hi, reggie and kumasi. reggie: you can tell him to drop the formalities. it is just auntie. ♪ good morning, america. for our viewers in the west. this morning, law enforcement braces for backlash of a possible indictment of former president trump. this morning, the possible last witness testifying in the criminal investigation. into the hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. republicans calling it a political persecution. as officials in new york and other parts of the country prepare for potential fallout. on the brink. concerns about another bank failing amid encouraging signs for the industry.

amazon announces more job cuts. the second largest round of layoffs if the company's history. rebecca jarvis are tracking it all. they'll answer your questions s largest school district walking off the job this morning. their demands. power play. china's leader meets with vladimir putin in moscow, their formal talks about to begin this morning. fallout from the alex murdaugh double murder case. new developments in the investigation into the death of stephen smith. the latest this morning. under arrest. the colorado dentist waking up behind bars, accused of miss sonning his wife and the mother of their six children. new warning about real estate scams. a retired teacher sharing her story after she said she lost her entire down payment, nearly

$200,000 right before closing, how to protect yourself. change in the air? flight attendants renewing calls to ban babies from sitting on their parents' laps. the safety concerns and what to know this morning. ♪ i'm walking on sunshine ♪ and a sweet 16 surprise. miami stealing one from one seed indiana overnight. >> another number one goes down, miami pulls off theup set! plus, japan slugging their way to the world baseball classic final and gearing up with a showdown with team this is "good morning america." a lot to get to on this very busy tuesday morning, including a new storm that's slamming the west coast. >> take a look here. live picture of crestline,

california, where a winter storm warning has been issued for several feet of snow, you can see the snow coming down. that system also bringing fears of flooding in lower elevations. . >> california's struggling for some relief there. but first, we begin with the latest on former president donald trump claiming that he's going to be a arrested later today. no evidence that's going to happen, there are signs that the manhattan d.a. is wrapping up an investigation into trump's involvement in a hush money payment. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. this was the day former president trump said he would be arrested and while that seems unlikely to happen, the possibility of a looming indictment has this city on alert for protests. overnight, former president trump releasing an insult-filled statement on social media about prosecutors and stormy daniels after making an

claim. it's not the payment but the way trump accounted for it that could make him the first former president to face criminal charges. the manhattan district attorney's office has been investigating this for years. in recent weeks called in former aides hope hicks and kellyanne conway and michael cohen who has already served prison time for writing the check he says at trump's direction. >> the truth will always rise. >> reporter: robert costello a lawyer who testified for trump and said he once advised cohen unreliable. >> say things that are directly contrary to what he said to us. >> reporter: republicans including one of trump's potential 2024 rivals said charging him now smells of politics and took a shot at the district attorney. >> they weaponized their office to impose a political agenda on

society. >> reporter: on social media trump called for protests and that has drawn the attention of law enforcement, seen here dropping metal barriers at court. >> nypd's doing their normal role of making sure there's no inappropriate actions in the city. >> reporter: intelligence bulletins obtained by abc news warn of increase in threats. and some his supporters are still willing to fight on his behalf. we're told there are no specific threats, but the nypd and the u.s. secret service have started talking about security in the event trump is indicted. robin. >> aaron, our thanks to you our chief legal analyst dan abrams, a lot to unpack here. so now, we have a witness that trump wants to testify before the grand jury, bob costello. >> so he was there and he made a statement after he testifies, the most important thing he says is michael cohen did this on his

own. that's what michael cohen told me. there's no way, though, that you can bring this case without corroborating evidence of what michael cohen is saying, everyone recognizes that michael cohen is going to be somewhere between a difficult and terrible witness, because he's pled guilty, because he's pled guilty including to making false statements, he's going to be a problematic witness. >> you also have trump's current attorney and also his former attorney, rudy giuliani admitting that trump knew about the payment. what's the defense? >> there was a nuisance lawsuit. he paid the money, he didn't know exactly how it was going to be classified. he didn't know it was going to be classified as legal expenses. this idea that this was hush money but ib stead they called

it legal expenses and they're going to say he didn't know that it was being registered as legal expenses. this was nothing to him, it was just in passing. he wasn't paying attention, et cetera, the prosecution will come forward and say we have evidence that donald trump knew exactly what this is about. >> we'll see. you say of all the cases that trump is facing this one would not be on the top of your list. >> this was the worst one. of all the investigations out there. atlanta, about overturning the election there. you've got the federal one, which is about mishandling of the classified documents and obstruction of justice, lots of in evidence those cases. this is about something that happened seven years ago tshg fed has already investigated. definitely the weakest of the group. >> thanks so much, dan. now to the latest on thebacking crisis with concerns that the least one bank won't be

enough. rebecca jarvis joins us now. >> reporter: let's start with the good news in the last 24 hours, the markets have stabilize particularly ly many regional banks. people pulling money out of banks has also stabilize. analysts caution we're not out of the woods yet because of san francisco-based regional bank first republic, its stock plunged more than 47% yesterday. downgraded to junk status. the cash infusion from 11 major banks may not be enough to save its problems. jamie dimon throw him another lifeline? he's working out a rescue plan. we'll find out whether any of this changes the fed's decision on rate hikes. tomorrow, goldman sachs they don't expect them to

this has a ripple effect on everybody, michael. >> now amazon is laying off another 9,000 workers. >> yes, second largest job cuts in that company's a all of these tech companies beefed up during pandemic. that's all changed. as a result many including amazon are now doing these layoffs, michael. >> unfortunately. our thanks -- thank you, rebecca. now the latest on the death of a virginia man at a state psychiatric hospital. newly obtained video showing a number of deputies and staff piled on top of him. pierre thomas joining us with details. >> reporter: good morning. the video obtained through court

records is difficult to watch. he dies on the scene surrounded by seven deputies and three members of the staff of a virginia psychiatric hospital. he's bought into a room and overwhelmed by the officers and the staff who are literally pressing down on him, prosecutors said he was held down at least 12 minutes, otieno is shirtless, wearing leg irons. prosecutors claim it's excessive force. indictments could come as early as today. the video not officially released was obtained by washington post. edited from 27 minutes down to 9. it's chilling to watch, robin. >> it is. pierre, thank you for your reporting. now to the strike in the nation's second largest school district. about 65,000 staff members are walking out of schools in los angeles. kayna whitworth joins us with

that. >> reporter: good morning. the lausd superintend ent said today will be a difficult day, as more than half a million stude students. people picketing this morning. it's these service workers, these bus drivers, cafeteria workers who are asking for an increased wages and better working conditions. they'll be joined in force by the teachers union. they claim the district broke confidentiality rules. the school's superinendent said that not only did he came table with a raise, he made himself available. he'll be available again. they hope they can resolve this. in the meantime, they'll have places open where they can offer supervision and meals to families that need it.

they expect this strike to last at least days. >> hundreds of thousands of students caught in the middle of it. now the new storm hitting california right now bringing manier rain and snow with high winds and a risk of flooding. rob marciano is in los angeles and rob, these storms have been relentless in the west. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the rain has arrived here once again on the california coastline, our latest atmospheric river has arrived. about a dozen or so from december. now spring season where our wet winter here on the west coast just refuses to end. the wind with this will become more potent, gusts to 70-plus miles per hour in spots. flooding across not just l.a. up to santa barbara with heavy rain coming in this morning. they evacuated some people well inland in some places that had flooding last weekend. the mountains, they're going to get more snow there. a colder system, winter storm

warning above 4,000 feet in places like crestline. they're going to start to get piled up, maybe a foot of snow there. upward of 4 feet depending on high you get. the rainfall coming in later today that's going to test the tributaries and small streams. >> thank you, rob overseas now, where russian president putin is meeting with china's leader this morning as the war in ukraine rages. . the u.s. warns about china's peace plan. >> reporter: formal talks beginning this morning between putin and xi. their broader aim to shift the global balance of power in their favor. with the backdrop to this summit the war here in ukraine and overnight fresh attacks inside russian-occupied crimea. at the height of putin's pivotal summit with china's president xi, drone attacks overnight in

russian-occupied crimea seen in these videos circulating online. destroying a stock of russian cruise missiles. the attacks coming just hours after xi arriving in moscow, the chinese leader bringing his peace proposal on his first visit since russia invaded ukraine. inside the kremlin just days after the icc charged putin with war crimes, xi calling him a dear friend. putin saying, that chinese peace proposal which he has carefully studied will be part of formal talks set to begin this morning. but u.s. secretary of state antony blinken hitting back, saying any initiative allowing russian troops to remain on ukrainian sovereign land is a stalling tactic. >> calling for a cease-fire that doesn't include the removal of russian forces from ukrainian territory would be supporting the ratification of russia

conquest. >> reporter: this morning, president xi inviting putin to china later this year and the white house saying russia and china united in their desire to challenge u.s. leadership around the world, adding, president biden will speak to xi on the phone at the appropriate time and in the right context. whit. >> tom, thank you. now the latest on the origins of covid-19. president biden signing a bill monday that directs the government to declassify material on the origin. >> reporter: the president says he's hoping to release as much information about this as possible. signing into law this legislation that would require the release of u.s. intelligence relating to origins of covid-19. biden saying he's hoping to get to the bottom of this in an effort to prevent any future pandemics.

90 days to declassify any information between wuhan lab and origins of covid-19. it's not clear exactly how. all of this of course comes as we've seen a real split on this issue, intelligence agencies are at odds whether covid was caused by a lab leak or natural transmission. >> all right, mary, thanks so much. right now, we're going to switch gears to march madness, the women's sweet 16 is all set. will reeves will tell us all about it. >> reporter: it's set. overnight, nine seed miami knocking off number one indiana in a two-point thriller. dynasty hardy hitting the dagger right there with just seconds left. the hurricanes they get the steal. and they stop the buzzer-beater.

that's after one seed stanford lost on sunday. which means this is first time there's been multiple top seeds out before the sweet 16 for the first time in 25 years. a one seed hadn't lost before the sweet 16 since 2009. it happened on back-to-back nights this year. ohio state advancing after this jumper. with two seconds remaining. to beat north carolina. and then uconn advancing to its 29th consecutive sweet 16. the most decorated dawn staley's squad undefeated this year, looking unbeatable, they've won their first two games by 30-plus points. all sweet 16 action kicks off on friday on espn.

>> thank you, will coming up here a new warning about real estate scams after a retired teacher lost all the money for a down payment on her dream home. and the colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife. plus, fallout from the alex murdaugh trial, with new developments in the investigation into the death of stephen smith. that layer cake that's tahoe looks like this and it's adding more snow with this current storm. 677 inches at the central sierra snow lab and now they'll add another 1 to 4 feet. two rounds, los angeles gets a heavier one this afternoon and that slow slows down. wind is a huge issue. look for power outages. your local weather in 30 seconds.

drew: i'm meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. it is a rainy and windy day. high wind warnings in effect for the coastline. winds gusting 45 miles per hour or greater. on and off downpours with temperatures in the low to mid 50's. tonight we lose the wind but keep the showers. temperatures dropping into the 40's. accuweather 7-day forecast, strong wind the threat today with scattered showers tomorrow for we dry out into the weekendd we'll be right back. ugh covid-19?

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northbound 17 at el rancho drive . your speeds are down to around six mph in this area, and the off ramp is shut down a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where it is very wet right now. slick conditions, which is why you're speeds are under the limit. it's going to take you about 26 minutes to get across the bridge and into san francisco. also bar is running trains at slower speeds due to the weather at about 10 extra minutes to your plan. travel time, reggie going to check in with met

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they'll be along to answer your questions about interest rates, your mortgage. now to the colorado dentist suspected of fatally poisoning his wife. he appeared in court on monday the day after his arrest. kayna whitworth joins us with more. good morning again, kayna. >> reporter: authorities say that james craig used his work computer to look up things like how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human? is it detected in an autopsy? he had cyanide delivered to his office all in an deli police calling angela craig's death, calculated alleging james purchased arsenic and cyanide and secretly poisoned her

protein shakes. after recent hospital visits angela again checked into a hospital wednesday morning complaining of a severe headache hadseizure, her condition rapidly declining. doctors moving her to the icu where she was placed on life support. >> they lost a mother. >> reporter: police zeroing in on her husband. according to war rarnt after his co-worker told a nurse that james had ordered potassium cyanide to the office. >> the key is going to be the following, can they trace whatever killed her to him? did he order it? pick it up? >> reporter: james a dentist at summerbrook denial group in aurora. >> my approach to dentistry begins with listening to patient. >> reporter: his patients said they relid on him to ease their

anxiety. >> he always made sure that i was okay and comfortable and now i think my anxiety is even more heightened becaus i'm like, whoe that james wasav affair even flying a woman out to see him while his wife was dieing if the hospital. family members telling authorities this is not the first time james had tried to poison his wife. and the week before her death she texted him that her head felt funny and dizzy and then said i felt abc news has reached out to james and his family but haven't received a response. now family members claim that craig had multiple affairs over the years, they also say the couple was experiencing financial hardship, now he's set to appear in court again on thursday. guys. >> bizarre and disturbing case

now the fallout from the alex murdaugh double murder case. new developments in the investigation into the death of stephen smith, who died eight years ago, was a classmate of buster murdaugh. >> reporter: stephen smith's mother is on a mission to find out what happened to her son. this morning, one of the first responders speaking out. this morning, new developments as the attention surrounding alex murdaugh's double murder trial now turns the spotlight on to the unsolved death on his surviving son buster's classmate. in new interview with ours affiliate first responder now recalling when he found stephen's body in the middle of the road. >> the coroner said it's not a wreck it's murder. >> reporter: classifying stephen as a victim of a hit and run but moore saying from what he saw it

didn't look like smith was hit by a car. >> two things come to my mind, either he was murdered there, or he was murdered elsewhere and dropped there. >> reporter: -- my home we can find the right people we need to just start from the beginning and to get us answers. >> reporter: state authorities reopening the investigation to stephen's death in 2021 after finding new evidence while looking into the murdaugh double murder case. this investigation remains active and ongoing. >> i'm hoping to get the truth of what happened to my son. i just want justice. i feel it wasn't done right the first time. >> reporter: now buster murdaugh breaking his silence to address what he called vicious rumors saying in a statement, these

baseless rumors of my involvement with stephen and his death are false. i deny any involvement in his death. while the smith family has the money to exhume stephen's body they now need approval to actually do it. that can still take some time to get. >> eva, every day there's something new in this case. >> yeah, there's a lot of complicated moving parts to it. i think there will be new developments to come. >> i know, you'll stay on top of it as you have from the beginning. coming up our series scam u, a new warning about real estate scams. trevor. >> one retired teacher lost her down payment on her new house, entire life savings, we'll share her story. that's coming up next on "gma." s you loved doing... before your asthma got in the way? get back to the things you love...

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we're back now with our series scam u the heartbreaking story of a teacher swindled out of money to buy her dream house. trevor ault joins us now with what happened in this case and how perhaps we can help people. >> reporter: billions of dollars a year falling for schemes for this and this teacher said not only did she not get to buy the house she wanted at the end of this she had nothing left. >> reporter: this retired

teacher and her daughter found the townhouse of their dreams. with a lifetime of savings they could finally afford it. >> we were very excited to purchase this home we found what we thought was an incredible spot. >> reporter: but they say when they got to their closing they're suddenly appeared to be a 200,000 problem, a message that the title company hadn't received their down payment. >> i said i wired them to you and she said, i don't have the money and i said, what do you mean you don't have the money? and she said i don't have your money. we didn't get your money. and i remember just sort of freezing for a minute. >> reporter: they say just before the closing they received this e-mail, instructing them how to transfer the money, which they did. but they say they now believe it was fake, reporting it to the police and the fbi and say their entire down ask payment is gone. >> at that point you doubt everything. i have no idea when it was

hacked or if any of these e-mails were valid or fraudulent. >> reporter: experts say these real estate scams often look like this, the first scammer sending a phishing e-mail to broker or title company hacking into their mail account, they'll then use that information to trick you into thinking they're your realtor with an e-mail address very similar to the one you've been communicating with. by the time you talk with your realtor or broker it's too late. >> harder and harder to detect e-mails being drafted from fraudulent actors versus those who are coming from trusted parties in aret service's global investigative operations center. this investigator showing us several fraudulent e-mails. >> they can display the name of

the realtor or title agent there instead of looking like the actual e-mail address they used. >> they're now renting an apartment. friends have raised more than $130,000 to try to help cover their loss and it completely warms my heart and reminds me that there's actually good people in the world. which is something that i didn't necessarily feel a couple days ago. >> reporter: authorities say these scams are incredibly easy to fall for. in this case the e-mails were so convincing that the secret service agent we spoke to copied the e-mail signature of the title broker in that fake e-mail. >> what can people do to protect themselves. >> be careful any time you send an amount of money like that, always verify who's requesting it, where it's going. e-mails and text numbers are correct. they can be spoofed. call your broker if you have to

before you finish that transaction. then, if you do find out you wired money to the criminal the first call is to your bank. recall that wire. contact law enforcement right after that. >> get on the phone. call ahead and say, do you really need this money right now? unfortunate for them they didn't do that. coming up, becky worley and rebecca jarvis will team up to answer your money questions. >> with interest rates so high, that question has been about mortgages, paying one you already have or applying for one to buy a home. we'll break it down. beckies unite. back to you, michael. >> looking forward to it. coming up next. we have our "play of the day." victor... why are you still living with odors?

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it's been incredibly entertaining, it all comes down to the game tonight, two powerhouse teams, japan versus team usa. let's start with japan here, because last night they punched their ticket to the final with dramatic walkoff win coming back from one run down to beat mexico, 6-5. listen, they're undefeated in the tournament and they're looking for their third wbc title. meanwhile, team usa the defending champs aiming for a repeat coming off a commanding 14-2 win over cuba. we've got a star-studded squad with numbers like mike trout and mookie betts, but japan has its share of stars too, led by the perhaps the best player on the planet, shohei ohtani. >> no lack of excitement. >> thank you, victor, for being there. i love the name mookie. coming up, we're celebrating 60 years -- you heard me -- 60

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc. seven mornings and there are some traffic issues out there. had you been there. morning everyone. we are starting with the live picture of the san mateo bridge. you can just check out all of the brake lines for people trying to travel west bound on the bridge. you can also see that someone has been pulled off to the left hand shoulder. there's also flashing lights up ahead because of a three car crash on the bridge will take you about 33 minutes to get across. also on north bong 87 at curtner avenue in san jose, we have a crash reported in this area and also in the santa cruz mountains, still continuing to follow the investigation into a deadly crash on north north bong 17 at el rancho drive. let's check in with drew. yes there's been a let's continue. our track of the santa cruz mountains of flood

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. many eyes on trump. this morning, the possible last witness testifying in the criminal investigation. into the hush money payment to adult star stormy daniels. republicans calling it political persecution. as officials in new york and other parts of the country prepare for fallout. change in air, flight attendants renew calls for babies not sitting in their parents' laps. money reality check, with so many concerned about the economy, from the banks to soaring inflation, rebecca jarvis and becky worley are

answering your questions. ♪ the midlife gap year, meeting the mom rewriting the rules. taking time off to focus on her family and herself, to combat ♪elebrateimes come on ♪or you. we're celebrating 60 years of she's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ there's a party going on right here ♪ ♪ a celebration ♪ good morning, america. great to have you with us. it's great to have legendary baseball hall of famer the one and only reggie jackson here, there he is, telling his story in a new project. we're looking forward to sitting down with him later in the show. >> mr. october. >> exactly. all i can think of. >> i know. >> xierted about that. also this morning, the urgent new warning about climate

change. ginger breaking that down for us. first, the latest on former president donald trump. and the hush moneykatersky is ae courthouse downtown. >> reporter: planning is now under way for the possibility and for the resulting protests. overnight former president trump releasing an insult-filled statement on social media. about prosecutors and about prosecutors and stormy daniels after making an unverifiably claim. it's not the payment but the way trump accounted for it that could make him the first former president to face criminal charges. the manhattan district attorney's office has been investigating this for years. in recent weeks called in former

aides hope hicks and kellyanne conway along with michael cohen, once trump's fixer who has already served federal prison time for writing the check he says at trump's direction. >> the truth is the truth. the truth will always rise. >> reporter: robert costello, a lawyer who testified for trump, and said he once advised cohen called him unreliable. >> say things that are directly contrary to what he said to us. >> reporter: on social media, trump has called for protests. that's drawn the attention of law enforcement. warn of a significant increase in threats and violent rhetoric and say some trump's most ardent supporters are still willing to fight on his behalf. there are no specific threats we're told but the ny. d and the u.s. secret service now are talking about a possible indictment.

michael? >> reporter: it's going to take a lot. thank you for so much for that. the new push to ban babies from sitting on their parents' laps on planes. this comes from attendants. >> reporter: this is really big issue for flight attendants they're pushing hard to get children of all ages to get them in their own seats. most airlines allow children under 2 to sit on their parents' lap. we saw that extreme turbulence on the plane where it dropped 4,000 et an infant flew out of the mother's arms. they're saying enough, the faa seems to agree with them. babies should not be in their parents' lap, they should have their own seat and be secured in a child-restraint device. it just so happens lawmakers are looking closely at flight safety regulations so there's a chance this happens.

no matter how loving a parent you are it e's impossible to fit those g-forces and hold on to your child. >> for a loft parents you have to buy another ticket now. >> we have to figure out how much is that going to cost. >> thank you, gio. now the urgent warning about climate change with a new report from the u.n. and ginger is tracking that, breaking it down for us. ginger, good morning. >> reporter: secretary general of the u.n. says that this report tells us we need a quantum leap in climate action. and every country in the world has to reduce emissions at warp speed to try to curb the warming of the planet. curbing warming to 1 degree celsius. to accomplish all of it, the richest nations in the world would need to reach net 2040. every tenth of a degree still look at the projected species

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♪ we are bac ♪ we're back trouble, soaring inflation leaving many wondering what it means for their day-to-day lives. our chief economic correspondent rebecca jarvis and becky worley joins us. the battle of the beckies. you'll help some folks here. the federal reserve is meeting this week and they're thinking they're going to put a pause on raising interest rates. >> yes. >> what could that potentially mean for savings and for credit cards? >> that's going to have a really significant impact on savings and credit cards because of the fact that the federal reserve has been on this rate hikes

spree. in order to lower inflation. that has meant you could get more savings. and then, the biggest thing was credit card interest rates were going up. credit card payments if you were carrying a balance they getting more expensive. if fed pauses, we'll know tomorrow, this will mean that some of those rates that have been climbing won't climb as much in the if near future. >> okay, but i notice how you say it. >> they could climb forward. >> you can't emphasize that enough. >> yeah. >> our great viewers, this comes from wendy on facebook, asking if housing is sitting on a bubble like 2007, what do you think about that. >> lot of people are worried about this, lot of people just bought homes. here's what's very different, we're in a very different world than we were in 2007, first of

all, the jobs market is strong historically as it has ever been, the people who own homes right now, 85% of people who own homes have mortgages below 5%, what that means if you were going to go out and buy a new house you would have to take on a far more expensive mortgage. there aren't enough homes for people to buy and that's what has been driving up prices for meople and we don't see foos tte >> a to the qha hav from a viewer because it's really on people's mind, lisa is trying to buy her first home and wondering when the housing market and mortgage rates are going to improve. >> they did improve a little bit but home affordableabilility

with the banking mess -- the upside for that some of the mortgage rates went down. to about 7%. that incremental difference can make a difference in what you pay. ultimately the housing market is very likely going to be in flux for some time. am i going to stay in that home for five years? staying within my budget? those are the most important questions that anyone should be asking if they're thinking about buying a home. and renting is always an >> and if you want a car in the driveway of that new home, we go to the becky of the second power, what say you becky about buying a car? >> if you want to know where the pain points are for the american budget look in the driveway,

we're so right. experience says the average car payment for a new car at the end of 2022 was $716. that's like a mortgage or paying rent for a lot of people. so, a lot of people asking on our facebook and twitter what can they do about their car payments? unfortunately we're in a waiting game. we're waitin for those interest rates to stabilize or for them to go down, but in the meantime, there's one thing you can do and that is work on your credit score. if you have a higher credit score you'll get a lower interest rate when you can get into a lower rate and refinance or renegotiate. >> becky, i remember that cars were in short supply during the pandemic. is that still the case? >> oh, boy, were they? we just had to replace our mini van had 130,000 miles on it and buying a new car hurt. the supply chain is still a

little bit messy and then dealers in my high-demand cars are putting a markup on top of the sticker price, then high interest rates so it's painful out there. if you can eke 5,000 or 10,000 miles out of the old car you should do that. until those rates come down or if those rates come down. >> i'm just thinking about you in a mini van. that's a good look. hey, becky to the second power thank you so much. rebecca, thank you as always. viewers keep sending in your questions. lara, now. we'll turn now to a colorado mom going viral, she's feeling burnt out from her career, she took a cue from the post-grad playbook embarking on a mid life career

break. janai norman has her >> reporter: harder to imagine 20, 30 years after high school deciding to take that break, but one woman decided she needed it now more than ever. this morning, kim has a message for moms -- >> today is the first day of my midlife gap year. >> reporter: kim like so many overworked moms burnt out by juggling responsibilities at home and on obligations in the workplace, falling behind can make so many women feel like bad moms. >> i'm going to try to do everything by myself today. this should be fine. along as everybody does what they're supposed to do. >> reporter: kim's solution -- take a gap year. >> it's crazy to me once we start our careers that's it. we just work. >> reporter: a rite of passage

for some young adults that time between high school and college to explore and plan the next steps. >> from the time my kids were young, my husband and i both worked. when i was with them i was thinking about work. the idea of stepping away from it, i could walk away from a successful career to re-imagine what i wanted to do and at the same time getting the opportunity to be around my family all the time that was really exciting for me. >> reporter: kim mapping out her midlife gap year planning to focus on her family, yourself and the things she wants to like writing. >> i told my husband that i wanted to do. we had to prove to ourselves that we could live on much less. so we have spent the last several months living without my salary. >> reporter: she acknowledges how lucky she is to take this time away documenting it all on tiktok. >> i wouldn't normally try to write this many words in one day. my goal is to write 5,000 words

a week. >> reporter: how a gap in their resume could impact their career? >> that courageous leaving a job that puts in motion the conditions for re-creation, re-engineering your life and getting to a place where burnout is not so much the issue, where you're actually happy again with what you're doing. >> reporter: even if a gap year isn't an option there are small steps you can take. the easiest way to take take your pto time and take one day per month like a long weekend. >> a good suggestion. kim says she thinks this is an amazing lesson for her kids. >> michael. >> all right, janai, thank you for that. now to a new way to approach healthy metabolism at any

dr. william lee has a new book "eat to beat your diet." he joins us now. doctor, thank you for being here. you debuted your last book here on "gma" four years ago, became a mega-bestseller, how did that lead to the topic of this book. >> my research continued and the link to metabolism. some of the latest discoveries are just two years old, we completely turned our understanding how to elevate our metabolism to give us our optimal strength. >> my metabolism is slowing down. someone 60, i'm not there yet, someone 60 can have the metabolism of someone 20. >> all right, look, leave it to

the people like me the scientists who study food as medicine, we figured out how to go to grocery store and identify foods containing natural chemicals that amp our metabolism. go to the produce section these are the nice leafy greens carrots. and berries. >> the perimeter, i'm telling you to go into the middle aisle, pick out the things that are good for our health like capers, one of my favorites, tomato paste, two tablespoons can activate your metabolism. dried beans, like lentils absolutely delicious. salmon is good, even mild fish like cod can be beneficial.

>> then i see you have some anchovies. >> you can go for mussels. >> i'm going for the shrimp. what about your beverages? >> all right, so, look, we have to stay hydrated. what i called the holy trinity for health is starting with water, it turns out the rece receptors in our stomach when you drink cold water it fires up your metabolism to keep your core warm. but the other things that really great are green tea, have been shown by researchers to amp your metabolism and coffee which i drink every single morning, not to add sugar or artificial sweeteners. >> okay, what should

mind when you're eating? >> not just what to eat but how and when to eat. number one, don't overload your body's fuel tank. we don't want to overload the fuel tank. you don't want to overfill your tank at the filling station. number two, give yourself as much time for your metabolism to work on your behalf. when we're sleeping we're actually burning down extra energy. so what i do is say don't eat after you put the dishes away after dinner. no midnight snacking. give yourself a few extra hours in the evening and in the morning don't eat breakfast right away, take your time, give yourself an hour before you eat breakfast, now you have 12 hours to burn down fuel. >> eat slowly and don't do that whole thing you got to clean your plate. >> that's it. >> all right, i love it.

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi. aaron from abc. several mornings going to check in now with your beano for a look at traffic hydro bina kumasi. thank you. good morning, everyone. so we are going to start with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can certainly see the rain droplets coming down in this area. the bay bridge has a wind advisory issued for this area and also now we do have an update that the crash we're following earlier on the san mateo bridge has cleared but you can certainly see that ambulance that is now driving in the west. and direction. we are getting some early reports of a new issue on or near the bridge, so it's been a really messy commute and that area and unfortunately and investigation is still underway in the santa cruz mountains due to a deadly crash

on dortmund, 17 at el rancho drive, kumasi. thanks for

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bright colors you see on your screen from the peninsula to the east bay. this level three strong storm not only heavy rain, but also high wind threat later this afternoon kumasi thank you drew. we'll have ♪ we do welcome you back to "gma" and welcome back, lara spencer. [ applause ] >> last couple of weeks. >> we're going to get to it. "pop news" time, everybody. good morning. we begin with the highly anticipated new documentary about brooke shields coming from george and ali wentworth's company bedby8 and abc studios, it's called "pretty baby: brooke shields," and this morning we have your first look at the trailer. the two-part series will follow shields' career and her coming of age in the public high with a treasure trove of never before seen video. take a look.

>> how do you feel about all this fuss that's being made over you? >> i think it's kind of fun. >> you are an exquisite looking young lady. isn't she a pretty girl? >> the entirety of my life, it was -- she's a pretty face. over and over and over and over, yes, and that always just seared me. >> you just didn't go anywhere that somebody wouldn't know brooke shields. >> the most photographed woman in the world. >> iconic american beauty. >> object of desire. >> a sexualized child model. >> vulnerable. >> i was on the cover of "time" magazine as the face of that whole era. who decides that? ♪ rapture ♪ >> she catapulted into the world of adult sexuality. she was the young girl in an all-adult world. >> i'm amazed that i survived

any of it. >> gatekeeping is a major way of keeping girls under control. >> what women need to do in order to be desirable to straight men. >> one of the responses to feminism was the sexualization of little girls. you're not going to be traditionally feminine. we'll replace you with little girls. >> i was struggling to find my own voice. i wasn't told it was important to have agency. i found my confidence and thought i can have my own opinion, oh, hell, no, you're not taking this away from me. >> i love brooke's tone about it. we're moving forward in life. >> when someone like brooke shields talks about it, it makes a difference. >> young people are just working so hard to live up to these unattainable standards. >> long before they can process it, how do you fight a toxic cultural environment?

>> everybody has a little brooke shields narrative stuck in them because what happened to her isn't really about her as an individual, it's just about women. >> i was just born with this face. i wanted to think about the things that could have happened without beauty. now it's like i'm allowed to be a human being. >> so powerful. "pretty baby: brooke shields," set to premiere on hulu april 3rd and brooke herself will be right here on "gma" live next week to tell us all about it. >> amazing. >> looks unbelievable. >> it does. >> really great job. also this morning, everybody, funnyman adam sandler getting recognized for his incredible 30-year career in comedy after being fired from his first job on "snl" it all kind of worked out. he went to star in dozens of comedies that have made more than $3 billion.

"billy madison," "the wedding singer," "happy gilmore," so many more, receiving the kennedy center's prestigious mark twain prize for american humor. here's a little bit of his very funny acceptance speech. >> hello, my name is adam sandler. [ laughter ] and i am the 2023 mark twain humor prize award recipient for greatness in american funny and bringing the thunder, people of the planet of earth, can i get a hell yeah? >> yes, you can. friends and co-stars in attendance like jennifer aniston, drew barrymore, ben stiller, judd apatow and david spade all there to cheer on sandler who, by the way, will be right here on "gma" with jennifer aniston tomorrow to talk about yet another great one, their sequel to "murder mystery." congratulations to adam sandler. so very well deserved. and then finally, everybody, the white house showing they

believe in "ted lasso." jason sudeikis and the cast of the emmy-winning hit series stopped by the white house to talk with president biden and dr. jill biden about mental health and they popped into the press room for a little briefing and to take a few questions. fans of the show will recognize one of the reporters, trent crimm from "the independent." take a look. >> yes, sir, a familiar face. hi. >> trent crimm, fake journalist. [ laughter ] >> yes, trent, nice to see you. >> how do you feel about kansas city being one of the named hosting cities to the 2026 world cup? >> here i was hoping for a softball. okay. you know what, i'm very excited, truth be told. >> truth be told. that was in fact james lance the actor playing his role from the show in the press room with questions about the world cup. the new season of "ted lasso" is streaming now on apple tv plus. such fun always. >> i know. >> very exciting. that's "pop news," everybody.

>> good to have you back. >> thank you. coming up, "general hospital" star finola hughes is here live. >> whoo, whoo, whoo. [ applause ]

♪ back here on "gma," this year marks the 60th anniversary of "general hospital." the longest running american soap opera in production and

here to celebrate none other than finola hughes. it is so -- this is a treat. i was telling you at the break, i back in the day. >> yes. >> would rearrange my class schedule in college so i wouldn't miss "general hospital." >> you know, i hear that so much from people. they used to just -- because it was on at 3:00 and so they would arrange classes around that. >> what is it about "general hospital"? what do you think that keeps us so invested? >> well, i really think that it's because we come into your homes five days a week, so there's a real camaraderie between the, you know, cast and people that watch, and then i also feel like we deal with social issues and we also have a lot of fantasies so you can kind of pick what you love about the show. and now, you know, in particular like talking about fantasy things right now we're dealing with the ice princess, which is a real call back to the '80s, and yet at the same time we just did a big alzheimer's story,

which we won emmys for, and we obviously dealt with hiv/aids which is why we have the nurses ball which is back for the first time in three years. >> that's beautiful. >> yes. >> it's so true and in some ways you were ahead of the rest of us in discussing some of these issues and doing it in that manner. you've been doing it for four decades. >> 60 years, no. >> but there's so much dialogue. >> oh, my gosh. >> you have the script. this is -- >> yes, but i was learning lines during the break myself. >> you memorize everything. >> yeah, there's like almost 80 pages here. >> ooh. >> and we're going to do -- it's not all in one day but it's two days so we'll shoot three shows on -- tomorrow and then two shows the next day. >> how do you memorize all that? >> i don't know. i think you sort of get like, you know, a little muscle in your memory that kind of just

keeps -- you just get used to it and also, you know, you're so used to working with your co-stars, so you kind of like riff off each other and it's like a dance and you just get used to doing it. >> this is -- what is the craziest story line, do you think? >> okay. >> the craziest one. >> okay, so one day i was told that i was given a script and they said, okay, so what we're going to do is we're going to bring an alien into your garage and he's going -- i said, what, an alien, what do you mean. oh, from outer space. like an actual alien and there we go. that's him coming into, yeah, my garage and he lived in my garage and had a lot of questions about life on planet earth and he was an extraordinarily handsome alien but i think it was -- yeah, that was -- i literally took the script and put it on the coffee table and i was like, i don't know what to do with that. i mean, how do i suspend disbelief. >> but you made it believable. we got to talk about the fans, because they are crazy about you, anna. >> thank you. >> and valentin and have a name for you.

and there are maniacs out there. >> yes. >> what do fans say to you? >> they make gifs, i think. is that what they're called, memes, and a lot of videos they put together for us and, you know, we struck a chord. i think we're just -- we just were the right couple at the right time kind of sophisticated and ex-spies and -- >> a little bit of everything. >> yeah, yeah. it's like, you know, like spy, sure, just your average. >> with an alien. >> in my garage. >> you are a sheer delight. thank you. >> you are too. i can't tell you what a treat it is to do this with you. >> that means a lot. we want to let everybody know "general hospital" airs, i think, if they don't know weekdays on abc. special anniversary programming kicks off on march 29th. >> yes, we're honoring our beautiful sonya eddie who passed away and so we're -- that's how

we're kicking off the season. >> beautiful, as you would. yes. finola, thank you. >> thank you, robin. we got exciting news from disney. the disney 100 anniversary celebration, the newly re-imagined mickey's toontown that re-opened at the disneyland resort, it's all about interactive play and features the runaway railway and the gadget coaster and goofy's play tuma with your accuweather play forecast. it is a rainy and windy day with high wind warnings in effect for the coastline. level 3 strong storm. the seven-day impact, we dry out for r there is only one way to introduce our next guest. he's got to say hello to robin first so take a look, everybody.

>> he created excitement on and off the field. >> please welcome number 44, mr. october, reginald martinez jackson. >> here he is, baseball hall of famer, reggie jackson. give it up for reggie jackson. [ applause ] yeah, i had so many guys come up to me today saying i can't believe reggie jackson is coming into the building. what an amazing career you've had. what an amazing man you are and let's go back, 1977, game six, those homers. boom. bop, bam, however you want to say it, just out of the park. >> that's pretty good. >> boom, bam, pop. whatever it takes. what do you remember about that game? >> i remember working with one of our scouts upstairs in talking about how they were going to pitch me, if you will, gene michael, bless his soul,

he's passed, but i had a really good scouting report and the things that he was telling me is where they were trying to pitch me and i was just -- when i went to home plate i was hoping they'd throw a strike because i knew where it was coming from or where they were trying to get to and i wanted to hit the first pitch and get out of there. >> after the first or second home run they would have thought they would have realized they gave you another shot. >> the third home run i looked around and i said f, th were bringing in chli huff and he said, i am like, they are reallr? because i hit those really well. i hope they don't -- i hope they don't know what's happening, first pitch he threw, boom. >> let's talk about this documentary, though, it's called "reggie," but it's more than just home runs, it's more than world series rings, it's very personal, and why do you feel like this is the right time to tell your story? >> well, you know, there's -- there's a lot of stuff in there with racism, michael, and, you

know, i really thought that some of the stuff would be too sensitive because you'd have to tell the truth. some of the places where they -- the racism was at its all-time height being birmingham, alabama, places where you couldn't go by yourself, et cetera. when we went to -- we needed supplies as a black or colored players in spring training, we had to go on a bus and go together, get your supplies and go back, get out of town and we all stayed in colored barracks where we stayed, et cetera. i found out i was going to birmingham and i never signed my minor league contract. i was there, but i couldn't participate in the game because i didn't sign my contract because i was afraid to go to birmingham because birmingham a couple of years before they had taken minor league baseball out of birmingham because it was

where the four little girls were burned alive by the klan and they obviously -- they went probably 25, 40 years because it was in the early 2000s when they found the guys that did it. i was afraid to go. >> i mean, but, you know, there's a lot about your career and a lot of young fans may not know it. let's show them a clip. >> this is my story and how i see it. my history of the past 74 years makes me think have i done enough? i was angry because i constantly fought an uphill battle. >> strike three. >> once i was on the field, i felt like i was in charge. >> you can hear you say, have i done enough? i look at what you're doing now with your mr. october foundation and tell me about that. >> well, the mr. october foundation, michael, is for me to try to do more for my community with underserved kids.

we have s.t.e.m. programs, science, technology, engineering and math, and we really got our first group of kids in the bronx, we're still there, and we shared expenses with the yankees and that's still going on and so we've worked with about 20,000 kids over the last 10 or 12 years in the bronx, and it's been a wonderful experience recognizing that you raise the percentages of going to college, you raise the percentage of being interested in technology, you raise the poverty line and things like that, so being able to get engaged with kids in underserved communities, talk to them about technology so they're prepared for the majority of jobs that are going to be, you know, coming their way is something that we appreciate. >> well, i know you questioned what have i done, have i done enough? i think you've done enough and you continue to do more, reggie.

i think everyone has the utmost respect for you and what you've done on the field, off the field is even more important and more impressive and i want everybody at home to know "reggie," make sure you watch it. it's fantastic. "reggie" premieres on prime video this friday. reggie jackson, mr. october, give it up one more time, everybody. coming up, american authors are performing live. you don't want to miss that either. we'l

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