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it's likely to be days, even weeks before we know for sure which party is in control of the senate. the house will likely turn republican, but that's not settled yet. here's what we know for sure. republicans did not get the huge red wave they were hoping for. it was a disappointing night for former president trump. better than expected for president biden. but the country is still deeply and closely divided, neither man commands majority support. >> and it looks like life could be about to get a lot more complicated for the white house. president biden's skills at working across the aisle could be tested like never before. here's how things stand. republicans gaining six seats in the house. democrats gaining one seat in the senate. >> so with control of congress hanging in the balance, we have our correspondents around the country in the battleground states ready to dig into why these elections played out the way they did. >> congressional correspondent rachel scott starts us off. good morning, rachel. >> hey, george. i don't know whether to say good night or good morning.

it was a marathon of an election day. we said this election would be unpredictable and it certainly was. control of the house and the senate hanging in the balance, but let's start with what we do know this morning. starting in pennsylvania, democrats able to pick up a senate seat. just months after suffering a stroke, john fetterman defeating republican dr. mehmet oz. we don't have projections in all of the states though. starting here in georgia, a tight race between raphael warnock and republican herschel walker. this could likely be headed toward a runoff. in wisconsin, another tight race between barnes and johnson and out west they are still counting votes. a tight race in arizona and here in nevada, you have the democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto trailing right now republican adam laxalt. >> rachel, the house a lot closer than people expected. >> this was not the night that republicans wanted. they wanted to win by huge margins and quickly on election night. we'll take a look. all the gray boxes you see here are races that have not been projected yet. we have about 40 house races that are still up in the air and it's clear that democrats are

still putting up a fight, george. >> 36 governors' races on the ballot. >> yep. so let's get back to the map right here because democrats were able to hang on to some key gubernatorial races right here in new york as well as pennsylvania and in michigan. over to georgia, though, even though we saw that very close senate race that could be headed toward a runoff take a look. the republican governor brian kemp easily defeating stacey abrams. you know, george, we talk so much about how headwinds democrats were heading into this election, facing record high inflation, troubles with the economy, but they are clearly defying expectations so far. >> sure looks that way. rachel scott, thanks very much. t.j.? >> all right, george, with the battle for control of the senate still hanging in the balance going to take a look at some critical battleground states. so far we have seen one senate seat flipped. that was in the all important state of pennsylvania. you heard so much about. this is now where john fetterman beat dr. mehmet oz. >> we bet on the people of pennsylvania, and you didn't let us down. [ cheers and applause ]

and my promise to all of you is i will never let you down. >> our eva pilgrim has more from pittsburgh this morning. eva, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. it's a big win for democrats flipping that senate seat here in pennsylvania with a win for john fetterman. this was a race we weren't expecting to have the results for possibly several days but the votes are in and fetterman coming away with the victory. suburban women helping give him that win. exit polling showing key factors that decided this race, abortion was a top issue. the majority of pennsylvanians didn't think dr. oz had lived in the state long enough to represent them and that's exactly what i heard over and over again from voters as i was talking to them. many parents in the suburbs of philadelphia and pittsburgh, both moms and dads, telling me they didn't like everything about fetterman, but the abortion issue was their deciding factor. overnight fetterman saying, he was humbled to have won this

job. amy? >> all right, eva pilgrim, thank you for that. many eyes across the nation have been on the battle in georgia. the dramatic race between raphael warnock and herschel walker, the tight race still too close to call at this hour. the candidates both holding out hope overnight. >> we always knew that this race would be close. and so -- >> we don't know why. [ laughter ] >> that's where we are. >> just hang in there a little bit longer because something good takes a while for it to get better, and it's going to get better. >> let's go to steve osunsami who is in atlanta for more on this as the candidates prepare for a possible runoff now. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. this is super close. many of us who live here predicted this. the polls appear to be right. the race between incumbent senator raphael warnock and college football legend and republican nominee is too close to call.

here in georgia to win you have to get 50% plus one of the vote. there's a third party candidate in this election and throughout the night both of the major candidates kept reaching that 50% plus one of the vote and then falling behind. incumbent senator warnock ended the evening with abo a 30,000-vote advantage. about 2:00 this morning an official with the secretary of state's office put out a tweet saying that it was, quote, safe to say that this election was headed to a runoff, but he didn't say it was a guarantee. that's because according to people i've talked with that there are still thousans of outstanding votes in the blue-leaning counties that surround this city, metro atlanta. and while they say it is still unlikely that warnock could win this outright, it is mathematically possible. a runoff would take place four weeks from last night on december 6th. the campaigns, of course, are prepared for this and ready to get at it.

voters not so much. george? >> i'll bet. steve osunsami, thanks. let's go out west now. janai norman is in las vegas, nevada. both the governor's race and senate's race too close to call. >> reporter: yeah, george, one of those late vegas nights but not the fun kind. all the races still too close to call and the candidates were encouraging nevadans to get out and vote up until the last minute. 11 minutes after polls closed here at 7:00 p.m. local time, vulnerable senate candidate catherine cortez masto filed a lawsuit asking a judge to keep eight clark county polling locations open for an additional two hours and cited problems with printers not working that created long waits and delayed openings at locations that were required to be open for 12 hours on election day. that was denied, but her focus on clark county which encompasses las vegas here is because this has been a democratic stronghold that makes up about 70% of the electorate here in nevada. it is a county that cortez masto has to whin to have any chance t

holding on to her seat. she had an early lead in the night, but now maga republican and election denier candidate adam laxalt looks to have a slight lead. it is still possible for cortez masto to inch out a victory if outstanding mail-in ballots break heavily in her favor. bottom line, candidates here know every vote will count. it could be days before every vote is counted. george, here in vegas they call that a crapshoot. >> okay, janai norman, thanks. let's go to arizona where democratic senator mark kelly addressed his supporters late last night. that race still too close to call. >> i am feeling confident tonight. [ cheers and applause ] now at the same time, it doesn't look like we're going to have the final results for a little while. >> it's okay, senator. >> and that's okay. >> whit johnson is in phoenix. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. many expected this would be a very close race in this battle ground of arizona and that's exactly what's happening here with hundreds of thousands of

ballots still left to be counted. senator mark kelly's campaign tells us they like where he stands right now, calling it a solid start for him. he has a slight lead over republican blake masters who was endorsed by donald trump. masters went home last night without ever walking on the stage to greet his supporters. the governor's race is even closer. the democrat katie hobbs holding a slight lead over kari lake. lake has become a darling of the maga movement repeating false claims about the 2020 election. she did take the stage last night blasting election officials telling supporters, we will not stop fighting until we hve every legal vote counted and her team filed a lawsuit against maricopa county after there were issues with tabulation machines that were later resolved. a judge denied that suit and county officials insisted that no voters were turned away and they were offered multiple options to cast their ballots.

still the lake campaign says they are confident too that they can make a comeback as some of these votes from other counties continue to trickle in. amy? >> all right, whit johnson, thank you. as we've been saying the race for control of the house is closer than many expected. that is evident in colorado where republican incumbent lauren boebert is locked in a tight race. mola lenghi is in denver with the latest on that. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, amy. you know, the two statewide races in colorado going to incumbent democrats. jared polis and senator michael bennet both winning re-election. no surprises there but one race not expected to be close was colorado's third congressional district race. the republican incumbent lauren boebert in a surprisingly tight race with democrat challenger adam frisch. boebert gaining national attention in her first term by really tweeting her way into the headlines, claiming god appointed donald trump as president and fiercely denying the 2020 election results and

saying she's tired of the separation of church and state stuff. now, by most accounts boebert was the significant favorite going into this race. it's a solidly republican district in gop hands since 2011 but, you know, this race perhaps best illustrating how close the contest is between the republicans and the democrats in this election cycle. t.j.? >> all right, mola, we thank you. the race for the house played out a little differently than a lot of people had expected. let's bring in our abc news political director rick klein to break it down. we kept hearing about a red wave. was it a red ripple at least? what was it? >> definitely more in the ripple territory. the magic number is 218. look, the republicans more likely to get there when all the races are projected than the democrats but this is a glance at the districts that each party was defending. basically sorted from the easiest to the hardest to defend. so you can see the democrats were able to hold a bunch of their seats. they lost a few on the margins here but they also picked up some republican seats including, you know, ohio and north

carolina, in illinois. meanwhile, the democrats were able to hold on to some that a lot of people thought they would probably lose including a few in ohio. one in rhode island that we're watching closely, virginia as well. and so this is a glance at why the democrats had so much of a better night than expected and we thought they would lose a whole bunch of these and this would be a red map. it's actually looking a little more blue. >> waking up saying it could have been worse. rick, we appreciate you. george? let's bring in our top washington team. let's start with jon karl. a couple headlines tonight. we heard one from rick. no red wave. bad night for donald trump. >> look, we don't know if the republicans are going to win control of the house. we don't know if republicans are going to win control of the senate yet but we do know this, the biggest loser last night was donald trump. in state after state candidates that he brought to the race, candidates that he endorsed got into the race, did not win or are losing right now. look who won. there were republicans who won and won big. in new hampshire, you had chris sununu, an anti-trump republican

who won big even though trump's candidate for senate lost. in georgia, kemp, brian kemp, somebody that trump tried to get defeated in the republican primary won by, you know, double digits and the biggest one of all, ron desantis who did not have donald trump's endorsement wins by almost 20 points in florida. >> yeah, that was the biggest win of the night by far. cecilia vega, for president biden, not as bad as the white house feared. >> i'll tell you, i got a text from one source late last night. there were exclamation marks increasingly coming. as the night went on, they were saying, phew. they were bracing for the worst and thought it would be a bloodbath and you even heard president biden express that sentiment, look, this potentially could be bad for us. but what you're hearing from people inside the white house, democrats in washington, is, look, given the history, given the numbers they were looking at potentially losing, president biden could potentially -- assuming things carry on with the numbers that we're looking at right now could be looking at losing fewer seats than most presidents in recent history.

that for them is a big win. they defied expectations in their book. >> and terry moran, election deniers went all across the country, but not in the three big key governors' races, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. those were so close in 2016 and 2020. >> right at the forefront of those races. in some ways yesterday was a day of liberation for the republican party to become a loyalty test, an article of faith to deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election and while plenty of them won really in those races, those highest profile races where it was right at the forefront where the denial of the legitimacy of the election was one of the main reasons republicans were on the ballot, they lost and so not only is donald trump the loser but there is a kind of moment for the republicans to shed that. >> i wonder what this means, jon karl, for kevin mccarthy. he came out around 2:00 in the morning and said, yes, republicans will control the house. that is likely, but not by the margin they expected. could he face a challenge for speaker?

>> i don't see who would challenge him, but, look, republicans were gearing up for a big win in the house. mccarthy thought he would have a majority of 15 maybe 20 seats. like you said they may well win control of the house. they probably will win control of the house. it will be a much narrower majority, probably five or ten seats. it will be hard for mccarthy to govern but i don't see who can challenge him for speaker. i still think he will be the speaker of the house. >> one of the big questions none of us know for sure what is house speaker nancy pelosi do in the wake of this election? >> exactly. what does she do? she had given -- sort of raised the prospect of perhaps given what happened to her husband in that attack on him, she wasn't sure what was going to happen, whether she decides to keep going and pushing forward with her role in congress. so we will wait to see. i think also the big question, george, what's president biden going to do regarding 2020 -- 2024. he was going to wait to see what happens with these midterms yesterday. the big question is what's next. >> that is a huge question. thank you all very much. more on the midterm results

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they don't know her current location or final destination. the transfer began a day after u.s. embassy officials visited her. >> breaking news overnight from facebook. 11,000 jobs will be cut. this comes after elon musk slashed staff at twitter and mark zuckerberg sent a lengthy message. a lot more on d-- well, we now know we have a new billionaire in the u.s. even after that power -- that powerball glitch, hitch, whatever you want to call it we have a winner and we'll get into that. also, "gma" at the cmas. keith urban getting ready for a special performance ahead of the 56th annual cma awards. we turn now to florida. it was once a key swing state but after big wins by governor ron desantis and pickups in the house, it could be turning into a republican stronghold. victor oquendo was at desantis' headquarters last night. good morning to you, victor.

>> reporter: good morning, amy. it was an early night for newly re-elected governor ron desantis. his race called just after the polls closed. commanding victories up and down the ballot here in the sunshine state. republicans flipping three house seats here in florida alone. one replacing the vacancy left behind by desantis' opponent charlie crist. others impacted by controversial redistricting diluting the black vote. florida once a perennial swing state, it turned blue for obama twice, then red for trump twice, now it appears solid red thanks in part to a huge effort in voter registration on the republican side and the powerful latino vote leaning further and further red, even the democratic stronghold of miami-dade county turned red for the first time in 20 years. in speaking with democrats in the state, they feel let down by party leadership. some telling me they need to clean house in florida and start over. that said, their one highlight, 25-year-old democrat maxwell

frost winning his election becoming the first gen-z member of congress. he is now filling val demings' seat losing to marco rubio. t.j.? >> victor, thank you so much. we want to head to our big board. abc news political director rick klein is there. give us a closer look at what happened last night. >> this is astounding. if you take a look at what happened in miami-dade county, this used to be a democratic stronghold. ron desantis carried it by 11 points. just two years ago, two years ago joe biden carried that by seven points. even though he lost florida he won miami-dade. it used to be a democratic stronghold. now it is the exact opposite. i talked to one democrat late last week looking at the early vote numbers said, look, if you're a democrat right now you may as well cut florida off and let it float off into the ocean. it looks lost. >> my goodness, that's one way to put it there. rick, we talk about the gen-z candidate that won in florida. in terms of gen-z and speaking of that was an unexpected youth turnout. did they sway things nationwide?

>> no question. the democrats do not do as well without the youth vote. the strongest age group among anyone in the exit polls. it was voters under the age of 30. they broke for democrats by nearly 30 points and what's more important, t.j., is that they kept up their vote share and voted as much as they did in the last presidential election. that is unheard of in a midterm election. young voters showed up and did their part for democrats. >> it's good to hear young folks showing up. thank you so much, rick. george? let's go to aaron katersky in times square with a look at what happened in new york. >> reporter: there hasn't been a governor's race this close in 30 years, george. kathy hochul survived a surprisingly strong challenge from republican lee zeldin. he tapped into voter anxieties about crime and the high cost of living in new york and though he was unsuccessful, his message seems to have resonated in the new york city suburbs which are now an unlikely battleground for control of the house. zeldin is an ally of former president trump. he was no doubt hoping for

different outcomes here in his former home state because the results last night assure investigations into trump's business continue. zeldin had threatened to remove the manhattan district attorney. he put the trump organization on trial. it's still going on. and voters in this state re-elected democratic attorney general letitia james. she has sued trump for $250 million. george, the voters here effectively endorsed james' accusations of fraud. >> okay, aaron, thanks. let's bring in our political experts, chris christie and donna brazile. let's pick up where aaron left off. we heard already jon karl say donald trump was the biggest loser of the night. do you agree? >> no question. look, the big problem is that in every one of these races where given the atmosphere both inside these states and nationally, where republicans should have picked up, they lost because we had inferior candidates. mitch mcconnell previewed this over the summer with his concerns about senate candidates in particular and almost every one of these trump-endorsed

candidates you see in competitive states have lost. and it's a huge loss for trump and, again, it shows that his political instincts are not about the party. they're not about the country. they're about him. so there's one litmus test. if you say the 2020 election was stolen, i'm with you. and if you don't, i'm not and your qualifications or ability to win don't enter the evaluation. >> donna, you were talking up a good game and turned out to be more right than wrong. >> well, one of the reasons i decided after i talked to you to get a red jacket because i saw the only red wave possible for chris today was what i was wearing. [ laughter ] it was a trickle. it was a trickle. no question. look, democrats defied expectations. democrats defied historical norms. i mean, joe biden said it was going to be a choice. it was a choice. we saw a good turnout, early turnout, in-person turnout. we were competitive, but i'm very disappointed about north carolina. i'm disappointed about florida. i'm disappointed about stacey abrams, but i'm so excited that maggie won.

i'm excited -- >> in new hampshire. >> in new hampshire, there's no question, and john fetterman, come on. this is a guy who showed up at a debate and everybody said, oh, no, he'll never win, but the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania knew how to go to every county and get every vote out there. so it was a good night for democrats. >> an awful good chance control of the senate will come down to a december 6th runoff between herschel walker and raphael warnock. >> right. that's why i love donna's optimism this morning. she's feeling great because they'll lose the house and they have a chance to lose the senate on december 6th. and, you know, to me -- >> margins less than expected. >> sure, george, but we play this game to win and in legislative races you play it to get a majority and even though -- no question the republicans didn't do as well as we thought they were going to do yesterday morning. if they come out of this on december 6th with speaker mccarthy and majority leader mcconnell, they'll take it. that's a win and what it does, it takes the gavels out of the hands of democrats and allows

them to set the legislative agenda, not the white house. >> democrats know how to win in georgia. we've proven that over and over again. we proved it, of course, in 2020. we proved it again in 2021. we'll prove it in 2022. stacey abrams may have fallen short. >> yes, she did. >> she planted the seeds for a democratic victory especially in a runoff. look, you got to admit that democrats know how to walk and chew gum and address the economy and address inflation and also talk about -- >> donna, while you're losing, while you're losing a majority in the house and possibly losing a majority in the senate. look, you can celebrate -- donna, you can celebrate that you didn't get completely drowned, but if you lose both your majorities, joe biden's agenda is over then for the next two years and republicans set the agenda in the house and the senate if that's the way it turns out. so, look, i'm happy to admit it fell short of what i thought it would be, but let's not hold a funeral.

kevin mccarthy is still going to be speaker. >> even with a smaller margin? >> sure, because he's still going to be speaker. nancy pelosi got a five-vote majority. got the inflation reduction act through, got everything she wanted to get through, majority she got through. in the house you just need a majority. the senate is a different story. >> let's go to a funeral but you're not popping champagne because you didn't really put together the kind of ground game that republicans are used to doing and capturing the vote on election day. democrats won the early vote and, of course, the election day vote. >> we'll have to stop it there. thank you both very much. let's go to amy. coming up next, ginger is in florida tracking the hurricane threat that is now forcing evacuations. we'll be right back. ices: the holidays? oh, yes. i love it, love it, love it. yeah, we start shopping early. why do you like doing this? i think i got it now! we go all out with the lights. food, we live for food.

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how far inland that goes. erosion is one of the major concerns in a place like daytona that took such a hit after ian and had king tides that brought big cliffs there. when you take two days of a wind pushing against the shore it will be a problem. it's a large swath of wind, 460 miles from the center of the storm especially to the north so south carolina, georgia, all of florida, really could see tropical storm force winds with this and timing again is overnight. landfall happens sometime early thursday morning. gusts could be upwards of 70 plus miles per hour, the surge three to five feet and the rain that could go inland could be in the order of two to four inches up there. guys? >> all right. ginger, on top of that for us, we appreciate you as always. stay with us, folks, on "gma." coming up later, stray is with polar bears. he has more on the fight to save their home. we'll hear from the gas station owner who sold that lucky ticket. he has reason to celebrate too.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the race for congress still too close to call as democrats fend off a red wave. the open senate seat flipped in pennsylvania. votes still being counted in other high-profile races. this morning, where things stand. what it means for president biden and his agenda, and the trail blazers making history across the country. our team is tracking the races, breaking down the results. hurricane warning, florida bracing for nicole now dangerously close to hurricane strength taking aim at the east coast. ginger is live in the storm zone this morning with when and where it could hit. breaking news, facebook firings. social media giant meta's

massive layoffs, 11,000 jobs cut. what mark zuckerberg is saying this morning. drake and 21 savage versus "vogue." why the rappers have been hit with a multimillion dollar lawsuit after a publicity stunt. ♪ sweet dreams ♪ the science of you. with getting enough sleep such an important part of healthy living we're looking at the trackers that evaluate your sleep. how they compare to the gold standard. ♪ tell it to my heart ♪ one-on-one with pop star taylor dayne. the singer sharing her health scare, her battle with colon cancer, what she's saying about undergoing surgery, and what may have saved her life, first on "gma." ♪ i'm on top of the world ♪ michael is on a mission. >> wow. >> getting up close to these magnificent polar bears. >> checking us out. >> their survival threatened by claimant change. this morning the race to save them in the subarctic. ♪ yeah, that's my kind of night ♪

and we're starting the cma party behind the scenes of country music's biggest night plus keith urban is performing some of his greatest hits just for "gma" as this year's hosts, luke bryan and patening manning -- peyton manning are saying -- >> both: good morning, america. good morning, america. peyton manning and luke bryan hosting the cmas. luke and i both share a love of our georgia bulldogs and happen to beat peyton's tennessee volunteers. >> four days ago. it was four days ago. >> let's move on. >> let's not. >> live in nashville, keith urban will perform live on "gma." more on the 56th annual cma awards. that's all coming up. >> stray will be live way up north in canada right now, that's -- there he is having a good old time with the pole are

bears showing the threat they face from climate change. looking forward to talking to him. the latest on the midterms. votes still being count aid cross the country, likely to be days or weeks before we know for sure which party is in control. the house likely to turn republican. that's not settled yet. disappointing fight for former president trump. better than expected for president biden. let's go back to rachel scott. good morning, rachel. >> good morning. talk about a marathon of an election day. control of the house and the senate still hanging in the balance. let's take a look at where things stand this morning. starting with what we know. democrats able to pick up a key senate seat in pennsylvania. the democrat, john fetterman, just months after suffering a stroke, well, he is the projected winner in a tight race against republican dr. mehmet oz. other races still too close to call this morning including one that we've been following in georgia between the democratic incumbent senator raphael warnock and republican herschel walker. this could be headed to a runoff. we are also tracking two races out west in nevada. the democratic incumbent

catherine cortez masto slightly trailing, the republican adam laxalt with 80% of the vote expected in. also following another tight race in arizona as well. you see the incumbent here, senator kelly, he is slightly in the lead right now with 68% of the vote expected in, george. >> the house? >> in the house, this was not the night republicans wanted. they wanted to win by huge margins early in the night. still have about 40 house races that have been not been called yet including the gray boxes you see on the screen here. >> okay, rachel scott, thanks very much. amy. >> well, george, election night brought historic firsts across the country. to trevor ault with more on the trail blazers. good morning, trevor. >> good morning, amy. as we're waiting on these results to be finalized we are seeing more and more candidates from both parties breaking down barriers shattering glass ceilings. let's begin in maryland. we know westminster moore will -- wes moore will be the state's

first black governor, and not just him, anthony brown is maryland's first elected attorney general. then up in massachusetts, maura healey is the first openly lesbian woman elected governor in any state in the history of the country. in new york, of course, kathy hochul took over when andrew cuomo resigned. she is the first woman elected governor of the empire state and familiar face in arkansas, former press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is their first woman elected governor in arkansas. and finally this morning, we also now have our first gen-z congressional representative. maxwell frost in florida around orlando, he is just 25. that is the youngest that you can possibly be to be elected to congress, t.j. >> congratulations to him. trevor, we appreciate you and want to switch now away from the election but to bring you this breaking news from facebook. 11,000, 11,000 jobs have been cut at the social media giant, meta. mark zuckerberg shared a lengthy message with employees and

our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has the very latest on this. rebecca, good morning. that's a lot of jobs. >> reorter: a lot of jobs, t.j. good morning, the largest job cuts in the company's history, 11,000 people, 13% of facebook's parent company, meta's workers will lose their jobs beginning today and in that lengthy note you referenced, the founder and ceo, mark zuckerberg apologizing to his employees writing in this note that it's one of the most difficult changes he's had to make that he is owning this decision, he's explaining that he made missteps. he overinterpreted the pandemic, thought that things would continue to improve and grow for the company and that they overhired during the pandemic and now they have to cut staff. we've heard similar stories from other major tech companies recently from microsoft to netflix to twitter, this week where companies are downsizing and that raises a lot of questions about the jobs market which overall appears robust

historically low unemployment, 3.7%, guys, this raises questions about the ripple effect, the spillover effect of these employee losses in tech. could it add to other areas of the economy? guys. >> a lot of questions there, rebecca, thank you for that. coming up in our "gma morning menu" '80s pop star taylor dayne sharing her battle with colon cancer and her message to women. also why drake and 21 savage are facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit from the publisher of "vogue." and michael in the canadian tundra checking out polar bears. will reeve in nashville for the cma awards. hey, will. ♪ >> reporter: hey, george, good morning, it's a party in the music city. we have such a great morning coming up. the one and only keith urban will be performing. go nowhere. ♪ moderate-to-severe eczema. it doesn't care if you have a date, a day off, or a double shift.

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manitoba, canada. climate change threatening the survival of polar bears. you looked awful cold before. >> you know what, george, you say that like you have concern but then i hear all the laughter in the background. [ laughter ] and, you know, good morning, good morning to all of you. and it is absolutely freezing out here. the wind is whipping. the snow is coming from every direction like that rain in "forrest gump" from underneath and sideways, everywhere, and i'm tearing up but cold aside this is truly breathtaking. i mean it really is a beautiful place to see in person and animals that call it home are just incredible. we are here to see one animal in particular, the magnificent polar bear. churchill, manitoba, is one of the southernmost homes of the polar bear. this is the tundra buggy and drove to where the bears live and got as close as possible to them in their natural habitat

while keeping a safe distance which is very important. we learned so much about how these beautiful creatures live and eat and what they eat and how their home is under threat from climate change. >> it must have been amazing to see a polar bear up close. >> it's -- i actually got to see three. the first ones we saw were three of them. a momma bear, her two cubs and the cubs, i asked the question, how long are the cubs with their mom? they stay with mom two or three years before momma bear says get out of here, i'm going back to being an empty nester. you're on your own. >> you're learning a lot. seeing a lot. we know you're cold. having a good time. it's majestic, told us about your tundra buggy but in all seriousness you're here for a reason to show why this population is so important. >> well, you know what, t.j.,

these guys, they are the first population of polar bears whose decline in numbers, researchers were able to directly link to climate change and sadly, they'll be one of the first to vanish if the earth keeps warming at the rate it's currently warming right now. >> and, michael, a couple of years back i had the honor of reporting on polar bears up in alaska and i remember safety being a big concern. they always said it's not the polar bear you see, it's the one you don't. so i know you have special guards with you. >> well, amy, you're exactly right because they are extremely hard to see, even when it's clear out, because their fur is translucent so they blend in but when it's like this, you can barely see right in front of you and you have to be very careful on the ground here. this far out in the tundra we have two bear guards with us and i'm going to ask one to join me. come on in here. this is kiren. you think of them like the polar bear security detail so he is our guard. he is on foot. the other one, he's in a car

nearby and we're not allowed on the ground without these guys with us. okay. so their job is to watch out for bears, detect them while they're still a safe distance away and if a bear approaches, see, he's looking around right now making sure we're good. these guys will get everyone off the ground as quickly as possible to keep us all safe and have bear spray which you can think of it as like pepper spray and a popper pistol which makes a loud noise to scare the bears away. >> i'm glad you're with them. you got a lot more to show us tomorrow? >> yes, george, i got a lot more to show you tomorrow. i'm going to bring you guys on our journey through the tundra. you're going to meet all the polar bears that we did and you're going to learn about the ways that we can still save the bears which, in turn, it really saving ourselves. all part of abc news' ongoing climate crisis coverage and i'm looking forward to sharing that with you tomorrow. but until then, you guys can't do this, can you? [ laughter ] >> the tundra angel. >> back to you in the studio.

>> that was really something. cannot wait for tomorrow. let's go to ginger in cocoa beach, florida. >> reporter: good morning, george. so many folks that have lived here for decades are saying i have never seen the water push up this high. we've seen it come and now we've been just after high tide all the way about 100 yards. from our drone you can see how angry the sea is. we have still have 19 hours until landfall which should be south of us. you can see the satellite, how broad the storm. we will see impacts from tropical storm force winds some 450 mile >> i am drew tuma with your forecast. an early-morning coastal shower leading to partly cloudy skies and cool day. upper 50's to near 60, below average for this time of year. it gets cold and chilly later. frost advisories in effect.

here is the seven-day forecast. the early-morning chance of a shower along the coast today, partly cloudy through the afternoon, frosty mornings on the way. and now to our "gma" cover story. '80s pop star taylor dayne sharing her health battle with colon cancer, deb roberts spoke one-on-one with taylor. good morning to you, deb. >> reporter: good morning, amy. who can forget her voice? for years taylor dayne was riding high, an unstoppable force, her performance schedule still jammed until this past summer when she hit a roadblock with this frightening health scare. she's now sharing it publicly for the very first time as a warning to other women. ♪ tell it to my heart tell me i'm the only one ♪ >> reporter: we know her as a soaring pop star. ♪ tell it to my heart ♪ >> reporter: taylor dayne's career spanning more than three decades with hits like "prove your love."

♪ prove your love ♪ >> reporter: and, of course, "love will lead you back." ♪ love will lead you back to my heart ♪ >> reporter: now the grammy nominated singer sharing a deeply personal health scare. when you heard that word, cancer, what went on for you? >> black, dark. i'm -- i didn't take it in. >> reporter: in july the 60-year-old singer diagnosed with colon cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related death in the u.s. but also highly treatable and curable if found early through a colonoscopy. dayne says she has it diligently twice a year after they found benign polyps in the past. this time they discovered an aggressive cancer. >> he never even said the stage but detected it so early and all i could do was, okay, five months ago i know there was nothing. >> reporter: weeks later dayne says she underwent surgery that removed ten inches of her colon. since it was found early she was

declared cancer-free right after. aside from the fact that you did not have to have chemo or radiation, this was not smooth sailing. >> no. i ended up staying in the hospital for about 15 days, 20 days, which is unusual because we had a complication and developed an infection. >> reporter: dayne canceling her august tour dates to focus on getting better, not just physically but emotionally saying her hospitalization brought back traumatic memories from her medically fragile childhood, suffering from terrible kidney infections. >> for me being back i felt like i was 4 years old again back in the hospital basically locked inside my own body without a voice. so this has challenged me mentally, emotionally, i am now back in a therapy program. >> reporter: but today she's feeling stronger and waving a warning flag for others, especially women to talk to a doctor about being screened since early detection may have saved her life. >> this is a wake-up call for lots of women. >> 100%.

find the doctor that will tell you truth. be a warrior for yourself. >> be a warrior. she wants women to pay close attention to her journey, particularly single women like herself. a warning to take care of your health, to be vigilant, to advocate for themselves, and, yes, to ask questions of your doctor. she says it's also important to get a tribe. people who you can surround yourself with who will prop you up during those difficult times, as for her, she's been propped up. she's doing pretty well. getting back on her feet and says she will be back on stage in the coming weeks. >> wow. >> yeah, what a journey but what a message to all of us, right, guys? >> so important to remind everyone. thank you so much, deb. >> of course. we turn now to drake and 21 savage versus "vogue," the rappers fresh off the release of their new hit album now facing a massive lawsuit and erielle reshef explains. ♪ >> reporter: this morning drake and 21 savage hit with a multimillion dollar lawsuit from conde nast.

♪ don't tell me that you matter ♪ ♪ if you ain't been in "vogue" ♪ >> reporter: the artist promoting their new album "her loss" with this fake cover of "vogue" posting it to social media with the caption, me and my brother on newsstands tomorrow. thanks, "vogue" magazine and anna wintour for the love and support on this historic moment. but now conde nast which owns the fashion mag saying the image was never authorized and calling the cover false, filing a trademark infringement lawsuit seeking at least $4 million in damages. the company claiming "vogue" magazine and its editor in chief anna wintour have had no involvement in "her loss" or its promotion nor endorsed it in any way, nor did conde nast authorize much less support the creation and widespread dissemination of a counterfeit issue of "vogue" or counterfeit version of perhaps one of the most carefully curated covers in all of the publication business. in service of promoting their new album. >> some may look at it as

genius. others think it's too edgy. it's important for creatives and artists alike to be mindful of what they're putting out there to ensure that they own the rights in whatever they're putting out there for their audience to digest. >> reporter: conde nast alleging the magazine was a reprint of a previous issue of "vogue" with modified pages including superimposed promotional logos or images of anna wintour photoshopped with drake. >> presenting drake and 21 savage. >> reporter: the cover is just one of multiple stunts the pair has released as part of the album's promotion. from this "saturday night live" segment -- ♪ i can't right my wrongs ♪ >> reporter: to a spot on npr's tiny desk concert. >> this is our tiny desk. >> lest -- let's get it. >> reporter: to an interview on "the howard stern show." >> i feel like we'll all need something real. >> reporter: all not real. the lawsuit is seeking the elise $4 million in damages or triple the defendant's profits from their album and the counterfeit magazine whichever one is

higher. "vogue" wants the fake magazine to be removed from the rapper's social media and websites. we reached out. so far drake and 21 savage aren't commenting, guys. >> thanks very much. now to our series "science of you." experts emphasize the amount of sleep you get can impact your health and many have turned to wearable devices to track their sleep including becky worley who joins us now. you're looking into the accuracy of she's sleep tracking devices. >> reporter: this is right, george. good morning. or is it a good morning. did i get enough sleep last night? was it good sleep? there are medical grade tests to tell us about our sleep cycles and i wanted to find out if the commercial wearables that use inputs like heart rate, movement, breathing rate and estimate when and how you're sleeping, are they close enough to the gold standard to be useful? ♪ this is what it takes to evaluate your sleep in a sleep clinic. >> i feel like frankenstein. putting new wearable devices on that track sleep every night is

a much easier proposition. so i've come to the stanford university sleep clinic where they'll use these sleep monitors to evaluate how long i sleep, how much i'm awake and how much rem sleep i get. i'm wearing a fitbit, the oura ring, a samsung smartwatch and the apple watch. how does the data we get from these wearables compare to the data we get from medical sensors which are really the gold standard? i head off into dreamland with all the wires and the wearables recording my data. a few days later the doctor interprets the results. >> the great news is that you had pretty normal sleep and you did not have any major sleep disorder. >> reporter: we got really interesting data. stanford says my total sleep time was 7 hours and 28 minutes. for the wearables they were all pretty close. the fitbit says i got 0.5% less than stanford's number.

oura, 1% more, samsung 1% less, apple, 3.5% more. not bad. where things got a little more fractured the assessment of rem sleep cycles. stanford says i had 123 minutes in this cycle where you have the most vivid dreams and you cement a lot of your memories. the consumer devices were off by a margin of 4% to 43%, and then one measurement that has a lot of impact on our perception of sleep quality, how long you lie awake. either trying to fall asleep or waking up in the middle of the night. stanford says it was 33 minutes. fitbit and samsung overestimated that number and oura and apple underestimated it. it's important to note this is a comparison of one person's results while wearing sleep trackers. many of the companies have done independent studies like fitbit telling us they did a 60-person

study showing nearly 70% ago ray in their data. samsung adds it's about positively affecting sleep patterns and habit, not about the absolute numbers and oura tells us they've done a study with 500 participants over 1,200 nights and they're just tweaking their algorithm to improve acc accuracy. the experts agree these devices are moving forward. >> at the present time, they're coming close to the gold standard in lab sleep study measures but not quite there. >> reporter: now, i don't have sleep apnea and these devices are not about that but they are about trends and i've been using one for six months. it's really helped me to make my sleep better and gamify the process of getting a good night sleep. >> you do look well rested, becky. coming up, keith urban about perform live. ♪ i'm talking about daddy's old pickup truck ♪

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low 60's. kumasi: we will have another abc7news update in ♪ it's going to be a long hot ♪ it's going to be a long hot summer ♪ you hear that music? we're gearing up for the 56th annual cma awards. will reeve live in nashville with the legend of country music, keith urban. boy, you must be having a good time. >> hey, george. we're having a great morning here in nashville. i am with keith urban. he has won 13 cma awards and today for the first time ever for the fans right here in nashville who have been great all morning he's going to sing a special medley of some of his greatest hits. keith, take it away. ♪ friday night and the moon is high, i'm wide awake just

watching you sleep ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ ♪ and i promise you you're gonna have more than just the things that you need ♪ ♪ oh, we ain't got much now we're just starting out ♪ ♪ but i know somehow paradise is coming ♪ ♪ someday, baby, you and i are gonna be the ones and good luck's gonna shine ♪ ♪ shine on ♪ ♪ someday baby you and i gonna be the ones so hold on because we're headed for a better life ♪ >> hey! ♪ it's gonna be a long hot summer we should be together with your feet up on the dashboard now ♪

♪ singing along with the radio, it's such a beautiful sight ♪ ♪ and when you say my name in the middle of the day i swear i see the stars come out ♪ ♪ when you hold my hand in the back of my mind i'm just waiting on the sun to go down ♪ ♪ the sun to go down ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ [ applause ] ♪ raise 'em up i'm talking about a lighter on a saturday night the band plays a song you like ♪ raise 'em up i'm talking about daddy's old pickup truck shotgun seat, there's the one you love and you're kissing on ♪ ♪ get those white sails sailing down in mexico, it's just a whiskey glass if you ain't

making a toast ♪ ♪ lift your tear-filled eyes up to the sky, as the flag flies say good-bye ♪ ♪ tonight we're going to raise 'em up ♪ ♪ blue looks good on the sky ♪ ♪ looks good on that neon buzzing on the wall but, darling, it don't match your eyes ♪ >> sing it to me, now. ♪ i'm telling you, ooh, you don't need that guy ♪ >> you don't need him, baby. ♪ it's so black and white he's stealing your thunder ♪ ♪ blue ain't your color, blue ain't your color ♪

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we are celebrating the 56th cma awards with will reeve in nashville. he got to go behind the scenes with luke bryan and peyton manning ahead of country music's biggest night. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, the two have been friends for awhile and met while luke played a charity concert for peyton's charity and now their friendship is going to face the highest stakes test tonight tonight when they co-host the cmas. ♪ >> reporter: it's the biggest night in country music. ♪ the cma awards. and this year, joining forces as hosts, a country superstar. >> what's up? >> reporter: and a football hall of famer. >> wish us luck. >> good luck. >> reporter: peyton manning and luke bryan, the duo giving us a sneak peek as they hit the stage for the first time together. >> it's mr. dierks bentley back here. [ laughter ] >> make a cameo, mr. dierks bentley. >> i got kicked out for the big guy.

>> it's super fun, the fact that you are doing it together. there's clearly a chemistry. how did it come about that you ended up co-hosting? >> well, luke bet me the tennessee/georgia game and said if georgia beats tennessee you have to co-host. i just found out. i just found out saturday night. >> reporter: what's the vibe going to be like between you on stage? >> we've got some history together. i think it's just going to be loose and that's the cool thing about peyton, he's always really just been a natural lover of country music and i think certainly that's why it's going to work. >> i mean, the thing for me is i realize the significance of this night. it's a little looser for me because i have no skin in it. there's no chance i'm winning an award. i mean, luke makes me laugh a lot because he laughs. >> at myself. >> at a lot of things. we're not afraid to laugh at

ourselves. don't take ourselves too seriously. he's a hard guy not to have fun when you're around him. >> put the camera on his facial expressions. >> who has more success, peyton singing a country song or luke completing a pass in the nfl? >> peyton singing a country song because he actually can get the words, i mean, i wouldn't even -- i wouldn't even get the snap count right. >> sing it or sing it well? >> who will be better dressed? >> that's to be determined. >> let's leave that up to the fans. >> reporter: i saw his jackets. he has like 15 of them. >> of course, he does. >> you got to compensate for lack of talent. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: i mean, if that's how much fun they were having backstage yesterday we can only imagine how much fun tonight is going to be. luke was giving peyton a really hard time about his georgia bulldogs beating the tennessee volunteers over the weekend in college football so they clearly have a big bond going on. so much fun to see those two get their chemistry on stage.

it's going to be an absolute party tonight, right, guys? let's get that party started early. i have all the power and i have an award in front of mth56thnnu at araon betwe two or more ar thnonefit dierkswi bndar for ndwoodor " i aturg jopardi for say never" and carly pearce and ashley that girl." "never wanted to be- so if we could please have the official winning envelope and a drum roll, please. the winner for musical event of the year, the cma award goes to "never wanted to be that girl." carly pearce and ashley mcbryde. [ cheers and applause ]

congratulations. so let's keep the party going with one more award. what do you say? we'll start with music video of the year. the nominees for music video of the year "i bet you think about me (taylor's version)" from the vault by taylor swift, "longneck way to go" by midland, "never say never" by cole swindell, "never wanted to be that girl," "'til you can't" by cody johnson. another drum roll, another envelope, please. thank you, sir. very nice in your suit. 2022 cma award for music video of the year goes to cody johnson! [ cheers and applause ] all right. you can watch the rest of the awards co-hosted by peyton manning and luke bryan right inside here tonight on abc at 8:00 eastern. what a night we have in store. [ applause ]

>> all right, will. thank you for that. let's keep the party going. we will turn now to ginger in cocoa beach, florida. hello, again, ginger. >> reporter: that does sound like a good party. no party is happening here because i'm about 270 miles to the northwest of the storm so it's way out there and, look, the water just keeps pushing in and 19 hours before it makes landfall. this constant push of onshore water comes along with heavy rain so a place like the st. john river that will reach major flood stage, such a problem, those images after was such a concern. that's the big picture, a check a little closer to home. e. >> a coastal shower this morning leading to partly cloudy skies this afternoon and 50's and 60's. the seven-day forecast shows you frosty mornings on the way and another chance of a showerrrrba another performance live from nashville.

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♪ raise 'em up ♪ we continue to count down to country music's biggest night and head back to will reeve at the party in nashville with one of country music's biggest star, keith urban. hello again, will. >> reporter: hello, t.j. this crowd has been amazing all morning. keith has been entertaining them and just about to get the real stuff going but before keith takes it away with another amazing performance, let's have a little chat with the country music legend. hello, keith. >> hello, will. >> you've been in nashville 30 years. >> yeah, coming up on it. >> you've seen it all. done it all. accomplished more than anyone could ever dream of. maybe even including yourself. what would you say to the young kid version of you just starting out. >> nothing, he's going to figure it out. >> that's very zen. feels very australian of you.

>> it's true. i wouldn't want to change any leaf on the path. >> tonight will be a life-changing night for so many people at the cmas. it can totally change your trajectory. you're in the middle of a world tour, back to vegas, 16 dates there. brand-new songs while on stage. how about another studio album amid all of this? >> yeah, yeah, it's coming, "wild hearts," first single, "brown eyes baby" and put out street street cold main." there's already three songs off the album. >> more to come with keith urban. you'll get a lot of keith urban in the future. and you're about to perform this hit song "brown eyes baby". the first time you heard it you fell in love with it. what's so special about it? >> lyrically, melodically. i obviously write a lot of songs but sometimes i hear something like "brown eyes baby" and love it right out of the gate. >> you'll play it right now.

"brown eyes baby" from keith urban, everybody. >> help us out if you know it. ♪ ♪ you made up your mind got off the couch ♪ ♪ you did up your hair now you're going out ♪ ♪ you put on that party dress even though your heart's a mess ♪ ♪ your friends swung by you jumped in the car ♪ ♪ you walked in here and now here we are ♪ ♪ putting the hurting on some jose ♪ ♪ and catching up while the band plays ♪ ♪ you say you miss the girl you used to be, bet i can find her if you let me ♪ ♪ i can put the smile right back where miles ♪ ds what y ibe t bz you fee en you sw ♪ oa♪

♪ i can put the sun right back in your sunshine ♪ your late night ♪love back into- ♪ ain't gotta be nothing more than one more drink and maybe ♪ ♪ i can take the blue out of your brown eyes, baby ♪ >> oh, yeah! [ applause ] ♪ and that wild side that you learned to tame ♪ ♪ she'll roll in like a midnight train almost like she never left here ♪ ♪ and i'll be ready, baby, when she gets here ♪ ♪ i can put the smile right back where your smile goes ♪ ♪ dreams back in what you see when your eyes close ♪ ♪ i'll be the buzz that you feel when you sip slow ♪ ♪ slow dance right back in your dirt road ♪ ♪ i can put the sun right back in your sunshine, bring a little love back into your late night ♪ ♪ ain't gotta be nothing more than one more drink ♪

♪ and maybe i can take the blue out of your brown eyes, baby ♪ ♪ ♪ put the full back in your half empty and put the two in your step again ♪ ♪ about to see where leaning in gets me, baby, just say when ♪ ♪ 'cause i can put the smile right back where your smile goes ♪ ♪ dreams back in what you see when your eyes close ♪ ♪ i'll be the buzz that you feel when you sip slow ♪ ♪ slow dance right back in your dirt road ♪ ♪ i can put the sun right back in your sunshine ♪ ♪ bring a little love back into your late night ♪ ♪ ain't gotta be nothing more than one more drink and maybe ♪ ♪ i can take the blue out of your brown eyes, baby ♪

♪ take the blue out of your brown eyes, baby ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. "gma" at the cmas is sponsored by fritos, down for everything. ♪ late night ain't gotta be

>> announcer: the beauty, the power, we're fascinated and love polar bears and now this week, michael strahan journeys into the snowy frontier live getting in close with polar bears. see how the climate crisis is changing their world. the extraordinary journey happens live. this week on "good morning america." thank you to keith urban for this amazing morning of music getting us ready for the 56th annual cma awards that air tonight at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc. >> go ahead, george. you take that line for us. >> let's hear it for keith urban one more time. >> put the effort in. >> keith urban has been so great. take it away. "wasted time" from keith urban.

>> hit it. whoo! hey. oh. ♪ the rain is coming down tonight, i'm smiling looking at this photograph ♪ ♪ i hear that song and i'm flying right back to when we had it made ♪ ♪ every friday night when the sun went down, we'd be running them streets like we owned the town ♪ ♪ and i just can't let it go, no, i just can't let it go ♪ ♪ i wonder if you ever think about it like i do, seven kids on a two-lane road ♪ ♪ had "the guns" on the radio after all this time it still feels so good ♪ summ niggi o t n e ck rwechild ♪ sipping on the locos, spark of light, ain't it funny how the best days of my life ♪

♪ was all that wasted time all that wasted time ♪ >> whoa! ♪ out of nowhere it slipped away and the rope by the river hangs silently ♪ ♪ and the town that we knew ain't nothing like it used to be ah, i can't explain ♪ ♪ they took all the color from the picture frame and the days got sold to the grid and the game ♪ ♪ but i just can't let it go, no, i just can't let it go ♪ ♪ i wonder if you ever think about it like i do ♪ ♪ seven kids on a two-lane road ♪ ♪ we had "the guns" on the radio after all this time it still feels so good ♪ ♪ when i think about those summer nights ♪ ♪ singing out the window on the back roads your hand in mine ♪ ♪ we were going nowhere but we

were so alive ♪ ♪ it's crazy how the best days of my life because all that wasted time, all that wasted time ♪

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions abc7news. kumasi: good morning. i am kumasi aaron from abc seven mornings. we will check in with jobina fortson for traffic. jobina: a live look at the san mateo bridge. a two car crash is reported westbound. it does not appear to cause that much slowing. hopefully that continues and they get it cleared. southbound 680 and walnut creek, you will face speeds under the limit. stop and go as you up broached when he for. drew: san jose, bright skies this morning. partly cloudy. a cool start to the day climbing to the 40's to the low 50's this hour. the exploratorium camera shows right conditions. partly cloudy skies through the day. temperatures this afternoon are below average for this time of year, mid 50's to low 60's by 4:00 p.m.. kumasi: now it's time for live

with kelly and ryan and we will >> it is live with kelly and ryan, cleveland rocks and that is right the next stop on the live virtual road trip, today, rocky himself actor sylvester stallone plus the movie for a woman actor judd hirsch also shifts b12 is here with his current delicious cleveland stew recipe all next on live. and now here is kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. >> ryan: hey good morning. >> kelly: hey. >> ryan: hey. [applaus