good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, the possibility of a recession as the country moves forward. all eyes on the economy with high stakes new numbers out this morning. what the new report could tell us about the housing market and more. and how long could the possible recession last? less than two weeks from the final midterm votes and a second woman has come forward claiming georgia republican senate candidate herschel walker paid for her to have an abortion as early voting numbers in the state breaks records. deadly school shooting investigation. police say the gunman's family tried to get him help, even had his gun taken away but believe he somehow got that same ar-15 back. growing triple threat.

the american academy of pediatrics says a perfect storm of viruses is taking hold as children's hospitals around the country are stretched to capacity. this morning, the signs parents should look for. biden's junk fee crackdown. the president unveils a plan to reduce unlawful bank charges, which ones and how much it could help save people. twitter takeover. with elon musk's deal to buy the company on track to close tomorrow, the tesla mogul's surprise visit to headquarters after reports there could be massive layoffs. shipping scam alert. the new warning ahead of the holidays about text messages disguised to look like they're coming from a shipping company or the postal service. what you should never do if you get one. abc news exclusive. matthew perry one-on-one with diane sawyer. the "friends" star brilliantly funny on camera -- >> dear god. this parachute is a knapsack.

>> -- but struggling behind the scenes. this morning, his hard fought battle with addiction. >> your disease is just outside doing one-arm pushups just waiting to get you alone because alone you lose to the disease. >> the journey from alcohol to pills. >> 55 vicodin a day, which is where i was. >> 55. >> narrowly escaping death. why he's sharing his story now. how he hopes to help others. ♪ we found love in a hopeless place ♪ and we are ready for more rihanna. overnight the singer shining at the "black panther: wakanda forever" premiere. the countdown to her new song is officially on. angela bassett and the cast honoring the late chadwick boseman and the tribute behind rihanna's music revealed. ♪ we found love in a hopeless place ♪ good morning, america. good to see rihanna at the premiere of "black panther:

wakanda forever," but there's a lot of excitement for the movie and the premiere. the cast, they're honoring chadwick boseman. angela bassett said this about the movie, quote, you'll feel our hearts and our love for him. we have much more coming up in the show. also ahead, the threat of another rail strike looming. what it could mean for the nation's supply chain with the holidays around the corner. but we're going to begin with the economy. new numbers out this morning will help gauge where things are and where we might be headed. our chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is outside the new york stock exchange with what we can expect. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. you can think of this report, as the broadest snapshot of our economic health. after shrinking for the first two quarters of this year, gdp g grew, mostly due to the jobs

market. consumers continue to spend, albeit at a slower pace, and overall the economy is moving forward. there are areas of weakness, one being the housing masht. we've seen a slow down in the recent months because the fed is hiking interest rates, making mortgages more expensive and making it harder for people to afford to buy homes. robin? >> so what does this mean for the possibility of a recession moving forward? >> reporter: well, on the one hand, americans are still spending. they're the engine of growth for the u.s. economy. most analysts believe there will be a tipping peooint and people will pull back because of prices and interest rates, and that businesses will stop spending too. companies have said they're

seeing weaknesses in the various markets. economists are still forecasting a recession, but they expect it to be short and mild. rbin? >> not all recessions are alike. rebecca, thank you for that. george? we go to politics, and with the final midterm votes just 12 days away, herschel walker is facing a new abortion allegation in the battleground key state of georgia. congressional correspondent rachel scott is tracking the race. good morning, rachel. >> george, good morning. i can tell you this is hardly what herschel walker wants to be talking about so close to election day. his campaign rocked by controversy yet again, this time from a second woman. she says even though walker claims to oppose abortion, he paid for her to have one. republican senate candidate herschel walker is a staunch opponent of abortion, but a second woman has now come forward claiming he also paid for her to have an abortion. the woman is remaining anonymous because she says she fears retaliation. >> herschel walker says he is against women having abortions, but he pressured me to have one. >> reporter: during a news

conference held by her attorney, gloria allred, she said on speakerphone she and walker were in a relationship when she became pregnant in 1993. te woman, whose claims have not been verified by abc news, says the former football star gave her the money to have an abortion. she says she traveled to a clinic in dallas but couldn't go through with it. she says walker was upset and drove her back to the clinic the next day, allegedly waiting outside for hours while she got the procedure. the woman and her lawyer released a voicemail, photo, receipt and card, saying it's evidence of her relationship with walker, but did not provide evidence of the abortion itself. walker strongly denying it all. >> i'm done with this foolishness. >> reporter: earlier this month, the mother of one of his children, said walker paid for her to have an abortion. walker denied that allegation in an interview with abc's linsey davis. >> did you ever to your knowledge give money to pay for the cost of an abortion? >> no. >> is she lying? >> yes, she's lying. >> reporter: the first woman

provided multi-nple news outlet receipts from the abortion clinic and a copy of a $700 check she says walker gave her for the abortion. walker acknowledged giving her the check but said it was not for an abortion. walker is locked in a tight race with democratic senator raphael warnock. in a statement his campaign says he has a problem with taking responsibility for his actions, but even with all this versy, ta dead heat. >> in pennsylvania, both john fetterman and dr. oz return to the campaign trail yesterday after the debate on tuesday night. fetterman admitted that the debate was not easy for him. >> to be honest, doing that debate wasn't exactly easy. i may not get every, every word the right way, but i will always do the right thing in washington, d.c. [ cheers and applause ] >> rachel, democrats increasingly worried about the race. >> yes, they are. his campaign tried to lower expectations before the debate but both campaigns felt like their candidates did what they needed to do on the stage. look, this is still a very close race. we're told plans are coming together for president biden to

travel back to the state and former president donald trump will be there too right before election day. george? >> rachel scott, thanks very much. michael? >> george, thank you. now to new details on the deadly high school shooting in st. louis. police say the gunman's family is cooperating and had tried to get him help. alex perez is in st. louis with more. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. we now know from authorities that the shooter legally owned that ar-15 rifle until about two weeks ago when his family called police to have it removed from their home. this morning, authorities in st. louis say the suspected gunman behind monday's deadly shooting targeted his former school, killing 15-year-old sophomore alexandria bell and health teacher jean kuczka at central visual and performing arts high school. police finding a chilling handwritten note orlando harris left in his car, the 19-year-old writing he felt isolated and disconnected from the school community. the gunman's family police say

had him committed several times to a psychiatric facility monitored his mail and on october 15th they notified police he had a gun and had it removed from their home. >> they contacted us, said he had a firearm. i believe it could have possibly been this gun. the officers in their response handed it over to somebody else, an adult who was lawfully able to possess it. >> reporter: that same gun, this ar-15 style rifle investigators believe somehow got back in his hands to unleash the attack monday. >> the family's fully cooperative. they're also heartbroken over this incident and did everything they possibly could have done but sometimes that's not enough. >> reporter: authorities say school doors were locked and there were seven security officers at the school when the gunman arrived. they won't specify how he got in, but they say he somehow forced his way into the building. a nearby construction crew lending arriving officers tools to break open locked doors and

quickly confront the shooter. >> it's the police. it's okay. >> reporter: and pull those students to safety. >> everybody line up in a single file line, okay? >> reporter: and federal and local authorities are now working to figure out how that gun got from the person who was supposed to be safeguarding it back into the shooter's hands. robin? >> many want to know that. alex, thank you. now to the war in ukraine and vladimir putin doubling down on his claim that ukraine plans to use a dirty bomb which many fear could be an excuse for russia to increase attacks perhaps using nuclear weapons. tom soufi burridge is in ukraine and, tom, we are now seeing new threats that russia could possibly target u.s. satellites? >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, news in, a senior official in moscow warning that u.s. satellites in space could become legitimate targets for russia if the u.s. becomes directly involved in the war here in ukraine. and real concern now that vladimir putin himself has joined the chorus of russian voices making an unsubstantiated and ominous claim that ukraine is preparing to detonate a

missile laced with radioactive material known as a dirty bomb. overnight the white house saying this is a typical play by the kremlin. they create a pretext by forewarning that ukraine is about to do something when the russians then carry out it themselves. u.s. officials warning moscow that could be consequences and putin overseeing russia's first large-scale nuclear drills since its invasion of ukraine simulating a major nuclear attack. and this morning dramatic video circulating online showing the aftermath of an attack by ukrainian forces on a railway fuel depot in eastern ukraine as russia is ramping up its rhetoric as forces are very much on the back foot in this war. george? >> tom, thanks very much. now to the surging admissions at children's hospitals. 75% of pediatric beds are filled and in some states like texas they're at 90%.

whit johnson reporting from houston. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning. texas children's hospital here is the largest of its kind in the u.s. right now they are treating dozens of children, part of an early season surge of multiple respiratory viruses all hitting at once and like many hospitals across the country, they are bracing for more. this morning, hospitals warning they're being stretched to pediatricays a perfect academy storm of viruses is taking hold. >> what we are seeing right now is all of these respiratory illnesses hitting at once at a time where many pediatric emergency departments and community emergency departments were already dealing with fewer available beds and it's combining to create a perfect storm. >>reporter: pediatric hospital bed occupancy now the highest it's been in two years as a wave of respiratory viruses hits children hard like the flu and rsv. pediatric hospital beds in nine states and washington, d.c. already above 80% capacity. five states including texas at 90%. children's health in dallas

saying this past week they had 313 patients with rsv compared to 2021 when they had 76. utah mom sara miller says when her baby was diagnosed, her symptoms worsened at an alarming rate. >> in probably the course of like two hours she had gone from like being our normal baby to she was on a respirator. >> reporter: the aap says watch out for these signs, fast or short breaths, grunting noises, chest caving in when breathing and a change in skin color due to lack of oxygen. that's when parents should contact their doctors immediately. >> if you need us, we will be there to care for your children. >> reporter: doctors say children under the age of 5 are often the most vulnerable because of their smaller airways and are urging parents to keep their kids up to date on vaccines like covid and the flu and emphasize the importance of personal hygiene. michael? >> very important, whit. thank you so much. now to president biden trying to address americans' frustrations about the economy.

the president planned to reduce or eliminate so-called junk fees charged by banks he says violate the law. our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is in washington with more. cecilia, this is just 12 days before the midterms. >> reporter: you hit the nail on the head there, michael. you're exactly right. the president knows that voters are heading to polls with the economy, inflation, their pocketbooks top of mind as they head into the midterms so this is why he's highlighting junk fees. what we're talking about is essentially overdraft and check fees charged by banks. these bad checks are happening less frequently. we know this because of the type of world we live in. people are writing fewer paper checks, but banks have charged fees up to $19. the consumer financial protection bureau calls them unfair and give examples like say you're cashing a check someone wrote you and it bounces. the person who wrote that bad check doesn't get charged, but you do. then on overdraft fees banks have charged fees even though a customer's account shows a positive balance when they

withdrew the money but some of the fees have been charged as high as $36 there so the administration is issuing these new guidelines making it illegal to keep charging these types of fees, robin, this is the thing here, the administration says these fees primarily hurt lower income individuals, people of color in this country and these changes could ultimately save people collectively $3 billion a year so a lot of money we're talking about here. >> yes, indeed. all right, cecilia, thank you. now to another possible rail strike. the threat rising as a second union rejects a white house brokered labor deal. andrew dymburt is at penn station with the big picture. what it could mean for the nation's supply chain. good morning, andrew. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the threat of a rail strike now looms large once again. this after a second railroad workers union rejected a labor deal. this latest union to reject a deal represents thousands of rail workers and the issue seems to be paid time off. terms of a deal to avoid a shutdown were reached in september but with rank and file

union members voting it down it is back to the bargaining table. workers could strike and hit the picket line as early as november 19th. make no mistake about it, this would be a big blow to the biden administration, a strike could cripple the u.s. supply chain and further inflame inflation. it's easy to see why. by some estimates, it could cost the u.s. economy $2 billion a day. that's because nearly a third of all u.s. exports still move by freight train. michael. >> that is a big blow, andrew, thank you. going to turn to elon musk. his deal to buy twitter appears to be on track and the tesla mogul visited twitter headquarters amid concerns about what might happen if he does take over. will reeve has more. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, michael. so elon musk brought a prop to work to make a pun and a point. musk tweeting video of his walk into twitter headquarters in san francisco carrying a sink writing, entering twitter hq,

let that sink in. the reality musk will go ahead is certainly sinking in for everyone concerned. bloomberg reporting he will close that $44 billion deal by tomorrow, which would end months of drama that began with the blockbuster offer with musk trying to renege, and then twitter suing him to keep his word and a judge delaying that trial and setting that friday deadline. there are concerns about what musk will do with twitter if he takes over. there are reports there could be massive layoffs, but bloomberg reporting musk told staffers on wednesday he does not plan to cut 75% of the staff, though cuts are still expected. users and media watchdogs also worried twitter could become even more of a free for all as musk himself calls himself a free speech absolutist and promises to loosen rules about what can be said on the site and reversing bans on such former users including former president trump. guys? >> okay, will, thanks very much. coming up our abc news exclusive, matthew perry, the "friends" star one-on-one with diane sawyer and his hard fought

battle with addiction and near-death experience. how he hopes to help people by telling his story. the new shipping scam warning about text messages with the holiday shopping season ahead. first welcome back from switzerland, ginger. >> thank you. great to be here. you know it was not as windy there. boy has it been windy in colorado. you have to see these pictures. this is from fountain, colorado. tumbleweeds encased this house. gusts up to 70 miles per hour. now damaging winds and huge hail possible late tonight into the early morning hours from abilene to san angelo. tomorrow through the early afternoon, victoria and corpus christi make their way in. heavy rains for houston too. your local weather coming up in just 30 seconds.

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the big terrible thing, was so tough, but so was his charm and determination to fight his way out. ♪ >> reporter: a home in los angeles. the door opens. >> mom. oh, it's diane sawyer. >> oh, that matthew perry. really wonderful to see you. >> please, come in. >> reporter: matthew perry is 53 years old but he knows most of us will always remember when we first saw him. one of those six young friends creating a new kind of funny, a new kind of family. >> okay, who wants light cheese and who wants dark cheese? >> reporter: chandler bing was effortlessly so fast, an original. >> someone at work ate my sandwich. >> what did the police say? >> reporter: now it seems impossible that all those years ago when we were laughing, we never knew that the young star was fighting for his life in a riptide of addiction. it was pulling him to hell and back over and over again and he was trying to keep it a secret

from everyone. >> secrets kill you. secrets kill people like me. >> reporter: now matthew perry has put those secrets on the pages of a book. it is dedicated to other sufferers who like him might need help. >> it was important to me to do something that would help people. >> you sure know how to make people fasten their seat belts. >> thanks. i'm glad you read it. >> matthew perry, take one. >> reporter: "friends, lovers and the big terrible thing." you start with a thunder clap, first page. hi, my name is matthew although you may know by another name. my friends call me matty and i should be dead. >> yes, that's definitely true. >> you say addiction, the big terrible thing is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone but together one day at a time we can beat it down. >> yeah. your disease is outside just doing one-arm push-ups waiting

for you, waiting to get you alone because alone, you lose to the disease and now i finally feel okay and feel like i've got some strength. >> what does it mean to feel okay? >> it means that i've developed some safety nets around this, you know. for some reason it's obviously because i was on "friends" more people will listen to me. so i've got to take advantage of that. i've got to help as many people as i can. >> reporter: we've all learned it's not ours to ask someone in recovery how long they've been sober. that's a personal road, but he says it's why he's written the harrowing details of his journey through alcohol, all those drugs and the fight to break free. >> i want to just do it by the numbers because you're sending postcards from hell to everyone out there who needs it.

6,000 aa meetings, therapy 30 years, 15 rehabs. >> yeah. >> maybe at least. half of your life in treatment or in sober living houses. >> reporter: he has been in detox he estimates 65 times, survived 14 surgeries after a nearly fatal emergency three years ago. >> they ran me into the emergency trauma room and it was in there that my colon exploded. i was put on an ecmo machine. an ecmo machine, when you talk to any doctor, is a hail mary. it is the last thing that you do before people die and there were five people that night that were put on ecmo machines and i was the only one who survived. >> reporter: he was in a coma for 14 days. as he heals from all he's been through, there's still wear and tear on his voice and speech and the scars on his body like a

warrior back from battle. >> i was in that hospital for five months and, you know, escaped death really narrowly. >> reporter: perry says he's proof that addiction can enter any home, any heart. if you try to map the fault lines underneath an addiction, you often find unanswerable questions. perry says he does remember the day he thought he had found an answer. he's 14 with his canadian pals and a common teenage rite of passage. >> i had never drank before and i was just sort of -- drank this entire bottle of what was called anwar's baby duck. that was the name of the wine and i lay in the grass and just was in -- was in heaven and i thought to myself, this must be the way that normal people feel all the time, and i thought that at 14. >> reporter: his friends could drink and stop.

but for him the relief was so easy it became his destination. >> but, you know, by the time i was 18, i was drinking -- i was drinking every day. >> reporter: it's a pattern he continues, even after landing a starring role in a show that was then called "friends like us." he hopes fame will fill up the hole inside, but it doesn't. >> and that was a dark day for me when i realized that it did not do that, that it did not fix what i thought was -- what i knew was broken. >> reporter: and now the added fear of being on a high-wire with about 25 million people watching. he says his terror deepens, so does his loneliness and shame. >> alone so i could drink, drinking, therefore, alone. i would drink. watch the movie. pass out. wake up. drink. watch the movie. pass out. > but you had no trouble with the lines. you had no trouble with the timing. you had no trouble showing up

every day. >> early on, yes. and i made a rule that i would never drink or take anything at work. so i would never do that, but i would show up blindly hungover, like shaking and crazy hung over. >> reporter: but still somehow brilliant on camera. maybe because he's an athlete and young and cares so much. >> well, i loved chandler. i love the show and i also knew, remember this because it's going to be the best time of your life and i knew it. i knew that i would never forgive myself if i messed this up. >> reporter: lisa kudrow says matthew perry was always the one trying to keep everyone else happy. >> lisa is the funniest, maybe the funniest person i've ever worked with and she sees the world in a really funny way. >> reporter: and jennifer aniston? they had met years earlier. perry asked her out on a date.

she said no. let's be friends. >> you had one of your serial crushes if i may say. >> yeah, i mean -- >> you really kind of chain crushed. >> i did. well, how can you not have a crush on jenny and courtney and lisa. i had difficulty at work because i had to pretend i didn't have these at work. >> you write in the book, i was kept wondering how long can i look at her? >> yes. it was like is three seconds too long? how long is -- and then i write in the gratitude part about her letting me do that. >> reporter: by the year 2000 he is still the star of the megahit tv show now in its sixth year, but the spiral into prescription drugs has begun. >> 55 vicodin a day which is where i was. >> 55. >> yeah. >> how did you get 55 a day? >> well, i had to wake up and realize that i needed to get 55

of them or i would be really sick. so i did all sorts of things, a bunch of doctors, fake migraines and all that stuff. and i guess the weirdest thing i did was on sundays i would go to open houses and go to the bathrooms in the open house and see what pills they had in there and steal them and i think they thought, well, there's no way that chandler came in and stole from us. >> so incredibly honest and open like that. >> unbelievable. >> it is. and diane is going to be with us here tomorrow and she's going to show us a "friends" moment that matthew perry loves to see and also another one that reminds him of when his life was spinning out of control. we all saw the physical changes on screen, but we never really fully understood. plus, how his friends tried to help and you can see matthew perry, the diane sawyer interview, tomorrow night, 8:00,

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>> a lot of red flags. you'll notice a lot appear to be from a personal ten-digit number like my number, your number. it won't mention a store it is shipping from like the package you're expecting. the center will request an updated shipping address. they should have that and a lot of time there will be grammatical errors, suspicious links, something that makes you feel a little uneasy. if you think you received one of these, don't click on the link to try to get more information. instead block that number outright. we reached out to u.p.s., fedex and dhl. all three of these companies told us they will never request any sort of payment through text messages. experts say if you receive any link from a number you don't recognize, do not click on it. >> all right, trevor. thanks very much. coming up later, the potential dangers of online gambling. one teen sharing how the habit he started at 15 turned into an obsession spiraling out of control. the warning for parents this morning. and coming up next, lara is breaking down one of the most popular halloween hacks of the

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♪ nice shot of times square here in new york city and welcome back to "gma." we'll turn to our "gma" cover story. our series cracking the kid code we're highlighting teens and gambling, a growing issue since 2018 when the supreme court struck down the federal ban on sports betting. now about 31 states and washington, d.c. have legalized it and our juju chang has more. good morning, juju. >> reporter: good morning, you know, online gambling in th world. according to a recent report, nearly 3,000 internet sites exist and growing. we've been following one teenager battling a gambling

addiction. he spoke to us in shadow with his voice altered and wound up thousands of dollars in debt but it wasn't just the financial damage, he says underage gambling left his young life in shambles. online gambling is popping up everywhere with kids and teens enticed by the risks and the rewards. >> if you have a phone on you and you have connection to the internet, you can gamble whenever you want. >> reporter: steve is an 18-year-old speaking candidly to "gma" about his gambling addiction which began at age 15. he's asked to be it shadow to use a different name and alter his voice to hide his identity. >> all it took was playing dice. from there it just kind of grew. >> how much did you win? >> a couple hundred dollars. >> that was your first hit. >> that was like the first high. >> reporter: steve says from there the desire to gamble intensified. his sports obsession morphing into an illegal sports betting obsession. making bets not just on wins and losses but putting money on every inning or every basket. >> it's not about just watching the sports game. it's more about watching for the money.

>> reporter: the legal age for gambling in the u.s. is 18 or 21 depending on the state and the type of game. but experts warn that early exposure can lead to gambling addiction. >> teenagers and young people are significantly at higher risk of developing gambling disorders than adults. in part because their brains are not fully developed. their ability to evaluate risk, their ability to handle loss isn't as secure as an adult. >> reporter: steve says he was able to access legal sports betting sites by using other people's accounts who were of age to illegally gamble. he also used unregulated offshore illegal websites. >> our culture is seeing young adults raised in a society where gambling is the norm and people don't think of it as risky anymore. >> reporter: for steve, gambling became a full-time job, placing bets during school and staying up all night. >> i kind of used gambling as an escape. >> reporter: and he says he began lying and stealing money to pay back debts. >> it affected my relationship

with my family, with some of my closest friends. there were days where i was kind of just sleepwalking. >> reporter: his father who we're calling martin also asked to have his voice altered. he said at first he and his wife failed to fully grasp how destructive his son's gambling addiction had become. >> what did you miss along the way? what do other parents miss? >> how quickly it became an obsession. >> reporter: with his family's support steve has joined a 12-step program gone to rehab and is now in recovery. >> what do parents need to know? >> advertisements, all the commercials like they really make it seem like it's a good thing. i've never seen a commercial talking about the downsides of it. >> how many parents out there do you think are aware of that their teenage boys are -- have a gambling problem? >> not as many as there are. >> reporter: we reached out to the american gaming association who told us the u.s. gaming industry invests hundreds of

millions of dollars annually in consumer education, employee training, research and support. our collective responsible gaming commitment includes comprehensive protocols in place to verify the identity and age of customers. it's our priority that gaming remains entertainment strictly for adults. but steve's dad says it's not enough. >> it's in every sporting event. there's advertisements constantly. we don't sit and watch a game together like we might have done when he was younger. it has been hard to remove that from our relationship. there's not that level of education or awareness of it as a problem. >> since our interview steve is doing well with setbacks and regularly attends gambling 12-step meetings. his family says they're grateful to have their son back in a normal way of life and living. the key, talk to your kids about the risks of gambling and have open conversations. if you or a loved one is struggling with a problem gambling, call the national problem gambling help line at the number on the screen or go to ncpgambling.org.

confidential support is available 24/7. guys. >> very important. how easy it is to slip. >> thank you, juju. >> thank you so much, juju. now let's go to ginger. >> i've got pictures out of the cape. look at nantucket. the island and both the arm picking up two to four inches of rain in that flash flooding. part is a fuel of tropical moisture coming up ahead of the next system. it will be drier on land. look what happens, we have a month plus of hurricane season, i know, sucks to say that but we still will have lisa which would be the next name and unfortunately looks like this one with more than 50% chance of development goes toward central america. that's the big picture. acheck now a little closer to home. let's get to it.

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>> i said a little taste. >> that was little. [ laughter ] >> we won't have to wait long to hear the song "you lift me up" . cannot wait. great news this morning for elton john fans and who here isn't as he wraps up his tour, disney plus secured the coveted rights to stream to live stream his impossible to get tickets for a concert at dodger stadium next month, his farewell tour has become the third highest grossest tour of all time raking in 660 mill. it will be his final show in north america, people. elton is promising to have very special guests join him on stage. another reason will be so special, last time elton played dodger stadium, october 1975, two back-to-back shows now considered to be some of his most iconic performances.

it all happens, write down the date, november 20th. elton's last ever concert here in the u.s., you can catch it live as it happens on disney plus. >> i think you announced the farewell tour on "pop news." >> i did, like three years ago. >> it was a while ago. >> this time we mean it. so excited for that. thrilled so many people will be able to get to see it. finally we have been waiting for this all morning long. at least i have been. it's a "pop news" pumpkin investigation. bring out the table, boys and girls. >> while we're setting up we gave a brief introduction of babs costello nicknamed the internet's grandma. she went viral for her ideas on pumpkin carving. >> racking up over 24 million views on tiktok, even jennifer garner successfully tried out her tips and tricks. now lara will test out her best hacks in the studio. goggles in place. >> the mixer is on so you guys

have probably carved a pumpkin at some point in your life if you are a parent. you probably have to do it every year. it's not easy, it's messy so here's what babs says and we want to make sure, is this easy? is it kid friendly? cut the bottom, not the top, my mistake, numero uno. i've always cut the top. she's, like, no, no, no. sit down. use the stem -- pretend aii'm sitting and using the stem and getting in there, and cutting the bottom open. once the bottom is open, instead of using the big soup spoon like we all do -- george, what is so funny? what she is suggesting is use the mixer which i will aim at you, george, and instead this one loosens up all of that gooey stuff so you do not have to get clumps of stringy slimy stuff all over your hands. so it's loosening the interior of the pumpkin and then, oh, oh.

sorry about that. did i get you? so then it's supposed to come out much easier and, yes, babs, hack number one, we can confirm, it is much easier, also makes it easier to collect the seeds, no seed left behind, people. no seed left behind. >> and didn't have to use a knife. >> that was the most exciting genius thing, dry erase pen instead of a regular pen, why? because you draw your big mouth on there and then after you carve if there's red you simply erase, no one needs to know about your lack of artistic ability. okay, but the big hack here and there's so many more i wish i had more time. no knives. cookie cutter and a mallet. are you ready? we're not carving and, no, no, 'sr lletnd your kids can get involved.

does it work? that answer when we come back. no, i did it before, it works really well and want to tell you two more. there you go. look at that. a heart-shaped eye. babs, you're a genius. two last tips, yes, petroleum jelly, it makes your skin very dewy, it's the same for a pumpkin. anything you have cut you got to just spread it on there on the cuts, it's supposed to make your pumpkin last at least a week longer, i'll let you know in one week when we're make and sprinkle cinnamon inside to make it smell good. [ applause ] thank you, babs, for your tips. check her out on tiktok. guys, they all work. >> get them on our instagram? >> totally. >> help me out, george and i are looking at each other like what did we just watch? >> george. >> what did we just watch? we'll be watching "deals & steals" right now. can we move on? yes, yes. all right.

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>> moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc news. >> good morning. i'm jobina fortson. let's check in with sue for a look at traffic. >> good morning and we go baby toking bay bridge toll plaza. meters have been turned on for quite some time. you are still a slow go. an accident blocking the middle lane. the drive time an hour from hercules into the city. and the earlier problems on 880 north now clear but solid both directions from 92 to 84

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in about 30 minutes. and you can find the news on our app and abc7news.com the news continues with "gma." ♪ baby, it's a brand-new day ♪ oh, how we love watching our next guest on "full house" and "fuller house." now jodie sweetin is starring in lifetime's first christmas movie of the year, "merry swissmas" and she joins us now. i did say that right. >> yes, you did. >> i know. but there are essentials in a christmas movie. which ones did you hit? >> i would like to say that we hit all of them. i mean, there's baked goods, there's a snowball fight. there's snowman making, sledding, there's santa. and there's even european swiss holiday traditions. we hit it all. >> so tell us about "merry swissmas."

what's it all about? >> well, i play alex who is pgoing to help her mom open an inn in switzerland that her mom has recently lost her husband and is deciding to sort of take on this new venture so alex goes to help her mom out but her mom invited her old best friend now dating her ex-boyfriend so there's some conflict there. so, you know, there's a little real life. >> essential for a christmas movie. >> all things that happen. and then, of course, liam played by tim rosen, he is helping my mom out as the hotel manager what can i say? he's kind of cute. things happen. you know, it's a christmas movie. so -- >> let's give everybody a look. >> are you still in love with this jesse guy? >> no. no. definitely not. i mean, that was ages ago. >> so what's the problem? >> well, the problem is that you don't date and steal your best friend's ex-boyfriend. >> and you don't think that you could forgive her?

>> i want to. >> always love the music as well. >> there was actually someone right off camera just playing. no. [ laughter ] >> it looks so beautiful there but i hear the weather was kind of rough. >> it was freezing. we shot in montreal, actually a little north of it in the laurentian mountains. it was february and single digit temperatures and i'm an l.a. girl, so i did not come with a coat and had to buy one. >> oh, just so happened to be -- >> yeah, yeah. >> so romance on screen and romance off screen because since we've seen you, congratulations, she's married! >> thank you. >> here's a photo of her beautiful wedding. oh, my gosh. what was that like? >> oh, you know, it was a perfect day. we really planned it in just a few short months, we were going to wait and then we were like, we want to get married. let's do this and it was at my brother-in-law's house in malibu

and it was a small group like 50 people, family, just a couple of friends, mostly just family and like his godkids and godmother and stuff and it was a perfect day and i remember it like i was present for it. >> good for you. >> in my body, you know, i know that happens a lot that the date kind of just gets away from you. >> it was an impromptu reunion. >> yeah, we had a lot of the "full house" cast, sort of the original crew, john and caitlin were there, dave couldn't make it from michigan which was unfortunate. the show's creator was there and, of course, bob wasn't there but he was there in spirit. >> because something of john was wearing, right? >> john comes up to me, you're never going to believe this at the wedding. i'm walking out of the house, have this shirt on. caitlin says it looks stupid. you have to change. goes upstairs, grabs a shirt out of his closet, a long black

button down shirt. puts it on in the car and realizes why is this so big? and kelly, bob's wife, had been giving everyone stuff out of bob's closet and out of the house and things, and bob always wore black button up shirts, something that john had taken, and so when he ran out of the house, it was bob's shirt, so bob was with us in spirit that day. >> yes. >> you got to celebrate the 35th anniversary of "full house." unbelievable. >> i know. i know. i'm only 25. i now. i don't know what happened those first ten years. it wasn't me. >> you used to celebrate christmas on set with everybody. do you have a favorite gift you ever got? >> one of the first seasons, the producers of the show gave me a bike, and i remember i have pictures somewhere of me. i think it was maybe around this one. riding around at our holiday christmas party on set, riding around in this bike and like

this little like red sweatshirt with a bear on it and the big bow on this little bike with training wheels that i got from the show's producers, you know, one of my first bikes. >> what a wonderful memory. you've given us so many, jodie. so, so happy for you. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate it. >> you're welcome here any time. >> thank you. >> i got to say, "merry swissmas." "merry swissmas" premieres on saturday, november 5th on lifetime. coming up, we're talking about a wedding. here comes the bride again. our galactic disney wedding is just ahead. the bride's father waiting for her just moments before he'll walk her down the aisle. we'll be right back. aisle. we'll be right back.

back now on "gma" we are happy to announce that 13-time cma award winning country music superstar keith urban will be performing some of his greatest hits right here on "good morning america" ahead of the 56th annual cma awards on november 9th. you got to use the qr code on the bottom of your screen or head to goodmorningamerica.com. there you can get tickets for his "gma" concert appearance and you can watch country music's hottest stars hit nashville during this year's cma awards that air november 9th at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc. i was saying keith urban one of my absolute favorites so it's going to be a good one. let's get a check a

now it's time for love to lift off in florida at epcot, brooke and jared, former lab partners turned partners in life are about to say "i do" to a lifetime together. gio was there and got ordained for the occasion. hey, gio. >> hey, michael, good morning to you. what a gorgeous morning here at epcot, the perfect morning for an out of this world wedding with the help of our friends over at disney's fairy tale weddings and, of course, we are ceooke and jar thisear almost four decades this month is the busiest month so it's a perfect time to get you married, huh? the beautiful bride brooke with

her father henry. what's going through your mind? >> this is the most amazing moment of my whole life and i'm so excited to marry by best friend. >> i saw her getting more and more nervous. henry, i know you were telling me this didn't hit you for like last week. that's when it hit you when you said, oh, wow, this is actually happening. what's going through your mind? >> i can't believe i'm walking my daughter down the aisle today. i'm very excited for her and jared. >> you sure are. such an exciting morning. we know your love story. let's make sure america learns your love story now because it is truly out of this world. for all who know them, brooke weber and jared's romance seemed to be written in the stars. >> they met in lab, circuits lab which she likes to say there was lots of electricity between them. she designs the rockets, he does the software that makes them work. they complement each other.

>> reporter: the two first entering each other's orbits in college where they were studying aerospace engineering. >> we had interesting conversations about space and space travel. i think it's kind of cool. we nerd out together. >> reporter: getting engaged earlier this year right at the kennedy space center. >> totally surprised me and i immediately started bawling my eyes out and he was so, so nervous and the main thing i remember him saying was that he loves me to the moon and back. >> reporter: back on earth they named their cats mickey and minnie. >> disney is literally the most magical place on earth. >> reporter: brooke and jared over the moon as they count down to a disney wedding. >> i fell in love pretty much the moment i saw her. we were just made for each other, you know. >> he's really just has like the best heart of any man i've ever met and couldn't help but fall in love with him. the moment i met him honestly. >> reporter: to begin their out of this world wedding celebration, the bride and groom

heading to the magic kingdom with their bridal party sampling new treats and experiences created to celebrate walt disney world's 50th anniversary. >> say cheese. >> reporter: later a surprise visit from a special duo. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: then heading to a welcome party. the group getting a front row seat to epcot's harmonious. before taking off on the guardians of the galaxy cosmic rewind roller coaster. ♪ because you're a sky full of stars ♪ >> reporter: brooke and jared ending the night outside the sparkling spaceship earth. all right. jared, there's your love story right there but now you're about to get married. what are you most excited about? >> i'm just ready to get this done. i have been waiting so long for this. >> all your friends and family are laughing right now. this is the countdown of a

lifetime. are you ready? >> oh, i am so ready. let's do this. >> here we go. three, two, one. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> all right, jared and brooke, it's so good to see you here, and we are here this morning in celebration offure your love, ae that reaches every corner of the universe, and now surrounded by your friends and family, all of us in the milky way, we are all feeling the bright light of your love. your joy and the infinite future you're about to walk into together and so jared and

brooke, do you take each other to be husband and wife, to live together in matrimony in sickness and in health for as long as you both shall live? >> i do. >> i do. >> jared, please repeat after me, i, jared, take you brooke to be my wife. >> i, jared, take you, brooke, to be my wife. >> to have and to hold from this day forward. >> to have and to hold from this day forward. >> for better, for worse. >> for better, for worse. >> to love and to cherish for as long as we both shall live. >> to love and to cherish for as long as we shall live. >> and now, brooke, i, brooke, take you, jared, to be my husband. >> i, brooke, take you, jared, to be my husband. >> to have and to hold from this day forward. >> to have and to hold from this day forward. >> for better, for worse.p>> fo. >> to love and to cherish for as long as we both shall live. >> to love and to cherish for as long as we both shall live. >> ah. you will now exchange rings as a symbol of the lifelong commitment and abiding love which you as husband and wife have promised to each other. so, jared, please place the ring

on brooke's finger and repeat after me, i give you this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness. >> i give you this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness. >> and, brooke, place the ring on jared's finger and repeat after me. i give you this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness. >> i give you this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness. >> brooke and jared, you have come here today before your family, your friends and all of the planets and have declared your love and commitment to each other. you have given and received a ring as a symbol of your promises and so now by the power vested in me it is my deep honor and delight to pronounce you husband and wife. ♪ you may now seal your marriage with a kiss. [ applause ] congratulations, friends, family, america, the newly

married couple right here. [ applause ] and, listen, we have more surprises for you still ahead, so stay tuned because, michael, you'll want to come back to epcot. >> absolutely, gio, congratulations to the newlyweds. [ applause ] congratulations, you two and we ave much more from epcot with the newlyweds when we come back.

seal your marriage with a kiss. >> and there it is. >> the first kiss for brooke and jared. want to go back to gio at epcot. i have to say you know how to officiate a wedding. >> you do. that was beautiful. >> well, thank you, george. oh, i appreciate that. thank you so much. and, listen, this was my first wedding, the first wedding i officiated so thank you so much

for that. [ applause ] you're already enjoying the cake. how does it feel to be a married couple right now? >> you answer. >> crazy. it's so -- it's out of this world, you know. >> it's out of this world. it sure is. we have more surprises for you right now, okay? so why don't you take this box and go ahead and open that box as i tell you what's in it right here. there you go. right there. so we know the only thing you guys love almost as much as you love each other is space exploration. we are sending you across the galaxy, far, far away with a little magic from our friends at disney. you are getting to take a voyage aboard the new "star wars" galactic starcruiser right here at walt disney world. you'll become part of the action in this two-night galactic immersive experience so may the force be with you. >> oh, my gosh. [ applause ] thank you so much. >> excited? >> oh, my gosh. >> well, here's to you. this has been such a fun morning. and i'm so excited to see you,

by the way, at the kennedy space center. i am sure i will see you as we cover more and more launches. congratulations to you both. >> thank you so much. >> guys, back to you. a morning filled with so much love. huh? >> they are so happy. so great to see. you can feel it. fl rs ♪ for them. s f srs (vo) a medicare advantage plan should come with all the benefits you want and zero compromises. with anthem blue cross, it can. just go to anthem.com/answers or call 833-797-4179 for a free one-on-one medicare plan review. ask about our zero dollar monthly premium plans that include dental, vision and hearing coverage along with transportation, a gym membership and zero dollar copay for prescriptions all for zero extra cost. plus, you could be eligible for extra

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vote yes on prop 31. >> announcer: are you ready for a "gma" party live? how about another look at the newlyweds before we go. let's see brooke and jared. congratulations to them. >> and congratulations to them, have a great day, everybody. and we will see you tomorrow. that's boot right there. wave, boot. ♪

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. jobina: good morning, let us check in for a look at traffic. sue: the bay bridge is stopped, we have an accident on the eastern side of the span. went to get past it, the western side of the bay bridge is good. but getting there is the big problem, about an hour for the corridor. headed north on 280 into san francisco, near cesar chavez, and accident blocking the middle lane. drew: we are climbing through the 40's and 50's right now, a lot of sunshine. it is helping to warm us up. the east bay hills camera, it is bright. keep the sunshine throughout the day, we go to the 60's and 70's. 69 in oakland, 71 in san jose. 65 in the city.

jobina: time for live with kelly and ryan, we are back at 11:00 for midday live. for midday live. deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. today from season two of the white lotus, michael imperioli. plus, fast and easy last-minute costume ideas as we continue live's countdown to halloween. also, your thoughts and comments direct from the inbox. all next on live. and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. [harry styles, as it was ] ♪ as it was ♪ ♪ you know it's not the same as it was ♪ ♪ as it was ♪ ♪ as it was ♪ ♪♪ there you go. hey, it's thursday, october 27, 2022. harry styles there. harry's house is in l.a.