good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, breaking overnight, the justice department files a blistering response to the legal team of donald trump. breaking overnight, stunning rebuke. the justice department challenges trump's narrative of the events surrounding the fbi's search of mar-a-lago. sharing this photo showing evidence of top secret documents recovered from an unsecured resort. the feds urge a judge to reject the former president's request to appoint a special master to review the search as the criminal investigation intensifies. what the doj is saying about obstruction of justice. state of emergency. the dire crisis in jackson, mississippi. tens of thousands without safe drinking water. people lining up for hours

waiting for bottled water. how long could repairs take? remembering mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union who helped end the cold war, passing away at 91. this morning, the tributes pouring in from around the world. monkeypox outbreak. public health officials investigating what could be one of the first virus-related deaths in the u.s. as the government ramps up vaccination efforts. n s.e.a.l.s investigation. the new report finding widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs among trainees. this comes months after candidate kyle mullen died just hours after completing the infamous hell week. his mother is speaking this morning. dozens of alleged gang members charged after a rash of celebrity robberies. how police say the superstars' posts are to blame and what you should keep in mind when sharing online. seaweed invasion. the toxic threat to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. ginger is live in the caribbean. christmas comes early. many retailers are kicking off

the holiday shopping season now from clothing to furniture. how you can save big starting this labor day weekend. ♪ i'm just trying to get home ♪ and road to recovery. the young little leaguer who fell out of his bunk bed back in his home state. now he's speaking for the first time since the accident. >> thank you for all of your prayers. >> his hopeful message this morning. a little bit of hope on this wednesday morning. good morning to all of you. we have a lot to get to. >> yes, we do. ginger is in the caribbean this morning. one of the beaches where smelly seaweed has been washing up on shore like never before. she's going to tell us why it's happening, why it's so harmful to the environment and what's being done about it. >> quite a sight there. first, we are going to begin with this breaking news overnight, the justice department revealing the most

information to date and why agents searched former president trump's mar-a-lago home, finding some 322 classified documents, many of them top secret, and what we are learning this morning is raising serious new questions. >> it sure does. the feds are calling on the judge to reject the request from the trump lawyers for a special master to review the documents. they also released new evidence, including this photo, look at this. highly classified material they found at mar-a-lago, some kept in the former president's desk and the filing reveals new details about the investigation raising new questions about obstruction of justice. chief justice correspondent pierre thomas starts us off from the justice department. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. overnight the justice department filing a stunning new motion challenging trump's request for a special master and offering explosive new details alleging lies and obstruction of justice. this morning, the first look inside the fbi's dramatic search of mar-a-lago. this photograph showing document after document labeled secret and top secret in bold, red

letters recovered at an unsecured resort. look closely, you'll see one labeled hcs, initials for human intelligence control system, meaning it likely contains information about or the identities of u.s. spies and informants. doj's 36 motion challenging trump's need for a special master also provides the most detailed narrative thus far of why the fbi took the extraordinary step of searching the home and offices of a former president. the new details include a rare submission of grand jury material from an ongoing investigation, revealing in may a grand jury subpoena was issued for classified documents stored at mar-a-lago. the filing describing how fbi officials went to the resort to pursue the material in june. doj suggesting that the trump team was misleading at every turn. this filing includes a june 3rd document from a trump attorney certifying that all classified documents had been turned over. but soon afterwards, the fbi uncovering multiple sources of evidence indicating that the

response to the may 11th grand jury subpoena was incomplete and that the classified documents remained at the premises. and for the first time startling specific allegations of obstruction of justice. according to the court filing, the fbi developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room at mar-a-lago and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation. some of that classified material found in a series of desks in trump's office. more than 100 documents recovered. again, this after trump's attorney had claimed that all the material had been turned over. doj officials claim trump has little to no standing to request a special master review of documents based on issues of privilege. they said there could be no claim of executive privilege because the classified documents do not belong to trump. they belong to the u.s. government. george? >> okay, pierre, thanks. let's bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams. you got midnight reading.

let's talk about it. earlier you thought -- we didn't know enough based on the earlier affidavit to determine whether it was likely that former president trump would be indicted. how does this change your view? >> look, none of this is good for donald trump, right? anything in here simply increases the chance of a possible indictment, but it doesn't answer the fundamental question, which is, was the primary goal of the fbi to get the stuff back, to say, we need to secure this stuff, or is it both to secure the stuff and to pursue a potential criminal case? and we simply don't know how willing or eager -- it's not going to be up to the fbi. it will be up to merrick garland as to whether to fle charges. >> we don't know and pierre highlighted it as well, but this is the sentence that jumped out saying the government developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room, and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation. >> when you read this document, it becomes clear they tried and tried to work with the trump team. up to this point donald trump has said, look, i gave them everything.

i gave them access. what this document makes clear is, not only did he not give them access at certain times, but they gave him extensions. they said, okay, you want some more time, here's some more time. get back to us. he then gets back to them. they then have this meeting. they then have this final meeting on june 3rd at mar-a-lago where they won't even let the fbi look inside the boxes and instead what they say is, we're going to give you an assurance in writing that there is nothing else here that's classified. >> well, that was the other important thing. one of trump's lawyers filed this document that said based on what she was told he turned over everything. >> the question is, is that the lawyer's fault? is that donald trump's fault? in the documents she's saying she's speaking on behalf of donald trump in connection with that. who wasn't telling the truth here? how did these documents suddenly appear in all these different

places beyond just the area where they were supposed to be stored. so you talk about, oh, there was this lock on the storage -- now they find documents elsewhere so the lock doesn't even resolve any of the issues. >> can the lawyer use attorney/client privilege to avoid avoid avoid answering questions about who told her? >> no, attorney/client privilege is not going to be an issue if this becomes a question of, he told me to do it or i did this on my own, et cetera. so i don't think that's going to be the fundamental question, although there are some documents in here which do appear to invoke the issue of attorney/client privilege. i don't think it'll be significant. >> the filing makes it clear these were government documents and belonged to the government, not to donald trump. does that change whether the judge will appoint a special master? >> look, it's a huge factor, right, is that we talk about these documents as if they are donald trump's documents, right, and the government's position is they don't belong to donald trump. i do think that since the judge has already indicated that she's likely to appoint a special master, she probably will try to move forward with that in some

sort of limited capacity, but i think that is sort of a minor sideshow at this point. >> having gone through all the documents. >> right. they have gone through all the documents. they know what's in there. their own team has separated it out. the most important thing that the public learned today is the fundamental question answered? why did they have to use a search warrant? why couldn't they have found another way to get this information? and the answer according to the government is, we tried. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. michael? all right, george, thank you. now to the state of emergency in jackson, mississippi. the governor activating the national guard to help with the water crisis that has left more than 100,000 people in the state's biggest city without running water. trevor ault is there in jackson with the latest. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. so officials at every level are working to bring in water here but the demand is enormous. you have people waiting hours for a single case and others who didn't get there early enough are being turned away as we still have no idea when running

water and clean water will flow again in jackson. this morning, the urgent rush for water in jackson, mississippi, with a state of emergency declared. >> come on down. come on down. >> reporter: thousands lining up at distribution sites, one pack of bottled water per vehicle as their taps at home have run dry. >> we want clean water to drink like everybody else. it's rough on us right now. >> reporter: at this location some lined up 2 1/2 hours early. those 600 cases gone in 90 minutes, a half mile line of cars left empty-handed. >> i have said on multiple occasions that it's not a matter of if our system would fail, but a matter of when our system would fail. >> reporter: last week's historic rainfall and subsequent flooding accelerated that inevitable failure but the city had already been under a boil water advisory because of harmful contaminant levels. deion sanders, the coach of the jackson state college football team, speaking out about his players getting through the

situation. >> right now we're operating in crisis mode. i got to get these kids off campus, make sure all our kids are fed and all our kids have the necessities of life until this crisis resolves. >> reporter: the city went without water for a month last year and a 2020 epa report found multiple issues, including failure to replace lead pipes, faulty equipment, and lack of trained staff. >> we feel like we've been going it alone for the better part of two years. >> reporter: the crisis also putting a spotlight on systemic infrastructure racism as jackson's population is more than 80% black. >> the whole city is suffering at some point and place regardless of the demographic makeup. we're all feeling the brunt of it in some type of way. >> reporter: and emergency maintenance is now under way to fix the water treatment facility, but the mayor says fixing everything wrong with the water system so this doesn't keep happening over and over can

easily cost $1 billion or more. michael? >> yeah, it would be worth it, though. trevor, thank you. george? now to the death of one of the most monumental figures of our time, mikhail gorbachev, tributes poured in for the last leader of the soviet union who presided over the end of the cold war and steered his country towards democracy. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, played a complicated and unique role in history. he became president of the ussr in 1985 and oversaw the breakup of the country, the collapse of communism, more peaceful relations with the west and the end of the cold war. he was outgoing and charming. meeting with world leaders like fidel castro, margaret thatcher and pope john paul ii and even seen driving president george w. bush in a golf cart at camp david. on june 12th, reagan called on gorbachev during his historic berlin wall speech.

>> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: six months later, the two signed the inf treaty helping to end the cold war. he was awarded the 1990 nobel peace prize, acclaimed by the world, but disliked and soon ousted at home, forced to resign in 1991. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: i am ceasing my activities in the post of president of the ussr. >> reporter: he said in a 1992 interview with the associated press, i see myself as a man who started the reforms necessary for the country and for europe and the world.his split popular this late '90s pizza hut commercial where he even makes a cameo. [ speaking in non-english ] >> reporter: the money from the ad went to his charitable foundation. now his legacy transforming one of the most powerful countries during a time of war is being

honored by the world. the george and barbara bush foundation remembers the former soviet leader's influence saying he stuck his neck out at a critical time in history to guarantee world peace. our thoughts and prayers are with the gorbachev family. >> translator: history is a fickle lady. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: but i'm proud of the life that i have lived. >> reporter: mikhail gorbachev died at the age of 91 from a serious and long illness. he will now be buried next to his late wife raysa. he is a man who proves the point individuals can change the course of history. er cled rbacv a o caedof said rbhev isurvid by a a?ughter and twora >>we turtoai a t rnin oa ntl cl distsptors on a high stakes mission into the war zone making their way to the power plant caught in that

crossfire. tom soufi burridge is on the ground with the latest on this one. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. yes, that nuclear plant is just down the river from here on the other side in territory controlled by the russians. president zelenskyy saying his officials will do everything they can to help that team of u.n. nuclear inspectors. much though depends on the russian military. what access it gives the inspectors if they reach the plant and whether there's a lull in the fighting so they're able to do their vital work. meanwhile, the ukrainians are ramping up their offensive to the southwest of here towards kherson. the uk's ministry of defense claiming the ukrainians have pushed the front line back some distance in places. video circulating online showing smoke rising over that area as the ukrainians strike russian targets. last night we met families who had just fled the fighting. they told us the explosions were getting louder and more frequent. they feared for their lives and

the lives of their children and they had to get out. cecelia? >> okay, tom, thank you so much for the reporting. michael? cecilia, thank you. now to the army grounding its entire fleet of h-47 chinook helicopters due to a fuel leak tied to engine fires. abc chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz is in washington with more. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. there are about 400 of these helicopters around the world and the army's current fleet and they are vital to the army mission. these helicopters transport troops and cargo but recently fuel leaks have caused a small number of engine fires, thankfully there were no injuries or deaths, but they're making sure that a part suspected of causing the problem in about 70 helicopters is fixed before the chinooks fly again but they're grounding all of them out of an abundance of caution, michael, but they should be back in the air very soon. michael? >> okay, martha, thanks very much. we are following a lot of other headlines, including the new investigation into the

punishing culture of navy s.e.a.l.s. martha will be back with that and they found widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs within the elite force. we'll tell you the reaction this morning. dozens charged after allegedly robbing homes of celebrities like mariah carey targeted after sharing their glamorous lifestyles on social media. the warning this morning. first, let's go to ginger who is in st. thomas with a peril of a different kind. hey, ginger. >> reporter: yes, cecelia. i'll tell you about that in a second. first, there is big-time dangerous heat coming for the southwest and we're not just talking about the desert but california. big cities like burbank could get to 110 by sunday. look at some of the record temperatures. salt lake city has had their warmest summer on record. portland and seattle have had their warmest august. seattle hit 90 again. that puts them tying the number of 90s in a year so they could even go above that. major heat wave sticks around, though, not just today, not just tomorrow. this goes through labor day and that's when it gets cumulative and could become really problematic. heat advisories and even a red flag warning.

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the justice department is challenging former president trump's narrative of the events surrounding the fbi's search of mar-a-lago and shared this photo, showed evidence of top secret documents. they found 322 classified documents. they're calling on a judge to reject trump's request for a special master. public health officials are investigating what could be one of the first monkeypox-related deaths in the u.s. the state of texas said the adult patient was severely immunocompromised, but the official cause of death is unknown. the u.s. is now reporting over 18,000 cases of the virus, with at least 31 children testing positive, and the government is ramping up vaccination efforts and the production of the vaccine. oodeo. want to show you th bu brokeiter partition and sending rodeo fans running. you can see the fear there in that crowd. fortunately a rodeo cowboy managed to lasso the bull before anyone could get hurt. quite a video there. we have a lot more headlines to tell you about including a labor day sale kicking off right now. details on the best deals out there coming up.

right now we turn to allegations of drug use rocking the navy s.e.a.l.s. "the new york times" report found a dangerous sometimes deadly training culture, some candidates are using performance-enhancing drugs to gt an edge, and martha raddatz is here with that story. good morning again, martha. >> reporter: good morning, again, george. the navy s.e.a.l.s have faced criticism for the intensity and some say brutality of their selection program with at least 11 men dying over the past several decades, but this allegation of drug use to enhance performance adds a new and dangerous twist. this morning, stunning allegations rocking one of the most elite military units in the world -- the navy s.e.a.l.s. a "new york times" investigation finding widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs among s.e.a.l. trainees determined to make the cut to become one of the few to make it through the s.e.a.l. selection. according to "the times," a navy investigation into the death of a s.e.a.l. recruit in february concluded about 40 candidates had either tested positive or

had admitted using steroids or other drugs in violation of navy regulations.len, a 24-year-old s.e.a.l. candidate, died hours after completing the s.e.a.l.'s infamous hell week in february. >> i said that the navy was going to kill him and this -- i really did say that, and that's what happened. >> reporter: according to "the times," the navy reportedly found evidence that mullen was possibly using drugs saying, they discovered syringes and performance-enhancing drugs in his car. his mother regina says kyle considered taking steroids, but is adamant that he never did saying she believes they belonged to others with whom he was hanging out. >> we found out about the men doing steroids and hgh, and i was not happy about that, of course. he said that he felt that he may have to do it to get through hell week, and he talked to his

brother, and his brother told him that he never had to do that before in his life. why start now? and if others could get through it without it, he should be able to too. he was a natural athlete. >> reporter: mullins autopsy performed by a u.s. military medical examiner showed no signs of drugs in his system at the time of his death, citing the cause of death as bacterial pneumonia. mullen was seen coughing up blood and repeatedly receiving oxygen throughout the week after grueling training meant to push candidates to their mental and physical limits. his mother says he was abandoned at his weakest moment right after hell week was complete. >> ultimately if he would have been sent to the e.r. or hospital right when he secured hell week friday morning he'd be alive today. >> you can have every conversation in the world and debate about the training and what people are calling torture and everything else, but at the end of the day, they didn't give kyle the basic medical care, and that's what this is all about,

and that needs to change now. > reporter: as the navy carries out its investigation, demand for answers growing over whether s.e.a.l. training goes too far and whether some of those who strive to join that elite unit will do anything to survive the test. >> the moral, the character and the leadership traits as important as having a super athlete, it's as important to have a sound, moral person on the battlefield. >> reporter: the navy issued a statement about the death of kyle mullen saying they continue to examine events leading up to his death including medical practices, prohibited performance-enhancing drug testing, and safety protocols. michael? >> tragic. martha, thank you so much. let's bring in abc news contributor and former defense department official, colonel steve ganyard. and colonel ganyard, let's get to the other part, allegations of performance-enhancing drugs

which critics say is directly related to the difficulty of the program. >> yeah, michael. this really is a two-part problem. the training problem where recruits are dying in training, and then there's the drug problem. on the training program, the s.e.a.l.s have always felt pushing people to the limit is a way to keep them alive in war, but there are plenty of other special operators in the u.s. like the delta force that are just as storied, just as capable, but they don't kill their people in training. so it's always this, where do you draw the line in military training? how much risk do you induce? and for the s.e.a.l.s they draw that line much farther to the right than most of the rest of the military. but as to the drug use, this is particularly disturbing. michael, 40 years ago, 40% of this class would pass. now it's down to 10% this year. so there's a real question here. is the class so hard that it's actually incentivizing recruits to use performance-enhancing drugs in a way that will allow them to pass the course, but cheat in the process? so very difficult here, and the navy has a couple of problems to

address. there are those within the u.s. military and outside the u.s. military that feel that this is just symbolic of larger problems within the s.e.a.l.s. >> and so, colonel ganyard, how do they fix this? how do they fix these problems? >> yeah, it shouldn't be hard to fix the drug abuse problem. the navy can use testing to weed out people who use performance-enhancing drugs, but the navy has long resisted calls to change their training. they believe that it's what's best, it's what keeps their people alive. so i don't think that this will be the last time we see a recruit death. >> all right, colonel steve ganyard, thank you so much for your time. cecilia? we turn to celebrities being robbed, their homes broken into after they flaunted their lux lifestyles on social media. mariah carey just one of those victims and eva pilgrim has the details. >> reporter: this morning gang member roundup. 26 alleged gang members indicted following a series of crimes in the atlanta area targeting high-profile celebrities like mariah carey, atlanta falcons

player calvin ridley and "real housewives" star, marlo hampton. >> if you thought fulton was a good county to bring your crime to, to bring your violence to, you are wrong and you are going to suffer consequences and today is the start of some of those consequences. >> reporter: the fulton county district attorney says the crimes involved 16 victims, the incidents starting in 2018. sandy springs police department body cam footage showing some of roeries, ahoom home vaonnappg,r people w dplayed signer clothesndandbags.ike ham ♪ mariah carey's atlanta area home broken into this summer after posting pictures of herself on vacation. authorities say, this isn't just a celebrity problem. everyone should be careful when

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change it up a little bit because we are back now with our player of the day. all eyes will be on serena williams again tonight as she takes center stage in her second round match at the u.s. open. lara is there at the open with more. good morning, lara. >> reporter: good morning, michael. definitely want to talk about serena but there is other tennis actually happening here at the u.s. open. so i do want to give you a quick roundup. let's talk about rafael nadal.

he looked healthy after that abdominal injury he suffered at wimbledon, and won last night. that was his first round matchup, and if you are hearing me say it, you're probably saying, okay, he did. it's rafa, but if you watched him play, you're saying, who is that kid? rinky hijikata, he's 21. went to unc chapel hill. first time at the open. the 198th ranked australian played out of his mind. nadal looked shocked when he beat hijikata in the first set. nadal prevailed but rinky hijikata, remember that name, guys. on the women's side three former u.s. open champions now out after just the first round of singles. venus williams, naomi osaka and emma raducanu, all lost in straight sets so three big names out on the women's side. but the biggest name of all, yes, serena williams, still in it. the celebration continues tonight right behind me in arthur ashe stadium when she takes on the number two seed, anett kontaveit.

a sold-out crowd expected for what could be the last singles match of her career. but, guys, do not count her out. analysts agree serena looked incredibly strong in that electric opener over danka kovinic on monday night. her on court adviser, our friend, rennae stubbs, telling me just this morning this opponent kontaveit hits a huge ball but if serena's serve is on, she could have a big shot here. she'll go to the gym today at about 4:00 and go to the practice court at about 5:30. we're told she's in great spirits and, listen, as she said herself monday, this is all gravy. there are no expectations. she knows this crowd is behind her 100%. she's going to go out there. she's going to enjoy every moment of it and do her thing. it all happens tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern on espn. we're going to find out later today when she and her sister venus will play doubles. we know it's on thursday and we'll let you know what time as soon as we know. for now, though, back to you all in the studio.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking overnight, stunning rebuke. the justice department challenges former president trump's narrative of the events surrounding the fbi search of mar-a-lago, sharing this photo showing evidence of top secret documents recovered from an unsecured resort. the feds urge a judge to reject the former president's request to appoint a special master to review the search as the intensifies.estigation - what the doj is saying about obstruction of justice. back to school warning. one mom's message for other parents after she says her 6-year-old son was put on a school bus that he shouldn't have been on and left alone for hours. plus, the new technology that could ease parents' concerns. remembering princess diana. 25 years after her tragic death

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ginger is live in st. thomas which is known for its beautiful beaches but there is a seaweed invasion there along with many other favorite vacation spots. she's telling us what's behind it and what the islands are doing about it. we'll start with the breaking news overnight. it comes from the justice department. they challenged former president trump's narrative of the events surrounding the fbi's search of mar-a-lago. they shared this photo showing evidence of top secret documents at the resort. pierre thomas is at the justice department with the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. doj pushing back hard on trump's request for a special master, laying out stunning new details and alleging obstruction of justice. this morning, the first look inside the fbi's dramatic search of mar-a-lago. this photograph showing document after document labeled secret and top secret in bold red letters recovered at an unsecured resort. look closely, you'll see one labeled hcs, initials for human intelligence control system.

meaning it likely contains information about or the identities of u.s. spies and informants. doj's 36 motion challenging trump's need for a special master also provides the most detailed narrative thus far of why the fbi took the extraordinary step of searching the home and offices of a former president. the new details include a rare submission of grand jury material from an ongoing investigation, revealing in may a grand jury subpoena was issued for classified documents stored at mar-a-lago. the filing describing how fbi officials went to the resort to pursue the material in june. doj suggesting that the trump team was misleading at every turn. this filing includes a june 3rd document from a trump attorney certifying that all classified documents had been turned over, but soon afterwards, the fbi uncovering multiple sources of evidence indicating that the response to the may 11th grand jury subpoena was incomplete and that the classified documents remained at the premises. >> the most important thing that

the public learned today is the fundamental question answered, why did they have to use a search warrant? why couldn't they have found another way to get this information? and the answer according to the government is, we tried. >> reporter: and for the first time startling specific allegations of obstruction of justice. according to the court filing, the fbi developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room at mar-a-lago and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation, an investigation more serious by the moment. george? >> stunning amount of information in that filing, okay, pierre, thanks very much. we have breaking news. >> good morning. the fda has authorized updated booster shots against covid-19, specifically designed against the omicron variant. this is the first time the current vaccine could have a major upgrade to match current strains.

it's recommended these boosters are used two months after your latest shot. pfizer's is authorized for ages 12 and up. moderna age 18 and up. the cdc will meet tomorrow to vote on the booster before a final sign-off on friday. if approved they could roll out after labor day. michael? we are turning now to some good news because we all remember easton oliverson, the 12-year-old seriously hurt when he fell from a bunk bed at the little league world series. well, this morning he is feeling well enough to send us all a message. janai norman is here with that. hey, janai. >> hey, guys, good morning. the message from easton is that the prayers and well wishes are working. you can see why his nickname is tank. the kid is tough. now those continuing to cheer him on as he heals. this morning, little league baseball player easton oliverson speaking out for the first time on his road to recovery. >> hi, everyone.

this is easton. thank you for all of your prayers. please keep praying for me as i continue to get better. >> reporter: 12-year-old easton was set to play for his home state of utah as they competed for the little league world series in pennsylvania. but on the eve of the series, he fell from his bunk bed fracturing his skull. then he was rushed to a nearby hospital. since then easton's road to recovery has been a tough one but his family says he's making great progress. after spending two weeks at a pennsylvania hospital, he's now at a hospital back in his home state. >> he has one of the strongest physically and mentally -- one of the strongest in that regards, boys, i've ever seen and just so proud of him and grateful for him for his willingness to fight and to compete and helping himself progress and become strong again. >> reporter: some of the biggest names in baseball wishing easton a fast recovery. >> the amount of love that this sweet boy has received is so special and we're just so grateful.

>> so good to see him doing well. the social media page updating his progress calling easton heading to a hospital back home, a great step forward, but adding, it's bittersweet leaving behind the people that have put their heart and souls into easton's recovery. his parents saying they will be forever grateful to those doctors and nurses. guys? >> i bet they will. thank you, janai. coming up in our "gma morning menu" the warning for parents. the mom who couldn't find her 6-year-old after he was mistakenly put on the bus the first day of school. the legacy of princess diana 25 years after her death. how she changed the british monarchy and how her sons are keeping her memory alive. plus, lori bergamotto is taking us hack to school with the best lunch boxes, water bottles and snack packs that you'll love as much as your kids do. stay right there, everybody, because we will be right back.

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great to see you again. this mom, tracy, goes to pick her son up in the carpool at the end of the first day of school. he's not there. he ended up on the school bus. not the wrong bus because he wasn't supposed to be on a bus at all. she's al school to pick him up, is he's dropped off at home alone and locked out. a warning for parents this morning from one north carolina mom who says her 6-year-old son was mistakenly put on a bus after his first day at school. even though he wasn't supposed to be on a bus in the first place. >> the bus driver let him get off the bus when he really shouldn't have so, yeah, that's when i was definitely in panic mode. i'm like, immediately y'all lost my kid? so they like, no, he's not lost. he should be in the cafeteria. >> reporter: but her son avery wasn't in the cafeteria or even on school grounds. instead, he was back home, lcked out. a neighbor found him crying outside the house. >> were you sad? >> i was crying.

>> reporter: his mom wouldn't find out his location for another two hours. >> the principal assured me, okay, because he's 6, he's not allowed to get off the bus. so i'm, like, okay. the bus driver originally said, oh, there's no kids on the bus so they're, like, well, maybe he fell asleep. the bus driver said, no, i dropped that kid off. >> reporter: the district telling abc news in a statement our top priority is the safety of our students. while we regret the situation happened, we are grateful that the student is safe. district and school officials are looking into this situation to determine exactly what happened and how we can prevent it from happening in the future. the american school bus council doesn't track how often kids end up on the wrong bus or dropped off at the wrong location. the company zoom is teaming up with school districts to manage transportation and allow parents to track their children using an app that notifies when the bus is arriving and when their child has boarded. and so with school starting this is definitely something parents

will be thinking about, but when it comes to safety, the american school bus council says kids are 70 times more likely to get to school safely on a bus than in a car. so something to think about, guys. >> sure is. thank you, janai. >> hopefully you can take a break now. we're going to turn now to princess diana. it has been 25 years since her death in paris. her brother charles spencer sharing this photo of a flag flying half-staff above their ancestral home. maggie rulli has more on how her sons are carrying on her legacy. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, cecilia, good morning. yeah, so many people remember exactly where they were, exactly what they were doing the moment they found out that princess diana had died. now, 25 years later a quarter of a century, her memory still lives on. 25 years ago princess diana's death shocked the world and rocked the british monarchy. she is remembered, flowers and

tributes at her former home in kensington palace and at the scene of her tragic death. her brother, charles spencer, posting a brilliant photo of the flag flying at half-mast at her ancestral home where she's buried. her sons, we are told, are marking the day privately with their families. >> today is a difficult day for both brothers and it is poignant now they're not on good terms and don't have each other to lean on in the same way they had done in previous years. >> reporter: harry spoke about how he wanted to spend the day. >> i want it to be a day filled with memories of her incredible work and love for the way that she did it. i want it to be a day to share the spirit of my mum with my family, with my children who i wish could have met her. >> reporter: the princes talk about granny diana to their children and both of her boys keep her spirit alive in the causes they champion. and in how they do it. harry literally walking in his mother's footsteps continuing her anti-land mine work in

africa. william taking to the streets to sell magazines to help the homeless saying, i was 11 when i first visited a homeless shelter with my mother who in her own style was determined to shine a light on an overlooked misunderstood problem. the fascination with the people's princess enduring. now reaching a new generation. >> i'm sure we all know princess diana's iconic black sheep sweater. >> reporter: her life and death depicted on the big and small screen. >> the greatest highlight has been, well, meeting all of you. >> we're seeing more now than ever before, her story being told around the world. never been a more important time to remind people who she really was and that's important to william and harry. >> reporter: now, the 20th anniversary of their mother's death, harry and william announced a statue would be made to honor diana's legacy and it was unveiled right here at kensington palace. they also said on that day going forward they wanted to mark this day privately.

guys? >> all right, maggie, thanks so much. we turn to our friend abc news royal contributor robert jobson. robert, good morning. thanks so much for being with us. i think this is one of those moments in history where we all kind of remember where we were 25 years ago today when this happened to princess diana, and we certainly remember all that outpouring of grief that happened at the time. how is she being remembered today on this anniversary? >> well, she's been remembered quite quietly. there are a number of people laying flowers around the corner here. that gate that you can remember 25 years ago, that was basically a sea of flowers in kensington gardens. people are remembering, talking about their memories of her. i remember i was a correspondent at the time and a week later was at the abbey for the funeral itself as a correspondent. so, you know, it does seem like a long time ago. she's passed into history from being an iconic figure that i remember. i remember those beautiful blue eyes and her infectious giggle,

but she was an amazing lady. but the fact was it now seems to me when you have statues erected, she's passed into history from being that iconic lady doing so much good to the world stage. >> yeah, so much of her legacy really, it seems to be about how changed the monarchy. how do you believe the perception is of how she changed the monarchy? >> well, she certainly did change the monarchy in terms of the way she did things. after her tragic death they had to adopt some of the things she did. i mean, you only have to look at the photographs and the footage to see how she would go down to people's level, little children, people that were sick. i remember her really as somebody who was very funny, quite difficult sometimes with the media, but also someone who's courageous. i think that what makes her different from other people and it makes her one of the great figures of the last century because she -- you know, if you

remember what was going on with aids at the time and people were scared if you touched somebody with aids or hiv, you could catch it. and she was the lady that sort of broke that down. she embraced a guy and a baby, remember, in new york who had been infected with hiv and she really did change the conversation on that for the better and made people, i think, actually changed the lives of so many people as a result, and we should always remember her for that. >> hard to believe it's 25 years already. robert, thank you so much. michael? now to the seaweed invasion with many trying to enjoy their final summer vacations, an unprecedented overgrowth of seaweed is consuming some beaches. ginger is live in st. thomas with that. good morning, again, ginger. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. it may look like paradise behind me, but i want you to take a closer look with our drone. you see that line of brown that is piled up on the beach. that is seaweed called sargassum in festing beaches for the last

decade and it just keeps getting worse. they need to urgently figure out why it's coming and what to do with it because it is choking animals, humans and tourism. in place of that iconic aquamarine water -- >> this is the worst piece of garbage water i've ever seen. totally impossible to swim. >> reporter: a brown, stinky seaweed has consumed beaches across the caribbean, mexico and even florida. >> we saw a lot of seaweed. more than i've ever seen in the ocean before. >> it stunk. it got in the way. it affected my whole day. >> reporter: since 2011, this floating, brown algae called sargassum, has been getting worse. this year covering white sand beaches in record levels, more than 24 million tons. when it dies on the shore it can be toxic to people, animals and the economy. scientists say that climate change and shifting weather patterns likely have something to do with it. caribbean water temps this year stayed above average all winter. their third warmest on record.

>> although we don't have a clear idea, most of the evidence points to warmer sea surface temperatures so climate change and global warming and a lot of nutrients dumped into the water, and basically we're fertilizing this in a warmer sea. so that's good for seaweed, not so good for the rest of the places it affects. >> reporter: this stuff isn't only unsightly and stinky, it can impact sea turtles. little hatchlings have a hard time getting over this. it can shave coral which is not good, and it can even acidify the ocean which leads to sometimes fish killed. >> one of the major problems is on st. croix. the intake for the water, we have a desalinization plant there and the intake for that is being clogged up by sargassum. otherwise it's just a stinking mess on the beaches. >> reporter: cleaning up these beaches could mean big money. for the u.s. virgin islands tourism makes up more than half their gdp.

so they got to get this tough out of here. unfortunately, a lot of the big resorts face east and that's where the sargassum piles up. now they've spent thousands trying to pick it up and get it out of here, but have to figure out what to do with it next. landfills don't want this stuff. most of the landfills on many of these islands are full. plus, when it dries out it becomes highly flammable and can have metals like arsenic in it. that blue line in the ocean is a floating berm and acts like a funnel getting all of the seaweed to one place so at least it's a little easier to clean up because they're spending thousands at these resorts every month just on manpower. now, when it comes to what they do with it next, there are ideas out there. people say you could maybe make bricks for homes out of it, skin care even, fertilizer, but there are environmental implications likely to that. we have a lot to learn about it and we got to learn fast because they anticipate this issue is going to grow in the coming years.

>> are accuweather forecast. a lot of sunshine and a warming trend is underway. low to mid 90's hottest inland, we will see 60's and 70's. around the bay shoreline, patchy fog overnight tonight, and a marine layer pretty compressed. 50's to mid-60's. accuweather forecast warming trend continues over the next couple days with a hot holiday weekend. excessive heat and warnings. we will be in on saturday blasting through tuesday. ♪ now to our hack to school series bringing tips to make going back to school a little smoother and "gma" lifestyle contributor lori bergamotto is here with ideas for packing quick and easy lunches, everything we're showing you is shoppable on our website. so just scan the qr code on your screen and, lori, we're going to

get started. we'll talk about what you put your lunch in. >> yes, indeed. >> these are not your average lunch boxes. >> these are bento boxes. what we love about them is they keep your food fresh. they keep proportions in check, and you're packing one thing. you're not looking for that one lid you're never going to find. so will you reveal the best overall for us? >> i will be your vanna white. >> this is a top seller, everywhere you look for it comes in multiple colors, five compartments. the best price for that at walmart, under 20 bucks. >> best capacity? >> best capacity from pottery barn kids. look at the depth on this puppy. so kids llovir nosmushed, and s will love that it doesn't leak everywhere. plus 30% of the price goes to no kid hungry. great bento. great cause. >> i needed that when i was a kid. i ate a big lunch. >> big lunchbox for michael strahan. this is the best value. this one is under $10 and this is if you want something bare bones, they're all dishwasher safe. leakproof and this one is microwave safe as well if you

want a hot lunch. >> one thing, though, you pull out your lunch and the water bottle leaks. >> of course. >> what are the best water bottle options? >> so for younger kids, toddlers, elementary schoolers, we love this one from thermos. it has the straw in there. insulated and keeps water cold for 12 hours and because it's stainless steel it's nearly indestructible even for toddlers. it's even good for wild toddlers and elementary school kids. this is the yeti, 18 ounce better for middle school, high schoolers, you know this. like the michael strahan of water bottles. indestructible. >> yet my kids steal mine. >> you got to get your name on it. it has over 60,000 positive reviews. >> then they'll just be at school with a water bottle where my name is on it. what's also in the lunch box because there's never been a kid that has opened up a lunch box, happened to me, sorry, mom, this is it? >> i know, so this is empowering kids. it's a balance. give them a little snack and give them healthy food. you create a snack station so they help pack their own lunches.

you control what goes in it, but they are actually taking it out, and if you are on the run, we love this backseat car organizer, you keep snacks in there. they can take them on the way to school or on the way home. >> make sure they don't eat in the car, though unless you have a good car vacuum. scan the qr code on the screen and shop all of these items on goodmorningamerica.com. lori, thank you so much as always. later this week we'll have hack to school tips for getting the best deals on back-to-school shopping. coming up, the "gma's" sweetest spot in america, and will reeve is on the search for the best pie. cannot wait for that.

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update in about 30 minutes. ♪ b ♪ bye-bye, miss american pie drove my chevy to the levee ♪ all right, welcome back to "gma." it is day three of our "gma's" sweetest spots in america. we can also call it talking about our waistlines during the commercial break. we'll blame will reeve for that. all week we've been on a mission to find the best desserts in the country. will, you brought us ice cream sandwiches, ice cream sundaes. this morning you're bringing us pie. we'll start blaming you for this. >> reporter: hey, cecilia, i've been walking between all these spots, by the way. that's my secret because everywhere i've gone is so delicious and nothing says summer quite like a slice of pie and it's a rather decadent way to get your daily serving of

fruit. plus that buttery flaky crust like on this apple pie. now the country's best bakers are showcasing their local delicacies the star of the show, it's pie. they're comfort wrapped in crust. pies have it all. and in the dog days of summer it's all about the fruit filling. bakers across america making mouthwatering pies filled with the best local flavors their regions have to offer. first up, baker miller in illinois. the husband and wife serving dessert to their chicago community and packing their pies with handpicked blueberries. >> it was one of the first pies i ever created as a pie baker, and over the years it's taken different shapes and forms but always felt very personal to me because it's one of the pies that i love the most. >> reporter: a summer treat that leaves you wanting more. >> the plump blueberries kind of pop in your mouth when you eat them. then you've got that really juicy compote that has the rich blueberry flavor.

>> it's really fresh. it's made out of local berries so has a strong connection to where we're from. ♪ >> reporter: and in colorado -- >> hi. >> reporter: -- gold star pies where sisters heather and tessa are baking peaches into their perfect peach pie. >> these peaches are from the western slope of colorado. we'll mix them with some cinnamon, some nutmeg and we're actually going to top it with a cobbler topping which is like a customer favorite from the truck. >> reporter: in wisconsin, honeypie packing their pies with cherries. >> the cherries we use, a peninsula grows all the red, tart cherries up there and we get them directly from the growers in that region and they're just amazing. >> reporter: no matter how you slice it -- >> very hot. >> reporter: -- nothing says summer like a piece of pie. and i have some extensive experience with pie over my pie-eating career.

a memory that stands out, guys, fifth grade field day. it was a whipped cream pie eating contest. you're looking at the winner ready to regain the belt right here right now because that whipped cream pie, nothing like what we got going on for you today. >> wow, you are quite the pie eater, will. you got a huge pie person there in miami, quite the man of many talents. what are you doing? >> reporter: yeah, he is huge. it's fireman derek and that is not just a nickname. he truly is or was a fireman who made his own pies and turned it into a thriving small business here in south florida for the south florida native. >> you have such a compelling story and such delicious pies. tell me how it all came together. >> well, first off, thank you for having us and me this morning. >> of course. >> and i've always loved to cook and bake and feed people. i was really a firefighter here in the city of miami for ten years. >> wow. >> and i got to hone my craft.

i did play division i college football for a litte while. >> no way. >> i know. you couldn't tell. but, yeah, i mean, i just really have always had a passion for feeding people and being creative and i've been able to do that through pies and cakes and dessert. >> it looks so good. i've been eating pie all morning. everything i tried is so good. i want to try this. it's all about the local delicacies, and guava is a big thing here in miami. show me, and please make me this guava berry pie because -- >> absolutely. >> -- i need it. >> first and foremost, the guava berry pie consists of fresh berries and guava. here we have two different types, guava paste which we have in cubes and then you also have a guava marmalade type of jam. just throw it in there. you want to cook the berries and the jam together with a little sugar. >> cool. >> with a little bit of lemon juice, some vanilla. >> nice. >> then you also thicken it up with corn starch slurry, and it's very important that if you don't have any pie crust recipe, you can definitely get a high

quality one rom the supermarket. >> okay. >> and you want to roll that out however you like, and put it inside your dish and par bake it first. what that means is you'll put it in the oven, bake it for 10 to 12 minutes to get it nice and golden brown before you pour in your compote. >> let's fire it up in there. i cannot wait any longer for this pie. you won't share the secret recipe for your crust, but like he said you can get a crust at home. then we put this on top, right, this streusel aisle throw on here when this is done. i don't know how much you'll do -- >> as much as you like. >> and then what i'm going to

do -- i preset this. i filled it up with a little ice cream, we're going to have the biggest bite you've ever seen if i can get it off. >> delicious. >> yes! so good. nothing else to say, guys. >> yeah, let me help you here, will. >> sugar. >> rave reviews in the studio. >> yes, i've eaten half of mine. >> both are half gone here but, will, before you eat the rest of that pie, you got one more stop left on your tour. where are you going? >> reporter: yes, cecelia, i'm shipping off to boston tomorrow. we'll be just outside the hub city having milkshakes or they call them frappes and derek here has set me up with a guava berry shake. everything is amazing. i'm on a crazy sugar high and we'll see you tomorrow. >> you'll need to jog all the way to boston tomorrow. after this, will. thanks so much. get this recipe on our website at goodmorningamerica.com. >> not for the crust. >> exactly. not the secret crust. not the secret crust. coming up, what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26? not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. the choice is clear yes on prop 27.

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♪ we are back with two of our favo we are back with two of our favorite daytime tv star, great friends of "gma," the stars of "general hospital," laura wright and cameron mathison. great to have you back. >> good to see you. >> so great -- >> you lost your mic. >> oh. >> nobody can hear you. [ laughter ] >> top secret. >> it started off great. >> friends of morning television. [ applause ] >> don't shoot live. we get to do it over again. >> if i did that, it would be

bad. you can get away with it. >> i guess i can get away with it. it'll make the blooper reel. you're looking great. we remember back in 2019 you had that cancer scare. how are you feeling? >> feeling fantastic. actually just got my scary time of year when you get your annual scans and x-rays and everything and i literally just found out that all clear, all clear three years down. [ applause ] thanks for asking, though. i appreciate it. >> there's something else to celebrate. "general hospital," one of my favorite shows growing up. >> yes. >> celebrated 60 years. >> yes, 60 years. >> 15,000 episodes. >> isn't that crazy? >> we celebrated 15,000 episodes, and it was -- we got a cake. [ laughter ] >> but, laura -- >> the photo and then it was really funny. we all took the picture. this is incredible and our boss is like, frank is like, back to work. absolutely. >> laura, how has that been? the ride, how has the ride been for you? >> well, it's been amazing. i've been on "general hospital" for 17 years which every time i say that, wow, really.

has it been that long? and i started watching "general hospital" when i was 11 years old and i was obsessed with luke and laura. so when i got the job in 2005, jackie, who plays bobbi is my mom and luke ended up being my uncle. oh, my god, a dream come true. it's amazing and i love every second of it and it's an honor and we're kicking off in graceland this october, our first big celebration of the 60 years so the cast is going to be there and we're super excited. >> for your 17 years, cam, you're relatively a newcomer in comparison. what's it been like? >> abc daytime feels like coming home for me. i played ryan in "all my children" for a bunch of years and that's a special time. so coming on to the show i've been a fan like you guys, growing up an watching the show and it's just been amazing. the cast and production and, you know, i come in to work like super prepared knowing how good everybody is there. every day just it feels like coming home. >> a family affair -- >> we always say we're the same person.

we kind of -- our work ethic is very similar because we started in new york city. >> when i was working with you guys, yep. >> yeah. now it's a family affair in many ways. your wife vanessa made guest appearances. >> she did. i played ryan on "all my children." i met her at the gym and she's like, i'm so sorry, i have no idea who you are. i watch "general hospital." i told our executive producer. he's like we got to get her on the show. she's like a nonactress. so it would be like somebody at home coming on. like you're on tv every day but she did a great job. >> is that your come-on line, i'm on "all my children"? [ laughter ] >> you told on yourself. you told on yourself. [ laughter ] >> no, she heard about it and she's like, i'm so sorry. >> oh, yeah. >> i should have set that up better. [ laughter ] >> you know what, in your

defense i'm sure she heard about it -- from you. [ laughter ] but, laura, your job was to prep vanessa for this role. >> i had told cameron -- i knew she was coming back on. look, if she ever wants to run lines or talk about anything i'm available and so cameron texted me and said, can you come over? i'm like, absolutely. so i hung out with vanessa for an afternoon. >> i took off. you know what i mean, i got out of there because it was a little stressful. >> we had a great time. i just told her, you know, find something in your own world that you're amazing in and have so much confidence and then just bring that energy to the character. because how do i talk to somebody who really hasn't done any kind of acting classes. she was amazing, by the way. >> did a really good job. >> i got to ask how you guys do it so well, especially on "general hospital" where you're able to emote and show so much with your face without actually

saying anything? that one shot where we get -- how do you do it? >> just like laura explained, i get in the moment. we move at such a crazy pace in daytime but at the same time we've been doing it for awhile. in that moment you just believe it. >> you believe it. >> in the moment you believe it. it's authentic. >> it's any other medium is the same thing. we do it five days a week and there always seems to be something tragic happening five days a week, but i think that it's just -- for me i believe it. i just believe the unbelievable circumstances that i'm in. >> you got to and then the emotions come. if they don't, they don't. you don't force it. it's not like you put drops in your eyes to make you cry. there's rumors of all that kind of stuff. i'm sure that's happened. >> i've seen it done, by the way. [ laughter ] >> yeah. when i did the movie "joy," i had a small role in the movie "joy." i did have a crying scene. i was like, oh, what's that? they're drops for the cries.

i was like, oh, i don't need that. no, i got it. [ laughter ] >> that's right. >> you guys are so much fun. thank you for coming. >> thanks for having us. >> you can tune in right here on abc weekdays to watch "general hospital" also available to stream on hulu. let's go to ginger in st. thomas. >> reporter: thank you, george. i wanted to mention from our drone, remember, we're talking about this seaweed invasion. it is not like this on every beach every island all the time. although it has been a growing problem, it fluctuates by year and even by day sometimes. so i wanted to show you this monitoring system you can check out if you have a vacation planned. that at least shows you the observations. there's a lot of money pouring into how we can forecast this and use computer models on a small scale. you'll see that. the larger scale, though, in the tropics it's finally heating up. we have now tied the second longest stretch without a named storm in the history of the atlantic basin. look at that, that 80% chance, a couple of red dots and that western one looks like most of the models are trying to curve it away from mainland u.s. that's something to pay attention to next week. >> abc 7 would act with a

forecast. a warming trend gets underway with a lot of sunshine over our wednesday. accuweather 7 is a hot holiday. weekend excessive morning starting on saturday for several coming up, best-selling author and motivational coach, ed mylett is here to tell us about his new book that can help transform your life. we'll be right back. ♪ strutting your way into my heart ♪ ♪ take your hat off make yourself at home ♪ ♪ how about stay the night then strut on home ♪ ♪ day 1 i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ day 2 i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ day 3 i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ guess what i'm in love with your strut ♪

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we're back now with some motivation for making life transformations. best-selling author ed mylett has a new book, "the power of one more: the ultimate guide to happiness and success," and it gives advice on how to take the next step in life. he is joining us now. ed, thank you for being with us here. we'll get right into it. i love this. you have what you call the one more try mentality. >> yeah.

>> tell us what that is and how it can motivate you. >> the premise is this, it's simple. everyone watching this morning should know this, you were born to do something great with your life. sometimes we forget this, and your dreams matter. these are visions part of your destiny and your life and your dreams are worthy of one more try. the problem i think most people have is they think their dream, their vision is so much further away, that they perpetually act that way and keep a pattern that's so far away. what if you're one try away, one new meeting, one new thought, one interview you watch. one new emotion from totally changing your life and i believe you're much closer than you think you are. >> also another problem i think a lot people have, time management. managing your time. you have an interesting time management -- the way you approach it. what is that? >> here's the deal. the 24-hour day is the most antiquated, crazy idea of all time. 150 years ago if i wanted to write a letter i had to sketch

something out, put it on the back of the horse and you get it 30 days later or maybe a month later. now i can text you in three seconds yet we still manage days in the same increment of time that people did back then. if you want to do a high school report we would get an encyclopedia and type it. my daughter can print something out in three seconds on google and she's done. so 24-hour days are crazy. i run mini days, six-hour days, fun, rest, business, family you get in a day and get 21 days a week and stack your life up that way over five, ten years, you have more life, more fun, more production and closer to your dreams. >> you say your habits are your life. some serve you well. others don't serve you so well so what is the difference? how can you tell the difference between the two? >> one big thing is habits are so important. it's not what you do. motivation is great. but what do you do on the days you're not motivated? that's the separator. and it's your habits that separate you. for me that habit is -- people lack self-confidence most of the time and wonder why can't i be more confident? i believe a lack of self-confidence is a relationship or reputation you have with yourself where you don't keep the promises you make to you. i believe in small habits. making your bed a day, a certain amount of water.

keep the small promises you make to yourself and now you're building real self-confidence. >> you know, i guess you got to make deals with yourself that are nonnegotiable. >> yes, yes. >> i know your podcast, ed mylett -- "the ed mylett show" and the new one, "change with ed mylett." for those watching at home, tell us, what is the number one key to success in your mind? >> the number one key is your life you dream of, whatever it is, your blueprint becomes what you live. you're living your dream and for me i really believe this and most people in their life, they think it's so far away. and i honesty believe that if you could just decide in your life that your dreams matter, that you matter, that success isn't just for people you see on "good morning america" or that you watch on tv every day that you were born to have a dream in your life and if it's a big thing or small thing, you and your family deserve to have it. i want to get that message out. that's why i have the show and my podcast, i believe that more people need to believe life is for them.

not for everybody they watch on their television or see on social media but your life matters and your dreams matter and you deserve to be happy in your life and i think my show, the book, the other things i do can give you the tools to do it. >> i agree 100%. >> thank you, brother. >> one more time. just that mentality. ed, i appreciate the show, appreciation the motivation. i'm ready to get up and get another job. >> by the way, one more, you won a super bowl on one more play. >> one more play. >> you took a super bowl from a win to a loss. if you want to know the power of one more, look at this dude right here. >> glad the patriots didn't have one more for themselves. thank you, ed. i appreciate it. "the power of one more," it is out right now. do yourself a favor and get motivated and get yourself a copy. we'll be right back.

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everyone here at abc news. when you go to the president's office it's not always good news but katie is always there with a smile, with grace. she's been fearless in her work. katie, we are going to miss you, thank you for your great work. >> i definitely second all of that, george. we want to thank you at home for watching. everybody, have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. >> katie, we love you. >> yes. ♪ just one look at you and i know it's gonna be ♪ ♪ a lovely day ♪

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward. ending solutions. -- finding solutions. liz: let's go to sue hall with a look at traffic. sue: hello, everyone. we have a problem in oakland. this is a motorcycle down with injuries. it is westbound 580 near 14th, and you are slowing for about a half a mile behind the scene. ambulances in route. drew: temperatures, we are finding numbers going into the low and mid 60's. we slowly burn off the fog for some sunshine. folks going in and out as the fog breaks down. it is a warmer afternoon today. low and mid 90's, inland. there are temperatures that accelerate. excessive heat morning will begin saturday morning. begin saturday morning. liz: we will be back at 11:00

deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. today, actress constance wu, and the world's best-selling author, james patterson. plus, the hosts compete with the national spelling bee champ. and actor michael cimino. all next on live. and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. "light switch" by charlie puth] [applause] whoo! ♪ you know how to just make me want you, baby ♪ ♪ c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon ♪ hey, deja. [clapping and cheering] ooh, thanks. oh, well... oh, welcome. midweek, kly. i don't like it. i don't like it one little bit. well, let's get the day out first. it's wednesday, august 31st. now you-- now you can tell us why.