good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, how president biden is taking on rising prices and the other major issues taking center stage as we count down to the midterm elections. the white house tackling gas prices. the president set to announce the release of 15 million barrels from the oil reserve and how he will go after the oil companies. we have the details from washington. breaking overnight, the major change from the irs to help combat inflation. how much it could lower your tax bill. sunshine state showdown. republican senator marco rubio and democratic challenger congresswoman val demings squaring off. >> by the way, that's not true. >> the lying -- >> how gullible do you think

floridians are? >> now how president biden is puttig abortion rights front and center with less than three weeks until election day. deadly fiery plane crash. the search for answers after a small plane went down into a car dealership. moments after it was cleared for landing. deep freeze in the deep south. record lows in the gulf coast with windchills as low as the teens for millions from texas to the carolinas. help on the way. nato sending more anti-drone systems to ukraine. plus, how the u.s. is responding to the growing alliance between russia and iran. overnight the iranian climber returning home. now more fears for her safety after she competed without the traditional head covering. what she is now saying. ticking time bomb. the urgent new warning about some electric vehicles spontaneously bursting into flames in the aftermath of hurricane ian. abc news exclusive. the college wrestlers who fought

off a grizzly bear grateful to be alive. >> just for us to walk out of there alive, all four of us, is a miracle. >> all four teammates sitting down for their first interview since leaving the hospital only on "gma" this morning. ♪ i'm back, back in the new york groove ♪ and it's down to four. popping bottles and wheels up overnight for the new york yankees after the huge win over cleveland. fans shutting down the road to celebrate. now philly, san diego, houston and the bronx bombers all vying for a spot in the world series. ♪ back in my cadillac ♪ good morning, america. everybody is in a good mood in the studio. all the yankees fans were in a good mood also because they earned their spot in the fight for the world series.

they're moving on to play in my hometown of houston against the astros. >> be careful now. a lot of yankee fans here. >> i didn't say anything. may the best team win. >> game one tonight. >> game one tonight. it will be a good one. >> your hometown not feeling like it normally does. texas waking up to that record cold blast felt very early in the season tracking the extreme cold in the south and extreme heat in the west all coming up. we'll begin with president biden set to address the issue of gas prices later today announcing action from the administration in an effort to drive prices down. with inflation as we know rising across the board our senior white house correspondent mary bruce has more for us. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, the president today will be announcing more steps to try to ease gas prices and voters' concerns about rising costs. in an event at the white house later today he'll announce he

is releasing 15 million more barrels from the strategic oil reserve in december. this is just the last of the 180 million barrels he authorized in march. to put it in perspective, 15 bucket. barrels is a drop in th- the u.s. consumes about 20 million barrels every day. the president we're told will also say he could tap more from the reserve this went and will say his administration will refill and replenish the reserve. he is going to go after oil companies, putting them on notice. urging them to lower costs to consumers. of course, this all comes just days after saudi arabia announced it was cutting oil supplies to the global market and as you note we are just three weeks out from the midterm elections. president biden is well aware that the economy, inflation, rising gas prices are top of mind for voters and he is hoping this will calm markets, will calm some of voters' fears or show he is taking steps to try and tackle all of this. michael? >> i think we all hope it calmsm the irs overnight. announcing a change that will lower the tax bill for many americans, and it's all because of inflation.

chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here now with how much you might save. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning to you, michael. for many americans their wages haven't kept up with inflation. if that's the case for you, you could save some money on your taxes this year. the irs is adjusting who is eligible for which tax bracket and for a lot of people that does mean a drop to pay the government a smaller amount of your earnings. in real terms take a look at these numbers. you used to pay 12% if you made up to $10,275. now that jumps to $11,000. you are now eligible for that 24% rate if you make upwards of $95,000. it used to be you made only $89,000 to pay 24%, and the numbers are rising across the board by 7%. the other big part of this whole situation are the highlights in the standard deduction. this is where it's really going to save people. those who take that standard

deduction will see it increase $900. so you can deduct now up to $13,850 as an individual. that number is double for couples. the earned income tax credit which is available to low and median income families, that now jumps to $7,430. that is up as well. amy? >> all right, rebecca, thanks for that. to the midterm elections now less than three weeks away and the key races are heating up. democrats pressing the issue of abortion rights including at a debate showdown last night between the senate candidates in florida. our congressional correspondent rachel scott is in orlando with the latest on all of that. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning. democrats are hoping that abortion rights becomes the defining issue this midterm election and it certainly was a flash point at this debate which was heated from the start. it was a contentious face-off in the sunshine state. >> by the way, that's not true, >> the lying -- >> how gullible do you think floridians are? >> reporter: republican senator marco rubio sparring with his

democratic challenger, congresswoman val demings, in their first and only debate that aired on abc affiliate wpbf. >> she's been in congress over half a decade and never passed a bill. >> i'm really disappointed in you, marco rubio, because i think there was a time when you did not lie in order to win. >> reporter: the two at odds over gun control. asked about raising the legal age limit to purchase assault-style weapons, the type of firearms used in the parkland and uvalde shootings. >> denying the right to buy it won't keep them -- here's the fundamental issue. it is why are these kids, why are these people going out and massacring people? a lot of people own ar-15s and don't kill anyone. >> people who are families of victims of gun violence just heard that and they're asking themselves what in the hell did he just say? you've done nothing, nothing to help address gun violence and get dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. >> reporter: but the night's

tensest exchange came over abortion. rubio has backed a 15-week nationwide abortion ban. >> i believe that innocent human life is worthy of the protection of our laws. that said, every bill i've ever sponsored on abortion, every bill i've ever voted for has exceptions. the extremist on abortion in this campaign is congresswoman demings. >> how gullible do you really think florida voters are? those decisions are made between the woman, her family, her doctor and her faith. >> reporter: across the country at least 14 states have stopped nearly all abortion services. and with just three weeks to go until election day the president putting the issue front and center. promising democrats will protect access to abortion under federal law if they win enough seats this november. >> together we'll restore the right to choose for every woman in every state in america, so vote. you got to get out the vote. we can do this if we vote. >> reporter: democrats have control of congress right now and they still don't have enough votes to protect access to

abortion under federal law. they're facing political headwinds. we have been traveling across the country. inflation, the economy, the top two issues we hear from voters and polls show that more voters trust republicans on those issues. robin? >> we'll see what happens in less than three weeks. rachel, thank you. now to the investigation into a fiery plane crash that left two people dead in ohio. this morning we're hearing the cockpit voice recording captured just seconds before the plane went down. our transportation correspondent gio benitez has the story for us. >> reporter: this morning, the ntsb and faa trying to figure out how a plane crashed and caused this. >> we just had an explosion of some sort out here towards walmart. black smoke. sounded like an airplane. >> reporter: the 1974 twin engine beechcraft king air departing columbus around 6:40 a.m. bound for parkersburg, west virginia. listen as the pilot calls air traffic control.

>> runway 2-2 clear to land. >> reporter: that plane vanishing from radar moments later. the confusion caught on tape. >> did that plane just go down? >> reporter: it did go down into that dealership. on board, 49-year-old tim gifford who had just retired. he was a fierefighter in columbus. the pilot, 45-year-old eric sievers, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child speaking with abc news overnight. >> we have an 11-year-old daughter. she was, you know, as could be expected, devastated. you know, her dad was her life. >> reporter: the community shocked. amber davis was at work nearby when she heard the crash. >> seen a huge cloud of smoke, very thick. and kept hearing explosion after explosion. >> reporter: thomas prater hoped he could do something to save the people in the plane. >> we came running down here to see if i could do anything, but there was nothing i could do. >> reporter: firefighters working tirelessly to put the flames out as car after car was engulfed.

>> you don't think it's going to happen in your hometown, not at all and literally right within a few hundred feet of where you're at. >> reporter: and this is a busy area. with that much damage it could have hurt more people, but incredibly authorities say that no one on the ground was injured. michael? >> thank you for that story, gio. now to millions of people in the south waking up to record cold. below freezing in some parts. senior national correspondent steve osunsami is in chilly atlanta for us. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. this is one of the coldest mornings of the season in atlanta and across a large part of this country with near record lows in dozens of u.s. cities. this cold air coming down from canada is certainly giving everyone a very early taste of winter. the national weather service has issued freeze and frost alerts overnight for a large part of the country from the gulf coast to new england, but the cold won't last long. the high in atlanta in the 50s and 70s for the weekend.

the big concern has been agricultural with farmers protecting their crops. there's also a concern about how much it's going to cost the average american family to heat their homes this winter. the government says the average american family will spend now $930, which is $200 more than those families spent last year. amy? >> yeah, not what people need these days. all right, steve, thank you very much for that. we turn to the latest on the war in ukraine. the country is bracing for more drone strikes as nato pledges to send more air defense systems against russian attacks. britt clennett is on the scene with the new developments on possible russian setbacks in the south. >> reporter: this morning president putin declaring martial law in occupied territories in ukraine. in kyiv air defenses shooting down russian missiles.

nato stepping up support announcing it will send more anti-drone systems ukraine says is desperately needs as the country comes under intense aerial attacks. >> nato in the coming days or shortly will deliver counterdrone systems, hundreds of jammers that will help them to address the specific threat of drones. >> reporter: this comes after an explosive wave of menacing drone attacks rained down across the country, inflicting terror, striking civilian and critical infrastructure targeting ukraine's energy supply. like this thermal power plant in dnipro seen here in the video circulating online smoke rising after it was struck. this energy facility also hit. ukraine now saying 30% of its power stations now destroyed. urging residents to save energy as the cold winter freeze approaches. the explosive packed self-destroying drones made by iran, increasingly becoming a key part of russia's strategy in the war. ukraine saying it's a sign their munitions supplies are depleting. president zelenskyy saying -- [ speaking in non-english ] the very fact that russia has sought help from iran is an admission by the kremlin it is bankrupt in military and political terms. iran reportedly providing more drones and missiles to russia as

the relationship between moscow and tehran grows. the biden administration calling the partnership a profound threat. we've taken shelter in this bunker after more explosions in kyiv. the ukrainians saying this is part of putin's campaign of terror. he's resulting to more of these tactics because of his battlefield losses in the south and east. as ukraine closes in on kherson, there's growing signs of a retreat. robin? >> britt, thank you. we're speaking of iran and growing concerns this morning for an iranian athlete who is under fire in her country for competing without the traditional head covering. there are fears the hard-line government could punish her and chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz joins us now with more. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. elnaz rekabi is now back in iran saying this was all a misunderstanding but there are

fearing for her safety. overnight crowds gathered at the tehran airport, clapping and chanting as elnaz rekabi made it home to iran. with protests sweeping across the country and the police mounting a deadly crackdown, the iranian climber finds herself at the center of the storm. over the weekend at an international climbing competition in south korea, rekabi did not cover her hair with a hijab, required by conservative iranian officials for female athletes, even when they are out of the country. the move was seen as an act of defiance on the world stage, a show of solidarity with protesters in iran over the death of mahsa amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab. before her appearance at the airport, the only word from rekabi was an instagram post claiming her lack of a hijab was an accident due to bad timing, she said, and the unanticipated

call for me to climb the wall, my head covering inadvertently came off. and she repeated that claim to iranian media in tehran overnight saying her lack of hijab was because she forgot her head covering in the rush to get ready for a climb, but iranian human rights activists who have watched thousands of women in iran drop their hijabs in protest don't believe rekabi's message was sent without coercion. >> iranians perceive that this is a forced message. their families under pressure. >> reporter: at the airport rekabi apologized to the iranian people but iran is known to coerce apologies and confessions. michael? >> all right there, martha, thank you for that. we'll switch gears to major league baseball. the playoffs and will reeve is here with the smile on his face this morning after the yankees win. the yankees win! good morning, will.

>> yes, they do, michael. good morning. as we've established october fires on all cylinder, yesterday proof positive. the nba tipping off its season and then we had hours of playoff baseball starting with the decisive win or go home game five of the american league division series. yankees/guardians. how about a first-inning three-run home run from giancarlo stanton and an aaron judge solo shot later. 5-1 win for the yankees and their fans, some of whom had a good time celebrating in the streets of the south bronx after the game. i was not part of that group. i was busy scouting the yankees' next opponent, the best team in the american league, the houston astros. it's the third time they will face off with a trip to the world series on the line. it begins tonight, the nlcs started last night in san diego, the padres hosting the phillies, nobody outside of the teams and families expected them to get it far.

two home runs from the phillies lead to a 2-0 win. game two today. lots of fun in october. >> phillies are strong. >> looking good. >> all right, will, thank you, as always. coming up here, we have the story about these four college wrestlers took on a bear in some kind of way and they were able to survive, thank goodness. we have an exclusive interview with them coming up. first we say hello to brittany bell from wabc in for ginger. welcome. >> hey, thanks for having me, robin. so we've been talking about the near record low temperatures across much of the south but across the pacific northwest, it's near record heat, also this extensive area of haze thanks to wildfires. so they could see additional records especially in portland and medford with highs near 77 and 86 degrees. your local weather in 30 seconds.

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in december. the last of the 180 million barrels he authorized back in march. and then some big news from the irs overnight, actually good news, announcing a change that will lower the tax bill for many americans. the irs adjusting who is eligible for which tax bracket and for a lot of people it could mean you will pay the government a smaller amount of your earnings. and mackenzie scott donated $84.5 million to the girl scouts. the ex-wife of amazon founder $12 billion since 2019. this is the largest donation the girl scouts have ever received from an individual and they plan to use the money to recover from the pandemic when membership dropped. >> amazing donation there. now to our abc news exclusive with the college friends and wrestlers who were attacked by a bear in wyoming and fought it off. this morning they're sharing their story.

mola lenghi joins us with more about how they survived and got away. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yeah, these guys are lucky to be alive and know it. they told me at one point they were convinced one of them wasn't going to make it, that he was dead. but his teammates, his friends, they wouldn't let that happen. >> just for us to walk out of there alive, all four of us, it's a miracle. it really is with the situation we were in with -- >> reporter: four college wrestlers grateful to be alive and for each other after perhaps their toughest match going toe-to-toe with a grizzly bear. >> i just knew i had to protect my head and just kind of fight for life, you know. it's life or death. >> reporter: northwest college students brayden lowry, kendell cummings, august harrison and orrin jackson were searching for fallen antlers in wyoming saturday when all of a sudden lowe and cummings came

face-to-face with a bear. the bear pounced, tackling lowry first. >> he came running out of the trees. i didn't see it until it was right in front of me but heard the crashing and the only thing i could yell is bear, bear and i yelled bear and the bear tackled me first. >> reporter: seeing his teammate being mauled, cummings took the fight to the bear, yelling, punching, grabbing until the bear turned on him. >> knocked me onto the ground and with its head pushed me on the ground all the way up against the trees. and then kind of pinned me up there and it was attacking me for a second. it was -- i was putting my hands in its mouth and stuff so it wouldn't be chewing on my neck and everything. >> reporter: the bear finally walking away, but the horror not over. just when they thought they were clear, the bear returned. >> i called out to brady. i was like, brady, are you all right? where you at, brady? and i didn't hear nothing from brady, but i heard the bear grunting behind me and walking and then i saw it again and it came and it attacks me again. >> reporter: eventually lowry and cummings able to escape calling 911 and reuniting with

their teammates. >> i spoke with the lady on the phone, the dispatch lady, and we kind of coordinated a plan to get the flight for life there. i remember telling her that's our brother up there. >> reporter: cummings airlifted to billings hospital getting 60 staples in his head. lowry taken to the same hospital by ambulance treated for a compound fracture in his left arm. >> surprised to hear they fought for each other the way they did? >> no, no, not at all. you know, growing up in a wrestling world it's just the kind of brotherhood there is. >> they'll fight for each other. >> reporter: experts saying the outcome could have been much worse if they didn't have each other. >> two against one seems, you know, tip the scales to their advantage. he's lucky to chase the bear off that way. >> reporter: now as they recover, broken and bloody, their friendship stronger than >> reporter: in the last few ne. weeks there has been an increase

in reported bear activity in this region especially at low elevations according to the wyoming game and fish department and they tell me that's common this time of year as bears are more active in their search for food, guys. >> whoo. >> mola, thank you. >> just thinking about it. >> frightening. thank goodness they're okay. we're turning now to the guilty verdict in a more than 25-year-old murder case involving kristin smart, a california college student who disappeared back in 1996. her former classmate has been convicted of first degree murder. mona kosar abdi is in salinas, california, with the details on all of that. good morning, mona. >> reporter: amy, good morning. kristin smart was only 19 years old when she disappeared last seen with that student paul flores and in court prosecutors painted flores as a sexual predator who continued to prey on women in the 26 years since her murder. this morning, the california murder case that made national headlines for decades finally coming to an end. >> we are grateful and appreciate the diligence and energy of the two juries to

thoroughly review the facts and reach their decisions. >> reporter: the father/son duo charged with the murder of kristin smart 26 years after her disappearance. a jury found 45-year-old paul flores guilty of her murder, but his father, ruben flores was found not guilty of helping to dispose of her body. >> her body still has not been discovered. there's -- you know, it's bittersweet. >> reporter: kristin, a 19-year-old college student vanished in 1996. last een on her way home from a party at cal poly with flores, a fellow classmate at the time. authorities say flores killed kristen during an attempted rape on may 25th of that year. smart, prosecutors said seemed highly intoxicated alleging that her behavior was consistent with someone who had been drugged and flores was the last person seen with her. he was later questioned about smart's disappearance but charges were not filed against

him at the time. it wasn't until 23 years later when a podcast devoted to her story called "your own backyard" reignited public interest in the case that the spotlight once again turned to flores. authorities acknowledge missteps by detectives over the years and credited the podcast's creator chris lambert in helping with the case. >> his podcast helped to identify additional new witnesses and the collection of important evidence that was critical in the prosecution of this case. >> reporter: in the trial, prosecutors presented evidence including soil samples that they said showed smart's body might have been buried under the elder flores' deck. prosecutors called witnesses who portrayed paul flores as a predator who demonstrated a pattern of drugging and sexually assaulting women in the l.a. area. even after he was a suspect in the smart investigation. the father and son were long considered suspects, but weren't arrested until last year. ruben flores continues standing by his son. >> i feel bad for him because they didn't get no answers about what happened. there is no evidence against

anybody, me or paul. >> reporter: although kristin's body has never been found, the smart family remains committed to finding their daughter. >> without kristen there is no joy or happiness in this verdict. after 26 years with today's split verdicts, we learned that our quest for justice for kristin will continue. >> reporter: paul flores is looking at a possible life sentence. the san luis obispo sheriff says the search for kristin will continue so one day her family may give her a proper burial. robin? >> mona, thank you so much. we continue to think of the psm. thank you for your reporting. coming up next, the urgent warning about some electric cars becoming fire hazards this after hurricane ian. matt gutman is in florida. matt, why is this happening? >> reporter: the floodwaters from hurricane ian basically damaged the battery packs of evs like this. the federal government says that can cause them to spontaneously burst into flames, reignite days

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we are back with an urgent alert in the aftermath of hurricane ian. in florida some electric vehicles have been bursting into flames. our chief national correspondent matt gutman has more on some of the hurricane damaged vehicles. good morning, matt.

>> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. this is a typical lot where they store cars that have been totaled by flood damage. you can see how closely parked all those vehicles are. and this is a field where they have to store evs so they don't burst into flames and burn anything else down and right now in florida, officials are sounding the alarm and they're asking the federal government for guidance. in hurricane ian's aftermath electric vehicles bursting into flames spontaneously after being damaged in floodwaters. car batteries catching fire prompting an urgent new warning from the state. >> is the theory when saltwater interacts with these ev batteries they turn into something of a time bomb? >> well, we can -- we just can assume that's contributing to it because all these are storm-damaged vehicles that were flooded. >> reporter: it's a real concern among firefighters. those fires proving very difficult to put out. so how much water would you put on a typical gas powered car. >> sometimes just take a tank of

water on the engine, around 750 to 1,000 gallons. these we're doing 8,000 plus gallons of water, just constant flow trying to cool them down and stop the battery. >> so 10 to 12 times the amount. >> yes, correct. >> reporter: and they can reignite. tim baker towed this tesla to his lot after firefighters put it out. >> i went back in my office, got a drink, sat down on the couch and one employee yelled, hey, there's a fire. >> reporter: he had to push out out in the street. >> another eventful day. >> reporter: you can see the car still on skids pumping smoke, sputtering into flames. they had to plunk it in the drainage ditch. >> there are a an increase number of tow truck drivers refusing to tow them. >> yeah, pretty much so. i mean, they're very dangerous cars to tow because they have a potential to catch tire at pretty much any time. >> reporter: and storing flooded

evs is increasingly a problem. this field has been specifically designated for electric vehicles that have been flooded out by hurricane ian. every single one of them has to be spaced 50 feet apart in case they spontaneously burst into flames. the traditional cars in this lot parked on the other side, they can be parked close together. >> reporter: bobby snyder who trains first responders on handling ev fires says the potential dangers remain. >> that's part of our concern is that, when they come into areas that have no electricity and restore power to the grid, what about cars plugged in charging before the storm surge happened? >> reporter: now florida state fire marshal calling on federal officials for action. the national highway traffic safety administration responding in a letter acknowledging the problem writing, lithium-ion vehicle battery fires have been observed both rapidly igniting and igniting several weeks after damage occurred. the state fire marshal calling on ev companies to pitch in. >> we need you to lean forward, partner with us and understand how we can protect our first

responders, how we can save people's homes from burning down. >> reporter: so the folks watching have cars that have been flooded, you want to unplug it from the electricity. you might also want to alert authorities to they can pull it 50 feet away from any structure. it is important to note every expert we have been talking to say that evs are not necessarily more dangerous than a traditional gas-powered vehicle. they just have to be handled differently, and first responders across the country are being trained in those methods and getting them to these recycling facilities. guys? >> thank you, matt. thank you so much. coming up later we have the mother who launched her own investigation into her children's school. worried it may be a cancer cluster. and next, we have our wednesday "play of the day." and vocal chants ] rics so how will you share your brilliance with the world? keep forging your own path.

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consumers. of course, the timing is notable. we are now just three weeks out from the midterm elections. the president well aware that the economy, inflation and rising costs are top of mind for voters. he is hoping this announcement today will help ease some of their concerns and at the very least show that he is trying to do something to tackle all of this. michael. >> all right, we sure hope so, mary. thank you. now we turn to an alert for people hoping to take advantage of student loan forgiveness. some scammers may be looking to take advantage of you. chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is back with how you can protect yourself. good morning, again, rebecca. >> reporter: hi, michael, nice to see you again. that application for federal student loan debt relief is live, it's based on your income and the type of loan. they offer up to $20,000 in debt relief but now that the application is open, the ftc is warning consumers about potential scams, so here are some things to keep in mind to avoid those scammers. it is free to apply. no one should be asking you for money.

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this morning, a new jersey mom taking matters into her own hands investigating a possible cancer cluster linked to her children's high school after she was concerned her township wasn't doing enough. >> it was pretty much the first test i did and it was positive. >> reporter: edyta komorek, an environmental scientist said she conducted her own study sending four samples, one dust, one caulk and two soil samples she took herself to outside labs. >> what were the results? >> so the results of the study identified four compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls and three pesticides, chlordane, heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide, which are three pesticides. those three compounds are known as probable carcinogens. >> reporter: she says the indings showed levels of potential cancer-causing compounds exceeding epa standards. earlier this year colonia high school gained national attention after more than 100 former students and faculty reported online that they were diagnosed with brain tumors over three decades, about half cancerous.

>> it was shock, i said, what is the likelihood that a husband and wife can both have an acoustic neuroma and what is the likelihood that a sister of me and my wife can have a brain tumor at the same time. >> reporter: officials investigated saying they found no significant radiation in the building. >> everybody concluded that there was no need for further testing, that the grounds in the buildings in 100% safe. >> reporter: but edyta isn't convinced. >> more testing should be done immediately to determine whether or not there are hazardous levels of those chemicals in the air. >> reporter: so concerned by what she found she transferred her daughters out of the school. the school says it has sent her results to environmental agencies. >> any time there's any indication that there could be something on the grounds or in the building of a school then, sure, it's cause for concern. so, yes, we're taking this very seriously. >> reporter: we want to be sure to mention here, an oncologist

we spoke to said parents should not panic and more testing is needed to determine if there's any risk. experts say tumor and cancer clusters are incredibly hollywood to prove. -- hard to prove. the school sent a letter to parents saying the results of her test have no bearing on the prior studies that determined last spring no radiation was found inside or outside of colonia's high school. amy. >> all right, erielle, thank you for that. we turn to a "gma" health alert about the benefits of strength training. a new study published in "jama" found that adding it into your regular exercise routine could help you live longer. our chief medical correspondent jen ashton is here to break it down and probably live better, dr. jen. tell us what it found. >> this is interesting because it adds to more existing data that says the benefits of strength training, lifting weight, pumping iron are significant in terms of reducing what we call all cause mortality

so death from all reasons. if you take a look at what it found looking at over 100,000 people, mostly women by the way, those who lifted weights two to three times a week had a 17% lower risk of death from all causes, four to six days a week went down to 21% lower risk. the good news is more at certain point wasn't better. after seven times a week no change in the risk and really found and i want to be crystal clear it's not lifting weights or cardio, it's actually both. you get the most reduction in risk when you go both. >> we're talking about the lifting, though, it is distinguished from cardio like running or walking. >> that's right. >> what types of exercises are we talking? >> resistance training can be literally anything that you can do in your home or the gym but you don't have to go to a gym so talking about things like sit-up, push-ups, planks, using your body weight, even getting up and down from a chair doing chair squats. can you do that on one leg if your balance is good and you know i'm a big fan of getting into the gym and lifting weights, whether it's free

weights or machines. so, so important and women do not bulk up when they do that in general. that muscle mass is so important for men and women at all ages, but especially as we get older. >> is there a why, why this adds life or years to your life. >> it's unclear, but as we get older, we do lose muscle mass and that is not good for our mobility and it kind of trickles down to all kinds of other things but you know you see these in my dressing room, super cheap, do them anywhere. >> i see you walking to the set with them on. >> you're not supposed to give my secrets away. >> all in, dr. jen, we appreciate it. michael, over to you. thank you, amy. and we're joined now by one of the most celebrated men in american motorsport, nascar legend champion team owner and best-selling author dale earnhardt jr. he just wrote a debut children's book, "buster's trip to victory lane." great to see you again. you hall of famer, congratulations.

>> yeah. >> inducted into the hall of fame. how does it feel? >> it feels great. you win races and try to win championships but the hall of fame induction is kind of like the pat on the back from the whole industry that you were an asset. you know, that you mattered. >> you definitely mattered, my friend. if you ever second-guessed yourself, don't. you mattered. we know you matter at home two. you have do daughters, one 4 and one 2 and want to know if parents can relate this going on in their household. ♪ >> one is nice and patiently sitting. the other one on the table. >> is that a typical day in your household? >> that is absolutely the way it goes. we have, you know, nicole is just -- that second child is always different and she's busy looking into everything, climbing on everything. isla wasn't a climber. nicole is just like finding how to get on top of stuff we never knew they could get on top of. >> always that second child, manage. >> yeah, that's right. >> your book, "buster's trip to victory lane," i understand buster is based off your

childhood growing up. >> actually the story, i can definitely relate to buster's experiences in the book, buster's nickname or buster's name comes from my dad that was his nickname as a little boy. there's a lot of fun easter eggs in the book that connect to different things in my life. jimmy jam, one of the characters is aed to to jimmie johnson, seven-time champion. jimmy jam is his alter ego. we have fun with that but the stories are relatable for me personally. i was really small statured when i was young and very shy, introverted and i think buster sort of is the same way and goes through his experiences sort of learning about how to handle his emotions. >> what inspired to you write a children's book. >> my kids. when you have kids, everybody gives you books. that's kind of like the easy thing. you have a mini library and gravitate toward certain ones for whatever reasons and when the opportunity came about, i thought it would be a great challenge. really the only critics that

matter to me are my two daughter, the jury is still out. >> i was going to say, what do they think? >> the jury is still out. i'm reading it to them. nicole is kind of young, but, you know, trying to read the book to them, seeing what they like, what they don't like about the book or what they gravitate to in the story really matters to me. and hopefully one day, you know, my children will love it, of course, but hopefully one day somebody says, man, this is my book. i bought this years ago and my family or my parents read this to me every night and i love this book. that would be the big payoff for me. >> and i know that your wife posted a picture at a birthday party for nicole called to infinity and beyond. you dressed up as woody from toy soldier -- is this you? >> we made those blocks. i painted the letters on that there we are -- we had some kn,

they have their friends around and trying to feed the animals and all that. >> there you are. >> i got that hoodie. it's a good hoodie. i might wear -- i don't need to be a birthday party to dress up as woody. >> i have a feeling you and your girls will collaborate on a book. >> i'm feeling that. >> that would be a lot of fun. >> definitely even now taking direction from that, what they like and pick up on the book and like the most. >> you know what, you're a good dad because you realize. >> being dad is like the best thing ever. >> yeah. >> being a good dad comes pretty easy. >> retirement is working on you, man. you're looking really good. thank you for coming? >> thanks for having me here. always good to see you. >> yeah. "buster's trip to victory lane" is available in book stores nationwide right now. make sure you go out and get yourself a copy and i'm sure your kids will be happy about that. now to brittany bell from our new york station, wabc who is in for ginger, hey, brittany.

>> hey, michael. so a lot of spots are waking up to a taste of winter this morning. that is the case. look at this video in somerset, kentucky. snow coming down. it's not a lot but this is their record earliest snowfall on record. seeing more record cold across the southern tier of the country. we have these freeze and frost alerts stretching from oklahoma all the way down to the florida panhandle. we have some of the core of this colder air pushing across the northeast. here's a look at windchills tomorrow morning. a lot of those numbers dipping down into the 20s and the 30s and we still have those freeze warnings and also frost advisories, as well. drew: i am meteorologist drew tuma with her accuweather forecast. just for summer today. it is a hot october afternoon, well above average. 80's and 90's for most cities, even along the coast in the 70's and 80's. partly cloudy skies tonight.

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>> good morning. we have a look at the traffic. >> we what to start with the graphics. a major crush underway in san mateo. chp has issued a sig alert and you can see the purple line, all lanes are blocked eastbound 92 before alameda. heads up in that area. really slowing down on the san mateo bridge traveling westbound. you can see the sig alert is on the peninsula so the whole area is really jammed up. i live look at the richmond somerville bridge.

>> temperatures right now in the 40's, 50's, and some 60's popping up. we are in store for a warm day. a live look showing you we have good visibility with sunshine and warm and quickly as the morning goes on. 70's and 80's by lunchtime. by 4:00 p.m., warm to hot october day for 80's and 90's for most of us. dress for summer today. 90 in fairfield.

>> another update in about 30 minutes. you can catch us on our news app and abc7news.com. ♪ we do welcome you back to "gma." we have been waiting to talk to our next guest all morning. so all rise for the incomparable judge judy and her granddaughter sarah rose. >> yes. >> whoo. >> they're about to kick off season 2 of the emmy award winning show "judy justice." >> nice to see you, amy. and you. >> great to have you here. >> congratulations on everything. >> i'm coming down to you, don't worry. have a seat. >> have a seat. >> good to see you. >> there you go. >> oh, it's wonderful to see you all again and you, oh, it has been -- you know, 27 years in television.

you are the longest running judge on television, been on the bench more than 50 years. >> i'm probably older than anybody i know. >> no. >> a lot has changed in the 50 years but you haven't. you have stayed true to what you believe is right and wrong. how have you done that? >> well, it's been sort of easy. i grew up with, you know, you do the right thing, the right thing happens. take responsibility, pick up your -- is that your gum wrapper on the floor, pick it up. being a good -- i grew up with that. and my family was comfortable living within the parameters of certain rules that the family sets, that the community set and everybody seemed to function. would that be a fair statement? >> uh-huh. anymore.s don't function - and i found in the family court that the dysfunction that i saw

had not been resolved and despite the fact that billions of dollars were spent on trying to find remediation and just the right therapy and just the right social service, it didn't get better. and today is just another example of it's not -- you haven't found the formula yet so i just stay in my own little world. i say, this is right and this is wrong. pick up the wrigley wrapper from the floor. you don't have to have the truth to have a good -- if you tell the truth you don't have to have a good memory. >> uh-huh. >> try to keep good friends and keep your enemies closer until you find out how you can annihilate them. [ laughter ] >> well, with someone that you keep close, is your granddaughter. >> aww. >> sarah, you're the court clerk on "judy justice."

but congratulations are in order. you just graduated from new york law school and your grandmother presented you with your degree. what was it like. >> surreal to have my grandmother to be the first speaker for the first graduation in a couple of years due to covid at new york law school so just to have my classmates excited about the moment and for me personally over the moon that she was there and beyond being there, being able to give me my degree was really special and my aunt nicole as well who is also a new york law school alum was up there to give it to me. great legacy moment. >> you can see the love that's there and the respect and i saw you nodding your head with everything your grandmother was saying about right and wrong and yet the two of you don't always see eye to eye. >> we don't. >> how do you handle that? >> personal and in work now, it's been great because i think that when we get to discuss the case afterwards, not only are we trying to give the audience a takeaway and a real legal lesson but shows how different generations think differently and have different morals, and that healthy discourse, because

i'm not the only granddaughter that fights with their grandmother so i hope that showing the disagreements in a healthy way and in a legal sort of almost a debate-type setting i think it's great. >> you can agree to disagree and still like each other, you see. now, wouldn't the world be a better place if we could agree to disagree, be fulsome in that position an walk away and not throw paint on your car and not be angry. >> healthy discourse as you were saying, healthy. >> we actually have a look at the new season. >> let me explain something to you. >> yes, ma'am. >> i don't know whether you watched me in the past or whether you don't watch me in the past, but i want you to know that i know exactly who you are. i know exactly how you live. i know exactly how you support yourself. i know who you are.

i know all of that. so let's not play with each other. >> ooh. a little flavor for season 2. i had the pleasure of being out there for the premiere of season 1. congratulations on the emmy, by the way. >> thank you. >> so what more can we expect in season 2? >> i hope more and better of the same. we get to -- as we get to field our oats together, we are are feeling a little more comfortable with each other and certainly now that she's taken the bar she thinks she's a big shot. so more and more she's come back. i don't agree with that. i said, really? find me something in that machine that supports that and we go out and we'll have a little bit of a debate. i'm also an electronic moron. i can't do anything related to computers except work on an ipad machine and i certainly don't know things like bumble -- what is it called? >> bumble, marketplace, we have a hard time with that. >> i don't know about any of those things so i will look over to these several generations younger sitting next to me and

say, what is that? what is that? and i don't know whether it's a good or a bad thing. she usually know. >> oh, she does. >> yes. >> it works well together, you do. okay, all right, don't look at your grandma. what was she like when you were younger as a grandma? did you ever have to make a, excuse me, case for yourself? >> you always have to be prepared for the follow-up question. that was the number one rule. i learned as a child, never try and lie because like you said if you have a truth -- if you tell the truth you don't have to have a good memory but follow-up questions will always be from her, from me, the other lawyers in the family. if you try to tell a lie be ready for the follow-ups. >> you never sold out. you keep on going. but you have a big birthday

coming up on friday. >> i did. i do. >> plans? what are you going to do? >> i do. i'm celebrating the tenth anniversary of my 8th birthday on friday. [ applause ] >> i love that. >> and we're having a little get-together at the house and then the family is off for a week on a private, quiet island just so that we can gather strength together as a family. you know, several of us have places in naples, florida, we are florida resident. >> how did you make out? >> well, we just had to buy a couple of cars which went floating. but generally speaking we were luckier than most people down in florida. and we're hoping to get back before the season ends. >> yeah. >> well, have a festive, glorious birthday celebration. it's a beautiful family.

you guys are always so close in how you just want to make a difference, just want to make a difference and just, you know, you remind us of things we were taught. we were taught we were younger and oftentimes you're a good reminder for us, judy. >> thank you. >> thank you, sarah rose and the second season of the emmy award winning "judy justice" premieres november 7th with four all new episodes on amazon. a new episode will be released every weekday. coming up, we got director kevin smith. he is here live as well. so come on back. what's he got there? >> hi, m

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back now with kevin smith, writing, directing and starring in "clerks," the cult classic that came out, wow, on this day in 1994. yes. i'm telling you something. 30 years later he's with us where it began with "clerks iii." congratulations on that. >> what a career to go from "clerks" to "clerks iii" in 28 years. what growth that shows, my god. >> you said you had a good time. >> i had an amazing time. i've been touring the movie across country. the movie is already out on digital. people could watch at home right now and we still tour for another 23 dates so i'm going to atlanta, orlando, tampa, nashville, north carolina, south carolina. i get to watch the movie every

night with a 1,000, 1,500 people and it's -- these are hard-core fans, not casual movie players that are like what's playing. they know every beat of the story so every night it's like going to a church where i'm both the priest and jesus at the same time. >> when you say touring are you interacting with the crowd? >> i intro the movie. we show the movie and we do a q&a that's longer than the movie afterwards. people want to o that, get it at clerksiii.movie. i'll do that till december and it is in release as well in theaters and now they can watch at home. i spread it out like a virus. you get it anyway you can. >> for your fans who are so rabid it is an experience and this film is very special for you personally. one review called it a life-affirming and soul-wrenching film. >> isn't that nuts? people are coming out of this

movie crying and not because he ruined it again. they're actually crying for the intention that we put in there. it's a very exclusive ago movie. bring tissues because for joy and for emotions, as well. lots of fluids. >> inspired by something near and dear to your heart. >> very true. >> pun intended i guess. >> the first movie, first "clerks," we call it "clerks 1" oddly enough was ripped from my own life. i just took my life and changed the names. for "clerks iii" same thing so i gave randall the heart attack that i had a few years ago and then after the heart attack he has a moment where he's like i've wasted my life. i'm going to make a movie so they wind up making a movie that looks awfully like the first movie we made so it's a real movie. the snake eats its own tail and filets itself. >> was it hard to get the gang back together? >> oh, no. it took a minute to get it made. i've been trying to get it made for ten years. once i told the kids we're going back, they were so into it and it was meta bliss. i'm a stoner so i like to impart

that feeling. the idea of bringing the cast to the place we shot 29 years earlier and say the exact same things. >> trippy. >> welcome to my world. this is what my life is like all the time. it's been absolute bliss. the audiences seem to like it too but i'll be honest with you, i'm in it for me. it's just like sex. you're in charge of your own orgasm. i'm going to have fun. >> how we doing? everybody good so far? i want to show everybody a clip now of a not so surprise cameo. roll 'em. >> oh, yeah. >> lion face. ha! lemon face. i'm not even supposed to be here today. i'm known professionally as boston john. that's a nom de plume.

>> was it great to get those fun cameos? >> he's one of my favorite people on the planet. getting him back to play is always nice. having everybody come in, like oddly enough we had cameos from famous people and stuff but -- >> you could share some of them. they're pretty impressive. >> yeah. >> rosario dawson. >> well, she's more than a cameo. in "clerks ii" and came back for "clerks iii," danny trejo, ethan -- of course, ben, yeah, it's nice. the famous people. >> a lot of famous popped in. >> a lot of people but in this movie they pop out like sore thumbs because people are there for the original cast. so oddly enough, people who were in "clerks" who have one line are equally as famous as ben affleck in this movie because they're like, i've been watching this person for 28 years, they're still alive. they get so excited about that. can i tell you something real quick. >> very quick. >> done and done, i bought a movie theater in my hometown that i grew up watching. we changed the name and tonight

we're showing "clerks iii" and i'm going to do a live commentary track. >> the tour continues. >> go to smartcastlescinema.com. >> we'll keep those theaters alive. >> we have to try because it's tough out there. >> this movie is not tough. congratulations. the reviews have been great. your fans are so happy and glad you're doing well. it's great to see you as always. >> you're so sweet as always, lara. thank you. >> "clerks iii" out now and the convenience store as you just heard, rolling on across america. coming up, brittany bell or brittany bell right now from wabc is in for ginger. hey, brittany. >> hey, and the new season of nba on espn tips off tonight. the knicks face the grizzlies at 7:30 eastern. followed by the mavericks versus the suns at 10:00 eastern. it all happens tonight on espn. drew: i am meteorologist drew tuma. dress for summer. we are talking a hot october afternoon.

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what a morning, back now with grammy winner and academy award winner, melissa etheridge. her show "my window: a journey through life" is getting rave reviews. give it up for melissa etheridge on "good morning america." i'm telling you, so good to see you. >> so good. >> i've seen you countless times. you own the stage. but is it different with this off broadway show. >> this is really different. one of the reasons i wanted to do it. i love challenging myself and this is more dramatic. this is more theatrical. this is more linear. i go from birth, you know,

through my life and some of the crazy things that have happened and kind of my own -- it gets a little spiritual in it how, you know, the path and really leads me to right here today. >> is it a way to flex another creative muscle? >> oh, yeah. >> you wrote it with your wife linda. how did you put it together. >> oh, my god. she is the best. she's in television and, you know, she's in "nurse jackie" and a comedy writer and so as i was telling her my life story, she'd go, wait, wait, oh, that's funny and she'd pull this out and really pulled out the best, you know, parts of it for me. it was just wonderful. >> of course, we'll hear your hits and there are so many of them but we're also in the off broadway show, some things that have not been recorded. even your first song that you wrote when you were, what, 11. >> yeah, i was 11 years old and there's actually a little recording of it that plays, you know, and so it's really fun. it's -- even if you don't know any of my songs it's an interesting story so i love -- it's for anybody who just wants to be uplifted. >> okay. you're going to uplift us right

now. okay, melissa's off broadway show "my window: a journey through life" is playing now in new york. i can't wait to see it myself. now she's going to perform one of her biggest hits and the one in the title of her show. here is melissa "come to my window." ♪ i will dial the numbers just ♪ and i would stand inside my hell and hold the hand of death ♪ ♪ you don't know how far i'd go d gi♪ and you d ♪ just to reach you just to reach you ♪ ♪ oh, to reach you, oh ♪ ♪ come to my window ♪

♪ crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon ♪ ♪ come to my window i'll be home soon ♪ ♪ i don't care what they think i don't care what they say ♪ ♪ what do they know about this love anyway ♪ ♪ oh ♪ ♪ hey, hey ♪ ce nd i he window crawl inside

soon ♪ ♪ oh, i'm, i'm coming home ♪ [ applause ]

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the 1 million dollar giveaway, watch it happen only on "gma." hitting the road tomorrow but glad i was here for melissa etheridge. great performance. appreciate everybody watching. >> have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ come to my window ♪ ♪ come to my window ♪

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. reggie: good morning. how do the roads look? jobina: unfortunately we have a pretty big issue underway in san mateo. check out this map. you want to stay clear of eastbound 392. we do not have an estimated time as to win lanes will reopen and all lanes are currently blocked on the eastbound side. still very slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. drew: we are looking at temperatures getting to the 60's already in several cities around the bay shoreline. we are in store for a hot october afternoon. we are soaked in sunshine. temperatures will climb quickly, by noon from the. 70's and. 80's by the afternoon we are well above average. reggie: it is time for live with

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