thing. ♪ good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, shots fired in a food court in texas. breaking overnight, shoppers running for cover, a deadly mall shooting in el paso killing at least one person. this morning, what we know about the victims in critical condition and the suspects in custody. fatal crash. a black hawk helicopter belonging to the tennessee national guard going down on an alabama highway killing two on board. the investigation this morning. overnight more than a thousand people packed a town hall demanding answers about the train derailment in ohio that unleashed toxic chemicals. the epa chief heading to the scene. anger in court. one of the family members of the

ten black men and women killed in the buffalo supermarket massacre lunging at the killer. plus, the passionate speeches. >> you don't know a damn thing about black people. we're human. >> as he's sentenced to life without parole. never before seen interrogation video of alex murdaugh played in court, two months after his monday and son were killed. plus, the major moment for the defense. abc news exclusive. the family who lost their 13-year-old daughter in a tragic tubing accident in aruba shares their story. >> we didn't know the dangers. we weren't aware. >> their mission to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else and the expert advice when booking excursions outside the u.s. fda warning to cruise lines. bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease in the drinking water found on two ships. where procedures changed after the red flag as vacation travel

is about to ramp up. social media shopping scams. the new warning about impostor websites. what the ftc is saying about fake sites on the rise becoming much more sophisticated. celebrating raquel welch. ♪ 'cause i'm a woman ♪ >> this morning, remembering the glamorous actress who lit up the screen and stage. ♪ beautiful like diamonds in the sky ♪ and the mother of all photo shoots, days after her incredible performance at the super bowl, the stunning pictures of rihanna and her baby. what the soon to be mother of two called the craziest day ever. looking gorgeous as she is. you didn't realize that she was pregnant when you sat down. >> had no idea. >> she said when she did the photo shoot, she didn't even realize.

>> a surprise guest. we got surprised all right. >> we'll see a lot more foefts co of the photos coming up. ginger tracking a major storm system on the move. heavy snow coming up. ail and - first we begin with breaking news overnight. chaos breaking out at a mall in el paso, texas, when shots were fired. mireya villarreal has the latest on what we know about the suspects and the victims. good morning, mireya. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. some very tense moments for people living in el paso, overnight. everybody got an alert on their cell phones letting them know what was going open as police rushed in to help. overnight, shots fired in a food court in el paso, texas. shoppers running for cover. >> we have two young male subjects on the upper level by the food court that have been shot. >> it was just purely terrifying. >> we were shopping around. we were about to leave and heard the three shots go off

then i thought somebody was popping balloons and i peered out and saw the barrel of a gun. >> reporter: one person dead, three more transported to a local hospital. two in critical condition. >> it was chaotic. people did flee. they were scared. it does cause panic. >> reporter: police searching the cielo vista mall and two in custody, investigators not yet pointing to a motive. >> a great deal of credit needs to go out to the off-duty officer who was able to get one of these individuals in custody in a quick amount of time. >> reporter: the community on edge after a 2019 shooting at a walmart just next door where 23 people were killed. the gunman in that attack pleading guilty last week to hate crimes for seeking out latinos. and if you can believe it a woman who survived the 2019 shooting at the walmart who was inside the mall when shots were fired overnight. thankfully she is okay. the 2019 shooting, though, clearly leaving a lasting impact on that entire community.

george? >> certainly it does. thank you very much. now to breaking news overnight, two people killed when a blackhawk helicopter belonging to the tennessee national guard crashed in alabama. victor oquendo is on the scene. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. that is the site of the crash behind us. you will a see a silver tarp covering the helicopter that came down right along this highway. an investigation is under way to determine what led up to the crash. we want to warn you, some of the images are hard to watch. this morning, the investigation under way as officials begin to uncover what caused this fatal black hawk helicopter crash near huntsville, alabama, wednesday afternoon. >> two miles north of huntsville airport. >> reporter: this security camera video capturing the moment the aircraft plunges to the ground. a cloud of thick black smoke swelling in the distance. a tennessee national guard uh-60

black hawk helicopter was conducting a training flight near highway 53 when it went down. the two people on board tragically killed. >> looking up in the air, saw the helicopter go over our head and, bam, we saw it hit the ground and it exploded. i just hollered, my lord, my god, because nobody could have survived that. >> reporter: overnight the tennessee national guard releasing a statement saying, we are deeply saddened by the loss of two tennessee national guardsmen and our prayers are with their families during this heartbreaking tragedy. authorities say no civilians or other service members were harmed. susan shepherd said she heard the helicopter buzzing over her home praising the pilot for saving lives. >> he's a hero, i think. i really do think he's a hero because it could have been a lot worse and could have been a lot more lives lost today. >> reporter: that woman also telling us that at one point the helicopter flew so close to her

neighborhood, some of the windows started shaking. she's not the only one calling those guardsmen heroes as in one on the ground was hurt. >> victor, thank you so much. now to the major storm system that son the move. ginger, of course, is tracking it from a tornado threat to heavy snow, jinger? >> tornado watch just got extended, robin, moments ago. you can see on the map where the front is moving. we already had in gibson county, tennessee, tree damage just an hour or so ago. that's a likely tornado north of interstate 40. this is krucrushing over interse 40. it is going to keep going east. we'll see the air destabilize up to cincinnati. you have a shot of seeing damaging wind and tornadoes, even some hail which it has already done. our affiliate in omaha, nebraska, showing off how the roads are not looking good this morning. the snowy side will produce up to a half foot of snow and so people that are in quad cities over to milwaukee, down to

kenosha, the north side of chicago should pick up more snow. it will be rainier on the south side. michael? >> thank you so much, ginger. now to the growing fallout in ohio over the train derailment that released toxic chemicals. the head of the epa is planning to visit the site today after more than a thousand people turned out for a town hall last night. alex presha was there. the towns people are angry and the mayor is begging for help. >> reporter: that's right, michael. that town hall was expected to be spirited and it lived up to the billing as this was the first time that many of these residents were able to publicly express their frustrations and concerns. >> the epa administrator is coming tomorrow. what is your message for him, what do you need? >> i need help. i have the village on my back and i'll do whatever it takes. >> reporter: the mayor, state

and local officials trying to reassure skeptical residents that east palestine is safe after a fiery train derailment and release dumped tankers of toxic chemicals. >> reporter: notably absent, anyone from norfolk southern railroad. when i asked if they should have sent someone, he said -- >> yeah, absolutely. it is absurd. >> reporter: norfolk southern writing, after consulting with community leaders, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. the governor touting confidence in the safety of the city's water supply. >> if i was there right now, i would drink it. yesterday, the health director said, i think i would probably drink the bottled water. he knew we didn't have the test results back. well, today we got the test results back. > reporter: still many evacuees aren't convinced the town is safe enough to return. >> my grandbabies, that's why i brought this property, so they could play in the creek and have a good time. i'm not putting them in it this year. i don't know if i'll ever put

them back in it. >> there was a considerable amount of runoff into two creeks that run through the town. i want to see what are they testing for, how are they testing it, what are they looking for, what are they finding. >> reporter: norfolk southern announced a $1 million fund to help this community. still the state's attorney general is considring legal action against the rail operator and many of these residents are considering legal action as well. george? >> alex, thank you very much. now to dramatic scene inside the courtroom as the white supremacist who killed ten black people at a supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole. c he could face the death penalty. >> reporter: it was evident the pain of the may 14th racist attack here is unabated. the shooter was sentenced to life in prison during a hearing that was both dramatic and emotional. >> you make me sick. you got my family crying. i miss my sister every day.

>> reporter: this morning, the teenager behind the racist buffalo supermarket massacre is in prison for life after families of the ten black men and women killed vented their raw anger. >> she didn't hurt anybody. you come to our city and decide you don't like black people. man, you don't know a damn thing about black people. we're human. >> reporter: a torrent of emotion at her sister catherine's killer. her son stepping in and lunging at the shooter. court officers restrained him and hustled the shooter out. when order was restored, the mother of 32-year-old roberta drury, the youngest victim, was subdued as she clutched her daughter's picture. >> this picture to remind you she was a beautiful girl. >> reporter: the families call the shooter a cowardly racist and said the shooter deserved no mercy for the carefully planned and live streamed attack last

may. >> the people you have hurt are too valuable to this community. you will never see the light of day as a free man ever again. >> reporter: overnight, the shooter was transferred into federal custody. the justice department is still deciding whether to seek the death penalty and, robin, as intense as things were, those families said they are determined to come here to federal court to confront the shooter again. robin? >> strong families. our hearts go out to them. thank you. now to lawmakers grilling the head of the faa over concerns about flight safety after a string of recent near misses as we're learning of another close call this morning. our transportation correspondent gio benitez has more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning. the senate hearing was supposed to be about the nationwide ground stop weeks ago, but as you can imagine, senators were far more interested in talking about those incredibly dangerous close calls.

the happened when honolulu, a united jet told by air traffic control to stop on a taxi way and instead crossing the runway as a cessna plane was landing on the same runway. acting head billy nolan promising senators he's taking action. >> i formed the safety review team to examine the u.s. aerospace systems structure, culture, processes, systems, and integration of safety effort. >> reporter: he was also grilled on this frightening close call earlier this month. >> southwest abort. fedex son the go. >> reporter: a fedex cargo jet coming within 100 feet of a southwest plane filled with passengers. >> my question is how can this happen? >> it is not what we would expect to have happen. when we think about the

controls, how we train our controllers and our pilots, the system works as is designed to avert what could have been a horrific outcome. >> reporter: nolan insisting the guardrails are working. >> can i say to the american public that we are safe? the answer is that we are. if the question is can we be better? the answer is, absolutely. >> reporter: and all this with the spring break travel season starting tomorrow. in fact, the tsa believes we may see more air travelers this year than we did before the pandemic, guys. >> all right, gio, thank you so much for that. now to celebrating the life of actress raquel welch. the glamour star who launched into stardom in the movie "one million years, b.c." passed aw after a brief illness at age 82. chris connelly has more on her life and legacy. good morning, chris. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. put it this way, if they'd had the internet in her heyday she'd have broken it again and again and again. then after decades as a baby

boomer bombshell, raquel welch found her voice and got her flowers. >> introducing the fabulous raquel welch, the sensational star discovery this year or any other year. >> reporter: the preeminent siren of a sexualized era, raquel welch brought savvy and sense of human story her reign as an undisputed screen goddess. from her appearance in 1966's "one million years, b.c." onward her status as a bombshell was a truth universally acknowledged and even be on the wall and worshipped in "the shawshank redemption." >> what say there, fuzzy britches. >> do you like talking? >> reporter: earlier she had a knowing wink on "sonny and cher." ♪ 'cause i'm a woman ♪ ♪ w-o-m-a-n ♪ >> reporter: and go to vietnam to entertain troops as part of bob hope's uso shows. more than a poster or pinup,

she'd be comic in "the three musketeers." play a feisty roller derby queen in "kansas city bomber" and delight younger audiences in "fantastic voyage." >> we'll see things no one has ever seen before. >> reporter: like marilyn monroe, farrah fawcett and pamela anderson, it's meant being seen, not being heard. >> i knew i wasn't her, you know, the lady in the doe skin bikini. that sex symbol lady, she didn't have a voice. >> reporter: she'd surmount talk show banter to fund broadway in "woman of the year" and in the 1990s receive her flowers on "seinfeld." >> mrs. wyndham -- >> reporter: and in "legally blonde." >> so you found me. >> reporter: reese witherspoon saying i loved working with her on "legally blonde."

she was elegant, professional and glamorous beyond belief. simply stunning. may all her angels carry her home. born jo raquel tejada, child of a bolivian born dad she'd tell her own story in a 2010 memoir sharing her saga with robin roberts on "gma." >> we're listening to you loud and clear and you have been about beauty, about glamour, about fitness. this is something that is very important to you. >> i don't want to wait too long before i say, you know, some things that i'm thinking and knowing about and experienced, i want -- i want to -- i want to go ahead and tell what i know, you know, and what happened for real. >> reporter: raquel welch died wednesday at the age of 82 after a brief illness. those eager to honor her could perhaps do so not just by looking but by listening. raquel welch is survived by a son and daughter. will she be remembered? will she ever. guys.

>> well said there, chris. yes, yes, she was stunning but she was enormously talented as well. >> she sure was. >> lovely person as well every time she came here. coming up the never before seen interrogation of alex murdaugh played in court. and the family whose daughter died in a tragic tubing accident in aruba is telling their story. their urgent plea that you hear only on "gma" this morning. first, let's go back to ginger. >> the ground blizzard left several folks stranded on interstate 94 for 12 hours. thankfully it looks like everybody is okay but the gusts were up to 64 miles per hour. that's on the north side. you know what's on the front end, extreme warmth talking temperatures that are 20 to 25 degrees above average. i don't know if you noticed outside this morning. we walked out. it was 60 degrees. some of those eyes broken, laredo, 94 from texas under the east coast. boston going for 60.

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so does that mean that i am a suspect? >> reporter: the interview taped in august 2021, two months after his wife and son were killed. >> after this interview doing this interview did you consider alex murdaugh a suspect in the death of his son and his wife? >> he was the only known suspect at that time, yes. >> reporter: investigators finding several inconsistencies in his story confronting him with this video paul shot about an hour before the murders showing him wearing different clothes than when police arrived. >> he's bad. i checked their pulses. >> reporter: at what point in the evening did you change clothes? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: the defense grilling the lead investigator. >> did you ask alex murdaugh where's that blue shirt? where are those khaki pants, where are those shoes, did you? >> no, sir, i did not. >> and you have never asked him for that blue shirt, those tan

shoes and those khaki pants, have you? >> no, sir. >> reporter: in a major moment in court the defense getting the state's lead investigator to admit he misled murdaugh and eventually the grand jury on key evidence about the murder weapons. >> so you're trying to trick him, agreed? >> i'm allowed to use trickery to elicit a response. yes. >> you're allowed to do it and you did it. >> yes. >> you also testified under oath in front of the state grand jury that said basically the same thing, were you mistaken then or trying to trick the state grand jury? >> no, i was not trying to trick the state grand jury. >> you were mistaken. >> reporter: the agent acknowledging he had his own inconsistencies. >> people do make mistakes, do they not? >> yes, they do make mistakes. >> reporter: and we are seeing glimpses of the defense's case. week on drugs and was in debt to a gang. that story line is something we are likely to continue to see as they try to prove reasonable doubt, michael. >> all right, eva, thank you so

much for your reporting as always. now to an abc news exclusive. what a family who lost their 13-year-old daughter in a tragic betedown wither warning for travelers. good morning, again, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning, again. this is a family very much in pain and yet here they are sitting down with us telling their story for the first time hoping other families hear them loud and clear. >> we didn't know the dangers. we -- we weren't aware. >> reporter: it's an urgent plea from a family desperate to make sure what happened to them doesn't happen to anyone else. linda and dave murray losing their 13-year-old daughter cassidy in a tubing accident in aruba last march. you've never told your story before. why now? >> it's coming up on almost a year since she passed. our goal has always been to

create awareness to prevent another family from going through this. >> reporter: the murrays were on vacation in paradise, a day before they were scheduled to go home, cassidy wanted to go tubing so her dad joined her finding fun for everyone on thea cassidy, her dad and the driver heading out on the water. >> the only instruction they basically gave me were tree signs that if you wanted to go faster your tongue is up, if the speed was good, your tongue was at 3:00, or if you wanted to stop it was down and there were a lot of boats, jet skis out there, to a point where the water was fairly rough. five minutes into the ride she got ejected into the water. it took me at least 30 seconds to get his attention. whistling at him and shouting at him. she was in the water, had her life jacket on. i waved at her. she was safe. she knew the boat was coming back. as he approached cassidy just as he got to her, he lost control of the boat.

he pulled it in full throttle. >> reporter: the boat hitting cassidy. the driver froze before helping him get his daughter back to shore. >> the gentleman driving the boat, he had no -- he had no first aid. even if there was a spotter he would have seen, we would have had an option to slow it down or seen as soon as cassidy was ejected. >> reporter: two doctors from massachusetts who happened to be on shore jumping in to help before emts arrived but it wasn't enough. the prosecutor's office reviewing the case finding no criminal offense. you're not suing. why have you chosen not to do that? >> the laws are wildly different outside the u.s. and there's -- it's -- it's just not something that we've chosen to focus on. >> you're going directly to the prime minister. you're going directly to the tourism board to try to get real change and make that happen? >> yeah, that's the only comfort that we can get from this. >> reporter: aruban officials

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it turns it was counterfeit and i am not alone in being led to believe i was buying the real deal only to find out i was scammed. social media ads promising deep discounts. >> if you see a deal that looks too good to be true, it probably is. >> reporter: stephanie lee of virginia clicked on one of those ads promising 50% off her favorite socks. >> the page looked identical to the bombas page where i ordered a number of times before. >> reporter: but lee says she never received a confirmation email and after revisiting the page she ordered from she realized the url was not bombas.com. >> i was upset. i was a little embarrassed and i was scared because once these sites get your information, there's nothing to stop them. >> reporter: the same scam happening to me over the holidays. i also ordered from a site that appeared to be be bombas but ended up being fake and the ftc says these scam impersonation

sites are becoming much more sophisticated and are on the rise. >> last year, we got complaints of losses totaling more than $650 million from business impersonation scams and we know that's just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: scammers hitting many brands. including shoe and handbag maker rothy's that created a task force to stop fake websites and educate customers. the painful thing about bombas the apparel company that lee and i were both were trying to order from, is that its brand was built on giving back. >> because when you purchase one, we donate one to those in need. >> reporter: founder and ceo dave heat says he's frustrated for his customers and the community he's trying to help. >> my heart goes out to our customers and, frankly, like they're not just defrauding our customer, they're selling product on the premise of our brand of donating an item for every item that is sold and then they're not following through on that promise so indirectly they're stealing from the homeless community as well which i find incredibly disheartening. >> reporter: bombas says it's received more than 9,000

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♪ under the sea ♪ plus, we're headed under the sea with a new look at "the little mermaid" including a glimpse at melissa mccarthy as ursula. what ariel herself is saying. it's a showdown in the city of brotherly love. two husband and wife teams face off on the last stop on our journey for the best pizza in america. our philly pizza party is saying -- >> good morning, america! >> i just want to go -- [ laughter ] you weren't feeling that? >> well, i knew you said -- >> you guys are feeling it. they're feeling it in philadelphia as well this morning. good morning, america.

our united states of pizza competition, of course, is in philadelphia this morning. >> kind of hard to talk after that, robin. lori bergamotto, there she is, is at kraft hall in philadelphia. with this morning's competitors, two husband and wife teams coming up. the new study on irregular sleep patterns and risk of cardiovascular problems. dr. darien sutton will be along with that. the latest on the shooting at a texas mall. back to mireya villarreal on the scene. good morning, mireya. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. local, state, federal law enforcement all responded very quickly to the incident and, in fact, two people in custody but this really was a ptsd moment for people living in el paso. a horrible reminder of what happened back in 2019. overnight shots fired in a food court in el paso, texas, shoppers running for cover. >> we have two young male subjects on the upper level by the food court that have been

shot. >> it was just pure terrifying. >> we were just shopping around. we were about to leave and that's when we heard the three shots go off. >> reporter: one person is dead. three more transported to a local hospital. two in critical condition. >> it was chaotic. people did flee. >> reporter: police searching the cielo vista mall. two suspects now in custody. investigators not yet pointing to a motive. the community still on edge after a 2019 shooting at a walmart just next door where 23 people were killed. the gunman in that attack pleading guilty last week to hate crimes for seeking out latinos. and although that suspect has pleaded guilty in federal court, there are still state charges, capital murder charges still lingering for the deaths of those 23 people, so still a lot of frustrations and anger is growing in the city of el paso. robin. >> that is understandable,

mireya, thank you so much. now to the major storm system that is on the move. ginger is tracking it as it's heading east, ginger? >> it sure is. it's been a stormy night. look at this from horn lake, mississippi. the skies lighting up to this morning where we've seen tree damage north of interstate 40 and northeast of memphis. tennessee, kentucky, alabama, mississippi, and arkansas this morning, all on alert. you can see some of the tornado watch that's been extended to the east. if you're traveling i-40 or planning to in that region, please be weather aware. have two ways to get warnings. this whole area from cincinnati to birmingham into the florida panhandle has to watch for damaging wind and tornadoes. we've already seen the spin out there this morning. then more alerts on the map. a northern side with considerable snow from, say, milwaukee up through cadillac, michigan, and i want to leave you with this. call your friends in los angeles because this doesn't happen often. this morning our temperature is 61. they're 41. phoenix, sub-40. >> i'll definitely call them let them know we're doing better with the weather than they are.

the fda warning to a cruise line with spring break travel season about to start. the company did not change procedures after passengers came down with legionnaires' disease, and erielle reshef has more. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, this is alarming. the fda sending that letter in a letter to american cruise lines after investigators discovered bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease in the drinking water on two of the company's ships, the investigation was initiated after three passengers who traveled on the american star and american heritage in the spring and fall of 2021 were diagnosed with the waterborne illness, inspectors finding potentially bacteria in shower head pipes, in some sinks and in water tanks. the letter saying even after alerting american cruise lines about the problem, they did not change their procedures as you mentioned regarding potable water or procedures for flushing or disinfection, oversight appears to be lacking.

the agency warning it continues to have concerns the problem could be more widespread and the fda is urging the cruise line to proactively address any water issues on their other ships to avoid further cases. abc news has reached out to the company. so far we have not heard back but an important note legionnaires' can be treated with antibiotics if caught early, michael. >> thank you so much, erielle. coming up in our "gma morning menu," rihanna talks motherhood and how life has changed for her. also the new study on irregular sleep patterns and the risk to heart health. dr. su plus, our friends charlie and kaa wonderful writing program for kids. and lara is with tory. >> i wish you could smell it over here. the deals and steals smell glorious. they'll make you look and feel glorious. it's all about beauty today thanks to this lady, tory johnson. we'll have "deals & steals" and so much more coming up on "good morning america." see you soon. ♪ come on, come on ♪

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years, ten years since this emotional, joyful morning for robin. >> i have been waiting 174 days to say this, good morning, america. >> announcer: robin was blessed to find her match that saved her life. and since then, robin's commitment to follow her mother's advice and make her mess her message has inspired so many others to be the match. >> thank you for saving my life. >> aww. >> now, tuesday morning on "gma," see live from all across the country people joining together inspired by robin to be the match for someone and help save lives. you're invited to join the celebration for robin's ten-year anniversary. the joyful, powerful life-changing "gma" live event paying it forward tuesday morning on abc's "good morning america." can you imagine a better sentence, thank you for saving

my life? >> unbelievable. >> and we have done that this last ten years. i say we because "good morning america," how we get the message out again and again and again and people try and say, oh, robin, no, it's the viewers. it's those people who take the time to do it and i cannot -- i cannot believe it's been ten years and i'm so -- i remember that day and i remember i said i've been waiting 174 days to say this, magma. that's what i said at first. [ laughter ] >> we'll have a big celebration on tuesday. >> you know what, i'm looking forward to that and it's huge and something we have never done it before. but people all across the u.s. are coming together to help save lives and we have a lot of powerful stories we cannot wait to share with you. more on that coming up this morning. >> all right, looking forward to that and looking forward to next tuesday. but right now let's get to our "gma" cover story and rihanna wowing the world on the cover of british "vogue", the soon-to-be mother of two striking a pose with her

9-month-old and partner a$ap rocky. rhiannon ally has the details on rihanna's first interview since her super bowl performance and surprise announcement. >> just call us both riri. it makes it easy. good morning to you guys. fans have been begging rihanna to return to music since her last album in 2016. well, she not only made a triumphant return with that historic performance as the first pregnant woman to ever perform at the super bowl, well, now she's giving fans an intimate look at her life as a new mom in british "vogue." ♪ beautiful like diamonds in the sky ♪ >> reporter: this morning, just days after that diamond in the sky super bowl performance, pop icon rihanna is sparkling on the cover of british "vogue" next to her partner a$ap rocky and their 9-month-old son. the superstar and soon-to-be mother of two opening up about how life has changed since parenthood. the 34-year-old saying you

really don't remember life before. that's the craziest thing ever. you literally try to remember it, but the feeling, the desires, the things that you enjoy, everything, you just don't identify with because you don't even allow yourself mentally to get that far because it doesn't matter. the nine-time grammy award winner revealing she feels blessed to have what she describes as a beautiful birth, calling the experience of becoming a family mind-blowing. i cannot believe it, essentially from one person i became two. you walk into the hospital as a couple and leave as a family of three. it's nuts. and, oh, my gosh, those first days are insane. you don't sleep at all. not even if you wanted to. we came home, cold turkey, had no one. it was just us as parents and our baby. the "umbrella" singer navigating how to save her kids from the spotlight. they haven't revealed their son's name to the public fiercely protective of their child's privacy.

telling the magazine when a rogue paparazzi got the first shot of her son, quote, i just went straight into protective mode like there wasn't even time for rage. rocky and me, we sat in the car chatting working out how we move forward as parents, it just feels so icky like a violation. rihanna turning the tables on the tabloids joining tiktok to post this video revealing her son for the first time herself racking up 20 million views. >> aww, that baby is so cute. see the full feature in the march issue of british "vogue" available via digital downloads and on new stands february 21st. she posted she had no idea she was pregnant when she posed for those photos. between cover shoot, a beauty empire and high-flying super bowl performance, george, she is really taking this working mom title to a whole new level. >> she is. thank you, riri. >> yes! [ cheers and applause ] now to a "gma" health alert on

sleep and the effect it has on your heart. it finds irregular sleep patterns may be linked to an increased risk of developing cardiovascular problems. dr. darien sutton has the details so break it down for us. >> good morning, george. this is asking the question do certain sleep schedules increase the risk of cardiovascular disease? in this study they tracked 2,000 people and tracked their sleep patterns and more specifically they tracked the difference in the amount of sleep each person got individually from one night to the next and then at the end of the study, they measured everyone for something that we call early signs of cardiovascular disease or plaque within their arteries and found those who had more variability in the amount of sleep they got in one night to the next specifically more than a two-hour difference had up to 40% increased rick of arterial plaque. or early signs of cardiovascular disease. >> that is the magic numbering of hours? >> variable and dependent on your age, under 12 you need at least 12 hours of sleep. it's fundamental and important for growth and development. for teens at least eight to nine hours and then for us adults at least seven hours of sleep.

>> what other tips do you have? >> we talked about this before. the biggest thing we've gotten from the study bedtimes aren't just for children. we probably all should be practicing them. other than that before bed avoid alcohol, caffeine and at least four hours before bed avoid working out. sleeping this a cool, comfortable room and if you find yourself waking up often throughout the night talk to a doctor. there could be other reasons why. >> try to be consistent. >> and keep it the same regardless of what day of the week it is. >> thanks very much. let's go to ginger. >> thank you so much. gigi, can i do that if we do riri. trying things out this morning. can i show you a quick look at what was happening in denver? a couple inches of snow and snow in the high plains throughout as it's moved east, we will eventually here be seeing, look at that, storm total four to six inches for des moines all the way to wisconsin, the lower peninsula of michigan and the end all will be up to a half foot. we saw some totals approaching

seven, eight inches but if you're in alpena to kenosha you'd be in that band. let's check a little closer dre: threw two met your accuweathere: forecast. partly sunny skies today and temperatures in the mid-50's to lower 60's. overnight tonight with additional cloud cover, we are not as cold as this morning. mid-30's to mid-40's heading into friday. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. writer skies as we head toward the weekend. also, warmer temperatures. upper 60's by sunday. her "pop news" "pop news" time. yes, let's do it. we begin with melissa mccarthy, one of the funniest women in hollywood taking on a role she said she had a blast doing talking about melissa as ursula, the sea witch in the new live action version of "the little mermaid." listen for her at the end of this very brief first look teaser and i do mean tease.

♪ under the sea wish i could be ♪ ♪ part of that world ♪ [ laughing ] >> you know she had fun doing that. as you heard mccarthy has nailed the sea witch's evil cackle and told "entertainment tonight" ursula was always one of her all-time favorite villains. getting to play her was an out-of-body experience. in that teaser we saw jonah howard king as prince eric. halle bailey as ariel and stars javier bardem as king triton. jacob trembley as the voice of her best friend flounder and daveed diggs playing sebastian. it swims onto the big screen may

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around as afc richmond is promoted and nate will coach the rival team owned by rebecca's ex-husband rupert. if you don't know what i'm talking about, you need to watch. sounds like a lot of drama for ted when season 3 premieres wednesday, march 15th. looking forward to that. finally, guys, it's black history month and so all month long we're highlighting unsung heroes. earlier this week we talked about the harlem he and this morning we're spotlighting sports broadcasting legend jayne kennedy. she made history when she became the first black woman announcer anchoring "nfl today and went on to receive an emmy for hosting the rose bowl and she inspired generations of sportscasters like our robin. >> am i wearing the same jacket? >> time warp. >> it's a timeless look. >> robin as we all know got her

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bill a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc seven news, good morning , and reggie aqui from abc. seven mornings. angelina has a, reggie. good morning, everyone. we are going to start with the maps in signal because we're following a sig alert there involving two overturned trucks on northbound 6 80 before 84. you can see those speeds have dropped around five mph and that area very full of the bay bridge toll plaza for metering lights are still on everybody. and, thankfully, the ride for tracy to dublin. is getting better, but it's still over an hour right now, reggie. alright, we're going to get a check of the weather when we come back.

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news continues right now with good morning america. ♪ when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore ♪ welcome back, everybody. our pizza party is taking over philadelphia this morning. two competitors in five cities are facing off in our united states of pizza competition. >> the winner from this philly showdown will come right here to new york city for our grand finale tomorrow where they will compete for the title of "gma's" ultimate pizzeria and $10,000. lori bergamotto is live in the city of brotherly love where the pizza showdown is about to go down. good morning, lori. yes. >> reporter: it is a great morning here, you guys.

i am here at kraft hall in philly with the great philly crowd and spectacular philly pizza. oucos huarcompeting r r ved teand to advance to the finals tomorrow so first with their carbonara pizza we have francesco and alison crovetti from rione pizza. good morning. oh, we got to talk to pizza jawn too. [ applause ] we got to say hi to pizza jawn. i'm sorry, i'm so excited to talk about the pizza but we got pizza jawn, david and anna lee from pizza jawn. [ cheers and applause ] and now, now we're going to introduce our judges. i'm getting way ahead of myself. i think i'm on like a pizza delirium. let's talk to our judges first. here we have donatella arpaia who is a chef in miami.

welcome. >> thank you. >> and from our philadelphia station wpvi we've got katherine scott. [ applause ] and founder and ceo, michael schulson. okay, are you guys all ready to taste some pizza? >> we are excited. >> so, donatella, i heard you earlier before talking some pizza shop. >> i do know a lot about pizza. >> tell us all what are you looking for in a great pizza. >> oh, my god, that's a million dollar question but it's all about the crust which is the science and the canvas and the art which is the c fe be. >> before you get the perfect bite, let's get to know our competitors a little better. take a look. our philly face-off kicking into high gear.

>> when it comes to the competition, we're a cut above the rest. >> it's going to blow their minds. >> reporter: cross fitter turned dough flipper david lee. >> best service, best pizza, best people. >> a spicy sweet bite. >> we took cherry peppers, my favorite pizza topping, pepperoni, a little ricotta, fresh shaved garlic right out of "goodfellas" and top it with hot honey, chili infused honey, it's the best. it really is. >> reporter: italian born francesco crovetti who with wife alison runs rione pizza where the food is so authentic, you'll feel like you're back in francesco's beloved italy. >> i grew up in a household where pizza was made every sunday. so it's something that always brought me back home. >> reporter: their pie, a twist on the classic carbonara and they're sure it's destined for victory. >> it is savory. it is peppery. it has cheese, it tastes like nothing else you've ever had. ♪

>> reporter: who takes the philly pizza crown? >> okay. and applause ]- well, guys, now it is time to eat. so, judges, go ahead and start tasting. we're going to start with the carbonara slice from rione pizza. while they try it, francesco, good morning. >> buongiorno. >> buongiorno. tell us what makes your pizza great. >> so we are from rione, which is -- means neighborhood in rome and bringing a slice of rome to philadelphia. >> we love it. what's on this pizza, you guys? >> so this carbonara pizza is inspired by the beloved roman pasta dish. this is -- and it happens to be our son's favorite pizza as well. [ speaking non-english ] >> we'll get reaction. donatella, what do you think? >> mm-mm.

i'm italian. this is beautifully done. i love roman style pizza and love the fact how light and digestible the crust is and love the play on carbonara. it's delicious. >> katherine, what about you? >> so good. i love the crunch when you bite into it. it's so good at the bottom. okay. and the sauce on top is so creamy. it's delicious. >> and michael? >> you know, usually it's heavy carbonara. like a heavy, saucy thing. i love that the pancetta. saltiness and creaminess and actually light which is really nice. >> oh, wow, okay. >> well, let's move on to pizza jawn over here. so, judges, david and anna, hello, good morning. tell us what makes your pizza fantastic. >> this is our specialty pie. it has sesame seeds on the bottom. i'm sure the judges are tasting the nuttiness and gets topped off with --

>> pepperoni, chili peppers which is a favorite of mine and fresh ricotta, garlic and hot honey on top. >> i like that heat. judges, let's weigh in. donatella. >> this is an explosion in your mouth, i love the sweet, the heat, the whipped ricotta and the toastiness of the seeds. the dough is a little heavy but it's really good. >> katherine. >> a hardy pizza. so many different flavors involved. i'm pretty sure it's all over my face but it's delicious. love it. >> and michael. >> this is an interesting pizza but you get that sweet, salty, spicy, acidic and you get that texture. you get all of that in one bite. >> you guys, i don't know how you'll make a decision but it is time to make a decision to see who takes the golden pizza cutter and advance to the next round. judges, get your paddles ready please, drum roll, please.

okay, donatella, you're up first. whose pizza did you pick? >> this is so tough but i think i'm going to go with rione. >> rione, okay. [ cheers and applause ] katherine, who gets your vote? >> i love them both but got to go with that pizza jawn. >> guys, it is on now. okay, michael, the pressure is on. break this tie. who did you pick? >> all right, we're in philadelphia here. we had a rough run at the super bowl. but this is for philly, okay, which is the most philly pizza to me, bam! >> pizza jawn? the winner, come on up here, judges, come on up, get that golden pizza cutter. okay. you guys get the golden pizza cutter. you're going to new york. tomorrow to compete for the

ultimate pizzeria and a chance to win $10,000. you guys, what is not to love about here in philly? back to you in new york. >> thank you so much, lori. congratulations to our winner because tomorrow our united states of pizza competition grand finale is happening right here in new york. cannot wait for that. that means we all will have some pizza. one match, second chance, students as superheroes signing up for the chance to save a life. life. ♪ you've got the lo meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. life. ♪ you've got the lo 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text. like what you see abe? yes!

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♪ you've got the love ♪ ♪ you've got the love ♪ we are back now with our one match, second chances series marking ten years since robin's return to the desk following her bone marrow transplant and we have a lot leading up to our big finale. what is going on this morning, robin? >> we're going to tell you this. part of our ongoing series, we are partnering with our abc owned stations and affiliates to increase awareness about bone marrow transplants and the need for more donors and this morning leslie brinkley of kgo tells us how they're getting involved in san francisco. >> i'm so honored. >> reporter: students as superheroes. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> reporter: those who signed

up for be the match bone marrow registry at st. mary's college of california got capes and roses and the sense that they could save a life. >> the process was much easier than i expected and easier than a covid test. >> reporter: he said robin roberts inspired him to volunteer to one day be a match, a cell phone sign-up, a signature and a swab is all it took. >> a lot of my friends here are involved in it and i have close friends who literally had their lives saved by this process. i hope one day maybe it'll actually be used and i get called back. >> reporter: the whole process is so easy. that simple swab to get on the registry and if someone is contacted about being a donor they're a perfect match, 90% of the time it's a simple as a blood draw. >> it's a one, two, three process. it took me about five minutes to sign up for the registry. i know a lot of people who have signed up so i guess i'm behind the eight ball on this but better late than never. >> it could end up saving somebody's life. >> the best age to target would be individuals ages 18 to 40.

they have a higher acceptance rate for this donation process to be accepted and to work and give potentially a second chance at life. >> off to saving lives. >> reporter: i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> and we thank you, leslie at kgo. say hello to our good friend tom. >> hey, tom. >> hey, tommy. >> on tuesday we have a special series finale planned that we cannot wait to share with you. stay tuned if you want to learn more about how to be the match and how you could potentially save a life. all you have to do, that code, scan it on your screen. ginger. >> thank you so much. i got to see tom when i was out there doing the atmospheric rivers because he's well, by the way, too. all right, so how about we start in atlanta. the botanical garden is gorgeous looking early blooms now, this is happening partly because it's so warm in february. high today 76, record 78. so closing in on that. top five warmest februarys so far on all the dots that you see, so the first half of february has been incredibly warm and you know that today is going to be the same. much above average by 20, 25

degrees into new england. drew: i am drew tuma with your act weather forecast. a cold morning, but partly sunny afternoon. temperatures in the mid-50's to lower 60's. accuweather 7 forecast shows bright skies coming up, the one and only charlie gibson, kate gibson, they're here introducing us to a wonderful program, how it helps kids find their voices. >> a live interview? [ laughter ] >> yes. >> that's the question.

good friends kate and charlie gibson host "the book case" podcast and getting a master class from the top storytellers. >> my name is max. i will be reading "sad" by me. >> you may not have heard of

these authors before -- >> the boston terrier was born in a shelter that was cold. he had brown fur and a white line in the middle of his hid. >> but their voices are important. >> it's us or your babushka. >> these are the next generation of best-sellers. the students of 826 national, the largest youth creative writing program in the country. it serves nearly 500,000 students 6 to 18 every year through online tools and chapters and inspired dozens of other similar programs across the globe. >> we found it on the premise of writing is transformation, that writing is this joyful tool that is both intimate and powerful, can change the trajectory of your life and we work to ensure that students everywhere have access to that tool. >> it's a story that began here in san francisco 20 years ago when the acclaimed author dave eggers and educator ninive calegari teamed up to create a

writing tutoring program that publishes their students' work. >> we really work at teachers' behest and have the great honor of going and saying to any teacher, is there some project that you've always wanted to do? we'll bring the resources and the man and woman power and pay for the publishing. can we help you make that dream come true? >> why is publishing so important and what does it mean to the kids you work with? >> you see a sense of calm that comes over kids when they've written their story and gotten it just right in a world where so much is not in their control they have at least have control over their narrative and so to publish it and to say you're good enough to have your story in a book, that's very empowering. >> it's important to me to know that my voice has gotten out there. how i express myself is in a museum or in a book. it's so fun to see a bunch of people just wanting to read your books. >> reporter: 826 also using the power of play to create magical spaces where kids feel safe and

eager to share their voices. >> oh, i'm a storyteller. ready to listen to my story? >> in chicago, students walk into what appears to be a secret agent supply store, but looks can be deceiving. >> when our field trip classrooms come in, they see books and they are wondering where they're going to go and then they come through our secret agent door for field trips in our writing lab and there they get to be creative and work together with our teaching artists and staff. >> right now we're working on prompts, to work towards getting my creative juices going and just really like thinking outside of my comfort zone. >> if you could write a curriculum that really would highlight what 826 is trying to do, what would you put in that curriculum? >> we have published curriculums and what we put in it was literally the most zany and joyful ideas to create enthusiasm and making everyone find entry points. >> so this cat, what are his

secrets? >> he can talk. >> we have to get away from the five-paragraph essay. we've got to find a looser, more joyful, more spontaneous way to get kids into the art to begin with because it matters. they have to be heard. their voices matter. there's too much at stake to discourage even one young writer. >> love this program. kate and charlie gibson are here. kate, they talk about the word transformation in the piece. this is really transforming lives. >> it's incredible. first of all, dave says that, you know, if he's not writing a book mostly he's sitting around, writers sit around a lot if they're not writing so he recruited these incredible writers to come in and teach classes. you can learn poetry from amanda gorman. spike jonze did a storytelling workshop. they go into schools and help kids find their voices to write. it's amazing. >> the writers are volunteers

and the kids are volunteers that come in. but they learn creative writing and it's not taught much in schools. >> and they make it fun. >> they make it fun. you and ali should sign up. there's a chapter in new york. chapters all around the country and they get these kids writing their own stories. you know, in the podcast we talk a lot about how you get kids to read. get to read and get their eyes off their screens and get them into books. but the ceo of 826 national and 826 by the way is just the address of their first headquarters, the ceo says while reading is access, we think of writing as power and we want to be sure that students have access to that. the power that comes from being able to express yourself through writing. >> amplifies their voice. >> yes. >> what's your favorite book on writing? >> i love a book by anna quindlen called "write for your life." that's more for adults than kids but they have a curriculum as

you heard that people can do this anywhere in the country. >> yeah. i have one by verlyn klinkenborg, "several short sentences" about writing and makes it so accessible. and so easy. takes the intimidation out of it. >> they sell them in the cities where they write them. >> we'll hear more from the founders of 826 on charlie and kate's podcast. it's streaming everywhere right now. use the qr code to find or download it for free wherever you listen to podcasts. new episodes released every thursday. thank you for coming back. >> man, do you talk fast? >> that was a lot to get through. [ laughter ] >> his mouth is on fire. thank you so much. with reliable covid-19 results in just 15 minutes,

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning. i'm reggie key from abc. seven mornings and you'll be in a has a look at our traffic. thank you, reggie. good morning, everyone. we're going to begin with the maps again and go right back to that singular that we're following intestinal still very sluggish in that area due to two overturned vehicles on north bam, 6 80 before 84 your speeds around six mph and still pretty backed up at the bay bridge toll plaza. hey drew obina. we're looking at temperatures are freeze warnings and fraud. just advisories are over with, but we're still chilly out there. we're climbing out of the thirties into the forties. for the most part will take you to suture tower this morning. we have filtered sunshine. it's really just a partly sunny day on tap. four thursday temperatures warming through the fifties by noon by four p.m. we will get into the mid fifties to lower sixties 58 in the city. 59 in oakland today . hit about 61 in san jose later

today, reggie thank you time now for live with kelly and ryan ryan has a big announcement that you'll see you next. we'll see ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the drama "law and order," camryn manheim. plus, she plays princess diana on the hit series "the crown," elizabeth debicki. also, do djs go head-to-head in the latest additions of the love game. and we check in with our loving lovely viewers when we open up the love inbox. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪