te good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, overnight, a rare november hurricane striking hard hit florida. breaking news overnight, nicole making landfall in florida as a category 1 hurricane. families forced to evacuate multiple high-rises over fears they could crumble into the ocean. more than a thousand flights canceled nationwide ahead of the three-day weekend. amusement parks closed. ginger and our team are in the storm zone this morning. in limbo. control of congress still up in the air. the senate races in arizona and nevada neck and neck while georgia heads to a runoff and as president biden celebrates the results, former president trump under fire after republican

losses. now the fight for the future of the gop. russian retreat? putin's troops ordered to evacuate a crucial city in ukraine. why it could be the biggest start of the war. vacation monoxide poisoning at two different vacation rentals in mexico. their families demanding answers. inflation in focus. the new report out this morning. americans hoping for the best but preparing for the worst with two weeks until thanksgiving. what it means for price increases and your paycheck. how companies are fighting back. heartpounding rescue. huge sigh of relief. two police officers racing to save a 1-month-old baby with rsv who stopped breathing. >> come on, sweetie. >> we hear from the hero officers and the little girl's mother. an abc news exclusive. one-on-one with former first lady michelle obama. >> i was trying to figure out, how did we get in this mess and

how do we get out of it. >> on her life after the white house. ♪ who's gonna save the world tonight ♪ strahan's polar bear mission. >> reporter: we're here. >> stray setting out on an ice safari adventure exploring how climate change is threatening the survival of this majestic species. >> reporter: there he is right there. how amazing is that? >> getting up close in the tundra, one gentle giant to another. ♪ we're gonna save the world ♪ ♪ hey, walk away, so me and my girls can do our thing ♪ and the girl power on country's biggest night. ♪ you ain't nothing but a die hard romeo ♪ >> plus, miranda, carrie and reba teaming up to honor the legendary loretta lynn. ♪ yeah, i'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter ♪ >> lara was there backstage for the powerhouse party in nashville.

we do say good morning, america. with my voice you would think i was the one singing all night long but it was lara there after country music's big night and michael is in big polar bear country this morning. so, michael, how is it going? >> reporter: oh, robin, it is going great out here. it is cold. it is nippy. the wind is blowing. i tell you what, it was a long journey to get here, but it was more than worth it. i've seen these, as t.j. said earlier, majestic animals up close. i've seen them play. i've seen them spar. i've seen them relax, and most of all i learned the ways we can help them. we have more on that coming up in the show. >> didn't i hear you yesterday say that they're big and beautiful just like you, something like that? did i hear that, michael? >> reporter: that may have been a glitch. maybe it did happen. i don't know. but they are big. they are beautiful, and if you

ask my mama, she'll say the same thing about me. >> there you go. >> not shivering quite as much this morning. we have our political team still tracking the midterm elections. control still up in the air as votes are being counted. we need to get now to ginger. she starts us off with the major storm slamming the east coast overnight. >> tropical storm nicole made landfall as a cat 1 hurricane. storm warnings in effect across florida, into georgia and south carolina. you know our chief meteorologist ginger zee is at daytona beach. a tornado watch has also been issued there. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. we are still getting whipped by those outer tentacles of nicole. that debris behind me keeps splashing up and over. look at our drone. now you can see how this erosion is going to be a problem through the day. even as this storm weakens, it keeps pushing water toward the coast and that will be detrimental dealing with nicole all throughout the rest of today. overnight, nicole slamming into the sunshine state.

the rare late season storm making landfall just south of vero beach. gusts on florida's east coast topping 75 miles per hour with a storm surge up to six feet. this pier in deerfield getting battered. street lights igniting with winds whipping clear across to tampa. more than 100,000 already waking up without power. in daytona beach shores, the compounded erosion so bad more buildings were evacuated for fear they could fall in. just south on a1a we went inside a home with nothing left to lose before it goes down. all the stuff in the home has been moved this way because if you go this way, in the last 24 hours they've lost everything. it is right up to the ocean now. krista goodrich manages some of these homes. they're barely standing.

>> do you expect these to go in? >> i do. i think this house is going to go in. i think four houses down is going to go in. >> reporter: krista was right. less than 12 hours ago, we were broadcasting right over there, but that has fallen into the ocean. look at the house we were standing in. you can see the chair, everything sitting right as it is. the lights are still in, but the back of the house is gone. less than two months ago there was at least 100 yards of beach. then ian, now nicole. the water just keeps eating away at daytona beach shores. i want to take you to the graphics so i can show you what will go on as the storm keeps moving to the northwest. even tallahassee will be taking on these winds and all the heavy rain. it'll move into georgia by late friday, late tonight into early tomorrow. robin, as it moves east it squeezes together with a front with heavy rains, two to four - inches. tornado threat moves with it today. >> we'll remember that, but also remembering the folks in florida. they have endured so much this hurricane season. thank you so much, ginger.

back to you in a little bit. jes the latest on the midterm elections. control of the senate sill up in the air. three battleground races undecided. one of them in arizona. whit johnson is in phoenix. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning. there are still several hundred thousand ballots left to be counted but democrats getting a slight boost in the latest results overnight. in the senate race, democrat mark kelly expanding his lead over republican blake masters. he's up by about 95,000 votes, but the masters' campaign insists there's still a pathway to victory. in the governor's race, democrat katie hobbs is clinging to a narrow lead over republican kari lake. just about 13,000 votes separating them. lake who has repeated false claims about the election told fox news overnight she's 100% certain she's going to win. now, one change after the 2020 election, arizona increased the threshold for an automatic recount. so if either of these races fall within 1/2 of a percentage

point, that mandatory recount would be triggered. t.j.? >> all right. whit, we appreciate you. that all-important senate race but control could come down to the runoff in georgia again. steve osunsami is in atlanta and, steve, it is going to be quite a month ahead for us. >> reporter: that's right. both campaigns are preparing for an intense month ahead and if democrats fail to win the u.s. senate races in arizona, you can bet a large spotlight from washington will be focussed on georgia. the good news is that it will be over fast. the election takes place on december 6th. but the law requires early elections to start no later than november 28th. that's just a few days after thanksgiving. on herschel walker's side of things, keep an eye out for kemp republicans, moderate republicans to coalesce with the trump republicans behind this candidate. and on the democratic side, their big challenge is getting their voters back out to vote

again in a runoff election. historically they've had trouble doing that here. the one giant exception was the presidential election of 2020, where in a runoff election both democrats won. robin? >> steve, a good opportunity to bring out our congressional correspondent rachel scott with more on the senate and house. >> a nail-biter, robin, control is now going to hinge on three races that are just simply too close to call. so let's start in georgia where you just heard from steve osunsami. a dead heat between the democratic incumbent senator raphael warnock and the republican, herschel walker, which is why this is headed to a runoff. democrats want to win in this state, but they may not have to in order to take control of the senate. they'd have to win in nevada and arizona, though, where we still see election officials counting ballots there. you heard from whit johnson and have the democratic incumbent, mark kelly, with a slight lead on the republican blake masters with 76% of the vote expected in. let's take a look at where

things stand in nevada. a very tight race between the democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto and the republican adam laxalt. but look, i'll say it again. if democrats are able to win in arizona and nevada, they don't need to necessarily win in georgia, but if they lose in either one of those it's all going to come down to the runoff. >> to georgia again as we saw a couple of years ago. how does it stand in the house? >> let's take a look at the house. this is the house map of where things stand right now. these are the races that are still yet to be projected so still about 27 races at this point that are simply too close to call. 197 seats currently held by democrats, 211 currently held by republicans. the magic number that we're get to 218. republicans almost there, but not quite yet, robin. >> rachel, as always, appreciate it. george? >> even with those races in limbo president biden celebrated the party's better than expected performance at a post-election

news conference. >> it was a good day, i think, for democracy and i think it was a good day for america. our democracy has been tested in recent years, but with their votes, the american people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are. >> and on the republican side former president trump under fire after a bad night for him. jon karl here to talk about that. >> look, george, as republican hopes for a big red wave fade away, the question is whether or not the party is finally ready to move on from donald trump. donald trump invited some 200 supporters to mar-a-lago for what was expected to be an election night victory celebration and a prelude to another presidential campaign. as his most high profile candidates started to go down, he tried to declare a victory anyway. >> it's been a very exciting night. >> reporter: in state after state candidates pushed by trump lost. sources tell abc news the former president was fuming, angry that he was being blamed for republican losses. sources say trump blamed his aides.

he blamed fox news host sean hannity and even blamed his wife melania for some of the endorsements. none more so than tv dr. mehmet oz. >> he wants to help the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: oz had won the republican nomination because he had trump's endorsement, but he lost tuesday, a race republicans expected and needed to win. in new hampshire and in georgia republican candidates for governor who defied trump won easily. that was not the case for senate candidates trump had endorsed. >> thank you for a historic landslide victory. >> reporter: meanwhile, florida's republican governor ron desantis who neither sought nor received trump's support had a huge night, winning in a nearly 20-point landslide. trump not only didn't endorse desantis, he attacked him in the final week of the campaign. >> trump at 71. ron desanctimonious at 10%. >> reporter: clearly upset about

the talk desantis could run for president, trump told fox news monday, quote, if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. i don't think it would be good for the party. and trump had this warning for desantis. if he did run, i will tell you things about him that won't be flattering. i know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife who is really running his campaign. trump himself teased a major announcement coming next tuesday hinting he will launch another campaign for president. but after tuesday's results, top republicans are urging him not to run, at least not now. republicans including trump's own advisers are pleading with him not to announce he's running for president before the georgia runoff on december 6th. but, george, given that donald trump has so clearly teased that he is going to launch his presidential campaign on tuesday, not announcing, pulling back creates problems for him as well. the question would be why did you stop?

>> yeah. and you're going to join me on sunday on "this week." i have an exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. t.j.? we turn to a big development out of ukraine. russia ordering its troops to retreat from a crucial city. our foreign correspondent james longman is on the ground in ukraine and this appears, james, to be a major setback for vladimir putin. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, t.j. this is one of the most significant moments of this war so far. this is the road to kherson. it is the largest city that russia has had under its control. the only regional capital and now russian forces announced a full evacuation. we have been with ukrainian forces as they have pushed relentlessly to take this city and now it has relented. those same ukrainian forces in the towns and villages around me now finding that russian troops have, indeed, left their positions, but president zelenskyy is noting caution. he's saying there's every chance russia is just laying a trap luring ukrainians into that city to then attack them. so there are all kinds of unknowns. president biden, he has noted the timing of this straight

after the u.s. midterms. robin? >> all right, james. thank you. we have the latest now on inflation numbers with two weeks until thanksgiving. the consumer price index report comes as tech giants including facebook parent meta announce mass layoffs. chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is on wall street and has more for us. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. with grocery prices um up 12.4% from a year ago that turkey dinner is going to cost you more this up. oerall inflation is easing with areas like used cars, clothing and medical care. those prices saw decreases. gasoline which had been coming down, ticked higher in october. the biggest culprit is on shelter costs. up 6.9%.

there are these mass lay offs at company lie meta and there's a concern about a ripple effect on the economy. robin? >> thank you, rebecca. we turn to the rescue caught on camera. police officers race to save a baby with rsv who stopped breathing. this morning we're hearing from the mother and those officers. erielle reshef has the story. good morning, erielle. >> good morning, guys. these officers say they were just doing their job protecting and serving and saving the littlest life. their action caught on camera. the video may be hard to watch, bu little kamiyah is okay. watch as two kansas city, missouri, police officers rush to this home. once inside -- >> yes, sir. >> reporter: -- handed the 1-month-old after she stopped breathing. >> i could feel her. >> reporter: officers duchaine and owen perform chest compressions and lifesaving care on the little one. >> come on, sweetie. come on. >> reporter: the harrowing incident all caught on police body camera. >> turn her around and hit the

back. come on, sweetie. come on. i can hear her. a little harder. >> reporter: within seconds she responds. >> she's breathing now. >> she is breathing. >> there you go. >> there we go. >> reporter: and this morning, the officers recalling how their training helped them act fast. >> we always have that fear in the back of our head that is what we're doing enough? will it be enough to bring her back? once we were able to bring her back, it was a huge sigh of relief. >> reporter: kamiyah rushed to the hospital where her mom says she was diagnosed with rsv and received breathing support. she is now back home. rsv among children surging to record levels with premature babies like kamiyah among the most vulnerable. kamiyah's mother calling the two men her heroes. >> he's my hero. i would do anything for that man. that man is a hero. he saved my daughter. >> reporter: they say they were just fulfilling their duty. >> we don't feel like heroes. we just feel like we did something good. >> we don't do this job to be

called heroes but to preserve life and protecting the people of the city. >> they certainly are heroes whether they accept the term or not. those officers urging everyone to know basic cpr and doctors say a combination of those chest compressions and breaths can really be lifesaving as we saw there. thank goodness she's okay. >> thank goodness for that. thank you, erielle. coming up, more from michael with the polar bears. first to ginger in florida. >> reporter: george, while this road is crumbling from all this erosion and big waves, we also have a tornado threat moving up jacksonville included up into parts of south carolina, eventually even north carolina has this tornado threat. we'll be watching nicole's outer bands all day. let's get your local weather now in 30 seconds.

and coming up here on "gma," lara is in nashville fresh off country mu sicmusic's biggest n. stay with us on "gma." we'll be right back.

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> sohe latest on the midterm elections. some battle ground races still being decided. likely to come down to a runoff in georgia and republicans are on track to flip the house. of course, the world cup two weeks away. the u.s. roster has now been announced. christian pulisic leads the red, white and blue in qatar. another player to watch, gio reyna. his father was a legend for years. they kick off against wales on monday, november 21st. and a lot more on "gma" coming up, including, yeah, stray. there he is. we will check in with him with the polar bears. why their home is in danger and what needs to happen to -- >> what is he doing? what was that? >> keeping warm. >> stray has been having a good time and enjoying this experience but looking forward to chatting with him more in a bit. we have the story of four tourists in two separate incidents who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while vacationing in mexico city.

matt rivers is there with the details. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. just over my shoulder behind me you can see the building where three american friends came here to mexico city hoping to spend a fun weekend and instead lost their lives inside an apartment. their families, now asking how could that have happened? this morning, the families of fur tourists killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in two different mexico city vacation rentals demanding answers. >> this cannot happen anymore. >> reporter: authorities say americans kandace florence, jordan marshall and courtez hall were all found dead in their airbnb rental on october 30th. florence's family telling abc news they were in town to join day of the dead celebrations. >> she just loved being in the presence of other people and just feeling how they lived. >> reporter: they say the

28-year-old spoke to her boyfriend on the phone that day and told him she wasn't feeling well. >> she said, i was vomiting and dizzy and my legs are wobbly. >> reporter: authorizes say they arrived at the scene to find the bodies of the three friends all dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. airbnb suspending the listing and canceling upcoming reservations telling abc news, quote, our priority now is to provide support to those affected while the authorities investigate what happened and we are available to cooperate with the investigation in any way we can. that same weekend a few miles away another death from carbon monoxide. 29-year-old angelica arce was staying in a nonairbnb vacation rental with her siblings when they started to feel sick. >> vomited actually and i felt really dizzy. >> reporter: andrea and marco telling our san diego affiliate kgtv that angelica was treated for heat exhaustion at the hospital and went back to the rental to sleep, but a few hours later marco found her lifeless. >> i lifted her hair, and she was all purple.

i was very scared. >> reporter: these deaths just the latest in a disturbing trend among vacationers. in may three u.s. tourists were killed by carbon monoxide at a sandals resort in the bahamas. not all rental companies mandate that their properties have functioning carbon monoxide detectors. the victims' families now calling for more regulation. >> we will fight to make sure that mandates are implemented so no other family has to deal with this type of brokenness and heartache. >> reporter: you have to wonder how a simple detector like this which i actually bought not far from here. i take it with me on some of my personal trips to stay safe, how is something like this not mandatory here in mexico city? that is the question that these families are now asking. guys? >> cannot blame them for that. we are thinking of those families, matt. thank you. coming up next on "gma," michael on his journey up north. michael? >> reporter: hey, robin. my journey to canada, to this

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michael. >> reporter: hey, good morning again, robin. i promise i will never complain about it being cold in the studio ever again when i'm sitting next to you. i promise you that. but right now as we said we are here in the tundra of churchill, manitoba. you can't really see because it's still dark out here. the sun will be coming up soon, but the moon is still out. to get here there are no direct roads to the town. the only way to get here is by train or plane. after a flight to manitoba we boarded a final flight bound for churchill, which is the so-called polar bear capital of the world to see these majestic creatures in the wild. polar bears have always fascinated me. i've always loved them. maybe because we're about the same size. these bears are breathtaking and they need our help because their environment is rapidly changing. our adventure begins aboard this tundra buggy. this is awesome. i love this.

we set out on an ice safari searching for these great white bears. >> nowhere else anywhere in the world where you can go and see polar bears up close from this kind of distance. >> reporter: and then, oh, there he is right there. how amazing is that? wow. >> look at that. >> that is amazing. >> they've been with mom for about ten months. they're still nursing living off mom's milk but learning how to be a polar bear. >> how long do they stay with mom? >> they stay with mom for two to two and a half on average. >> then they go their separate ways? wow. it's like they're putting on a show. >> this time of year they're just like waiting for the ice so they're just hanging out laying around. >> reporter: the sea ice that forms in fall is essential for polar bears' survival allowing them to go far enough out to prey on seals and store enough fat to get them through spring and summer.

because of global warming, there are shorter sea ice seasons which gives the bears less time to hunt for food, resulting in less healthy bears. if female bears don't get enough food they can't maintain their weight to carry a pregnancy resulting in fewer polar bears worldwide. >> how do they know, okay, this is the time to go? >> they'll go out and start testing, spreading their paws out. as soon as there's enough ice to hunt they're gone. >> reporter: we meet up with buggy 1, polar bear international's tundra office on wheels, and arrive to a bounty of bears. we are he here! we have two polar bears -- we would say laying in the sun, but no, they're laying in the cold. they look cute from up here. we got another polar bear who is over there, a little more active. not just laying down like the other two but they are big, beautiful, kind of like me. inside this buggy, the team is

presented research via livestream to the united nations climate change conference in sharm el sheikh, egypt. >> it really can make a difference, truly. >> reporter: scientists alysa mccall and dr. steven amstrup, a pioneer in polar bear research report on the increasing threat of climate change on polar bears. >> what is the message you wanted to convey? >> we're talking about polar bears and melting sea ice and connecting it to societies around the world. >> reporter: outside we see two polar bears sparring. >> they're kind of testing each other's prowess, who is the toughest. this time of year it's kind of practice and then hopefully in the spring, bob knows, hey, that guy is a lot tougher than i am. i am not going to mess with him. he can have her. >> sounds like life. they're here just waiting for the ice shelf to freeze over. >> that's right, yeah. >> but now because of climate change, it's a little later in the season that they're able to go out. >> but it also melts as the world warms.

>> yeah. >> so their habitat is among the fastest changing of habitats anywhere. >> reporter: so now more and more polar bears are venturing into town hungry. >> there can be a bear any time anywhere. >> reporter: making a plan for co-existence necessary. the polar bear alert program offers a 24-hour hotline to help. >> we keep people and bears safe and stop negative bear behavior such as food conditioning and that habituation and protect property from bears and we keep our staff safe here in churchill. >> reporter: and sometimes they need to be relocated safely. >> we'll put it in a big cargo net and we will literally strap it onto the bottom of the helicopter and then we fly that bear out in the direction it's trying to go. >> reporter: back out in the tundra, i see one up close. wow, beautiful. >> we've been talking about polar bears and the climate for quite a few years.

what have you seen change within the last few years? >> one of the things that really brings urgency to the situation now is we realize that we've warmed the world enough that we are passing the warmest temperature that has ever been in the polar bears' evolutionary history. so the future is kind of unknown in terms of how polar bears will respond. >> reporter: but for now the polar bears sit and wait. as much as we're curious about him, it's curious about us and now he's decided to take a seat. you know, guys, this has been one of the most incredible and memorable experiences of my life and understanding and learning through polar bears international, all about polar bears, all about their ecosystem, why it's so important for the sea ice to melt for them to go out and feed and how the whole ecosystem works, not just

for the polar bears but how it affects us as human beings made me realize just how urgent this situation is. so i am so happy to be here to cover it to bring it for the world to see and hopefully everyone will join in and do whatever part they can to help save the polar bears, which in turn is saving us as people. >> well, your happiness is evident, michael. it is a joy to see and the fact that it was so cool that you raised your hand and you said, i want to go there and you're showing us and we appreciate it. can't wait to see much more from you, michael in our next hour. go warm up in the meantime. go get hot cocoa or something. >> he was waiting on that. all right, stay with us here on "gma." coming up, lara is in nashville after quite a night at the cmas. stay with us. ♪

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking news, a rare november hurricane striking hard-hit florida. more than a thousand flights canceled nationwide ahead of the three-day weekend. ginger is in the storm zone. an abc exclusive. one-on-one with michelle obama. >> i struggled like a lot of people to find a sense of hope in all of this. >> on her life after the white house. plus, their two daughters and what the former first lady and the former president did to celebrate. 30 years. your 30-year anniversary. only on "gma" this morning. ♪ who's gonna save the world tonight ♪ strahan meeting the

magnificent polar bears. >> that was amazing. very curious. >> stray's extraordinary trip to the tundra exploring how climate change is threatening their survival and what we can do to save them. no, no, no. >> yes, yes, yes. we can't stay quiet. emily blunt is live in times square, talking about her new trip to the old west. ♪ can you feel the love tonight ♪ and we're feeling the love this morning with a special performance by sir elton john celebrating 25 years of "the lion king" on broadway. ♪ country on and on and on country on ♪ and we're turning the country on this morning after a big night at the cma awards full of tributes, carrie underwood. ♪ you ain't woman enough to take my man ♪ >> red hot performances and unforgettable performances. lara backstage with the winners saying -- ♪ good morning, america ♪

♪ good morning, america ♪ ♪ this crazy town ♪ very hard to top how they said good morning, america. so beautifully, huge night in nashville. incredible morning on the frozen tundra in canada as well. >> nashville in the frozen tundra, stray got the frozen tundra assignment out of the two of those. i know you're happy you did, stray. good morning to you, again. >> reporter: hey, t.j., i'm extremely happy i did it. it's absolutely magnificent out here. you can see the sun is starting to creep up over there with the snow. it's beautiful sky behind me and we're looking for polar bears. that's why we're out here. we are on tundra buggies at all times, keeps us at a safe distance and this right here, it's their home and we are keeping our eyes peeled. hopefully we will see a polar bear. we have more on the lives of polar bears and why they need our protection.

they need all the help we can give them. we have much more on that coming up a little later in the show, george. >> looking forward to that, michael. we start with the news right now, the news out of florida. tropical storm nicole made landfall as a category 1 hurricane overnight. storm warnings in effect into georgia and south carolina. back to chief meteorologist ginger zee in daytona beach. good morning, ginger. >> hey, george, the road behind me is crumbling as we speak. there is debris floating there in the winds and waves that are being pushed onshore still. we are still wrapped up in the back side of nicole as it moves to our northwest. the timing is going to take it across the state to tallahassee late tonight, then by tomorrow morning, even atlanta will be feeling the winds and the rain up to washington, d.c. this thing will merge with a front and squeeze out a lot of rain. we will have a tornado threat but i really think that at the end of the day this storm will be about erosion, the home i was standing in less than 12 hours ago, half of it has fallen into the ocean so this is something we'll be dealing with again, nicole, through the end of the week, start of the weekend. >> we thank you and be safe

there. some of those threats she was just talking about, some of the biggest ones coming from storm surges, isolated tornado, wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour. rob marciano is in jensen beach, florida, with the latest there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're about 30 miles south of vero beach. we were in the eye, no doubt. we are on the back side. this is bayside flooding. a river and now with the wind we're getting all sorts of wave action. we're getting debris on this side too. 2x4s and other damage continues to work its way upshore. i want to show you some of the wind gusts. they're all north of here. thank you for participating, sir. 74-mile-an-hour wind gusts in port canaveral. that also happened to be where the biggest storm surge was of six feet getting fresh video out of st. augustine getting wind and waves there and look at the warnings up and down the east coast and on the west coast if you're tampa through the big bend where this storm is heading, storm surge there and

into charleston, south carolina, as well. huge chunk of the southeast getting a piece now of hurricane nicole. t.j. >> incredible video we're seeing there. thank you so much. robin. the dangerous weather is causing headaches for travelers ahead of the three-day weekend with air traffic across the nation so let's go to victor oquendo in orlando with more on that part of the story. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. from what would normally be a busy orlando international airport, it is empty inside closed right now, we're the only ones out here and this is not the only airport in florida that's closed because of nicole. daytona beach international, melbourne, orlando international. palm beach international, all closed right now for the time being leading to a number of cancellations and delays here at this airport, more than 400 flights canceled. so you definitely want to check with your airline and this is all happening the day before veterans day.

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we had such a revealing conversation about dealing with the pandemic and everything about her time since leaving the white house and her relationship with her husband and two daughters. this morning, former first lady michelle obama discussing life after the white house. >> i was sitting at home, you know, just sort of sorting through where we were trying to make sense of what was happening to our country, to our world. >> reporter: sharing her strategies for staying hopeful in her new book "the light we carry: overcoming an uncertain times." >> like a lot of people i was trying to figure out how we good i the mess and how to get out of it. people trying to make sense of this stuff and, you know, for whatever reason looking to me for an answer, you know. i struggled like a lot of people to find a sense of hope in all of this. >> you said the worry and isolation had driven me inward. >> yeah. >> backward.

>> yeah. >> i rediscovered all the unresolved questions i had stashed on the shelves of my mind, all the doubts i reviously tucked away. >> it was that loss of hope, you know, thinking about did all of this matter? all the sacrifice that my family, my husband and i, all that we had done, especially after the election, did it matter? and does anything matter, right? and i think that if -- you don't have the tools to get out of it, you can just spiral and spiral down further down. >> mrs. obama candidly revealing how she keepfrefers to as her personal toolbox like focusing on the small. one constant light she mentions, her husband, former president barack obama. their romance lasting over three decades. so last month, 30 years, your 30-year anniversary. >> see, that's real time. >> that is real time.

how did y'all celebrate? >> we went -- we re-created our honeymoon. i know, he did it. that dude came with it. and when we laughed about how broke we were when we did it the first time, but we rode along highway 1 coast and stopped in big sur and carmel, that part of the country is one of the most beautiful coasts on the world. >> the two other lights in your life, your daughters. >> yeah, those two. >> you're fiercely protective of their private life but did write about living for a time in los angeles, sharing an apartment that you and your husband would come over for dinner. >> watching them create their own version of home. they are sharing an apartment and, you know, just fun when you see your kids adulting in the world and they had invited us over before dinner to have cocktails at their apartment and they had prepared a charcuterie tray and tried to make two very weak martinis. they realized they didn't have any of the ingredients but they

were hosting us. and it's just fun watching them become themselves. >> reporter: joining us at the kitchen table, mrs. marian robinson, affectionately known as grandma in chief. >> are you coming for me? >> reporter: a rare glimpse of her sharing wisdom and wit. >> i don't think you knew i took the s.a.t. it was one of those things, we were all just kind of, you got into a school? okay, well, how you gonna get there? >> your education was your responsibility. it wasn't mine. i told her, i already graduated. it's up to you to get an education and get a job. >> i'm telling you, it was so special having mrs. robinson. she even talked about how she got, when michelle was young, an alarm clock. you need to get yourself up for school. i already went to school. >> she's not shy at all. >> no, she's not.

it's very rare for her to be interviewed like that, and i'm not sure michelle was crazy about it, mrs. obama, because we were sitting around the kitchen table, because that's another thing in the toolbox. you guys, you got your guy friends, and you get together, and so she has a group of girlfriends that get together on a regular basis, and mrs. robinson was there, so i asked a question, and mrs. robinson, i can answer. can you imagine? i saw many times mrs. obama reach over and put her arm on her mom's knee, like, okay, momma, okay. but she was really inspired by the letters she received after "becoming" and people just wanting to have some hope, and she really put together and it is really a beautiful book, and you can see much more including stories about the michelle obama we don't see from people who know her best when that primetime special, "michelle obama: the light we carry," airs on abc this sunday, 10:00 p.m. we turn to the cma awards. a tribute to loretta lynn ended

with another entertainer of the year for luke combs. lara there for country music's biggest night. hey, lara. >> reporter: yeah, it was a special night here in nashville. honoring country music's best and brightest artists but, you know, this is also a community that really shows its gratitude and remembers those who paved the way, and they did that just so beautifully right at the top of the show, three superstars singing their hearts out to honor ms. loretta lynn. ♪ no, don't come home with nothing on your mind ♪ >> reporter: three country music powerhouses, miranda lambert, reba mcentire and carrie underwood, starting the night off with a tribute to one of the first ladies of country, the late, great loretta lynn. ♪ the memories of the coal miner's daughter ♪ >> what is it about cmas? >> a chance for everyone in

country music to kind of catch up with each other and connect again. >> reporter: kelly clarkson reminding the star-studded crowd of her country roots. ♪ barking up the wrong damn tree ♪ teaming up with kelsea ballerini and carly pearce for "you're drunk, go home." and pop princess katy perry coming out to play. ♪ with a duet alongside thomas rhett. ♪ just look at that road and think about where we started ♪ >> reporter: but it was a somber moment when a tearful wynonna judd made her first cma appearance since the death of her mom naomi. >> in death there is life and here i am. thank you for your love and your

support. these past six months have been a time to grieve and a time to be grateful and i am humbled and honored tonight to still have a seat at the table of country music. [ applause ] >> and this cma award goes to brothers osborne. >> reporter: presenting vocal duo of the year to brothers osborne. >> wynonna judd, y'all. >> don't leave the stage, stay here. >> let's talk about the wynonna of it all. >> oh, yeah, that was wild. >> that was crazy. >> almost felt like, you know, a passing of the torch in a way and i don't feel like we deserve it because they are like the pinnacle of country duos. >> lainey wilson. >> reporter: and the newcomer of the night, not so new at all, 11 years in nashville honing her craft, lainey wilson earning the star-making moment she so deserves winning new artist of the year as well as female vocalist of the year. >> this one right here is for that 9-year-old little girl who wrote her first song who knew in her heart that this s what she was supposed to do. >> what would you say to that 9-year-old little girl now?

>> i would say, it's going to take you a really long time to get to where you want to be and i'd say it's going to be the hardest thing you've ever done in your life but it's going to be worth it. be yourself and be kind and that's all you can do. ♪ let's get some candles burning ♪ >> reporter: and luke combs taking home cma's biggest prize for the second year in a row, intertarian of the year. >> one major difference between your entertainer of the award last year and this year -- >> dad, i'm a dad now. >> i mean -- >> dad of the year hopefully. that would be nice, yeah. crazy stuff, it's just -- it's been a whirlwind of a year. >> wow. how is your wife nicole? how is she doing? >> she's doing great. we're here tonight. kind of like our first real night out, i guess, last night was. >> date night. >> yeah, really mom and dad's first date night. ♪ >> hey, luke combs told me one

of the highlights of his night besides having a date night was watching alan jackson receive the lifetime achievement award. combs called him one of the best writers and performers in the history of country music and, you know, guy, country music writer harlan howard said the ingredients are three chords and the truth and every artist i spoke with last night agreed. nobody knows that recipe better than alan jackson. for now i throw it back to you in nashville. >> spectacular night. thank you, lara. to ginger in daytona beach. thank you so much, george. right behind me, our hotel is starting to collapse in parts of the pool deck. look at the drone video we've gotten this morning. just unbelievable to watch this happen in realtime. the erosion of the home next to us going into the ocean as we speak. remember, this is as nicole is still just a tropical storm. people say still, but there are always unique fingerprints from each of these. this is the second latest storm in recorded history to make landfall in the united states

and you can see some of this video, it will leave its mark and does not need to be anything more than a tropical storm. it will keep moving. we will have tornado impacts today. the threat is on the map phone at the qr code on the

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am-- announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> good morning. i am kumasi aaron. checking in with jobina for a look at traffic. jobina: we are starting with a live look at oakland, bringing q the 8:00 a.m. coliseum camera. the crash on 880 has cleared. you are seeing residual delays. same thing goes at the richmond-san rafael bridge. if you are traveling in the westbound direction. we will wrap up with a look at our maps in san francisco. a stall is coached -- causing a major slowdown at cesar chavez. kumasi: drew tuma ♪upbeat music♪ ♪♪

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>> bay area live with kelly and ryan is coming up. my father's dragon is at 9:00 on abc seven. drew: we will see you in 30 minutes. a live look at our frost advisory until 9:00 a.m. we have chilly temperatures in all areas shaded in blue. he will do it again tonight as well. 37 in santa rosa. 40 in san ramon. look at the sea lines. sunshine and chilly temperatures. 50's and 60's.

kumasi: we will have another abc 7 news update in 30 minutes. you can find th ♪ who's gonna save the world tonight ♪ michael is out there saving the polar bears in manitoba, canada. back to him. hey, michael. >> reporter: hey, george. i am standing in one of these southernmost homes of the polar bear, and you really feel small when you're out here compared to the vastness of the climate here and the wilderness that is around us, and i'd like to introduce you to two researchers who get to spend a lot of time out here, polar bear international's chief scientist dr. steven amstrup and their director of conservation and staff scientist alysa mccall. you both make it look easy to stand out here. you both look so natural out here in this environment, but, alysa, we're here talking about

saving the polar bears, but you say it's about -- it's more than that. it's about saving the polar bear, but it's really saving ourselves, as well. tell me about that. totally. as the polar bear is losing access to its home, people are losing access to their homes so the decisions we're making today for our future determine what it's going to look like down the road for polar bears, for us, our children and their children. >> so in order to help save the polar bears, what can people at home do? what can the regular person at home do to help the cause? >> yeah, the good news is we know what the problem is, too many carbon emissions, so the solution, we can use our votes to vote for leaders who care about a cleaner future. vote with your money, support sustainable companies and then use your voice, talk about climate change or polar bears or just what you care about and what you want to see in the world and those conversations can shape societies and we can make the changes we need for polar bears and for ourselves. >> conversations are very

important, and i know, steve, for you, you've been watching polar bears for over four decades. i mean, really you're like one of the most foremost scientists on polar bears. what are some of the changes you've seen? >> i saw in my career i saw the arctic ocean north of the alaska coast go from sea ice as far as you could see to open water as far as you can see and here in western hudson bay, we've seen almost 30 day longer ice freeze season. polar bears depend on the ice to catch their prey so what the result has been is thinner females that can't nurse their cubs as well and more starving cubs. >> for a lot of people they say, okay, that's all good and fine but why is it so important to save the polar bear? explain that. >> everything in nature is connected. and the polar ice up here helps

regulate the climate, you know, lower latitudes to keep it at the level that we have become accustomed to and which humans have flourished. if we save polar bears we'll benefit the rest of life on earth including ourselves. really saving polar bears is saving ourselves. >> saving polar bears is saving ourselves and i know we've been up here. we've been out. we've seen polar bears and seen mothers and cubs and i think someone told me that the mother had three cubs at one point and now she's down to two so are the younger polar bears, are they given a fair chance to survive now with the way everything is going. >> it's rougher and rougher. the rate of cub survival through the first couple of years of life is much lower than it used to be and, of course, if cubs aren't entering the population, ultimately the population declines, and it has declined here by about 30%. >> 30% and how many polar bears are there in this area? >> right now there's between about 800 to 900 polar bears.

>> and there used to be a lot more, i imagine. >> in the late '80s, early '90s it was estimated to be about 1,200. >> so a quarter. oh, man, but, you know, i'm glad we came up to do this. i've always loved polar bears. something about them has always piqued my interest and to see how the ecosystem they live in affects ours and ours affects theirs in a way what we need to get our stuff together. thank you for joining me out here in the cold. >> well, thank you for coming. we really appreciated having you here. >> no, i appreciate it. thank you both so much. you guys, this has been like i said the trip of a lifetime and i'll gladly come back out here to -- if there's anything that develops with the polar bears i will be out to cover it because this has been an amazing, amazing time. i think it's something that everybody should learn about and

that we definitely wanted to share at "gma" with our audience about how important our ecosystem is to our lives, as well, and not just to the animals we think have to live in our world. we have to live in theirs also. back to you guys in the studio. >> they say everything in nature is connected. that was so beautifully said. >> it was. we all did learn a lot from it. thank you, michael. coming up, emily blunt is here live in times square. ♪ you're so golden ♪ (vo) it's a fact! two out of three americans who qualify ♪ for medicare do not receive all the benefits they deserve. you could be missing out! now anthem blue cross introduces a free medicare plan checkup to make sure you receive all the benefits you qualify for in 2023. call 1-866-336-3448 today and receive extra benefits for a zero dollar monthly premium. benefits like dental, vision, hearing and prescription drugs! and to help you stay healthy at home, you can have free prescription drug delivery, online doctor visits twenty-four seven, and free exercise classes.

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can we keep this going? >> it's going great. awesome.

yes, everybody, welcome. we got golden globe winning actress emily blunt here. we've seen her in "the devil wears prada" and now producing "the english." well, hi. >> hi. >> it's good to see you again. >> you too. >> we picked up right where we left off. >> you remember what happened. >> i remember. i thought it went well. >> undramatic, unstunty entrance you made when you were interviewing me and dwayne. >> if we all had great stunt doubles. >> he has like ten stunt doubles. >> that's not what we're here to talk about. >> we can leave. [ laughter ] >> it was like a tennis match. [ laughter ] >> back and forth, but we are here to talk about the series, and i'm told, i will be scolded soundly if i dare say that you play a strong female lead. >> oh. >> there's a reason you don't like that phrase when it comes

to -- >> well, i think sometimes you read scripts, and the character you're play is announced as a strong female role, and that's supposed to be enticing. then you might be playing someone who is hard-edged, and women just want to play really nuanced, exciting roles, human roles. that's what i loved about this character. she's not the damsel in distress, but she's also not an action hero. she's sort of terrified by the prospect of this gauntlet ahead of her, so i just loved her. >> is it fair to say she is on a mission? >> she is on a mission, a revenge mission. someone killed her child, and she's going to get go them. >> let's see. >> what about this afternoon? >> it wasn't your fight. this isn't mine. >> i mean that we're here at all when only this afternoon you were tied up there. i was lying down over there. both about to get killed, and yet here we are. and it's everyone else that's dead like it was magic.

like it is magic. >> ooh. >> ooh. [ laughter ] i heard you had to do a lot of training for this as well on horseback. >> i did a lot of horse riding, which i needed to do. every actor puts on their cv that you can ride horses, and you sort of can't, sort of holding on for dear life. i trained for about three months. i loved it deeply. it was really cool. >> can we talk about chaske spencer? >> yes. >> a native american playing a lead role in a western. that doesn't happen very much. >> it doesn't. >> you as producer and, by the way, first-time producer, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> how meaningful was it to have him? >> i think he was just thrilled to play a great part like that, and it was written in honor of the paul newmans and clint eastwoods of the westerns we've seen. this character just happened to be native american, you know. and i think that in itself, i think people are responding to

that being a rare thing and it also shows how much our times are hopefully changing, you know, but he's just extraordinary in it and i can't wait for people to see him. >> you've done -- we've seen you in horror, drama, comedy. this is a western now for you. and it's kind of -- you kind of came up on westerns. >> i did. >> you like them. >> one of the first i saw was "old yeller." did you see -- >> yeah, right. >> weren't you like devastated? [ laughter ] inconsolable when old yeller gets rabies. it's just -- [ laughter ] it was one of the first ones i saw and then my mum showed me "shane" like similarly crushed by that film, so i loved them. i love the genre. it's such a mythic, brutal, wonderful world to play in. >> "shane," that scene at the end, shane, come back. >> awful, i know? one of the first ones i saw too. my dad made me watch that western. that scene in the end riding off.

>> it's extraordinary. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> fantastic. >> thank you. >> all right, yes, all six episodes of "the english" -- >> we feel like we should leave. so you can spend a little more time. >> we want to tell you six episodes of "the english" premiere on prime video. it is so good. >> good to see you. do you have your golf cart. >> i don't have -- >> let's go. ginger, help us please. back down in daytona beach. let's check back in with her. >> i think i should be the one asking you for help. come on, the erosion just keeps happening. we're watching pieces of asphalt fall into the ocean behind us and now i want to show you because it's not just here in daytona beach with the erosion horrific and the winds and waves but, look, the tampa skyway, the storm made its way across the peninsula, has closed this morning. you will see wind and rain all the way to tallahassee as the center makes it there later this

afternoon and tonight, it will then traverse to the north and east. it'll get picked up and run northeast. squeezed together with a front. a whole lot of rain, a tornado threat. wow, these waves are crashing up and the water is coming up but we, of course, will be following it as so many people are close to or have already seen their homes go in this morning. that's a big pic been hanging out. hey there, again. >> reporter: yeah, i am hanging out at rippey's on broadway after an unforgettable nite. -- night. so many star-studded collabs as you saw. what a great night and this

morning, we're going to talk about a segment sponsored by chevrolet with the help of country star breland. they've announced, guys, a once in a lifetime opportunity for country music fans. during the show, breland ran through some of the greatest collaborations throughout the generations like peanut butter and jelly, woody and buzz and, of course, chevrolet and country music. then a big surprise happened. breland announced a way to celebrate this special place chevrolet has in country music. an exciting new tiktok contest where you can write the second verse to his new song, "my kind of truck." take a listen. ♪ get ready for the journey. late night driving go to work early ♪ ♪ tailgate, when you need a pick-me-up ♪ ♪ that's my kind of truck ♪ >> chevy has always inspired country music. join in and write the second verse of this song. >> wow. all right, guys, start composing, let's do this. the winner of this chevy ev song contest will get the chance to

perform on stage at the 50th cma fest in 2023. to do this go to "gma's" tiktok and we'll give you all the details. a very cool opportunity indeed and coming up, a very special performance right here on "gma" by elton john celebrating the 25th anniversary of "the lion king" on broadway. ♪ "gma" at the cmas is sponsored by chevrolet. electric vehicles for everyone, everywhere.

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♪ can you feel the love ♪ unmistakable voice. back with an exclusive performance from sir elton john. just yesterday in his home in beverly hills ahead of his final north american concert at dodger stadium. we'll bring you that soon. we also discussed "the lion king" and how it impacted his

life. in honor of "the lion king" and its 25th anniversary of broadway on sunday only the third broadway show ever to hit this milestone, here is sir elton singing his academy award winning song, "can you feel the love tonight." >> so i want to say something. "the lion king" on broadway is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. and for a show to have run this long, it's very rare and it's extraordinary and it was one of the greatest things to happen in my life in 1993 when sir tim rang me up and said disdoesn't think you want to do this but will you do "the lion king"? it changed my life. brilliantly put on the stage. every time you go and see it, you just get goosebumps. it's extraordinary and i'm so proud to be a part of it. so i'd like to play something from the show. ♪

♪ there's a calm surrender to the rush of day ♪ ♪ when the heat of a rolling wind ♪ ♪ can be turned away ♪ ♪ an enchanted moment, and it sees through, it's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you ♪ ♪ can you feel the love tonight it is where we are ♪ ♪ it's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer that we've got this far ♪ ♪ and can you feel the love tonight ♪ ♪ how it was laid to rest ♪

♪ it's enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best ♪ ♪ there's a time for everyone if they only learn ♪ ♪ that the twisting

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making the incredible elton john performance we just saw possible. he told me what his favorite song from "the lion king" was, that wasn't it. it was another song. >> we have to wait? >> save that tease. big thanks to michael and his entire tundra team. such a spectacular trip as well. have a great day, everyone.

announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. kumasi: good morning, everyone. i am kumasi aaron. hope you're having a great start to your day. we will check in with jobina fortson for a look at traffic. jobina: we will begin with the bay bridge toll plaza. the backup is still there. typically by 9:00, we see it clear out of the way. that is not the case right now. same thing at walnut creek. if you are traveling southbound, you will run into an issue traveling westbound on 24. we have a crash locking at least one lane. drew: our frost advisory has expired. we are warming through the 50's and 40's this morning. a lot of sunshine. it is a nice-looking day. our day looks like this. total sunshine out there. later on this afternoon, we will max out by 4:00 p.m. in the 50's and 60's.

kumasi: have a great day. deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. climb aboard the virtual cable car because we've just arrived in san francisco. as we continue live's virtual road trip week. on today's show, stand-up comic and actress, caroline rhea. plus, from stranger things and my father's dragon, gaten matarazzo. also, a spicy, delicious stew courtesy of san francisco chef, francis ang. and a two-day shopping treat exclusively for our amazing viewers. back-to-back bargains that you need to check out. all next on live. and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. morning, deja vu. kelly, here we go. ["i'm alive" by michael franti playing] ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪