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♪ ♪ >> good morning america for our viewers on the list, the latest on the devastating twenty two elle down south. >> 60-mile path of destruction. a monster tornado leveling most of rolling fork, mississippi. killing at least 25 people, this morning, the incredible stories of survival and the massive cleanup efforts underway. plus the hero restaurant owner who helped save her staff joins us live. ginger and her team are on the ground with the road to recovery and the new threats on the move right now. >> over right, israel in crisis. tens of thousands take to the street.
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what critics of the prime minister are calling a threat to the democracy. trump under investigation. the former president cast himself in his first big campaign event of 2024. he makes threats into the prosecutor. courts in new york increased security with the grand jury said to me. majors arrested. jonathan majors fighting charges after an alleged domestic dispute with his girlfriend. with his lawyer is saying this morning. >> urgent water warning. philadelphia on alert after a chemical spill in the delaware river. will the drinking water still be safe and 24 hours? >> fatal chocolate factory explosion. ththe moments of the west when rescue crews -- what rescue crews found overnight. >> with the american family is saying after the demand for ransom. reported kidnapping and one of the most dangerous places in the planned it. >> gwyneth paltrow, what the alternate we know -- austin reiter says happened on the ski
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slopes. >> jeremy reiner back on his @feet. what he is saying about it this morning. ♪ i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> and look at who is still dancing. miami and san diego state joining florida atlantic and connecticut, keeping their dreams alive and overnight, lsu's angel reese hoping the tigers punch their ticket. and the iowa hawkeye's story -- soaring into the final four. the final two spots for the women on the line tonight. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> good morning, america. it is good to have you back, george. the aftermath of the devastating tornado outbreak that tore through the south. >> our hearts go out to all of those community. there have been at least 27 reported tornadoes in five states and five states and you are looking live at some of the destruction in mississippi.
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>> george: more than two dozen people killed. these are before and after satellite pictures of rolling fork. nothing left but rubble. we have team coverage. we have whit johnson. good morning, with. >> whit: the devastation so widespread. sometimes it takes a minute for its eyes to adjust to what you are actually seeing. take a look here. two semis trucks stacked on top of each other like toys. it gives you a sense of the power of this ef-4 tornado as it rolled through here. we are also eie this area, homes and businesses and structures. people here tell me they were brac weather. easy -- even the possibility of tornadoes but they never expected anything like this. this morning, a massive cleanup efforts underway after a the region was devastated by this monster ef-4 tornado. on the ground for over an hour. killing more than two dozen people.
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accuweather capturing the nearly milewide tornado as it cut a 60-mile path of destruction across mississippi. in amory, school surveillance video showing a different tornado dripping through the hallways debris raining from the ceiling. >> i know we can rebuild. but what do you do the devastation? >> whit: a local meteorologist watching the tomato approach, praying for those in its path. >> oh, man. dear jesus, please help them. amen. >> whit: the tornadoes hitting at the most dangerous time, after dark. >> all i could hear was -- come through my house. >> whit: much of rolling fork, mississippi, unrecognizable. and you can see the power of this ef-4 tornado uprooting
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trees that look at this large suv that clearly went airborne. now resting on this power of debris. governor tate reeves touring the disaster zone with fema. >> we remain ced to the people of mississippi. we will be here for you now. we will be here for you next week. >> local police officer antoine jones and his girlfriend survived by hunkering down in their bathtub. >> it sounded like a loud train. >> the entire house ripped to pieces around them. >> we were rolling inside. all we were doing was holding each other and praying. >> whit: we are learning more about the lives lost. two-year-old aubrey died during the brutal storms in mississi mississippi. her aunt standing with our rob marciano. >> it is sad because i'm just standing here and i can just see her. it is so hard. it is a shot.
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>> whit: the seven-year-old cousin now fighting for his life in the icu. rodney appears mourning the loss of his dad and his stepmom. the couple killed when a semi truck landed on their roof, crushing their home. >> we finally found them over here, you know? he was on his back and she was just laying beside him with her arm on him. >> whit: m-8 all of this devastation and loss, the community trying to heal. prisoners at the rolling fork united methodist church bowing their heads in prayer. but the survivors united. giving thanks for what they ha have. and the mayor of rolling fork also happens to be the funeral director and tells me he has lost your friends to this disaster. he also tells me that the town is pretty much a total loss. there are still a few buildings left standing but most of those are uninhabitable. another thing that we have seen
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around town's people putting up american flags like this one. a sign of strength and resilience in a community that has been through so much. the mayor says despite all of what you see here, they will rebuild. george? >> george: our hearts go out into all of them. thank you very much. to a major crisis in israel. the countries engulfed in protest. the government in disarray over the prime minister's reform bill the critics call a threat to democracy. president brian expressed deep concern adding pressure on the prime minister tobacco. you see all of the cross in the cross in the streets brady lichtenberg james longman was on the scene. good morning, james. , an eight year good morning. take a look. huge numbers of people have come out here on the streets. you might be able to hear the music. there's a bit of a party atmosphere. people -- this country has come to a standstill not because of massive strike. the largest union in the country has called for a strike. that means the airport is now
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cautioning -- hospitals, banks, universities, all shutting down. people here are angry about benjamin netanyahu's plans and they think today he could back down. [crowd chanting] this morning, israel plunged into chaos. hundreds of thousands hit the streets overnight to oppose prime minister you now who's plans to reform the judiciary. and for the first time ever, the country's largest union has gone on strike. that is 800,000 walkouts. >> we will continue to fight until this madness is stopped and order is returned to our@co. >> james: closing the airport, grabbing some 35,000 passengers. hospitals, universities and businesses all closing. all of this is in response to a netanyahu's plans to give his government more power to choose supreme court judges and move -- a move his critics say is an attack on democracy itself. weeks of protests reached a boiling point.
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massive crowds, up to a major highway in tel aviv. chanting democracy. in jerusalem, protesters gathered outside of the parliament building, police spring water cannons. barricades broken. the spontaneous demonstrations in response to -- after gallant spoke out against the prime minister's legislation. even israel's consul general's in new york residing, told abc news i can't continue defending this government. i would rather go back to israel in protest. prime minister jan yahoo is expected to speak at some point today. they are on the edge of something that they have the momentum and we will to see whether or not netanyahu part of his career which has already survived so much can survive this. rebecca? >> thank you james longman. we turn to the urgent waterboarding in philadelphia after a chemical spill in the
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delaware river. in philadelphia with the latest on the safety of the city's ranking water. good morning, ariel. >> good morning to you. officials are trying to reassure people that the water is safe to drink, at least through midnight tonight. this comes after a pipe burst at a nearby chemical plant. leading to a spill over the weekend. residents were urged to buy bottled water and use that as the city conducted testing but now the city says that water samples show no signs of any contamination in the philadelphia water system. so they say that it is perfectly safe now to wash, to debate, to the cook and to drink the water. they say there's no need to post for bottled water. you can fill up their bottled waters at the top. they will continue to conduct testing throughout today and they will alert the public if there's any sign of contamination but george, the good news is so far there has not been any. >> george: thanks very much. the lead is now on the investigations into former
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president trump. the new york grand jury investigating hush money payment into a porn star. aaron katersky is live. good morning, aaron. >> aaron: george, good morning to you. the grand jury is set to come back in just a few hours from now. possibly hear from another witness in the investigation into the hush money paid into porn actress stormy daniels and clearly on the minds of former president trump. and now the centerpiece of the politics at a weekend rally, his first big campaign event for 24 -- 2024, trump cast himself as a web. -- victim of a weapon there's no justice system and he continued to press verbal attacks on the prosecutor. alvin bragg who has already received a death threat. a group of former federal prosecutors denounced over the weekend what they see as trump's efforts to intimidate bragg and undermine prosecutorial independence. but the courts have seen enough. they have increased security
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here because of what they say is increased interest in what is going on. now trump if he is indicted would have to be brought here to the court by the u.s. secret service and the police. those conversations pulmonary have already happened. george? >> george: thanks very much. rebecca? >> rebecca: return to the breaking news overnight for your money. the ftse has announced that first citizens will buy silicon valley bank just weeks after that bank's collapse sparked a global concern. trevor ault has more. good, good good morning, trevor. >> trevor: and i think this late last night. it is taking in really effect. they say first citizens bank is buying the book of silicon valley bank. they are taking on all of the deposits. its bounds and its branches and that means that branches will actally be back open today under that name silicon valley bank, a division of first citizens bank and they see customers can and should go there for their banking. they will be able to go to any location. the estimate first citizens but
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as vbs -- at a discount of more than $16 billion. terms of the deal are very similar to the flagstar takeover of signature bank a week ago. lately we have heard so much about how customer deposits are insured. the if you see says svp's collapse is going to end up costing the deposit insurance fund, which is paid for by bank fees, $20 billion, guys. >> robin: we will turn to march madness. mensah final four is set this morning. featuring three teams that have never made it this far. and with half the women's bracket said, the final two spots are on the line >> what a weekend. it is not the four that anyone expected. all the one seeds losing even the elite eight for the first time ever. leaving the door wide open for the cinderella. it is the first final four for
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every program except for connecticut. >> the owls, they are headed to the final four! >> will: then there were four. >> of the final four for the first time. "good morning america" of the immense final four is said. uconn and miami and san diego state. 's back for the first time in school history, san diego state, san diego state is going to final four. >> will: knocking off creating in a final finish. tying the game late. but in the waiting seconds, fouling san diego state. seeking a free-throw their first ever final verdict. >> this thing is winding down. what a comeback. >> miami winning the battle with texas. down as many team points in the second half coming back to the stone the longhorns.
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>> nahuel dribbles. he is looking for someone. >> will: holding off kansas state and marcus nahuel in madison square garden and uconn leaving no doubt against kentucky. -- and xigera. the win sending them their six final four since 1999. and. and in the women's tournament, caitlin clark making history. >> here is clark, a wide open. >> will: she is the first division i player pile up more than nine -- 300 assists in a single season. her 41-point triple-double leading i went to a win over louisville. and was dominant performance among both ends of the floor, lsu beating miami by 12 to earn their spot in the final four. we will round out for -- that final four for the women.
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and uconn, their streak is coming to an end, the buckeyes are gearing up for their first elite eight since 1983. so much action going on. the man is continues. you can catch the final two elite eight games tonight on espn or on the app. still got a week left of this. >> robin: i know. it has been a long time since we have seen the uconn huskies. that was quite a the record they had. thank you. coming up, we have "creed iii" and "and demand" start and new majors. with his lawyer is saying. we are going to go to ginger, our top story, rolling fork, mississippi. more on the can stay -- destruction. good morning to you, ginger. >> on a breezy and cool morning here, days after an ef-4 tornado ripped through, it is tough to see. this was a community market, the garden center with the fertilizer here. i can see hardware back in there and of course, this massive
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amount of debris that s i e hos. it is sonea iutulf ze w in march. 84 tornadoes on average in the nine states in the month of march. mississippi averages five. we get at least 27 reported but this work is not over. have a tornado watch in place in georgia. we will see niese extend to flash flood watches as well. we have had warnings. very active blog. this system has shown us what it is capable of doing and so anyone from just south of charleston to savannah at the, back to albany, georgia needs to be on the lookout this afternoon and evening as this line six southeast. i wish i could tell you was done. threat was. but it is not. there's a new storm that develops of the west coast and eventually makes it into the rocky. but by friday, here is the parable of radiology. we can tell you that madison wisconsin to the dallas will have severe weather. that's right area with st. louis, that is where you really want to be weather aware
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going into thursday and friday because we can see more tornadoes. speaking of that western storm, the one that was going to do the tornado actually do this week, it slides down the coast again and brings rain to northern california and heavy snow, too. we are talking another two to 4 feet of snow in the sierra. and another three to 5 inches. those reservoirs keep replenishing. we saw knows that governor newsom started lifting some water restrictions. they are going to keep getting that. that tornado threat will keep moving through the east. and so i look out on thursday. texas and oklahoma all the way than again to kind of missouri, central on friday. that is the big picture. let's get your local weather now in 30 seconds.
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through the morning. also russian president vladimir putin declared that russia will deploy nuclear weapons and called it dangerous and irresponsible. the biden administration says it is monitoring the situation but is seeing no indication of potential of using nuclear weapons in ukraine. the death toll in a pennsylvania chocolate factory has climbed to seven. this is video of the moments of the last. rescue crews found the bodies of two people were missing. the cause afari's explosion is still under investigation. >> rebecca: jeremy renner reached a major milestone. he posted video of him walking on a zero gravity treadmill. it is the first time writer has been seen walking since his snowplow ran over him in january leaving him with severe injuries. the star writing, i now have to find other things to occupy my time so my body can recover. and we have got a lot more ahe
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ahead. >> robin: it is encouraging to see. >> rebecca: it is. that was such a devastating situation, robin. we have a lot more ahead including gwyneth paltrow on the stand. what she says happened on that ski slope. >> robin: jonathan majors facing charges over the weekend after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. majors' attorney claims he is completely innocent. and his name will be cleared. mona kosar abdi is here with the latest. good morning. >> mona: it seems like in 2023, you can't go anywhere without seeing or hearing about jonathan majors. the actor has raised the cover of magazines has two hit movies in the box office and even presented an oscar. about this morning, it is his personal life making headlines. he shot into fame playing the most convincing villains on the big screen. but this morning, jonathan majors is fighting charges in real life, following his arrest
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over an alleged domestc dispute. police sources told abc news the 33-year-old actor called 911 saturday morning to report his concern about his girlfriend. when officers arrived to their apartment in manhattan, majors' girlfriend says he physically attacked her in the cab ride home. in a criminal complaint, the 30-year-old woman alleged majorn the face with an open hand causing substantial pain and a laceration behind her ear. and that he "put his hand on her neck, causing bruising code. majors was arrested on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges. exclusive images from dailymail.com he is seen here leaving, wearing a hat with freedom written over it. the actor's lawyer is fighting those allegations claiming majors is "completely innocent" adding that they allegedly have video footage and a witness statement they are presenting to the district attorney that will clear his name. >> he has two big movies in the theaters. he has -- has been pick for
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oscar contention. some would say this is not a good time, not a good look. >> mona: the follow has already begun. the u.s. army has polled two ads featuring the star in their latest campaign. >> the army made history by ince instrumental book. >> mona: telling abc news, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete. >> smoking a cigarette. >> okay. >> mona: his breakthrough role in the 2019 film announced majors as a force in hollywood. it was this year that he reached superstardom appearing in back-to-back number one blockbusters. "creed iii" and " wasp quantum mania." his character expected to be a pivotal part of the next phase of the marvel universe. >> it will depend on the real
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reality and i see that initially of this situation. >> mona: majors is due back in court may 8th. attorneys say they are covered and that the evidence they gather will get those charges dropped. i guess we will have to wait and see how this plays out. >> rebecca: thank you, mona, we appreciate it. we turn to the american couple reported missing in haiti. family members say they are being held for ransom and matt rivers joins us with the latest. good morning, matt. >> matt: good morning, rebecca. one of those two kidnapped americans calling family in south florida now saying the kidnappers are demanding even more money for their safe release. this morning, desperation from one south florida family, two of their own kidnapped in haiti. abigail toussaint and her husband went to port-au-prince last week to attend an event and see a sick relative. >> we are just devastated and it is really hard. it is really tough. >> matt: they were met by a family friend at the airport.
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they get in a public bus trying to make their way through the violent capital city. law enforcement source told abc news the bus was then stopped and boarded by armed gang members near this point. one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city. all three travelers were then abducted. >> i'm hoping for my brother to come back here and i know the fbi, everyone in here, they are doing everything they can. >> matt: the fbi and state department say they are aware of reports of the kidnapping but did not provide further details. haitian investigators believe someone tipped off the gang americans boarded the bus at the airport, making them easy targets. a ransom request came in $6,000. the family says they wired the money part of night net the kidnappers demanded some 200,000 for their release and put jean dickens on the phone. >> he says experts said it was okay and he can't talk much. but they don't know. for them, they don't know because they tied their eyes
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when they took them. >> matt: unprecedented violence in port-au-prince. estimating up to 80% of the city is in gang control. since haiti's president was assassinated in july 2021, the office remains vacant. the country has no sitting congress. initial police force is in shambles and some neighborhoods are left in anarchy. the state department is giving a level four travel rating. saying, "do not travel to haiti due to kidnapping crime and civil >> rebecca: thank you, matt rivers. we appreciate eight. >> george: hayden penn interior on her experience of postpartum depression. and what gwyneth paltrow said about her ski accident. ♪ ♪ the stand about her ski accident. what if all i'?
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>> back now w >> george: back now with the civil trial over gwyneth paltrow's skiing accident. kayna whitworth with the story. >> kayna: this has been a contentious one here. a utah skier suing her for $300,000 after he says the accident caused permanent brain damage. paltrow counter suing for legal fees and a single symbolic dollar.
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>> mr. center store categorically hit me. >> kayna: gwyneth paltrow telling her side of the story in a civil lawsuit alleging she violently collided with the skier but caused permanent brain injury during a 2016 family vacation in. city, utah. >> i fell on his body. he fell on the ground. and so it was kind of like on the ground. i could not see the back of my head. but i felt a body press against my back. >> kayna: paltrow alleging it e then 69-year-old terhed into sanderson bu fac asnt her, iisting she was the skiing cautiously because she was with her children at the time. but i did not engage in risky behavior. i would not with my children there or without my children there. i was skiing and looking downhill as you do. and i was skiing directly into skied directly into by mr. sanderson. i said you skied directly into
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my passing back and he said, sorry, sorry, i'm sorry. >> kayna: the group found her revealing she became confused and thought someone was trying to accost her. >> i was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart and then there was a body pressing against me. i thought, am i -- is this a practical joke? is someone, like, provided? >> you are not thing to the jury that this was in any way, shape or form a. >> aaron: assault? >> i'm not saying that. >> kayna: a stark contrast to what the legal team was arguing. they said he got a concussion that led to a personal brain damage. emotions running high as sanderson's family took the stand. >> he has to be able to multitask and do all sorts of complicated tasks and now he has a hard time just following through one step at a time.
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>> kayna: tensions between the two legal teams at a boiling point. >> she has lied under oath a number of terms. i want to be able to show the jury. >> kayna: will expectedly hear more from terry sanderson and as the trial moves forward, we can expect paltrow's husband and children to certify in her defense and we may see paltrow on the stand as well. she testified as a plaintiff we witness. either way, we have decidedly different stories here. >> robin: i hear we have you for the whole weekend. no parka. >> kayna: thanks for having me. >> robin: how neighbors are helping neighbors get what they need without buying anything. what can help you save money while helping the planet. and the two young stars shining in our play of the day. come on back. ♪ ♪ play of the day. come on back. ♪ ♪ d i use this.
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>> welcome back to gma. i'm here in rolling fork, mississippi. now that the light is up, you see the extent of damage. was a weekend full of damage. 27 reported tornadoes in five states. let's go to the picture from west point, georgia, 30 to 40 homes destroyed. a very strong tornadoes and injuries there. no one was killed there thankfully. but unfortunately, we still have a threat yesterday. a tornado watch has been up. we have seen warnings in georgia, alabama, watching for those wide areas as well. you can see up to 7 inches of rain at his line as it syncs out. it is not going to stop there. it goes all the way into the southeast. coming up here on "gma," you will meet the hero restaurant owner who saved her employees in the tornado. you
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found the other. we'll talk about it and i building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi, aaron from abc seven mornings going to check in now with sue hall for a look at traffic. hi, sue. good morning, kamasi, and we've got a couple of late clearing issues. let's go to north one. oh, one after rings dwarf that has finally cleared but the damage is done. north. 11 is very slow all the way back. past 2 37 san francisco eastbound 80 the ramp to south one. oh one has made things very slow through the city north one. oh, one all the way from before the bayview and on the richmond san rafael bridge and earlier stall now cleared but you are backed up past harbor westbound 5 80. i'm sorry to tell you the frost advisory have in effect right now until nine a.m. this morning temperatures you step outside. it is chilly in the thirties and low forties. right now we look at the exploratorium camera.
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partly cloudy skies will find increasing clouds dry throughout the day temps in the fifties and sixties rain returns late in the north bay before spreading south . it's a level two tomorrow, a moderate storm on the storm impact scale kamasi. thank you, jerry. if you're streaming with us on this van just hit me out . i thought i was dead. after the accident, i was in a lot of pain and i decided that i needed to . i called jacoby & meyers
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♪ ♪ >> robin: good morning, america. it is a o'clock a.m. monster tornado levering those in rolling fork -- leveling those in rolling fork, mississippi. the incredible stories of survival and the massive cleanup efforts underway. the hero restaurant owner who help save her employees before the building was level. she will join us live. >> rebecca: hayden panettiere talking about postpartum depression. what she wishes she had known. >> george: inside the buy nothing movement. >> we don't have to go out and buy new and we can rely on our neighbors. >> george: how you can do it, too. ♪ ♪
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>> robin: we can't believe ade adele's big announcement. what she is planning after finishing out her sold out vegas presidency. that is coming up in pop news. ♪ oh, i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> george: whitney houston's new album. what it means for her legacy and her family speaking out about what it meant to superstar. >> rebecca: we are heading to prom with a disney star. plus, two high school seniors gearing up for an unforgettable surprise promposal live in times square as we say, good morning, america. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "gma." >> george: good morning, america. we go to our top story. the aftermath of the devastating tornado outbreak that tore through the south this weekend. >> rebecca: our hearts go out to the families and communities impacted. there have been at least 27
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reported tornadoes. more than two dozen people were killed and an entire city is basically destroyed there. >> robin: we want to go to rolling fork, mississippi, with a remarkable act of life-saving heroism during the storm. the owner of a diner called chuck's kerry bourne rushing staff into a cooler just moments before the tornado hit. instant later almost all that was left was that cooler. joining us now is tracy harden along with two employees who were in the diner. i had a chance to speak with all three of you in the commercial break. just bless your heart and i hope that you are feeling love and support from all over the country and the world knowing what you are going through and so if you could just give us a sense, how are you doing this morning? >> we are okay. i feel like i have said that a
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million times. but we are hurting. we are grieving. but we are alive. so we are okay. >> robin: yeah, you are standing strong. i'm glad that you have each other just -- when did you know, tracy, that a tornado was coming? how much advance notice did you get? >> i feel like a minute. i get t two text messages back o back for my sister and my daughter in vicksburg and they both said it was just, there's a tornado down. get to a safe place and at the same time, i had my teenage cashier came running towards the back of the building saying that my mother is on the phone and she said there's a tornado down and at that point, most of us
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were towards the back of the building. and the lights flickered. and i just hollered cooler and my husband opened the cooler door and started shoving us in so just a minute. about a minute. >> robin: , is it true that right before you closed the cooler door, when you look out, he was able to already see that the roof was off of the restaurant, that he could see the sky? >> yes. when he got us all in and he got in, he lost control of the door. the wind hooked the door and somehow he was able to get the door back. and just before it shook, he looked up and he said, i see the sky. and so that let us know that
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this was way worse than anything we could have imagined. and the roof was gone. >> robin: oh, barbara, i know that you were one of those that was inside the cooler at the time. just give us a sense of what it was like inside as we know what was happening outside >> first, i want to say thank god. caroline was coming through the door. she said, miss p, the tornado is going to touch. i said, you need to come over here. she was like, i'm going over here. no, we are all over here and i screamed loud and she is like, calm down. and by the time we got to the cooler, i could not hear nothing but the ceiling following. >> robin: oh, barbara. and caroline, i know you are also -- no, that is okay, hon.
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that is okay. i know you are also an older woman. you went into the bathroom. so what was it like when you came out and you were able to help them out of the cooler because there was so much debris? >> no, i was able to get out. i was in the bathroom. i looked up a truck had landed on top of the bathroom. so i panicked a little bit and i found my way out and i yelled for help. someone came over and helped me. >> robin: and tracy, can you give us just -- are you getting the assistance that you need right now, the initial help, tracy that you and everyone's needs there? >> we have people coming in and bringing supplies and helping us with cleanup. and we are getting calls asking what we need. and it is so hard to know what
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we need because we have nothing. >> we have each other. >> yes. >> we need prayers. and we need our city back. so i'm the one who never asks for help. it is the hardest thing, to ask for help. >> it is okay. >> we are in a position now, where we have no choice. so help us. helped us. help our people. >> and i believe we are going to get the help we need to rebuild. >> robin: i know as so many of you are doing, neighbor helping neighbor, and helping others. before i let you go and thank you, thank you so much for your vulnerability, such a strength. it is not a weakness showing your vulnerability. tracy, give people a sense of who are watching, you put restaurant was not just where
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pople went to have a great meal. but you really fed people's sold there as well. -- souls there as well. >> the business is much older than i am. and i have only been there 16 years. but i came to this community as a stranger and they welcomed me in. and they gave me so much love and it allowed me to be able to give so much love back. and we are just the place to go to, whether you are hurting or you are happy. you need to talk. you want to get your does she want to let people know what is going on in the your life and the good and the bad and it is just so nice to be that place, to be that group of people where people feel like they can come to you and share
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>> robin: and we appreciate you, tracy. >> and that is the hard part right now. >> robin: i know it is. we so appreciate. we know this is not easy to come on live television ideas and to show our viewers what is going on there. and so trayce, carolyn, barbara, we are thinking of you. i hope to get down your way in the very near future because i know what it is like after a storm. a lot of attention and then everybody goes back to the lies and your lives have been so impacted. so thank you and you all just keep hugging each other because you are mississippi strong. i know that. take care. >> thank you. >> we are. thank you. >> robin: we want people to know if they would like to help those who were impacted by the tornado outbreak, you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website. we will be right back.
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♪ ♪ >> george: we are back with our cover story. hayden panettiere is sharing her story of postpartum depression. we are in is here with more. >> rhiannon: from child star to screen queen. audiences have watched hayden panettiere grow up on the screen and she says she wishes she knew more about postpartum depression before she got pregnant. something so many moms go through but are often too scared to talk about. >> give me the damn >> rhiannon: she is used to drum on-screen. but he depended interior is opening up about some of her darkest moment in her real-life
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role as mom. >> i wish somebody told me that that was a possibility. it is okay if you birth your child and you are not immediately, like, oh, my god love you. >> rhiannon: the nashville start telling e-news she did not know the signs to look out for. >> i thought there was something seriously wrong with me so i thought fireball will fix this. and it did. >> rhiannon: the 33-year-old has been open about her struggles with alcoholism and addiction telling abc news last year she frequently self medicated with alcohol. >> i did not have any negative feelings towards my child. i just knew i was deeply depressed. >> rhiannon: one in eight women reported feeling symptoms of depression after giving birth. and the postpartum assist those
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systems usually start one to three weeks after birth but can continue to occur up to a year. >> there are many signs and symptoms that come immediately after delivery. and that can include feeling worthlessness or guilt. not feeling an immediate emotional or physical bond to your baby. decrease in sleep, a decrease in appetite and also possibly feelings of suicide. >> rhiannon: according to the cdc, about one in five men and are not even ask about another person a prenatal visit and over half of pregnant women and with depression are not treated. hayden loves her daughter very much. she says she has more love than anybody i have ever met and experts say the more we talk about issues like postpartum depression, the better. so hating opening up really gets this conversation going. >> george: is very important. thank you. if you are experiencing suicidal substance abuse or mental health crisis, please call or text 988.
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counselors are available 24/7. >> robin: now to buy nothing movement. help save the planet. they are sharing and giving away the things they no longer need. becky worley has that story for us. >> becky: lisa and rebecca founded the buy nothing project. >> when we started the very first group, i was literally getting in clothing that i cannot afford otherwise. >> people are okay with reusing items. people are okay with borrowing, lending, and we don't have to go out and buy new and we can rely on our neighbors. >> becky: including people like madeline. >> i end up with this beautiful brand-new bike >> becky: it was a lifesaver after a fire. >> my apartment was condemned. i was displaced and basically had to start over. >> becky: she turned the local
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buy nothing group on facebook and surprisingly found a lot. >> pack toys, comforters, qui quilts. >> outdoor furniture. >> has met those husband and wife came here and brought a 60-inch tv to my new apartment. the coffee table that it sits on and also this route. >> becky: and participant numbers are growing. claiming more than 16 million members and aside from that millions of dollars saved, these groups are great for the environment. >> it is estimated that about a thousand items are exchanged globally on freecycle and that is about equivalent to how much goes into a midsize landfill every day. so it is not going to solve our global waste problem but it is something easy that everybody can participate in. >> becky: you can find freecycle and buy nothing group on facebook. there is also an apt. was, next door has offerings gardening supplies and i'm
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searching for free woodchips to mulch my side yard. if anyone has them to post it. i will swing by and load them up. >> robin: because we know you have the main event. all right. okay, thanks so much. let's start the week with a little pop news. >> we will begin with adele saying hello. the grammy winner telling the crowd at the last show on saturday night that "plane to 4,000 people for 34 nights is not enough. i know that. so i'm coming back. the extended residency will start june 16th. she will perform for 17 weakens until november 4th. if you cannot get to vegas for those shows, not to worry. adele revealing that she will film her concerts in june so that anyone who wants to see her show can do so. tickets for the new residency though on sale in april.
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we get a new chance. also this morning, favorite tv doctors are heading back into the award. grey's anatomy's has been renewed. and the longest running primetime medical drama and medical history will do with a new show runner. she is not new. she started on the series as a production assistant back in season three and she has worked her way up to become executive producer of the drama. i love this. the news comes just a month after the star of the show left her role as dr. meredith grey. she will make an appearance in the season 19 finale. that airs on may 18th. 9:00 p.m. right here on abc. >> robin: that is.>> yeah. >> working hard to the whole time. >> finally, happy monday, everybody. the ultimate girl dad may be dwayne "the rock" johnson. he posted this sweet video on instagram explaining over the
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weekend he had a zoom meeting set up. his daughters begged him for a makeover. he said could make it quick. they did not take that request. easily. zoom meeting was canceled because his daughters had a field day with the makeup. check this out. >> i don't need more makeup. i think i am good. >> you are not good. >> i don't need blender. >> might have needed a letter. johnson went on to reveal that he spent a full-hour trying to get that lipstick off of his head. it stained his skin. what a very patient, wonderful dad. >> yes. >> it is a very patient? >> i did. that is a good point. >> robin: thank you both. let's go back to ginger who is there in mississippi for us.
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ginger? >> ginger: thank you, robin. i'm standing inside of what was a community's torches all the remnants of gardening pamphlets. i say fertilizer. i see hardware items and it is still so difficult to see what an ef-4 tornado can do. we got a radio also of a grown up at silver city, mississippi. remember, this ef-4 had a 59-mile path. 170 mile-per-hour macs sustained wind. at least two dozen people killed and it was one of 27 reported tornadoes. 84 is the average for a country in the month of march. mississippi usually gets five. we got ano drew: i am abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. increasing cloud throughout the day. it is dry. temperatures in the 50's to low 60's. tonight, our next storm does arrive. level two tomorrow morning with temperatures in the 40's. here is accuweather 7-day forecast. expect rain and wind tomorrow morning. a level two storm.
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drier days thursday and friday before showers returned to the forecast over the weekend. >> ginger: okay, guys. we are turning now to something we could always use. never released music from houston. the late singer's family sat down with deborah roberts to talk about her music and her legacy. hey, good morning. >> good morning, rebecca. a lot of people may not know that whitney houston actually began singing interest. she was five years old when she discovered her voice. 11 when she sang her first solo. she would go on to share -- chatter all kinds of records. her family says it was her possible routes that inspired her. they are releasing new music to remind us why. ♪ i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> reporter: she was the voice of a generation with maggie his leg "i want to dance with somebody" and "i will always love you." and 10 years after the loss of
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whitney houston, her brother gary and his sister-in-law pat still singing her praises. the world lost a global superstar. ♪ and i ♪ >> reporter: unmistakable voice was discovered in the church choir now that teenage whitney is back with us in a new gospel album, i go through the rock. releasing six songs, young whitney report -- recorded but never released. >> when you look at the cover, i go through the rock, how did you come up with this? what do you want people to take away from this? >> going through the source, the source of power, of strength and of love and just the impact that she had over the audience and
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how she felt, you know? she was doing it for herself. >> whitney never followed trends. she never tried to be like anyone else or try to sound like anyone else. she was just -- ♪ ♪ >> deborah: and gospel music inspired music -- inspired whitney. the preacher's wife released in 1996. she found superstardom in pop music but whitney's first stage new hope baptist church, seen here in the documentary released in tandem with the new album, where whitney found her wings, guided by her mother, the choir director. >> deborah: what was it that gospel meant to her? >> this was her life and a chance to expose it and where it
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came from, where it was desig designed. >> it did not matter where she was in the world. she was definitely going to sing gospel. it was her refuge and we feel that strongly about something, you know, it permeates through. >> deborah: what do you think this does for her legacy? >> she left an indelible mark on all of us with her voice and it is a moment in time for everyone to just sit back and take a look at why you fell in love with whitney houston. >> people forget what you do, but they will never forget how you make them feel. >> we are hoping that everyone loves it as much as we do because b it comes the heart. >> deborah: what an amazing album with great voices in the mix. really powerful stuff. guys? >> rebecca: thank you, deb. we will be right back. mix. >> rebecca: thank you, we'll be
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right back. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc seven news. good morning. i'm amanda knox. still yo for abc seven mornings. let's get to sue with a look at traffic. good morning, sue. thank you. amanda we have got some winding down in the commute. look at the bay bridge toll plaza was jammed just about half an hour ago. and now things have cleared out nicely. the metering lights have been turned off. we still have a lot of red, which means slowing in san francisco. we had an earlier accident to north 1012 eastbound 80 that's been cleared. coming off. the bay bridge is still slow. and the western part of this richmond san rafael bridge earlier stock still has things slow there, amanda. thank you. meteorologists tumor has your
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barea good morning live with kelly and ryan is coming up. we'll chat with dennis quaid and lauren ambrose. plus lionel richie joins me as co host nine o'clock, abc seven. see you in 30 minutes. ryan of frost advisory still in effect for the next 30 minutes. temperatures are warming out of the thirties into the forties this morning, but it's a chilly start to our day. lots of sunshine out there live looking to exploratory in camera will find increasing clouds. it's dry during the day , but our next storm arrives overnight. tonight it will be a level to a moderate storm.
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tuesday morning, amanda alright , thanks drew. we will have another abc seven news, updated about 30 minutes and as always watch, abc seven news. >> welcome back to gma, live from times square. >> rebecca: welcome back to "gma." what a performance on american idol. this is cam bringing tears to the eyes. he is from omaha, nebraska. judge lionel richie telling him, welcome home. always want to hear those words. cam was awarded a platinum ticket and he is going to hollywood and tomorrow morning, it is an american idol take ov over. lionel richie, katy perry, luke ryan, and ryan seacrest, they are all here. >> robin: did you see their expressions? >> george: he made it look so
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easy. >> rebecca: that is the trick. just like laura makes it look easy. >> lara: it is all about sparkle for spring. even taylor swift is lighting up the stage. lori b is here with a range of looks to add a little sparkle to your life. what do you say to graham their greater? it is on overdrive right here. we will tell you how to do it with members of our family, staff, kids, they are modeling that looks. you can scan the qr code and shop. yeah, i love that and thank you for bringing the lamp this morning. >> lori: it is sparkle season. >> lara: and you are doing a stevie nicks five. >> lori: yes. but this really is sparkle season and i love that we -- to think it is just for holiday. we are here to say it is not. it is a huge trend. you mentioned taylor swift.
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we will see it on the runway. so get on board. >> rebecca: we will start with just a little shimmer. our first model, come on out. "good morning america" we are starting low with faerron. this is great for a saturday writing errands. sparkly t-shirt. this is a soft sparkle from the gap. really affordable. you want to balance that out with a regular pair of jeans. you go head to toe. exactly and so those are from nordstrom. that metallic is huge right now. you would want to get those early. we love that and then it plays off of the metallic tone. and that is something -- >> lara: a little bit here and there and also we are not living out our furry friends. trike03 we have her in the little rhinestone harness and
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she just looks adorable and it is the little pups of sparkle that are fun for the season and everything is really affordable. trea. >> lara: thank you. roeschke, i love this. this may be my thing. oh, sorry. okay, we went from mild to medium. come on out. let's get that going. i love this. >> lori: it can be for working out. this is a collaboration. the leggings and we gave her a little jacket because morning tv. come on, an out. she just looks adorable. it is that write pink and a lot of people have an urge to greater. this is just right into the fabric. it is shiny metallic. there's no mess. no fuss. and don't you feel like you
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would be excited to work out? she looks fabulous. > lara: the energy. >> lori: everyone was like, it puts you in a good mood. >> lara: thank you so much. so time to move the meter one more time because now we have jesse andhekeand,utit i not. aro maximum sparkle. >> lori: we will start with jessie. this is a grip on that taylor swift looked. what we love about this is really affordable. under $100 and she can mix and match. she can wear that jacket with jeans or leggings. she can wear the pants. now, let's get to the >> we will start with her dress.
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mia, can you do a little twirl for us? there you go and that we have kelly's daughter and really affordable unicorn sparkle. what is not to love? >> lara: how do you feel? thumbs up? blowing kisses. while. these models really do it all. oh, yes, mia. bring the clam comes out to all of our sparkly staffers. i love this trend. if you guys like the looks that you have seen here, go to our website, good morning america.com. and coming up, the herbal supplement trending on tiktok. what you need to know about it. really important stuff coming up on "gma." ♪ ♪ tiktok
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♪ ♪ >> george: good morning. we are back with the latest health trend taking over to colon. ashwagandha tiktok. ashwagandha they say it can help with anxiety. is using the app to warn of side effects. >> will: ashwagandha is having a moment and supplements and on social media. people who like it love it. but some warned that we don't know enough about this powerful plant. >> these have not to like it sounds dramatic but this app
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just change my life. >> will: it is the latest trend sweeping across tiktok. users sharing their experiences after taking the herbal supplement ashwagandha. >> ashwagandha is essentially a plant that grows around india. it has been used for a very long time as an herbal remedy for various different purposes. >> will: some studies have found benefit for this benefit while exercising or in general and many tiktokers are posting about feeling detached from their emotions. some other known side effects are dizziness or excessive sleepiness. >> with extra -- ashwagandha, there's a variety of side effects that can occur. you can experience nausea, vomiting, sometimes business. some people report liver or thyroid dysfunction and you may be hearing of this emotional wanting and lack of fighting pleasure in daily activities that you normally would find
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pleasure in. >> the way ashwagandha is working, i think it is working too well. >> will: armaan said he started taking the supplement after going through a breakup. >> i wanted to mellow out. >> will: jasmine, who has been automating her experience with ashwagandha said she took it to manage her anxiet. >> they have no feelings, they are not emotional anymore and i did not fully experience all that. i was more mellow and more nonchalant. >> will: herbal supplements like ashwagandha are not regulated by the fda. and while research on this opponent is limited, small study from 2019 found that 60 participants who took 240 milligrams of ashwagandha daily for 60 days saw a decrease in the primary stress hormone cortisol. experts say to talk to your doctor before you take any type
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of supplement. >> read about it first. kind of pride to know what you're getting into and then speak with a professional who really has experience with this. >> will: another important thing to remember when it comes to ashwagandha is to always adhere to the recommended dosage and if you're taking any kind of medication, talk to your doctor before starting ashwagandha to avoid any bad interactions. >> george: thanks very much. let's go to ginger. >> ginger: thank you, george. 84 is the number of tornadoes our country averages in the month of march and we are well on our way here with another week and a half or so. look at those by state. five for mississippi. seven in alabama and just because you don't have one on your state does not mean you can't get one. this was the average for 25 years. we do still have a threat. georgia is in this morning. there have been flash flood warnings, too, and a new threat that comes in thursday and friday by the end of this week. we are talking planes and then eventually and went really from wisconsin to dallas, kind of
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focused, though, and drew: i am increasing cloud today. temperatures in the 50's and 60's. rain returns tomorrow morning. on the exclusive abc 7 >> rebecca: here now with emmy winners our friend jeremy piven. you know him as our goal. jeremy is starting a new film. it is called "sea i was fascinated when i heard of this. never does what a trail blazer -- trail blazer. >> jeremy: the first african-american to sign with the nba and no one knows the story and it is an incredible story. it was an all-white league which is hard to believe, right? and i play coach lav check who
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helps him break the color barrier. it is a complete honor and it is a beautiful film. >> lara: it is a beautiful film. clifton's daughter said the only regret her dad ever had in life was that no one knew his story and she said that she has had a smile on her face since learning and being a part of bringing his story to the big screen. how has that been to be a part of this? >> jeremy: i was blown away. i remember reading the script thinking, how did we not know this? and thank god they thought of me. you know, playing this character that is to had such a hard and he was so driven to affect change and we have screened it and it gets emotional and yet it is funny and i'm just really proud to be a part of it. >> lara: and i want to show everybody just a little bit of it right now. >> i coach a team called the new york knickerbockers. >> he is on your team?
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>> yes, he is. >> he can shoot the ball? >> yes, he can. expect ain't no negroes play their league. >> it is not going to be like that forever. i think that you can help make the change. >> lara: it looks really, really good. i want to talk about "entour "entourage." we have been hearing that perhaps there would be a reboot. have josh for -- your biggest fan. >> jeremy: it is my other life. i remember you telling me about this job but you cannot say anything. by the way, i'm very proud of you. god bless you. >> lara: thank you very much. and back at you. >> jeremy: thank you. >> lara: will you bring "entourage" back? "good morning america." >> jeremy: people think i'm hiding something from them. i'm not. but the cool thing is that, you know, i learned in real time that people miss it.
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i'm on the rod doing stand-up comedy and they are still yelling, let's hug it out. you know? and stuff like that and they miss it. it is almost like comfort food. i don't know. we may have to give the people what they want. i don't know. >> lara: there is something in the works? >> jeremy: it is not up to me. >> lara: if it comes to me, it is happening. and congrats on "sweetwater." i hope everyone wil check it out. it is in theaters. jeremy theaters -- jeremy piven's. two young women think they are here to learn how things work here at "gma." what they don't know is their boyfriends have a special surprise for them. we are talking about ai-live promposal coming u
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>> it would be my honor >> robin: this looks cute, rebecca. that is from the upcoming disney movie, and the star of the movie is with us right now. so, to see you here. okay, this is kind of like throwback to some of the '80s wrong calms of which you said you were a fan of. >> they are a my mom's favorite movies. she was always making us sit down with her and watch the john hughes movies so it was really fun to get to kind of bring the spirit of that into this movie. >> rebecca: you have never been to a real problem. >> peyton: i am a fraud. i have been to several fictional problems and also disney has these events every year where
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they host a prom like event for their actors that can't go to actual prom because they are working. so that is always really fun. >> robin: what a wonderful idea. >> peyton: i met my costar at a disney prom. crazy, right? [laughter] >> robin: do you want to help us out. you are going to make some dreams come true for two new york city high school seniors. let's get over. moving and grooving. they are over there. hello. we met your girlfriends during the break. they have no idea. they take they are here shadowing. have we seen them? your girlfriends are backstage. they have no idea. they think they are shadowing you -- so daniel, how are you
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feeling? >> i'm good. >> robin: a confident? >> i'm confident. >> robin: is she going to say yes? >> i hope so. st. john's, compared to college. >> robin: congratulations! >> i'm hyped. >> rebecca: how is she going to react? >> i think she is going to be super surprised. and this opportunity came up and i'm really excited. >> robin: bigger then live on tv? come on. all right. shall we bring them out? >> let's do it. >> robin: please come out. come out, come out, wherever you are. come out, come out, wherever you are. you are not here to shadow. their boyfriends are here. you are live en "gma" right now. come on out. come. okay. did you have ay idea? come on.
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>> hello. >> robin: they have a question for you. >> will you go to prom with me? >> yes. [applause] >> how are you feeling? >> i'm shocked. >> rebecca: but you are yes? absolute yes. >> yes. [laughter] >> robin: he got accepted to st. >> yes. >> there's more reasons for high-fives. even though in "prom pact," they are skipping the limo, disney+ is providing transport for all of you. [applause] >> robin: let's see here. here it is. [laughter]
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you guys are live on television right now, on "gma." you are taking it in stride right now. >> rebecca: what are your classmates going to say? [laughter] >> i'm sure they will be jeal jealous. >> robin: you have to check out "prom pact." it premieres thursday 8:00 p.m. on disney channe and streaming on disney+. have a great time. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ congratulations. have a great time. we will narrator: how prepared is your family... ...if disaster shows up at your doorstep?
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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc seven news. good morning. i'm amended. uncle still yo for abc seven mornings . let's get straight to sue with a look at traffic. good morning , amanda and we are winding them nicely. i do want to remind folks there is one way traffic control on the anti oxbridge for bridge inspection that is going on today and tomorrow it started at eight o'clock in the north bound direction in the southbound will be inspected on wednesday and thursday this week drew, so we have chilly temperatures this morning. we started out in the thirties. if not below freezing in some spots , but now we're warming through the forties. at this hour sunshine out there. it's a partly cloudy morning we'll find increasing clouds as the day goes on. we're dry during the day today showers return late tonight, first in the north bay before sliding south tomorrow morning on the exclusive
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