >> mike pence has led and lives his conservative values. boy, do we miss him in office right now. >> reporter: meanwhile, trump is actively campaigning for

robson's republican opponent kari lake, a former tv news anchor who continues to push the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. >> you are going to elect a truly great woman who i've gotten to know very well. >> do we love this man or what? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: these dueling pence/trump endorsements highlight the rift between trump and the republican party ahead of this year's high-stakes midterm elections. it also comes amid the explosive january 6th hearings. new video shows outtakes, a president refusing to say the election was over. >> i don't want to say the election is over. i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, okay? >> reporter: as the capitol chaos unfolded with his supporters chanting, "hang mike pence," trump blamed pence for certifying joe biden's victory even after the violence finally ceased. and back in arizona, those trump/pence feuding endorsements could also be seen as a test for the republican party itself

whether the party wants to move forward with donald trump or move on from donald trump. eva. >> and, andrew, there was that other big headline out of the january 6th investigation on friday. >> reporter: well, trump's former adviser, steve bannon, was found guilty in his contempt of congress trial. this for defying his january 6th subpoena. he faces up to two years in prison. but plans to appeal his conviction. guys. >> all right, andrew, thanks. we want to turn now to the weather. we were talking about the extreme heat but the threat of severe weather in the upper midwest. let's go back to sam champion in central park with more. sam, good morning. >> hey, whit, yeah, we've got a lot going on this morning, and we'll talk about these storms in the midwest. i want to show you a big waterspout out of port arthur, texas, though. this is about as big as you see over a lake, but we don't have any reports of damage in the area there. now let's go ahead and show you where the storms are firing up during the day. you can see the biggest area. watch this go all the way toward mason city, milwaukee, and then you saw those big storms near green bay where the strongest likelihood will be

and this shifts to the east over the next couple of days and we'll watch it move toward indianapolis and pittsburgh and then eventually toward the east coast where we fire those storms up for mon lisa: good saturday morning. looking at a sunny shark tank. low to mid-80's in the south bay. fog and drizzle at the coast. cool at the beaches, warm inland. higher humidity, high clouds lay this week. today, mid 60's in richmond. 76 in fremont. low 90's in the inland valley. 72 in santa cruz. forecast is a few degrees warmer >> we need to remind you that these storms, it's summer, we're going to have some strong storms in the area but also our story continues to

be the big heat, and, eva, you know i'm not afraid of a tight t-shirt but on a day like this you need to wear the loose clothes, the loose linen that helps your body breathe. >> you have your miami clothes on today. >> he's bringing that south beach to central park. >> thanks, sam. let's talk about something fun this morning. there's still a chance, guys. lottery fever is growing, and just like the giant mega millions jackpots, no winning ticket sold overnight as we, of course, are all dreaming of what we'd do with that jackpot. abc's deidre bolton has the breakdown on why would-be winners may want to rethink their payout strategies. >> across america with mega jackpots, it's mega millions. >> reporter: overnight the drawing for the third largest mega millions jackpot left without a winner raising the prize sum to a whopping $790 million. >> the future lucky lotto winner will be faced with two options. >> reporter: take the money now as a lump sum or in gradual payments, otherwise known as an annuity. while most winners usually go for the lump sum, experts say inflation isn't making that

decision easy anymore. >> if we believe that inflation will be here for awhile, then you may want to consider taking the annuity versus taking the lump sum. >> reporter: one accountant did the math. in this current rate environment and after taxes, the lump sum from friday's jackpot would have paid a little bit more than $244 million. but if you took the prize over 30 years, and there were no tax code changes, at the end you'd have close to $269 million, over $24 million more. and there are other benefits to choosing an annuity. >> especially for a younger person that may not, may not have the skills and the ability to say no to certain purchases. >> reporter: it's not lighthearted advice since some estimates show that 70% of lotto winners who choose lump sum payments run out of money in five years or less. also who wins matters. >> is it one person? is it five people? is it a family? >> reporter: if you're that lucky winner, most experts say do not sign the back of the ticket.

take it home, put it in a safe place, and consult a qualified professional who can help you claim the money and protect your anonymity in the states where that is allowed. now, if you participated in an office pool, a financial adviser can help but experts say, if you're buying in a group, it is much easier to have these conversations before buying the tickets. put the name of the participants in writing and actually have that document notarized because you would be surprised, right, i gave you the money, maybe you did. maybe you didn't. >> i just love that we're planning for the win. right? so we're going to win, we got to have a plan. >> we're all thinking serious about it. >> the dreaming is the thing. all right, thanks, deidre. >> sure. well, coming up the new legal twist involving johnny depp and amber heard as both fight those multimillion dollar awards they each owe each other. plus, as temperatures soar one neighborhood's innovative way to beat the heat. and the uproar over sky high prices for so-called premium tickets to see bruce

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the faa said the pilot had taken from reed county airport. the pilot has been stabilized in the hospital. lisa argen is tracking our forecast. good morning. >> you can see the deck of low clouds here. it is cool with fox from santa rosa to half moon bay. 57 in san jose. cooler in the inland valleys. five degrees cooler in concord. mid 60's and breezy downtown. >> thank you all for joining us.

♪ make me feel so lucky, he kissed me ♪ >> six. ♪ we'd be making love ♪ five, four. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. coming up, the countdown is on, beyonce just days away from releasing her new album "renaissance" and the beyhive cannot wait. in our second hour breaking down everything we need to know about the new release. what everyone is saying. you guys have no idea how hard it is to read these words while wants to sing this song. i won't sing anymore. >> one of your best. i've got to say, it was. >> thanks, whit. >> exactly what we hear every morning. we have a lot of other big headlines to follow this morning, as well. happening right now, a special school board meeting in uvalde, texas, to discuss the

terminating of embattled district police chief, pete arredondo, has been canceled. the special meeting was scheduled for today. as of now there is no new date for that meeting. he has been on leave since may 24th. that mass shooting at robb elementary school that took the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers. also right now, two children have tested positive for monkeypox here in the u.s. one of them is a toddler from california. the other an infant. the cdc and health officials are investigating how the two children became infected. they are both said to be doing well. and some really scary moments at the beach in los angeles as a small plane, you see there, came crashing into the ocean. authorities say only the pilot was on board. he was rushed to the hospital where doctors said incredibly he wasn't seriously injured. several beachgoers including surfers sprung into action to help when they saw the plane go down. the cause of the crash still under investigation. we start this half hour with the new court battle shaping up between johnny depp and ex-wife

amber heard. both appealing the rulings that would have them pay out millions of dollars to each other. abc's zohreen shah is here with moore. zohreen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eva. amber heard's team said they realize this filing will ignite the twitter bonfires. this has been a long process, a lawsuit, a counterlawsuit, a verdict, a request for a new trial, and now both johnny depp and amber heard's team pushing for an appeal. this morning, a major twist in the johnny depp/amber heard defamation case, depp now filing a notice that he plans to appeal the $2 million verdict awarded to heard. this coming just one day after she filed her own notice that she plans to appeal. a source close to depp says the verdict was positive for him, and while depp believes it's time to move on, since heard is appealing, he will too. heard's team saying they are appealing because, quote, we believe the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the

first amendment. in june heard was found guilty of three defamation claims after her ex-husband depp sued her for $50 million after a 2018 "washington post" op-ed where she said she was a public figure representing domestic abuse. >> it's insane to hear heinous accusations, violence. >> reporter: heard countersued for twice the amount, 100 million, and was given 2 million for one claim. >> this is the most painful and difficult thing i've ever gone through. >> reporter: experts say it's unlikely heard or depp's appeals will work. >> in general appeals in civil matters like this have a less than 2% chance of success because the court of appeals gives wide discretion to the trial court in how it conducts its business and how evidence is admitted and how the jury operates. it's very hard to win an appeal in a civil matter. >> reporter: our legal expert

says since there was roughly six to seven weeks of evidence in the trial, the jury had enough time to consider their verdict. janai. >> incredible that this saga is not yet over, zohreen, thank you. a los angeles neighborhood is painting the pavement to try to beat the heat. a fresh coat turning out to be a cool solution. abc's alex presha is back with this story. hello again, alex. >> reporter: hey, janai. check this out. this is a newly painted basketball court. one of three projects in this l.a. neighborhood with the hope of fighting climate change. it looks like a neighborhood art project, but it's also this l.a. community's newest weapon against climate change. pacoima sits in the san fernando valley, largely latino, and one of the hottest places in l.a. county. experts call it a heat island. lots of pavement. little green space often hotter than other parts of los angeles.

a neighborhood partnership with contract company gaf is hoping to cool things by painting the pavement. ten square blocks painted in colorful solar reflective coating. this basketball court, a community mural, and the roads. >> it's going to help reduce the surface level temperatures as well as the ambient temperatures over the course of the 24 hours in a day. >> reporter: look at how fast this truck is putting down this coating. they say it'll last nine years with the goal of lowering the surface temperature here 10 to 12 degrees. many heat islands are in black and brown communities, some a result of red-lining. >> basically a way to widen the gap in financial access and wealth between these neighborhoods within cities. >> reporter: in the high heat, it can be deadly. one study found between 2010 and 2020, about 12,000 people died prematurely each year in the u.s. from extreme heat. this community welcoming the support. >> we're more excited more than

anything that something was being invested in here in our community. >> reporter: well, experts stress that one size doesn't fit all. different communities have different needs, and because of that, it's important for neighborhoods to be engaged. here they were involved in everything from the project details to the designs, even the colors used. guys. >> it's a really fascinating idea, and it looks good too. all right, alex, thank you so much for bringing that to us this morning. let's get another check of the weather. sam champion in central park with the fresh summer linens, air it out on this hot weekend, sam. >> whatever it takes, whit, whatever it takes. you can see folks are getting their exercise in early. that's the plan today. stay out of the heat of the day and from the story that alex just did, what i like about that is communities getting involved in their local government. making a difference in the kind of energy that you use in your city is more important than anything else you can do. so let's talk about what's going on out there and the heat today. you can see the shot out of phoenix. they know what it is.

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♪ ♪ we're back now on "gma" and the sticker shock for bruce springsteen fans hoping to see the boss in concert, ticketmaster's so-called dynamic pricing leaving some fans out in the street. abc's phil lipof is here with more. phil, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit. i'm really impressed. that was a great reference to bruce's song, "out in the street" off the "river" album, so i'll keep it on the "river" album and tell you this, when bruce springsteen wrote "the price you pay," he probably didn't mean this.

♪ baby, we were born to run ♪ >> reporter: this morning, the boss is back. tickets on sale for bruce springsteen's highly anticipate promised land. ♪ come on ♪ >> reporter: sticker shock. fans angry and confused by the rising cost of tickets. some seats going for upwards of $5,000. >> totally ridiculous. what, are you just going to have the elite go to concerts? is that how it's going to work? >> reporter: chris, a springsteen fan since 1974, was blinded by the light when he tried to buy four tickets on the first level of the arena, $250 a seat when he selected them. $650 a seat when he went to pay. >> i thought i maybe ordered two or three by mistake. >> reporter: the cost all part of ticketmaster's dynamic pricing, a system that changes cost based on demand with what they call platinum tickets. >> they could go up ten times in value over the course of an hour. >> reporter: and they did.

$4,000 to $5,000 for one ticket, on the first day of sales. not all tickets. seats for thousands of dollars only making up about 1% of his total sales. most tickets averaging in the $200 to $300 range if you could get them. >> a lot of fans would just really like to see ticketmasters many other fanfeing the ♪ even if we're just dancing in the dark ♪ >> reporter: we reached out to both ticketmaster and bruce springsteen. haven't heard back. i can tell you springsteen is not alone. others have used dynamic pricing, harry styles, paul mccartney, taylor swift very famously had an issue like this on her "reputation" tour. i can tell you this, guys, i've seen about 70 springsteen shows, never paid more than a couple hundred dollars to get through the door. something has to happen here because i need to see multiple shows. >> did you say 70? >> as in 7-0, phil?

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>> reporter: hey, eva. good morning. these four civilians are already gearing up to blast off into space, but they are keeping in mind some of the most challenging issues here on earth. these four men and women are on a mission to make history to reach the highest earth orbit ever flown. >> where we're starting and where we're hoping to end could be what ultimately opens up human spaceflight for everyone with a brand-new launch vehicle that can take human beings back to the moon, to mars. >> reporter: the all civilian polaris crew will also take a shot at the first ever commercial space walk. >> simply getting all those things right and making them successful opens up a lot of other opportunities. >> reporter: but while in space much of their focus will be here on earth. the astronauts partnering with st. jude children's research hospital to raise millions all in an effort to eradicate childhood cancer globally. >> we'll be doing a tremendous amount of research in the five days we're in space, as well as continuing to raise funds for st. jude and helping to combat childhood cancer here on earth right now.

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coming up on "gma," we are tracking in our second hour that heat as we were talking about moving across the country along with the threat of strong storms. also ahead here, our "gma" cover story, an exclusive with whoopi goldberg talking about her meaningful new project. and then it's "deals & steals," the products to help keep you cool at hot prices. stick around. >> announcer: who's coming to america's favorite morning show next week? get this, rege-jean pa >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. stephanie: good morning. i am stephanie sierra. this year, no rides or traditional issues. you can see a set up for

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