drew: legendary. good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. breaking overnight. the shooting epidemic continues in america. deadly shooting in an orlando neighborhood. the shots fired in separate locations. a 9-year-old girl and local television news crew among the victims. what we know about the shooter in custody. coast to coast. the major storms on the move. at least 25 states from california to connecticut on alert for blizzards, heavy snow, ice and more. extreme conditions leading to this massive 20-vehicle pileup in california. this morning, ginger and our team are tracking the travel mess. growing u.s. concerns over russia's growing ties with china.

now president biden back at the white house and in an abc news exclusive with "world news tonight" anchor david muir. >> it's a big mistake to do that, not very responsible. >> how the president is responding to putin. massive cleanup. federal officials set to release preliminary findings on the ohio toxic train derailment. with transportation secretary pete buttigieg set to arrive. jared and ivanka called to testify. emergency landing. the fbi investigating an unruly passenger who allegedly tried to get into the cockpit midflight. short supply. touted on social media as a weight loss drug. now pharmacies running low. dr. ashton here with the answers. the new brew.

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a 19-year-old man is in custody after three people were killed in separate shootings yesterday, including a 9-year-old girl and a member of a tv news crew. victor oquendo is in orlando, florida, with the latest. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. five people shot within blocks of each other. two of them transported here to the hospital in critical condition. the other three dying, including that 9-year-old girl and spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons. it is a very difficult morning for the community and newsrooms across orlando. the deadly shooting rampage in an orlando neighborhood that left three dead and others wounded. a local television news crew among the victims, the suspect now in custody. >> multiple gunshot wounds in the hialeah street area. >> reporter: the first shots were fired 11:00 a.m. tuesday. a woman was shot and killed. hours later at 4:05 p.m. a local reporter and photographer from spectrum news 13 were at the scene on hialeah street reorting on the morning shooting when they were shot.

>> at some point around 4:00 he returns to the scene. he goes to the vehicle where the news media people are at and he shoots both the people from news 13. >> reporter: photo journalist was critically injured. spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons died from his injuries. >> he always wanted to learn, was always eager to get better at what he does. it's so tragic and heartbreaking that family after family has to deal with the outfall of all this. >> reporter: authorities say the gunman later walked into a house in the area and shot a mother and her 9-year-old daughter. the 9-year-old died. mom is in critical condition. the suspect, 19-year-old keith melvin moses is being charged for tuesday morning and is expected to be charged in connection to the other shootings. >> he has a lengthy criminal history including aggravated

battery and assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and grand theft charges. no one in our community, not a mother, not a 9-year-old, certainly not news professionals should become the victim of gun violence in our community. >> reporter: spectrum news saying in part we are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and the other lives senselessly taken. this is a terrible tragedy for the orlando community. there is still no word on a motive. dylan lyons once interned for our abc affiliate here in orlando before going to work for our station in gainesville. he was engaged and would have turned 25 next month. robin? >> there are no words, victor. no words. thank you. we're going to go now to the coast-to-coast winter storms. 60 million americans are on alert for extreme weather and it's the first blizzard warning for los angeles county in more than 30 years. let's go to trevor ault. he is in snow-covered minneapolis. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. snow covered is right.

overnight minnesota has been pummelled the snow. the kind of snow, too, look at this, look at how powdery and fluffy this snow is, the snow that's going to get blown across the road. driving conditions in some spots are almost impossible to the point they shut down several highways overnight. this is not just a minnesota problem, there's severe weather happening all over the country. overnight, a massive winter storm wreaking havoc for millions of people across the united states. at least 900,000 without power, more than 800,000 in the great lakes region alone. the system showing no mercy. heavy winds and whiteout conditions pummeling the west. icy roads and snow causing this massive 20-vehicle pileup in california. at least eight people were injured. the national weather service the southern mountains in l.a. county for the first time since 1989.

in washington state, roads shut down from the heavy snow and poor visibility. this school bus stranded. and a major snowstorm threatening central arizona with winds as high as 72 miles an hour. the midwest also getting pummeled. already hundreds of flights canceled today because of the weather. in michigan, a volunteer firefighter killed by a fallen power line after ice snapped a tree branch. winter storm battering minnesota with the national weather service also issuing a warning for near-impossible travel conditions and in illinois rain and ice damaging the power system. >> all of a sudden i heard a big boom and a big red fire came up. >> reporter: in the south authorities in arkansas saying five people were killed in a small plane crash in little rock. while the cause is still under investigation, wind gusts were reportedly 40 miles an hour when the incident happened. in the east, a tornado touching

down in new jersey. this video showing a trampoline flying through the air amid those strong winds. now in minneapolis, we're in the final throes of this storm, officials have said this morning could be the most difficult time to drive through the morning commute. we could get another one to two inches of snow per hour. michael? >> trevor, be safe out there. thank you. delays and cancellations are hitting airports across the country as the massive storm moves through. alex perez is at o'hare airport in chicago with the latest on the travel mess. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, michael. it's been a miserable time at airports as millions of people are dealing and stuck with this cross-country storm. now, across the country already more than 700 flights have been canceled. yesterday more than 1,600 flights were canceled and more than 5,000 delayed. some of the hardest hit airports dealing with weather-related problems.

minneapolis, denver, detroit, in chicago already more than 50 nights canceled. to matters worse, travel volume is up right now. lots of families traveling according to the tsa. the spring break travel season is well under and officials say it could exceed pre-pandemic levels of travel. a difficult day is expected as the airlines try to play catch-up. george? >> alex, thanks. more on the forecast from ginger. >> portland, oregon, we'll start there, because we could do an entire story on every state there's so much going on, but more than 10 inches of snow, maybe 11. that's their second most in a day on record. so they had big-time problems on the roads there, and then las vegas, they had the snow and grapple. it looks like dippin' dots, but it came with 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts. that's the problem. you take this snowy which we still anticipate for san gabriel and san bernardino mountains in the order of four to say six feet and then add 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts and heavy rain in parts of southern california too and that's why

the blizzard warning all the way up into minnesota which there are plenty. eight states with blizzard warnings at this very moment. with windchill alerts you could see frostbite in just ten minutes in a place like montana or north dakota. that's going to stick around. we had record lows for denver, 7 below yesterday morning, while atlanta has had an all-time february record high and we could do more of those today, richmond to orlando. robin? >> a little bit of everything, ginger, thank you. we turn now to president biden back home from his high-stakes trip to europe after rallying america's allies in support of ukraine. he is facing escalating tensions with china over its relationship with russia. our senior national correspondent terry moran has more for us. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, president biden got back to the white house last night after his trip to ukraine and that meeting with key nato allies, but it is vladimir putin who is making the headlines this morning. launching a major effort to bring russia closer to china and announcing that russia will suspend its participation in the last major arms control treaty

with the u.s. almost one year to the day after russia invaded ukraine, a striking scene at the kremlin. vladimir putin embracing china's top foreign policy official proclaiming deepening ties between the two countries and announcing that chinese leader xi jinping will visit russia this spring. then putin delivered a defiant speech touting russia's military whose poor performance has been exposed in this war, but also boasting of moscow's expanding nuclear arsenal. claiming that its most advanced long-range missile reportedly capable of carrying a dozen nuclear warheads will go, quote, on combat duty later this year. in an exclusive interview with abc news "world news tonight" anchor david muir pressed president biden on putin's nuclear saber rattling. >> i wanted to ask you about something vladimir putin said. he said that russia is suspending participation, cooperation in the nuclear treaty with the united states.

what's your message to putin on that? >> it's a big mistake to do that, not very responsible. and -- but i don't read into that that he's thinking of using nuclear weapons or anything like that. i think it's -- i'm not sure what else he was able to say in his speech at the moment, but i think it's a mistake and i'm confident we'll be able to work it out. >> he is saying he is going to suspend participation in this nuclear treaty. rhetoric is one thing, but we're a year into the war. does it concern you when he says something like this and are we less safe? >> look, i think we're less safe when we walk away from arms control agreements that are very much in both parties' interest and the world's interest. but i have not seen anything, we have not seen anything that shows a change in his posture and what they're doing. >> reporter: the u.s. is concerned about a change in china's posture. secretary of state antony blinken warning that if china

decides to provide lethal military aid to ukraine that could have very serious consequences for the u.s./china relationship. robin? >> all right, terry, thank you for your reporting. we want to let everybody know you can see more of david's exclusive interview with president biden tomorrow on "world news tonight." michael? now to new developments on the toxic train derailment in ohio. federal officials areliminary r the cause. alex presha is on the scene with more. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yes, nearly three weeks after that train derailment this preliminary report possibly providing some answers to a community that still has so many questions. this morning, the national transportation safety board set to release its preliminary findings on that toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio. as the massive cleanup continues, ohio governor's office saying seven dump trucks were excavated.

as to what caused the crash, the ntsb is looking into it. last night residents confronting norfolk southern president directly. >> i'm angry. i'm angry about this. it is disgusting. i'm afraid to put my dog out to pee. i don't feel safe in this town now. you took it away from me. you took this away from us. >> when you dump 100,000 gallons of chemicals, that's an okay decision? >> reporter: sentiments we heard wednesday. >> we're wanting results. we want our questions answered. how safe is this going to be in the long run? are we safe here in our town? >> reporter: stephanie was one of the hundreds out wednesday to welcome former president trump. so far multiple federal agencies have been deployed. the epa is taking the lead, but also hhs, the cdc, fema along with the ntsb and d.o.t. for all the political blame, norfolk southern, the entity responsible for the accident, has consistently said they'll pay.

>> so far we've committed $7 million, and that a down payment. i'm going to see this through. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg is now on the ground visiting the community. he's pushing a package of rail safety reforms and vowing to hold the railroad accountable for any safety violations that may have led to that accident. george? >> okay, alex, thanks. we're going to get the latest on the trump investigations. jared kushner and ivanka trump have been subpoenaed by special counsel jack smith who is probing the insurrection and efforts by former president trump to overturn the election. chief washington correspondent jon karl is tracking the case, good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is the latest indication that that federal investigation into trump's actions on and before january 6th is moving forward aggressively. the special counsel is now reaching right into trump's inner circle with these subpoenas for his daughter, ivanka, and his son-in-law, jared kushner. sources tell abc news the subpoenas are directly related to the special counsel's investigation into january 6th

and the actions by trump and his allies to attempt to overturn the presidential election. and this follows the special counsel's subpoena of former vice president mike pence. both ivanka trump and jared kushner have already testified before the january 6th committee. ivanka trump was with her father on the entire day of january 6th. she was there trying to get him to do something to call off his supporters and significantly she testified under oath that she agreedformer attorney general bill barr's assessment that there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. whether or not they voluntarily comply with the subpoena or attempt to fight it is unclear. as you know, george, former vice president mike pence is trying to fight his. >> and the investigation is continuing on so many fronts. jon karl, thanks so much. robin? i don't know about you, but how about we end this half hour on an upbeat note. okay, we're going to turn now to

alex morgan and the women's soccer team winning the she believes cup and the ultimate soccer mom record broke a new record. will reeve is here with the story. tell us about it, will. >> we believe. we believe. let's get the good vibes going. the u.s. women's national team certainly have the good vibes. they win the 2023 she believes cup. check out superstar alex morgan, curling in a beauty to go up 1-0 on brazil. that's morgan's 121st international goal and her 14th since the birth of her daughter in 2020. she now has the national team record for most goals as a mom. then how about goals in six straight games for tournament mvp mallory swanson. she is on fire, and the u.s. women are on top. a 2-1 victory over brazil to win the she believes cup hoisting that trophy for the fourth time in a row. how good are they? we'll find out soon. next up the women's world cup co-hosted by australia and new zealand. that kicks off on july 20th.

>> some of the names may change, but this u.s. women's national team, they are good. >> they're a machine. >> alex morgan, the ultimate soccer mom. >> absolutely. >> thanks, will. >> you got it. coming up, the investigation after an unruly passenger attempted to get in the cockpit and force an emergency landing. and the big question in the alex murdaugh trial. will he take the stand? but first, let's go back to ginger. ging? >> we had that sleet yesterday here from the city up north but look at boston, a couple of inches of snow, slick roads this morning, and they will be seeing that even heavier four inches in northern massachusetts and then bangor, maine, is one of the places you'd end up when this is said and done with more than a half foot. so back to the west, the great lakes where they weren't seeing ice on the northern side, another few inches still yet to come. remember, we've got record lows on one side and extreme highs on the other. i'm going to be detailing all of that. also your local weather in just 30 seconds.

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lockdown. the student was arrested after a gun was recovered. also, a fifth grader also, a fifth grader at richneck elementary school reportedly texted gun-related threats. that's the same school where a teacher was shot in class by a student last month. we're following the major storms across the country, 25 states from california to connecticut on alert for blizzards, heavy snow, ice and more and it's the first blizzard warning for los angeles county in more than 30 years. ginger, of course, is tracking it all. why don't you take a look at this. fordham versus rhode island, ot, four seconds to go. why are we showing this? because fordham's anna dewolfe. the epic reporter, her teammates and fans in disbelief, fordham wins the game, 74-73. nothing like a buzzer beater. and we've got a lot more ahead including the diabetes drug ozempic which more and more people are taking to lose weight. now pharmacies are running low. that's coming up. michael? but first, robin, the alex murdaugh trial and the defense hammering away at the crime scene suggesting investigators did a poor job collecting

evidence and they also hinted that they might put murdaugh on the stand. eva pilgrim is at the courtroom in walterboro, south carolina, good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. you can see the long line of people here behind me all wondering if alex murdaugh will take the stand after the drama in the courtroom yesterday. there's a real question mark hanging over today's proceedings. now as the defense decides a new interview with the former girlfriend of alex's late son paul making headlines. morgan telling her story as part of the netflix mini series. >> we would have fun just the two of us. we would goof around. his playful personality that really -- that brought me into him at first. >> reporter: she shared the ups and downs of dating the youngest

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>> reporter: drugs like ozempic, fda approved to treat diabetes increasing in popularity with splashy tiktoks highlighting one of its side effects, weight loss. >> so this is my second dose of ozempic. we ain't going to be fat no more. >> i am down a total of 122 pounds. >> reporter: even celebrities like elon musk and chelsea handler. >> i went to lunch with a girlfriend, and she's like i'm not eating too much. i'm nauseous. i'm on ozempic. i was like i'm nauseous too and i'm not on ozempic. she's like, are you sure? i said i'm on semaglutide. >> reporter: obesity and diabetes are both serious illnesses that require treatment, the two diseases are among the leading causes of death here in the u.s. in recent months, many people with obesity have achieved life-changing results on the drugs. >> are these miracle drugs? >> we in the field of obesity medicine think of them more as game changers.

>> mother of three cali spencer was prescribed one of them. >> i was struggling to lose the rest of the baby weight. i was not able to do the things i loved anymore. >> reporter: she said the pounds started to peel off. >> i never thought i would feel better at 40 than at 20. >> reporter: this morning concerns are growing, the pdramatic results of the drugs leading to shortages. for patients like 57-year-old shane anthony who needs the drugs for his diabetes it reached a breaking point. >> a lot of these people don't understand we need the drug to keep our bodies from falling apart. i did one refill. went to do my refill towards the end of the year and couldn't get it. >> reporter: shane's wife's frustrated rant went viral. >> the reason we can't get it refilled is because it's the latest weight loss fad and the high demand has caused a shortage and it's on backorder. >> reporter: ozempic's manufacturer says we are currently experiencing intermittent supply disruptions on the ozempic pen which is anticipated through mid-march due to the combination of incredible demand coupled with overall global supply

constraints. eli lilly, the maker of mounjaro said, quote, our priority is making sure mounjaro's available for people with type ii diabetes. lilly does not encourage the off-label use of any of our medicines. mounjaro is expected to be fda approved for weight loss sometime this year. because these drugs work as an appetite suppressant in part doctors say patients may gain the weight back if they stop using it. for some, guys, this might be life-long medication. robin? >> mona, thank you so much. we will bring in dr. jennifer ashton here, we've been talking during mona's piece. what is it about it that helps you lose weight? >> this class of medications, semaglutide is the generic name, works a couple of different ways and it stimulates more insulin

activity so insulin works better, more efficiently at processing the glucose and it slows the emptying of your stomach. so it does absolutely kill your appetite. when studied head to head against the other fda-approved weight loss medications, this class is most effective. we've known about this for well over six or seven years right now. one of them wegovy got fda approval for weight loss for those overweight in 2021 but the real purpose of these drugs is for people with type ii diabetes. >> that's the real purpose. can it be misused? what are the side effects? >> any drug can be misused as we know, george, and the side effects are pretty variable. most of them are gastrointestinal and dose dependent. so nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, constipation. this ozempic phase when people lose too much weight and they lose the fat in their face, tends to be not a good look for people. they do carry a black box warning for rare cases of a certain type of thyroid cancer that was found in animal studies. so when you talk about a drug as

you've heard me say for over ten years, risk versus benefit, and you have to take into account the possibility of those side effects. >> obesity is a major problem here in the u.s. where is the line? is this something you take if you want to lose five or ten pounds? >> no, that's the short answer. for people who need these drugs to live, it's not optional. people with type ii diabetes, that's a different category. the gold standard now in obesity medicine is to use fda-approved weight loss medications for people overweight and obese so we need demand to come down but we also need the supplier to make more. >> i know, and that last part, right there. >> that's the key. >> we got another double dose of you. >> that's right. >> you'll be back in a little bit. there's so much more on this topic, and you can see more on "impact x nightline." this episode "the skinny shot" is now streaming on hulu. new episodes drop every thursday. michael? >> all right, robin, more show coming up too. next we have our "play of the day."

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out, tory. plus, dr. jen will be back to tell us about an alarming study just released overnight about maternity health with our mortality numbers here at home headed in the wrong direction. we are going to begin with the news on that deadly shooting in florida. a 19-year-old man is in custody after three were killed including a 9-year-old girl and member of a tv news crew. back to victor oquendo in orlando. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. five people were shot. two of them transported here to the hospital in critical condition. the other three dying, including that 9-year-old girl and spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons. this morning, the deadly shooting rampage in an orlando neighborhood that left three dead and others wounded. a local television news crew among the victims. the suspect now in custody. >> multiple gunshots in hialeah street area. >> reporter: the first shots were fired 11:00 a.m. tuesday. a 38-year-old natasha augustine was shot and killed.

at 4:05 p.m. a local reporter and photographer from spectrum news 13 were at the scene on hialeah street reporting on the morning shooting when they were shot. >> he goes to the vehicle where the news media people are at. he shoots both the people from news 13. >> reporter: the photo journalist was critically injured. spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons died from his injuries. this photo posted as part of a gofundme to raise money for his funeral. authorities say that the gunman later walked into a house in the area and shot a mother and her 9-year-old daughter. the 9-year-old died. mom is in critical condition. the suspect, 19-year-old keith melvin moses, is being charged for the shooting tuesday morning and is expected to be charged in connection to the other shootings. there is still no word on a motive. dylan lyons was engaged and would have turned 25 next month. it's a very difficult morning in orlando. robin? >> it certainly is. all right, victor, thank you. now to the coast-to-coast winter storms.

at least 25 states are on alert for extreme weather including heavy snow and ice. ginger, you know, she's tracking it all for us. good morning, again, ginger. >> thanks, robin. the great lakes taking the brunt of the power outages at least, nearly a million around the great lakes. jackson, michigan, kind of the heart of where that ice added up to more than a half inch. it's freezing rain that falls and creates that dangerous glaze. one firefighter in papaw, michigan, was killed when a power line was done. now i want to take you to minneapolis. you go to the north and get a lot of snow, 6 to 12 inch, some places a foot and a half or two feet and add wind and you'll have really impossible travel problems and that's not just in minnesota. go to portland, oregon, where it looks similar. nearly 11 inches of snow. that is their second highest one-day total on record. and, of course, this is not just for the northwest but southwest too. los angeles, remember the national weather service there, issuing their first blizzard warning since 1989. so very rare to have that.

flood watches are in place. they'll see that through the weekend. and, michael, if you look at this map, all of this goes through the new england area where you could get 6 to 12 inches. record cold, denver was 7 below, record heat, atlanta, had an all-time february record of 81. we could do more from richmond to orlando. michael? >> big contrast across the country. ginger, thank you so much for that. now to a "gma" health alert. a new report released overnight by the world health organization found maternal deaths have increased in nearly all regions of the world for the past five years including in america. our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton is back with details. doc, tell us about this study. >> michael, here it is. it is quite extensive. it is a report card on our maternal health statistics here in this country and all over the world. here in this country, we are failing. the highlights of this report -- and, again, we've been watching this now for at least the last ten years. global increase in women all over the world dying from pregnancy or childbirth.

a death is occurring every two minutes for a pregnant woman worldwide. ponder that for a moment. economic and social inequities obviously playing a major role here. and here in this country, the u.s. pregnancy maternal mortality rate increased 75% in the last 20 years. for a comparison, if you go across the atlantic to britain, a man whose wife is pregnant has a greater chance of dying than that pregnant woman. here in this country, we are in almost a reverse situation and women of color face a three to four times higher risk of dying than white women. >> which is surprising to hear. some countries -- some state level and others improved. why is it so bad in this country? >> that's the question. are we collecting data differently? it's a complicated problem, but the highlights in terms of causes, according to this report, really are number one

that almost all maternal deaths in this country are preventable. the biggest problem is access to affordable and high quality care for women in pregnancy and in the so-called fourth trimester. and we know that deaths increase when women have less access to quality care and timely services. but i want to be crystal clear, michael, women of color, again, at higher risk and doctors are dying. so it's not only about access to care, our system needs esuscitation. these statistics are a national embarrassment. >> when you say doctors are dying -- >> pregnant doctors who obviously have access to good care. you know, so this is a real situation that needs to be addressed on a multitude of levels. >> wow. >> wow. all right, thank you so much for that, doc. coming up on our "gma" morning menu, kylie jenner getting real about her experience with postpartum depression and how she worked through it. also this morning, you can add a new drink to the fortified coffee trend, an olive oil latte. and tonight after 19 seasons

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♪ back here on "gma," we want to get right to our cover story. makeup mogul and reality star kylie jenner speaking to "vanity fair" italia about experiencing postpartum depression after the birth of both of her children. jaclyn lee has more on this for us. good morning, jaclyn. >> good morning, robin. kylie jenner is using her celebrity to shed light on an issue many moms may be dealing with silently, postpartum depression. she says it was incredibly difficult when she first gave birth in 2018. she calls the second time a little more manageable and wants other moms to know you got this. >> i cried for like three weeks. >> i believe you. >> like every day to the point where i'd be laying in bed and my head would hurt so bad. >> reporter: kardashian star kylie jenner encouraging women to feel all the emotions of motherhood to the fullest

even if they're painful, telling "vanity fair," i know in those moments you think it will never pass, that your body will never be the same as before, that you will never be the same. that's not true. the hormones, the emotions at that stage are much, much more powerful and bigger than you. >> postpartum depression could be quite a debilitating mental issue that women have to go through after delivering. so hearing kylie jenner's account and her story and how it impacted her definitely takes the stigma out of talking about postpartum depression. >> reporter: the 25-year-old mother of two telling all new moms who may be struggling my advice is to live through that transition without fear of the aftermath. the risk is to miss all the most beautiful things of motherhood as well. >> you, like, forget how to interact with people. i've just been with a 4-year-old. you know, it's been hard on me emotionally. >> reporter: the cdc says about 1 in 8 women show symptoms of postpartum depression after giving birth with it being more

serious than baby blues and can occur up to a year later and usually requires treatment. symptoms include loss of interest and activity, withdrawing from family and friends or thoughts of harming oneself or the baby. >> being able to communicate about what is going on emotionally with a woman after delivery is so important because this disease manifests in different ways. it could be manifested in a sleep disorder, mood swings, changes in appetite. >> reporter: doctors say risk factors for postpartum include depression prior to pregnancy and stressful life events. doctors say postpartum and baby blues show up in different ways, they can show up daily, sporadically, so take note of how long it lasts and how it impacts your daily life. if it becomes too severe where you can't take care of yourself or the baby, that's when you need to reach out for help. guys? >> needs to be taken seriously, you're right about that. jaclyn, good to have you back in the studio with us. >> thanks. >> all right, thank you. now to your morning cup of coffee which you might be drinking just right now. well, what do you put in it?

a little cream, a little sugar? how about some olive oil? starbucks is rolling out a new line of coffee drinks infused with it and stephanie ramos has more for us. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, michael. can you taste it? olive oil in your coffee. fortified drinks is the new thing. many people are now using filling ingredients from protein powder to coconut oil, even butter and dropping a bit into your coffee. starbucks says their new drink mixes coffee and olive oil. initially offering it in italy only as an alternative to the more standard espresso or cappuccino. it's coming to the u.s. this spring. but will you try it? ♪ >> reporter: this morning, coffee giant starbucks says they'll add a special ingredient to some of their beverages. the seattle born company announcing a new line of drinks with olive oil in your morning cup calling their latest offerings oleato, italian for with oil. the new brew launching here in the u.s. later this year, the

latest in the trend of fo ingredients from protein powder to coconut oil, even butter. >> sometimes we may add protein or fiber and in many cases people fortify drinks because they're looking for an added health benefit. >> reporter: while it may be an unlikely pairing, some experts say adding oil to your cup of joe could be beneficial to your health. >> people love olive oil because of the polyphenols that are found in it. they have major antioxidant capabilities. there's some research that suggests that olive oil may be beneficial in terms of supporting heart health, lipid levels and reducing systemic inflammation on the whole. >> reporter: homemade diy olive oil infusions already trending with coffee influencers on tiktok. >> you have to try an olive oil latte. >> reporter: but we had to try for ourselves, heading to the grind coffee shop in jersey city where barista mateo made me an

olive oil latte. i have to admit i'm a skeptic. olive oil in your coffee? doesn't sound tasty, but there's only one way to find out. combining olive oil, steamed milk and espresso. okay. there's the olive oil, it just kicked in. it's something. might need a little sugar. or cilantro. anybody got cilantro around here? a little sprinkle of it. i can't be the only one trying it. this is for you. go ahead and tell us what you think. i think there's a very distinct taste between the olive oil in the coffee. like a second later you'll taste the olive oil but it is smooth i will admit. >> i was going to taste it, but robin told me not to because she wanted it. >> oh, okay. we can share. >> that is so not true. nice try, michael. nice try. >> robin, this is for you. here we go.

>> you can see the oil right on top, sits right on the top. >> it tastes like i need some burrata and tomatoes with this. [ laughter ] yeah. i mean, you distinctly taste the olive oil. >> it's in therend it as well. it just kindf s at top. >> visually seeing it is throwing me off. >> do you want a little bit more? >> no, i'm okay. i'm okay. i'm okay. a few sips is all i needed to know what i'll do when i go and order this drink, or another one, but it's good. i think if it helps people, people want to try it, try it. figure it out. it's all for you. everybody's taste buds are different. find out more about oil-infused coffees by scanning the qr code on your screen to go to goodmorningamerica.com. over to you, george. >> thank you, michael. now to the end of an era for "grey's anatomy." meredith played by ellen pompeo since the start of the series is getting ready to say good-bye. will reeve back with that story. >> good morning, george. the name of the institution, the hospital at the heart of "grey's anatomy" has changed three times. now the heart of the show, an

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bill a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning . i'm reggie aqui from abc. seven mornings job in a has like a traffic. thank you. good morning, everyone. we want to begin with the look at mass transit. if you rely on bart for your commute, please add about 20 minutes to your travel time. that's what they're asking for because they are running trains at slower speeds due to weather live. look right now at the cemetery bridge speedster but under the limit for people traveling westbound, it's going to take you about 20 minutes to get into foster city. wrap up here with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on in traffic. still backed up, reggie. thank you. we're going to check in with meteorologist through touma with some

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becomes heavier later this evening with a winter storm warning in effect, reggie drew. thank you. we have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always catch us on our ♪ we fell in love ♪ ♪ we fell in love in a hopeless place ♪ we are so happy to welcome back such a talented actor who we know from "passing" and "creed." now tessa thompson is here starring in "creed iii." she's here to talk all about it. welcome back. >> happy to be here. >> you starred opposite michael b. jordan. now he's the director. how did things change? >> you know what, they didn't change hugely. i didn't feel like i lost my scene partner. i think the biggest difference, every day i felt so tremendously proud of him which is not to say i haven't in the past but a new level of pride. >> he was here earlier this wekk

and he had a different take. perhaps he was joking when he said he was giving you a hard time. >> oh, was he? >> did you turn it around on him too? >> no, i always give him a hard time. that's been the consistent, you know, through line of our relationship. no, i heard he said that he gave me a hard time when i didn't know my lines but that is patently untrue because i wrote my lines a lot of the times. >> whoa! [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> in the film you play his wife bianca and we've seen their relationship evolve -- >> yeah. >> -- in the films. how has your personal relationship evolved off screen? >> i think it evolved tremendously. we've been making them for nine years and have grown up in a lot of ways, have become adults. i mean, we think about that a lot. when we see pictures of the first film, goodness, we're such babies and we both own companies now, like bianca, i'm producing myself. so i think we've matured a lot but what remains between us is an incredible amount of love. it feels like getting to return to old friends, you know, playing these parts. >> let's give everybody a look at a clip. >> yeah. >> so, miss producer, when is your next show?

>> i don't really perform like that these days. i took a break because i was having some issuing with my hearing on stage and now i'm trying to be careful and preserve what i got left so i'm producing. yeah. not any time soon. >> still hard to give that part up, though, right? >> yeah. it's not the only thing i love but it takes work. >> it's just a stellar cast all the way around. and your character's daughter, oh, she's brilliant. >> yes. >> and she shows an interest in the movie. she shows her character boxing. so could we see her -- we asked this of michael b. too. could we see her in a future "creed"? zwl listen, i'd love to see it. not for nothing, mila davis kent who plays the wonderful amara is really good at boxing and took to the sport so i think she could do it very well. >> we were talking in the break and just thank you, the asl, the

signing, it wasn't overdone. it was just part of the movie, but you had to learn more in this one. >> yeah, it's a beautiful language. i'm so happy to have gotten the opportunity to learn. i think we really live in a world that is biased towards the hearing community and i think that has a lot to do with the fact that there isn't enough representation and so i think to get to see a deaf character in their humanity just who they are. >> exactly. >> i think it's hugely, hugely impactful so i'm hoping that this film continues to make people curious about the community and want to learn asl themselves. >> this movie a little bit of a family affair for you. your brother a production assistant. >> yes, my brother came and worked on the movie which was so fun. we got to be roommates. we got to spend a lot of time together, and also i have a very weird habit. so when i order food usually it's from a production assistant and i always want to know what everyone else ordered. so i got to know, because it was my brother ordering, i got to know everyone's breakfast order. >> there's a spy on set. >> yeah.

i can attest to the fact that jonathan majors ate eight hard boiled eggs. >> really? >> which i only learned the other day by him that that was his second breakfast. >> he's working out a lot. >> that was his second? >> it was horrifying for me because i've never had an egg. >> me either. >> it's a good thing i don't eat eggs because it allowed him to eat so many. >> since you know everyone's breakfast order you don't have to give us the name. what was the weirdest breakfast order? >> i think that's pretty weird. >> when it's your second breakfast, i don't think that counts. >> i don't know how you trump eight hard boiled eggs and nothing else. >> what was the first breakfast? >> it's also unclear whether he ate them out of the shell or not, you know. >> so what was your breakfast order since you don't eat eggs? >> it really depends. it really, really depends. i mean i love to eat -- it depends. every day is a different adventure but sometimes it's skewed by what other people are eating. i'm like, oh, yeah, french toast sounds good.

>> go to a restaurant, what are you going to have? if i have something it makes you -- >> plate envy when you look over at someone else's plate. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much for having me. >> "creed iii" opens in theaters on march 3rd. coming up, the artists coming together for a powerful collaboration.

we're back on "gma" with the mind behind the project

"redaction" which started as an exhibition in new york. it is now a new book. poet and author dwayne betts and visual artist and filmmaker titus kaphar join us now. gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. really appreciate your time. "redaction," what i love about this, it doesn't just use poems and visual art but it also uses redacted documents to tell stories. and, titus, for you, why is it important to include what is not said? >> you know, one of the things in my whole artistic practice i realized over time is sometimes when you remove things it makes you question more. when you don't see it, why is it not there? who took it away? who has agency and power to be able to say what gets to stay in the space, the composition, a place and not? so when we started working on these pieces, dwayne came in with that same language but for poetry and what he was doing was he was reducing these documents

down to a language that was possible to be articulate and understood for most folks. he's a lawyer so he gets all this language. he understands all this but for most people who are stuck in this system, this is greek. it doesn't mean anything. so his redacted lines throughout the text turned it into a poetry that spoke of people's heart and soul and what they were experiencing. >> yeah, which is brilliant. dwayne, you said your life is a reflection of what is possible for anyone. how is that? >> you know, i mean, it's interesting because we sitting here together and, you know, we both started in the community college and ended up graduating from yale law school. i think in some ways our collaboration captures that. and for me i think about the fact when i was 16, i got arrested for carjacking, pled guilty, did 8 1/2 years in prison and then came up away from that and ended up going to yale law school and becoming a lawyer. this project itself is capturing this sort of pinnacle of us reaching this point where we can

articulate a story and a narrative that captures us as fathers, husbands, people in the community, us as people who remember their families and give that to the world through art and poetry. >> titus, how do you hope this book brings more awareness to the criminal justice system? >> i mean, i think the way in which we talk about the criminal justice system, it becomes abstract. for us this issue is about our family, right? we have cousin, brothers, uncles, family members messed up in the system. dwayne has been working regularly on getting folks out. so i worry sometimes, when we use that framework for understanding this whole thing because i want us to make sure that we remember the people. >> and i know, dwayne, you started an organization called freedom reads which delivers books to people in prison. so what was the motivation behind this and what do you think that that helps accomplish? >> i mean, honestly i think it sort of goes back to community. when i started freedom reads,

our organization was next to the organization he started. they bring artists into new haven. be a local artist. be an artist within this community, within this depressed community that didn't have a lot of resources. so i watched that happen and i thought what would it mean to do the same thing for people in prison? so books radically changed my life. we don't just bring books into prisons but libraries. we bring these beautiful handmade bookshelves that create spaces of community within a really depressed and sometimes often dangerous place and we've done libraries in rikers and several prisons outside of upstate new york. so far we've done 90 libraries across 8 states in 23 prisons and what it means, though, right, that you got a locust point of safety and community and you got something that says, listen, your life matters, we're bringing these 500 books, micro libraries into places where folks have never had a brand-new book. i've seen it. i remember a woman just staring at me as we put the books on the shelves. she said, you brought this? and she started weeping and i

think that this book, this project, it's all about hope, because the hope of it is the hope that's captured and the idea of freedom reads and the hope of it is actually what leads me to be here right now as opposed to still incarcerated or still in some cell somewhere. >> i know this book is only available in a softer cover for a good reason. why is that, titus? >> we made a bunch of decisions specific to making this book accessible. so we know that a hard cover can't go into the prisons and dwayne is regularly and we are regularly dealing with those folks and we want to make sure tat they had access to it. the other thing is we wanted to make sure that after having done the show in new york, and it was a very successful show, these people bought this work. we wanted to make sure folks had access to the work too. so we don't see it simply as a book but an object of art itself. even in the way that it's printed there is not a print on the other side because we expect folks to cut it out and put it on the wall and we talked about how we would have engaged with the book when we were younger being inspired by something like

this. >> i appreciate both of you guys coming here, man, and bringing "redaction" to us here at "gma." thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> all right, you're welcome. and now to ginger. hey, ginger. >> hey, michael. atlanta had their warmest february temperature on record. meaning never before since records began in the 1800s have we seen an 81 in february, now we have. we're going to see more of those today in the southeast. look at some of the other daily records that were broken, florence, south carolina, 80. charleston, west virginia, 78 and dayton, ohio, 70. that's impressive perhaps, but what is most impressive is so many sites are on track to have their warmest january and february on record. meaning the warmest start to the year. that's the big picture. even a dusting of snow on our hilltops. upper 40's to 50 degrees for which storm warning can affect overnight in the hills.

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♪ we are back now with part two of our series spotlighng historically black colleges and universities in honor of black history month. this morning, we're sharing the story of an incredible classical arts program that's called shared voices which bridges the gap between hbcu students and those at conservatories aiming to create a more inclusive environment. ♪ when it comes to hitting that perfect pitch -- >> seeing that black composer, black singers, black conductors, it opens up a new door for us. >> reporter: -- these students from across the nation are spot on.

coming together in unison to uncover hidden voices in opera. >> it's important for us to understand that we can sing different genres of music other than just r&b, other than just rapping. >> reporter: the program called shared voices connecting classical art students from historically black colleges and universities -- ♪ -- with those from other conservatories like juilliard. >> i wish that i could speak as much about florence price as i could mozart before i did this lecture recital, but unfortunately i can't. >> reporter: a series of vocal master classes -- >> i think you can take a brighter tempo and see how that feels. >> reporter: -- led by grammy winning opera singer denyce graves. >> a decision to work with young people and to develop and nurture young and emerging talents has been one of the greatest gifts of my life. >> reporter: in this year's pin ♪

-- you can find morgan state's kevin webb. >> the camaraderie that is built between these types of interactions, being open to different ideas from people who may not have the same background. >> reporter: the goal is to build a more inclusive classical arts landscape for future generations. and i'm so happy that joining us now is grammy-winning opera singer and founder of shared voices denyce graves as well as singer kevin webb, who's a student at morgan state university. you can applaud. [ applause ] you got a grammy winner here, come on. you heard kevin sing. let's see. last year having breakfast with george and with michael and you come strolling in. you were already there and you were telling me about this program. you sent me the information. i didn't know. this is a two-year anniversary of your foundation. >> today. >> of the foundation of which shared voices is a part of. how did this all get going? >> it really was inspired by my students. i'm on faculty at peabody

conservatory and also at juilliard and working with those young people and hearing the sort of gaps of vulnerability that exist in the profession and what they need, it was really out of wanting to be helpful to their path, to their journey forward and wanting to also offer them what so many have extended to me throughout my life. it's just been incredible and just wanting to do that part too. support them and to, you know, completely invested in their success and want to see them get out there and have the lives that they dream of. >> right. and you're a fine example of that. >> aww, thank you. >> there's so many hidden voices -- >> right. >> -- in the classical arts. what is it that you want to get the word out? what do you want the world to know? >> right, so thank you. so the foundation, the denyce graves foundation is centered around american -- the classical vocal arts, social justice and american history. and it's about bringing into ightful prominence those gr fantastic artists who have been left out of the telling of the american story.

and so what we want to do is create a more inclusive classical refined arts landscape that highlights and celebrates the work of all of those great artists that have become the rich tapestry that is america. so that's what we want to do. >> the american story. >> the american story. >> all right, thank you. kevin. >> good morning. >> morgan state university. all right now. >> yes, ma'am. >> in the house. >> yes. >> wow. >> upon graduation, what do you want to pursue in opera? >> well, i initially wanted to go into teaching and i still plan on going into teaching. but as of recent, it's been made clear i actually have a good chance of having a performance career. so my goal -- my goal, my plan is to, you know, study as much as i can while i can and kind of put my feelers out there and just start hitting the ground running really. that's really all it. that's all it is. >> you want to hit the ground running right here on "good morning america"? >> sure.

>> would you like to? >> absolutely. >> please, take a stroll over. [ applause ] over there. performing "total eclipse" by handel and at the piano is marvin mills. ♪ ♪ total eclipse ♪ ♪ no sun, no moon ♪ ♪ all dark amidst the blaze of noon ♪ ♪ sun, moon and stars ♪

♪ sun, moon and stars are dark to me ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> i see you looking at her. you should have seen denyce over here. she was like -- you were almost like conducting. >> breathing, breathing with him. >> that was beautiful, kevin. >> thank you, thank you. >> you had a wonderful audience here. >> all the members, morehouse and morgan and howard and juilliard and peabody and manhattan school and overland college conservatory, all part of the cohort and the metropolitan opera which is a partner of ours and smithsonian. we have an amazing team assembled. >> and you are an amazing woman, what you are doing and what you have done and what you will

continue to do, and i'm glad that you came up to me at breakfast. >> me too. >> reuniting, and it feels so good. i'll leave the singing to you. it's great to have you all in times square. okay, we'll be back with more in just a moment. thank y'all. [ applause ]

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bill ate bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning . i'm reggie aqui from abc. seven mornings and you'll be in reports and look at traffic. thank you, reggie. good morning , everyone. we are going to continue talking about bart here because i want to make sure that you are aware you need to add 20 minutes to your plan. travel time. if you're taking it this morning, they are running trains at slower speeds due to the weather. things have improved somewhat on the eastern span of the san mateo bridge, but as you make your way into foster city still slow and drew. i'm hearing reports of snow on north dortmund 17. we've got snow flying in a lot of places. about an hour ago, we had snow in the oakland hills job in an hour, seeing snow in parts of marin and sonoma county in the hills. that's that white and purple color you see on your screen. it is cold out there in the thirties and low forties a live look outside. partly cloudy skies isolated shower this

morning. heavier showers. later this evening, reggie drew. thank you. it's time now for live with kelly and ryan were back on the air >> deja: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the drama, "accused," whitney cummings. and another cozy comfort dish courtesy of star chef eitan bernath! live from minneapolis, our friend, steve patterson! all next on "live"! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ryan: deja, good morning!